When Butler Zhang and his men arrived at the place, no one was there.
They looked at the tire tracks and footprints on the ground and knew that someone must have been here.
Butler Zhang stared at these traces angrily and said angrily: "They must have left early!"
Then he ordered Captain Cui: "Hurry up and find clues to see which direction they ran to!"
Captain Cui's contempt for the Zhang family was even greater. So many people couldn't catch two people just now.
He looked towards the marks on the ground and found that there were wheel tracks and messy footprints in four directions starting from that area.
It seems that those people made sufficient preparations before leaving.
This makes it even more difficult to catch them.
He said mockingly, "You have seen the traces on the ground. They must have left. We don't know what they look like. Butler Zhang, please choose a direction and follow us to catch them."
Butler Zhang retorted: "Isn't this your business? Hurry up and find out which direction they went!"
Captain Cui glanced at Steward Zhang and said, "Then let's chase him into the woods. Steward Zhang will follow us."
When Butler Zhang heard that he wanted to go into the woods and wanted him to go with him, he immediately refused.
Everyone has heard that there are unclean things in the forest. Although the forest is not far from Dashan County, local people rarely go in.
He hesitated for a long time before pretending to be serious and said, "The forest is flat. They must have expected that if we chased them out, we would think they fled into the forest, so they definitely didn't go that way."
"They must have gone up the mountain. The mountain road is difficult to walk on, and they have to push the cart, so they must not have gone far. Let's chase them up the mountain."
Captain Cui glanced in the direction of the woods. His intuition from years of marching and deployment told him that those people should be heading into the woods.
But seeing how Butler Zhang rejected Lin Zi, I wonder if there is something inside...
He didn't say anything and went up the mountain as Butler Zhang instructed.
Along the way, Butler Zhang looked at the footprints and wheel tracks all over the ground, thinking that he had guessed right, and his back straightened up a lot.
"These traces on the ground must be new. They must not have gone far. Let's chase them."
Butler Zhang quickened his pace, feeling that victory was in sight.
Although Young Master Zhang usually only likes to spend his days in debauchery, the master of the mansion values the Second Young Master, who was born to his concubine, more.
But he is the legitimate son of the mansion after all. If he cannot capture those people and make amends for what he did after he became like that in front of him, his good days as a butler will be over.
But as soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, they were greeted by two wild boars half the height of a man.
Because Butler Zhang was walking in front, he was the first to be attacked by two wild boars.
One of the wild boars hit Butler Zhang in the belly and sent him flying. When he was about to fall, another wild boar slammed into him hard.
The two wild boars tossed Butler Zhang back and forth in the air as if they were playing.
Butler Zhang felt as if his internal organs were about to be shattered, and he didn't even have the strength to ask for help.
It was also because Butler Zhang was blocking in front.
Captain Cui and his men only had time to react.
Captain Cui said, "Pay attention, everyone save people."
The soldiers following him quickly formed a formation and attacked the two wild boars.
With so many people besieging them, the two wild boars stopped playing with Butler Zhang.
Without the wild boar to continue to hold out, the soldiers also focused on besieging the wild boar.
Butler Zhang fell to the ground with a bang, spit out a mouthful of blood, and lay on the ground like a dead fish.
A quarter of an hour later, the two wild boars fell to the ground under the siege of numerous soldiers.
Captain Cui waved his hand happily and said, "Kill these two wild boars tonight and ask the kitchen to serve them as a snack for the brothers."
The soldiers also cheered happily.
And the matter of continuing to track Shen Yu'an and others naturally came to nothing.
Two of the soldiers lifted the half-dead steward Zhang from the ground, and set off on the journey back to the city along with the two wild boars.
As for Shen Yu'an and his companions, they had left the city gate and headed towards the forest more than an hour ago.
Before leaving, they also thought about the possibility that the Zhang family would bring people to chase them, and originally wanted to do something to cover up the traces.
However, seeing that there were already traces on the ground in the direction of the mountain, they naturally saved themselves the effort.
As for the wild boar and other things that Butler Zhang and his men encountered, it only showed that they were unlucky.
Butler Zhang, who had suffered such an incident, was too seriously injured to continue his duties as butler.
Considering how badly he was injured, the Zhang family didn't pursue the matter further regarding his failure to protect his master, but they also didn't care about him anymore.
Shen Yu'an and the others didn't know about these things because they seemed to have encountered troubles as well.
When they first entered the forest, they had no idea how big it was.
But it didn't take them long to notice something was wrong.
When passing by a place, the lively and active Sanlang looked at a tree that was so thick that it took five people to hug it and said, "The trees here are so big. I have seen three such trees. They look similar!"
After hearing Sanlang's words, everyone did not feel anything was wrong. Instead, they continued the conversation happily.
Shen Ming said: "Yes, I didn't expect the vitality of this forest to be so strong. Look at the leaves of these big trees, there is no sign of drying up at all."
Everyone started talking about these towering trees.
When was this forest built? How old are these trees? Everyone has their own opinions and the debate continues.
The trees in this forest are very tall, and the lush leaves are intertwined and block out the sun. Only scattered sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, casting scattered light and shadows.
Shen Yu'an noticed something was wrong and said loudly, "Everyone stop for a moment."
The people walking in front stopped and turned to look at Shen Yu'an in the middle.
Old Mrs. Shen asked, "What's wrong, An'an? Are you tired? Then take a rest before you go."
Shen Yu'an shook his head and said, "I'm not tired yet, but we seem to be lost."
Everyone was surprised: "Lost?"
Weren't they walking in one direction after entering the forest? How did they get lost?
Song asked everyone's question: "No, my girl, we have been walking towards the southwest since we came in, and we haven't changed the road."
Shen Yu'an had already walked to the big tree that Shen Sanlang had just mentioned, and found a deep mark on the back of the tree.
She poked her head out from behind and shouted to Fei Yanche, "Ah Che, come here and take a look at this mark on the tree. Does it look familiar to you?"
Fei Yanche took three or two steps over and found a deep scratch on the trunk of the tree.
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