Chapter 46 Looking for Ye Zitong
Seeing Chu Litian and Mo Forget walking leisurely on the street, they didn't think so, with a desperate look on their faces, as if nothing could arouse their interest.
But Chu Litian stepped forward and asked them about Ye Zitong's whereabouts, and these people were either frightened and ran around, or they didn't know.
After a whole day, Chu Litian and Mo Forget's shoes were worn out by the rough apprentices, and they still didn't know Ye Zitong's whereabouts.
As night fell, they entered a ruined temple to rest.
"Master, the Eighth Imperial Concubine is a doctor who came to treat the plague, and the people in the southwest city should know about her, why don't they know anything about her?"
"I also think there's something strange about this." Could it be that those people are hiding something from them?
Thinking of this, Chu Litian stood up excitedly: "They either ran away or hurriedly said that they didn't know, there was definitely a problem, they must know!" ”
But then Chu Litian's brows furrowed again, "But, if the villagers know where Zitong is, why should they hide it from us?" Could it be ...... Azusa is in danger?! ”
Chu Litian thought that Ye Zitong's life might be in danger, and he was suddenly a little anxious, and said, "Isn't it...... What did those villagers do to Zitong? ”
Don't forget to see that Chu Litian was anxious, and hurriedly said: "According to the subordinates, if these villagers really did anything unfavorable to the Eighth Emperor Princess, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as the reactions we just saw." What's more, the local villagers are just ordinary people, they have never seen the royal family, and the Eighth Emperor Concubine is here to control the plague, if the villagers are not in awe, they should also be grateful, how can they do anything unfavorable to the Eighth Emperor Princess? Your Highness need not be overly worried. ”
Even if Mo didn't forget to say this, Chu Litian was still very worried, and immediately made a decision, saying: "No, we can't do nothing and sit here and wait for death!" ”
After that, he went out again.
Mo Forget hurriedly stopped Chu Litian and asked, "Eighth Prince, where are you going?" We've been walking for a day today and haven't found anything. Anyway, you're a precious woman, so you should take a break, right? Will you continue to look for the Eighth Imperial Concubine tomorrow? ”
Chu Litian refused without thinking about it: "No, we don't know anything about the shape of the city now, and the reaction of those villagers today is really suspicious, in order to avoid a long night of dreams, we must do our best to find Zitong and rescue her, if the time drags on for a long time, I'm afraid Zitong's situation will become more and more dangerous!" ”
Mo Forget looked at Chu Litian's tired, but still firm face, slowly withdrew his hand, and said firmly: "In that case, don't forget to listen to your orders from the Eighth Prince!" ”
"Okay, let's go to the homes of those villagers now and find out the news!" Chu Litian said, "However, you must not startle the snakes, otherwise they will definitely deny it as they did during the day!" ”
"Yes, don't forget to take the order!" Don't forget to clench your hands into fists and receive your life.
Under the cover of night, the two of them dodged out of the ruined temple and went straight to the residential area in the city.
Chu Litian stood behind a big tree, his eyes were still as bright as stars in the black smoke, looking at a family not far away, the night outside was as dark as ink, and the candlelight from the window of this family was particularly conspicuous.
"Eighth Prince, it's late at night, and most of the people in the city have already slept." Mo Forget stood beside Chu Litian, lowered his voice and said, "My subordinates have visited dozens of families nearby, and all of them are very quiet, and they should all be asleep. ”
Chu Litian stretched out his hand, brushed aside the branches in front of him, and said in a low voice: "But the family in front of me, the night is so deep, but the candle is still lit. ”
Mo Forget nodded and said, "There must be something strange about this family, wait for your subordinates to go and find out." He was just about to step forward, but Chu Litian suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him.
The door of the house opens at this time, making a "squeak" sound, which is particularly noticeable in the quiet of the night.
Two men stepped out of the door, lightly tampling.
Chu Litian and Mo Forget hurriedly flashed behind the big tree, hiding their figures, holding their breath.
The conversation between the two men came faintly.
"You have to be careful not to be discovered." A woman's voice, muffled down.
"I know, you go back to the house and sleep first, I'll be back soon." A man's voice was also kept low.
"I think I'd better go with you." The woman said with some concern, "I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep while I'm waiting at home." ”
"No way!" The man refused without thinking about it, "Today, there are suddenly many more people in the city asking about the news of the Eighth Imperial Princess, if you go with me, I'm afraid it will be even more eye-catching." ”
Hearing the words "Eighth Imperial Princess", Chu Litian knew that their judgment was not wrong, and the people in the city actually knew where Ye Zitong was, but they didn't know why they refused to tell others about Ye Zitong's whereabouts!
