Chapter 642: Offering the Head

The ground shook, and the strong wind shook the window lattices, making a short sound.

Tang Lanzhou looked around in all directions.

Besides him and Mei Qinghe, there were several others lying on the large beds in the room.

Mei Qinghe was fighting with the invading foreign Heaven-Man experts, and the strong wind entered the room through the window, lifting the curtains covering the large beds. Only then did Tang Lanzhou see the figures clearly—good hands from the Embroidered Uniform Guard and imperial attendants, each one with missing limbs, each one unconscious. Even with such violent fighting sounds coming from outside, they showed no signs of waking up.

Tang Lanzhou realized.

Only then did he know what came after the "three—" that Mei Qinghe said earlier.

Not three years, not three months.

It was three days.

He Shang Zhangren held the complete six-path Heaven-Man cultivation method and had begun planning since the founding of the Great Ming. He did not lack methods to cultivate Heaven-Man experts or even direct empowerment. No one dared to be sure how many foreign Heaven-Man experts he had under his command.

In any case, it was definitely more than the Great Ming.

Most of the imperial Heaven-Man experts gathered in Nanjing had already lost their combat capability, and even Mei Qinghe had to drag her heavily injured body to defend against the enemy, while the foreign Heaven-Man experts' offensive showed no signs of diminishing.

"No."

Tang Lanzhou quickly made a decision.

"Must do something."

He used all his strength to barely support his upper body.

Just making this movement already made him pant for breath.

By the time he put his feet on the ground, a cup of tea's time had passed. He was about to stand up by leaning against the edge of the bed, but heard a voice from beside him.

"Tang Gong... you cannot walk around right now..."

Tang Lanzhou looked in the direction of the voice and saw two figures sitting up on the bed closest to him, wrapped in bandages. One was missing an arm, and the other was missing half a face. He identified them carefully for a long time but failed to recognize them.

"Who are you two?"

The man missing an arm said.

"We met the night before last, Tang Gong. My name is Deng Baixuan."

The woman missing half a face said.

"Liu Baiyun, greetings to Tang Gong."

Tang Lanzhou realized that these two were the former Hengshan Sect leader and former Huashan Sect leader who had rushed to support the capital earlier.

But...

"I remember there were more than two of you that night..."

Tang Lanzhou said hesitantly.

Deng Baixuan immediately smiled bitterly.

"Tang Gong, are you talking about Zhou Yingxue and Gao Ling?"

"That night we went to support Battalion Commander Zheng Yi. Gao Ling was struck by a palm and was dying from heavy injuries; she is lying on the bed to your right. As for Sect Leader Zhou Yingxue..."

He hesitated for a moment.

Liu Baiyun took over the conversation coldly.

"Sect Leader Zhou blocked a sword for me and has already died."

Deng Baixuan sighed.

The four leaders of the Five Mountains Sword Sect plus Gao Ling had all entered the Embroidered Uniform Guard together. Their ages, Wu Gong, status, and tasks were similar, and over the years, they had long become close friends. Yet he did not expect that after one night, Zhang Jingfeng and Zhou Yingxue would die one after another.

What he did not expect even more was that Zhou Yingxue, who used to compete with Liu Baiyun and would find trouble with her from time to time, would actually sacrifice her life to save Liu Baiyun... Since Zhou Yingxue's death, Liu Baiyun had not smiled at all, and her whole body was constantly emitting a chilling killing intent, which was why he dared not mention this matter.

After Tang Lanzhou finished listening, he sighed.

"When the nest is overturned, how can there be any whole eggs left."

"You and I are both doing things with our lives; there is no guarantee that we won't go to see our deceased friends in the next moment... there is no need to feel sentimental at this time."

After speaking, he was about to stand up.

Deng Baixuan said hurriedly.

"Tang Gong, Qinghe said just now that if you walk off the bed, you won't live for half a day."

Tang Lanzhou turned a deaf ear, exerted force to stand up, let out a long breath, and slowly straightened his body.

"This old man has long wanted to die, it doesn't matter."

"This old man has things to do... where are the tiger tally and the imperial seal?"

Deng Baixuan, not yet fully recovered from his heavy injuries and having just woken up from unconsciousness, saw Tang Lanzhou stumbling toward him. He could not care about his injuries, hurriedly stood up while enduring the pain, and went forward to support Tang Lanzhou.

"Tang Gong... the tiger tally is not in Nanjing, but the imperial seal is."

He turned his head and saw Liu Baiyun also get off the bed, squatting in the corner to remove a brick, taking out a wooden box from the exposed hole, and turning to walk over.

"The imperial seal, Tang Gong."

"Where are you going?"

Tang Lanzhou opened the wooden box and grabbed the imperial seal.

"Shanhai Pass."

Deng Baixuan was stunned. ===== CHAPTER 643 =====