241: Chapter 241 The Zhao Siblings

Outside the Prefecture City of Linjiang Prefecture.

A gathering place for refugees.

Inside a shanty, a weak middle-aged man lay down.

A young boy was caring for him nearby, though his eyes were filled with worry.

The night before last, his father had gone to worship that statue for three catties of millet.

Then, upon waking up, his father had become extremely weak.

The father and son had fled here from Feilong Prefecture.

He originally had a younger sister as well, but she had been lost on the road while fleeing, and he did not know if she was alive or dead.

Now that his father was also lying in bed because of worshipping the statue, he was filled with confusion and despair about the future.

Just then.

Footsteps came from outside the shanty, and then a burly man carrying a water bucket appeared outside.

"What do you want?"

The burly man glanced at the extremely weak middle-aged man lying on the bed and said indifferently, "My Gang Leader is merciful. If you want to save him, hurry up and bring a bowl!"

The boy immediately brought a wooden bowl.

The burly man lifted the bucket and poured more than half a bowl of Medicinal Pill water into the wooden bowl, saying, "Give this water to him to drink. Before long, he will be able to recover!"

After leaving these words, the burly man left directly to go to the next family.

Within the refugee gathering place, there were hundreds of people like this burly man.

They were all following Chen Hu's instructions to dissolve the qi and blood pill into the water and distribute it to the refugees who had been drained of their vitality.

As time passed.

The refugees who had drunk the water first had all recovered quite a bit.

Consequently, an elderly refugee excitedly kowtowed to the heavens, "Thank the heavens! It is the heavens that have allowed my son to recover!"

A male refugee nearby could not stand it anymore.

"You should be thanking Gang Leader Chen. If it weren't for Gang Leader Chen bestowing the medicinal water, how could your son have recovered? What an old fool!"

Hearing this, the surrounding refugees could not help but laugh.

Someone else continued, "Old man, you have indeed worshipped the wrong target. If the heavens were truly useful, we people would not have had to flee the disaster!"

"That's right, I heard that Gang Leader Chen dissolved a Medicinal Pill in the water," another refugee chimed in.

Just then, a young refugee ran over excitedly and shouted at a middle-aged male refugee, "Dad, hurry! Gang Leader Chen is recruiting people again. Let's go line up quickly. Once we are recruited, we won't have to suffer from hunger anymore!"

The wasteland that Chen Hu bought was only twenty-some li away from the city gate.

Therefore, yesterday, quite a few refugees went to scout for information.

They discovered that the refugees taken under Chen Hu's command not only received five catties of grain per person, but also got to eat rice and a piece of pork that very night.

That's right, last night Chen Hu had gotten ten pigs and had his subordinates slaughter them to feed these refugees.

Hearing the young refugee's reminder, the nearby refugees could no longer be bothered with idle chatter and immediately headed toward the recruitment area.

Seeing the long line of refugees at the recruitment station.

Chen Hu knew that the number of his underlings would skyrocket again today.

He then left with peace of mind.

Meanwhile.

In Tongmu County, Yunzhou.

Luo Ningshuang was leading a team to surround and suppress a group of Lotus Sect members.

This group was not very strong, with the highest-ranked individual only at the Tendon Refining Realm.

Therefore, she could not be bothered to take action herself and instead let her subordinates handle it.

Very quickly, most of the Lotus Sect members were killed, leaving only a mere few.

Sun Lingyue waved her hand, and the Squad Leaders under her command simultaneously raised their repeating crossbows and aimed them at the five Lotus Sect members.

"Fire!"

The next moment, more than a dozen crossbow bolts shot toward the five people.

Just as the five were about to be pierced by the bolts, a figure appeared out of thin air, drew their sword, and easily swiped all the bolts away.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us from killing these evil cult demons?" Sun Lingyue stared coldly at the woman who had suddenly appeared and demanded.

"Hmph, you bunch of imperial lackeys only know how to kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Zhao Xuejun snorted coldly.

"Insolent!"

Sun Lingyue was furious. Although these few Lotus Sect members were disguised as ordinary people, they were bona fide members of an evil cult.

"Get out of the way immediately, or I will kill you along with them!"

"Hmph, as expected of imperial lackeys, so overbearing!" Zhao Xuejun insisted on her own view.

Hearing this, Sun Lingyue almost ground her teeth to pieces.

The five Lotus Sect members behind Zhao Xuejun immediately knelt on the ground, "Miss, save us! These imperial lackeys broke into our village for no reason and killed everyone they saw. The people in our village have all been slaughtered, and only the few of us are left."

Facing the Lotus Sect members who were turning black into white, Sun Lingyue finally could not endure it anymore, "Listen to my command, fire together!"

Consequently, the Zhenwu Guards behind Sun Lingyue raised their repeating crossbows and pulled the triggers.

Suddenly, more than a dozen crossbow bolts shot toward Zhao Xuejun and the Lotus Sect members kneeling on the ground.

"Imperial lackeys, with me here, don't even think about hurting anyone!"

Zhao Xuejun shouted coldly, swung her sword to deflect all the bolts, and then flashed forward to get right in front of Sun Lingyue.

She pressed her longsword against her neck.

"Tell your subordinates to back off and let them go, otherwise, I will kill you!"

With the sword pressed against her neck, Sun Lingyue's pretty face turned red with anger. She shouted furiously, "They are all members of the Lotus Sect! Have you not heard what the Lotus Sect has done in Yunzhou?"

"Just because you say so doesn't make it true!" Zhao Xuejun said dismissively, "I believe my own eyes. Besides, even if they are members of the Lotus Sect, as long as they are willing to repent and turn over a new leaf, why can't we spare their lives?"

"Spare their lives? Then who will account for the ordinary people they killed?" Sun Lingyue asked, looking at Zhao Xuejun as if she were an idiot.

"You imperial lackey, stop acting all righteous in front of me. The reason Yunzhou has ended up in this state is because of the imperial court's inaction!" Zhao Xuejun retorted.

"Let her go, and I will let you leave. If you continue to make trouble here, I will kill you without mercy!"

Just then.

Luo Ningshuang rode over slowly on a horse.

Her gaze carried a look of disdain.

Just by being glanced at by her, a sense of urgency arose in Zhao Xuejun's heart.

At that moment.

A figure flashed by.

A young man in black appeared.

He cupped his hands toward Luo Ningshuang and said, "My Lady, it is all because my younger sister is ignorant. I, Zhao Qinglong, apologize to you on her behalf!"

Then, he looked at Zhao Xuejun, "Xuejun, release this Lady immediately!"

"Yes, Big Brother!"

Seeing her older brother Zhao Qinglong appear, Zhao Xuejun couldn't help but panic and immediately released Sun Lingyue.

"Hmph!"

Sun Lingyue snorted coldly, glared at Zhao Xuejun, and then told her subordinates, "Fire arrows, shoot them all to death!"

At this moment, the five Lotus Sect members kneeling on the ground scrambled up and ran away.

But how could their speed compare to the crossbow bolts?

Very quickly, they were pierced by the bolts and fell to the ground dead.

"You... you woman, you are too much!" Zhao Xuejun glared at Sun Lingyue.

"Little sister, the people from the Lotus Sect are not good people; it is not unjust for them to die!" Zhao Qinglong consoled her.

"Born from the same parents, how can there be such a big difference!" Sun Lingyue said sarcastically from the side.