The road down the cliff is steep and dangerous, and several old men have to support each other so as not to fall and slide down.

After walking for nearly an hour, the group finally came to the bottom of the cliff.

Looking at the towering dense woods in front of him, Song Cha's brows tightened.

It is easiest to get lost in the forest, especially in this kind of woods that cover the sky and the sun, and it is impossible to distinguish the direction when walking in it.

They didn't have much food and water with them, and if they didn't find a few people from Jing Beihan, they would be lost first, and it would be troublesome.

"Try to walk from the side, so that at least the direction is not wrong."

Song Chatou pondered for a while, and finally came up with a solution.

Jing Zhong and the others did not refute, Jing Yannian wanted to say something, but he was a little unsure, and he hesitated and shut up.

The group walked along the edge of the woods to the location where Jing Beihan and several people fell off the cliff.

The valley below the cliff is not wide, and the forest is not very big, but coincidentally, Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan were also afraid of getting lost in the woods, so they also discussed walking close to the edge.

And they have two teams, one team chose the left, and the other team chose the right......

Both teams just missed it.

Song Chatou and the others quickly found the location where Jing Beihan and the others fell, obvious marks on the ground, and fragments of clothes hanging on the branches.

Jing Yannian recognized at a glance that it was Jing Beihan's clothes, "Brother Han, they are not dead!" ”

There are traces of someone falling, and there are fragments of clothes, but there are no corpses nearby, which proves that Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan must still be alive!

Song Chatou was also very happy, Jing Beihan didn't die, he still had a way out.

"Keep going!" Song Chatou checked the footprints on the ground, confirmed the direction, and led everyone to follow the footprints.

It didn't take long for them to find the bodies of Jing Xiaolin and the concubine.

The weather was humid and hot, and the corpses had decomposed, emitting a foul smell.

Yacha stepped forward with his mouth and nose covered, cut off the uncorrupted little fingers of the two with a dagger, wrapped it in cloth and handed it to Song Chatou.

When they arrived in the penal colony, they were handed over to the prisoners and could be used as evidence that the prisoners had died unexpectedly in the middle of the process.

Grief appeared on Jing Zhong's face, and only after the yacha had finished getting the voucher did he slowly step forward and take a hairpin from Jing Xiaolin's bloody head.

Taking it back to Jing Yi and his wife can be regarded as a thought.

"Your Excellency, will we allow us to bury their bodies?"

Jing Zhong couldn't hold back in the end, and pleaded with Song Chatou.

Song Chatou agreed, leaving one of the yacha to stare at Jing Zhong's father and son, and he took the other yacha and Jing Yannian to continue walking along the footprints.

This footprint is only one person's, and the footprints are small and look like a woman, and there are two parallel marks on the ground in addition to the woman's footprints, which seem to be wheel prints.

Song Chatou guessed that this was left by Zuo Xingyan pushing Jing Beihan with a cart.

As for where the board cart came from, it is unknown.

It doesn't matter, you'll find out when you find them.

Song Chatou didn't want to delay for too long, so he took Jing Yannian and Yacha to speed up.

Jing Yannian was even more anxious, if it weren't for the fear that Song Chatou would misunderstand him and have other thoughts, it is estimated that he would have run over by himself a long time ago.

After about a quarter of an hour, they finally found the cave.

But the cave was empty.

Jing Yannian walked quickly to the fire, and when he saw the rabbit that had eaten only bones, he knew that this was the meat roasted by Zuo Xingyan just by smelling it.

The wood in the fire was halfway burned, and the wood was still warm.

"They must have just left, and they must have wanted to go up to find us!"

Jing Yannian eagerly turned around and said to Song Chatou, "My lord, let's hurry up and catch up with Brother Han and sister-in-law!" ”

Song Chatou was looking for footprints outside the cave, and sure enough, he found two rows of footprints, one large and one small, on the other side.

"My lord, is this kid right? Jing Beihan won't run away with his wife! ”

The yacha apparently didn't believe Jing Yannian's words, and according to his thoughts, these exiled prisoners would run away as soon as they had the chance.

Before Song Chatou could speak, Jing Yannian couldn't listen anymore, "It's impossible for Brother Han to escape!" ”

After speaking, he was afraid that Song Chatou would really believe the words of the yacha, and set Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan a fugitive charge, so he hurriedly pulled him to explain.

"My lord, please believe Brother Han, he will never be a fugitive, I vouch for you with my life!"

"I believe in Him." Song Chatou glanced at Jing Yannian, turned his head and ordered the yacha.

"Bring Jing Zhong and them over, let's go chase Jing Beihan."

Yacha was a little surprised, but he still received the order to call Jing Zhong and a few people.

When Jing Zhong, who had buried Jing Xiaolin, arrived, they continued to walk along another series of footprints.

"Dare to love us, we and the two of them have taken a fork in the road."

When he entered the forest again, Song Chatou couldn't help but sigh.

The others also felt a little ridiculous, and at this moment, Jing Yannian suddenly screamed.

"My lord! Look here, this is the mark left by Brother Han! ”

Jing Yannian pointed to a pattern on the trunk of the tree.

A few lines were carved on the trunk with a sharp object, and the combination was a simple totem of the Jing Jiajun!

Song Chatou also recognized it, and he was even more convinced of Jing Yannian's words in his heart.

Everyone saw hope, and their pace quickened a lot.

Every four or five trees in front, there will be a mark, and they followed the mark, and they really caught up with Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan.

The two of them were walking slowly, and they were talking and laughing as if they were walking.

"Brother Han!" When Jing Yannian saw Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan who were safe and sound, he was so excited that he burst into tears, and immediately didn't care about the others, and rushed over.

Jing Beihan and the others heard Jing Yannian's voice behind them, and looked back in surprise, only to see Jing Yannian running over crying.

"Brother Han, you are still alive! That's great! ”

Jing Yannian was like a puppy that had finally found its owner, rushing into Jing Beihan's arms.

Jing Beihan was a little stunned, since he brought Jing Yannian's child back from the battlefield to now, this is the first time Jing Yannian has hugged him.

It was also the first time that such violent emotions were shown in front of him.

In the past, even if those people in the Jing family bullied him, isolated him, and made things difficult for him, he never cried, nor did he tell Jing Beihan a word.

But now, the boy threw himself into his arms and cried so loudly.

"I, I thought I'd never see you again." Jing Yannian said while crying.

Even if he is fourteen years old, he can be alone in the barracks, but in front of Jing Beihan, he is still just a child.

Zuo Xingyan was sad, and raised his hand to gently rub Jing Yannian's head, "Don't cry, aren't we good~"

Only then did Jing Yannian let go of Jing Beihan, turned his head and saw Zuo Xingyan who was chuckling at him, and his tears flowed even more violently, "Sister-in-law!" ”

As he spoke, Jing Yannian was about to rush over and hug Zuo Xingyan again.

Zuo Xingyan's arms were opened, wanting to hug the child who was crying with joy, but before the two of them could hug each other, a big hand suddenly reached over and grabbed the collar on the back of Jing Yannian's neck.