Gu Nian led Bai Er and the others to continue their search southward.
Peng Ze and Gu Hui led their men north, while Peng Wulang led his men east toward the official road to pursue them.
The others followed along a side road beside the main road.
At this moment, Gu Xin was being carried northwards.
Yin Yueli felt something was amiss. After successfully getting the maid who knew ventriloquism to replace Gu Xin, she planned to circle south and then north. However, halfway there, the carriage fell off a hillside, leaving her with a large gash and causing her to bleed profusely.
The carriage was no longer needed, so someone else carried it. She was unharmed, but the person carrying Gu Xin fell and got injured.
She brought two coachmen, both of whom were injured. They finally managed to rejoin the main group, only to encounter a pack of wolves.
Didn't the Gu family clean up all the residential areas outside the city? She hasn't heard of any animals appearing anywhere this year.
Shouldn't wolves and wild boars be the ones harming the livestock raised by Old Lady Gu?
The main force wasn't large; it consisted of people given to her by others, including Peng family guards. Fortunately, with the carriage, they could travel much faster. If the fake Gu Xin could stall for a little longer, they could successfully send the real Gu Xin away and make her disappear.
As a result, the carriage had another accident when they were almost at the cave, and in the end, only she and the person carrying Gu Xin were able to continue.
Yin Yueli gritted her teeth, wrapped the person carrying Gu Xin in cotton padding, and thought, "Let her fall, let her fall. I hope she gets hurt or even dies."
Finally, we arrived at the cave.
At the cave, the Peng family's personal guards had already made arrangements. However, the person carrying Gu Xin fell down again when entering the cave, his foot was cut by sharp rocks, and he could not walk.
Feeling unlucky, Yin Yueli reached out and dragged Gu Xin into the cave.
There was a pool of water in the cave. She put Gu Xin down by the pool, took out a dagger, and started digging downwards in the southeast direction. After digging for about an arm's length, she lay down and reached out to touch the mechanism. She turned it.
She ran over again and threw Gu Xin into the pool. With a "plop," Gu Xin sank into the water and disappeared.
Yin Yueli quickly restored the mechanism to its original state, and the water in the pool returned to calm once more.
Yin Yueli clapped her hands and smiled.
Hmph, Gu Xin, don't blame me. It's not that I want you dead, but that you've offended too many people.
After doing all this, Yin Yueli used the lantern to erase the traces of her bringing people in, covered the spot where Gu Xin had just been lying with weeds, and walked around a few times to make sure no one could see her.
She stayed inside for a quarter of an hour before coming out of the cave, calling the wounded Peng family soldier, and heading into the mountains.
Almost at the same time the two entered the mountain, Gu Hui and Peng Ze arrived.
Gu Hui acted entirely on her intuition. When the couple arrived, they found that none of the people General Peng had sent to guard the cave were there, and they assumed they were resting inside.
Peng Ze was worried that Gu Hui had gotten cold on the way, so he told her to go into the cave and have some hot water first.
As a result, the two had only reached the east gate when Gu Hui saw faint traces of blood on a stone on the ground: "Aze, look."
Peng Ze looked over and was startled. He then entered the cave, assuming that the soldiers were injured.
As it turned out, there was nothing in the cave.
Peng Ze turned around and ordered his men to search everywhere.
In the woods next to the cave, many of the guards were injured and could not escape now.
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