The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 654 Witch
Before Luo Wenjian finished his words, the sound of dense footsteps could be heard all around the main hall of Yaowang Temple, and hundreds of believers gathered around.

"Three of the Kaiyuan Five Tigers have arrived. You three think you can kill me? You are underestimating the Luo Sect!"

"Liu Zhaosun's crimes are monstrous, and the Tartar Qi has brutally murdered the people of the world. Today, I will use the blood of the three of you to commemorate the innocent people who died."

Luo Wenjian's voice came and went, like a nightmare, floating around the hall.

Lin Yu raised his musket.

boom!
The moment the flames spurted out of the muzzle of the gun, all the candles went out at the same time, and the three of them were plunged into darkness.

The mountain gate was closed and the three of them hurriedly left the hall.

"There is so much behind me that I forget to shrink my hands, but I have no way to turn back."

"Hahaha, the three of you are no less sinful than Liu Zhaosun! If you want to survive today, kneel down and kowtow three times, light incense, and join the Luo Sect."

"I appoint you as the Three Elders of the Divine Religion..."

Li Zicheng said angrily: "Your grandmother! You idiot, how many people in Guazhou City have you slaughtered? And you still have the nerve to talk about the people of the world? I will send you to see my grandmother later, get out of here..."

In the bright moonlight from the skylight, Jiang Liuer caught a glimpse of the cold light reflected from the weapons deep in the hall and hurriedly shouted to Li Zicheng:

"Old Li, be careful."

Whoosh!Whoosh!
Several heavy arrows were shot at him. Li Zicheng rolled over to dodge and barely avoided a few of them. He was hit by an armor-piercing arrow. The arrowhead easily penetrated the fish scale armor and hit his calf.

"Who shot it? Who is so blind..."

Li Zicheng was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat and kept cursing.

Jiang Liuer suddenly knocked him to the ground, and a heavy arrow flew over their heads and disappeared into the endless darkness.

Lin Yu used his huge body to block the dense rain of arrows coming from all around.

Li Zicheng drew out his lance, but the leader of the Luo sect had already disappeared. The lead bullet hit an archer and blew off half of his head.

There were ghostly howls all around, and the believers who were hit by the short guns were either dead or injured.

The three short guns fired randomly, leaving the hall in a mess and a large number of Luojiao believers' bodies lying on the ground.

Outside the Yaowang Temple, the sound of gunfire rang out continuously and became more and more frequent. It was estimated that the new soldiers who were reinforcing Yangzhou were coming.

Li Zicheng bit the hilt of the knife and asked Jiang Liuer to pull out the arrow feathers from his calf.

Jiang Liuer held the feather with one hand, swung the knife to cut off the arrow, took out the dagger, poured liquor on it, and cut along the wound on his calf.

Li Zicheng bit the hilt of the knife with his teeth, making an unsettling snapping sound, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The piercing pain almost made him faint.

"ah!··"

"I didn't bring any anesthetic, so bear with it. Fortunately, the arrow didn't have a barb, so it only took out a piece of flesh. Lao Li, you're lucky."

As Jiang Liu'er spoke, he cut out an arrow with broken flesh on it, poured some liquor near the wound, used honey to stop the bleeding, and bandaged it hastily with gauze.

Li Zicheng bit the hilt of the knife, beads of sweat the size of beans streamed down his face, and he just snorted.

At the moment when Li Zicheng was pulling out the arrow, Jiang Liuer heard the voice of the Luo Sect leader again.

"If Taqi wants to kill Luo Jiao, they must pay with blood."

"Night is over, day is coming. You have willingly served as minions of the Tartars, aiding and abetting the tyrant. You have done so many evil things for Liu Zhaosun, and yet you refuse to repent even when death is imminent! Today, I will send you to hell!"

The Luojiao believers who were lying in ambush all around rushed out of the hall, countless flying axes, iron bones and long swords whizzed towards them, and the sound of vibrating bowstrings rang out continuously.

The three men retreated behind a screen wall in the courtyard. Axes and arrows flew overhead like rain, hitting the screen wall and making crisp clanging sounds.

"What a pity! I heard that this Guazhou Yaowang Temple was built during the Song Dynasty, and it's being demolished by the Luo Cult today."

Jiang Liuer said with some regret.

Li Zicheng laughed heartily and said, "It's not Luo Jiao who's going to tear it down, it's us who are going to tear it down."

While the two were still chatting, Lin Yu jumped out of the screen wall, roared, raised the incense burner in the yard that was more than half a person's height, and facing the powerful heavy arrows, he threw the burner at the archer on the opposite side with all his strength.

