When a group of people dressed in white burst into the Xiao residence and couldn't find Xiao Sheng in his courtyard, they began a large-scale search. Some of them went to the main hall and saw Xiao Sheng sitting there, leisurely sipping tea.
"I never expected Lord Xiao to be so calm; he's truly admirable."
"No need for admiration, who are you people?"
"Haven't you already guessed who we are?"
Xiao Sheng threw the cup in his hand directly at the person who spoke, but the white-clad man leading the group easily dodged it.
"Why is Lord Xiao so angry?" The leader smiled instead of getting angry.
At that moment, a person dressed in white quickly walked to the leader's side, saying, "No one found."
The leader was furious upon hearing this, and then looked at Xiao Sheng with a gloomy expression, "Lord Xiao, where is he?"
"I'm sitting right here, aren't I?"
You know who I'm talking about.
After the man in white finished speaking, Xiao Sheng remained silent.
The leader gritted his teeth, glaring at Xiao Sheng, and ordered the men behind him, "Go find it quickly, search everything."
"Wang Peng, you'd rather be a dog than a decent person."
"Hahahaha," Xiao Sheng burst into laughter as he spoke.
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Inside the tunnel
Hongwu walked in front, with Xiao Liyan and Xiao Shida following behind.
The two siblings, one with an even more unpleasant expression than the other.
"Uncle Hong, when was this tunnel dug? Why have I lived here for so many years and never known about the escape route in my room?"
Xiao Liyan followed Hong Wu for a long time, but they didn't get out, so she started to speculate.
"This was built a year before my wife passed away."
"My mother?"
Hongwu walked ahead and nodded, "Yes, Miss."
As Xiao Shida walked, he pondered, "Has someone been coming through this tunnel all this time?"
"The straw I just fell on didn't have much dust on it."
"Not at all. Every year, the master sends his men to inspect this tunnel."
After they finished speaking, none of the three spoke again.
"Miss, Young Master, please stay close to me."
At the fork in the road, Hongwu led the two towards the right-hand passage and explained the situation.
"The left side leads to the north gate, but since Master ordered me to take the young lady and young master to Fenglan Kingdom, we'll have to go to the east side of the city."
"Um"
The two followed closely behind Hongwu. The three of them remained silent, and half an hour later, they arrived at the exit of the passage.
Hongwu walked ahead, using his sword to clear away the weeds and snow blocking the cave entrance, and then emerged.
Xiao Liyan and Xiao Shida followed closely behind Hongwu as they came out.
"Miss, young master, let's set off quickly."
I'm not leaving.
"I'm not leaving," Xiao Shida and Xiao Liyan said simultaneously.
"But the master instructed me to..."
"Uncle Hong, my father did tell you to take us away, but we don't want to, we..."
Xiao Shida paused, and Xiao Liyan continued, "Let's wait a bit. I think Father should be able to deal with those people soon."
"But Miss..."
"No buts. Shida and I will definitely wait for Father's news. If the news is bad, then we will leave with you willingly."
Xiao Liyan interrupted Hongwu before he could speak, and Hongwu could only nod, "Alright then."
"Miss, young master, let's find a place to stay first."
"Um"
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"What did you say?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Sheng, who was sitting on the stool, showed a hint of joy in his eyes.
"I'm telling you, Wang Peng, you're not acting like a decent person, but instead you're working as someone else's dog."
"How does it feel to be a dog? I bet you enjoy it very much."
Upon hearing Xiao Sheng's words, Wang Peng, the leader in white, turned grim. As Xiao Sheng repeated himself, Wang Peng lunged at him.
"You're asking for it!!!"
Xiao Sheng instantly stood up, grabbing Wang Peng's attack with both hands. At this moment, Xiao Sheng's expression also darkened.
"Isn't that what I'm saying?"
Since you're working for the Empress and Crown Prince's faction, why are you getting angry here?
After hearing this, Wang Peng remained silent and continued fighting with Xiao Sheng.
The two fought their way from the main hall to the courtyard, where Xiao Sheng snatched a sword directly from the hand of a man in white.
As Wang Peng attacked again, Xiao Sheng thrust his sword directly into Wang Peng's heart.
Wang Peng watched as the sword in Xiao Sheng's hand was about to pierce his heart. Xiao Sheng then took a small step to the right, and the sword instead pierced Wang Peng's left shoulder.
Under the moonlight, crimson blood continued to flow from the wound where the sword had pierced Wang Peng's left shoulder, and the sword's surface began to reflect a bewitching and terrifying red.
"You're even more ridiculous, being stabbed in the back by someone you trusted!" Wang Peng shouted, clutching his left shoulder.
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