Chapter 343 She escaped? !
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the guards changed. As the matter was of great importance, they did not hesitate any longer and immediately stepped in.
He called out tentatively, "Master Song?"
No response.
The man raised his voice a little, "Master Song!"
Still no response, even the shadow reflected in the window didn't change.
Now everyone knows there is a problem!
Several people walked to the door and pushed it tentatively. If it were any other time, Song Wenbo would have started cursing by now.
But there was still no movement at this moment.
Bang!
The guard commander did not hesitate and pushed the door open.
The smell of blood hit them in the face. They were all extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, but because it was early winter, the door was closed and Song Wenbo was injured today, so they didn't think much about it.
But only now did I realize how tragic the situation was!
Song Wenbo was kneeling on the bed, his body tied up, and the ropes on his body were hung on the bed frame to fix his posture.
His eyes were wide open, lifeless, and his face was pale. The blood that was originally flowing from his neck had now coagulated and turned dark black.
The guards all looked very unhappy.
Just like Song Wenbo... he didn't even need to go forward to check to know, "The person is dead."
It's impossible to die any more.
"That woman ran away." After the guard commander confirmed that Song Wenbo was dead, he did not waste any more time on him. He glanced around the room and finally his eyes fell on the window.
"We were standing at the door the whole time. She must have escaped through the window! It seems like she has been running for quite some time. She is unfamiliar with this place. Let's go find her immediately!"
At the guard's command, more than a dozen people in the house rushed out and immediately turned around to look for someone.
The guard commander led his men out of the window, trying to find Xie Yao's escape route.
Because this is the house where Song Wenbo lives, the surrounding area is not made of mud, but bricks.
Xie Yao was carried all the way here, so she didn't leave any traces on the floor tiles after she passed by.
"Bring fire." The guard leader gave an order, and immediately his subordinates came over with torches.
The guard commander held a torch and searched the ground bit by bit for clues, trying to find even the slightest trace.
The whole house was in an uproar because of Xie Yao's escape.
Everyone knows how important this person is.
If they really let that woman escape...then their lives would be over.
Suddenly, the guard commander discovered something and took a few quick steps.
Sure enough, there was a drop of dried blood on the stone brick.
The corners of his lips curled up, he looked in this direction and said, "Search this way, the people are fleeing this way!"
A mere woman wants to escape from him... humph, that's impossible!
"Yes!" The guards immediately followed, and one of them couldn't help asking, "Sir, we personally put the drug in the water just now, and we watched her drink it with our own eyes. Where did she get the strength?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the person next to him patted him on the head, "Stupid!"
"Didn't you see what Lord Song did just now? He played all kinds of tricks. That woman must have tricked Lord Song into giving her the antidote."
"But this woman is really cruel..."
After all, the way Song Wenbo was tied up looked very fun to them!
So it must be that woman who coaxed Song Wenbo into playing some tricks, and then took advantage of Song Wenbo's inattention and killed him directly!
"Women are so scary..." The guard who asked the question first muttered softly, and then was glared at by the guard commander, "Okay, let's get down to business first."
"Once we capture that woman, no one is allowed to get close to her again!"
The noise here naturally disturbed Xie Yujiao. She was dressed in black and wearing a mask. She pushed open the door and walked out, her hoarse voice full of displeasure, "What are you making so much noise for?"
The guard who was originally guarding outside her door hurriedly said: "Yes...that woman escaped."
"That woman?" Xie Yujiao asked back, then she thought of something and sneered, "Where's Song Wenbo? He's such a waste!"
Her voice was full of disdain and sarcasm.
The guard's expression froze for a moment, and he said uncomfortably: "Lord Song... was killed."
"What?" Xie Yujiao asked in disbelief, her face full of confusion, "What are you talking about?"
"You killed him?" Just because Xie Yao was missing, these people directly killed Song Wenbo?
The guard's cheeks flushed red, and he finally managed to say, "That woman killed him."
"Hasn't the person been caught yet?" Xie Yujiao glanced at the guard and immediately understood the key to the matter. She said sarcastically, "I've said it before, you must never underestimate that woman!"
"Who told you not to believe me?"
The guard said nothing.
Xie Yujiao walked straight out, but was stopped by the guard, "You can't go out..."
"This is what Song Wenbo meant. Do you still want to listen to him now?" Xie Yujiao said, "Among so many people, I am the one who knows Xie Yao best."
"Xie Yao is very cunning. Since she was able to kill Song Wenbo and escape, it shows that she is still cruel and ruthless. If it weren't for my help, humph." Xie Yujiao sneered, "I'm afraid you won't be able to find her!"
The guard looked hesitant when he heard this.
That said...it seems to be correct.
