Chapter 44: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
Five Elements Division.
"My lord, the dark pile has just sent back the news, and I found that Wuji Gongzi and his subordinates left the Nine Netherworld at night, and have already taken a carriage to the direction of the north gate!"
A Lanying woman walked quickly into the pacification embassy and shouted at the cold moon.
"Escape?!"
Hearing the report from her subordinates, Leng Yue got up directly, her brows furrowed slightly.
"Chase!"
But then she squinted her eyes, seemed to understand something, and gave an order, and quickly walked out.
Soon, Leng Yue left the Yamen of the Five Elements Division with more than 20 Lan Ying, got on his horse and went straight to the north gate.
However, when they chased to the north gate, they found that there was no trace of the carriage at the city gate.
"Who?!"
"It turned out to be Lord Leng..."
The city gate guard saw someone galloping towards him, shouted loudly, and then recognized Leng Yue and hurriedly saluted.
"Did anyone just leave the North Gate?!"
Leng Yuetie blushed and asked in a deep voice.
"No... Nope..."
The guard's face changed slightly, his head bowed, and he replied with some hesitation.
"Truthfully recruited!"
"Do you know that the person who left is likely to be a wanted criminal by the imperial court?!"
Leng Yue raised her voice and asked sharply.
"The... Indeed, some people left in a carriage..."
The guard was taken aback, hesitated to tell the truth, and his face was full of nervousness.
When Leng Yue heard this, she immediately understood.
"Where did you go?!"
Leng Yue gritted her teeth and asked coldly, with a murderous intent in her eyes.
"All the way north..."
The guard replied with a craned neck.
After Leng Yue listened, she no longer hesitated, pulled the reins, and immediately rushed to the city gate with her subordinates!
At the same time, he directly pulled out the long sword in his hand and swung it out like lightning!
"Leave the city without permission during the curfew! You have committed a serious crime, and tomorrow morning, go to the camp to receive the crime! ”
As Leng Yue's words fell, a soldier standing beside the guard had already fallen to the ground, and a blood mark on his neck was slowly oozing blood.
"Open... Open the gates! ”
The guard's face was as dead as ashes, stunned, and hurriedly shouted hysterically at his subordinates.
As the city gate opened, Leng Yue rushed out with his subordinates, and disappeared into the north in a blink of an eye!
Twenty miles north of the capital.
Leng Yue led a group of his subordinates to track all the way, but there was no trace of the carriage, and the night was dark, and the line of sight was limited, so the tracking was frequently blocked.
On the official road, people come and go on weekdays, and the ruts and footprints are messy, and there is no trace at all.
When I chased here, I encountered the first choice, a three-way forked intersection!
Looking at the forked roads leading to three directions in front of him, Leng Yue became hesitant, not knowing which direction to pursue.
"My lord, here!"
At this moment, one of his subordinates pointed to a tree on the side of the road and shouted a warning.
When Leng Yue heard this, she turned her head to look, only to see that someone had accumulated stones at the root of the tree to form a direction marker!
That's the sign that Arashi has sent a message!
"Chase!"
Leng Yue's eyes lit up, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and led her subordinates to continue the pursuit in the direction indicated by the mark!
With the first mark, they found more marks along the way, so it was much easier to track down, and as time went on, they were fifty miles away from the capital!
I don't know how long it has been, but the sky has gradually brightened, and it looks like it is about to dawn, and the marks left by the dark stake are gone.
At this time, it was almost a hundred miles away from the capital, but the road was getting more and more remote, and before I knew it, I had reached the foot of a mountain.
Just when Leng Yue was frowning, there was a sudden sound of slight footsteps in the woods next to him!
"Who?!"
Hearing the movement, everyone turned their heads to look over, as if they were facing a great enemy.
"My lord, it's me!"
Immediately afterward, a woman in a nightcoat walked out of the woods quickly, went straight to Leng Yue's horse, and saluted respectfully.
"See Lord Pacification!"
The visitor saluted and said respectfully.
"What about people?!"
Leng Yue didn't care about greetings, and asked directly.
"My lord, please come down with my subordinates!"
The woman in black arched her hand, got up and walked briskly back into the woods.
Leng Yue turned over and dismounted, followed behind the woman in black with a group of men, and quietly burrowed into the woods.
A moment later, led by the woman in black, the group came to a clearing near a narrow path that led to the one at the foot of the mountain.
In the middle of the clearing, there is a simple thatched hut, which looks like a shelter for hunters when they go into the mountains to hunt.
A carriage stopped silently on the edge of the hut.
Seeing this scene, Leng Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't figure out why Wuji Gongzi would buy the city gate guards overnight and come to this remote place.
What the hell is he trying to do?!
"People in a thatched hut?"
Leng Yue hid among the trees, stared coldly at the thatched house, and asked in a low voice.
"It should be inside."
The woman in black nodded and replied slowly.
But after listening to her answer, Leng Yue subconsciously frowned.
"Should?!"
"Don't you see anyone?!"
Leng Yue asked with a frown.
"When the subordinates chased here, the carriage had stopped there, and the door of the hut had been closed."
