Zhang Yanling quickly ordered everyone to dismount, feeling both happy and worried at the same time. Fortunately, the swaying torches must be the search personnel of the other party. This shows that the other party is still searching, which may mean that they have not yet found Xu Wanyi and others.
.This is good news.
Worryingly, there are a lot of torches scattered in the fields north and south of the official road, which means that the other party has dozens or even more people. This is more than the twenty or thirty people Huang Si said. If the other party is prepared,
If a strong man comes, it may be difficult for the few people around him to compete head-on.
Ma Quan and Huang Si are the strongest, and the others are domestic servants. This group of people can only be more intimidating than practical. If they attack head-on, they will have no chance of winning.
Zhang Yanling wished so much that Chen Shiyi was by his side at this moment. If he were there, with his skills, there would be nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, she rejected Chen Shiyi's offer to guard her around the clock.
"Master Hou, what should we do?" Ma Quan asked in a low voice.
Zhang Yanling frowned and pondered for a while and said: "There are many of them and we are few, so we can't force them. So, let's divide into two teams and sneak over. We will do it with the camera."
Ma Quan and Huang Si rolled their eyes and were speechless. What kind of plan was this? Acting on camera?
Fortunately, Zhang Yanling gave further explanation: "You two take three brothers to the north of the road. I will take the other brothers to the south of the road. Let's sneak over and look for opportunities to kill them. But be careful not to alert the snake. If you have the opportunity, attack if you don't have the chance.
Hide it. Don’t show off."
Ma Quanhuang nodded in agreement four times. At that moment, everyone divided into two groups and slowly sneaked into the field, moving forward quietly.
Zhang Yanling and three people moved forward for a while, gradually approaching the opponent's search area. There were many torches swaying in front, and many people were searching down on the hillside in front. This was a downward slope, and Zhang Yanling and others were at their location.
At the bottom of the hillside, if you move forward, you can easily find it.
Zhang Yanling could see that the other party was not searching haphazardly, but was searching completely along the fan-shaped area at a distance of about thirty steps. Then he turned to search another area again. He passed like a grate.
.This is not only conducive to mutual reinforcements, but also allows the entire area to be searched with the fastest efficiency. It looks well-trained and is by no means disorganized.
"You guys stay here and don't move. I'll go there alone." Zhang Yanling said in a low voice to the three people beside him.
The three servants were stunned and said: "Master Hou, how can that happen? How can we let Master Hou take risks alone? We have to follow you to protect you."
Zhang Yanling said: "Don't follow me, that's the best protection. With the skills of the three of you, you will be discovered if you get close. Just lie down at the foot of the slope, don't make any noise, and don't cause trouble. If
If you have the heart to protect the Marquis, wait until your Marquis is caught by them, and then fight to the death."
The three of them had no choice but to obey the order. It was not Zhang Yanling's fault, but those three guys were really useless. They fell a dozen times along the way. If they were not far apart, others would have noticed it long ago. With him
They might as well act on their own. Besides, they have firearms in hand, so they can protect themselves.
Zhang Yanling slowly climbed up the slope. The torches above were dazzling, and a row of people holding torches were searching downhill. They seemed to be twenty or thirty steps apart, keeping a distance from each other.
communicate.
"Keep your eyes wide open. Search carefully. They can't escape far. The people in the carriage are women. It looks like they are the people we are looking for. Where can these women run? They must be hiding in this place. They will definitely be able to escape.
Search it out." Someone in the distance shouted loudly, and the voice was clearly audible.
"Boss, we found them, we have to take care of them and make them happy. It's made me suffer for so long." Someone else shouted.
"Shut up, the boss said, if we can't search anyone, if the news is leaked, we will all be punished. Let's search you properly."
Zhang Yanling had no intention of listening to what they were saying. He crouched down in the grass and found that his position was exactly in the path of a person who was searching with a torch in front of him. A bold idea came to him.
Zhang Yanling quickly climbed a few steps and hid next to a dense bush of thorns. He didn't need to hide himself tightly, he just needed to be invisible from the angle above. The other party would definitely be able to spot him if he came closer.
But that's not important.
The steps were slow and steady. The man above held a torch in one hand and plucked the grass with a steel knife in the other. He walked down with his eyes looking around. There was a thorn bush in front of him. Under the light of the torch, there was a black shadow on the back.
When the man reached out with a torch to illuminate the shadow, he saw the man crouching in the shadow. The man jumped up like a leopard, and then there was a sharp pain in his heart, and he fell down on the hillside.
, no longer conscious.
Zhang Yanling reached out and took the steel knife that almost fell from the hands of the fallen deceased. He did not let the steel knife fall to the ground. He inserted the bloody dagger in his hand into his waist. Everything was done neatly. He rushed forward and unexpectedly stabbed the opponent's heart with one blow.
Fatal. The other party didn't even make any sound, it was already a corpse.
Zhang Yanling raised his foot and the body of the deceased rolled into the grass. Then he picked up the fallen torch.
"Ah Liu, what's wrong with you? What did you find? It's noisy." A person in front seemed to feel something strange, turned around and asked loudly.
"It's nothing... I stepped on a snake and was startled. It's okay." Zhang Yanling answered vaguely.
"What's so scary about snakes? You're a coward. The torch was so frightened that it dropped to the ground." The man mocked.
Zhang Yanling ignored him. He knew that the man had no suspicion. After calming down for a while, Zhang Yanling glanced at the body in the grass and found that the man's face was actually covered with black cloth. Zhang Yanling without hesitation pulled off the black cloth and wrapped it in his body.
on his face.
An outsider was mixed into the search team. This was exactly Zhang Yanling's plan. Instead of hiding, it was better to be open-minded. Anyway, the other party might not know who he was. Following the other party's search, they were looking for Xu Wanyi together.
Helper of Zhao Yuancheng and others.
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Xu Wanyi was hiding under a ditch in embarrassment. Her ankle was in unbearable pain and was so swollen that she could not walk even half a step. After the carriage overturned not long ago, they were forced to go to the mountains and wild places.
Escaped. But soon after, she could no longer run.
Others thought that Xu Wanyi was following everyone, but they didn't know that she had already fallen behind. She was originally following Shi Wanyi beside her, but it was too dark and everyone was in a panic. They were running in shock and couldn't tell the difference at all.
From the southeast to the northwest, I don’t even know who is who.
Xu Wanyi didn't dare to shout loudly, so she could only walk around alone. Wherever there was a torch light, she walked in the opposite direction. In the end, there were torches on all sides, and she stepped on the missing foot, sprained her foot, and fell into a ditch.
In the muddy ditch below the sill, he could no longer move.