Zheng Chengguang gave orders to his personal guards. The escapee was quite skilled, but he was no match for the General of the North's personal guards!
A moment later, Qi Qi was brought back tied up.
Unfortunately, before they could be tied up and brought before Zheng Chengguang and Eunuch Xu, they had already coughed up blood and collapsed unconscious.
Zheng Ye went forward to check and found that they had poison in their mouths and had already stopped breathing, so he did not trouble Ning Xi'er to treat them.
To prevent the captured servants from imitating him, Zheng Ye ordered his men to bind the lips and tongues of the poisoned servants to prevent them from biting their tongues or committing suicide by poisoning themselves.
Damn it!
Eunuch Xu glanced at the corpse on the ground, then looked at the several bound servants.
They were taken to a secluded place and given hallucinogenic drugs by Ning Xi'er. Once they confessed to being the mastermind, they were all silenced.
Zheng Ye was still shaken, but when he saw that Eunuch Xu had checked the food in the pot and found nothing amiss, he relaxed his guard.
Who would have thought that these damned guys would actually tamper with the added seasonings!
With so many servants preparing the meals, no one could possibly poison such a large quantity of food, especially since the food in the pots would be inspected...
The servant who was serving the rice suggested that adding seasoning would make it taste even better.
When Ning Xi'er handed the two bottles of seasoning to Zheng Ye, many servants saw it and therefore did not think much of it.
Who would have thought that the porcelain bottle filled with Sichuan peppercorns and black pepper powder, which had disappeared from people's sight, would reappear, now laced with poison.
Originally, Xie Zhun, Eunuch Xu, the Duke of Huguo, and the two generals had a general idea of the scope of the spies in the two mansions...
They originally planned to play covertly, eliminating these spies, but this might expose their strength and invite even more frenzied attacks...
It's also possible that they want to find clues from these people, making it easier to guard against them.
If all the dangers come from outside, it's actually not a good thing.
But what they had just experienced made them realize that even keeping spies around was not enough to completely prevent their activities.
After talking with Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye, Eunuch Xu headed straight for Xie Zhun's carriage.
Eunuch Xu quickly got out of the carriage and called his trusted guards to surround the crowd.
Amidst the panic among the guards and servants, the guards, following the names pointed out by Eunuch Xu, bound out all thirty-odd people suspected of being spies.
"I'm innocent! Eunuch Xu, I didn't do anything!"
"Yes! Eunuch Xu, why are you tying me up? I don't want to die!"
"Eunuch Xu, please spare this servant!"
......
The cries of agony at the scene were incessant.
Despite the stern tone and stern expression of Eunuch Xu, he remained unmoved.
I had originally planned to hold back and spare their lives as long as they didn't commit any evil deeds along the way...
Who would have thought they would work so hard!
What an ungrateful wretch!
If the princess hadn't reminded Xuan Dian, thinking of the suffering the prince and the Duke of Protectorate were enduring, he would have wanted to tear them to pieces immediately!
Eunuch Xu and his men stayed behind, leaving behind the bandits' horses and long knives.
After discussing the matter with Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye, Eunuch Xu led the group forward for about a mile or two...
As for the spies behind him...
The guards mounted their tall horses, wielding the bandits' long knives, and followed the bandits' original route to the top of the hill...
The guards below untied their ropes, and the spies ran for their lives...
In the time it takes to drink a few cups of tea, they were all hacked to the ground...
The guards did not hide the corpses.
Wasn't the plan to lure bandits into an ambush? Then create a scene of a bandit ambush for them...
Since the spies came from different sources, their deaths would not immediately arouse suspicion.
Having resolved everything, Eunuch Xu led his guards forward...
Although they were supposed to be reuniting with the main force, the hoofprints on the ground suggested they were chasing after Prince Cheng's troops...
When Eunuch Xu led his team back, they encountered a large group of people coming from the nearby mountains and fields.
The guards were on high alert, with Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye guarding the front.
As they led the crowd in, they discovered that the person at the front, leading the horse, was none other than the bandit leader who had attacked them earlier!
On the horse sat a little boy with a shaved head and a small whip tied behind his head, exposing his vulnerable spot to the other party...
This can be considered a show of sincerity from the bandit leader.
Upon entering, the group discovered that there were over a hundred tall, muscular men guarding both sides and the end of the line.
Those surrounded and protected were the elderly, women, and children, numbering nearly four hundred!
Compared to the entourages of the Prince's Mansion and the Duke of Protectorate, their numbers should not be underestimated!
After the details were clarified, only about 250 people remained in the Prince's Mansion and the Duke of Huguo's Mansion.
The bandit group, including the hundred or so ambushed, numbered over six hundred!
Zheng Chengguang and Zheng Ye dared not let their guard down.
But Eunuch Xu was worried; there were six hundred more mouths to feed!
The supplies that were originally enough to last half a month, aside from some consumed on the way, look like they can only last for three days at most.
We are only two hours away from Anqing County. We must resupply our supplies no matter what!
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