"How many times do I have to tell you before you believe me? I really didn't betray you!"
Seeing that Chu Qiu, who had been his brother for so many years, was doubting him, Huang Qi felt like committing suicide to prove his innocence, or even becoming a traitor.
With red eyes and a hoarse voice, Chu Qiu said, "It doesn't matter whether we're considered traitors or not now. The most important thing is that everyone sees us as traitors now. How are we going to explain this to the boss when we get back?"
"Explain what? We haven't done anything, what is there to explain?"
Although Huang Qi was shouting, his face was filled with helplessness and resentment.
Judging from their current state, Kuanglong Xuanyuan and the others have even come to believe that they are traitors and are therefore on high alert towards them.
At this moment, a messenger walked in and said, "My lords, Lord Xuanyuan has ordered that the army set off and attack the capital from the east."
Huang Qi and Chu Qiu exchanged a glance, both showing a hint of helplessness.
Now they don't even invite the two of us when discussing offensive strategies.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, they would definitely take the northern route to attack the capital, which would be the shortest route. But they insisted on taking a detour, which clearly shows that they did not trust the two of them. So they changed their plans at the last minute and preferred to take a detour to guard against the two of them.
Kuanglong Xuanyuan had nearly 100,000 men under his command, but if you include the laborers and support workers he plundered along the way, the number has exceeded 100,000.
The original plan was well arranged, but the sudden change in the departure caused some chaos in the army.
Compared to the northern front, the eastern front was not easy to traverse, as there were several large cities along the way, which meant they would have to fight several more battles.
However, none of these things mattered to Kuanglong Xuanyuan.
The major cities in the heart of the Great Zhou Dynasty are poorly defended. Even if they were given a month, let alone a day, they would not be able to stop our army.
Moreover, the journey was much smoother than Kuanglong Xuanyuan had imagined.
They marched a hundred li in a day, and the major cities they passed through were all deserted, clearly indicating that the imperial court had already evacuated its troops in advance.
The Great Zhou Dynasty court is utterly cowardly; they gave up without even fighting.
As night fell, Kuanglong Xuanyuan hesitated for a moment, but decided to rest in the nearby Yulong City.
Thirty-six bandits and some of their elite troops could march for a day without much difficulty.
However, some ordinary soldiers and laborers certainly wouldn't be able to hold out.
Moreover, they took a long detour, more than fifty miles farther than the northern offensive, and even marching through the night, they still couldn't reach the capital.
Therefore, the group had no choice but to enter the Imperial Dragon City to rest.
The Imperial Dragon City is named so because it was the location of the emperor's palace.
In the early years after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor was quite fond of traveling around the capital, so he built palaces in some key locations. Yulong City was one of the emperor's palaces at that time.
However, later emperors did not have the habit of traveling. Even if they wanted to travel, they would usually be criticized by the censors. Therefore, Yulong City gradually developed into a city based on the palace.
After setting up camp, Kuanglong Xuanyuan and the others should have held a meeting to formulate the battle plan for tomorrow, but they still did not call Chu Qiu and Huang Qi to come.
Huang Qi paced back and forth in the tent, cursing, "What do they mean by this? If they really suspect us brothers, they might as well just kill us!"
What's the point of all this hesitation and coyness, this guarding against us like we're thieves?
Chu Qiu was actually under more pressure than Huang Qi.
He genuinely believed that Huang Qi had betrayed him, so he had been struggling with how to conduct himself for the past two days.
At first, Chu Qiu only wanted to help Huang Qi cover it up and didn't want anything to happen to Huang Qi, after all, he was his brother of more than ten years.
But now, seeing the attitude of Kuanglong Xuanyuan and the others, Chu Qiu himself felt a little disheartened.
If others had experienced what they did, even if Kuanglong Xuanyuan and the others had some suspicions, they wouldn't have been as wary of them as they were of the two of them.
We two are, after all, outsiders among the thirty-six great bandits.
Or rather, from the very beginning, they never considered themselves true brothers!
Just because they were Chu Tianfang's confidants before?
But if it's because the leader died and a new leader took over, they would immediately rush to curry favor and kneel before him.
Even if they couldn't stand it themselves, Zuo Yuan would also think they were all disloyal and unjust guys with no principles whatsoever.
Therefore, for these former confidants of Chu Tianfang, their position was extremely awkward; whatever they did was wrong.
"Seventh Brother, I don't want to ask you now whether you have betrayed everyone or not."
After this battle, whether we win or lose, we'll both be considered traitors.
When everyone thinks we're traitors, even if we aren't, we become traitors—there's no way around it!
Chu Qiu smiled bitterly, his face filled with despair.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from beside them.
Actually, there is another way.
Since they all suspect you and consider you traitors, why don't you just really rebel!
"Once Kuanglong Xuanyuan and the others are all dead, who will know you're traitors?"
Yang Cheng's figure emerged from a wisp of sinister energy, appearing brightly before Chu Qiu and Huang Qi.
The thirty-six bandits did not cultivate martial arts, but rather supernatural powers achieved through external means.
This is not their own power, so if they want to increase their power, they must rely on fusing with that treasure and try their best to tap into its power.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
