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The hiding place Hong Xiao found was a hidden valley.

The first time he arrived here, he could vaguely see that not long ago, there were people who had lived here for a while.

In this cove, there were nearly a dozen of these small houses. They were always very damp, but at night, these small houses could save your life, whether it was to protect you from the cold in the cove or from the wild beasts and their pursuers.

Duan Chengxuan walked to the door of one of the rooms and opened it to see that there was a small, abandoned bag inside. Someone had eaten quite a bit of rations there, and there was even a water bag pierced by an arrow, as well as a few pieces of material that looked like clothes that had been torn off.

At that time, Hong Xiao was preparing a trap nearby. When he saw the item in Duan Chengxuan's hand, he was slightly surprised. "The rooms here are all ours. Besides our people, no one else would know about this place."

"Maybe someone accidentally entered?" Another subordinate beside him spoke up, "My lord, I noticed that many of them have been hunting down the same group of people recently. The leader of that group was a younger pair of siblings, and when I sent some people to scout this place, I seemed to have seen them come."

"You didn't stop them?" Hong Xiao stood up, hands on his waist as he panted heavily.

"At that time, there were only two people we investigated. They seemed to have five or six people, so we didn't provoke them. However, it was raining during those few days, so the scouts didn't follow us in." That person patted the dust off his hands and said in a clear voice, "But those people definitely have nothing to do with us."

Hong Xiao scolded him harshly, pointing at his nose to teach him a lesson, telling him not to be unwary towards others.

Duan Chengxuan didn't say anything about this. He only asked people to be careful of their surroundings at night in order to prevent the siblings from bringing people back with them. They had already been surrounded and attacked by the Black Cloaked Army several times, and they were even more exhausted, so they didn't have any more energy to deal with any more troubles.

After Hong Xiao finished reprimanding his subordinates, Duan Chengxuan instead rubbed the wooden bracelet in his hand and said in a low voice, "Have you contacted the outside?"

Hong Xiao choked and stammered for a while before he finally nodded. "Those black clothed soldiers seemed to have eaten us to death. We don't even know how many people they sent out to prevent us from spreading the news."

"I'm very worried about Yan'Er." Duan Chengxuan tightened the wooden string in his hand. "If they just don't want us to know anything about the border pass, that's within reason. But right now, you're even able to find some information about other places, but you don't know anything about Er Dan, and now you can't even send any news back."

"But we can't go back now." Hong Xiao sat beside Duan Chengxuan. "My prince, we were clearly planning to return a few days ago, but we lost two of our brothers. They are determined to keep us at the border."

"Then if …" Duan Chengxuan's gaze became sharp. The feeling of being pressured at every turn for the past few days caused him to be on the verge of exploding out, and his voice even carried a trace of ruthlessness. "The other party just doesn't want us to return to Navy Tide and Erdan?"

"What's the difference?" Hong Xiao rubbed his head, puzzled.

"The difference is, one goal is for me while the other is for Yan'Er." Duan Chengxuan clenched the wooden skewers in his hand. "Rest well for two days. We'll return to Er Dan tomorrow."

"Then the Fringe of Navy Tide …"

"Have them contact the lords of Yue Shan City and the other two places and have all the soldiers go to the border to suppress them. The documents and seals that I have previously written should be there." Duan Chengxuan said in a low voice, then he withdrew the wooden bracelet from his palm. "If anyone wants to take over the border, I don't mind clearing the area completely."

Hong Xiao opened his mouth slightly. "Your highness, didn't you say earlier that we had to clear up the matter …"

"That was before. I wanted to get there earlier." Duan Chengxuan felt the bracelet in his hand and coldly said, "Navy Tide is too long in peace, and it's the same if the worms inside are pulled earlier or later. Moreover, there's someone who wants to single-handedly control the border, so even if I were to clear up, in the future, no one would dare use this as an impeachment. What I've done is the right and proper thing to do."

Hong Xiao didn't dare to say anything else. He nodded his head seriously and said, "Your Highness, I will follow the plan as well. However, once you are gone and the troops from the three divisions are deployed, everything will have to wait until you return to take charge. The emperor …"

"It's all thanks to Yan'Er, it's rare that royal brother and I trust each other." The corners of Duan Chengxuan's mouth curled up.

Hong Xiao decided not to continue the discussion. From the very beginning, he had liked this Prince he had never seen before. Now, hearing the prince call him that, he was already getting a little annoyed.

Why did the prince keep saying the name of a woman on his lips day after day?

He shook his head and hid in his little room, ready to get some rest.

However, on that night, everyone was woken up by the sound of a group of people's hurried footsteps.

He was hasty and undisciplined, not a trained soldier. His footsteps were light, and he should be from the martial arts world.

Duan Chengxuan silently opened the small door in the darkness, and the people around him were similarly well-trained as they hid behind the tree trunk and concealed their auras.

"Brother!" Leave us alone. " A familiar female voice rang out.

"Shut up!" The man's voice, along with his dragging voice, was exceptionally clear in the darkness.

The fire from a nearby slope had broken through the camouflage of these vines. The one in the lead was still wearing a black robe, but there weren't any horses beneath them. He only brought his weapon and looked down at them from above, "So you were all hiding here before."

There was a trace of contempt in the man's voice.

"What you want, we can destroy now." The familiar woman's voice rang out once again, but this time, he could hear that her breathing was uneven.

Duan Chengxuan was only slightly stunned for a moment, then the two daggers at his waist fell into his hands. He tossed them into the air and they returned to his palms. The subordinates around could clearly see his movements and they all held their breath as they took out their weapons.

"If only those things were in your hands." The leader of the Black Cloaked Army laughed. The men behind him also jumped down the hill. Some of them even shouted, "If you want to blame something, blame your family for leaving behind too many things!"

The people below panicked.

The girl pushed her brother aside and the long whip in her hand fell to the ground with a thud. "Brother, take that thing and leave. We must hand it over to that lady. This is not something we should covet."

The long blade in front of her eyes directly fell on the handle of her whip. The woman took a few steps back, her legs bleeding profusely.

A sonic boom could be heard. The woman could only see the dart heading straight for her, but she could not see the silver light clearly.

The dart descended beside him, and Duan Chengxuan had already walked to her side. The dagger in his hand was sheathed firmly, and he even said a few words.

"Don't let anyone go, kill them all!"

Countless black figures shot out from behind the tree trunk, and under the bright moonlight, the warm blood streaked across the sky without even a scream remaining. Duan Chengxuan turned around and looked at the Zhu siblings.