Murong Yan led his men along a dark forest path. The guards surrounded him vigilantly, always paying attention to any movement around them.
"Your Highness, this is clearly a trap set by the Third Prince. If we rush into the forest like this, we might run into an ambush."
Murong Yan frowned slightly and replied, "After Liu Zhang came out of the mountains alone, he went straight to the Marquis' Mansion. Then the Marquis' Mansion sent out palace soldiers to search for him, and people from the Dali Temple also came here.
Ah Xu is most likely nearby, I must find him before Murong Yao finds him."
Even if it is a trap, we must confirm it!
The river water splashes against the edge of the mountain. The south side of the mountain has been eroded by the river wind and water for a long time, forming many large and small caves.
Some of these caves are the longest, extending hundreds of feet in depth, some are winding like a maze, some are wide enough to accommodate dozens of people, and some are so narrow that only one person can fit through.
Below the cave is a gravel beach. The stones have been eroded for a long time. Some have been polished smooth and round, while others are still sharp and rugged.
Murong Yan abandoned his horse and walked on the mudflats, one foot deep and one foot shallow, anxiously searching for Ye Wanqing's whereabouts.
He did not go to the location designated by Murong Yao, but instead sent people to search for nearby caves along the mudflats.
Based on the analysis of the intelligence he received, he believed that Liu Zhang was most likely the last person to contact Ye Wanqing, and that he had no way of taking her away directly, so he could only place her somewhere. He then went to the Marquis' Mansion to report the news and asked the Marquis' Mansion to send people out to search for and rescue her.
But why did Liu Zhang go so far as to find a way out and not send someone directly to inform him?
With doubts, Murong Yan quickened his pace of search.
Suddenly, an iron-clad silver spear fell from the sky and stabbed deeply into the gravel in front of Murong Yan. The force was so great that the spear shaft made a low humming sound.
The guards around Murong Yan were all startled. They gripped their weapons tightly and looked around vigilantly.
"Your Highness, you have been giving me a hard time to find you!" An unfathomable voice sounded from the forest, and then a man in black clothes flew down from the darkness and landed in front of the gun.
Murong Yan's face was calm, and there was no trace of panic in his gentle tone. "Long time no see, the real masked gunman."
"Hmph, I failed to kill you with one shot last time in the outer city. This time, I can't let you go easily." Ye Qingshan had his face covered, and there was a hint of cruelty in the sound of his coughing.
"Really? That depends on your ability." Murong Yan replied calmly, and immediately two secret guards jumped out from the deep forest and stood in front of Murong Yan.
"Your Highness, I have long wanted to experience the extraordinary power of the East Yi Black Sail Army's secret Overlord Spear Technique."
One of the two wore iron claws on both hands. The black gloves ended in five-finger blades that gleamed coldly, like the claws of a falcon. The other held two ball-shaped bells in his hands. It was unclear how these weapons would attack, but they were both very strange and bizarre short weapons.
"Oh, you arrogant guy!" Ye Qingshan took the gun in his backhand, lifted the barrel, turned his wrist, and danced the gun neatly, ready to meet the enemy.
The two men rushed up quickly and started fighting with Ye Qingshan. Although Ye Qingshan had a long weapon, and every inch longer was an inch stronger, he could not gain the upper hand when fighting against two masters who used trick weapons at the same time.
"I leave it to you." Murong Yan didn't say anything more. While the two men were fighting with Ye Qingshan, he took his men to search the cave in the mountains.
On the other side, Ye Wanqing found a branch of suitable thickness, endured the dizziness and splitting headache, and limped towards the river bank with both hands on the branch.
Because it was too dark, she couldn't tell the direction of the road in the forest, so she could only grope towards the river. Ye Wanqing thought that if she walked along the river bank, she would be able to find the way back.
She must return home as soon as possible and have someone contact Shen Xu's brother Fu Yi to ask him to help raise money to save Jiang Yu and A Rao.
As for Ye Fan, he found Murong Yan after being rescued. Based on their current friendship, Murong Yan would definitely let him go for his sake.
It's a pity that my brother's finger is broken... I heard that Nanny Jiang's master is Yan Lin, a national expert in medicine. I wonder if he can heal it...
Ye Wanqing thought intermittently, and stopped to rest for a while after walking for a while, scratching the wound on her leg, letting the pain stimulate her mind to stay awake. She was getting closer and closer to the river bank, and gradually she could hear noisy voices.
A group of torches approached from a distance. Ye Wanqing wanted to quickly walk up to them and ask for help, but she heard the leader urging her as they walked, "Hurry, the prince has gone into the woods with only a few people. Let's catch up."
The hurried footsteps stepped on the gravel beach, making a creaking sound. They were chasing Murong Yan!
"Hurry up! The prince's head is already worth over 100,000 taels on the Yunnuan Pavilion list. This is a good opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to kill someone and reveal the list. Don't let anyone get there first."
There is more than one group of people chasing Murong Yan!
"I heard that Prince Shen is also missing. He's a huge gold nugget. If you find him, you can go directly to the Third Prince and get a hundred taels of gold!"
"Then look for it on the way."
Ye Wanqing quickly stopped, covered her mouth and hid in the dark, listening carefully to the conversation between those people.
It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has brought people to look for her. Murong Yao has learned of the Crown Prince's whereabouts and sent assassins to harm him!
We have to hurry up and find him!
She waited for the footsteps to fade away, then quickly followed them, leaning on a branch.
Not long after walking, they heard the clamor of voices again. A sharp voice, accompanied by an arrogant laugh, echoed from the nearby mudflats: "It's like searching high and low for something, but now it's found without any effort. Your Highness, you really made it easy for us to find you."
Ye Wanqing was startled. It looked like they had already caught up with Murong Yan. Judging from the laughter, there were quite a few of them! She tiptoed forward to check.
I saw a dozen masked men holding knives surrounding a group of five or six guards. The blazing fire reflected the face of the person in the middle, and it was none other than His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
"All kinds of trash are blocking the way."
Murong Yan's hair was disheveled and his face was stern. He and his guards must have been attacked more than once. There was blood on the swords and bodies of several of them. Some of the guards had been injured and retreated. Now, as they went deeper into the mountains, there were fewer and fewer people.
There was anger in his tone. Three hours had passed since he discovered Ye Wanqing was missing. The sky was getting darker, and still no news had come.
Murong Yan had already panicked and began to fear that bad news would come. The people he sent to find Liu Zhang had not returned. He had already dispatched thousands of troops to search. If he expanded the search scope, rumors would spread in the capital and people would be in panic.
"Hurry up, the head worth one hundred thousand taels of silver belongs to us brothers!"
More than a dozen people rushed forward with knives in their hands. In an instant, torches fell to the ground and the sound of swords and spears was chaotic.
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