895 First of the Three Petty Things (2/2)
The Divine Priest frowned and said, ”It is a great honor for you to perform for the Divine Halls. You just need to wait with patience. How dare you to ask so many questions? You want to be punished for your impiety?”
Xiaocao panted and managed to control her anger. ”For a good performance, we do need time to prepare. Please, Respected Divine Priest, do let us know when.”
The Divine Priest answered indifferently, ”I have no idea.”
Xiaocao questioned, ”Then who would know?”
The Divine Priest looked at her with mockery. ”I have no idea either.”
Xiaocao asked calmly, ”I want to see the Hierarch. I guess he would know for sure.”
”What makes you think that you can ask to see the Hierarch?” The Divine Priest reprimanded.
Xiaocao stayed calm and continued, ”Then I ask for the Divine Priest of Judgment.”
The Divine Priest looked at Xiaocao with mockery again. ”Up until now, you stubborn Tang people still won't accept the reality. Then I will give you a definite answer — you are doomed. You are not leaving this house unless you are dead.”
Since the official dispatcher from Tang imperial court could not make the Divine Halls of West Hill to release them, Xiaocao knew that she and the girls were going to die miserable deaths. Even if the imperial court were willing to go into another war for their sake, they would still be doomed.
The girls from the House of Red Sleeves were also aware of this. However, they were still clinging to a slimmest chance until it was disclosed by this Divine Priest. Colors were drained from Xiaocao's face, and the girls started weeping back in the house.
The Divine Priest was satisfied by their grief. When he was about to say something further to add to their misery, the door was pushed open.
The Divine Priest turned to those divine guards and asked, ”What's the matter?”
One of the divine guards replied, ”Someone is asking for these girls from the House of the Red Sleeves.”
The Divine Priest frowned at this request and coldly asked, ”Which Divine Priest from which Divine Hall is asking for them? I took the order from the Hierarch to watch these Tang women. No one can ask for them.”
The divine guard reprimanded, ”Who do you think you are to ask such questions?”
Xiaocao found some vent in their conversion. Yet she wondered who dared to disregard the order from the Hierarch. Could it be the Divine Priest of Judgment who was said to be a friend of Ning Que?
The Divine Priest trembled with rage and cursed to them, ”How dare you to disrespect the Hierarch? Are you all courting death?”
”Who dares to stand in the way when the Divine Hall of Light is asking for them?”
Upon hearing this cute voice, the divine guards cleared the path for a young girl in a white dress.
The Divine Priest looked into this young girl in white dress and suddenly realized something. He felt his strength drained immediately and collapsed on the ground.
The girl in white dress did not spare a single glance at him and proceeded to the courtyard. She looked around the girls dressed up in their performance costumes, slightly frowned and asked, ”Who is Xiaocao?”
Xiaocao took a deep breath, moved one step forward and answered piously, ”I am.”
They had been confined in this humble house ever since the commencement of the Rite to Light. She had no idea of what had happened these days or how much the Divine Hall of Light meant to the Taoists right now. Although she did not know the background of this girl in white dress, she could tell from the reaction of the Divine Priest that this girl held an unusually important position in the Divine Halls of West Hill. No matter what would happen next, she had to take her chance.
The young girl in white dress stared at Xiaocao and could not figure out why her master had asked particularly for this Tang girl. After all, no one, not even the Hierarch, had been allowed to enter the Divine Hall of Light.
Xiaocao followed the girl in white dress, stepped into the carriage, and left the small town.
The girls from the House of Red Sleeves poured to the gate and watched the carriage until it disappeared. They could not help but worry for Xiaocao as they had no idea what would happen to her in the Divine Hall of Light.
The Divine Priest awoke from his panic and seemed lost. He sleepwalked out of the courtyard, and hanged himself in his house that night.
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