King Xuan found the farmer who took Xue Qingyin in with little effort.

When the farmers heard that it was King Xuan who was coming, they quickly kowtowed to him and saluted him, and then said tremblingly: "They seem to be being chased by Mon soldiers, so the young one boldly hid them in the mountains..."

"lead the way."

"Yes Yes."

As the farmer walked, he asked in fear: "Are they also thieves?"

"...No." King Xuan said.

"Oh, that's good, that's good. There are five of them in total..."

"Five people?" Fang Chengzhong couldn't help but interject, thinking that this number of people didn't sound right?

"Yes, this man claims his surname is Xue. There is another one who is pregnant, saying she is his brother-in-law. There is also a beautiful woman, saying she is his wife... and..." The farmer did not finish his words.

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King Xuan suddenly interrupted in a cold voice: "Wife?"

The farmer shrank his neck: "Yes, yes..." He wanted to say that the two of them, the man was good-looking, the woman was good-looking, and they matched each other very well. But he did not dare to say it, he only felt that King Xuan next to him was really scary.

After walking for a while, the farmer couldn't help but whispered: "If you go up the mountain at night, you are afraid of stepping on a trap, so be careful..."

King Xuan frowned and immediately walked even faster.

Dou Ruyun and others also changed their expressions, and murmured: "But don't step into the trap..."

Fang Chengzhong turned around and rolled his eyes at him: "Don't be like a crow!"

Fang Chengzhong was obviously much younger than him, but Dou Ruyun actually shut up after being shouted at.

Farmers also noticed that their pace was faster.

I think I'm worried about those people...

It made him feel uneasy for a while.

Fortunately, after walking for half an hour, the farmer felt happy and pointed to the cave and said, "That's it!"

King Xuan jumped up and almost ran in that direction.

Xuanjia Wei quickly followed, fearing that something was wrong inside.

But when they get into the cave...

"No one?" Fang Chengzhong's voice changed slightly due to extreme surprise, "How could this be?"

King Xuan walked silently to the straw pile, squatted down, and picked up a piece of dead grass with his fingers.

The dead grass was soaked in blood.

Fang Chengzhong's eyelids jumped heavily when he saw it.

It's over.

It’s okay if there is no one, but there is blood!

The farmer ran in a few steps behind and was dumbfounded when he saw this scene: "Why, how could this happen? I obviously hid them here..."

King Xuan turned his head, his face still calm: "Are there any wild animals here?"

"No, no... there has always been no, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to hide people here. But, there have been a lot of wars recently, and I don't know..." the farmer stammered.

Fang Chengzhong's heart sank beside him.

Afraid of what happened in Xingzhou before, due to the war, the mother wolf moved her cubs to the mountains of Xingzhou...

But at this time, King Xuan denied it: "It shouldn't be a beast."

Fang Chengzhong came back to his senses: "How does Your Highness know?"

The farmer wiped the sweat from his head, came back to his senses, and said quickly: "That's right! It's not a beast! If it were a beast, it would definitely leave blood stains everywhere, even on the cave walls. Also, they have to leave

Get off your bones!"

After everyone heard this, they felt somewhat comforted.

But we didn’t encounter wild animals in the cave, what about outside the cave?

Where did the blood come from?

After all, I still can't feel at ease.

King Xuan turned around and came out of the cave: "Look for the footprints."

"The footprints here are messy,... they may have gone in this direction." Dou Ruyun lay on the ground and searched carefully.

King Xuan responded and took two steps in the direction of the footprints, but paused: "It's a man's boot print..."

Dou Ruyun was stunned for a moment, then made a careful analysis: "Yes, but there are footprints here, so something must be wrong."

King Xuan said quickly: "Lead the people in this direction."

King Xuan paused for a moment and then said to Fang Chengzhong: "Let's go find the source of water."

Fang Chengzhong nodded.

The group of people immediately separated and went their separate ways.

The farmer was left standing there, rubbing his hands in fear, his legs trembling.

"Reward him." King Xuan said without looking back.

The guard responded and quickly took out the money and gave it to the farmer.

The farmer opened his eyes wide: "This, this...I lost someone, how can I still..." He was still afraid of being punished by King Xuan, but he didn't expect that there would be a reward.

The guard said: "It is a meritorious service to take the risk, so just accept it. You can also come with us. If we go down the mountain together later, you will not be able to leave alone."

The farmer was immediately excited and carefully held up the silver: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

The farmers in this group were still lamenting that although King Xuan was cruel, he was really generous in his actions.

Fang Chengzhong was walking on that side and couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, there are no footprints along the way..."

Is it really useful to take this path?

King Xuan said: "If she runs away in danger, she will definitely find a way to erase her footprints so that no one can track her."

Fang Chengzhong thought: "...too."

They walked for who knows how long. As they walked, they had to lower their torches to see clearly the traces on the ground.

Finally, when they were near a stream, they found some blood.

Fang Chengzhong's expression changed slightly: "We must find the princess as soon as possible."

King Xuan took the torch, came close to the ground, and glanced at it: "...the one who was injured is not the princess."

He had a vague suspicion in his heart.

Was He Songning injured?

But how could it come to this?

……for him?

If so, she might have completely fallen out with He Songning.

King Xuan clenched his knuckles unconsciously, his expression cold and gloomy, and he wished he could immediately dig three feet into the ground to find Xue Qingyin.

"Use this place as the center and spread out the search." King Xuan ordered.

This is faster.

It was already midnight when King Xuan and others arrived in the forest.

They didn't look for it for too long, and it was getting light gradually.

Fang Chengzhong was so anxious that he almost had blisters on his mouth.

This is much harder than fighting!

"Your Highness...not found." Xuanjiawei returned to King Xuan for an unknown number of times to report.

Fang Chengzhong pressed his forehead and wanted to tell His Highness to be at ease, but he didn't know what to say.

Perhaps Your Highness doesn't need the comfort of others.

"Find the next water source." King Xuan said calmly, "You lead people up, and I will lead people down."

Fang Chengzhong immediately accepted the order and took the farmers with him.

foot of mountain.

Xue Qingyin and others struggled to push the body of a Mon soldier into the pool.

The pool was filled with cold air. Xue Qingyin clapped her hands and quickly took a few steps back.

She breathed out softly: "Fortunately, I'm the only one left alone..."

"Fortunately, you really know how to use a knife!" She turned to look at Qiao Xinyu.
To be continued...