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

Yu Huaqian breathed a sigh of relief, what a coincidence.

"Come in." Emperor Wu of Liang said coldly.

A moment later, Zhao Cheng, along with Du Tianli and his party, knelt in front of Emperor Wu of Liang with pale faces.

Zhao Cheng turned his head and glared at Du Tianli.

Du Tianli trembled all over and shouted in a hoarse voice,

"Your Majesty, the Xiao family has lost all conscience. They killed the officials, escaped, and humiliated the officials. They are simply insane..."

"And - there are also the dozens of concubines of the Niu family who were exiled together. They are all gone. They must have been captured by the private soldiers of the Xiao family..."

Du Tianli couldn't believe his eyes when he recalled finding the ragged officers in the gutter.

He couldn't understand why the Xiao family's private soldiers were so indiscriminate.

The concubines of the Niu family must have been abducted by the Xiao family's private soldiers. These are not private soldiers at all, they are simply bandits.

When he arrived at the post station that day, knowing that Meng Zhuang and his group might have been in trouble, he immediately rode the post station's horse and took his brothers to search along the way.

Then they found a group of stripped officers in a ditch.

The bodies of the officers were covered with messy black claw marks. The Xiao family's private soldiers were really picky and could do such a thing.

"Ok!"

Emperor Wu of Liang glared at Du Tianli, who let out a low growl. He gritted his teeth and cursed,

"You are useless! You are a bunch of useless people. You let someone escape from under your noses after so many days."

"What use do I have for a bunch of you good-for-nothings like you?"

"Come on, drag them all away and behead them."

His people were clearly watching the Xiao family's private soldiers in Brahma City, so how could they let the Xiao family's private soldiers run right under his nose to kidnap people?

What a bunch of useless people he has raised.

None of them are useful.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life..."

Du Tianli and his group were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Zhao Cheng swallowed his saliva and quickly tried to make up for it.

"Your Majesty, I have already investigated and found that the Xiao family's private soldiers did not go through the cities to pick up the Xiao family members. They should have taken the mountain road."

Emperor Wu of Liang frowned and looked at Zhao Cheng, signaling him to continue speaking with his eyes.

Zhao Cheng pursed his lips and continued to speak.

"If you want to cross the East Gate City via the mountain road, you have to cross seven mountains. The deeper you go into the mountains, the harder the road becomes. Those seven mountains are connected to each other. It will take at least half a month to pass through them."

"What's more, there are so many women and children in the Xiao family, so the speed will definitely be slower."

"I suggest that we divide our forces into two teams to hunt down the Xiao family members. We should chase them along the mountain road, go directly through the east gate of the city, and wait for them where they come down the mountain."

"Attacked from both ends, the Xiao family will have no way to escape..."

As soon as Zhao Cheng finished speaking, he secretly pinched Du Tianli next to him.

Du Tianli shuddered in pain and immediately kowtowed and shouted,

"Your Majesty, I am willing to redeem myself and capture the traitor of the Xiao family alive..."

The other six palace guards quickly followed suit and shouted,

"Your Majesty, I am willing to redeem myself and capture the traitor of the Xiao family alive..."

Emperor Wu of Liang's face was filled with anger, and he glanced at several people with a gloomy look.

Looking at the people who were shaking like sieves, he wanted to kick these useless things away.

But now he needs someone, so he can only endure it and wait for the time to settle the score in the future.

The royal cemetery is also in those mountains, so I guess the Xiao family wouldn't dare to walk through the royal cemetery.

Those who guard the royal cemetery are all masters among masters.

If the Xiao family was chased to the royal cemetery and alerted the gravekeeper...

Thinking of this, Emperor Wu of Liang's eyes flickered slightly.

He didn't want the Xiao family to disturb the ancestors of the Yuwen family, but he also wanted the Xiao family to offend the gravekeeper.

With the gravekeeper taking action, the Xiao family will have no chance to escape.

The tomb keeper family is responsible for protecting the mausoleum, and each generation of tomb keepers has reached a superb level of martial arts.

Even he, the emperor, could not call upon the gravekeepers, as they had lived in the royal cemetery for generations.

After a long while, Emperor Wu of Liang gritted his teeth and said,

"If you can't catch the Xiao family, bring them to me with your heads."

........

That night, Xiao family's private soldiers sneezed one after another. They didn't know that someone had accused them of a very ugly crime.

The culprit, the old woman of the Niu family and several concubines, were wearing the clothes of the officials and hiding in the nearby villages.

At that time, Mrs. Niu was the first to run away, and then Old Madam Niu and the concubines followed her.

Not long after they ran away, Mrs. Niu remembered that the bracelets and anklets on their hands were not opened, and they would not be able to survive anywhere in the prison uniforms.

She pulled a few concubines together and after some discussion, they bravely went back to the ditch where the body was thrown at night.

With trembling hands, several people took the keys from the officials, opened their bracelets and anklets, and then fumbled to strip off their clothes.

They also took away all the silver that the official had.

In this way, the officers were left with various marks from their fearful grabbing.

When Du Tianli found the bodies of the officers, they had already started to stink and began to leak water...

Coupled with the various marks found on the bodies of the officers, Du Tianli was immediately frightened when he thought that this was the immoral thing done by the Xiao family's private soldiers.

That same day, he and his men rushed back to the capital to report.

If they were to go after the Xiao family members who were rescued by the Xiao family's private soldiers with just a few people, wouldn't that be tantamount to sending their heads off?

.........

"I hope they are far away..."

The mighty general Bai Hong stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, listening to the sound of galloping horses on the street in the middle of the night.

There is no need to guess, it must be that Emperor Wu of Liang had already received news of Xiao Yunzhan's family's escape and sent people to hunt them down.

At the same time, Chai Yuanyu, who had just laid down, heard the sound of horse hooves. He jumped up from the bed, put on his clothes and walked out of the room. He frowned and listened carefully.

After a while, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Emperor Wu of Liang finally found out what the Xiao family had done. These palace guards were really useless and not as good as his secret agents.

It took so long to discover it in such a hot day, the body must have rotted.

That night, five hundred imperial guards were dispatched from the capital, and they rode out of the city without stopping.

Zhao Cheng led 400 men straight to the east city gate and stationed at the foot of the mountain to guard the Xiao family.

Du Tianli was so tired that he looked unrecognizable, but he still gritted his teeth and desperately led a hundred people to chase along the mountain road.

........

At daybreak in the morning, the Xiao family quickly finished their breakfast, packed up their things and prepared to start their journey again.