Seeing this, Xie Yujiao walked past him and went straight out. The guard hesitated for a moment but did not stop her.
After thinking about it, he felt that he should tell the boss about this matter, so he turned and headed in the direction of the guard commander.
The guard commander was patrolling the courtyard wall, searching for clues...
"Boss, boss." The guard quickly caught up to his boss, "Miss Xie said she also wanted to go find someone, saying that she is the one who knows that woman best here."
The guard leader raised his hand to signal the guards to be quiet. He held a torch in his hand and slowly squatted down.
Finally, his eyes fixed on the leaves of a small grass in the corner of the wall and he raised his hand to stroke it.
The blood on the leaf had dried up, so the guard leader simply tore it off and sniffed it, "Chase whoever leaves from here!"
After all, it's only one night, so this place is not far from the capital.
This house is not in the village, but a villa on the outskirts of the city. After leaving the villa, there is only one road leading to the outside world.
In addition to this, there are mountains and jungles, and if you walk through them, you will definitely leave traces!
At the command of the guard leader, the guards immediately jumped over along the wall...
The guard commander then looked at the guard standing aside and staring at him eagerly, and said casually: "Follow her."
Then, the guard commander also jumped out of the wall.
The guard raised his hand and scratched his head, then turned and walked towards the direction where Xie Yujiao was. Okay, let me follow her.
The guard walked around before finding Xie Yujiao who had just walked to the door. Her black clothes and veil covered her whole body tightly, making her look like a quiet shadow in the night.
Seeing that someone was about to leave, the guard immediately stepped forward and said, "Miss Xie, you can't go out."
Looking for someone is looking for someone, and going out is going out, these are two different things!
From the moment they caught that woman and brought her to the house, their superiors had ordered that neither woman could leave the house.
Xie Yujiao paused, looked at the guard, and said in a hoarse voice with a chill, "I can't go out?"
"What? Are you guys locking me up too?"
The guard's eyes flickered for a moment.
Xie Yujiao said: "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. I just want to find Xie Yao. Humph, I want to find her more than you do."
"Don't forget, I was the one who made sure your master accomplished what he wanted to accomplish."
this……
The guard hesitated. He didn't know much about the inside story, but Xie Yujiao's words sounded reasonable.
"Based on my understanding of Xie Yao, I'm afraid she has already escaped." Xie Yujiao added: "Only I can find her."
"Think about it yourself. Do you want to find her or... never catch her again."
"Time is limited. If you delay any longer, you won't have to make a choice." Xie Yujiao said, and turned to walk into the house.
Seeing that she seemed to have given up on looking for Xie Yao, the guard hardened his heart and gritted his teeth and said, "Find her!"
It’s a pain to not be able to find talent.
Xie Yujiao then stopped and slowly turned around and walked towards the gate of the courtyard. The gate of the courtyard was open, and there were guards following beside, so the guards at the gatehouse naturally did not stop her.
However, Xie Yujiao walked out a few steps and then looked back at the lonely house standing in the mountains.
The guard looked at Xie Yujiao in confusion, "Miss Xie?"
Xie Yujiao turned around and said, "Let's go."
The guard looked in the direction of Xie Yujiao and said, "There are people watching this road all the time. There is no way she can leave from here!"
"Before this, you didn't expect her to escape, right? And she even killed Song Wenbo."
The guard was silent. This... was indeed something he had never expected.
Moreover, now that he thought about it, they were just outside the wall that separated the courtyard when Song Wenbo died...
That woman Xie Yao is really scary.
"So, Miss Xie thinks she has escaped?" The guard immediately caught up with Xie Yujiao, ready to follow her closely.
"He must have escaped." Xie Yujiao said with certainty.
The guard thought about it, turned around and said something to the guard at the gate, then followed Xie Yujiao again.
The woods and mountains surrounding the small courtyard were now flickering with the faint light of torches; it was obvious that the guard commander was leading his men to look for someone.
But the guard followed Xie Yujiao for a long distance and felt that they were getting farther and farther away from the villa, but did not find any clues or traces. Only then did he feel that something was wrong.
"Miss Xie." He suddenly became alert and stopped Xie Yujiao, "Are you really looking for someone?"
If they continue like this, Xie Yujiao will be out of their control!
"Do you suspect me?" Xie Yujiao stopped, turned and looked at the guard, with obvious displeasure in her clear eyes.
The guard said: "We haven't found any clues for so long. It seems that Miss Xie is overthinking... Who are you?!"
Before the guard could finish his words, he felt a flash before his eyes, and the person in front of him suddenly raised his hand and sprinkled a handful of powder on his face!
If you are prepared, the guards will react naturally.
