Zhuang Siyan slept until noon, and when he woke up, he felt a little dizzy, and he didn't understand what was going on for a while.

Seeing Xu Ning sitting strangely in the room, drinking tea and reading a book, he didn't look leisurely, so he asked casually: "Why are you there?" Are you okay tonight? ”

Before Xu Ning could answer, her mind suddenly sobered up, and she remembered that she had come back in the morning, and she sat up all of a sudden: "What about Ling Xuan?" ”

Xu Ning's face turned bitter when he saw her wake up.

He knew very well what Ling Tiancheng had kept him here for, but he felt that the emperor looked up to him too much, such a girl, he couldn't control it himself, and Xu Ning had such a great ability.

He could almost imagine that as long as Zhuang Siyan woke up, he would definitely go to the mountains outside the city as soon as possible.

So it was said that he was reading a book with a calm face, but it was better to say that he was praying calmly.

Just pray that Zhuang Siyan would sleep a little longer, at least Ling Tiancheng wouldn't wake up before they came back.

But God was too busy to hear his wishes, and at noon the terrible woman got up, and her expression was quite angry.

She walked over, grabbed Xu Ning's collar and said, "What about you, what about Ling Xuan and the others, have they all gone out of the city?" ”

Xu Ning's eyelids drooped, ready to resist to death.

But he forgot that the person he was facing was Zhuang Siyan, and this woman didn't give him much chance to organize the language, so she let go of her hand, threw him back into the chair and said, "Change your clothes, follow me immediately." ”

Xu Ning: "......, what clothes do you change?" ”

"Thick, can block branches and weeds, don't go to the mountains for a trance, just like that day, you will scrape your fine skin and tender meat."

Xu Ning: "......"

However, Zhuang Siyan had already gone out.

And before he could put on the clothes he had found, the neighing of horses was heard in the yard, and Zhuang Siyan's shout was sandwiched: "Xu Ning, you are going to get on the sedan chair, a big man's change of clothes is grinding......"

Xu Ning came out of the door in a panic, and as soon as he saw Zhuang Siyan's dress, he really wanted to turn around and go back and change again.

I saw that this guy actually changed into a military uniform.

It's summer, they're still sweating in thin clothes, and they're going to climb the mountains.

She didn't make Xu Ning feel exaggerated when she wore such a thick dress, and the direct reaction was that there might be a knife on the mountain.

But Zhuang Siyan didn't have so much time for him, and as soon as he shook his hand, a rein fell into his hand.

"Let's go."

She had already taken the lead in riding.

Xu Ning was busy boarding the horse in the back, and followed her footsteps one after the other to the outside of the city.

As soon as he approached Ling Village, he found the traces left by a large number of people, especially Bai Heng, those were heavily armed sergeants, different from ordinary people, although they had been diverted away, they would still be easily found.

Zhuang Siyan also chased to the previous dirt pit.

She stood there and looked around, and when she got back on her horse, she headed south.

Xu Ning was anxious when he saw it: "Why are you going over there, don't you see the marks left by General Bai here?" The brigade has gone to the northwest and northwest, what are you doing to the south alone? ”

Zhuang Siyan didn't reply, only asked him: "Xu Ning, have you only cared about eating, drinking and having fun every day since you did your job, and you have a brain full of fat, and your IQ is already at the same level as that of a stupid person?" ”

Xu Ning: "......"

He used to think he was quite smart, and he was the kind of uninhibited, uninhibited smart.

But after following Zhuang Siyan, he found that his cleverness, in the eyes of this woman, was some cleverness that he couldn't handle, and then slowly gave birth to some inferiority.

Now in addition to the autopsy, he is still an authority, and he really can't do anything else against her, maybe he doesn't even know how to lose.

At this time, in the barren mountains and wilderness, after listening to Zhuang Siyan's ridicule, he was also congested for a while, but he wisely chose to shut up and only speed up and follow her.

Even though Ling Tiancheng and the others were careful all the way, they hardly left any obvious traces, but Zhuang Siyan quickly discovered that there were also people on this road.

And from the places where she walked, the broken branches, and the slight footprints on the void ground, she quickly told that the person on this line was Ling Tiancheng.

She had doubts in her heart.

Judging from her observations, there were only four or five people who followed Ling Tiancheng, and a large number of people and horses all went in the northwest direction.

Then Zhuang Siyan didn't understand, why did he split his relatives and bring so few people in this direction?

If you really find that there is a problem here, shouldn't you transfer everyone here?

She didn't think about this question for too long, because looking for the information they left, she and Xu Ning also quickly walked to the path of the group of people that Ling Tiancheng and they had seen earlier.

It's a very thin road, hidden in the grass.

I don't know if there are too few people leaving, or if someone is deliberately hiding, in short, it is difficult to find without looking carefully.

It's just that after they arrived on this road, they suddenly found the mark left by Ling Tiancheng.

