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"My Lord, something bad has happened..."

Fu Ergang, the imperial guard who stayed behind at the East Gate of the city, rushed in in a hurry without waiting for the butler 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 did he report only now?

"Oh!"

Zhao Cheng slapped the table hard, glared at Fu Ergang, and angrily said,

"How unbecoming is it to panic!"

"Sir." Fu Ergang was frightened and knelt down quickly. "Thirty-five of the fifty imperial guards guarding the foot of the mountain were killed by those foreigners, and the remaining fifteen were 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 palace 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 the attack didn't take long. What kind of people are these? So scary.

"What!?" Zhao Cheng stood up suddenly and stared at Fu Ergang in disbelief.

"Damn it! Who the hell asked them to go and offend the outsiders? They didn't catch the Xiao family, so why should they catch the outsiders?"

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 his saliva and said, "Yes, it was the outsiders who started it first. They were able to move thousands of pounds of rocks and kept throwing them at the foot of the mountain. The brothers guarding the foot of the mountain couldn't dodge 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 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 for the time being.

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 were killed by foreigners, then he could also give up his head.

Seven or eight foreigners can't accomplish anything. Maybe they just come to the mountains to look for medicinal herbs...

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. Emperor Wu of Liang wanted him to enter the palace immediately.

Zhao Cheng was so frightened that he immediately followed his eunuch to the palace.

"Eunuch Jiang, what happened in the palace?"

Zhao Cheng secretly stuffed some silver into the pocket of Eunuch Jiang and winked at him.

Eunuch Jiang squeezed the silver ingot in his hand and smiled.

"Nothing serious happened. Mr. 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 could 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.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Wu of Liang raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhao Cheng with an 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 flowed 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 know why Emperor Wu of Liang suddenly asked about this matter. The people in the Imperial Observatory are too gossipy.

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 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 gravekeeper of the royal cemetery. They were beaten out by the gravekeeper 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?"

"Ok?"

Emperor Wu of Liang glared at Zhao Cheng, his dark eyes filled with rage.

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 to beg for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Du Tianli told me 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.

Looking at Zhao Cheng's shiny black hair, his anger reached its peak.

"You two should prepare immediately. I will go to the Royal Cemetery in person tomorrow morning."

Zhao Cheng let out a long sigh 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 around Emperor Wu of Liang is growing stronger and stronger, and has already somewhat suppressed the true dragon aura. He has to make plans soon.

......

"Xuan Lin Tao Tao."

After Emperor Wu of Liang sent Zhao Cheng and Ma Ximing away, he immediately gave Yu Huaqian an order with a sullen face.

Yu Huaqian nodded in response, sighed softly, and left the imperial study, and 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, with no trace of blood on her face.

She swallowed nervously and saluted quickly.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."

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 and sparse.

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 is she not favored, but her hair is almost bald.