Jiang Xixi was originally resentful of her, but now seeing her say this, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "It's gone? It's only less than an hour since we were separated. How could this very living person disappear if he doesn't say he's gone?"

The woman was no longer as domineering as before. She thrust and said, "My name is Zhong Min, the daughter of Zhong Zhiqing, the minister of the disciple. Huancui is my personal maid. She has come to Xin'an for a short stay these days. After raising incense with Huancui, we left Tianhong Temple. Halfway through the road, I saw the wild flowers in the forest blooming just in time, so I left the right road with her and walked into the forest. Unexpectedly, as I walked, the light above my head became darker and darker, and the trees around me became denser. Then I found that we both came to the depths of the forest without realizing it. Looking into the distance, the path we came to nowhere. I was afraid, so I pulled Huancui and groped forward, but when I was about to take a few steps, I heard a few strange sounds coming from behind.

When I was heading, I couldn't see anything clearly. I could only see a black shadow standing behind a big tree. Huancui was so scared that she screamed, left me and ran forward. I followed her and called her a few times, but she didn't look back. At that time, the situation was critical, so I simply stopped caring about her and ran away by myself. I don't know how long I ran, but I found myself back on the path I came when I came, but Huancui didn't know where to go. I knew that I could not find Huancui alone, so I thought of calling someone at the foot of the mountain and looking for her in the forest again." Speaking of this, she looked at Cheng Muyou with tears in her eyes, "Sir, Huancui has grown up with me since she was a child, just like my own sister. If the adults help me find her, Zhong Min would definitely be grateful."

Jiang Xixi looked at her tearsy face, snorted, tightened the braid on her head a little, rolled up her sleeves, and acted as if she was ready to go up the mountain, "No matter who she is yours, we will find it. People from Xin'an Mansion will never look at people's dishes. I hope the girl can rest assured about this."

***

The woods were dark and quiet, with towering ancient trees covering the sky, which made Cheng Muyou and Jiang Xixi's sweaty clothes soaked into a cold.

Jiang Xixi walked in front. While staring at the trunk of the shadow Tongtong in front of her, she used her long sword to push away the grass more than half a person tall beside her, and swept across the weeds under each tree shadow, fearing that she would miss any important clues. Cheng Muyou followed her and walked backwards little by little with her back. In this way, the two of them would keep everything in their eyes, leaving no chance for others to attack.

After walking in this silently for a stick of incense, Jiang Xixi couldn't help but say, "Sir, the trees are tall and lush here. If someone really ambushed them, the two girls would definitely not be able to notice it. I think the thief had already set his sights on them, followed them all the way to a hidden place, and attacked Huancui."

Cheng Muyou closed his head, "I think the same thing you think, but I don't believe what the lady said. The little maid obeyed her words, how dare she leave her alone in a crisis? Besides, if she really treated Huancui like a sister as she said, how could she run away in a hurry? If I hadn't asked her over, she would have said nothing about Huancui's danger."

Jiang Xixi said suspiciously, "My sir, is that the lady escaped by herself and threw Huancui into danger alone?" She turned her head slightly, "But why did she lie?"

Cheng Muyou smiled coldly, "People seek benefits and avoid harm. If Huancui dies, she can take advantage of this and shirk responsibility. If she is not dead, as the girl, would she dare to blame her?"

Jiang Xixi suddenly realized, shook her head and was about to sigh at the sinisterness of human feelings in the world, but suddenly heard a strange sound of "praise" in front of her. Then, several leaves fell from a high place and fell lightly beside the corner of her clothes.

"who?"

She shouted lightly, and the sword immediately crossed in front of her. The tip of the sword faced the black tree shadow in front of her. Her eyes gradually narrowed into a slit. She carefully identified the chaotic black shadow, trying to distinguish one or two from it.

"Crazy"

There was another strange sound, this time the sound came from the top of the head, as if someone jumped up from the canopy on the branches and leaves, and flew away from the place along a sudden strong wind. The wind passed by without trace, and no message was left except for the tree trunk returning to calm after a violent shaking.

Jiang Xixi was surprised. She had grown up so old that she had never seen such superb light skills. The man was so fast that he was like a gust of wind. She didn't even have time to see what he looked like. No, it should be said that before she could even see a corner of his clothes, he disappeared into the bright sky.

She was anxious, and regardless of whether she could catch up, she climbed the tree trunk with her hands and wanted to climb upwards. Before her feet were off the ground, she was stopped by Cheng Muyou, "Don't chase after you, it's important to save people."

Jiang Xixi turned around and saw Cheng Muyou staring at the grass next to her: there was a person lying there, she had a goose yellow skirt and two snail buns on her head, but who could it be if it wasn't Huancui?

***

Fortunately, Huancui just fainted, and it was not a big deal. However, the first thing she did after she woke up was not to care about where she was or whether she was injured, but stared at her confused big eyes and searched back and forth. Until she saw Zhong Min standing beside her, she seemed to finally take off the burden in her heart, stood up shakingly regardless of her physical weakness, grabbed Zhong Min's hand, and murmured: "Miss, are you okay? I was worried about Huancui just now."

Seeing her like this, Cheng Muyou knew that his guess was correct. Moreover, when he heard Huancui's tone, she didn't really care about Zhong Min, but was extremely afraid of the lady. So he cleared his throat and asked softly, "Miss Huancui, why did you faint? What did you see in the forest just now?"

Huancui was stunned when she heard his question, and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Zhong Min said from the side, "This is Master Cheng, the magistrate of Xin'an County, Huancui, tell the lord everything that happened after he got separated from me."

After hearing his lady's words, Huancui said to Cheng Muyou and the others, "I was so scared that I could only hear the sound of footsteps behind me, so I ran forward regardless of it. Unexpectedly, there was a steep slope in front of me, and I fell down as if my head had hit a stone. My eyes were black and I knew nothing."

Cheng Muyou asked, "What does the girl look like when she didn't see the person following you?"

Huancui shook her head slowly, shook her for a while and then stopped again, "Although I didn't see his appearance clearly, I smelled a very heavy burnt smell, which was a little smelly, and I wanted to gaggle after smelling it."

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