Before dawn, two ragged men sat on the same horse and left the village.
Less than an hour later, an army surrounded the small village.
It was just dawn, and a group of refugees and villagers were kneeling on the ground, waiting for interrogation.
Several soldiers took the portraits of Jianyi and Feng Jiuer and compared them with each refugee one by one.
"Miss Linglong, they are not here, and everyone said they did not see the two people in the portrait." A soldier returned to Linglong to report the situation.
Feng Jiuer not only disguised herself, but also disguised Jianyi. She only took off the human skin mask to breathe when she rested at night.
None of the refugees or villagers present had seen their true faces.
"Have you really never seen these two people?" Linglong glanced coldly at the person kneeling on the ground.
Everyone present shook their heads almost at the same time.
Unexpectedly, with a "clang" sound, Linglong drew out her long sword, targeting the person kneeling at the front most accurately.
"What are you going to do?" A guard wearing different clothes strode over, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said not to attack defenseless refugees!"
Looking at the guards standing in front of her, Linglong said coldly: "If they had some cover and were escaped by two fugitives, who would bear the blame?"
"Every place here has been searched. I don't think there is anywhere to hide people." The guard still refused to give in.
"His Royal Highness the Prince has a kind heart and loves his people like a son. You cannot let his reputation be ruined."
"Don't forget who the two fugitives are? Their crimes are heinous. If anyone has the intention to protect them, they will die without mercy!" Linglong's voice became even colder.
"Brother Bing, I have something to say." Suddenly, someone in the crowd raised his head.
"Say." The guard looked at him and said solemnly.
"Yesterday, a man and a woman bought my horse." A simple villager stood up.
"The man is tall but is a wounded person, and the woman is a bit petite but very strong."
After looking around, the villagers' eyes returned to the guards.
"The appearance of this man and woman is somewhat different from the portrait. I dare not say anything nonsense."
"But they are gone now, so I think I still have to tell the story."
"It's them." Linglong glanced at the villagers who were speaking with cold eyes.
The villagers were so frightened that they immediately lowered their heads and knelt on the ground.
"The villain doesn't know who he is. The villain knows that he is wrong. Please forgive me, Brother Bing!"
The villagers shivered and knelt down, not daring to get up.
The leading guard looked at him and asked in a deep voice: "When did they leave? In which direction did they go?"
After looking up at the captain of the guard, the villager immediately lowered his head.
"I don't know when they left, but when I was bringing them food, I seemed to hear something from Crowwood City. I really don't know the rest."
Linglong frowned, took a few steps over, and held the long sword in front of the villagers.
After chasing for three days and three nights, she couldn't catch anyone. She was very upset.
"Xia Xia, have mercy on me! Xia Xia, I really don't know who it is." The villagers were so frightened that they immediately fell to the ground and were a little awkward even when they spoke.
"The villain thought he was just a refugee, so I sold the horse for the price they offered me. I really didn't know he was a fugitive. Heroine, please spare my life!"
"Bing, Brother Bing, please let us go. We are all poor people. Spare our lives, Heroine. Please spare our lives, Brother Bing."
"Since you know it's them, why don't you go after them?" The captain of the guard stared at Linglong and said in a deep voice.
Linglong snorted coldly, took back her sword, shook her clothes, and turned around to leave.
"Chase! No matter where you go, you must catch up!" As soon as he finished speaking, Linglong jumped on the horse.
The captain of the guard looked back, waved his hand, and left with the guards.
The team continued to move forward. After three hours of driving, there was a fork in the road ahead.
The person in front stopped, and the person behind also stopped.
The leading guard turned back on his horse and came to Linglong and the captain of the guard.
"Chief Guard, there are two bifurcated roads ahead, one is going to Crowwood City, and the other is going to Desert City. I don't know which way we should pursue?"
"Did you find out anything?" the captain of the guard asked in a deep voice.
"There are traces of horses passing on the road to Mocheng. If they were walking not far ahead, they must have chosen this route." The guard responded softly.
"How could they go to Mocheng at this time?" Linglong frowned.
After thinking for a moment, she looked back at the person in front of her.
"Chasing, chase a little way to Crowwood City to see. Feng Jiu'er is full of tricks. Maybe she made the traces intentionally to disturb our sight."
The guard glanced at the captain of the guard and nodded when he saw no objection.
"yes."
The guard turned around and walked forward.
The team continued to set off and disappeared into a desert in an instant.
Feng Jiuer and Jianyi drove for a day and a night, and stopped in a wild forest at the foot of a mountain.
"Jianyi, this place is nice and there are a lot of medicinal herbs. Let's take a rest first. The horses can't stand it anymore."
At the foot of a mountain, Feng Jiuer got off the horse.
When the sword is long and the legs are moving, it is easy to stand on the ground.
Feng Jiuer led the horse to a place with green grass, tied it to a tree, and looked back at Jian Yi.
"Come here and rest for a while. I'll look for a suitable place to rest."
"Jiu'er." Jianyi, who was approaching, called softly, "I want to go with you."
"No!" Feng Jiuer shook her head and began to look around, "Sit down for a while, I'll be back soon."
After taking off the two water bags on the horse, Feng Jiuer disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Jianyi sat down not far from the horse, looked down at his wound, and felt a little lost.
He didn't know when such days would end. Seeing the little girl getting thinner and thinner, he always felt bad.
In less than two-quarters of an hour, Feng Jiuer came back with not only two heavy water bags, but also a washed pheasant and some mountain herbs.
"They didn't catch up. There are a lot of herbs here. I can give you a treatment today."
"After about three treatments, the operation can be performed." Feng Jiuer took the things and came not far from Jian Yi and put them down.
She didn't stop for a moment and immediately looked for firewood nearby.
After a few moments, he brought back a pile of firewood and placed it in a place where there was no grass. Feng Jiuer sat down and breathed a sigh of relief.
Turning back to meet Jian Yi's gaze, Feng Jiuer raised her eyebrows.
"You don't need to feel guilty. I have a purpose for being good to others."
"What's the purpose?" Jian Yi asked in a deep voice.
"When you get better, how about you taking care of me. You will do everything and I will just eat." Feng Jiuer stood up and went over to lift the sword up.
Jian Yi lowered his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him, smiled slightly, and nodded.
"Okay, when I get better, I will take care of you, and you can just eat."
