The best ring

Wu Fan's attitude touched Xu Dashan's heart. He had followed Ran Guang for many years before, but he had never gained such trust from Ran Guang.

Because of the small number of people and everyone riding horses, the group traveled at a fast speed.

An hour later.

"Sir, Ran Guang and his team are stationed in the small mountain village ahead." Xu Dashan pointed to a small mountain village in the distance and said to Wu Fan.

Wu Fan nodded and said, "Everyone slow down and move forward carefully."

"Yes!"

The team continued to move forward, but the speed was much slower than before, and everyone was also much more cautious. Tang San even brought the guards of Wu Mansion to protect Wu Fan.

However, the group did not encounter any rebel sentry along the way, and the process of moving forward was very smooth. Until they approached the small mountain village, they still did not see a single figure.

This is not normal!

After all, Ran Guang is one of the three major forces around Qingyuan County, and he has a large number of troops under his command. The small mountain village in front of them is so small. The group has already approached the small mountain village, and they should be able to see some people.

However, in everyone's sight, there was not a single rebel.

"Sir, wait!"

When Wu Fan was about to enter the village with his men, Tang San stopped him.

"Sir, be careful of an ambush. I'll take people over to take a look."

Wu Fan looked at the small mountain village and said to Tang San, "Be careful."

Tang San nodded.

After that, Tang San led some of the guards of the Wu Mansion into the small mountain village and searched the small mountain village inside and outside.

Only after confirming that there was no ambush inside and outside the small mountain village did he notify Wu Fan to enter the village.

"Sir, judging from the situation at the scene in the village, they should have left for several days, and they were very calm when they left, without any panic." Tang San reported to Wu Fan who had entered the village.

Wu Fan nodded and looked at the environment in the village. It was obvious that there were traces of a large army stationed here. Ran Guang and others had indeed been stationed here, but when they left, they took away everything they could take away from the small mountain village.

"It seems that your previous guess was correct." Wu Fan said to Xu Dashan.

"Ran Guang is naturally cautious. I have been out of contact for a while, so he must have evacuated." Xu Dashan said to Wu Fan: "However, your Excellency does not seem to be too surprised or disappointed?"

Wu Fan smiled and did not answer Xu Dashan's question, but asked in return: "Then can you still find Ran Guang?"

From the content of the second ring task, Wu Fan had already guessed the current situation before coming, so he was not too surprised or disappointed.

The problem now is how to find Ran Guang. This is not only related to Wu Fan's serial tasks, but also to the safety of Qingyuan County and the old emperor's imperial edict.

So, Ran Guang must be found.

However, this will not be too easy. From the emergency evacuation of Ran Guang, it can be seen that Ran Guang is indeed very cautious and scheming. This time he escaped, and it would not be easy to find him again.

"It's a bit difficult." Xu Dashan frowned slightly: "Ran Guang moved away because of my loss of contact, so he must have thought that I might betray him. From what I have known about him for so many years, he has never really trusted anyone, so the new place he chose to stay must be unknown to me, and he must be on guard against me."

"However, after all, I have followed him for many years and I still know him a little. I believe that through some clues, I can find him!" Xu Dashan said: "But, I need their help."

Xu Dashan pointed at Tang San and others.

Tang San is responsible for the intelligence work around Wu Fan. Xu Dashan knows about this matter. Now we need to find someone, and it is obvious that Tang San can help.

"Okay." Wu Fan nodded and said to Tang San: "Tang San, you cooperate with Xu Dashan, his words are my words, you two must find Ran Guang as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir!" Tang San and Xu Dashan said at the same time.

"Since the real master is not here, let's go back first." Wu Fan said to everyone.

Everyone returned immediately.

Not long after Wu Fan and his companions left the dilapidated mountain village, a figure climbed out of a dry well. He looked at Wu Fan and his companions from a distance, and then immediately left in another direction.

Half an hour later.

In a dense forest, the man from the mountain village was standing in front of a young man with a delicate appearance.

This young man was about the same age as Wu Fan, and had a very delicate appearance. If he put on women's clothes, he would definitely be a beauty. He looked feminine and did not have much masculinity of a man.

However, the people in the huge forest occasionally looked at this young man with fear in their eyes.

This man was the leader of one of the three major rebel forces near Qingyuan County, Ran Guang!

"Commander, just as you expected, Xu Dashan has rebelled, and he has taken his men to the small mountain village." The man who came out of the small mountain village was none other than Ran Guang's men. A few days ago, when Ran Guang had just lost contact with Xu Dashan, he took his men away from the small mountain village. However, he did not evacuate all the people, and he left a spy behind.

This spy was the person standing in front of him. He was thin and could just hide in the narrow dry well. He had been staying in the dry well for the past few days to gather intelligence. Although Tang San and others searched the small mountain village inside and outside, they still couldn't find him. It was because the dry well had been abandoned for many years and the well mouth was too narrow. They didn't expect that there was still someone hiding there.

"Xu Dashan..." Ran Guang called Xu Dashan's name softly. He was not hysterical or violent, but he still made the people around him feel a little cold.

As soon as he lost contact with Xu Dashan, Ran Guang, who was cautious by nature, gave the order to retreat. Facts also proved that his guess was correct. Xu Dashan really betrayed him.

However, Ran Guang didn't have the slightest joy of guessing right. No one likes to be betrayed, especially by someone who he values ​​and has followed for many years. This feeling is not good.

"How many people are they?" Ran Guang broke the silence and asked.

"Not many, about two or three hundred people." The spy replied.

"Two or three hundred people?!" Ran Guang, who had always been calm and did not show too much excitement even when he knew that he was betrayed by his generals, showed a look of shock at this time.

This surprised the people around Ran Guang, because they rarely saw such an expression on Ran Guang's face. Most of the time, Ran Guang had an indifferent expression, even with a smile on his face. Such an obviously shocked expression was rarely seen on his face.

It can be seen that Ran Guang's heart was definitely not calm at this time.