Chapter 1036: The clue is interrupted

Originally they said there was no secret passage, but they suddenly found it. The faces of the Taoists in Lingyun Temple were quite interesting. Thinking about what they had just sworn to the imperial guards, they might get into trouble.

However, whether there will be trouble or not depends on whether the princess can be found. If she can be found, everything will be fine. If she can't be found...

That's fine, anyway, the whole family will be executed, so it doesn't matter if there are more or less charges.

When the imperial guards saw the secret passage, their eyes turned red on the spot, but fortunately they didn't lose their minds.

It's too narrow here, it's difficult for one person to walk alone, and there is no advantage in having more people. If there are traps or something, I'm afraid that as many people as go in will die.

"Please select ten guards to go down with me, and the others will stay here."

Hearing what Yang Yiyi said, the imperial guards calmed down.

The princess's disappearance is a big deal, but it's not just the princess who came out with her. Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping are the daughters of the prime minister and the general respectively, and no accidents can happen to either of them.

In order to find the princess, most of the people have been sent to block Wangyun Mountain. If someone takes advantage of the defense here to abduct Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, the imperial guards will have to die to thank the emperor for his great grace.

According to Yang Yiyi's words, they immediately arranged for the protection of Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, and quickly selected ten good hands to follow Yang Yiyi into the secret passage.

Yang Yiyi's character, don't you know it? She really took the lead, holding a candlestick and rushing in the secret passage that can only accommodate one person.

The main reason why she dared to do so was that Li Chengxi was helping her watch. If there were any traps, Li Chengxi would naturally issue a warning.

Of course, even if Li Chengxi was not watching, with Yang Yiyi's character, she would probably be a reckless hipster.

This secret passage seemed to be an underground crack that originally existed in the mountain. Later, it was simply repaired, and there were almost no traces of smoke on the surrounding rocks.

After all, in such a dark place, it is easy to get into trouble without fire. There are not many traces of smoke, which means that almost no one has walked here.

Moreover, the length of the secret passage is not too exaggerated. Ten imperial guards followed Yang Yiyi and rushed forward. After about a cup of tea, they saw a dim light in front of them.

After a while, the sky was almost bright, and what everyone saw was the slightly white light on the horizon.

Rushing over quickly, everyone swept away the vines and vegetation that blocked the way and walked out of a natural cave. Looking forward, there were only dense shadows and scattered trees.

Walking a few steps forward and looking back, you can vaguely see Lingyun Temple looming in the morning mist.

This secret passage should be an escape route used by Lingyun Temple if something happens and it is surrounded. However, no one has ever used it since it was built. Even the people of Lingyun Temple may not know it.

If the thieves invaded from here, they could indeed bypass the patrol of the imperial guards, but now they have been chased out and no trace of anyone has been found.

The overly dense vegetation and the mist all over the mountains make it difficult to find even if footprints are left.

If it really doesn't work, we can only use the stupid method, first block the entire Wangyun Mountain, and then mobilize all the government officials to search the mountain directly, and dig three feet into the ground to find the princess.

But that is a matter for the future. After walking out of the secret passage and finding no more clues, the imperial guards were so anxious that they wanted to build a wall.

At this time, Yang Yiyi felt that the jade sceptre in her arms shook again and moved in her arms, as if pulling Yang Yiyi's collar to the left.

Yang Yiyi knew that this was Li Chengxi's hint to her, and followed the guidance of the jade sceptre without saying a word. After walking a few steps, she looked down and saw a pearl hairpin falling on the lawn.

"Look, is this the princess's pearl hairpin?"

After hearing this, the imperial guards who were looking for footprints nearby all came over in a flash.

"Yes, this is indeed the princess's thing!"

"Keep looking in this direction, maybe there are more."

Although the hairpin is inserted into the hair, it is not so easy to fall off. This must be left by the princess on purpose.

Although Princess Mingzhu likes to watch the fun like a hyperactive person, she is not a naive person, and she has many ideas.

It is very likely that she found out that she was kidnapped after waking up, and knew that she could not get rid of it with her fancy tricks, so she quietly left the pearl hairpin as a clue.

Sure enough, everyone followed the direction of the red hairpin and walked forward. After a few steps, they saw an earring. Walking further, they found a rosary.

This is not the case when they just came out of Jingci Temple. Before leaving, the princess specially asked for a rosary to wear on her wrist. Now the rosary was dismantled and used as a road sign.

And as a princess, she has a lot of bits and pieces on her body. Everyone chased and searched all the way and soon found a bunch of jewelry.

——The princess really doesn't mind the weight.

The chase lasted from the dawn to the sunrise. Two guards were sent back to report the news, and the others chased all the way to the depths of Wangyun Mountain.

Wangyun Mountain is really large. Lingyun Temple is just located on the highest peak of Wangyun Mountain. As they chased, they could no longer see where Lingyun Temple was.

But there was bad news soon. The clue was broken again.

Before, we could find a rosary or something like that as a signpost at a certain distance, but now the clue was suddenly broken. I don’t know if the princess finally ran out of the bits and pieces on her body, or if she was found and knocked unconscious.

In short, the clue was completely gone.

The imperial guards were so anxious. Since the forest was full of morning mist, many of them wanted to lie on the ground and smell the footprints in order to see them clearly.

The person who kidnapped the princess must have good martial arts skills. In addition, it was dark, so it was difficult to find a few definite footprints along the way. It seemed that he was carrying the princess over the eaves and walls.

It was even more difficult to track in this situation. Even dogs were useless.

But after a round, they didn't find footprints, but found something else.

There was a large piece of blood on the leaves of a plant that looked like an orchid, and the blood was very new. If you dip your hand in it, you will find that it has not yet coagulated, which means that it was left at most ten minutes ago.

Sniffing it, there was no fishy smell of wild animals. It should not be the blood left by injured wild animals in the forest.

Could this be the princess's blood...

Whenever they thought of this possibility, the imperial guards' faces turned pale and blue like the Sichuan opera.

"The bad guy must be not far from us. Now there is no clue. Let's spread out and search."

Let's not talk about whether the bloodstains were left by the princess. Since the blood has not coagulated, it means he is nearby. We can still catch up with him before he runs far.

As for the direction...

There are several people here.

Each person in a direction, let's chase him first and talk about it later.