Wen Boyuan silently cursed Wu Jingshan for his muddleheadedness. Just then, his subordinate Dong Tieshan approached, looking as though he had something to report. Wen Boyuan said, "No need to hold back. Lord Wu is no outsider. Speak freely."
Only then did Dong Tieshan say, "I just took some men to search his tent. We found a tunnel underneath it."
Wen Boyuan's expression hardened. "Take me to see it," he said gravely.
Wu Jingshan followed them over as well.
Watching the group head toward his tent from a distance, Hu Xiaotian realized they had discovered the secret tunnel. Zhou Mo came up beside him and asked quietly, "Will there be trouble?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled. "There will, but not for me." He turned to Tang Tiehan and the others. "Brothers, hurry and bring the dowry back and get it organized. A sandstorm is coming. We need to leave Peak Forest Gorge as soon as possible." After giving those instructions, he turned and headed toward his tent.
Wen Boyuan's warriors had already pulled the tent aside, exposing the pitch-black tunnel beneath it. Everyone turned to look at Hu Xiaotian.
Hu Xiaotian feigned surprise. "Huh! What's a tunnel doing here?"
Wen Boyuan said, "Could Eunuch Hu provide a reasonable explanation?"
"An explanation? You're the one who owes me an explanation! Wen Boyuan, oh, Wen Boyuan, I know you're prejudiced against me, but an honest man doesn't work in the shadows. Why did you tear down my tent? And as if that weren't enough, you even dug a tunnel underneath it. Are you trying to dig a pit for me to fall into?"
Wen Boyuan said, "Without this tunnel, how could you have slipped out of camp right under the guards' noses, unseen by gods or ghosts?" Believing he had exposed Hu Xiaotian's trick,