Three points are destined, seven points depend on face

Xia Chuntao summoned Xuan Er, "Why don't you sneak into the city and see what's going on? By the way, tell the prince that we are in Zhuangzi."

Xuan Er was ordered to go to find out the news. Xia Chuntao thought she would be back in an hour or two, but she didn't expect Xuan Er came back late at night.

"Ms. Xia, something is wrong."

Xia Chuntao is almost dying of anxiety. Tell me what's wrong!

"The Crown Prince is not in the mansion. The strangest thing is that there are spies everywhere outside the mansion. They should be monitoring the goings-on in the mansion."

"It's easy to be discovered when you enter the house during the day, so I delayed it until night."

"Did the Crown Prince leave any message or anything like that?"

"No. I don't know where the people in the mansion went. They seemed to have disappeared out of thin air."

Something is wrong, something is very wrong!

The only person who could hunt down key criminals in the city openly and honestly was Zeng Rui, the prefect of Rongcheng. Then the people monitoring the Prince's Mansion were probably sent by Fatty Zeng. Why does he want to monitor the Prince's Mansion? How could the people in the Prince's Mansion disappear out of thin air?

What is he waiting for? Like an accomplice? Or wait for Ling Qingxuan to surrender?

Then... couldn't this so-called "important criminal in the imperial court" be Ling Qingxuan?

Xia Chuntao frowned.

There is only one reason why a prefect dares to kill the Crown Prince at all costs - Ling Qingxuan knows the secret that will make him lose his head.

If the inference is true, then the prince is in danger!

The most urgent task is to find the prince first.

Looking at the current situation, Fatty Zeng probably hasn't found his son yet. But where did the prince go?

Xia Chuntao walked towards the mountain. The night wind blew through her slightly disheveled hair. The black mountain looked like a monster that could devour people. She whirled the black beads around her neck, her eyes darkened.

She had climbed this mountain before and felt desperate. Because of him, she walked out of this dark place that devoured people. Is he now facing the darkness of despair just like she was then?

Ling Qingxuan, where are you? How can I find you?

"Ms. Xia, the wind is strong in the mountains, we'd better go back first."

"Xiao Bai, do you think...the Crown Prince...will come back safely?"

"Your Majesty will do things carefully. If he doesn't come back, might he have his own plans?"

"What you said makes sense. Don't tell Zhiyi about this yet."

"Yes."

Xia Chuntao dreamed all night.

One moment I dreamed that Ling Qingxuan was being chased, the next I dreamed that he fell off a cliff, and I even dreamed that he was abducted!

Anyway, it is as outrageous as it needs to be.

It was still dark, and Xia Chuntao woke up from her dream with sweat on her forehead. If you can't sleep, just go for a walk to wake up your mind.

Xia Chuntao walked unconsciously and walked to the foot of the mountain again. She started to climb the mountain, still on the gentle slope, slowly walking up. There seemed to be a voice in her heart, telling her to keep walking up the mountain.

When the sky was glowing with light, Xia Chuntao climbed to the top of the mountain, overlooking the place where she had tried her best to climb but could not. Is that where Ling Qingxuan saved her?

Maybe there was some arrangement somewhere, she heard a faint sound in the grass.

Xia Chuntao carefully pushed aside the grass and saw a big black dog. The huge dog's head was lowered and its fur was dirty.

Xia Chuntao gently stroked its big head, "You look familiar, my friend!"

The dog tried hard to open its eyes, saw Xia Chuntao, got closer and smelled it, and barked twice.

"Are you here to report a message?"

"Wang Wang!"

"Can you lead me to the crown prince?"

"Wang Wang!"

Xia Chuntao picked up the dog hard and said, "You are still quite heavy. Go back and have a rest first. We are ready to go!"

"Wang Wang!"

Xia Chuntao ordered a few guards, plus Xuan Er, Xiao Qing, Xiao Bai, took the medicine, daggers and other supplies, and set off with Captain Wang Wang.

Before leaving, she told Yan Hong the truth and entrusted her children to Yan Hong.

Yan Hong knew the seriousness of the matter and bowed deeply to Xia Chuntao, "Zizhan... I'll leave it to Lady Xia."

Captain Wang Wang led a group of people over the mountain, through Gejiazhuang, and over the mountain again... while walking and sniffing. During this period, we climbed three mountains and became more and more desolate as we went. The guards were okay, after all, this was their area of ​​expertise. Xia Chuntao was not feeling well. After all, she walked less and the mountain road was rugged, causing blisters on her feet and burning pain.

Looking at the inaccessible mountain road, Xia Chuntao became more and more worried. Why did the prince come here? This is completely like a deep mountain forest!

In the dense forest, the light is getting darker and darker. Xia Chuntao had already lost her direction. Fortunately, Captain Wangwang was leading the way. Xia Chuntao could see that it was already very tired, but there was nothing that could be done about it. Every time the time dragged on, the Crown Prince would be in more danger.

Suddenly, the dog barked "bark" in front. Everyone rushed over following the sound, only to see a piece of grass on the ground fell and stained with blood. Xia Chuntao's heart thumped.

The guards searched around and found three big men who had expired. Two of them had their throats sealed with swords, and one had a crossbow in his sleeve.

Xuan Er carefully identified it and said to Xia Chuntao: "It's the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince's martial arts were taught by famous masters. Logically speaking, it should be no problem to deal with these three people. But in the end, he used the sleeve crossbow. I guess, the Crown Prince's martial arts were taught by famous masters." Might be injured."

Xiao Bai touched the blood on the ground, "Looking at the blood, the fight shouldn't have happened for a long time, about an hour."

"Can you tell which direction the prince is going?"

Xuan Er carefully identified it and said, "It's not obvious. It's more likely to be on the east side. The traces of trampling on the grass here are slightly deeper."

Xia Chuntao thought for a while, although the possibility was higher in the east,... everything was possible. In the end, she decided to let Xuan Er take a few guards to search east, while she took Wang Wang, Xiaobai and Xiaoqing to search west.

"Wherever you find it, send a signal to the other party. If you still can't find it... we will gather here at this time tomorrow."

Xia Chuntao and his party walked deeper into the dense forest, surrounded by thorns and thorns, and the tree crowns blocked the sky and the sun. There are so many tree thorns, will the prince go this way?

Xia Chuntao glanced at the panting dog squatting on the ground and patted his big head, "Are you tired? Don't go up there. There are many thorns here. If you go in, you will turn into a hedgehog."

Xia Chuntao asked Xiaoqing to put the dog in a relatively flat place and put some water and dried meat in it.

"Wait for us here obediently, don't run around." The dog seemed to understand Xia Chuntao's instructions, or maybe it was just too tired and lay there motionless.

Xia Chuntao took Qing and Bai and continued walking deeper.

At this time, it was getting dark, and the vision in the woods was even blurry. Xiaobai and Xiaoqing opened the way in front, and Xia Chuntao followed behind, marching with difficulty.

Xia Chuntao looked at the two people who were opening the way for her and felt that she was holding them back. She might as well stay with Wang Wang and let Xiaobai and Xiaobai find it. With their speed, they should be able to find it faster!