Zhuang Siyan stared at the mark for a moment, then turned to Xu Ning and said, "Don't go, stay here and wait, General Bai and they may arrive soon, you wait until they arrive, bring them a few words." ”

Xu Ning looked at her in surprise and asked, "What about you?" ”

"I'll chase them, there must be something wrong here."

As she spoke, the man turned to leave.

Xu Ning was in a hurry, and caught up with him in two steps and asked: "How can you do it alone, why don't you leave a mark for them here, they will definitely be able to understand when they come." ”

Zhuang Siyan ignored him, and asked loudly: "I still want to resist you?" ”

Xu Ning: "......"

What is this and what? He just wanted to discuss with her before thinking twice, and she was alone, in this deep mountain and old forest, she really had her head!

If something happens to her, don't want your own head.

However, Zhuang Siyan didn't give him a chance to speak again, holding a knife in one hand, and had already run forward quickly.

Xu Ning wore the clothes that were already strips, and found a hidden bush to nest in, anxiously waiting for Bai Heng and them to come over quickly, and on the other hand, worried that something was really going on Zhuang Siyan's side.

So the whole person was uneasy, plus the weather was hot, and it didn't take long for him to sweat all over his body.

And the wound on his body that was cut by plant thorns was soaked in sweat, and he bared his teeth in pain.

Let's say that Zhuang Siyan chased Ling Tiancheng all the way, and from the south slope of the mountain, he chased most of the mountain.

was thinking about whether their purpose was to bend to the west again, but suddenly found that all the marks left by Ling Tiancheng and them were gone.

She quickly looked around.

Nothing was found.

It seems that such a group of people walked here, and suddenly came to a collective retreat, or a collective ascension, and there was no trace of it.

Zhuang Siyan was still very keen, she only hesitated for a few seconds before she knew that there was fraud in this matter.

It is very likely that they were discovered when they walked here, so someone cleared the traces behind them so that the people who came after them could no longer follow them to the rescue.

Thinking like this, Zhuang Siyan immediately looked around again.

Sure enough, at the top of a tall tree, she found a strap tied there.

The ribbon is red, and it's easy to tell if it's tied in the middle of the leaves.

But the problem is that the trees here are very tall and dense, and when ordinary people come here, they just chase back and forth, and few people will look up, so the red mark is ignored.

But Zhuang Siyan knew that there must be a place where people could see this piece of red.

And they may also judge whether outsiders have been to the mountains here by remembering things here.

She didn't rush any further, but circled along the trunk of the tree, looking around from different angles.

Soon she spotted another large tree not far from here.

There was no red cloth mark on the tree, but the leaves were too dense and obviously different from the others, so it should be a problem.

Zhuang Siyan changed directions, trying to bypass the straight-line distance from this tree to that tree, and made a big detour, approaching there from the other direction.

When she hid in the grass, walked slowly, and slowly came to the bottom of the tree, she realized that there was a person in the tree.

The man was hidden in the thick foliage, and it was difficult to spot without looking closely.

But Zhuang Siyan knew that he must be able to see the tree opposite from him, and he might have discovered himself.

Fortunately, she had found it early, and retreated back the way she had come, and then escaped the straight distance and came to the tree again.

At this time, she already had a small crossbow in her hand.

As the man in the tree looked down, her hand jerked up, and the short crossbow head sank into the man's chest.

Blood dripped from the tree, staining a few blades of grass under the tree.

But the man did not fall, and was covered with a tree branch.

Zhuang Siyan quickly disposed of the blood stains on the blades of grass, looked around under the tree again, and chose a direction to move forward.

She walked fast, and there was already a layer of sweat on her body, but there was no pause under her feet.

She had to hurry up, since Ling Tiancheng and the others had already been discovered, they were likely to be in danger now.

And the person on the tree, if she doesn't kill it, Bai Heng and they will be found again as soon as they come.

Maybe the other party didn't dare to take it lightly when they saw that they were bringing so many people, but in this way, Ling Tiancheng's danger would only increase exponentially.

Zhuang Siyan must clear the obstacles along the way, so that Bai Heng and the others can rush here as quickly as possible.

She was almost certain that this place was not far from that Ling Laosan's base camp.

The more she goes, the more cautious she becomes, every time she arrives at a point, no matter how anxious she is, no one will rush in, she will definitely observe every place, solve the current problem, and then go to the next point.

This is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it also produces good results.

Bai Heng and the others received the news of the inner guards sent by Ling Tiancheng earlier, and they began to turn over to this side.

But because they themselves had already diverged far away, it took a lot of time to walk back.

Qing Ran and they are not to mention, one to the south and the other to the north, and it takes more than twice as long to turn back.

So by the time they found Xu Ning, the sun had already turned west, and at this time, two hours had passed since Zhuang Siyan and Xu Ning were separated.