At this time, the carriage started moving again, and the two men outside stopped talking because they were busy getting on with their journey.
Ren Yaohua thought, no matter what the woman who wanted to kidnap her had in mind, she couldn't let her succeed. But how could a weak woman like her, barely able to even lift a finger, escape from these ruthless, murderous men? Ren Yaohua glanced at the body of a man lying not far to her right. He had been stabbed in the back with a dagger. His dark blood flowed onto the carriage floor, and the nauseating smell of blood filled the air. Ren Yaohua closed her eyes and turned away again. The sight only intensified her desire to escape.
The carriage continued on for another half an hour, and when it reached a high ground with dense trees, it stopped again. The driver said, "Let's find a place in the woods ahead to bury the body. That way, the carriage will run faster."
The man on horseback responded and dismounted.
Because the wind was quite strong here, Ren Yaohua looked out through the curtain that was blown open by the wind and found that the place where the carriage was parked was a high ground with a lush forest on the right. A little further ahead there was a large slope on the left, and below the slope seemed to be a large field.
Ren Yaohua's eyes lit up involuntarily. She had thought of a way to escape, although it seemed a little difficult.
She planned to move to the carriage door later, and when the carriage reached the slope ahead, she would jump out and roll down. Since there were fields below and it was still early, there would definitely be people working in the fields. Although doing so would definitely result in injury, and perhaps even death, it was better than falling into the hands of someone with bad intentions.
As for the two people outside, they certainly couldn't follow her down the slope. It was so steep. It would be difficult for them to find their way down to find her. If she was lucky enough to survive after going down, she might be able to escape from them.
The more Ren Yaohua thought about it, the more she felt that this method was feasible, and she couldn't help but get a little excited.
But Ren Yaohua knew that she couldn't reveal any clues at this time, so she closed her eyes again and waited for the man outside to come in and take the body out of the carriage.
Unexpectedly, the two men outside were alerted by the sudden appearance of several people from the woods. They exchanged glances and, to avoid drawing attention, quickly handed Ren Yaohua over to their employer. There were only two of them, and the support personnel were still in Zhuozhou. If these people were coming for them, they couldn't engage them head-on without knowing their strength. However, the men swiftly marched straight towards their carriage, spreading out to surround them.
The two men secretly cried out inwardly that something was wrong and gave each other a look. The driver gave the horse a hard slap on the buttocks and drove the carriage away.
The other man quickly jumped on his horse and, while driving his mount to catch up with the carriage, he leaned over and took out a bow and arrow from under the saddle. He was so focused on keeping an eye out for the men running out of the woods that he didn't notice a row of caltrops that had been buried in the grass in front of him.
The coachman shouted "Be careful!" but it was too late. The man's horse's hoof stepped on the caltrops, and his front legs fell to the ground, throwing the man on the horse heavily out.
The driver knew something was wrong. He couldn't stop the carriage to save his companions, or he'd be caught in the ambush. He could only say sorry in his heart, then whip the horse hard again. He drove the carriage at full speed, constantly watching for caltrops on the ground.
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