The Path of the Cannon Fodder's Counterattack

Ch-21

Suddenly he remembered that Lan Wei couldn't be exposed, so he stopped midway and ran towards a window.

His back window was linked to the outskirts of the Imperial Garden. Since Lan Wei could not be found out by the others, Ling Xiao could only move him there.

Quickly helping Lan Wei through the window, Ling Xiao dragged him to a concealed area and laid there, gasping for breath.

He had used up all his physical strength of this life and his hand was still hurting. Ling Xiao took a look and became aware that the sleeve was stuck to his wound, that iron case somewhat embedded into his flesh. Ling Xiao painfully pulled on it, but he couldn't pull it out. Ling Xiao bit his lip, he could only bear with the iron case for now. Recalling Lan Wei's presence, he turned back to look and found him motionless.

Startled, he checked his breathing. Finding that it hadn't stopped, Ling Xiao relaxed a bit and stretched out a hand to slap him twice, calling out twice.

Lan Wei frowned in pain, but there wasn't any sign of him waking up.

Ling Xiao thought a bit, then got up again. By now, a large portion of the people ahead were trying to put out the fire, so the defense of the Imperial Garden was at its lowest. Dragging Lan Wei along the whole time, Ling Xiao evaded the people in the surroundings and brought him to the hidden side of a lake. With his uninjured hand, Ling Xiao sprinkled some water on Lan Wei's face, and dripped some on his dried lips so that it went into his mouth.

"Your Majesty, please walk a bit slower and watch your step." Just when he felt Lan Wei's complexion was somewhat better, he suddenly heard a very familiar voice carry over. Just what was said was enough to completely frighten Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao immediately stopped breathing and took Lan Wei with him as he hid by the lakeside.

The voice was Xiao Lizi's, meaning that the Emperor was not too far from them.

fúck.

Ling Xiao grew nervous. Luckily, the Emperor was very impatient and did not even notice Ling Xiao and Lan Wei.

Ling Xiao quietly sighed in relief and slowly crawled away from the lakeside. He then discovered that the direction the Emperor was going was his burning home.

Ling Xiao was astounded, perhaps this Emperor was trying to find him?

Ling Xiao calmed himself, it didn't matter whether he was or wasn't. If he wasn't at the scene when he got there, it would be too suspicious.

He thought it over a bit and dragged Lan Wei over to a place in the rockery to hide him, then ran back toward his own palace.

However, because Ling Xiao had ran from the front into the fire, it would be hard to explain if he suddenly appeared from another direction, especially in front of the keen Emperor.

Thinking this and that, Ling Xiao stopped behind his palace, the raging fire in front of him.

The terrain here was rugged, making it difficult to put out fires. As a result, there still weren't any people here.

The fire in front of him had already grown big, so if he were to rush in now and go back out the entrance he used, it would be too difficult.

However, he had no other choice! Ling Xiao tightened his fist, took a deep breath, clenched his teeth, and rush into the fire again.

When the Emperor arrived, the palace in front of him had already been half-burned. He glanced around the group of people and confirmed that Ling Xiao wasn't among them.

The Emperor frowned, disdainfully looking at the eunuch crawling on the ground, and asked, "Where's Ling Xiao?"

The small eunuch bowed his head and answered while trembling in fear, "Stew... Steward Ling just... just rushed in."