Wutong's face filled with terror. He dropped straight to his knees and sobbed, "Spare my life, General! I merely lost my way and wandered in here-"
Before he had even finished speaking, he seized the moment when Xu Chu lowered his guard and darted away like a nimble cat. In the blink of an eye, he slipped through a gap in the crowd and sprang lightly onto the wall!
Wutong was extraordinarily skilled at infiltration and escape. Otherwise, he could never have slipped past the Tiger Guards' surveillance and entered Xu You's room.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Xu Chu flew into a rage at the sight. Before he could give an order, the Tiger Guards under his command fired their bows and crossbows, sending sharp arrows flying.
More than a dozen arrows shot toward Wutong. An overwhelming sense of danger rose in his heart, and he forcibly twisted his body in midair, narrowly evading most of them.
Even so, two arrows struck his left arm, and blood immediately streamed from it.
But he could no longer spare any thought for those wounds. Enduring the searing pain, he leaped and tumbled across the rooftops. Xu Chu immediately led his men in pursuit to kill him.
A short while later.
Hearing the commotion, Cao Cao hurried to the small courtyard. As he looked at the bound Xu You and the flecks of blood on the ground outside, a flash of furious shock crossed his eyes.
He strode forward and seized Xu You by the collar. "Who exactly was that man just now? What did you tell him?"
Xu You met him with a cold stare and said nothing.
Killing intent surged within Cao Cao. Just as he was about to resort to force to extract an answer, Xu Chu returned