Giving Mo Forget a look beside him, Chu Litian continued to stare at the two people. Mo Forget quickly understood the meaning in Chu Litian's eyes, and immediately dodged and left.
In such a short moment of distraction, the man had already persuaded the woman to leave the house alone, not knowing what he was holding in his hands.
The direction he was walking seemed to be the only mountain in the city? Could it be that they hid Ye Zitong in the mountains?
No wonder they almost turned the entire city over today, but they didn't see a trace of Ye Zitong, it turned out that they were hidden in an unnoticeable mountain!
Chu Litian hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled coldly, thinking that no matter who it was, no matter what the reason was, anyone who dared to touch him Chu Litian would be absolutely unforgivable!
Seeing that the man was getting farther and farther away, after reaching a certain distance, Chu Li Tiancai followed, and only by keeping a certain distance would he not be so easy to find.
Walking on the desolate mountain path, Chu Litian's footsteps were very light, even if he knew that the other party was just a mountain village wild man with no martial arts, Chu Litian didn't dare to be careless, if he attracted the attention of the other party, there was no way to find Ye Zitong's hiding place, it wouldn't be fun.
Although it has now been determined that Ye Zitong is in the hands of the villagers, if the other party is alarmed, it will be more troublesome to know Ye Zitong's hiding place by asking him?
Chu Litian has always hated troublesome things.
Although he had already done a lot of useless work to rescue Ye Zitong this time, compared to Ye Zitong's safety, Chu Litian was still willing to wait a little longer.
The man was walking on the road, snooping around from time to time, looking sneaky, which made Chu Litian even more sure that there must be something wrong with him!
Seeing the man turn the corner, Chu Litian hurriedly followed, but in the mountains and forests at night, there was no trace of the man!
Chu Litian stood there with a cold face, looking around, but he didn't find anything! It was dark, and the things around me couldn't be seen clearly, plus the ground was full of fallen leaves, and a thick layer had accumulated, and people walked on it, leaving no traces at all!
That man seemed to have really disappeared out of thin air, leaving no trace!
Looking at the sky, Chu Litian pondered for a while, made up his mind, turned around and returned to the house along the way he came, at this time there was still a candle in the house, Chu Litian did not pause, and directly pushed open the door.
"Master, you're here." The person on the other side turned around, and it turned out to be Mo Forget, who had left at the beginning, "The subordinates have already tied up the peasant woman." ”
"Good." Because he lost a mountain village wild man, Chu Litian's face was very bad, so he only responded coldly, and looked at the peasant woman squatting on the ground.
Under the candlelight, an ordinary-looking peasant woman had her hands tied behind her back, and Mo Forget's mouth was stuffed with a ball of cloth, unable to speak, squatting on the ground, shivering.
Chu Litian walked up to the peasant woman and looked at her coldly, but did not speak. Being stared at by Chu Litian's cold gaze, the peasant woman trembled even more.
Seeing that it scared people almost to the core, Chu Litian asked Mo to tear out the cloth from the peasant woman's mouth.
The peasant woman kept her head down, trembling and coughing, as if she could not say anything.
"I'll only ask you once...... Chu Litian said in a cold voice, "...... Where is the Eighth Imperial Concubine sent by the imperial court to treat the plague? Say, I'll let you go, don't say it, then don't blame me for being merciless. ”
The peasant woman was so frightened that she spoke intermittently: "Spare your life...... Heroes spare their lives...... I...... Just a ...... Ordinary...... Ordinary farmhouse ...... Woman, how can it be...... Know...... Distinguished status...... The Eighth Princess...... Where is it? ”
The peasant woman trembled uncontrollably, sweating coldly, but Chu Litian saw it in her eyes, but she didn't mean to be soft-hearted at all.
"If we weren't sure you people knew, how would we have come up with it?" Mo Forget sneered next to him, and said loudly, "You mountain village girl, you want to deceive us? Isn't it too tender? You should also think of a better lie, so that it will not be so easy to be exposed. ”
The peasant woman sobbed and said continuously: "I don't know, I really don't know where the Eighth Emperor Concubine is, you can spare me, spare me...... I don't really know ......."
Mo Forget looked at the peasant woman like this, attached it to Chu Litian's ear, and whispered: "Eighth prince, this peasant woman is very stubborn, I'm afraid that something will come out of it for a while." It's not as good as ......."
Chu Litian raised his head, and Mo Forget hurriedly shut up and stopped talking.
"You can't wait any longer, wait a little longer, anything will happen." Chu Litian shook his head and said, then looked at the peasant woman on the ground, sneered, raised her voice, and said: "Since she doesn't want to say it, then let's ask her husband to go and torture both of them, I'll see who has a harder mouth in the end!" ”