Inside the hall, Ren Ye listened to Daoist Chu in utter bewilderment, then stammered, "Wh-what the fuck? Are you sure about this?!"
"Yes." Daoist Chu nodded with a frown. "Liu Wei told me. Niu Dali's personal guards finalized the list of people accompanying him back to Heavenly Radiance Temple last night. Early this morning, they went to the Garrison Prefecture and collected the Little Marquis. He's in the Supervisory Prefecture right now. They leave at noon."
"I asked Liu Wei to investigate Niu Dali's situation. He worked hard and looked into everything in detail. That's how he learned from a friend in the Warrior Monk Prefecture that the Little Marquis was being taken away."
"...!" After hearing this, Ren Ye felt his head swell with a splitting headache, his expression utterly speechless.
Daoist Chu pondered for a while, then carefully analyzed the situation. "I think Niu Dali insists on taking him because of what the Little Marquis said that day. He claimed to know the Human Emperor Successor's exact whereabouts, which naturally matters a great deal to Heavenly Radiance Temple. With nowhere left to turn, Niu Dali might see this as a major achievement. If he takes the Little Marquis with him and discovers the Human Emperor Successor's whereabouts, perhaps he can offset some of his misdeeds and redeem himself."
"Serves him right. Fucking serves him right." Ren Ye gritted his teeth and cursed viciously. "That's what he gets for running his fucking mouth everywhere. Look at him now. They're taking him straight to the enemy's main camp. He'll have a real comfortable time now."
"...!" Daoist Chu sighed and, in a rare display of humanity, spoke up for the Little Marquis. "You can't blame him entirely. Under those circumstances, that was the only information he could offer to stay