"You have already won. Let them go and exchange my life for theirs," Qingyun Sword said as he appeared at the top of the city wall.
"Village chief!"
"Senior!"
Regardless of whether it was above or below the city wall, everyone was sorrowful and moved.
Qingyun Sword was a Spirit Wheel expert, yet he was willing to exchange his life for the lives of those Earth Wheel and Man Wheel experts. This almost made everyone cry.
Ren Baqian pondered whether this old man couldn't bring himself to surrender and wanted Ren Baqian to give him a way out of this embarrassing situation.
Of course, thinking this way might be a little narrow-minded … After all, these people came here with the intention to die.
However, this old man's lifelong wish was for the people of Tianjing Basin to be able to leave this place. Since Ren Baqian had already told him all this, wouldn't he want to see if Ren Baqian could do what he said?
After all, this was his lifelong wish, and it was so close at hand. If it were Ren Baqian, he would definitely want to see it happen.
Besides, what was the use of letting these 20 people go? Wasn't he worried that Ren Baqian would massacre Wu City? Ren Baqian might not be able to do it, but Xi Wanya definitely could.
Just the fact that they besieged the empress was enough to exterminate the entire city.
Ren Baqian pondered for a while and decided to give him a way out of this embarrassing situation.
He stepped forward and said, "Did you see that? There are a thousand brothers behind me, and a thousand super brothers are waiting for you in high spirits! "
The 2,000 burly men behind him bulged their muscles as if to annotate Ren Baqian's words.
Of course, if they knew what "brothers" meant, they wouldn't have this expression.
"Surrender! Open the gates and surrender now, and there won't be a massacre. This is the only way for you to survive. Otherwise, these people and the people of Wu City will die, including you! Including you. You can only die if I want you to. I won't let you die, but if someone dies … What awaits you is a massacre! "
"Oh, wrong. You can only die if Her Majesty wants you to die …"
Qingyun Sword stood on the city wall in silence for a long time before looking up at the sky and sighing. It was a heroic, stirring, and lonely scene …
He acted as if it was real …
The more Ren Baqian looked at him, the more he felt that he was acting …
"Open the gates!" Qingyun Sword said in a deep voice.
"Village chief?"
"Open!" Qingyun Sword shouted.
A moment later, the city gate slowly opened. A group of people stood at the gate, their eyes filled with anger.
Although they had already known that they had lost this battle two days ago, using a massacre to threaten them was truly despicable!
"Go, tie them up," Ren Baqian said to the people beside him.
"You're going too far!" someone shouted angrily.
"Let them tie him up! A loss … was a loss! There's no need to implicate those innocent people … "Qingyun Sword said calmly. His voice was devoid of emotion. Only those who were familiar with him would be able to hear the sorrow in his voice.
No matter what, he had surrendered.
No matter how many excuses he had, he couldn't hide from the bottom of his heart that he had let down those who had died.
Although everyone was furious, they knew that resistance was useless at this moment. The situation was already lost. Since the winged cavalry was already here, they would only die even if they resisted. They might even infuriate the other party and cause them to massacre the entire city. He steeled his heart and no longer resisted.
The rope used to tie people up was made from vines soaked in animal oil. It was extremely tough, and the more one struggled, the tighter the rope became, to the point that it could even cut into the flesh. Even an Earth Wheel expert wouldn't be able to escape if he was tied up.
However, this kind of rope wasn't enough to deal with a Spirit Wheel expert. This was because a Spirit Wheel expert could use their spirit and even condense Heaven-grade weapons. There were many ways to break the rope.
After waiting for everyone to be tied up, Ren Baqian pinched his nose and walked to the front of everyone to look at their faces. There weren't many people left, only a dozen or so, and they were all from the hidden village. Qingyun Sword was the only Spirit Wheel expert.
"What about the others?" Ren Baqian asked.
"Don't you already know?" Qingyun Sword was the only one who was not tied up. He looked at the captives they had captured last night and sighed.
