He looked up at the sky, which was already getting light.

Qingzhu, who was in charge of the night guard, had just returned from washing his face by the stream.

Seeing his master wake up so early, he hurried forward to report, "Master, our people just sent news that they have arrived a hundred miles away from us. Perhaps they will be here in about an hour."

Xiao Lichen nodded, took out a map from his arms, and stared at it for a while based on his location.

Xiao Lichen suddenly put away the map and looked across the stream at the surrounding woods with his sharp eyes.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Qingzhu didn't wait for his orders, used his lightness skills, and rushed out like flying, chasing into the dense forest.

Xiao Lichen waited patiently.

Just now, he noticed a prying gaze in the woods.

Could it be that little girl Anle?

Later, Xiao Lichen denied it.

The little girl Anle would not do such a sneaky thing.

Qingzhu fell into the forest and fought with two men.

After the opponent realized that he was no match for Qingzhu, he fled in panic.

They were careless, thinking that they could keep an eye on Prince Yong's movements at will thanks to the dense forest.

Unexpectedly, the other party's insight was so amazing that I was discovered after just observing him for a while.

After the two of them quickly escaped, Qingzhu went back to apologize.

"Master, I was incompetent and let them escape."

Xiao Lichen's eyes were gloomy, and he asked in a cold voice, "Did you see where they came from?"

Qingzhu bowed and said, "These two people are exactly the suspicious people that Princess Anle mentioned in the inn that day."

Xiao Lichen was not surprised by Qingzhu's answer.

These two people may be coming for the little girl Anle.

But what they didn't expect was that he had an unpleasant encounter with her halfway and they separated.

As for why the other party followed him, it might be a coincidence.

These two people came from the military. When we return to Beijing, we must investigate them thoroughly.

Thinking about the way they came here, he suddenly thought of the intersection where the road forked to Lingzhou.

"Princess Anle is not walking the same way as us. She is going in the wrong direction."

Qingzhu agreed with Xiao Lichen's conclusion.

"That road leads to the uninhabited Funiu Mountain."

His master stopped and walked all the way. Logically, as long as Princess Anle was willing to use her lightness skills, she would be able to catch up with them after chasing them for half a day.

Although his master didn't say it, he was very worried about Princess Anle's safety in his heart.

In order to wait for her, every time I walked a short distance, I would find a shady place and wait for a long time.

They forgot that Princess Anle might have chosen the wrong path when she reached the fork in the road and ended up on the other side.

There are no houses within a radius of hundreds of miles.

There are mountains all around, and it would be troublesome if we encounter wild animals.

Princess Anle is His Majesty's favorite. If anything happens to her, won't her master be held accountable?

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Qingzhu's forehead.

"Master, I will take a shortcut and go find Princess Anle." Qingzhu said as he was about to go and get the horse.

Xiao Lichen stared at him coldly.

"Let's go together."

He had already looked at the map, and perhaps the route the girl took was the correct direction.

The path they took was deliberately chosen by someone who didn't want them to go down that path.

Thinking of the two people who had followed them in the forest just now, Xiao Lichen became more certain of this guess.

Those two people must have followed Anle at the beginning, but after he left first, Anle fell behind, so those two people should have followed her.

As a result, she chose to follow him, not afraid of Anle, a little girl, going down that road.

Did those two people think that she was a little girl and would turn back after realizing she had taken the wrong road?

The reason they chose to follow him was simply because they were afraid that he, as the leader of the Xiaoyu Guards, would discover the secret on that road, so they followed him and watched his every move in secret, and passed on the news whenever they found anything unusual.

Tao Yuwei, with three adults and five children, shuttled through the dense forest.

At this moment, they heard the sound of people chasing them from behind.

"Chase them quickly. We can't let them get away, otherwise, we will all die."

A large group of soldiers, armed with bows and arrows, chased into the dense forest with someone in front to provide lighting.

Tao Yuwei recognized it as the voice of that fat general.

How did this person wake up so quickly? With her strength, he won't wake up until at least noon tomorrow.

Could it be that the fat guy was hiding his true abilities and had been on guard against her for a long time?

Tao Yuwei couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried.

She didn't know that Zhang Shanxi was able to wake up so quickly thanks to the mysterious military advisor in his military camp.

"Miss, what should we do now? There are too many of them."

Liu Tao looked back at the fire chasing after him and asked her anxiously.

Judging from the sounds behind them, there were a lot of people chasing them.

Looking at these people, most of them are unarmed children.

If we are caught up by those people, we will definitely kill them to prevent them from revealing the fact that there are troops hidden here.

Thinking of this, Liu Tao and Zhang Hu looked at each other, and a determined look of going all out appeared on their faces.

Cui Ming, however, was leading the five abducted children. He was frightened and confused, and no longer had the calmness he had in the cell before.

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