There were many forks in the secret passage, and the four men in black took the map and took turns carrying Tian An and Yaoyao out of the tunnel.
After coming out, Tian An supported her dizzy head and looked around with her eyes narrowed. She was carried on the shoulders of the men in black, with her head facing down and covered by her hair, so it was difficult for the men in black to notice that she was awake.
They were currently in a dense forest. Although she didn't know their exact location, she guessed that they should have already left the city gate.
Apart from these few people, there was no one else responsible for guarding the area.
After the four people came out, they did not continue on their way. The two people carrying the people threw her and Yaoyao rudely on the ground and started taking out water to drink.
Perhaps they were confident that no one would follow them, so they drank their water slowly and rested for a while. Then the two men in black got up to clean up the entrance of the secret passage.
Damn, no wonder they are so relieved even though there is no one guarding them.
Damn, the entrance to the cave is actually located under the tombstone of an isolated grave. If someone is guarding it, it would be a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt. It turns out that they just crawled out of someone's grave.
One of the men in black slapped the word "葬" on the tombstone with his palm. Suddenly, the originally tilted tombstone made a sound of stone rubbing against the ground, and then it slowly moved until it was restored to its original position, completely covering the entrance to the secret passage.
After carefully cleaning up the traces around them, the four men in black continued to carry Tian An and the other two in one direction.
Seeing this, Tian An hurriedly took out a handful of glass marbles from the space and began to mark Zhao Yiming.
Fortunately, she was wearing wide sleeves today. Even though the man in black who was carrying her was very tall, after her hands drooped down, her long sleeves dragged directly on the weeds, making it not too easy to leave a mark under the cover of the sleeves.
Zhao Yiming and the other two were already a step late in coming out of the tunnel, and were only able to follow behind relying on the mark left by Tian An. When they finally came out of the tunnel, the men in black had already been carrying Tian An and Yaoyao for an incense stick of time.
Without taking a rest, Chi Wei was busy restoring the tombstone at the entrance of the cave, while Zhao Yiming and Jingyu were carefully searching for the marks left by Tian An in the grass.
There were dense forests all around and no markings, so they had no way of determining which direction the man in black had gone.
Chi Wei is indeed a talent in this area. He quickly found the location of the mechanism. After quickly restoring the entrance to the cave, he also came to help find the mark.
In the end, it was Zhao Yiming, who was familiar with Tian An, who found the glass marble.
After determining the direction, the three of them quickly caught up.
Unfortunately, although they did not dare to delay at all along the way, they were still a step slower. Just as they chased out of the forest, they saw the carriage that kidnapped Tian An and the others speeding away, and a small red bean fell from the carriage, which Tian An had used to mark them.
Now the other party was riding in a carriage, and they definitely couldn't catch up with them on foot alone. Just when Zhao Yiming was getting anxious and asked Jingyu to find a way to contact their people as soon as possible, he suddenly heard a loud eagle cry from the sky.
Zhao Yiming looked up, and it wasn't the two white eagles Zhuifeng and Zhuyue, so who could it be?
Then, the sound of horse hooves was heard from the other side of the road.
The three of them opened their eyes wide and looked. It was indeed Ji Feng, Deng Xue and the others. Also with them were the prince's secret guards. Zhao Yiming had seen the leader before. His name was An Yi.
Although the secret guards set out much later than Zhao Yiming and his men, Zhao Yiming and his men were essentially walking through the tunnel from the palace out of the city gate. Even if there were shortcuts, they could not be as fast as a horse running on four legs.
Not to mention that Deng Xue and the others were afraid that they wouldn't be able to find anyone outside the city, so they brought Zhuifeng and Zhuyue. The two of them could fly high and see far, and they could find people very quickly, so they were able to arrive so quickly.
"Whoa..." The team stopped in front of them. Zhao Yiming and Chi Wei quickly jumped onto the two remaining horses. Jingyu was a step slower. There were no extra horses. Seeing that the team was about to leave, he jumped onto Deng Xue's horse without thinking.
Ignoring Deng Xue's objection, he directly held her hand, pulled the reins, squeezed his feet against the horse's belly, shouted "Gee...", and caught up with the team and sped away.
"With so many people around, why do you insist on getting on my horse?" Deng Xue said dissatisfiedly as she was held in his arms.
"Because you are riding my horse, the horses of our secret guards are equipped according to regulations." Jingyu's words completely shut Deng Xue up.
She could only nestle in his arms feeling frustrated. Who asked her to ride someone else's horse?
The secret guards beside him almost couldn't help laughing when they saw Jingyu talking nonsense seriously.
Zhao Yiming was leading the way, his horse running much faster than the carriage. Just when he was about to catch up, the prince's secret guard leader An Yi suddenly blocked their way.
Without waiting for Zhao Yiming to speak, he took out the bright yellow imperial edict from his lapel.
Zhao Yiming held his breath as he took the imperial edict. It was only then that he understood what the emperor and the prince were planning. No wonder they sent the secret guards to him.
"My Lord, my master estimates that the group is definitely going to take the wife and the princess to that place this time.
This opportunity is rare, so I can only let the Madam and the Princess suffer for a while. Once we carefully follow them and find their lair and capture them all, we will be able to successfully rescue the Madam and the Princess."
Zhao Yiming looked at the imperial edict in silence for a moment, then shook his head. Just when An Yi thought he was worried about Tian An and was going to disobey the edict, he heard him say, "We can't just keep following them silently. This will only arouse suspicion."
After all, the two people kidnapped were a princess and a duke's wife, so it was impossible for the court not to send people to look for them.
"What does the Duke mean?"
"There are four of them in total. Let's kill two of them and rescue Yaoyao at the same time." Zhao Yiming said in a deep voice.
Although the men in black have not yet noticed that Tian An has fainted, there are many of them and it would be easy for him to be exposed if they are being watched all the time. He doesn't want to put Tian An in any risk.
After killing the two men, they knew that there were pursuers behind them. They were busy running away and avoiding the pursuers, so they didn't have much time to keep an eye on Tian An.
The reason why Zhao Yiming wanted to save Yaoyao first was not because he loved Yaoyao so much, but simply because he felt that Yaoyao was a hindrance.
Zhao Yiming knew Tian An's life-saving methods better than anyone else. If she was alone, it would be no problem for her to protect herself, but with Yaoyao around, it would be a hindrance, so it would be best to rescue Yaoyao in advance.
As long as Zhao Yiming accepts the imperial edict, he will just have to follow orders on how to act.
He stepped aside from the front of the team. After Zhao Yiming ordered the main force to follow behind to support them, he took three people and chased after them again.
Soon, the carriage appeared again.
When the people in the carriage heard the noise, they immediately became alert. Seeing that it was Zhao Yiming catching up with them, they took out bows and arrows from the carriage and shot wildly at the people behind them.
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