The forest is deep, the snow is heavy, the sky is dark, and there are rarely sunny days in Lingnan in winter.
The whereabouts of that group of people were uncertain. The traces they left here were cut off there. Sometimes they walked on dead leaves, and sometimes they crossed rivers. Gu Wei followed their traces and searched for a whole night before finally getting some clues.
The more he investigated, the more familiar he felt.
At this moment, Gu Wei was standing on the edge of a cliff. In the distance, there were thousands of overlapping mountains, a black eagle was flying low, and the cold wind was blowing the corners of his clothes up and down.
He turned over the snow with his slender fingers, revealing a dead grass that had long been dead. On it, he saw traces of trampling. He used light skills to jump off the cliff. There were also obvious signs of climbing on the edge of the mountain wall.
He curled the corners of his lips and flew quickly to the cliff.
Instead of walking down the cliff, he turned around and headed towards the dense forest in the woods.
If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely walk down the cliff.
But if he was facing the Gu family general...
Gu Wei had not taken a few steps when he saw the Gu family general's exclusive long sword symbol on an inconspicuous tree.
The sword carver used extremely heavy force, almost piercing through the tree trunk, which shows how anxious he was.
Gu Wei frowned slightly, the overwhelming emotions in his heart almost overwhelmed him.
He raised his hand and gently scratched off the symbol on the tree, leaving a spear underneath.
——
On the snow-white official road, Zhang Yong led two subordinates and moved swiftly, leaving no traces in the snow. They looked like three black dots and soon sneaked into the dense forest along a slope on the side.
After entering the forest, although there was no sign of human movement around, Zhang Yong still perked up.
The Gu family will have a special method of hiding and finding their whereabouts.
Zhang Yong looked around carefully and frowned.
Why does this terrain look so familiar?
Could it be that...
His breathing became rapid for a moment, but he didn't dare to speak, for fear that it was fake and would disappoint his companions.
Before Zhang Yong could say anything, the two Gu family generals who followed him had already seen something.
"General, the terrain around here looks familiar to me..."
"Me too, me too, it looks a bit like the prince's handwriting. Who else in the world could be better than the prince..."
Zhang Yong finally couldn't hold back his inner joy, and he slapped the big tree next to him, shaking all the snow on the tree down, soaking the three people. However, the three people were completely unaware and laughed.
All the hiding, sadness, running around and hardships of these days disappeared in the wind and snow.
"That must be it! Let's investigate slowly and follow the trail to find the prince!"
The three of them couldn't wait, so they divided the work and worked together, and soon arrived at the cliff where Gu Wei had just stood.
"General Zhang, there are traces of trampling here!"
"General Zhang, there are traces on the edge of the cliff!"
Zhang Yong nodded.
Then the three of them quickly turned around and entered the dense forest nearby.
This is the tactical understanding among the Gu family generals.
After walking a few steps, the three of them saw the sword symbol on the big tree and the spear below.
The sword is sharp and the spear is fierce.
Amid the rustling snow and wind, the three of them froze in place for a moment, hardly daring to move forward.
Zhang Yong was the first to come back to his senses and laughed:
"It's really the Prince General! And the Gu family general! We are reuniting with our brothers!"
The two young generals could not contain their joy and hurried forward to add another stroke.
Behind the sword and gun, there was an endless stretch of mountains and rivers.
The sword is as cold as the mountain, and the spear is as sharp as a sword.
The three of them did not dare to waste time and hurried into the forest.
——
I don't know when the snow stopped.
The dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the sun revealed a cold light.
The terrain of Lingnan is complex. Beyond the dense forest, there is another high cliff. A long river falls from the cliff, piling up thousands of layers of snow. The sound of the waterfall is so loud that it almost covers everything. The hazy water vapor makes tiny water droplets hang on Gu Wei's eyelashes and eyebrows.
He did not move forward. With his extraordinary internal strength, he had already sensed that there were nearly a thousand people hiding nearby.
That's it.
His old friends, brothers.
Gu Wei drew out his sword, placed it across a tree nearby, stood on it, and waited quietly with his chin in his hand.
He didn't believe that the Gu family general didn't recognize him.
He's been away for so long, maybe he's just teasing him.
Then he would tease them too.
Gu Wei held his breath and concentrated, put his hands behind his head, and hid his body among the dead trees.
Not far away, behind a huge rock, the soldiers were talking in low voices to the young general in the front.
"Lord Zhao Ce, is the man following us the crown prince?"
"I think so. Otherwise, who else in the world could follow us for so long?"
"Master Zhao Ce, shall we just go out?"
......
Zhao Ce held a sword in his arms, and his handsome face was filled with excitement. He smiled, revealing two pointed little canine teeth. "It's been so long since I last saw the prince, we need to let him see our abilities. It's not okay to let him see us so easily."
A sly light flashed in the young Danfeng's eyes, "We have to tease the prince."
The surrounding generals of the Gu family all knew that their young general was a playful person, and no one refuted it.
Zhao Ce rolled his eyes and said, "You guys go ahead and set up a trap. Use the Seven Deadly Formation that I designed earlier to prevent the imperial army from pursuing you."
The Gu family generals took action upon hearing the sound.
After a while, a series of traps were set.
Zhao Ce put on a pure black cloak, walked out of the dense forest and came to the edge of the cliff.
The water vapor is heavy and a layer of fog rises.
He deliberately concealed his figure, and after walking around for a few steps, he felt someone chasing him from behind.
The young man raised his lips into an indulgent smile and led the people behind him towards the trap.
The trap he designed consisted of seven parts.
If you avoid this one, there will be the next one. You can't get around it no matter what. It's like a dense net. Once you enter it, you will never be able to escape.
Gu Wei is proficient in formations, so Zhao Ce did not use any formations, but instead used ordinary traps.
Zhao Ce moved as smoothly as flowing clouds and water, his figure like a white crane as he shuttled through the woods.
The first trap.
No one was infected.
The second trap.
One person was hung on a tree.
The third trap.
One person tripped and fell.
The fourth trap.
There was a plop sound and someone fell into the pit.
Zhao Ce raised his eyebrows.
The prince actually brought his subordinates here?
Humph. I didn't expect the prince to find his confidant so quickly.
He stopped and looked into the pit, his tone somewhat resentful, "Prince, you didn't expect it, did you? I can finally trap you. Your new subordinates are too useless, how come they fell into the first two traps——"
Zhao Ce suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words.
His eyes narrowed suddenly, his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and he screamed, "Ah, why is it you!"
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