The Proud Prince and the Arrogant Princess

"I've fallen into his trap!" Mu Sheng said this as he rushed out with his sword. Xue Ruoyun followed closely behind, following him. Although Xue Duan Sheng and the others hadn't figured out the situation for the time being, they were bound to be able to follow him out.

When they rushed to the edge of the ditch, they saw that everyone was still working hard, as if nothing had happened.

"What about the others?" Mu Rong Zhan stepped forward and asked.

"Who is it?" An old man raised his head, not knowing who Mu Ying was asking.

"Oh, it's you, Young Master Mu." The others also greeted Mu Ying.

"Young Master Mu, you're here. Who is this?" Everyone exclaimed in admiration when they saw the beautiful Xue Ruyun beside Mu Ying.

Seeing that no one seemed to be aware of the danger yet was still chatting casually, Mu Ying didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Weren't there a few young women just now? Where are they?" Mu Yong asked solemnly, full of anxiety.

Seeing Mu Ying's anxious expression, everyone gradually realized that something was amiss.

"You said those girls just now. They just went to bring some lunch. They said that they want to cook lunch for everyone." The old man shoveled in the dirt and straightened up.

"When did they leave? Why haven't they returned yet?" Mu Ying was even more worried.

"He went for a while. He should be here soon." After the old man finished speaking, he also felt that something was amiss.

"What time is it now? They haven't come back yet. Did something happen to them?"

At this moment, everyone gathered around, and Old Man Li realized that his daughter had indeed been gone for a long time, longer than usual. Just a moment ago, he had been too busy at work and hadn't paid attention to it. But now, only now did he realize that something was amiss with the question. The others realized that their daughter had also been gone for a long time.

"Aiya, my daughter …" Old Man Li panicked when he heard this. He threw down the shovel and rushed home.

"You guys should hurry up and search around to see if there are any traces of them." Mu Ying instructed the hidden guard.

"There's no need to look for them. I'm guessing they must have been caught." Xue Luoyun said.

"They made the first move in the county magistrate court, purposely luring us away. Then he would return and make a move on the woman on the side of the ditch. "It seems like we've already planned for it. If we go now, it will be in vain."

"Blame me for being careless!" Mu Sheng was extremely infuriated as he punched the willow tree.

Xue Ruyun quickly pulled him over and sat him down.

"It's useless to be in a hurry right now. Hurry up and see who it is that's lost. Searching for clues."

Only after hearing Xue Ruyun's words did Xue Li and the others come to their senses. He understood why Xue Ruyun and the others said that it was bad just now. So it turned out to be like this.

"Quick, take a look at how many people have been lost." As soon as Mu Yong sat down, he quickly gave the order.

The guard counted six women missing.

"It's all my fault for being so careless." Mu Sheng was filled with regret. Yun Zhi was also secretly vexed. If she hadn't come looking for Mu Ying to win just now, she wouldn't have given him the opportunity to do so.

"This can't be blamed on you," Xue Ruyun went up to comfort her, "Who would have thought they would do this? Our top priority right now is to quickly find clues and save them. Even sighing here is useless."

"Right, right, we have to quickly think of a way." Xue Duan Sheng hurriedly agreed with them.

"Wei Ming, find out the information about these missing girls first. Let's go to their home and have a look. Didn't they just go missing on the way back to cook?" On the way here, we'll carefully investigate, and maybe we'll find some clues. " Xue Ruyun instructed.

They quickly walked towards the missing woman's house. The closest place to the ditch was the home of Lotus Harvester. According to Old Man Li, she should have been the last one to leave, and she was the last one to go missing.

At the Lotus Harvester house, his mother recalled that she had indeed come to his house at noon. Then he went out with his basket.

"Then she must have gone back after cooking. It must have only been gone for a short while. If we chase after it, we might be able to save it. Xue Ruyun cried out in alarm.

"Hurry up, we'll look for it on this trip." Lotus Harvesting is a very smart and astute woman, she should leave us something. " Mu Ying ordered.

"Yes sir!" The guard accepted the order and searched carefully, not sparing even an inch of land.

"Your Highness, what do you think this is?" Wei Ming reported, holding a piece of cloth in his hand.

"Let me see." Mu Sheng took it.

"Aiya, this is the cloth on my daughter's clothes. Aiya, my poor daughter, what happened?" Old Man Li instantly recognized the owner of the cloth strip. He looked around in panic, beating his chest and stomping his feet in worry, almost fainting on the spot. The veins on his forehead were popping out, and they were being wrapped tightly by his shriveled skin. One by one, they nearly popped out of his body.

"Old man, don't worry. We will definitely save your daughter. Don't be agitated. Be careful of your body." Xue Ruyun helped the old man sit under a large tree, consoling him.

"Where did you find it?" "Quick, take me there." Mu Ying took the cloth and followed the dark guard.

He saw that there were some threads hanging from a broken branch.

"Keep chasing!" Mu Ying said as he chased after him. He saw a group of people searching in all directions. Indeed, not far from the tree branches, he found another piece of cloth that was hooked onto his clothes.

