"Now is not the time yet. When the time comes, I will let you know."

Wu Zexing's eyes were gloomy and he looked unhappy.

Seeing this, Liu Yuner tactfully stopped asking further questions.

The creek is deep in the mountains and is rarely visited by people. It is overgrown with weeds and the road is rugged and difficult to travel.

In addition, Wu Zexing's injuries had not yet healed, so the three of them moved slowly.

Fortunately, the group of officers and soldiers were confused by the footprints of Xu Hong and the other man and failed to catch up quickly.

The further you go in, the dimmer the light becomes. Only a few stubborn rays of sunlight shine through the dense branches and leaves and onto the ground.

"sister…"

Because she had to support Wu Zexing, Liu Xuaner could only hold Wu Zexing's arm tightly, fearing that he would fall if she let go.

Although Wu Zexing felt a little pain, his heart softened when he saw Liu Xuan'er acting like a frightened rabbit, and he did not blame her.

"Don't be afraid. Almost all the wild animals around here have been hunted by Yu Jingling. Let's find a cave to hide in. We don't need to go too deep."

Liu Yuner was feeling very complicated at this moment.

Because of Luo Zhitao, she also extremely disliked Yu Jingling.

But now, Yu Jingling has helped them a lot invisibly.

Otherwise, if these three weak men encountered a wild beast, they really wouldn't know how to escape.

After half an hour of difficult trekking, the three finally found a good place to hide.

This is a deserted and abandoned cave.

The beasts in the cave might have been killed by Yu Jingling, or they might have fled to other places.

"Sister, when can we go back?"

Not long after, Liu Xuaner began to miss home.

I kind of regretted coming here alone today. If I had brought my two brothers with me, I wouldn't have to follow them.

You can turn back with Xu Hong.

No need to suffer from hunger, cold, or worry.

"I don't know. It will take at least three to five days."

...

The officers and soldiers rushed to Liu's house without stopping, but the person they were looking for was nowhere to be found.

After a severe torture, Liu's father felt heartbroken when he saw his suffering family, and finally told the truth about Liu Yuner hiding in the mountains.

A few people were sent to guard the Liu family, and the rest of the people went up the mountain to search for Wu Zexing.

However, after working for several hours, he still returned empty-handed.

The officers and soldiers had no choice but to return to the village chief's house again and ordered the village chief to lead them to find Wu Zexing, otherwise they would kill the village chief and his entire family.

When they learned that Yu Jingling, who knew the mountain well, happened to be visiting relatives with his family, the officers and soldiers' anger erupted again like a volcano, all poured out on the village chief.

"Why did you choose this critical moment instead of visiting your relatives earlier or later... Did you guys deliberately collude to tease us?!"

An angry soldier kicked the village chief several times.

At this time, the village chief had been beaten and was dying, and even the sound of his groans of pain became much weaker.

"Stop hitting me, please stop hitting me..."

The village chief's young daughter threw herself on him, hugged her father tightly, and begged with tears in her eyes.

At this time, the village chief's family, except Xu Hong and Xu He, were not spared from this disaster.

Even the women and children were kicked several times by the officers and soldiers.

This made them curse Liu Yuner countless times in their hearts.

If she hadn't been meddling, how could they have suffered so much?

"Get up! Even if you have to crawl, you have to lead us to find him today! Otherwise..."

The soldier looked at the village chief's little daughter with lustful eyes, like a hungry wolf.

"I...I'll take you there!"

The village chief's second son hurriedly stood in front of his sister.

Even though he was shaking with fear, he still stood up despite the severe pain and took the officers and soldiers to the mountain to look for people.

"Giving birth to a child..."

The village chief's wife's eyes were filled with reluctance, for she knew her son would most likely be in great danger.

But if the son doesn't go, the whole family will suffer.

They did nothing wrong, but why are they the ones suffering?

"Mom and Dad, don't worry, I'll be back soon..."

Xu Sheng looked at his family with longing, then limped towards the mountain again, leading the officers and soldiers.

Not only that, the officers and soldiers even took the Liu family hostage.

If Liu Yuner cannot be found, the Liu family will most likely be left on the mountain.

...

Three days later, when Yu Jingling and his family returned to the village, the incident had come to an end.

There was still no trace of Wu Zexing and Liu Yuner.

And those so-called "officers and soldiers" were nothing but a bunch of impostors.

After Xu Sheng led them up the mountain, the village chief, who had been beaten up, felt more and more that something was fishy.

He quickly sent people to the county government to investigate, only to find out that the identities of these people were unknown and they were not real soldiers at all.

After the county magistrate understood the whole story, he quickly dispatched a group of yamen runners to the scene.

However, the fake officers and soldiers who went to the mountain had already disappeared without a trace.

Xu Sheng returned safely, and apart from the injuries he had suffered previously, he had no new injuries.

But the Liu family was in a miserable state. Not only were they beaten up again, they were also nearly buried alive.

Not only did their muscles and bones suffer injuries, but their hearts were also shrouded in thick shadows that they would probably not be able to get rid of in a short period of time.

"Fortunately we ran fast."

Luo Zhitao was still frightened. If they hadn't been so smart and left the village early after receiving the news, her whole family would have been implicated.

At the beginning, they did not want to give the hero and heroine more time to develop their feelings, so they spent a lot of money to hire someone to inform the young marquis's family, so that the young marquis's family could know Wu Zexing's whereabouts earlier and then send someone to pick him up.

However, what is unexpected is that there is a traitor in the young marquis's family, and someone does not want the young marquis to return alive.

They secretly found a group of robbers, disguised themselves as soldiers, and attempted to secretly take Wu Zexing away and kill him.

Unfortunately, the plan did not succeed, and the only ones who suffered were the Liu family and the village chief's family.

"Why haven't the hero and heroine come back yet? Were they eaten by a tiger?"

Luo Zhitao also knew that this conjecture was extremely impossible.

The hero and heroine will not die so easily.

Influenced by the halo of the male and female protagonists, the two may have already sparked love and made a promise to be a couple for life.

"I'll go to the mountains tomorrow morning."

The male and female protagonists seemed to have slipped out of their control, and Yu Jingling didn't like this feeling.

Decided to go to the mountains to find out the whereabouts of the two people first, and then formulate the next plan.

"I'll go with you!"

Luo Zhitao was also very curious, what stage the two of them had reached now?

"Okay, I'll send the child to Zhao Niu's house tomorrow."

Looking at Luo Zhitao's curious eyes, Yu Jingling stroked her hair lovingly and decided to send the two light bulbs away.

It’s a good opportunity to enjoy the long-lost world of two people.

"Xiao Tao!"

The two were looking at each other affectionately and were about to kiss.

Luo's mother's voice came from outside the door.

"Mom, why are you here?"

Seeing that only Luo's mother was there, Luo Zhitao's attitude became a little cold.

Luo's mother is not like Luo's father. There is almost no place for her in her heart.

Since she got married, Luo's mother rarely visited.

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