The bell tower and drum tower in Fangling County are located near the north city gate. Every morning, the bell rings and the city gate slowly opens. Every night, when the drums fill the whole city, the city gate slowly closes, repeating itself, day after day, year after year.

But the bell tower and drum sound are not two independent buildings. They actually belong to one temple. The largest temple in Fangzhou - Baoguo Temple. When the fanatical Buddhist winds swept over the Tang Dynasty again and again, Fangzhou was no exception. In just a few decades, Fangzhou Buddhist temples have skyrocketed from the original three to fifteen, with nearly 10,000 monks, and Baoguo Temple is the largest Buddhist temple among them.

Night covers Fangling County, and pedestrians are rarely seen in the streets and alleys. Around the Drum Tower of Baoguo Temple, there are more than 20 black shadows lurking. They have surrounded the Drum Tower. On the ridge of a house, Wu Furong's eyes are coldly watching the movements in the Drum Tower.

Wu Furong led thirty inner guards to Fangling County yesterday and temporarily stayed in Baoguo Temple. Half an hour ago, she received news of the ward detection. Someone sneaked into Baoguo Temple and was peeping at their movements. Wu Furong became annoyed, and then ordered her subordinates to surround the other party and prevent them from escaping.

The inner guard warrior brought by Wu Furong was actually the original Wu family general. After Wu Chengsi was exiled, there were more than 50 Wu family generals left, and they faced the risk of disbanding. Wu Furong defected to Princess Taiping, and all Wu family generals followed her to Taiping Prefecture. They took advantage of the opportunity of the inner guard to increase their qualities and all joined the inner guard and became Wu Furong's direct subordinates.

Therefore, compared with other inner guards, this new inner guard, transformed from the Wu family, is more ruthless and more experienced. They guarded the various exits of the Drum Tower and trapped several people who spied on them in the Drum Tower.

"Who are you? How dare you go against the inner guard?" A inner guard warrior stood on the roof and shouted loudly.

After a while, a woman's voice came from the Drum Tower, "We are the subordinates of Shangguan Sheren, and there may be some misunderstandings. Can the Wu General be there?"

Wu Furong immediately heard the voice, as if it was the voice of the female Taoist priest Xie Ying. It turned out that they were the ones who went to the Qing Tower.

In recent years, Xue Huaiyi's monk, Wu Sansi's military general hall, Wu Chengsi's Wu family generals, Lai Junchen's criminal, Princess Taiping's Taiping Mansion and Shangguan Wan'er's Shangqing Tower have been known as the Six Secret Guards of Shendu. They have never stopped fighting for their own interests.

Especially the grudge between Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er was extremely deep, and the struggle between the two women became more intense. Several bloody battles broke out between Shangqinglou and Taiping Mansion, each with casualties. Although the inner guard led by Wu Furong was not a Taiping Mansion warrior, she belonged to Princess Taiping.

Of course Wu Furong knew the hatred between Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er. In fact, it was not only that Princess Taiping hated Shangguan Wan'er deeply, but Wu Furong hated her to the core. Didn't her father just be framed by Shangguan Wan'er and exiled to Lingnan?

Today she actually met Xie Ying from Shangqing Tower in Fangling. Wu Furong suddenly burst into murderous intent. How could she let go of this opportunity to eradicate Shangqing Tower?

Wu Furong smirked and said loudly: "It turns out it's Xie Agu. It seems that she has really misunderstood. I won't make things difficult for you, just leave."

She gritted her teeth and whispered: "Tell me my order, as long as they come out, they will kill you."

There were only five members of Shangqing Tower in the Drum Tower. Xie Ying led her four subordinates. They were under the order of Li Zhen to find other forces entering Fangzhou.

Xie Ying and the others discovered that there was a group of people of unknown origin hidden in Baoguo Temple. In order to find out the true faces of these people, Xie Ying led his subordinates to sneak into Baoguo Temple. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by the other party and instead were trapped in the drum tower.

Xie Ying was very nervous. It turned out that the other party was Wu Furong. Of course she knew the hatred between Wu Chengsi and her master. She realized that Wu Furong would never let her go. It depends on whether she could break through tonight.

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss Wu, let's clean up and leave immediately."

While Xie Ying was perfunctory to Wu Furong, they were making quick preparations. They lit the wooden frames and curtains in the drum tower with fire pieces, and thick smoke began to rise in the drum tower and fires were everywhere.

Wu Furong was shocked and immediately ordered: "Kill it down."

More than twenty black shadows jumped into the Drum Tower compound and rushed from all directions. Just as they approached the Drum Tower, several black shadows rushed out from the northwest corner. The sword light flashed and instantly slashed over the two surrounding warriors. The long screams rang out in the night sky.

Xie Ying led his five subordinates to the northwest corridor. At the end of the corridor was a small door leading to the backyard of the temple, from which he could escape the temple.

Wu Furong was furious. She stared at Xie Ying's back and ordered: "Don't worry about the drum tower, catch up with them, and never let them escape."

More than twenty warriors shouted loudly and chased the five people who were running away.

