I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

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 Xiao family’s private soldiers, I wouldn’t have died so beautifully if I had encountered their own people.

It's really unlucky.

For the first time, he discovered that the palace guards under his command were all strong in body but simple in mind.

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 one family."

Jiang Xu curled the corners of his lips and pointed at a few people squatting in the bushes nearby.

Oh my god, what a big deal he saw.

It's unheard of that one's own people killed one's own people.

It would be understandable if he was killed by the Xiao family, 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 didn't dare to look 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 tightly.

If the clothes they were wearing were not vaguely recognizable as the official uniforms of the Imperial Guards, you would have thought you were meeting a group of savages.

Why is everyone in such a mess?

What a bunch of good-for-nothings, they do more harm than good.

"Come out and talk..."

Zhao Cheng put away his sword with a gloomy 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 and itchiness in his legs.

If the weather continues to be this hot, all the trees on the mountain will probably 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, the brothers have not had water to drink 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 respectable as they think.

Zhao Cheng frowned, "What about the Xiao family?"

He was clearly following the Xiao family, so how come their own people appeared first?

Jiang Xu took a deep breath.

"We picked up 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 as quickly as possible."

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 your head.

This bastard Du Tianli is so bold.

"Have you fought with the Xiao family? So many people were killed?"

There were 100 people following Du Tianli, and now there are only to of them added up. At most two or three people will die going back to the palace to deliver things. What about the rest?

When Jiang Xu mentioned this, tears welled up in his eyes.

"We didn't meet the Xiao family. When we picked up the military supplies from the Xiao family, we were attacked by a large number of wild beasts, including tigers, wolves, wild boars and snakes. Dozens of brothers were injured."

"The brothers ran all the way and finally managed to shake off the beasts."

Zhao Cheng frowned, "What a bunch of rubbish! 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 unimportant.

Jiang Xu was slightly stunned and pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly.

"My subordinates guess that the Xiao family was most likely eaten by wild beasts. Otherwise, if we chased them all the way and didn't even leave any caves, and we chased them from both sides, how could we not find them?"

"There are almost no wild animals in the mountains behind. I guess 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 animals 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.

"Ah!"

Zhao Cheng snorted coldly, "Guess, another guess!"

"Go tell this to the Emperor."

The Xiao family was not seen after being chased and blocked from both sides. It would be strange if Emperor Wu of Liang was not angry if it was just a guess.

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 a scattered manner to prevent any member of the Xiao family from escaping the net.

He now doesn't know whether the Xiao family has been eaten by wild beasts, so it would not be a bad idea to have someone guard them for a few more days.

..............

"The arrows of this hidden arrow are so well made, they look familiar."

Geng Wu sat cross-legged under a tree in the yard to enjoy the cool air, playing with a sharp arrow in his hand, frowning and muttering a few words 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---"

One of the arrows was picked up by him in the cell.

The other one was on the day when the Xiao family was exiled. When he led people to search everywhere, they encountered a mad horse that was running around in the capital and hitting people everywhere.

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, but he didn't expect it to be...

He held the arrow close to his eyes and examined it carefully.

"white......"