He had never intended to let Xu Zitian leave Zhang County alive this time. Who knew his subordinates would be so incompetent as to let the man leak the information? However, the Third Prince didn't realize that Ming Peifeng was also feeling bitter. A bright future had been right within his grasp, only to slip through his fingers.
He couldn't really be blamed for this. Escorting the Gu Family all this way, the capable men he had cultivated were almost entirely wiped out. Since he couldn't mobilize the Third Prince's men, he had lost the initiative.
Now that things had come to this, Ming Peifeng accepted his fate. Who could he blame but his own bad luck? He just didn't have the destiny for it.
However, he had been on edge this entire journey, knowing full well that returning meant taking the blame for his master. Moreover, he feared he wouldn't be as lucky as Gu Baijiang to merely end up with exile. He dreaded that his entire family's lives would be implicated because of him.
