538 Evil Remnants of the Religion (1/2)

The red sun hung overhead; the wilderness was utterly silent.

Suddenly, from a small road on the side of the official path, a man’s shout broke out.

“Stand still!”

“Quick, catch him; do not let that little wimp run!”

A short while later, a frail-looking woman dressed in a tattered dress limped out from the small path. Dirt covered her dress, and there was even a hole at her knee area. One could even see some blood stains.

The young woman was terrified, as she ran forward for her life. Time after time, she would turn her head around as if a bunch of devils were chasing after her.

Following closely behind her were naturally not some devil but three men. They were not that old, and the oldest among them was probably not even forty. From his appearance and clothing, he seemed like a nearby farmer.

The only unusual area was a white cloth on their heads and around their arms.

Ahhh!

Probably because of the immense stress, she did not notice the path ahead of her. She tripped on a rock, stumbling before crashing onto the ground.

When the men behind her saw that, they were delighted.

“Haha, let’s see how you will continue running!”

As he spoke, the three of them quickened their pace and was about to grab her.

A look of despair appeared in the eyes of the girl, and she had already prepared herself for the worst.

At this very moment, at the far end of the path, the rhythmic sounds of horse hooves rang. When the girl heard this, her eyes showed a strong will to live once more, as she hollered, “Save me!”

“Save me!”

When the three men heard her scream, they froze immediately. They quickened their steps; they wanted to drag the girl back into the side path that they came from before someone else arrived.

However, the sounds of the horse hooves did not stop.

A well-equipped cavalry soldier emerged from the official path, with a golden dragon flag in his hands.

When the three men saw this flag, their faces turned ashen white.

Anyone under the rule of Shanhai City knew that the golden dragon flag represented the personal guards of the Lord.

“What a downer!”

At this sight, the three men scolded the girl and wanted to escape. Unfortunately, at that moment, an arrow broke through the air and stopped them in their tracks.

The arrow stopped three inches from them; it was obviously a warning. If they continued to run forward, the arrow would greet their bodies.

All of a sudden, the three men broke out in cold sweat, their faces completely white.

In the end, they were just normal farmers, so what kind of knowledge and confidence would they have?

After a short while, the leading cavalry soldier arrived and from atop his horse, he shouted, “How bold, you actually dare to try and forcefully capture a woman in broad daylight!”

“Sir, this woman is my my wife. She wanted to run away from home, so I’m just trying to catch her.” One of the young men stepped out and said expressively.

“Oh?” When the cavalry heard this claim, he did not believe it, so he turned his head to the woman and asked, “Are his words true? Do not worry, we are the personal army of the Lord. We can help you.”

When the girl heard these words, her eyes brightened, and she pitifully said, “Sir, save me!”

“Speak!”

“He is really my husband, but I was not misbehaving. They wanted to kill me and use me as a burial sacrifice for King Hong,” the girl replied.

“Burial sacrifice?” The cavalry frowned, “The funeral matters of the old king will be handled by Tianjing, what does it have to do with you?”

“This….” When the girl heard this question, she was a little hesitant.

“If you want to live, speak!”

The cavalry could feel that this whole matter was highly complicated, and his expression became really serious.

When the young girl saw that, she disregarded the eyes of the men and said resolutely, “When the old king died, the various sacred religion believers all wanted to hold burial ceremonies for the king. One of the points was to choose young women to be sacrifices to be buried with the king.”

As she stated this, the girl was filled with both sadness and anger, as she pointed at the young man that spoke, “Since there are no suitable girls, he actually targeted his own wife. I had no choice but to escape from the village.”

“Preposterous!”

When the cavalry heard this news, he was furious and knew that the situation was unusual.

“Men!”

“Present!”

“Tie them all up and interrogate them before handing them over to the Lord!”

“Yes!”