After crying for a while, Zi'an set out to look for her.
She was not familiar with the terrain of Wolf Tail Mountain, but she had walked there twice when picking herbs before, so she could roughly tell the direction. In addition, Qin Zhou had analyzed the terrain with her, so she chose a remote road to search. If she wanted to escape, she would never take the broad road, but only hope that there would be a place to hide in a remote path or a cave in the mountain stream.
Zi'an didn't dare to stop along the way. She held Scar Rope in her hand and had only one thought in her mind: she must find them.
In some places, there were signs of fighting and blood on the roadside. There were about four or five such signs of fighting.
After walking for about an hour and climbing over two hills, she looked over the opposite hill and saw a figure floating.
She alertly hid behind a big tree and looked over secretly. Yes, there were indeed a lot of people over there, all dressed in the uniforms of the Imperial Guards, each holding a long sword in his hand, searching in the mountains.
Zi'an looked at them with bloodshot eyes, and he wished he could rush over and kill them all.
However, the other side had more people, she was injured, and Scarlett was not omnipotent.
Zian tried hard to suppress his anger and analyzed the situation.
They were still searching, which meant the three hundred people were still safe.
However, the fact that someone on the hillside was killed by a long sword proves that when they fled, the imperial guards immediately chased them. There were many old, weak and disabled soldiers along the way, so why didn't the imperial guards catch up? Why were there no bodies found later
Zi'an analyzed again and again and thought that Qin Zhou's men might have sent people to resist and let the villagers escape. The traces of fighting seen along the way could confirm this.
If there was resistance, then these 300 people should have been dispersed, and should not have hidden far away. The imperial guards searched on the opposite hill and probably found that they were hiding on the opposite hill.
Zi'an was secretly anxious, but he had to hide well, at least until Qin Zhou's people arrived.
Zi'an estimated that there were about two hundred people, all of whom were well-trained imperial guards. However, Zi'an felt that this was not all, and the imperial guards should have dispersed to pursue.
To deal with six thousand people, Zi'an deduced that the imperial guards would need to send out at least one thousand men.
Because it was a surprise attack in darkness and they had set a fire, these thousand men were enough.
It would take at least three hours to go back from Wolf Tail Mountain to mobilize troops, based on the speed of running a dead horse.
Now more than an hour has passed. At the very least, they have to hold on for about another hour.
I just hope Qin Zhou will go faster, faster, faster!
Zi'an walked carefully. The opposite hill was some distance away from here, so Zi'an walked in the shadows and did not attract attention.
Suddenly, a long sword pointed at her from the right and instantly rested on her neck, accompanied by a stern shout, "Stop, turn around!"
Zi'an thought to himself that something was wrong. He had just been busy walking over carefully and forgot to be on guard. He didn't expect there was an ambush here.
She turned around and saw two guards pointing swords at her. They looked her up and down, and when they saw the blood on her body, they asked coldly, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
They had never seen Zi'an before, so they didn't know his identity for a while.
Zi'an seemed very panicked and said, "To answer your question, I am a villager from the mountain. My husband went up the mountain to chop wood yesterday and has not returned yet. I was worried and came up to look for him."
"The woman down the mountain?" The two imperial guards looked at her. Her hair was disheveled and her clothes were torn. Although she looked disheveled, she was still very beautiful. Her clothes were ordinary, but very decent.
He was just holding a rope in his hand, which must have been used to bundle firewood.
"Where did the blood on your body come from?"
Zi'an said bitterly: "Today is my husband's birthday, so I killed a chicken at home. I didn't expect that the chicken had its throat cut and it jumped on me. I couldn't bear to change my nice clothes, so I kept them to celebrate my husband's birthday."
"Chicken blood?" The imperial guard stepped forward and sniffed it. Because the blood had dried and the smell of blood was strong along the way, he couldn't tell whether it was human blood or chicken blood.
"Which village at the foot of the mountain are you from?" the shorter imperial guard asked coldly.
"I am from Datong Village, and my husband's surname is Chen." Zi'an seemed very flustered, and looked around, "General, what are you looking for here? Have you seen my husband? He is about the same height as you, very strong, and dark-skinned."
Zi'an's acting was very good. She had just cried, so her eyes were red and swollen, and she was holding a crude rope helplessly in her hand. She really looked like a village woman who had failed to find her husband.
The two men had no intention of killing the villagers at the foot of the mountain, because if the villagers at the foot of the mountain died here, they would definitely report the matter to the government, and the matter of Wolf Tail Mountain would be exposed, so as to prevent it from spreading.
The two questioned Zi'an for a while, and when they found that they could not get any suspicious information out of her, they sent her away. "Go away. There are bandits here. Go back and tell the villagers not to go up the mountain, or they will encounter any accidents."
Zi'an was shocked, "Bandits? Oh my god, will my husband be killed by bandits? I have to go find him quickly!"
After saying that, he turned abruptly and left.
It is not difficult to kill these two people here, but once I kill them, it will inevitably alert the people on the other side. I am injured and cannot run far, so it is not advisable to do it.
Zi'an had just taken a few steps when he heard the imperial guard yell again, "Stop!"
Zi'an's body was stiff, he clenched the Scar Rope in his hand, and slowly turned to look at the imperial guard.
The imperial guard said, "Don't take this road."
He stretched out his hand and pointed to the path on the right, "You can go down the mountain from here."
Zi'an was stunned for a moment. There was a small path here, but he had been here before to collect herbs. Ajing said that there was a cliff at the end of this path.
The two men stared at Zi'an, with a gleam in their eyes.
Zi'an immediately knew that the two men were testing her, because if she was a villager nearby, she would definitely know that this road could not lead down the mountain.
They did not dare to kill the villagers, but they were also afraid of letting the people from Muzhai go. As long as there were still survivors in Muzhai, the massacre could not be covered up.
Zi'an shook his head and said honestly, "General, don't go this way. There is a cliff at the end, and there are poisonous snakes!"
Viper...
Zi'an suddenly had an idea in his mind, but he had to leave here first.
After hearing Zi'an's words, the two imperial guards no longer had any doubts. The villagers of Muzhai fled to Wolf Tail Mountain and were definitely not familiar with the terrain here, especially the women, who would never come here. Only the local villagers were very familiar with the terrain in the mountains.
Naturally, neither of them expected that the person in front of them was the Regent Princess Xia Zian, who brought people here to collect herbs.
"Really? Then go ahead and go back the same way."
You can go down the mountain after passing the col here, without having to go through Wolf Tail Mountain. I guess she didn't come from Wolf Tail Mountain, otherwise she would have been scared to death when she saw that scene.
The imperial guard thought so and looked at Zi'an again. Zi'an had already turned and left, but her skirt was stained with ashes.
(End of this chapter)