"Chief soldier, there is a discovery!" Haoda suddenly hurried back and came to Mao Wenlong's side to report loudly.

"What's the discovery?" Mao Wenlong's face was overjoyed, and he immediately asked.

"At the edge of that dense forest, we found traces of someone trampling on them, and judging by the scattered marks, it seems that someone is looking for something?" Vast and truthful.

Mao Wenlong's heart suddenly jumped slightly, he had already realized that it was very likely that Chen Lan and the others fled into the dense forest, and then someone was chasing and killing them. But at the moment, it was just his wishful thinking, and there was no evidence to prove it.

"Let's go, let's see." Mao Wenlong couldn't sit still any longer, so under the guidance of Haoda, he soon came to the place where Mahan and they began to search for Chen Lan's traces.

I saw that at the edge of the entire dense forest, all the weeds and scattered branches had been cut or picked up. It turns out that as Hao Da said, someone must have been looking for something here?

Mao Wenlong himself carefully surveyed the edge of this messy dense forest, but found nothing. Originally, he hoped that Li Xiu would be able to leave some mark, but the final result was still disappointing to him.

"Haoda, you now bring me all the people, leave two to wait here, and the rest of the people go into the mountains to search first. These traces are all fresh, so the group that is looking for things or people will definitely not go far. Mao Wenlong said in a deep voice.

"Does the chief soldier mean that we should catch up as soon as possible?" Haoda didn't understand.

Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "Yes, follow these traces to catch up and see what happened, remember to leave obvious marks along the way, and send a signal to notify us if there is anything wrong?" ”

"Knowing the general soldier, my subordinates will do it." Haoda didn't hesitate, immediately turned around and rushed into the dense forest with more than 20 personal guards, and disappeared without a trace after a while.

Mao Wenlong still stayed outside, not because he didn't want to go into the dense forest to track it personally. It's that he has to stay, just in case, if Chen Lan and the others didn't flee into the dense forest, but were kidnapped and escaped from the waterway, he could stay in the middle and respond.

This waited until noon, no one stopped searching, and all the Dongjiang troops simply ate some dry food, and then continued to work, not daring to delay at all.

At this time, Hong Chengchou led the army behind him to arrive in time, and the difference between them and Mao Wenlong was less than a morning. It can be seen that they are also in a hurry day and night.

"How? Did you find any clues? As soon as Hong Chengchou came up, he asked Mao Wenlong bluntly.

The latter glanced back at him, and then said helplessly: "There has been no progress yet, but it can be affirmed that Chen Lan and Ziyan should be safe now, and there is no need to worry about their lives." ”

"How so?" Hong Chengchou obviously didn't believe what Mao Wenlong said, and his daughter was also involved this time, which made Hong Chengchou unable to think calmly.

"The inn was burned, although many people died in it, but there was no trace of Chen Lan and Zi Yan, and the only thing that was destroyed here was the inn, and beyond that, only the waterway and the dense forest in front of me remained." Mao Wenlong tried to calm himself down, restrained his emotions, and tried to behave as smoothly as possible.

"And what are you going to do now?" Hong Chengchou frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke again.

Mao Wenlong looked at the dense forest and then at the dock, and he suddenly said in a dark voice: "It's much easier for you to come now, in order not to delay, we have to look for it separately now." ”

"You say." Hong Chengchou was also a little calmer at the moment, he understood that if he messed up at this time, it would inevitably be even more detrimental to things.

"Earlier, I had sent Hao Da and Hao Xiao, and the two of them had led people to search for the jungle and the waterways respectively, but there has been no news back so far. So I thought, we're going to split up right now, I'm going to go into the jungle to help with the search, and you're going to the waterway, what do you think? ”

"Yes!"

Hong Chengchou almost didn't hesitate, Mao Wenlong's analysis was very clear, and this arrangement could find the missing Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan as soon as possible.

Since they had no opinions, the two of them acted immediately, and Hong Chengchou ordered someone to go to find a boat and prepare to take a boat to find it on the Yellow River. And Mao Wenlong directly led people directly into the dense forest, following the mark left by Haoda and moving forward quickly.

The dense fog in the dense forest had lifted, but the light was still poor, and the dense trees and foliage directly blocked the sunlight in the air. As for the ground in the dense forest, the light was still very dim.

Although the line of sight is not very good, it is much better than at night, at least now everyone can see the situation within a few tens of meters.

After Li Xiu, Chen Lan, and Hong Ziyan avoided the pursuers behind, they had now come to a relatively empty place. There is also a stream that is too small to be smaller, and a simple stove made of several mountain stones.

Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan took care of the fire that had been lit after a lot of hard work, and the two of them had to work hard to make a fire. The woodland was damp everywhere, and it was difficult to pick up some dry firewood.

Li Xiu was killing chickens by the stream with her dagger that had never killed people, and the three of them had not eaten a drop of water since last night, and they had run all night, and now they were sleepy and hungry. Finding food to fill your stomach is inevitable.

Fortunately, Li Xiu does have a lot of skills, and he quickly caught a pheasant with a few simple traps.

Li Xiu's movements were smooth, and a pheasant was processed in a moment in her hand. Carrying the processed thin pheasant, Li Xiu used a pre-sharpened wooden stick to wear it directly.

Back at the fire, Li Xiu put the pheasant on the fire and barbecued, and then said to Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan: "At present, there is only this pheasant, and when it is cooked, we will deal with the stomach first." Then we will look at the little traps, and when we have enough food we will be on our way. ”

Chen Lan looked at the bubbling pheasant on the fire, and said with a smile: "Everything is up to you, we will do whatever you say." ”

Hong Ziyan, the eldest lady, swallowed her saliva even harder, she nodded stupidly and said, "My sister is right, I listen to you." But wait, can I get a chicken leg? ”

After speaking, Hong Ziyan also cast a pitiful look at Li Xiu. Originally, her arrogant eldest lady's self-esteem would definitely not be abandoned for a chicken leg. But who let her stomach hunger has overcome the so-called self-esteem.

Chen Lan and Li Xiu glanced at each other when they heard this, and the two suddenly laughed and said, "I'll give you both." ”