But it didn't happen. He was only preparing for Xie Yujiao to escape, but he didn't prepare for Xie Yujiao to suddenly attack him.
And the distance between the two of them is too close...
The guard only had time to ask a single question before his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
"Xie Yujiao" looked around, picked up the guard on the ground, and threw him directly into the woods on the side.
Then she moved swiftly in the direction of departure.
The quiet moonlight fell, and her speed became faster and faster.
At the same time, in the other courtyard.
The guard commander stood outside the wall where he found the "bloodstain", waiting for his men to search along the woods where the trace was found.
He was very confident that the woman would not be able to escape.
But for a long time, there was no movement. The guard leader frowned and asked, "No one noticed?"
The dozen or so people he sent out answered one after another, "Commander, we didn't find anything here."
“Nothing.”
"There are traces of someone walking here, but they suddenly stopped..."
The guard commander immediately walked towards the direction of the last voice. Because his men had avoided the original traces during their search, he could see it very clearly at this moment.
There are footprints on the ground.
Although the footprints were shallow, judging by the size, they were undoubtedly those of a woman.
The guard commander personally followed the footprints forward, but after walking a distance he had to admit that the footprints suddenly disappeared.
"Have you checked all the trees around?" asked the guard commander.
Although he had heard that the woman didn't know martial arts, she was still able to escape from their encirclement after all, just in case.
The guards finally reacted and checked the tall trees around them to see if Xie Yao had left from the air.
But the answer soon came: No.
The guard leader's face darkened when he heard this answer. "Could it be possible that she just disappeared from the face of the earth?!"
He had no choice but to realize the footprints on the ground again.
After taking a look, he finally found something wrong. "No!" The guard leader's voice became deeper. "If it was just one step... the footprints wouldn't be so deep."
He looked at the footprints he had left, which were almost as deep as the ones left by Xie Yao, but this shouldn't have happened.
He is a strong and tall man, and Xie Yao is just a woman who has been hungry for a day, unless...
"Go back to the other courtyard and look for her!" the guard leader said, "She is deliberately playing tricks on us. This is just a cover she left behind!"
Now that I think about it, those bloodstains were probably intentional.
Damn it!
He was actually fooled by a woman like this!
The guard commander was very angry and took the guards back to the villa. "Seal off the villa and search it immediately. She must still be there."
There is only one way out of this villa, which is the direction of the main gate. There is absolutely no way that Xie Yao could leave through the main gate.
"No one is allowed to leave the villa until the person is found." The guard commander gave an order and all the guards took action again.
At this moment, a weak voice sounded, "Commander, then...what about those who have left?"
The guard commander was startled and frowned, "Who left?"
"Nineteen and Miss Xie." The doorman immediately said, "Nineteen said it was your idea. He and Miss Xie went to look for that woman..."
Before the gatekeeper could finish his words, the guard commander's expression changed drastically and he immediately walked towards Xie Yujiao's house.
Bang!
The guard commander kicked open the door, only to see that the house was empty with all the furnishings in place, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.
The guard commander breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Send someone to find them."
One has already been lost, and the other one can't have any problems.
"Yes." Someone immediately turned around and prepared to go out. There were horses in the courtyard, and this person would naturally go much faster by riding a horse.
The commander of the guards stayed in the other courtyard and had people supervise the search.
The villa is not small, but not particularly large either. It only takes a dozen people a short while to search it.
Several people stood in front of the guard commander, looking at each other, and timidly whispered, "Commander... we didn't find anyone."
“I didn’t find it either.”
“…”
No one was found.
The guard commander frowned and then set his sights on Xie Yujiao's room.
Now, in the entire villa, this is the only room that has not been searched.
The guard leader waved his hand, and the guards rushed in. Soon they made a discovery!
Someone pulled a person wrapped like a silkworm cocoon from the bed. The person was only wearing underwear and had scars all over his face. Who else could it be but Xie Yujiao?
The guard commander was so angry that he laughed when he saw this.
He originally thought that he had paid enough attention to that woman, but he didn't expect that he was still one step behind!
He actually let that woman escape in this way.
but……
Did that woman really think she could escape completely this way?
Absolutely not.
The guard commander immediately turned around and walked out, and the guards behind him followed him. As for the unconscious Xie Yujiao, who was thrown to the ground, no one paid any attention to her.
Soon, a group of horses galloped away from the road in front of the main gate!
…
at the same time.
Xie Yao had left the main road, walked into another path, and walked into the woods beside the road in an inconspicuous position.
After she captured Xie Yujiao, she interrogated her and found out a lot of things.
For example, if those people had horses, it would not be easy for her to escape.
For example, the drug used to knock out the guard was also searched from Xie Yujiao, and there was also a way to leave the villa...
