Chapter 1036 Clues Interrupted
Originally, there was no secret passage, but in the end, the secret passage was suddenly found. The expressions on the faces of the Taoist priests in Lingyunguan were quite exciting, thinking back to the fact that they had just vowed to tell the Ouchi guards that there was no secret passage. It's really troublesome.
But if there is any trouble, then we have to see if we can get the princess back. If we can, everything will be easy, but if we can’t...
That's easy to say. Anyway, if everyone is executed, it doesn't matter if there is one more or one less crime.
When the Ouchi guards saw the secret passage, their eyes turned red on the spot, but fortunately they did not lose their minds.
It's too narrow here, and it's difficult for a person to walk alone. There is no advantage in having more people. If there is a mechanism or something, I'm afraid many people will die if they get in.
"Please order ten guards to go down with me, while the others stay here."
Hearing what Yang Yiyi said, the Ouchi guards also calmed down.
The loss of the princess was a big deal, but the princess was not the only one who came out with him. One of Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping was the daughter of Situ, and the other was the daughter of a general. Neither of them could have any accidents.
In order to find the princess, most of the men have been sent out to blockade Wangyun Mountain. If someone takes advantage of the empty defense here and kidnaps Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping together, then the imperial guards will probably die. To thank the emperor for his great kindness.
According to what Yang Yiyi said, he immediately arranged the protection of Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, and quickly picked ten good men to follow Yang Yiyi into the secret passage.
Don’t you know Yang Yiyi’s character? She really takes the lead and rushes forward holding a candlestick in a secret passage that can only accommodate one person.
The main reason why she was so brave was that Li Chengqi was watching for her. If there was a trap or something, Li Chengqi would naturally give a warning.
Of course, even without Li Chengqi watching, Yang Yiyi's character is probably a reckless yuppie.
This secret passage looks like an underground crack that originally existed in the mountain. It was briefly repaired later, and there are almost no traces of smoke on the surrounding rocks.
After all, in such a dark place, without fire lighting, it is easy to scratch the wall. There are not many traces of smoke, which means that almost no one has passed here.
Moreover, the length of the secret passage is not too exaggerated. Ten internal guards followed Yang Yiyi and rushed forward. In about the time of a cup of tea, they saw a dim light appearing in front of them.
After struggling for a while, it was almost dawn, and what everyone saw was the faint white light on the horizon.
Rushing over quickly, everyone swept away the vines and vegetation blocking the road, and walked out of a natural cave. Looking forward, they saw only densely packed shadows in the woods.
Walking a few steps forward and looking back, you can vaguely see the Lingyun Temple looming in the early morning mist.
This secret passage should be used as an escape passage if something happens to Lingyun Temple and it is surrounded. However, no one has ever used it since it was built. Even the people of Lingyun Temple probably don’t know about it anymore.
If the thieves invaded from here, they would indeed be able to avoid the patrols of Ouchi guards, but now that they have been chased out, there is no trace of anyone.
The dense vegetation and mist all over the mountains and plains made it difficult to find even the footprints left behind.
If it doesn't work, we can only use a stupid method. First seal off the entire Wangyun Mountain, and then mobilize all the government officials to directly search the mountain. Even if they dig three feet deep, they still have to find the princess.
But that will happen in the future. When they walked out of the secret passage and found that there were no more clues, the Ouchi guards were so anxious that they wanted to breach the wall.
At this time, Yang Yiyi felt that Yu Gui in her arms was shaken again and moved in her arms, as if pulling Yang Yiyi's collar to the left.
Yang Yiyi knew that Li Chengqi was giving her a hint, so she followed Yu Gui's guidance without saying a word. After walking a few steps, she looked down and saw a pearl hairpin falling on the lawn.
"Look, is this the princess's hairpin?"
After hearing this, the Ouchi guards who were looking for footprints nearby suddenly surrounded him.
"Yes, this is indeed the princess's property!" "Keep looking in this direction, there may be more."
Although the hairpin was inserted into the hair, it really didn't fall off that easily. This must have been left behind intentionally by the princess.
Although Princess Mingzhu likes to watch the excitement and doesn't take it too seriously like someone with ADHD, she is not a silly person and has a lot of tricks up her sleeve.
It is possible that he found out that he had been kidnapped after he woke up, and knew that he could not get away with his tricks, so he quietly left the hairpin as a clue.
Sure enough, everyone followed Zhu Chai's direction and saw an earring after a few steps. Going further, they found another rosary.
Didn't I just come out of Jingci Temple? Before leaving, the princess specially asked for a rosary to wear on her wrist. Now she took the rosary apart and used it as a road sign.
And as a princess, she had a lot of bits and pieces on her body. Everyone chased her and found a handful of jewelry.
——The princess is really not too heavy.
This pursuit lasted from the sky turning pale to the sun rising in the east. Two guards were sent back to report the news, and the others chased them all the way to the depths of Wangyun Mountain.
The area of Wangyun Mountain is really not small. Lingyun Temple is just located on the highest peak of Wangyun Mountain. Everyone is chasing after it, and they have long lost sight of Lingyun Temple.
But soon there was another piece of bad news, and the clue was broken again.
In the past, I could find rosary beads and jewelry at some distance as a signpost, but now the clues suddenly stopped. I don’t know if the princess’s scraps were finally used up, or if she was discovered and knocked unconscious again.
In short, the clues are completely gone.
The Ouchi guards were in a hurry. Since the mountains and forests were filled with morning mist, many of the Ouchi guards wanted to lie on the ground and smell them in order to see the footprints clearly.
The person who kidnapped the princess must have good light skills. In addition, the sky was dark, so it was difficult to find a few exact footprints along the way, as if he was carrying the princess over the wall.
In this case, it is even more difficult to track, even if the dog comes, it will not work.
But after turning around, I didn't find any footprints. Instead, I found something else.
There is a large blood stain on the leaves of an orchid-like plant, and the blood stain is very new. If you dip your hand and dip your hand, you will find that it has not solidified yet, which means that it was left only ten minutes ago at most.
After a sniff, there was no fishy smell of wild beasts. It was probably not the blood stains left by injured wild beasts in the forest.
Could this be the blood of the princess...
As soon as he thought of this possibility, the Ouchi guard's face changed from green to white like a Sichuan opera.
"The bad guy must be not far from us. Now there are no clues. Let's spread out and look for him."
Let's not say for the moment whether the blood stains were left by the princess. Since the blood has not solidified, it means that he is nearby and he can catch up before he is far away.
As for the direction...
There are several people here.
One person in one direction, chase first and then talk.
(End of chapter)