Chapter 175 The Sixth Prince is anxious because he cannot find Shen Chu.
Zhang Lan and his wife stumbled and ran down the mountain.
Madam Zhang twisted her ankle halfway up the mountain, and was in so much pain that she was sweating profusely and could not move forward.
"Lan'er, don't worry about me, I'm going to hide in the bushes, you hurry down the mountain to find help."
Zhang Lan gritted her teeth, not daring to delay, and ran forward, her steps uneven.
Just when she was exhausted and in despair, she looked up and suddenly saw a group of people coming from the front.
She was overjoyed and was about to rush over when she realized that it was a group of soldiers, all dressed in their uniforms.
The leader, holding a long sword, looked very imposing.
Zhang Lan turned pale with fright and instinctively shrank into the bushes.
The government has come to suppress the bandits every year, but has never succeeded.
How do we know whether these officers and soldiers are good people or not?
What if we fail to get help and end up harming Brother Lu Qi instead?
The group of people was getting closer and closer, and they were about to come over.
Zhang Lan huddled in the tall grass to the side, not daring to breathe.
Even so, the leader still noticed it.
With a leap, he grabbed Zhang Lan, who was hiding in the bushes, and threw her to the ground.
A cold sword was held against her neck, which frightened Zhang Lan so much that her face turned pale.
"Who are you? What are you trying to do, sneaking around on this mountain path?"
Zhang Lan dared not reveal her identity, forcing herself to remain calm as she said, "Gentlemen, I am the daughter of a good family from the foot of the mountain. I... I came up the mountain because..."
"What happened?" A tall man walked up from behind.
The man's face was unusually cold, but he was dressed in the clothes of a salt worker, and his complexion looked sallow.
It was Pei Yuan.
Sun Yan said, "We caught a girl acting suspiciously, and we are interrogating her."
Pei Yuan looked at Zhang Lan with sharp and cold eyes.
Zhang Lan was so frightened that she clenched her hands tightly, and all the words she had prepared got stuck in her throat.
Pei Yuan's brows furrowed slightly.
After Shen Chu ran away from the house, he discovered that Jiang Hongzhi had left the salt field.
He then quietly followed them.
This surveillance unexpectedly uncovered Jiang Hongzhi's hidden secret.
He left the Zhang family without making any moves and saw the signal that Sun Yan was sending out outside the city.
Sun Yan and his Flying Eagle Guards have arrived in Changsha Prefecture.
After leaving the city to meet up with the Flying Eagle Guards, he returned to the salt field, only to find that Shen Chu had not yet returned.
The salt workers all went home to rest, but all the salt in the salt field disappeared.
He was worried that something had happened to Shen Chu, so he quickly led people to search for her everywhere.
Finally, a special mark was found on a path outside the salt field: a dog's head made of salt grains.
He immediately concluded that this was a mark left by Shen Chu.
Only someone with Shen Chu's mind could come up with such a bizarre symbol.
He immediately led his Flying Eagle Guards to catch up.
However, when they caught up with him nearby, they could no longer find any of the marks left by Shen Chu.
Could something have happened to Shen Chu?
The moment this thought popped into his mind, he became instantly anxious.
Seeing that Sun Yan was wasting time because of catching a girl, he became even more impatient.
He instructed Sun Yan: "Leave one person behind to keep an eye on things. Finding the person is the priority; don't delay anything."
"yes."
Pei Yuan turned and left.
Looking for someone? This person is dressed in salt worker's clothes.
Zhang Lan suddenly realized what was happening, lunged forward, and asked urgently:
"Are you looking for Brother Lu Qi?"
Pei Yuan suddenly turned his head, his gaze sharp. "Have you seen Lu Qi?"
Zhang Lan trembled at his gaze, but still clenched her hands warily and asked:
"Who are you people? What do you want with Brother Seven?"