Although Xie Yujiao was very likely to lie to her, she had no other choice and she only had one chance.
She couldn't just sit there and wait to be rescued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Otherwise, even if Xiao Ji's men found her, as long as her life was still in the hands of others, she and Xiao Ji would have no way out, and even Xiao Ji would have to be cautious and be used by others.
That's absolutely not possible.
As for not killing Xie Yujiao, it was also to delay time. Besides, she had done so many things and there was not enough time.
As Xie Yao shuttled through the woods, she felt for the first time that Xie Yujiao's mask was still somewhat useful.
At least now she didn't have to worry about branches and thorns scratching her face.
The black hooded dress can protect the skin well...
As Xie Yao was thinking this, she heard the sound of horses galloping. She immediately stopped and listened.
A group of horses galloped past on the road not far away.
Xie Yao just listened and didn't look.
Those who practiced martial arts were particularly sensitive to glances and stares, and she was worried that she would be discovered if she just glanced at them.
It might have been fine in the past, but now those people are on high alert and will not let go of any suspicious points.
Xie Yao waited until the horse galloped away before continuing her action.
The speed of these people... is slower than she imagined.
…
At the same time, countless officials from the capital government and the Dali Temple were searching all night with torches near the outskirts of Beijing.
The leader was Xiao Ji.
Xiao Ji has been worried sick the whole day since he learned that Xie Yao was missing. After threatening the emperor, he learned several addresses from the emperor.
The emperor told him that these addresses were originally prepared by him, but he really didn't know where Xie Yao would be taken by his men.
A dozen addresses.
This shows how well prepared the emperor was.
And Xiao Ji’s attitude towards these addresses is... I don’t believe any of them!
He personally pointed out the locations of these addresses on the map and found that they were all in the suburbs of Beijing, covering all directions.
But there is one thing in common: they are not far from the capital.
The only thing Xiao Ji could think of was that Xie Yao was taken out of the capital, and the place where she was imprisoned should not be too far from the capital.
The next thing is that these addresses are far away from the villages and are built independently, so Xiao Ji added this condition.
The next step is to have people search for a single villa within this distance throughout the suburbs of Beijing.
Then send people everywhere and cast a wide net.
"Your Highness." Si Nan rode his horse to Xiao Ji and handed the steamed bun to him. "You haven't eaten for a day and a night. Please eat something."
"The Crown Princess is so smart, she will definitely be fine. But if you collapse, wouldn't it be in vain for the Crown Princess to worry about you?"
Xiao Ji glanced at Si Nan, but didn't refuse. He reached out to take the cold bun and ate it in two or three bites.
Food means nothing to him now, as long as he doesn't die!
"Your Highness." Si Nan said again: "Why don't you take a rest for a while, and I will take people to the rest of the place--"
"Hush." Xiao Ji signaled Si Nan to be quiet, and raised his hand to signal everyone to stop. He looked at Si Nan, "Is there any sound of horse hooves? And there are quite a few."
In the dead of night, a group of people were riding their horses at full speed, in a location like this...
"I heard it, too." Si Nan listened carefully and immediately replied, "From the sound... it seems to be heading in our direction."
A cold light flashed in Xiao Ji's eyes, "Okay, maybe we... have found it."
Xiao Ji ordered everyone to pull the horses aside and not block the road, lest those people would be afraid to come over after seeing them.
Not long after, a group of horses came riding over.
As soon as Xiao Ji gave an order, someone stepped forward to stop the people. They saw that these people had no intention of staying and did not introduce themselves.
The trip rope is straightened!
Some horses that didn't have time to stop bumped into the trip ropes and fell to the ground in a huge mass!
"Your Highness." Si Nan only took one look and was certain that your Highness's guess was true. He pointed at the horses and said, "They are all military horses."
Xiao Ji also noticed it, and said directly: "Catch him."
The leader was the commander of the guards. When he saw Xiao Ji, his pupils shrank slightly and a hint of shock flashed in his eyes. He never expected that the prince would find this place so quickly!
If these people didn't notice something wrong with the horses, he could still play dumb, but now... he could only resist!
The guard commander immediately resisted, but the people brought by Xiao Ji were all good fighters, and they were well prepared with Xiao Ji's reminder.
At this moment, facing the resistance of these people, he was not panicked at all. Instead, he took advantage of the difference in numbers and quickly captured all of them.
As for the guard commander, Si Nan took charge of it personally.
At this moment, Si Nan held him and kicked him in the knee. The guard commander's knees softened and he knelt directly in front of Xiao Ji.
Xiao Ji lowered his eyes and looked at him, anger burning in his heart. He could almost confirm the identity of the person in front of him.
The voice was extremely cold and questioned: "Tell me, where is the person?"
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