Chapter 10 This man was simply sent by God to torture her!

Since she came to this crappy place, she has never had any good luck!

Song Lingyi had not yet recovered from her panic. Her pretty face turned pale and she felt dizzy and exhausted.

While I was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door.

Her shoulders trembled slightly, and she slowly turned her head to look at the door.

The trap was deep in the dense forest. It was impossible for the bandits in the mountain stronghold to find Xu Er's body so quickly. Even if they did, they would not necessarily suspect her.

Song Lingyi, stay calm, don't panic, at least until they suspect you, pretend nothing happened.

After a moment's silence, she bit her bloodless lips and stood up to open the door.

The moment the door opened, Song Lingyi smiled innocently, her eyes curved, "Fifth Master, what's wrong?"

Xiao Mingyi had a cold expression on his face. He noticed the slightly red corners of the girl's eyes and felt a little confused.

"Have you cried?"

Song Lingyi's eyes flickered slightly, and she wiped her eyes in an attempt to hide her guilt. "The wind was so strong just now, there was sand in my eyes."

This statement was too clumsy. Xiao Mingyi narrowed his eyes and was too lazy to pursue it.

"Since you have nothing else to do, clean up the main hall downstairs and make me some tea."

After giving the order, Xiao Mingyi turned around to leave, but suddenly thought of something and looked back at the girl with an unfathomable look in his eyes.

“…”

Song Lingyi's eyes widened, her heart in her throat.

Did this person see something?

Impossible, in such a short time, they couldn't possibly find the body...

Just when she was getting extremely anxious, Xiao Mingyi spoke again: "Remember to wash your hands when making tea."

“……?”

Song Lingyi cursed a thousand times in her heart.

This sentence, coupled with the bandit leader's eyes, is so insulting!

When she was wandering around, she dressed so slovenly in order to keep a low profile, but he said this as if she didn't care about cleanliness.

Song Lingyi smiled and followed him downstairs.

Afraid that the bandit leader would find it strange later, Song Lingyi moved her lips, looked at the man's profile, and whispered, "Fifth Master, why don't you ask me why I'm crying?"

"That's your business and has nothing to do with me." Xiao Mingyi said lightly.

“…” Song Lingyi took a deep breath.

very good.

There were a lot of words brewing in my mind, but they were easily blocked by the man's words.

This man was simply sent by God to torture her!

…

The sun was setting. A new group of people were patrolling the back hills.

Song Lingyi squatted on the ground, wrung out the water from the rag, and slowly wiped the corridor floor.

After finally cleaning the corridor spotlessly, I straightened up and breathed a sigh of relief when a bearded man rushed into the main building.

The soles of the shoes left a series of dirty footprints, which made Song Lingyi's eyes go dark.

Snap——

The rag slipped out of his hand and fell into the bottomless basin of dirty water.

Before she could weep over the fruits of her afternoon's labor, she heard voices of conversation coming from the main hall of the main building:

"Boss, Xu Er is missing."

Song Lingyi's heart tightened, and she pretended to wipe the window and moved closer to eavesdrop.

The man sitting at the head of the table frowned slightly, but his face showed no emotion. "Didn't he volunteer to take over patrolling the back mountain? How could he be gone?"

The bearded man was called Wang Chong, a captain. He and Xu Er were from the same hometown and served in the same battalion, so they had a good relationship.

Xu Er said he was going to the bathroom and didn't return to the lookout for an hour. When he got off duty and returned to the stronghold, he looked around but couldn't find anyone. He felt something was wrong and immediately went to the main building to report.

After hearing this, Xiao Mingyi's expression froze and he looked towards the corridor.

"Have you searched carefully?"

"We've looked everywhere, and the brothers in the village said they haven't seen him come back." Wang Chong said anxiously.

He came to the main building not only to report that Xu Er was missing, but also to see if Miss Ali was there.

Xu Er was a frivolous person. He had suffered a loss last time, so he might have held a grudge against Miss Ali. Seeing someone delivering food, he left right after them. It might not be as simple as just going to the bathroom.

He had a bad feeling and rushed to the main building immediately, but Miss Ali was not only there, but also looked fine.

"Boss, why don't we send our brothers out to look for him?"

Xiao Mingyi lowered his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "The situation down the mountain has been unclear these past few days. Xu Er wouldn't go down the mountain alone. Was there anything unusual before he disappeared?"

An unusual place...

Wang Chong thought for a moment and said, "No, he said he was going to relieve himself and never came back."

Xiao Mingyi said nothing and glanced in the direction of the lacquer table.

On the lacquer table, a wisp of white mist wafted out of the Boshan stove, and the fragrance filled the room.

It is impossible for a person to disappear out of thin air. He must still be on the mountain.

"Search the mountain."

The bandit leader's deep and mellow voice floated out of the main hall and fell into the ears of the young girl.

The air was filled with a damp and suffocating feeling before a storm. She wrung the rag tremblingly and heard her own heartbeat, thump thump.

…

At night, it rained heavily.

Thunder roared outside the window. The girl on the bed was not sleeping well. She covered her ears and tossed and turned.

The heavy rain banged against the windows. Whenever Song Lingyi closed her eyes, she would dream of jungle traps. This tortured her until the second half of the night, and she became completely insomniac.

The sky was getting brighter, the clouds had dispersed and the rain had stopped.

Song Lingyi went downstairs listlessly with dark circles under her eyes.

Because the bandit leader ordered a search of the mountain, there were fewer people in the East Building's dining hall than before.

As soon as Song Lingyi sat down, she heard the bandits at the next table talking loudly:

"Xu Er hasn't returned home all night. Where could he have gone?"

"Who knows? The boss ordered a search of the mountain, and it's been ages, and there's still no news."

"He told me yesterday that he was going to the city to drink with an Oiran. Did he really come down the mountain?"

"Impossible, the boss gave the order first. Besides, the Second Emperor..."

Before the man could finish his words, the person next to him stuffed a bun into his mouth.

"What's the Second Emperor? He got lost a few days ago. Don't worry about him anymore."

Probably realizing that he had let something slip, the man glanced at Song Lingyi and laughed, "Yeah, yeah, I got lost. Look at my brain, I forgot again."

Song Lingyi was absent-minded and didn't think about their conversation at all.

He lowered his head and took a bite of the bun, wondering what to do next.

There had been a heavy rain last night, washing away all traces in the forest, but the body would be discovered sooner or later. The bandit leader was very clever, and the truth couldn't be concealed for much longer. She had to get down the mountain quickly.

She had observed that the guards at the front of the mountain also changed shifts every two hours. Besides the key to the stable being kept by a designated person, there was also a spare key in the possession of the bandit leader.

The mountain roads were difficult to travel on, and without a horse, you wouldn't be able to escape far before being caught.

Song Lingyi held her snow-white cheeks and stirred the porridge in the bowl with a spoon. She waited until the bandit leader was away and secretly entered his room to get the key.

The security is very tight during the day, but after the guard change at night, there may be a chance to go down the mountain.

The back mountain is very large, and the village has limited manpower, so not all of them can go to search the mountain. More than ten hours have passed since Xu Er disappeared, and there is still no gain.

Afternoon.

While Xiao Mingyi was not in the main building, Song Lingyi sneaked into his room.