"Seventh Brother?" Pei Yuan narrowed his peach blossom eyes, his gaze sweeping over Zhang Lan before he coldly snorted:
“I am his brother.”
Zhang Lan's eyes lit up. "You're Brother Lu Liu?"
Pei Yuan pinched the bridge of his nose, somewhat impatiently, "Where is Lu Qi?"
Zhang Lan quickly said, "Seventh Brother is at Leigong Village. Just follow the mountain path uphill, and you'll reach Leigong Village once you cross it."
Seventh Brother fought the bandits of Leigong Village to save me and my mother. You must go and rescue them...!"
Before he could finish speaking, Pei Yuan had vanished.
A cold voice came from afar, "Leave someone to keep an eye on her. If she says even the slightest thing that is not true, kill her."
"yes."
Sun Yan waved his hand, and the Flying Eagle Guards quickly followed.
Only one soldier remained, staring blankly at Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan stared in disbelief at the figures that had vanished in an instant, momentarily stunned.
Seventh Brother's older brother looks so fierce.
Seventh Brother is still the best.
Wait, isn't Seventh Sister's brother a salt worker at her family's saltworks?
Why would officers and soldiers treat a salt worker with such deference?
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Pei Yuan used his lightness skill to rush towards Leigong Village.
When he arrived at the mountain gate, he saw a group of people lying haphazardly on the ground, and his face immediately darkened.
He randomly picked one that was still breathing.
"Tell me, where is that salt worker?"
The captured bandit A was suddenly confronted with a terrifying face, and was completely stunned.
"I...I didn't see any salt workers?"
Pei Yuan ended his life with a single palm strike, then turned and picked up another person who wasn't quite dead yet.
Where is that salt worker?
Bandit B stammered, "I...I don't know."
Bang.
Pei Yuan sent him on his way with another palm strike.
The third bandit, C, who was arrested, shouted before he could even ask:
"She...she ran to the back mountain, and our leader led men to chase after her."
Pei Yuan abandoned him and disappeared in an instant.
Bandit C narrowly escaped death and lay on the ground, panting heavily.
The bandit next to him whispered, "Wasn't the one running to the back mountain a woman? What kind of salt worker is that?"
Bandit C rolled his eyes. "Who cares about men or women? Let's get rid of this lunatic who came from who-knows-where first. As long as we can survive, that's all that matters."
As soon as they finished speaking, a group of well-trained soldiers rushed over and surrounded them.
The back mountain of Leigongzhai.
Shen Chu leaned against a large tree, breathing heavily.
She was exhausted and couldn't run anymore.
Fortunately, the trees on the back mountain were lush, which allowed them to use their lightness skills to conceal their figures and temporarily hold off the bandits.
"Finally found you." Lei Ying chased after her, sword in hand, glaring fiercely at her.
"You little bitch, you're quite the runner. You killed so many of my brothers from Leigong Village. Today, I'm going to tear you to pieces."
Lei Ying swung his sword and slashed fiercely.
Shen Chu gritted his teeth and tried to lift the knife.
But she was too tired, and her hand went limp, causing the knife to fall to the ground.
Lei Ying's longsword was about to land on her shoulder.
Shen Chu no longer had the strength to dodge, so she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and roared at the sky:
"Damn Pei Yuan, if you don't come soon, I'm going to die here."
The expected pain did not occur; instead, a muffled groan was heard.
Shen Chu quietly opened one eye.
Lei Ying lay on the ground, a sword stuck in his back, unconscious.
Her gaze shifted upwards, suddenly meeting Pei Yuan's cold and sharp peach blossom eyes.
Sigh.
It's finally here.
Shen Chu breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned against the tree, and flashed a set of white teeth at Pei Yuan.
"Sixth Brother."
Pei Yuan looked her up and down, his expression indescribably strange.
"What kind of outfit is that?"
Shen Chu then realized that she was wearing women's clothing.
"Ah, this... it's a disguise."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Yuan's hand was already on her chest.
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