Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 258 Righteousness and Heavenly Harmony
The Jinwu Guards were obviously no match for these Xuanmen assassins, but fortunately the assassins had already consumed most of their physical strength and had long used up all their hidden weapons and darts.
Coupled with the psychological disadvantage, the two sides fought hard for a short period of time and both suffered injuries.
"Dragon Pillar, Dragon Pillar!" The female Taoist priest reminded the assassin center again, "If you want to stay alive, you must open the secret room!"
The assassins regained their spirits and rushed towards the dragon pillar with all their might.
However, their failure was already doomed. Just as they had killed off some of the Jinwu Guards, inspiring voices calling for support for the king were heard again from outside the hall.
"Quick, quick! Protect the emperor, protect the emperor..."
The first voice was that of Cai Kun, the leader of the Right Chamber of the Inner Guards. He was seen rushing into the hall with a team of officers dressed as officials from the Inner Guards, the Divine Police Department, and the Three Law Departments.
Like Ashurai before, he was stunned at first after seeing the tragic scene in the hall, and then ordered his men to launch a fierce attack on the Xuanmen rebels.
“Dao Zun, Dao Zun…” Seeing that the situation was hopeless, someone advised the female Dao Zun, “Let’s retreat while we still have a chance!”
“Ah…ah…” The female Taoist priest roared in compassion, “I can’t figure it out. I have been planning for so long, and I know it might fail, but I didn’t expect that I couldn’t even open that wall!
"I can't press the mechanism, you...you break the wall down for me! Break it down!"
“Dao Zun, Dao Zun…” The subordinates saw that the female Dao Zun had lost her mind and stopped trying to persuade her. Instead, they surrounded her and killed their way out.
When the Xuanmen rebels saw that there was still a chance for survival, they immediately gathered together in an organized manner, and used their unique skills to protect the female Taoist priest as they rushed out.
Although the number of people on both sides was equal, the people brought by Cai Kun seemed to be inferior to the Jinwu Guards. The Jinwu Guards at least had armor on their bodies, but these people had no protection and were immediately killed and fell to the ground, with heavy casualties.
Cai Kun did not expect that this group of people's fighting power was so strong, and he was stunned.
If it weren't for the internal guards who fought desperately to protect him, he would probably have become a victim of the Xuanmen assassins!
The reason why the Xuanmen assassins still had hope of survival was that as long as they could return to the Taimiao and get into the tunnel, they could escape through the tunnel.
That was originally their planned retreat route. As long as they could get into the tunnel, no matter how many pursuers there were, they would be unable to do anything to them.
However, they were still too optimistic. When a group of Xuanmen assassins surrounded the female Taoist priest and rushed out of the hall, they saw that the steps of the hall were already filled with teams of imperial guards.
The soldiers wore silver helmets and armor, held spears, and there were archers in the front ready to go.
"ah……"
At this point, the Xuanmen rebels were completely disheartened, knowing that their retreat route had been completely blocked.
“Retreat… retreat…” the female Taoist shouted angrily, “Why don’t you listen to me? Your only chance now is to open the secret room! Open it!!!”
"yes!"
Finally, the Xuanmen assassins realized that they had no way out, and their only hope now was to open the secret room and capture the Queen Mother.
Otherwise, each of them will be killed!
"What are you...still standing there for!" Suddenly, a man rushed out from behind the imperial guards and shouted to the soldiers, "Shoot! Shoot these Xuanmen rebels to death!!!"
This person was none other than Lin Chaofeng, the chief steward of the inner guards. He had temporarily recruited these imperial guards from various government offices.
Upon hearing the general's order, the soldiers in the front row immediately fired arrows at the Xuanmen assassin.
With a series of sounds of breaking through the air, several assassins were shot down immediately.
"retreat!"
The Xuanmen assassins retreated back into the hall, preparing for a final attack on the dragon pillar to open the secret room.
However, as soon as they retreated, they felt suffocating despair again.
But a large number of palace guards had already poured in from the back of the hall. In addition to the Yulin Guards and Jinwu Guards, there were also dozens of Qilin Guards with outstanding martial arts skills!
These people were led by the generals of Yulin Guard and Jinwu Guard, followed by Chen Taiji, Hou Zhen, Li Xing and others.
ah……
Seeing that they were surrounded, the Xuanmen assassins all fell into despair.
"Don't just stand there..." Lin Chaofeng rushed into the hall and shouted angrily, "The Xuanmen rebels must be killed by everyone. Kill them! Chop them into meat sauce!!!"
this……
Upon hearing Lin Chaofeng's order, Xu Zun frowned immediately, not knowing whether the chief steward did it on purpose or was just confused.
Now that the enemy has been surrounded, it would obviously be wiser to let them surrender and leave them alive.
This woman named Xiang'er is just a Taoist master of Xuanmen. If we can capture her alive, we might be able to find Tianzun.
Moreover, this heavenly calamity action came in a strange way. There must be someone familiar with the royal family behind the female Taoist priest, directing the operation behind the scenes.
If we don’t catch this person, who knows what will happen after the Heavenly Tribulation Operation?
However, Xu Zun obviously no longer had any say. After the Grand Steward gave the order, all the guards rushed forward and launched an extermination operation.
“Ha…hahahaha…” Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the female Taoist laughed nervously and chanted, “The upper Xuan will destroy the dissidents and all the gods will return to their origin. Cut off the nine gates above and destroy the flatterers below. If the Xuan has the Dao, it will be extremely mysterious; if the Xuan has no Dao, it will surely suffer a heavenly calamity…”
When the Taoist priestess thought this, the assassins suddenly showed determination on their faces and attacked the guards without caring about their lives.
After a fierce fight, the assassins fell in a pool of blood, and only a few were left in the blink of an eye.
The noble female Taoist priest had already taken the poison and fell dead in front of the door of the secret room.
Xu Zun originally wanted Zhao Yu to stop him from committing suicide, but unfortunately, Zhao Yu was covered in blood and he couldn't do it at all.
Besides, the female Taoist master was determined and swallowed the poison so early that it was too late.
Just like that, as the sounds of chopping and killing gradually died down, the battle was coming to an end.
"Sir, sir..." Cai Kun urged, "Leave a few of them alive. We still have to interrogate them!"
"Ah?" Lin Chaofeng suddenly woke up and quickly ordered the soldiers, "Quick, stop it, leave him alive, leave him alive! Oh..."
Lin Chaofeng's reminder was more like a reminder to the remaining Xuanmen assassins, telling them that if they did not die, they would be subjected to brutal interrogation.
As a result, the remaining Xuanmen assassins committed suicide one after another. How could there be any survivors?
"Oh..." Lin Chaofeng realized that he had made a huge mistake, making himself look like an accomplice of the assassin. He immediately regretted it and slapped his thigh in anger, complaining to Cai Kun, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
Cai Kun was sweating profusely, thinking to himself, could I stop him?
"My sister, um... the Queen Mother... where is the Queen Mother?" Lin Chaofeng asked hurriedly, "Is she okay?"
"The Queen Mother is fine," Cai Kun replied quickly, pointing to a place in the hall and saying, "She's in the secret room!"
"Secret room?" Lin Chaofeng was surprised. "Where is the secret room? How come I don't know about it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a mechanism turning came from the place where Cai Kun was pointing.
As the door of the secret room opened, Empress Dowager Lin appeared at the door safely.
Seeing Queen Mother Lin appear, everyone present immediately knelt down and shouted, "Greetings to the Queen Mother. The Holy Queen Mother is in harmony with heaven and earth, and may you enjoy eternal blessings!"
After saying this, everyone bowed down and prostrated themselves on the ground...
