"Sir, something bad has happened..."
Fu Ergang, the imperial guard who stayed behind at the East Gate of the city, rushed in hurriedly without waiting for the housekeeper to report.
As soon as he rushed into the room, he saw his teammate Zhou Fu kneeling on the ground, and both of them were stunned.
Fu Ergang looked at Zhou Fu in confusion. This guy had set out two hours earlier than him, so why was he reporting only now?
"Bang!"
Zhao Cheng slammed his hand on the table, glared at Fu Ergang, and angrily scolded him,
"How shameless to be in such a panic!"
"Sir." Fu Ergang trembled with fear and knelt down quickly. "Thirty-five of the fifty imperial guards guarding the foot of the mountain were killed by those foreigners. The remaining fifteen are also injured..."
Zhou Fu's eyes widened in shock, his face full of disbelief.
Those seven or eight foreigners were so powerful that they could kill so many imperial guards in such a short time.
He had just arrived in the capital to report the discovery of foreigners when Fu Ergang followed him back.
This means that when he rushed to the capital, the foreigners had already taken action.
And it didn't take long for the attack to happen. What kind of people are these? They are so terrifying.
"What!?" Zhao Cheng stood up suddenly and stared at Fu Ergang in disbelief.
"Damn it! Who the hell told them to go and provoke foreigners? They didn't catch the Xiao family, so why would they catch foreigners?"
Zhao Cheng was so furious. As a palace guard, the most important thing for him was to obey the emperor's orders.
Whatever Emperor Wu of Liang asked them to do, they just had to complete the task.
What are these useless people doing?
Fu Ergang swallowed hard, "Yes---it was the outsiders who started it. They were able to shake thousands of pounds of rocks and kept throwing them towards the foot of the mountain. The brothers guarding the foot of the mountain couldn't escape in time..."
"A bunch of rubbish, they can't even dodge a rock!"
Zhao Cheng interrupted Fu Ergang and was so angry that veins on his forehead were throbbing.
When you roll down the mountain, it takes time to roll down. If you can't avoid it, you are nothing but a waste.
"What about the foreigners?"
"They all ran away."
Zhao Cheng closed his eyes speechlessly and took a deep breath.
"Don't worry about those outsiders. Continue to guard the foot of the mountain and capture the Xiao family."
Let's put this matter aside for now and not report it to Emperor Wu of Liang.
Emperor Wu of Liang had just chopped off Tang Hu's head. If he now said that he had not captured the Xiao family and that thirty-five imperial guards had been killed by foreigners, then he would no longer have to keep his head.
Seven or eight foreigners wouldn't amount to much; perhaps they were just looking for medicinal herbs in the mountains...
Zhao Cheng comforted himself, looked at the two men who walked out, and sighed deeply.
Unfortunately, he sighed too early.
As soon as Fu Ergang and Zhou Fu left, the eunuch from the palace came to summon him, and Emperor Wu of Liang asked him to enter the palace immediately.
Zhao Cheng was so frightened that he trembled and quickly followed his eunuch to the palace.
"Eunuch Jiang, what happened in the palace?"
Zhao Cheng secretly stuffed some silver into the hands of Eunuch Jiang and winked at him.
Eunuch Jiang squeezed the silver ingot in his hand and smiled.
"Nothing serious happened. Master Ma from the Imperial Observatory had a conversation with the Emperor in the Imperial Study..."
Zhao Cheng frowned slightly, thinking of the various unexpected events that occurred when Emperor Wu of Liang was offering sacrifices to his ancestors, and his heart was in turmoil.
When the people from the Imperial Observatory went to the Imperial Study, Emperor Wu of Liang immediately summoned him to the palace. Could it be that the people from the Imperial Observatory calculated that he would defeat Emperor Wu of Liang?
Or did the people from the Imperial Observatory figure out where the Xiao family was?
Zhao Cheng entered the imperial study room very nervously, glanced at Ma Ximing who was standing beside him with his head down, and knelt down quickly.
"Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty."
Emperor Wu of Liang raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhao Cheng with a very unpleasant expression.
"Did Du Tianli and his men find anything unusual when they passed by the Royal Cemetery?"
Zhao Cheng's heart skipped a beat and sweat instantly ran down his forehead.
Originally, he thought that Du Tianli and others did not enter the royal cemetery, so he did not report this matter to Emperor Wu of Liang.
I don’t know why Emperor Wu of Liang suddenly asked about this matter. The people in the Imperial Observatory are too talkative.
The man named Du really screwed him over. It was Du Tianli who broke into the royal cemetery and disturbed the gravekeeper, but he was the one who got scolded.
Zhao Cheng glanced at Ma Ximing, pursed his lips and replied,
"Your Majesty, when Du Tianli led his men to hunt down the Xiao family, because the Xiao family threw away a large amount of blood-sucking military supplies, it attracted a large number of ferocious beasts..."
Zhao Cheng swallowed and continued,
"They were chased by wild beasts and disturbed the gravekeepers of the royal cemetery. They were beaten out by the gravekeepers and did not enter the royal cemetery..."
Before Zhao Cheng could finish his words, Emperor Wu of Liang kicked him in the chest.
"Why didn't you report it?"
"Um?"
Emperor Wu of Liang glared at Zhao Cheng, his dark eyes filled with anger.
Ma Ximing said that someone had disturbed the ancestors in the royal cemetery, and he had to go to the cemetery in person to appease them.
He still didn't believe that anyone would dare to set foot in the royal cemetery. The Xiao family was not stupid, so how could they dare to confront the gravekeeper head-on?
The gravekeeper's kung fu was superb, and even Xiao Yunzhan in his prime was no match for him, not to mention that he was seriously injured.
It turned out that it was the palace guards who disturbed the ancestors. They deserved to die.
Zhao Cheng fell to the ground, groaned, quickly got up, knelt down and kowtowed for mercy.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Du Tianli told me—I told you—that they did not enter the royal cemetery, so..."
Emperor Wu of Liang clenched his hands tightly behind his back, and his eyes were dark and unclear.
Looking at Zhao Cheng's shiny black hair, the anger in his heart reached its peak.
"You two should prepare immediately. I will go to the Royal Cemetery in person tomorrow morning."
Zhao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly responded, "I obey your command..."
When Ma Ximing left the imperial study, he glanced at Emperor Wu of Liang and his brows instantly furrowed.
He sighed softly, looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, and felt extremely melancholy.
The dark aura surrounding Emperor Wu of Liang was growing stronger and stronger, and it had already somewhat suppressed the true dragon aura. He had to make plans early.
......
"Xuan Lin Taotao."
After Emperor Wu of Liang sent Zhao Cheng and Ma Ximing away, he immediately gave Yu Huaqian an order with a stern face.
Yu Huaqian nodded in response, sighed softly, and left the imperial study. He immediately asked Xiao Dengzi to bring Lin Taotao over.
Soon, Xiao Dengzi and another eunuch threw Lin Taotao's body into the imperial study.
Lin Taotao knelt on the ground trembling all over, her face pale.
She swallowed nervously and saluted quickly.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, is greeted by your humble servant."
Ever since Emperor Wu of Liang pulled her hair to vent his anger for the first time, he would summon her to have her hair pulled every now and then.
Poor thing, her originally thick hair was pulled out and became thin.
She originally wanted to walk around the palace with her predictive ability, but in the end she became the target of Emperor Wu of Liang's anger and was named a beauty.
It’s better not to have the title of beauty. Not only am I not favored, but my hair is almost bald.
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