That night!
Rain poured down.
The already dim view grew even murkier behind the curtain of rain.
Holding a child against his chest, Cheng Zhong raced through the darkness and heavy rain. Obvious sword and saber wounds marked his body, and blood mingled with rainwater to soak his clothes.
After Lin Shixiong and the others had been defeated and killed.
Marquis Yifeng's last remaining force had been completely wiped out.
Entrusted with the task by Lin Shixiong, Cheng Zhong had taken Marquis Yifeng's last surviving child and escaped by another route before the battle.
Before long.
He received word that the rebels had been annihilated.
In the end.
Cheng Zhong had spent his days fleeing.
After wiping out the rebels, Hong Bin and the others had found no trace of Marquis Yifeng's child. With a fairly renowned rebel general also missing, they immediately realized that Lin Shixiong must have arranged for him to secretly escort the marquis's child away beforehand.
Thus, after withdrawing their troops, they immediately reported the matter.
Soon afterward.
The imperial court issued a wanted notice, offering a reward for the capture of Cheng Zhong and Marquis Yifeng's child.
Once the bounty was announced.
Cheng Zhong became a hunted man, afraid to show his face.
Fortunately.
Although Marquis Yifeng was dead and all his organized forces had been destroyed, some people had still managed to escape and were living under assumed identities in Great Zhao.
Under these circumstances.
Cheng Zhong had no choice but to seek temporary shelter with someone he believed he could trust.
He would decide what to do next once the situation settled down.
The main reason was that Marquis Yifeng's child was too young to endure so much travel.
But Cheng Zhong had never imagined.
That the friend he had faced life and