The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

Chapter 123 Bai Zhaozhao's Cruelty

As a result, several strong men holding daggers and about to attack the children did not dare to move and looked at the priest. It was obvious that these people were the priest's thugs.

Although the villagers in the audience were furious, they did not dare to step forward, for fear of angering Bai Zhaozhao and having their priest killed. They all looked at the old men.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Lin led a dozen soldiers to the altar and blocked the children behind them, forming a standoff with the thugs.

Bai Lin said loudly: "I am the new inspector, and I am here to provide disaster relief under the order of the emperor! Fellow villagers, I promise that we will be able to get through this disaster safely! I will never let any villager become a refugee! Sacrificing children is a heinous act, and it must not be done!"

After these words were spoken, several old men in the audience looked at each other, as if they had not expected that this adult could say such naive words.

A tall and thin old man replied, "Your Excellency, you don't know that it was Governor Hu who interfered with our sacrifices and caused this drought! I advise you to release our priest, lest we rush forward and accidentally hurt your little body!"

Bai Lin wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Bai Zhaozhao, who cursed him in a soprano voice: "Get lost! You shameless old thing! You have lived too long and don't know your place? You still dare to threaten my brother? Come on! I will kill anyone who comes up to me! I am here to make a statement, if anyone dares to touch my brother's hair, I will make him bleed to death!"

At the same time, Bai Zhaozhao's other hand quickly shot a flying needle at the neck of a strong man, instantly cutting a cut in his aorta, and blood gushed out. The strong man screamed after he reacted.

This sudden change made the people around quiet as a chicken. The old man who wanted to order the villagers to rush forward also held his breath, and immediately realized that this beautiful young lady was a ruthless person!

The priest who was pointed at by Bai Zhaozhao with a sword suddenly lost his composure. A trace of shame and anger flashed in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "Village leaders, don't worry about me! They are from the court and dare not kill innocent people. Just charge up! Drive them away!"

"Oh, you're quite tough!" Bai Zhaozhao said as the sword flashed and directly cut off one of the priest's arms!

"Ah! Ah!" The priest screamed in pain, his voice even louder than that of the strong man just now.

Bai Zhaozhao even kicked the arm at the old men, the village chiefs as the priest called them, scaring them so much that they stepped back with fear in their eyes.

One arm, shocking the whole audience!

The tall and thin old man who had just spoken shouted hurriedly: "Girl, don't be impulsive!"

"Impulsive? I think it's this priest who is really impulsive! I'll say it again, priest, you'd better be quiet, or my sword will chop off your three legs right away!"

The priest's face was full of astonishment and fear. What do you mean, "Say it again?" You didn't say it at all, okay? But he really didn't dare to move, and just desperately covered the broken part of his arm.

Such a brutal scene made all the villagers dare not act rashly. They felt discouraged and no longer had the excitement they had at the beginning to offer sacrifices.

Another village chief shouted, "Girl, what do you want us to do?"

Bai Zhaozhao laughed sarcastically: "Humph, if I let you go, will you let these innocent children go? As the saying goes, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Those parents who sacrificed their children really broadened my horizons!"

Hearing this, a woman in the crowd ran over, knelt down in front of Bai Zhaozhao and said, "Girl, girl, please save my child! I don't want to sacrifice, I don't want to! Village chief, village chief, I don't want those things, I just want the child! Please, let him go!"

At this time, another woman next to her suddenly couldn't hold it anymore and cried out loudly: "What do you know? This drought has come. The adults can't even get enough to eat, so how can they feed the children? Sooner or later, they will starve to death or die of thirst! It's better to offer sacrifices to the river god to save the people!"

Bai Zhaozhao looked into her eyes and said, "Really? Didn't you get some benefit in exchange for giving up your child's life? Aren't you afraid that your child will turn into a ghost and come back to find you? Because he would rather die of starvation and thirst than be killed by his biological parents!"

The other woman's eyes dodged for a moment, and she cried out sadly, "Nonsense! What do you mean by willing? If it wasn't for the sacrifice to the river god, how could I be willing? We just don't want our whole family to die here together. What have we done wrong?"

Bai Zhaozhao understood that although she might love her child, she could not overcome the other voices around her, which was so sad.

Without looking at her anymore, Bai Zhaozhao said loudly to the villagers: "This priest has deceived you, and has deceived you for many years!

He said that the drought was caused by not sacrificing children. I think it was because you did too many evil things in the past, and the river god was angry, so the drought was brought down! Otherwise, why didn’t other prefectures have this drought, but Yuzhou Prefecture had it?

If sacrificing human lives can bring about good weather, then wouldn't it be better for adults? Especially the elders who are respected in the village, wouldn't they be the most suitable? After all, they are the most pious, aren't they? On the contrary, children don't know anything, how can the river god like them?"

Bai Zhaozhao's theory successfully made all the villagers a little confused, and some people even looked at the village heads with strange eyes.

The tall and thin village chief angrily said, "Impossible! Before Magistrate Hu came, we never had any problems sacrificing children! It was always smooth sailing! What's more, their parents are proud of this and have never regretted it!"

Bai Zhaozhao looked at the villagers' determined eyes and taunted them again, "Really? If it's so glorious, then I would like to ask if the children in the families of the village heads have also been sacrificed?"

For a moment, there was silence again.

Bai Lin looked at Bai Zhaozhao now and felt that she was definitely too gentle in the past, which concealed her true nature. No wonder Bai Hao would tell him about Bai Zhaozhao's cruelty every time after practicing.

Sure enough, having a cruel sister is really...great!

Seeing Bai Zhaozhao's overwhelming momentum, Bai Lin felt that there would be no problem in delaying time to rescue Governor Hu. All he had to do was lie down!

Unexpectedly, Bai Zhaozhao mentioned him directly: "My brother is this year's new top scholar, with a great reputation. He is a person praised by Zen Master Guiyuan! He said that if he can lead everyone through the drought, then he can do it! Otherwise, how will his future career continue?"

Bai Lin: ...

Obviously, everyone is no longer interested in the term "number one scholar". After all, Ji Yuanda was the number one scholar, but he still failed to persevere. This time there is another number one scholar, but it may not be useful either!

But the only thing that shocked everyone was Master Guiyuan, who was a legendary figure and stories about him were circulating among the people everywhere.