When Zhao Cheng heard this, he frowned and said coldly,
"Stand up and speak!"
How does Du Tianli lead so many people? There are piles of them here and there.
He was walking blatantly on the mountain path. If he encountered the Xiao family's private soldiers, he would not know how he died.
Thinking of this, Zhao Cheng's face became even uglier.
Damn it, even if I didn’t encounter the Xiao family’s private soldiers, I wouldn’t have died so gracefully if I had encountered their own people.
It's really unlucky.
For the first time, he discovered that the imperial guards under his command were all strong but simple-minded.
It seems that literati are not completely useless. We still have to look for smarter ones in the future.
Jiang Xu pursed his cracked lips and climbed up from the ground tremblingly.
He raised his head tremblingly and looked at Commander Zhao.
"Commander Zhao, we are all family."
Jiang Xu curled the corners of his lips and pointed at the few people squatting in the bushes nearby.
Oh my god, he saw something incredible.
It's unheard of that one's own people killed one's own people.
If he was killed by the Xiao family, it would be understandable, but being shot to death by his own people for no apparent reason is truly a sin.
Fortunately, he was smart and did not rush with Du Tianli, otherwise he would be the one lying on the ground wailing at this moment.
How could Commander Zhao make such a serious mistake?
Oh my God, Commander Zhao won’t kill him to silence him, will he?
Thinking of this, Jiang Xu trembled all over and avoided looking at Zhao Cheng.
Zhao Cheng glanced at the bushes and saw several heads popping out from them one after another. His brows furrowed even more.
If it weren't for the fact that the clothes they wore vaguely resembled the official uniforms of the Imperial Guards, you would have thought you had met a group of savages.
Why is everyone in such a mess?
What a bunch of good-for-nothings, they only cause trouble instead of accomplishing anything.
"Come out and talk..."
Zhao Cheng put away his sword with a dark face, turned around and walked out of the bushes.
The grass on both sides of the road had already turned yellow and dry, and there were so many insects in it.
After standing for a while, he felt numbness, itching and pain in his legs.
If the weather continues to be this hot, all the trees on the mountain will die.
Jiang Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling very complicated. He lifted his heavy legs and followed Zhao Cheng.
Seeing the blood all over the ground, Jiang Xu's calves were trembling.
The loss this time was really heavy.
Zhao Cheng walked to the middle of the mountain road where there were few mosquitoes, put his hands behind his back and turned to look at Jiang Xu.
"How did you get into this state?"
Jiang Xu licked his cracked lips and said hoarsely, "Commander Zhao, our brothers haven't had any water for many days."
"From the third mountain onwards, the springs on the mountain have dried up."
You're asking even though you already know the answer. It's certainly decent for you to just stay at the foot of the mountain. Why don't you go up the mountain and run day and night for ten or eight days and try it?
Maybe it's not as decent as they think.
Zhao Cheng frowned, "What about the Xiao family?"
He was clearly following the Xiao family, so how could his own people appear first?
Jiang Xu took a deep breath.
"We found military supplies specially made by the Xiao family when we were at the second mountain."
"Where are the military supplies?"
"Du Touer has sent someone to present it to the Emperor at full speed."
Zhao Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Shouldn't he be given the credit first when he found the thing? He actually dared to take credit for it over his head.
This bastard Du Tianli is so bold.
"Have you fought against the Xiao family? Did they lose so many people?"
There were 100 people following Du Tianli, and now there are only 50 to 60 of them in total. At most two or three of them will die in order to deliver things to the palace. What about the rest?
When Jiang Xu mentioned this, tears welled up in his eyes.
"We didn't encounter the Xiao family. When we picked up the military supplies from the Xiao family, we were attacked by a large number of wild beasts. There were tigers, wolves, wild boars and snakes. Dozens of brothers were injured."
"The brothers ran all the way and finally managed to shake off those beasts."
Zhao Cheng frowned, "What a bunch of losers! They lost so many people fighting against wild beasts."
He had no problem fighting a tiger alone. Hundreds of people were fighting against the beast, yet he was able to injure so many people.
It seems that I don’t practice enough in my daily life.
"What about the Xiao family?"
It doesn’t matter how many people are injured, what matters is the Xiao family.
His mission this time was to hunt down the Xiao family, and everything else was irrelevant.
Jiang Xu was slightly stunned and pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly.
"My subordinates speculate that the Xiao family was most likely eaten by wild beasts. Otherwise, we would have chased them all the way, even in the caves. If we had surrounded and intercepted them from both sides, how could we have found them?"
"There are almost no wild animals in the mountains behind. My subordinates guess that those wild animals are going to eat the Xiao family. The Xiao family has a lot of private soldiers, which is enough for those wild animals to have a meal..."
The wild beasts had food to eat, but they almost starved to death.
It feels like all the wild animals are concentrated in those two mountains.
He suspected that the Xiao family had lost too much blood, which attracted so many wild beasts.
"Oh!"
Zhao Cheng snorted coldly, "Guess, guess again!"
"Go tell this to the Emperor."
The Xiao family was not seen even after being chased and blocked from both sides. It was just a guess. It would be strange if Emperor Wu of Liang was not angry.
Zhao Cheng sighed, pinched his eyebrows, and walked down the mountain.
The palace guards suffered heavy losses, so he had to return to Beijing to report to prevent Tang Hu from throwing dirty water on him.
Zhao Cheng took away most of the men and left fifty people to continue guarding the foot of the mountain in scattered areas to prevent any members of the Xiao family from escaping the net.
He now didn't know whether the Xiao family had been eaten by wild beasts, so it would be a good idea to have someone guard them for a few more days.
..............
"The arrows of this hidden arrow are so well made, they look quite familiar."
Geng Wu sat under a tree in the yard with his legs crossed to enjoy the cool air, playing with a sharp arrow in his hand, frowning and muttering softly.
Suddenly, he remembered that he had picked up a similar arrow when he went to the cell to rescue Xiao Yunzhan.
Geng Wu quickly got up and walked towards the room. After searching for a while, he found the arrow he had picked up in the cell.
He compared the two hidden arrows together and raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, they are exactly the same. What a coincidence. Haha---"
He picked up an arrow in the cell.
The other one was on the day when the Xiao family was exiled. When he led people to search everywhere, he encountered a mad horse that was hitting people everywhere in the capital.
He happened to come across it, and after subduing the mad horse, he found the arrow on the horse's butt.
He thought it looked familiar so he just put it back on, but he didn't expect that...
He held the arrow close to his eyes and examined it carefully.
"white......"
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