Chapter 133 Escape

After a while, a figure on a horse and a man entered the sight of the crowd. The other party saw the fire here and shouted, "Is Qi Heng here?"

It was Changbai. Qi Heng replied, "Brother Changbai, I'm here!"

Knowing that it was an acquaintance, everyone let down their guard. Changbai gathered their thoughts and listened to the analysis of the two people. He also felt that it made sense. The three decided to go back and explore the way they came to see if they could find other clues.

Everyone held torches and walked slowly back along the way they came, paying special attention to the roadside to find any clues they missed.

"There seems to be a small path here!" A Yu Lin soldier got off his horse and shouted to everyone.

Qi Heng heard this and immediately jumped off his horse. Changbai and Lin Yunting followed closely behind. The entrance to the trail was obviously covered by someone. After pulling aside the bushes at the entrance, they found that there was indeed a trail inside by the light of the torch. Following the trail upward, they found that the plants on both sides had traces of being trampled. The roots of the plants were still fresh, which meant that they had been trampled not long ago.

Several people exchanged glances quickly, and hope rose in their hearts.

Climbing up along the winding path, halfway up the mountain, everyone saw a dilapidated thatched house. Qi Heng passed everyone and ran over quickly.

"Yuan Ruo, be careful of an ambush!"

Qi Heng didn't care about that at the moment. As long as he thought that Minglan might be here, his heart ached.

Seeing Qi Heng rushing over as if he didn't hear him, Lin Yunting also hurriedly called on everyone to follow him.

When everyone arrived at the thatched hut, they found that this shabby thatched hut was just a precarious thatched hut with no one inside.

Everyone was disappointed. Could it be that their guess was wrong?

"Not here?" Lin Yunting couldn't believe it. He felt that his guess should be correct.

Qi Heng didn't say a word. He had a feeling that Minglan must have been here. He came up before everyone else and recalled the scene he had seen before. What made him feel that there must be someone here?

Messy footprints outside the door! Yes!

Qi Heng pushed everyone aside and walked towards the door. He pointed at the footprints on the ground and said, "Someone must have been here before. You see there are a lot of footprints here."

Yu Linjun on the side looked at Qi Heng with some sympathy, "Young Master, these are the footprints we just stepped on. I know you are worried about Sixth Miss Sheng, but..."

Qi Heng interrupted him, "No, there were a lot of footprints here before you came up. I am sure of it."

Everyone was still hesitating whether to believe Qi Heng's words, and Changbai's voice came out, "Sixth sister must have been here!"

Changbai came out with the rope cut by a knife and held it up for everyone to see, "This broken rope was mixed with straw. I just found it in the straw pile. Sixth sister must have escaped!"

"Look at the neat cuts on the rope, it must have been cut. Maybe that gang tied Sixth Sister here for other purposes, and Sixth Sister was smart and escaped. Those people should be chasing her. I don't know how many people are on the other side, but Sixth Sister should be in danger now!"

"Then we should not delay any longer and go find someone as soon as possible!"

Qi Heng was worried as he looked at the pitch-black forest. The shadows of the trees here were as sharp as ghosts. He didn't know how many dangers were hidden there. Is Minglan safe now?

Everyone shouted and scattered to look for someone.

"Young General Lin, there is a body here!"

"General, there is one here too!"

Everyone gathered around, "That's what those thieves were dressed in!" A soldier from the Lin army said after seeing the body.

Lin Yunting squatted down to check the man's wound, "He was shot by an arrow, right in the throat!"

"What a great archery skill!" One person couldn't help but praise.

Changbai also squatted down, pulled out the arrow, and observed it carefully, "It was the sixth sister's sleeve arrow! She really escaped!"

"The other person was also shot in the throat, but that person's eyes were red and swollen, as if he had been stimulated by something before he died. There was a lot of powder on the body and on the ground. I don't know what kind of poison it is. The brothers didn't dare to approach rashly." The other side who was checking the body shouted.

Changbai walked over and took a deep breath, as if he could still smell the pungent smell lingering in the air. He moved closer to the body, twisted some powder, and sniffed, "It's chili pepper and pepper. They are self-defense items prepared by Aunt Wei for several sisters."

"This means that Minglan is still fine. We can't delay any longer. Let's continue looking for people!"

Knowing that these people had died under Minglan's arrows, Qi Heng breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed some of his tense emotions. Fortunately, Minglan was able to protect herself.

Everyone continued to walk forward and saw another corpse, but the way he died was different from the previous two. This person was poisoned. Lin Yunting used his sword to pick the two snake corpses next to him. He saw two deep holes in the man's neck, and his lips had turned black and purple.

The pungent smell still filled the air, and everyone covered their mouths and noses.

"This man should be more alert than the two in front, so the sixth sister did not shoot an arrow, but sprinkled more chili and pepper. He must have been bitten by a poisonous snake when he was lying on the ground to avoid it." Changbai analyzed, and everyone thought it made sense. What they didn't know was that it was only half right. The poisonous snake was thrown by Minglan.

"There are some strips of cloth here! It looks like a girl's clothes! There are also bloodstains..."

A soldier under the big tree found torn clothes and cloth, and a pool of bloodstains.

Qi Heng walked over and took the cloth from his hand. Thinking back to the clothes Minglan wore when he met her today, his heart began to sink. "This is the clothes Minglan wore today."

Lin Yunting and Changbai also walked over. Lin Yunting looked at the rag, which was obviously torn off by someone. He glanced at Qi Heng and then at Changbai, not knowing what to say. Although Xiaoliu was smarter than the average woman and had some kung fu, the other party was outnumbered. She might not be able to escape the pursuit of the other party in the end.

Qi Heng held the cloth, his fist trembling slightly due to the force. Thinking of Minglan's voice and smile in his mind, he made up his mind that as long as Minglan was alive, nothing else mattered.

"No matter what, as long as Minglan is safe, that is my greatest wish." He murmured in a low voice, and every word fell to the ground with a sound, revealing his unquestionable determination.

Changbai turned his head to look at Qi Heng beside him, his eyes were filled with relief and admiration. He walked forward without saying anything.

On the other side, Minglan carried the unconscious girl on her back, and every step was extremely difficult. Minglan had been carrying the girl and moving forward without stopping, but now she was almost exhausted.

The girl woke up once in the middle of the journey. She felt that she was swaying, as if she was lying on someone's back. She tried her best to open her eyes, and Minglan's figure gradually became clear in her blurred vision.