Baoguo Temple covers a large area and has many buildings and complex structures. Xie Ying led his men into a dead end. The gate at the end of the alley was hung with thick iron chains and could not get out. They had no choice but to turn around and return to the backyard.

As soon as he ran into the yard, three black-clothed warriors lurking on the wall jumped down. This was the secret whistle deployed by Wu Furong. Xie Ying and five subordinates were intercepted.

Xie Ying was anxious and shouted: "Run over"

"It's too late." Wu Furong's sneer came from behind, and then nearly twenty black-clad warriors rushed into the yard. They came fiercely and instantly dispersed Xie Ying and her men.

It is unlikely that she will escape, so Xie Ying can only fight to the death. The two sides fought fiercely in the backyard, with swords and swords constantly screaming.

A Shangqinglou warrior was surrounded by four Wu Furong's subordinates. He tried hard to kill one person, but he could not resist the attack of the other three swords. However, Wu Furong, who was sneak attacking behind him, pierced his vest with a sword. He screamed and died tragically under Wu Furong's sword.

Another Shangqinglou warrior was hit by several swords in a row and was covered in blood. He fought desperately out of the siege, but he only staggered for two steps before falling to the ground and never woke up again.

Xie Ying was besieged by the seven Wu Furong's subordinates. She waved her sword and supported her left and right, which was extremely difficult. If Wu Furong had not ordered her to capture her alive, she would have been corpse on the spot. At this time, another Shangqinglou warrior was killed. In just a moment, Xie Ying's five subordinates were only two, and she struggled to support her. Nearly twenty men in black surrounded them. Wu Furong sneered coldly: "Xie Daogu, if you abandon your sword and surrender, maybe I will spare your life, otherwise today will be your sacrifice day next year."

"Bah, you bitch, kill me if you have the guts."

Wu Furong gritted her teeth and said viciously: "Since I have to eat the toast and punish the wine, I will fulfill you and fall into my hands. It is not that easy for you to die. I will make you unable to survive, but I cannot die. I will kill the other two for me first."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a cold wind gust of her neck. It was too late to hide. She felt a cold and sharp sword piercing her neck. She immediately rolled on the ground, rolling for more than ten feet away. Then she felt a severe pain in her left ear. When she touched her hand, her hands were covered with blood. Her left ear was gone, and only a small piece of flesh was left with skin. Wu Furong screamed hysterically.

At this time, not only Wu Furong screamed, but also his subordinates around him screamed. Zhao Qiuniang led a dozen inner guard warriors to arrive in time. They attacked from behind, catching Wu Furong and her subordinates off guard, and five or six people were killed instantly.

Wu Furong covered her ears and took a few steps back. A slim young woman stood opposite her, wearing a black warrior uniform, holding a sharp sword in her hand, and staring at her coldly. It was her enemy Di Yan, and there was also a ear of Wu Furong on the tip of the sword.

Although this was an opportunity to kill Wu Furong, Di Yan did not kill him at the last moment. After all, Wu Furong was the deputy commander of the imperial guards and the county lord of the Wu family. Although it was so satisfying to kill her, it would implicate her father. However, Di Yan was not willing to let her go, so she cut off her ear with a sword.

"It's you"

Wu Furong's eyes shot out with extreme hatred and stared at Di Yan. She suddenly screamed and swung her sword to Di Yan. Di Yan gently stretched her body and flipped her into the air. The long sword swung in the air and cut it towards her right ear extremely quickly. Di Yan obviously wanted to cut off her other ear.

Wu Furong stabbed the sky with a sword. Knowing that something was wrong, her body immediately leaned forward. A sword light flashed by. Although Di Yan's long sword did not cut Wu Furong's right ear, it cut off her hair. The blue hair was flying all over the sky, and Wu Furong's hair was cut off a large area.

In just two rounds, Wu Furong suffered two great losses and almost died. She finally calmed down and took several steps back. She found that her subordinates could not defeat the other party and had lost nearly half of them. She shouted, "Retreat."

She turned around and ran towards the front yard of the Buddhist temple. The remaining subordinates retreated from the fight, but three people were still unable to withdraw from the inner guard warriors and were killed by Zhao Qiuniang. The ground was covered with corpses. Wu Furong led people to withdraw from Baoguo Temple and disappeared into the heavy night.

At this time, Xie Ying's legs became weak and she almost collapsed to the ground. Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly supported her and asked her subordinates to get the medicine for injury. Xie Ying panted and said, "Thanks to your rescue in time, I can escape from death."

"It was the Taoist nun who lit the Drum Tower in time and gave us a signal, otherwise we wouldn't know that you are here."

At this time, an inner guard warrior stepped forward to report to Zhao Qiuniang: "Report to the lieutenant, we have killed eleven of the other party."

"How many brothers do we lose?"

"We have no loss, but-"

The warrior glanced at Xie Ying, hesitated, and whispered: "The brothers who Shangqing Tower suffered heavy losses. Three of them are dead, and one of them is seriously injured. I wonder if he can survive tonight?"
Chapter completed!