"This is also for Lotus Harvester. This way." Xue Ruyun picked up the cloth and looked at it, then he quickly chased after him.

However, after chasing for a while, they were unable to find any more clues.

Xue Ruyun wrinkled her nose and sneezed. Her nose was the most sensitive. She stopped and closed her eyes. She could faintly smell the fragrance of the powder in the air. The smell was quite strong.

"She must be somewhere nearby. Quickly, everyone look for her." Xue Luoyun said happily.

"Lotus Harvester, Lady Lotus Harvester!" Mu Sheng was the first to shout out loud, and the others followed suit, shouting as they searched. Xue Ruyun also wrinkled his nose, searching for this fragrance.

Slowly, after looking for a while, they arrived at the entrance of the cave. He saw that the outside of the cave was filled with thorns. These thorns were abnormally sharp, much like sharp knives. If a person were to pass inside, they would definitely be cut into pieces.

The guards stopped and came over. There was a huge hornet's nest at the entrance of the cave. The hornets were buzzing as if warning the people who tried to break in to turn them into a sieve as soon as they went in.

"My lord, there can't be anyone inside." Xue Duan Sheng covered his nose and mouth as he spoke. It seemed that there were no people inside.

"We'll look elsewhere." Mu Ying glanced at it and was about to turn around.

"But I feel that there's something in here, and look at these hornets, they seem to be flying in." Xue Luoyun observed everything in detail, pointing at the cave entrance as he spoke.

"Lotus Harvester, are you inside?" Mu Ying shouted loudly towards the inside.

"Your Highness, be careful." Xue Duan Sheng warned as he was afraid that the hornets would attack Mu Sheng.

Mu Ying did not care about all this, but he still shouted at the top of his lungs. He continued to shout a few times. When he felt that there was no one inside, he would turn around and search.

Suddenly, he heard a faint voice from inside, "I'm here. Help …" Then a woman covered in blood came out, supported by a stone wall, beckoned to them, and threw herself at the door of the cave.

"It's Lotus Harvester!" Mu Sheng cried out in alarm, hurriedly ordering his secret guards to save them.

A few people lit torches, and after the smoke had blown away the hornets, a guard used a light skill to fly in and carry Lotus out.

Her body was covered with wounds, especially her leg, which was badly mutilated by the thorns, and was bleeding profusely. The wasps had stung him in several places, causing his skin to swell up and he was being stared at by egg-sized pustules.

Seeing that the Lotus Harvester was in a critical state and unconscious, Mu Ying quickly ordered some people to carry her to the county magistrate court for rescue.

After being rescued by the county yamen doctor, in the afternoon, Lotus Harvester finally woke up.

She slowly opened her eyes. "Where am I?"

"Are you alright, Lotus Harvester?" Mu Ying went up and asked in concern.

Seeing that Young Master Mu was so concerned about her, Cai Lian felt embarrassed. She struggled to sit up and said, "Young Master Mu, did you save me? Thank you." Lotus Harvester stretched out his hand with great effort, boldly holding onto Mu Ying's hand, his eyes filled with infatuation.

"You're welcome. What happened?" Mu Sheng didn't notice that she was holding her hand. Instead, she anxiously asked her about the situation at that time.

"That's right, Miss Lian. Tell us quickly what happened." When Xue Ruyun saw me, Mu Ying, his eyes were filled with adoration and love. He was a little jealous in his heart, so he quickly pulled on Mu Lian's hand and asked.

"I, I can't remember." When Lotus had just awoken, her head was still unclear from the hornet's poison.

"Slowly think about it, were you taken away by someone just now, and then how did you get to that cave?" Xue Ruyun slowly guided her.

"Just now, I was going to make lunch and then take the basket out the door … Ah, there's a ghost! " Lotus suddenly cried out, her face filled with fear.

"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid. You're safe now …" Xue Ruyun hugged Lotus Harvester in his arms and comforted her with a gentle voice, afraid of her back. After a while, the shivering Lotus Harvester finally calmed down.

"What the hell is going on? Where did this ghost come from?" Seeing that Lotus Harvester had calmed down, Mu Sheng hurriedly asked.

"She's human, but she's wearing a ghost mask. It's scary." Lotus Harvester said with a face full of fear.

"Quickly tell us the details." His life was in danger, and he still wanted to quickly save her daughter.

"This afternoon, after Young Master Mu left, I thought that everyone was hungry, so I followed my sisters back to make dinner. I wanted to bring it back for everyone to eat." Lotus Harvester recalled.

"On the way, a big brother just so happens to have something to do, so I'll chat with him as we go …" This big brother was one of Mu Sheng's secret guards. Perhaps it was due to the fact that there were other dark guards accompanying him that he was not caught previously.

"After we got home, I quickly prepared some food. When I thought that it was time for lunch, I carried the basket back. "I didn't expect that a black shadow would suddenly come from behind when we were passing by a small path in the forest."