"Don't play any more tricks, or else even the gods won't be able to save you," Ren Baqian reminded.
"There's no need," Qingyun Sword said faintly. He had 1,000 Earth Wheel experts and four Spirit Wheel experts. Qi Zixiao was also a top-notch expert. At this moment, even if all the experts in Tianjing Basin who were at their peak were gathered here, they still wouldn't be a match for him.
Furthermore, more than half of the experts in Tianjing Basin had already died.
Ren Baqian returned to the empress's seat and said, "Your Majesty, please enter the city!"
"Enter the city!" The empress waved her hand. Then, she lowered her voice and asked Ren Baqian, "Is the smell still there?"
Ren Baqian felt a toothache. He had brought this upon himself!
"Your Majesty, please bear with it. In fact, the smell on these people is the main point," Ren Baqian whispered.
The empress also felt a toothache when she heard this.
Even so, they still had to enter the city.
The winged cavalry was divided into two groups with the empress in the middle. When passing by the city gate, the empress didn't look at the people who were tied up. To her, these people were never her match and were just some restless rebels. Now that Ren Baqian was handling them, she couldn't be bothered to look at them.
This made the people who were tied up feel an indescribable feeling. The other party actually didn't even bother to look at them.
The people from the Protectorate of the South followed behind. After entering the city, they immediately dispersed to look after the guards in the city and a portion of them went to guard the city gate.
The streets were very quiet. Occasionally, the sound of children crying could be heard from the houses on both sides of the street, but it was immediately covered up.
The moment the winged cavalry entered the city, everyone ran back home and prayed for their own fate. They also peeked through the cracks of the windows to observe this world-famous army and the empress of Dayao.
After passing through half of the city, everyone arrived at the warlord's residence. Ren Baqian went in first, walked around, and then came out while covering his nose.
This place used to be the base camp of those people, and the smell was extremely strong.
He got someone to find a big house nearby that didn't have any smell and chased the people out. This house would be the empress's temporary residence.
"I'm going to take a bath. I'll leave the rest to you. Qing Yuan … "The empress entered the house and walked in while talking. Halfway through, she suddenly remembered that Qing Yuan and Hong Luan were still on Earth.
"Bring the two of them back tonight."
"Your Majesty, there isn't anyone who can use this place now. Do you want me to boil some water for you to take a bath?" Ren Baqian asked.
"Ouch!" After Ren Baqian finished speaking, he felt the empress stepping on his foot. He felt that his big toe was cracked …
He gasped while holding his foot. Seeing that Gong Zheng and a few guards were looking at him, Ren Baqian glared back. Everyone immediately gave him a thumbs up.
"Find a room. I'm going to rest. I haven't slept well these past two days."
"Yes! I've already ordered people to clean up. "Ren Baqian limped and gritted his teeth as he followed behind the empress.
"Go and do your work." The empress waved her hand when they arrived.
Ren Baqian watched the empress enter the room before turning to the hall and ordering people to bring in Qingyun Sword and the others, as well as the captives from last night.
He sat on a wooden chair in the hall. The back of the chair was curved, and there was a bit of an ergonomic feel to it. There was even a pillow behind the waist … It made him feel very comfortable when he sat on it. This made Ren Baqian think highly of these remnant citizens of Tianjing Basin.
"Go and ask the original owners of this place who made this chair and bring them here," Ren Baqian said to the guards beside him. It just so happened that he lacked a carpenter who could make sofas and chairs.
Then, he looked pensive as if something was missing … After a long time, Qingyun Sword and the others were brought into the hall. Looking at Ren Baqian's pensive expression, they began to guess how he was going to deal with them.
Ren Baqian thought for a long time and suddenly realized why he felt that something was missing!
It seemed like someone was missing?
Where did that lass Lin Qiaole go?
Did he call her when he left this morning?
…
Lin Qiaole squatted on a branch and looked at the messy ground with a dumbfounded look on her face …
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