With a loud bang, the cauldron weighing more than 400 pounds was thrown more than ten steps away like a sandbag and fell heavily among a group of archers.

In the darkness came the crackling sound of breaking bones, followed by terrible cries.

Before everyone could react, there was a crisp sound, and the pillars of the hall were broken, and the beams began to collapse.

The air around them was filled with smoke and dust, causing the three people to cough violently.

The Guazhou Yaowang Temple had been in disrepair for many years and was suddenly hit hard by a giant steel beast. It could no longer hold on and collapsed in half.

Bricks and rocks fell, hitting the bells on the main hall, and a powerful bell sounded in the dark night. Ding! Ding!
A group of bats roosting in the Medicine King Temple were startled by the bell and flew over the three people's heads with flapping wings.

Then, silence fell all around.

The three of them looked at each other, and Li Zicheng said with some regret, "It's a pity that we can't capture that evil woman alive and let her smash her into a pulp."

The sound of bowstrings vibrating rang in my ears, and a group of surviving Luojiao believers stood up from the ruins and continued shooting arrows.

The three men raised their muskets and fired back. Li Zicheng took out two wooden-handled grenades from somewhere and threw them at the hall. There were two violent explosions, and this time no one stood up to shoot arrows.

Lin Yu asked Li Zicheng to guard the yard, and he took Jiang Liuer to the ruins. He wanted to see Luo Wenjian alive or dead, and he had to bring him back for the emperor to review.

"She suddenly disappeared just now. I think there must be a secret passage in the hall. Let's search carefully."

Jiang Liu'er was also hit by an arrow in the ribs, but fortunately the arrow did not penetrate deep into the flesh. He only felt the coolness of his armor, so he thought it was not serious.

He held a torch in one hand and a long knife in the other, searching among the ruins.

Lin Yu pushed the collapsed beams aside.

The battle outside the Yaowang Temple had already ended, and the two surviving guards also came in to look for them. As soon as the guards saw Lin Yu, they reported to him:

"The new troops are coming ashore soon. I just saw a lot of bright lights on the river. That's our codeword."

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the corps landed and joined forces with the Fifth Corps, the Luojiao Cao Army would be wiped out.

The four of them quickly cleared the collapsed brick, stone and wooden pillars, and the statue of the Medicine King was revealed to the light of day again amidst the ruins.

"God bless us, come back another day to burn paper money, and bless us to return home safely."

Jiang Liuer bowed to the dust-covered statue and was about to go forward to burn incense to the Medicine King when Lin Yu kicked him in the butt.

Big Lin pointed at the crumbling statue and said loudly to Jiang Liuer:
"It can't even protect itself right now. If it weren't for us, it would be buried under the rubble and wouldn't see the light of day. You'd better be worshipping yourself."

Jiang Liuer thought this made sense and quickly stood up.

After searching for a long time, they only found a large group of Luojiao followers who were beaten to death, but they never found Luo Wenjian's body.

"This is so strange! Could it be that this demon woman can really ascend to heaven in broad daylight, fly through the sky and hide underground?"

Jiang Liuer muttered to himself.

Lin Yu ignored the dense arrows stuck in his body, glanced around the hall, and finally set his eyes on the statue of the Medicine King.

He coughed lightly, covered the wound with his hand, and said to the two guards, "Move the statue away."

Jiang Liu'er was worried, his face ashen as he looked at the arrow feathers that had penetrated Lin Yu's armor.

"Lao Lin, how many arrows hit you?"

Lin Yu raised his head, his face beginning to turn pale.

"I was blown by the wind, it's okay."

Jiang Liuer quickly swung his sword, preparing to cut off the half-exposed arrow feather.

"It's too deep, don't cut it."

Lin Yu waved his hand and sat down with his huge body. Under the shade of the torch, his figure seemed to have become much smaller.

"You go find Luo Wenjian. I'll take a break."

"Is it really okay?"

"It's okay, I'm the deputy general, I can't die."

At this time, there was a new discovery on the statue side. Jiang Liuer nodded and said:

"Hold on for now. New recruits will be here soon. They have paramedics."

As he said this, he helped Lin Yu sit down in the hall to rest.

Hurrying to the side of the statue.

The guards were still beating the idol with their hands.

"It's empty in the middle, there must be something wrong."

The three of them hugged the stone sculpture together. Just as they were about to exert force, they heard a loud crashing sound. The bottom of the statue made a sound similar to the sound of a flintlock hammer hitting another, and then the stone sculpture actually moved away by itself.

An entrance more than half a person's height appeared in front of Jiang Liuer.

(End of this chapter)