Qin Yuan dismounted from his horse and looked around at the people hurrying along the street.

"Pass the order down, siege the city!"

"Tell the people in the city that anyone who can provide clues about the witch will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. Anyone who harbors her will be punished with the same crime."

Soon, the soldiers continued searching in Tongzhou City for two whole days. Tongzhou City was not big, but it was almost turned upside down by the Changning Army, but they didn't even find the shadow of Gu Yanran.

The only consolation is that no one has gone missing in the past two days.

That night, it started to drizzle.

In a dilapidated temple somewhere in the south of the city, Gu Yanran curled up behind a statue, her nails digging deeply into her palms.

She hadn't eaten for three days in a row. Although her previous injuries had mostly healed, the escape and hiding along the way had caused the wounds to worsen again. Not only did her shoulders ache, but the backlash from her frequent use of charm techniques was also gradually getting worse.

“Yeah…”

She curled up in pain, and her skin began to turn abnormally red, as if it would burn at any time.

At this time, a burst of children's laughter came from outside the ruined temple -

Gu Yanran looked through the window and saw a child carrying a basket of vegetables. He looked to be about seven or eight years old, with red lips and white teeth, and a pretty face. He looked very delicious.

Gu Yanran seemed to have found her prey. Her eyes sparkled, her throat rolled, and reason and hunger were pulling at each other in her mind.

Finally, she licked her dry lips and followed silently.

A quarter of an hour later——

"ah!"

A child's scream suddenly pierced the night sky and exploded around the village.

When the garrison stationed nearby heard the sound, they immediately rushed towards the dilapidated temple on the top of the mountain.

Qin Yuan and Li Linyuan were checking the defenses in the west of the city. When they heard the noise, they immediately stood up and rushed over here.

However, just as everyone walked around a cluster of bushes, the scene before them was shocking.