There is also deep grass around, and it is estimated that no one has been here for a long time. It is a good time for them to rest here, and then they can go back to Jianmen Pass by the original route, so as to avoid the pursuers and keep them safer.

If they continue to move forward, there will definitely be someone waiting to ambush them. They must wait until the Zhang family's people arrive, and then those people will withdraw. Otherwise, they will definitely not be able to escape easily.

They supported each other and came into the cabin. They stopped to rest first, took out a meal and ate a mouthful of food, then slowly recovered. Their legs and feet were twitching due to the rapid running, and their mouths were dry. They were so tired that they almost cried.

After finally getting some rest, they immediately started taking a long detour to Jianmen Pass. They could no longer move forward, nor did they dare to rest any further, because they believed that the locals would be more familiar with this area than them, outsiders, and it would be better than staying where they were or continuing to move forward and being caught.

Just when they were about to start back, someone came to check on their cabin and found that the grass in the yard had been trampled flat, while there was a clean area inside the house. There were even traces of a fire on the ground. Someone tried it on the charcoal fire and found that it was still warm, so they estimated that they couldn't have walked far.

They knew that the person they were chasing must have rested here, so they continued to chase forward without stopping, never expecting that this person could actually go back.

So the two teams went the other way, and those people did not catch up with the Wang family. Those who were chasing forward felt that something was increasingly wrong, because it didn't seem like many people were setting foot in front.

The loose soil on the ground and the unchanged grass and trees proved that no one had ever been here. Liu Yong, who was chasing people, looked silently at the dry and fluffy ground. He was very sure that no one had come here. Could it be that they had gone directly to the official road to avoid them?

These people are really trying hard, or they didn't walk around here, but went deep into the mountains. The deep mountains are not far away, they are just halfway up the mountain, so there is no need to go in.

If they were on the official road, they would have no way to surround and intercept them, but if they let these people go, he would feel very angry. After all, his mission was to rob and kill the child who should not have been born. Only when the child died could their Liu family rest assured. If his sister had not been careless for a while, the child would never have been born.

Since he couldn't find anyone, he had no choice but to lead his team back to Jianmen Pass in disappointment.

The old man and his men who were returning also saw that the people chasing them had returned, but they were still hiding in the crack in the mountains and did not come out. The old man packed up his clothes and took his youngest son to the gate of Jianmen Pass to see what was going on. He had a feeling that so many people were chasing them and wanted to kill them. He couldn't be wrong about this feeling.

They even made a detour on the way and followed a group of refugees until they slowly arrived at the city wall. They found a place to sit down and rest while slowly inquiring about the news around them.

Because they are both outsiders, they are inconspicuous among a group of outsiders.

The old man didn't bring a pass with him today, so he couldn't enter the city gate of Jianmen Pass. He could only sit under Jianmen Pass and wait for news from inside. The news from inside would probably come out soon. After all, where there are people, there are rumors.

Just as he sat down, within an hour, he saw a group of armored men coming. Seeing that these people seemed to be angry, he knew that these people were definitely going to chase them. He didn't know what the child had done wrong to be chased by so many people, even the guards at the city gate and a man in general's armor were chasing him.

"Hey, did you see the leader? I heard he was originally the commander of Wucheng's defense, but because his father and sister did something wrong, he was demoted to guard Jianmen Pass. Now, I don't know what happened, but he keeps coming out looking for children. I wonder what he's looking for. What's so good about looking for a child? Is his child missing?"

"What else could it be? He's not even married, how could he have children? Now all the legitimate sons of the current Crown Prince have been killed, apparently because of a struggle for the throne. Only Concubine Zhang has a son. Now that she's on the run, she's naturally looking for that child. And that person is the Crown Princess's biological brother, Liu Yong."

The old man slowly moved towards the two gossiping people and sat down not far from them, listening to them analyze the actions and intentions of these people.

He hadn't considered this connection at the time. Who could have imagined that the Crown Princess's own brother would wantonly slaughter children aged 8 to 10 for his sister? Even some girls didn't escape. He had seen a little girl being dragged into the city, and she probably couldn't get out. Even her family, after receiving a silver ingot, didn't even ask questions and simply went to sit down somewhere else.

"Hmph, what can we do? The City Lord of Jianmen Pass rarely ventures outside and usually stays in the inner city. This is because our City Lord is a weak scholar who can barely even tie a chicken.

With the various princes causing chaos, he naturally has to rely on the Crown Princess's brother to hold the city gates. The downside of being a civil official is that they can't control the army and have to rely on others for everything. General Yuan, who was originally stationed here, has been ordered by His Majesty to go to Qianmen Town, and no one knows what he's doing there. Now, this city is entirely Liu Yong's domain. I just hope these children can survive."

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