Hearing this, Xu Qing’s fellows were at a loss and looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Since you don't accept it, I won't force it. Thank you very much."

"Where did you meet the wolves?" The old man asked.

Xu Qing shook his head, "When we walked to the woods, it was getting late. So we stopped to make a fire outside the woods and decided to leave early in the next morning."

"You mean that the wolves came out by themselves?" The old man didn't believe it. He thought they had lost their way in the woods and disturbed the wolves. Why would the wolves suddenly appear outside the woods?

Xu Qing nodded.

Then the old man looked at Xu Qing and said, "It's only a few hours before dawn. Let's take a rest soon."

"Okay." Xu Qing responded.

Then, the people beside Xu Qing helped him walk towards the old man's room.

They all went to sleep.

And the two groups of people in the woods who were fighting with the wolves finally captured the king of the wolves.

There were still a few wolves left. They were staring sharply at the captured king of the wolves, howling and ready to move.

But they were worried about the sword on the neck of the king of the wolves.

At this moment, the king of the wolves stretched its neck and yelled at the remaining wolves.

Those wolves paced back and forth as if the king of the wolves had issued some instructions.

At this moment, the king of the wolves howled again.

The remaining wolves turned around and left. After a few steps, they turned and looked back at the king of the wolves, and then quickly ran into the woods and disappeared!

The king of the wolves kept silent. Perhaps it knew what its destiny was. If it didn't issue instructions, the remaining wolves would definitely attack these people again. So the king of the wolves finally let the surviving wolves leave.

After the king of the wolves was killed, Imperial Concubine Xiao and Prime Minister Lan's subordinates were injured in varying degrees.

These evil wolves were so fierce and fast that they couldn't dodge in time. Even though they had undergone cruel training, they still couldn't avoid being scratched by the wolves.

The two groups of people looked at each other. Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinate motioned to the people aside to chase in the direction that Xu Qing had run away.

Because Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinate knew that both parties had exhausted their strength after fighting with the wolves. And they had fought with each other, so there was no need to hide themselves now.

If they couldn't finish their task tonight, Xu Qing would guard against them after this.

It wouldn't take long for Xu Qing and his companies to reach Jiandu. If Prime Minister Lan's supporters regained their power, it would be more difficult for them to kill Xu Qing!

They must take Xu Qing away tonight!

Prime Minister Lan's subordinates saw this. One of them clutched his chest and staggered to the leader. He glanced at the person who was sitting on the ground and treating the wound, and said, "Now we are all injured. What should we do?"

"Don't worry. Xu Qing must have gone to the town. Now that he knows someone is going to kill him, he will hide himself." The leader who was trying to cure himself calmly replied.

The man asked again, "If Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinates find Xu Qing, what should we do?"

"We can take him away from them. We are all injured. They won't be better than us!" The leader looked at the direction that Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinates departed with cold eyes.

He said in a low voice, "You, you, and you, follow me to check the situation. Others who are seriously injured can go to a secret place to get treatment."

The leader said, pointing to a few people with less serious injuries.

Those people cupped their hands and replied, "Okay!"

They ran towards the direction that Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinates left.

Other people who were seriously injured also stood up and helped each other leave the place where they had fought with the wolves.

Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinates reached the town at this time. The seriously injured went to the inn they had booked to take a rest.

Others then walked out of the inn.

A person frowned and asked the leader,

"Although this town is not very big, where shall we go to look for them in the night? Now that Xu Qing knows that there are people who are going to kill him, he must hide himself now."

The leader pulled down the cloth covering his face and said, "We can only search every family here. If we can't find him today, there may be no chance in the future, and we can't explain it to our master!"

"But..."

"There is no excuse. We must find him before dawn!"

"Okay!"

Then they started knocking on the door of each house in the town.

Bang—bang—

"Who is it? It's too late. I'm sleeping!" A middle-aged man in the room opened the door impatiently and said with sleepy eyes.

As soon as he finished his words, he saw several people in black standing at the door and putting the sword on his neck.

The man trembled and stuttered, "Who... who are you? What... what are you doing?"

The man in black glanced at him and pushed him aside, gesturing for others to search the room. Other people understood him and walked into the room to look for Xu Qing.

The wife of the middle-aged man in the room didn't see him back so long, so she walked out and called, "Erniu, who is it?"

"Ah..." She, who only wore underclothes, yelled as she saw these men in black. And there was a man pointing at his husband's neck with a sword.

The woman ran forward with horror. She was so scared that her voice changed, "Who... who... who are you? Let go of my husband!"

The woman looked at the man in black who was holding her husband with a sword and said tremblingly.

Seeing that the man in black was indifferent, she suddenly had the courage to run to him and knelt, "Please, please, please let him go. You... you can replace him with me, okay?"

The man kicked her away impatiently.

Erniu was tensed. As soon as he leaned forward, the sword cut his neck, which bled immediately.

The woman started crying loudly, "Erniu, Erniu!"

The man who searched the house coming over and said, "No people in the house."

Then the man took back the sword, and they left.

After they left, Erniu hurried to the woman and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay. But you, let me see. Is there anything wrong with you?" The woman shook her head, wiped away the tears with her sleeves, and then said as she looked at the wound on his neck.

Erniu helped her up and comforted her, "It's okay, and it's just a scratch. It's okay. If I'm seriously injured, I can't stand here and talk with you."

"Erniu, I was scared just now," she said and looked frightened.

He held her in his arms and said, "It's okay. It's okay. Don't be afraid."

"Who do you think they are? What are they going to do in this late night?" She sobbed.

Erniu shook his head, "I don't know. They seemed to look for someone. Don't worry about it. It's okay. It's okay."

"Okay." She nodded.

Imperial Concubine Xiao's subordinates knocked on the doors of several houses one after another, but they found nothing!

They walked to the door of a house again and were about to knock. At this moment, one person said, "We can't find him in this way before dawn."

"Do you have a better way?" The leader asked.

"No." The man lowered his head and said, then walked forward, and started knocking on the door again.

Bang—bang!

"Who is it?" The old man who was about to sleep heard a knock on the door and asked.

No one answered. The old man frowned and wondered why there were people knocking on the door, so he asked again, "Who is it? I'm sleeping!"

There was still no sound outside the door.

The old man was impatient, "Wait, I'm coming."

Xu Qing, who had just lain on the bed, heard the sound. He sat up quickly, ignoring the injury on his leg, and ran out of the room.

"What's the matter?" A person sleeping on the ground asked.

Xu Qing, looking at the old man who was about to open the door, quickly gestured to the old man not to open the door!

The old man frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

"This is a long story. Is there a place to hide here?" Xu Qing asked urgently.

He guessed that the people outside the door should be those who tried to hijack him in the woods so that he couldn't be found by them.

The old man thought for a moment and then said, "Follow me."

Xu Qing nodded, "Thank you!"

He turned and signaled to others to take away the bedding on the floor. Other people were puzzled, but they followed the order and hurriedly took away the bedding.

Then he followed the old man.

The old man removed a large wine jar and took away the boards below. He said to Xu Qing, "This cellar was used to store pickles when my wife was alive. Since she passed by, this cellar has never been used again. You can hide here for a while."

Xu Qing nodded and went in first. Others also entered the cellar one by one.

The cellar was not very big. It was a little crowded inside.

The old man hurriedly laid out the boards and placed the wine jar on the boards.

At this time, the people in black outside the door glanced at each other, and then continued to knock on the door.