Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 1040 Narrowing down the scope
There is a poison sac hidden in its mouth. When exposed, it just needs to bite lightly, causing the poison to burst and commit suicide.

Li Chengxi had only seen this operation in TV dramas, and he was very skeptical. Wouldn't he accidentally bite himself if he did this?

But then again, there is a reason why the palace guards have serious expressions.

The killer with a poison sac hidden in his mouth is obviously a assassin recruited by high-ranking officials. If he is related to the disappearance of the princess, it is very likely that it was done by high-ranking officials in Liuzhou.

The nature of this is different from the princess being kidnapped. If things go wrong, the entire Liuzhou Kingdom may be purged because of this.

Li Chengxi saw that the two men were from Anxiangtang, but before he could tell Yang Yiyi a fight broke out. During the fight, the palace guards also arrived, so it was not convenient for him to explain.

Yang Yiyi had no choice but to say that she didn't know, and then told the palace guards what had just happened.

After they heard this, their expressions seemed to become even more serious. They might have really believed that the high-ranking officials in Liuzhou were related to the disappearance of the princess. They quickly ran into the dilapidated cabin, subdued the man who was knocked unconscious by Yang Yiyi, and indeed, they took out the poison sac from his mouth.

Yang Yiyi swung the steel mace and it hit the man's jaw accidentally, leaving him no chance to bite the poison sac, but he was still alive.

The palace guards quickly searched him, they almost opened his anus to see if there was anything hidden inside. After a series of searches, they tied him up. I guess he'll be given a beating with the tiger bench and chili water soon.

However, no clues about the princess were found in the cabin, and the palace guards who had just explored separately also found nothing. The clues ended here.

After a brief discussion, they asked two palace guards to take the man back for strict interrogation, while the others continued to search.

After all, the princess has only been missing for a short time, and the thief must not have gone far. If we split up and chase him now, we may be able to catch up with him.

Before leaving, the palace guards gave Yang Yiyi a few more "firecrackers". This thing is really useful. If you find something, you can blow the whistle to call people at any time.

The palace guards were very nervous about this. If it was really done by a high-ranking official, then the matter would be even more serious.

But Li Chengxi had a different opinion. He felt that the two killers from Anxiangtang were shot while lying down.

Not to mention that Anxiangtang has always avoided provoking the imperial court. If they really were the ones who kidnapped the princess, why would they only leave these two people behind to cover their retreat?

To take a step back, if it was Anxiangtang who did it, who commissioned it?
The North?
How do we transport the people away?

After the incident with Princess Rousi, all the ten countries in the Central Plains that were on the coast conducted a thorough investigation of maritime transport to see if anyone involved in maritime transport was colluding with the North. To still want to take the water route at this juncture would be to walk into a trap.

Going by land, Liuzhou State is not close to the Northland at all. Not to mention the long night and the many dreams, the war in the Northland is imminent, the border has been closed for a long time, and no one can enter or leave. In this case, if you want to secretly transport people out...

Considering the success rate, the possibility of Anxiangtang kidnapping the princess is very low. Li Chengxi is more inclined to believe that the people from Anxiangtang just followed Yang Yiyi and were looking for an opportunity to attack, and they happened to be shot while lying down.

The possibility is too low. Unless there is more evidence, it is unlikely that Anxiangtang did it. Once that man wakes up, a severe torture should yield some results.

However, we cannot just wait for news during this period of time. We must pursue the matter, but there must be some method. Pursuing it blindly will cause a lot of trouble.

After all, Wangyun Mountain is not a small mound. The terrain here is complex and the forests are dense, so hiding a few people is just a piece of cake.

Li Chengxi thought about it carefully. You see, when I found blood on the leaves earlier, I clearly noticed that the blood had not coagulated. Regardless of why there was blood, this alone was enough to prove that the person who kidnapped the princess had just passed by not long ago, not even ten minutes ago. But Yang Yiyi and a group of imperial guards chased after him all the way, but they couldn't find any trace at all.

What does this mean?
Either the thief who kidnapped the princess was extremely skilled in martial arts, and he could carry a person weighing over 100 pounds and walk very fast, so Yang Yiyi and the others could not catch up at all.

Or, this thief is extremely familiar with the environment of Wangyun Mountain and knows every tree and blade of grass by heart.

Li Chengxi personally prefers the latter, because if it was a person with outstanding Qinggong skills, Yang Yiyi and the others would not have seen any footprints on the ground when chasing them all the way. Compared with terrain with a lot of grass and vines on the ground, a person with outstanding Qinggong skills would be obviously faster walking on the treetops.

So, who is very familiar with Wangyun Mountain?
Of course it’s the locals, especially those living in the villages and towns at the foot of Wangyun Mountain.

Moreover, if it were an outsider, it would be unlikely that he would know the secret passage leading to Lingyun Temple. After all, even the people of Lingyun Temple themselves don’t know about this secret passage. It is only possible that someone who is very familiar with Wangyun Mountain accidentally discovered the secret passage cave leading to Lingyun Temple.

The other is the testimony from the locals, that is, up to now there is still no news of finding the person.

The forest is not the grove in the park. The terrain is complicated. No matter how skilled you are, if you enter an unfamiliar forest, you will get lost on the spot.

Especially when the princess was kidnapped, it was still dark and pitch black. In this situation, Yang Yiyi and the others were unable to catch up with him, which in itself shows that this person is very familiar with the forests of Wangyun Mountain.

I just don’t understand why people near Wangyun Mountain would kidnap the princess.

After all, he had no clue and couldn't figure out the problem, so Li Chengxi decided not to think about it for the time being.

From another perspective, if you are carrying a person weighing over 100 pounds, you definitely cannot go to a town.

Even though it's daybreak now, the city gates won't open until a certain time. Carrying a person up the city wall is somewhat suicidal.

Therefore, Li Chengxi thought that the criminal should be someone who lived in a village near Wangyun Mountain and was very familiar with the mountains and forests. He was able to take the princess out of Wangyun Mountain even though the palace guards had blocked the nearby traffic arteries.

This range was suddenly narrowed a lot.

After telling Yang Yiyi about his speculation, he told her that it would be better if she didn't wander around the mountain, otherwise she might get lost again.

Let Yang Yiyi leave the forest first, go back to the steps leading down the mountain, and then take this road directly down the mountain.

There are many villages and towns around Wangyun Mountain. It is impossible to narrow down the location of where the criminal lives, so we can only search one by one according to the distance.

As soon as I got down the mountain, I saw some palace guards passing by. They were the people patrolling and blocking the area at the foot of the mountain. After asking around, I found out that no suspicious people were walking on the main road.

The good news is that since the princess's visit to Lingyun Temple was decided from the beginning, the imperial guards also sent people to investigate the environment around Lingyun Temple in advance to facilitate their deployment of defenses.

Therefore, the palace guards had maps with nearby villages, towns and terrain marked on them, which made it much easier to find them.

(End of this chapter)