Chapter 1042: A Step Late

The hunter's throat was injured, but fortunately the aorta was not injured. Maybe the person who stabbed him slightly missed the target and stabbed him shallowly, so the hunter didn't die on the spot.

Yang Yiyi used a set of golden needles to stop the bleeding, then sprinkled medicine on the wound and took out a roll of bandage to wrap it. If the bleeding was stopped in time, he wouldn't die.

The trouble is that this guy fainted due to excessive blood loss, so it's unlikely that he can ask questions.

"Brother Li, what should we do now?"

When he was in a dilemma, he asked Li Chengxi for help, and Li Chengxi was also thinking about it.

He thought about it and was about to speak when Yang Yiyi suddenly heard a commotion not far away, as if someone was shouting "someone is dead".

The village was not big, and it might be that some villagers found the dead woodcutter, and it was only a matter of time before they found the hunter.

"Go through the window and leave here first."

The people of Jianghu carrying weapons, one dead and one seriously injured, not to mention that Yang Yiyi had just asked someone to find out. If the villagers blocked them, it would be very troublesome.

Since the princess was found missing, the best time to rescue her was within two or three hours. It was impossible to run too far in these few hours given the traffic conditions here, so it was the right decision for the imperial guards to block the villages and traffic arteries around Wangyun Mountain for inspection.

The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be, and the larger the search area will be. If the princess is missing for more than a day, it will literally become a needle in a haystack.

Yang Yiyi and the imperial guards have been moving very quickly, and they have been biting their tails every time, and every time they find clues, they gradually shorten the distance with the criminal.

So time is the most important thing now. If you want to get the princess back intact, you can't get entangled with the villagers.

Yang Yiyi got out of the hunter's window, just avoiding the villagers who were making a fuss because of the discovery of the body. Soon after leaving the village, she saw the imperial guards patrolling nearby and told them about the hunter.

Let's put aside whether this guy is dead or alive. He must be an important witness. It is much easier to let the imperial guards protect him in the name of the official than for Yang Yiyi to run away with him on her back.

As for how to track the princess, there are still some clues.

The hunter's house has a carport, but when Yang Yiyi went there, the carriage was gone. Someone must have stuffed the princess into the carriage, so Yang Yiyi only needs to follow the wheel tracks extending from the village and should be able to find the destination of the carriage.

After all, they haven't gone far, and there are not many cars in the morning. Follow the direction of the wheel tracks, interrogate the carriage when you see it, and you will eventually catch up.

What confuses Li Chengxi is that the ornament in the hunter's hand that looks like a sword tassel has a very eye-catching Tang character on it.

Tangfeng Company has a huge business. Not only do they have shops everywhere in the Ten Kingdoms of the Central Plains, but their business has even expanded to the Western Regions and the North. It is indeed a behemoth.

But no matter how big a behemoth it is, it is just a businessman. Tang Lianyu will not be related to the kidnapping of the princess, right?

Although Li Chengxi always told Yang Yiyi to be more careful when seeing Tang Lianyu, so as not to be sold and counted. But in fact, Tang Lianyu has never been bad to Yang Yiyi, and the so-called use is a win-win situation. There is no such thing as using Yang Yiyi as a gun.

Tang Lianyu, who has always left a shrewd impression on Li Chengxi, is not likely to be involved in kidnapping the princess. Not to mention the benefits, the risk is too great. If there is a relationship, Tangfeng Company's business in Liuzhou will be completely ruined, and even other Central Plains countries will be very repulsive to Tangfeng Company.

It is a bit nonsense to gamble with the ancestral foundation for benefits.

Li Chengxi felt that if it was really related to Tangfeng Company, Tang Lianyu might not know about it. In short, it was not easy to make a judgment before everything was clear.

This was also the reason why Yang Yiyi was not asked to tell the imperial guards about this matter. If she guessed right, it would be fine. If she guessed wrong, Tangfeng Company would not have an easy time in the future.

There were not many cars in the early morning. Yang Yiyi chased all the way and encountered a few carriages, but they looked like a simple merchant team.

The carriages of the hunters must be used to transport furs and mountain products to the town for sale, and none of the carriages they encountered looked like this.

The wheel tracks became less and less clear as the distance increased, and they could not be tracked in the end. However, according to the current clues, the carriage should have gone to a small town nearby.

We can only go into the city to find out.

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The noisy voices broke into the ears through the gaps in the smelly furs. The wheels seemed to have run over a stone, causing the broken car to shake.

Princess Mingzhu shook her head gently and woke up slowly.

It was dark all around, and only a little sunlight could be seen through the gaps in the fur. Because of these gaps, Princess Mingzhu could hear that she was in a market, and the hawkers' cries were very clear.

Princess Mingzhu remembered that she was chanting scriptures in the room, and suddenly she felt very sleepy. When she woke up again, she should have been carried on someone's shoulders.

The reason why I said should was that the drug had not worn off at that time, Princess Mingzhu's consciousness was not very clear, and she was not very sure of her memory.

However, this princess was not a simple person who only knew how to play and have fun. She did not panic when she found that she was carried away.

No matter what she did at this time, if she provoked the kidnappers, the princess would not end well.

So she quietly took off her jewelry and threw it on the ground, hoping to use it as a signpost.

Later, her memory began to become blurred again. It should be that the drug took effect again. She was awake again now.

The princess still did not panic. She tried to move her body first, but found that she could not move. Her hands and feet were tied up with ropes, and she was also pressed with a lot of furs. She could not move in the literal sense.

Hearing the sound of hawkers hawking, the princess knew that she might be in a town near Wangyun Mountain. She wanted to shout for help, but found that her mouth was tied with cloth strips.

Although she did not completely lose the ability to speak, she could only make a humming sound of struggle in this situation. With the obstruction of thick furs and the noisy market, it was unlikely that passers-by would find her.

Since she could not get out of trouble by her own strength for the time being, Princess Mingzhu chose to give up temporarily.

There was a reason why the princess was so calm. She knew that her identity was very important. No matter who kidnapped her, they must have achieved political goals, not just a simple robbery of women.

Since there is a political purpose, as long as Princess Mingzhu does not resist violently, the other party will not be idle and beat her up. Not provoking the kidnappers is a higher priority than escaping rashly.

So after Princess Mingzhu confirmed the current situation, she immediately stood still to avoid being discovered by the kidnappers that she was awake, and wondered who would kidnap her.

Domestic suspects can be excluded first. After all, although she is favored, she is not a threat to the throne, and the princess has no enemies. It is unlikely to be political or personal reasons.

The most suspicious is Beidi. After all, Princess Mingzhu also knows that Beidi has kidnapped Princess Rousi and tried to get Yuezhou to cooperate with Beidi's invasion of the Central Plains.

But the princess also knows that if it is really Beidi, how to transport her away is actually more difficult than kidnapping.

While thinking about countermeasures in her mind, Princess Mingzhu suddenly felt that the speed of the carriage slowed down, as if it was about to arrive.

However, the hawkers' cries could still be heard around, and they should still be in the market.

What the princess didn't understand the most was that she also heard a clattering sound, and she didn't know what it was...