After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 482: Separated

Upon hearing this, the magistrate's face darkened further, and he let out a sigh after a long while.

"Does the Crown Princess really have to go in like this?"

"What, do you think you can stop me?"

The magistrate's face darkened further, clearly indicating that he wanted to say something more. He hadn't expected Lin Rusi to say that at this moment.

But Lin Rusi wasn't going to give him a chance and walked straight up to him.

"Is this because there's danger inside, or is there something shady going on?"

Upon hearing this question, the county magistrate froze on the spot, and it took him a while to finally move to the other side with difficulty.

Knowing that she dared not stop him, she frowned again and couldn't help but look at the guards in the corner.

The other party didn't move, but simply pointed to a place further away.

“If you don’t want to go in, then the county magistrate will be waiting for you outside the mountain.”

"Of course, there is no problem. Please trust that my men can provide immediate assistance."

Lin Rusi ignored the other person's words and led everyone to walk quickly outside.

Because it was too dangerous here, it was easy to get in.

"Isn't this too reckless, Madam? You should know that this place isn't very safe, and we don't have as many people as the local bullies."

“The local bully still has to bow to power, and…”

There are already people assigned to guard the outside, so there shouldn't be too much danger.

But what Lin Rusi didn't expect was that as soon as they went in, another group of people broke into the mountains from an unguarded corner.

"Given the speed at which the Crown Princess and the others are moving, they should already be deep inside. Do you think they'll be able to get out?"

"Who knows? After all, this place is too eerie, and there are probably many ferocious beasts inside that are likely to be in grave danger."

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but pause in silence for a moment to mourn the person who had the greatest difficulty in getting out.

But they quickly forgot about those things and just sat there doing whatever they were doing.

However, Lin Rusi did not go forward directly at this time. Instead, she hid in the woods and listened to the voices outside before nodding to the person and leaving.

There are only a few roads here, and soon we saw broken tree branches and various other things that had been vandalized.

The group exchanged glances and immediately realized that it must have been that person who made it. They squatted down and searched among the marks to find any evidence that Li Jingyang had made them.

But the greater the expectation, the smaller the hope. After searching around, he saw a knife mark of completely different depth.

"It's not that the Crown Prince cares, but could these marks have been caused by someone chasing after us?"

"It's not impossible; the direction in which the mark was made is a bit strange."

After gesturing for a while, the two then told Lin Rusi the news.

Having confirmed the presence of traces, she naturally didn't stop and continued rushing quickly into the messy bushes.

The people behind also rushed forward, but because of the constantly changing environment, they couldn't catch up with Lin Rusi, who hadn't practiced her martial arts.

"lady!"

"No, Madam is focused on the investigation and can't hear us at all."

The guard had no choice but to draw his long sword, quickly cut down the oncoming tree branch, and rush forward at top speed.

Even with all her efforts, she still managed to separate from her loved one.

"Which direction did you turn from last?"

"I didn't see it, but there are still some tracks on the ground, so we can catch up."

Lin Rusi realized that she had left the people behind her, and thinking that someone was attacking her from behind, she dared not stop and continued to run forward.

He waited until there was no more noise before stopping and carefully sitting down in a corner, preparing to wait for the guards to find him.

But as soon as she sat down, before she could even exhale, the pungent smell of blood made her frown.

Are there still injured wild animals here?

After all, there are some differences between human blood and beast blood, and Lin Rusi was able to tell the difference.

I cautiously turned my head and saw a wild beast with its mouth wide open, spitting out a pungent smell of blood. I couldn't help but let out a scream.

Why was there not a sound just now?

Receiving no response, Lin Rusi dared not stop, and instead rushed to a dense patch of grass using both hands and feet.

Before they could even steady themselves, a roar came from behind.

It really wasn't fake.

Lin Rusi couldn't hold back her tears. She wiped them away with one hand to make sure she could see the road clearly, while struggling to push aside the branches with the other.

But there were too many things to see clearly, and with a slip of the foot, the whole person tumbled down the hillside.

Fortunately, it rained yesterday, and the hard soil was washed away and softened, so I didn't feel much pain when I fell.

Lin Rusi dared not stop. She forcefully pushed herself up with both hands, trying to run again, but a sharp pain shot through her ankle.

Without even thinking, I knew it must be a sprained ankle, and I couldn't stop the tears from washing away the dust.

"Jingyang, you bastard, if I find out where you're hiding, I'll make you pay for this!"

After letting out a roar, Lin Rusi remembered the sound and immediately covered her mouth with her hand, quickly looking up at the slope above her head.

I don't know if they felt they didn't want to come down because they were so high up, but after a long while they couldn't see any figure, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"There shouldn't be much danger now, but the biggest problem is..."

How should she get out, and where is that guy hiding now?

Lin Rusi glanced at the gloomy sky and guessed that it was very likely to rain soon. She could only turn around and stand up with difficulty.

He randomly picked a tree trunk and quickly hopped forward on one foot.

He was still looking for a cave, but a pile of corpses suddenly appeared in front of him, and he frowned and moved backward with difficulty.

But upon seeing a mark, he couldn't contain his excitement and threw down the stick, rushing forward to examine each corpse one by one.

"These are all people whose necks were severed by swords, so this was done by someone?"

Thinking of this possibility, she immediately looked around, mimicking the actions of the guards searching for Li Jingyang.

Whether it was due to her sharp eyesight or some connection between the two, Lin Rusi actually found a different bloodstain.

The reason it's different is simply because there's another piece of cloth belonging to humans underneath.

The color was somewhat dark, indicating that it had been there for a long time. Lin Rusi immediately rushed towards the direction of the bloodstain.

But she forgot that she had twisted her leg and fell to the ground after taking only a few steps.

Lin Rusi ignored all that, struggled to her feet, rubbed her aching feet, and continued walking forward.

After walking for about an hour, she still hadn't found any clues about Li Jingyang.

Just as Lin Ru was about to give up, the rain suddenly started falling and hitting her, forcing her to find a place to take shelter.

Finally remembering the abandoned guards, she found a nearby spot and carefully lit a fire with a tinderbox.