The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 774

Li Zhi was rescued, and he showed no signs of being frightened.

"Ninth Prince, are you alright?"

Li Zhi shook his head.

"Don't worry, Master, I'm fine!"

Xu Tian was very pleased.

Li Zhi didn't seem to be scared at all.

She even cared about Xu Tian.

"Is Master injured?"

Xu Tian shook his head.

"This time, I am so grateful to my master for saving me. Thank you so much, master, for saving my life."

Li Zhi bowed with his hands clasped, a smile on his face.

Xu Tian helped him up.

"This is what a master should do; you don't need to take it to heart."

Li Zhi simply smiled and let it pass.

The two of them went back.

Song Ren was dispatched.

A special investigation was conducted into where Dai Rongpei lived.

He was clearly very wary.

"Surprisingly, they're quite vigilant."

After receiving the guard's report, Xu Tian snorted inwardly.

The men he sent to track Dai Rongpei returned quickly.

However, these people failed to track down Dai Rongpei's true whereabouts.

"Your Highness, they disappeared right here."

The guards beside him bowed respectfully.

Xu Tian looked at the scene before him.

He hadn't expected that his men would lose track of him.

"It seems they must have escaped from that side."

Xu Tian pointed to a direction.

Because only on that side, you have Dai Rongpei's old subordinates.

"Your Highness, should we press our advantage now?"

Songren inquired.

Xu Tian nodded and said directly, "Chase after them. They took so many people with them, they can't have gone far."

"Besides, they don't have any horses. They'll definitely go into town to buy some. Go into town and collect all the horses for me."

Songren accepted the order and left.

Xu Tian didn't stay idle either, and followed them.

Riding horses, they were naturally much faster than Dai Rongpei and his men.

In less than an hour, they had entered the town.

He then accepted Xu Tian's request and took all the horses.

After Dai Rongpei and the others entered the town.

The horse seller told him, "Not long ago, all our horses were bought up by the imperial court. We don't have a single horse left. Even if we did, they would only be sick horses!"

Xu Tian was taken aback.

He felt that this was completely impossible.

He was a general before, so he knows the most about acquiring horses.

He couldn't possibly be unaware that the imperial court was acquiring horses.

These people are now telling him that all those horses have already been bought up by the imperial court.

Dai Rongpei immediately realized that Xu Tian was behind this.

But why didn't he know anything about this?

"Did His Majesty suspect me from the very beginning?"

He thought it was possible.

His lieutenant also began to embellish the story.

"It seems that Xu Tian was the one who did all these things from the beginning, and even the incident at the hunting grounds was probably orchestrated by him."

Dai Rongpei firmly believed that what his deputy had said was true.

Xu Tian quickly spotted Dai Rongpei and the others.

They checked into the same inn.

Xu Tian had already made preparations and even set up an ambush inside the inn.

To avoid alerting the enemy, he disguised his guards as servants.

As long as they wait for Li Er to send out his troops, they can annihilate Dai Rongpei in one fell swoop.

He ordered the guards to return and report to Li Er, so that Li Er could send troops to suppress the rebels.