After bringing Wang An back to the military camp, Ji Chenhai almost immediately sent people to meet Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao. However, when these people returned, they said that apart from the blood and corpses scattered all over the city, they did not find Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao.
Wang An then realized the seriousness of the situation: "Godfather, were those people really after me? Why did they arrest me?"
"Don't you know what official position your father holds?" Not wanting the boy to remain ignorant any longer, Ji Chenhai directly exposed him: "Your father must have some important leverage over someone. That person wants to use you to threaten him. That's why your father and brother always keep an eye on you and don't let you run around. They are protecting you!"
"No wonder they even mobilized the palace guards this time; they knew someone was going to arrest me," Wang An suddenly realized.
“It’s not safe for you to come with us to the Northwest. You should go back to the capital as soon as possible. Your father is probably in a bad situation right now, so don’t cause him any more trouble,” Ji Chenhai advised earnestly.
This time, Wang An listened attentively: "Alright, once Brother Fengming and Brother Heixiao return safely, I will go back to Kyoto. I will wait for you and your two brothers to return in triumph!"
Ji Chenhai nodded and didn't say anything more, but he was worried about Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao, so he sent more people to search for them.
At this moment, in the woods outside the military camp.
Chen Shiyu met the tall, thin man in black.
"After we capture Ji Fengming, we'll kill him. As for that guy surnamed Xiao, we can do whatever we want with him," Chen Shiyu said bitterly.
"I'm just here to inform you of Ji Fengming's whereabouts, not to report to you," the man in black said dismissively, turning to leave. "You have no right to order me around."
"His Highness sent you with me so that you would obey my orders..."
"You're overthinking it," the man in black interrupted Chen Shiyu without hesitation, his slender figure quickly disappearing into the forest.
Chen Shiyu looked at the forest that had quickly returned to tranquility, and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.
After a long while, he spat on the ground and said hatefully, "You're nothing but a dog of a fallen country, what are you so arrogant about? Sooner or later, His Highness will skin you alive and use you as a football!"
Back at the camp, Chen Shiyu told Duke Chen about Ji Fengming's serious injuries.
Upon hearing the news, Duke Chen was overjoyed and immediately said, "Shiyu, quickly take men and chase after him. We must find that little bandit brat before those people and find out the whereabouts of that silver!"
"Father, if that bandit really dies at our hands, won't it provoke a crazy revenge from Marquis Anping and the Ninth Prince's Mansion?" Chen Shiyu was a little worried.
"Are we really afraid of them? We'll have to face them sooner or later anyway, so it's better to strike first." After suffering two injustices in silence, Duke Chen finally made up his mind to confront them head-on.
Chen Shiyu was a proud man and had always wanted to take revenge. Thinking that what Duke Chen said made a lot of sense, he personally led three hundred men to search for Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao near Hua Liang City.
Night was just beginning to fall.
Exhausted, Black Owl seemed to hear a sound of something flying through the air; someone was coming this way!
Black Owl suddenly stood up, fetched water, and thoroughly poured it over the fire.
Then, carrying Ji Fengming on his back, they silently sneaked up into the dense forest of the mountain.
The tall, thin man in black, accompanied by dozens of his men, quickly caught up with Hei Xiao and Ji Fengming at the spot where they had just been.
One of the men in black checked the embers of the fire and said, "Boss, they just left not long ago."
"Chase!" the tall, thin man in black commanded in a deep voice, his tone as sharp as a stone.
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