Chu Qiu carried Huang Qi for dozens of miles until the capital was completely out of sight, and his own strength was exhausted, before he finally put Huang Qi down.
The two found a cave to rest and regain their strength. Suddenly, Chu Qiu asked, "Seventh Brother, you escaped so easily?"
Huang Qi said with dissatisfaction, "What are you saying, kid? How can you call this easy?"
Yang Sheng could never have imagined that my supernatural power could change at will, and thankfully my acting was good enough that he didn't see through my disguise, which allowed me to escape successfully.
Chu Qiu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Did Yang Sheng mention Chu Tianfang's involvement as the leader to you? Did he use that as an excuse to incite you to turn against him?"
Huang Qi asked in surprise, "The Zhenwu Hall actually found out about this? Yang Sheng really didn't tell me. He just said he would find people from the Ministry of Justice to come and torture me tomorrow before leaving."
"Tsk tsk, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. Those people from the Zhenwu Hall really have a keen sense of smell; they even managed to dig up something like this."
Hearing Huang Qi say that, Chu Qiu fell silent again.
He had felt before that Huang Qi's escape had been a little too easy.
With Yang Sheng's strength and methods, how could he possibly leave such an obvious loophole for them to escape?
When Huang Qi asked him about Chu Tianfang, he indeed denied it outright.
Now that Zhenwu Hall has learned of this matter, they will definitely tell it to all of them to sow discord among the thirty-six bandits.
However, Huang Qi vehemently denied it, which seemed more like he was covering something up.
Moreover, this kind of thing is most likely to happen to Huang Qi.
After all, Huang Qi had always complained that it was because of Zuo Yuan that the leader, Chu Tianfang, died.
Moreover, Huang Qi had many grievances about being sidelined by Zuo Yuan's other confidants, so it was quite normal for him to turn against them at this time.
Seeing Chu Qiu's disheveled appearance, Huang Qi suddenly realized something and immediately shouted, "Chu Qiu, what do you mean? Do you think I've become a traitor?"
Chu Qiu said silently, "Isn't that so? Yang Sheng is such a person, how could he leave so many loopholes in a place like this, allowing you to escape smoothly?"
"Even lions doze off, right? Yang Sheng isn't a god, how could he possibly foresee everything?"
Chu Qiu continued, "Then how do you explain the matter of the former leader? Why did Yang Sheng use it to sow discord between me, yet you say that Yang Sheng never said these things to you?"
Since he had this intelligence, why did he use it on me but not on you?
Huang Qi was so frustrated he jumped up and down, shouting furiously, "How the hell would I know? If he didn't ask me, why would I ask him?"
As he spoke, Huang Qi pulled out a knife and handed it to Chu Qiu: "Come on! If you don't believe me, then kill me with this knife and see if I've betrayed you!"
Chu Qiu quickly threw the knife aside and grabbed Huang Qi, saying, "Seventh Brother, what are you doing? I believe you, I believe you, okay!"
Although Chu Qiu said this, he was already certain in his heart that Huang Qi had betrayed him.
However, Huang Qi and he had been brothers for more than ten years. Back when they were under Chu Tianfang's command, Huang Qi had taken good care of him, and he had always regarded him as an elder brother.
So even though he was certain that Huang Qi had betrayed him, he couldn't report Huang Qi and had to cover for him.
However, he was also in a dilemma, because Huang Qi's betrayal had caused the deaths of the other brothers.
The campfire burned in the cave, casting flickering light on the faces of the two men, but for a moment no one spoke.
After resting for an hour, Chu Qiu's strength recovered. This time, he directly used his power to create a red steed, which carried the two of them back to the camp of the Thirty-Six Great Bandits.
This spirited horse consumes less energy than the bluebird, and its speed on land is not much slower.
Although they had escaped the pursuit of the Zhenwu Hall, it was best to return to their camp first to avoid any unforeseen complications.
Chu Qiu and his companion traveled over two hundred miles overnight, finally arriving back at their camp at dawn.
The other thirty-six bandits, including Kuanglong Xuanyuan, were also astonished to see the two return.
They thought that Yang Sheng was ruthless enough to kill them, but they didn't expect that they were still alive and even managed to escape back.
"Why are you back?"
A bald man asked.
He was Yuanjue, the "Evil Arhat" among the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, whose strength was only average.
Upon hearing this, Huang Qi immediately became furious.
"What do you mean by that? You'll be at ease once I'm dead?"
He was already furious that Chu Qiu had suspected him, and when he heard the other party ask him this question, he immediately exploded.
Yuanjue only asked the question casually because he was surprised, but he didn't expect the other party to speak so rudely, and he immediately got angry.
"Huang Laoqi, what do you mean by this? I'm just asking you, why are you reacting so strongly? Did you betray the brothers' information, which is why Yang Sheng let you come back?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Chu Qiu's expression changed slightly at this moment. He quickly pulled Huang Qi aside and explained to everyone, "Brother Yuanjue, you've misunderstood. Brother Qi didn't mean that."
Even if we were the most afraid of death, how could we possibly betray our brothers to save our own lives?
Huang Qi knew he hadn't betrayed his brothers, so he just felt aggrieved and angry.
However, Chu Qiu believed that Huang Qi had betrayed his brothers in order to escape, so he acted somewhat unnaturally at this moment.
All of this was observed by Kuanglong Xuanyuan and some observant bandits, and their gazes toward the two of them immediately changed.
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