The woman in black shook her head and replied with an embarrassed expression.
After listening to the words of the woman in black, Leng Yue's brows furrowed even tighter, and a hint of foreboding hit her heart.
"Since you discovered this place, have you seen or heard the movement of carriages and thatched huts?"
Leng Yue hesitated for a moment before continuing to ask.
"No... Nope..."
The woman in black shook her head, her expression stiffened, and she seemed to notice something abnormal.
Leng Yue narrowed her eyes, hesitated, raised her hand, and gave the order to attack.
No matter what Childe Wuji wants, she must make sure that Childe Wuji is here, otherwise it will be difficult to feel at ease.
Soon, more than 20 Lan Ying and the woman in black who had tracked all the way here quickly surrounded the grass hut and the carriage, all on guard!
Leng Yue swept to the side of the carriage, lifted the brocade curtain at the door, looked sideways inside, and found that the carriage was empty, not even a piece of luggage!
Seeing this scene, Leng Yue clenched her fists, and the uneasiness in her heart became more and more obvious.
At this moment, there was a squeak, and the door of the grass hut was suddenly pulled open from the inside, and a figure appeared at the door of the grass hut!
Seeing someone coming out of it, the surrounding Lan Ying pulled out their weapons one after another, as if facing a great enemy!
Leng Yue turned her head to look, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she saw a familiar figure, it was the middle-aged guard beside Wuji Gongzi!
That's right, the person who appeared at the door of the thatched hut was Dillon!
"Who are you?!"
"Lord Leng? How are you? ”
Dillon was stunned for a moment, snorted, and then recognized Leng Yue and asked in surprise.
"Where's your son?!"
Leng Yue turned her head to look at Dillon and asked with a cold face.
"I don't know, I was still in the house just now."
"My lord, why are you here? You can't follow us all the way here, right? ”
Dillon was stunned for a moment and asked puzzled.
"Why are you here?!"
After listening to Dillon's words, Leng Yue subconsciously turned her head to look around, and then continued to ask, not intending to answer Dillon's questions.
"Oh, that's the case, didn't Childe take over the Nine Nether Realm recently, so he began to study the trade of medicinal materials, and I heard that this mountain is rich in thousand-year-old ginseng, so Childe wanted to come and see it."
Dillon explained with a smile.
Millennial ginseng?!
After listening to Dillon's explanation, Leng Yue frowned, unable to believe it at all.
Immediately afterwards, Leng Yue raised her hand and waved her hand and motioned for her subordinates to enter the house to search, she wanted to confirm that Wuji Gongzi was not inside!
"What do you mean, sir?"
Dillon was stunned for a moment, opened his arms, blocked the door, and asked puzzledly.
"Get out of the way!"
Leng Yue said coldly with a calm face.
"Lord Leng, you won't be here to kill us, will you?"
Dillon smiled, and his voice began to grow cold.
Leng Yue didn't explain anymore, and waved his hand again to order.
Several Lan Shadows walked out quickly, raised the long sword in their hands, and walked straight towards Dillon, who was blocking the door!
If Dillon continues to block, they will definitely strike!
"Childe?!"
At this moment, Dillon suddenly smiled and waved at the woods outside the crowd.
As he spoke, everyone turned their heads to look behind them.
But as far as the eye can see, there is not even a figure!
"Not good!"
Leng Yue glanced at the empty behind, and immediately noticed it, and hurriedly turned around, and found that Dillon, who was obviously standing at the door of the grass hut just now, had already turned around and fled to the woods behind the grass hut at this time!
"Chase!"
Leng Yue gritted her teeth, knowing that she was planning it, and shouted loudly.
With an order, everyone immediately launched a pursuit, but at this moment, the carriage parked on the edge of the grass hut suddenly moved, and the horses seemed to be frightened, neighing and began to rampage, disrupting the formation of Lan Ying!
By the time Lan Ying bypassed the carriage and chased into the mountains and forests, Dillon was already gone!
Immediately after, there was a sudden simultaneous noise in the woods in all directions, as if countless enemies were fleeing in all directions!
All of a sudden, everyone swayed, not knowing which direction to pursue!
"My lord, what should I do?!"
One of his subordinates looked at Leng Yue, whose face was pale, and asked at a loss.
"Hit the mark!"
"Go back the way you came!"
Leng Yue clenched her fists, let out a loud shout, and quickly turned back down the mountain.
It was only at this time that she finally reacted, and she fell for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!
But when she returned to the mountain road with her men, she found that the horses parked at the edge of the forest had long since disappeared!
Seeing this scene, Leng Yue was furious in her heart, but she had no choice but to lead her subordinates to return quickly in the direction of the capital on foot!
And among the mountains and forests not far away, Dillon stood on top of a boulder, standing with his hands in his hands, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, watching Leng Yue and his party gradually disappear from his sight.
Behind him, under the boulder, stood twenty or thirty Heavenly Privy Agents dressed in black and with black scarves on their faces.
After a long time, Dillon raised his hand and quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests with a group of men...