Although Yang Tao's order was for Jiang Pengji's good, this order was contrary to Jiang Pengji's previous order, and the guards dared not act.
"What are you doing standing still?"
Yang Tao also couldn't understand the operation of these guards. If he really had to wait for someone to have an accident, they would just carry the blame, but he had to pull himself into the water. Yang Tao doesn't want to lose all his life because of this... This is too wrong to die...
The guard was very embarrassed and said, "I have no choice but to obey the lord's order, if the lord investigates..."
Yang Tao asked back, "If something happens to Duke Liu, who of you can afford this responsibility?"
Seeing that the guards did not give the correct words, Yang Tao grabbed the oar from the scorpion's hand.
"You can't disobey Liu Gong's orders, and I won't force you. I'll just go by myself. You can go back by yourself."
The guards looked at each other, in a dilemma for a while.
After all, the master's order was to let them take Yang Tao back from the waterway. Yang Tao refused to cooperate, and no one could come down to the stage.
After hesitating again and again, the guards bravely followed Yang Tao's order and turned around to look for Jiang Pengji.
In the first place, if they were reprimanded by the lord, after all, there was Yang Tao standing up to him, and he wouldn't get angry at them.
Second, as Yang Tao said, if something happened to the lord alone, they would be to blame for their deaths.
Yang Tao hurried back to find Jiang Pengji, but he did not forget anything else.
"Send someone to pass the message back first."
They haven't passed the news back for so long after they've been out. I don't know how anxious Wei Ci and others are.
"promise!"
Because Yang Tao ordered a U-turn, the scorpion also tried to row the oar, the boat drove fast, and the oncoming Jiang Feng slapped his face.
All of a sudden, I woke up with all the alcoholism, and I only had anxiety and worry in my heart.
The night fell, and the last rays of light fell on the horizon,
Yang Tao could only let the guards set up torches, and followed the traces left by Jiang Pengji to find the dense forest.
"Wait—what's that smell?"
Yang Tao's nose is more sensitive, and before everyone went deep into the jungle, they smelled the familiar smell of blood.
He couldn't believe it. He tried his best to smell it. The closer he got to the bloody smell, the stronger it became. Under the light of the torches, the guards also found that there were many traces of human beings near the jungle, such as messy footsteps and people overwhelmed by heavy objects. Weeds in the bushes... Yang Tao took a look at the depth of the footsteps and the degree of dryness of the soil, and was sure that these footsteps were left in a recent period of time, and there were a lot of people!
The more he looked, the more frightened he became. Yang Tao couldn't tell what his state of mind was at this time, because his head was completely blank with fright.
"Look! Look for all of them! Live to see people die and see corpses!"
Yang Tao suppressed his almost out of control emotions, but the broken voice in his words revealed his heart.
After a while, the guards came back and reported that they had found a corpse that had been devoured beyond recognition by wild beasts in the mountains and forests.
Yang Tao hurried over and found several corpses lying on the ground that were dragged and eaten by wild beasts. Heads, bodies, limbs... But the parts with a lot of muscle and fat accumulation were all eaten by hungry beasts, revealing the underside of the flesh. The bones of the man made his scalp numb. The clothes on the deceased were also gnawed beyond recognition by the beasts, but from the skeleton and the remains of clothes, it could be judged that it was a man.
"Not the lord."
As soon as the guard finished speaking, Yang Tao replied.
"I'm not blind. It's a male or a female. What are these people's identities? Could they be dead men?"
He guessed right, and the guard said solemnly, "According to the traces left by these corpses, they are indeed well-trained dead men. These corpses have not yet smelled, the corpses are slightly hardened, and the blood is fresh. The time of death did not exceed two quarters of an hour."
No more than two quarters of an hour
Isn't that just dead not long ago
Yang Tao's face was darker than the night at this time.
A group of dead men who just died appeared here, but it was a sensitive moment when Jiang Pengji was alone. Why wasn't he worried
Whether it was Yang Tao or these guards, they all knew that Jiang Pengji was probably assassinated, but no trace of her has been found yet, so it is impossible to tell whether the other party was unharmed, hidden from injury, or... unfortunately killed. He didn't dare to delay, except for the two guards, everyone else was sent out to find Jiang Pengji. According to the traces of the beasts dragging the corpse, the guards followed the traces to find the location of the melee.
More corpses here!
When the guards arrived, the darkness was filled with glowing eyes!
Everyone saw the scene clearly through the torches, and suddenly took a breath.
This is a group of wild wolves that have not eaten enough since winter!
They were probably attracted by the bloody smell of these corpses, and they ate their fill on these corpses.
When the crowd approached, those with sensitive ears could still hear the churning sound of wild wolf teeth gnawing at human flesh and bones.
Probably full of food, the wolf pack leader didn't want to fight with the guards.
Looking at the pair of glowing eyes disappearing into the darkness, two guards came back to their senses, and were stunned to find that they were covered in sweat.
When the cold wind blew, the sweat-covered skin became cold, and they couldn't help shivering.
Yang Tao came to hear the news and looked at the messy scene with a very solemn expression.
"Have you found any traces of Duke Liu?"
The guard said, "The deadly wounds on the dead man are all left by the long sword. The sword is dead, so neat and sharp, only the slashing sword in the hand of the lord can do it. Dead man, no trace of the lord was found..."
Yang Tao said, "Where are the people? Didn't find anyone from Duke Liu?"
The guard hesitated for a while and said, "Maybe... the lord has already gone back?"
Yang Tao pointed to the corpses all over the ground and said, "It is roughly estimated that there are hundreds of people. Do you think that these dead people are all eating dry food?"
In his opinion, even if Jiang Pengji is still alive, most of them are injured and hidden somewhere, and they must find someone quickly!
The guard leader blinked and hesitantly said, "Maybe, they really eat dry food."
"You still talk to me?"
Yang Tao was about to die of anger at these unskilled guards.
Jiang Pengji is also one of the best princes in the world, so why can't the guards find a group of professional and responsible people
"These well-trained dead men are for dry rice. What kind of food do you eat? Are you eating sour rice? Hurry up and find it!"
No way, he's going to have a heart attack!
The guards had no choice but to continue their search, but they searched the mountain and found no trace of their lord.
If it is really hurt and hidden, how can you leave some clues for them to follow the map
Yang Tao fed the mosquitoes for half the night, and Jiang Pengji wandered home on a horse.
She hadn't sat down for a while when Yan Lin came to ask her for someone.
"What?"