Chapter 128: Chapter 128: The People are Gone, the Building is Empty Chapter 128: Chapter 128: The People are Gone, the Building is Empty Bai Junjun’s team hastily rested and then set off again, as if they were being chased by poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts.

Speaking of the young Major Zhou Tao, he led a hundred Elite Troops and arrived at Mighty Hall overnight.

They had thought that Mighty Hall would have fine wine and dishes waiting for them, but the entire hall was dark and eerily quiet.

The soldiers were puzzled, “Could they have fallen asleep?”

“When have you ever seen a village without even a gatekeeper?” Zhou Tao lazily glanced at the soldier.

The chastised soldier touched his nose awkwardly and hurriedly lit a torch.

With the help of the torchlight, the Elite Troops behind him dumped the unconscious man onto the carved wooden chair in the hall.

As Zhou Tao gazed at the carved hall in contemplation, soldiers from outside hurried back one after another.

“Reporting to Left Vanguard, there’s not a soul in Mighty Hall.”

“Reporting to Left Vanguard, nothing was left in the kitchen.”

“Reporting to Left Vanguard, the Armory has been emptied.”

“What!”

The young Major’s face turned completely dark.

He moved quickly, like the wind, to the places mentioned by his men and indeed saw scenes of abandonment.

“Could it be that those people took the weapons and fled?”

Another soldier by his side asked.

The young Major clenched his teeth and “swooshed” out his Silver Spear, bisecting a table instantly.

“Wake Cai Jiang up for me!”

“Yes!”

At the young Major’s command, everyone returned to the hall again.

At this moment, Cai Jiang, still deeply unconscious from his injuries, had a soldier pat his face, but to no avail.

“Go and fetch water quickly,” one of them reminded him.

“Alright, alright,” a young soldier ran out of the hall efficiently.

However, the kitchen water tank had already been emptied, and there were no wells nearby; he probably had to fetch water from the Mountain Stream.

With no other choice, he hurriedly grabbed a basin and dashed out, causing another soldier to raise an eyebrow.

“Sheesh, fetching water at this time? By the time you get back, it’ll be you facing punishment.”

“What should I do!” the young soldier asked anxiously.

Seeing the Left Vanguard’s expression, which seemed desperate to wake Cai Jiang immediately, any delay could mean unthinkable consequences.

The soldier who stopped him said nothing but tugged at his belt, and the young soldier also reacted, helping him unbuckle while muttering, “This doesn’t seem right.”

“Is it wrong for you or for me? In these troubled times, just keeping oneself safe is good enough; who cares about others’ life and death?”

“True.”

The young soldier was quickly persuaded, and two slightly yellowish streams filled the basin.

Soon, the quiet hall was filled with footsteps again, and the young soldier with the basin accurately splashed the water onto Cai Jiang’s face.

The action was done in one fell swoop without wasting a drop.

The sudden jolt gradually brought Cai Jiang back to consciousness; however, a pungent smell also began to spread throughout the hall.

The young Major glanced at the young soldier indifferently.

The embarrassed soldier explained, “Reporting to Left Vanguard… there was no water in the kitchen.”

The young Major waved his hand in resignation, letting him leave.

The young soldier, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, quickly scurried away.

Cai Jiang woke up to the stench of urine, but it took him a moment to grasp his surroundings.

This was Mighty Hall, as he had expected.

Zhou Tao would certainly have had him brought back here.

What he couldn’t understand was why Zhou Tao was displaying such a grim and unsettled expression. After all, even if he had lost all his men, they were Mighty Hall’s people, weren’t they? Why was he putting on such a dark face?