Ma Ximing immediately half closed his eyes, muttered something in his mouth and walked around the nine tombs.
"Tao follows nature, transcends the dead, chants the mantra softly, may you safely cross to the other shore, escape the sea of suffering and attain eternal life..."
After Ma Ximing finished the prayer, he looked at the grave with sorrowful eyes and sighed heavily.
He turned his head and glanced in the direction of the capital's gate, his eyelids drooping slightly.
There were no more people at the city gate, with only a few dozen guards left to deal with the collapsed rain-praying altar.
Ma Ximing turned his head and looked in the direction of Guangfeng City again.
He ran away now and waited for Emperor Wu of Liang to find out he was missing, and then sent people to chase him.
He had two or three hours to escape.
During these two or three hours, he took the official road directly and walked faster.
After waiting for two hours, he took a detour through a small path.
After Ma Ximing planned the route in his mind, he immediately began to take off his Taoist robe.
"who!?"
Just when Ma Ximing was halfway through taking off his clothes, he suddenly noticed some movement in the dead woods near the grave mound.
He frowned and looked over immediately.
Um!?
There is dragon energy lingering!!
Ma Ximing's alert expression instantly turned into joy.
Xiao Yunhao walked towards Ma Ximing with a slightly teasing tone.
"Master Ma, why are you taking off your clothes in broad daylight in a cemetery?!"
Ma Ximing looked at the unfamiliar face and listened to the somewhat familiar voice, frowning slightly.
"You are a member of the Xiao family!?"
The only male in the Xiao family is Xiao Yunzhan. Could it be that Xiao Yunzhan has changed his appearance?
But why did Xiao Yunzhan come to the capital at this time?
Could it be that he was planning to assassinate Emperor Wu of Liang, intending to capture the leader first?
Xiao Yunhao looked at Ma Ximing in surprise.
"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is whether you want to escape?"
Time was limited, and Xiao Yunhao no longer had the mind to beat around the bush with Ma Ximing.
If Ma Ximing had not given the Xiao family many pointers in the beginning, he would not have meddled in this matter.
If he didn't take Ma Ximing with him and let Ma Ximing escape on his own, it would be very difficult.
The man escaped now, but his head was taken off by Emperor Wu of Liang in the afternoon.
"......." Ma Ximing stared at the person in front of him, and quickly calculated with his hands tucked into his sleeves.
He had previously calculated that the new emperor should be Xiao Yunzhan.
But the person in front of him also had dragon energy lingering around him, so he should be Xiao Yunzhan's relative.
The adult males among Xiao Yunzhan’s relatives, as for the four members of the Xiao family whose life and death are unknown.
After calculating twice, Ma Ximing's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the tall man in front of him with disbelief.
What’s going on!?
Four years ago, the four members of the Xiao family, father and son, died in battle and their bodies were never found.
The late emperor was still worried before he died, and insisted that he and his master calculate it together.
He and his master both calculated that the four members of the Xiao family had no chance of survival.
But----how did he figure out that the Xiao family father and son were both alive? !
Resurrection from the dead! ?
Or was it that someone had previously obscured the fate of the four members of the Xiao family, causing him and his master to make incorrect calculations?
Ma Ximing pursed his lips in shock.
"I want to escape and seek refuge with the Xiao family. Can you help me?"
Xiao Yunhao raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Ma Ximing lightly.
"Let's go. If you delay any longer, you won't be able to escape."
".....Okay!" Ma Ximing nodded repeatedly, hurriedly took off his official robe, and trotted after him.
Xiao Yunhao looked at Ma Ximing's short legs and frowned slightly.
He stretched out his arms and hugged Ma Ximing's waist, then used his Qinggong skills to quickly run towards Guangfeng City.
Ma Ximing widened his eyes in shock, looking at his feet dangling on the ground and the official road that kept moving backwards, his heart pounding with excitement.
This speed is even faster than riding a horse, what a skill!
........
"Why didn't Ma Ximing come?!"
Emperor Wu of Liang sat on a chair with a sullen face, his eyes scanning the ministers kneeling on the ground with cold eyes.
"Return to the Emperor!"
Chai Yuanyu took a deep breath and straightened his body slightly.
"Master Ma needs to deal with the follow-up matters of the altar and the matters concerning the nine Taoist priests, so he can't come back for the time being..."
What a sin!
As soon as they returned to the city, before they had time to return to their mansion, they were summoned to the palace.
They entered the imperial study and knelt there.
After kneeling for half an hour, Emperor Wu of Liang came over with a dark face.
If he had known this earlier, he might as well have helped Ma Ximing outside the city.
Emperor Wu of Liang frowned when he heard this.
Naturally, people from the Ministry of Works are responsible for such trivial matters.
The altar for praying for rain was built by the Ministry of Works, so it is normal for the Ministry of Works to be responsible for it. What does Ma Ximing have to do with it?
The Taoist priests are all dead, how can Ma Ximing bring people back to life?
"Someone come!"
Emperor Wu of Liang shouted in a deep voice, "Go and call Ma Ximing back to me immediately!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Yu responded and quickly arranged for the eunuch to invite Ma Ximing.
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