As the sun gradually shifted, the sounds of slaughter gradually subsided. Darkening crimson blood lay everywhere in the mountain woods, with corpses strewn haphazardly all around and a pungent, bloody stench filling the air.
Luo Qing inspected the Spirit Soldiers' injuries. Fortunately, they had merely lost their ability to fight and had suffered no damage to their foundations. Once sent back to Zhao City to slumber, they would gradually recover with time.
The party escorting Liu Bi, King of Wu, had lost more than half its number, and a pall of gloom hung over them.
Luo Qing's face was livid. "Send a messenger to Chang'an City immediately and report the approximate list of names. Otherwise, who knows what else we'll encounter along the way?"
Huo Guang had yet to recover from the shock of the list. Hearing Luo Qing's words, he immediately nodded. Although they did not know whether the list was accurate, members of the imperial clan were certainly involved.
That made the journey back to Guanzhong anything but simple.
After gathering their comrades' bodies, the party continued on its way, wanting to leave this place as quickly as possible. It was not that they feared another assassination attempt; rather, the mountain woods were hot and humid, and the corpses would soon rot, potentially giving rise to a plague.
The court's delegation sent to arrest Liu Bi, King of Wu, had been attacked in Jianghuai. There was no concealing this matter. News swept like the wind across All Under Heaven, setting everything boiling.
"Liu Bi, King of Wu, really rebelled? That bastard! The emperor has been entrusting important positions to the imperial clan. Now that the King of Wu has pulled this, who knows what the future will hold?"
"Wasn't the court settling accounts with the East of