Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

"Damn it, are you guys seeing things? That kid, he didn't come back behind our backs, did he?!"

"There shouldn't be any. We clearly followed the bloodstains and footprints there. There were also bloodstains and footprints at the entrance of the cave. It all matches up!"

We can only see those going in, not those coming out! The people should still be inside the cave!

"Pah, nonsense! In a cave, in a cave! Don't you have eyes?"

The cave was so small, and there were no other exits. I turned it upside down. And you're telling me the person was inside? Are you blind?!

"I...I don't know what happened either. Everyone thought he would hide in that cave. Who would have thought that it was just a smokescreen he put on us!"

"So which direction should we search now? This forest is so vast, and apart from the bloodstains at the cave entrance, there are no other footprints indicating where the person left. It's like they vanished into thin air!"

"Bah! I don't care which direction you search, just spread out and search in all directions, using this place as the center!"

I've already sent people to guard the cave. As soon as he appears around the cave, he'll be spotted by our people immediately!

Look around here too; maybe he just wandered over there for a bit and then came back to hide.

The First Prince has said that he wants to see the person alive or dead; you must bring them back!

As soon as the mistress finished speaking, the group of people following behind her quickly scattered and searched the woods.

They were speaking quite loudly, and Ji Yunshu, perched on a treetop, listened to the whole thing. As Xiao San and the others drew closer, her heart skipped a beat.

Looking towards Xie Moyao on the cliff.

Xiao San and the others are still searching in the woods. If they walk a few more steps, they will be back near the pool.

At this moment, Xie Moyao was directly above the pool, his figure hanging there clearly.

As soon as Xiao San'er and the others returned to the vicinity of the pond, they could see Xie Moyao hanging in mid-air!

Xie Moyao clearly noticed what was happening below. He was hanging in mid-air when another gust of wind blew, making his body sway back and forth.

He calmed himself down and tried to hide his figure in the cliff so that the mistress and her group wouldn't see him.

If he were discovered, he would have no choice but to charge down at the cost of his life.

"Put this thing back first, they'll see it later." This was said to the surveillance camera.

Meanwhile, on the treetops on the other side, Ji Yunshu also heard Xie Moyao's words. She glanced at Xie Moyao on the cliff, and then looked at Xiao San and the others who were walking towards them.

Ji Yunshu's heart was pounding.

"No, you'll be too conspicuous hanging here. They'll spot you as soon as they get closer."

After thinking for a moment, Ji Yunshu continued, "I'll move the drone closer to the bottom. There are two handles, one on the left and one on the right."

"When I transported things before, I used ropes to tie it to the handles. You held onto those two handles, and I piloted the drone to bring you over."

The action was somewhat dangerous.

But as long as Xie Moyao holds on tightly to the drone, it shouldn't be a problem.

Hearing Ji Yunshu's words, Xie Moyao nodded and agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, bring the drone over here."

He had seen Ji Yunshu's drone before, when he got separated from Xie Mohuan and the others.

Ji Yunshu used drones to deliver things to Xie Mohuan and Xie Mu.

Ji Yunshu piloted the drone, slowly descending it to Xie Moyao's right.

"I've almost stabilized the drone. First, grab your right hand and hoist yourself up, then put your left hand up."

Although the drone can support a weight of two or three hundred pounds, the machine is still too small, and it's currently in mid-air, with occasional gusts of wind causing it to shake.

Ji Yunshu could only wait for Xie Moyao to place one hand on the drone first, stabilizing the entire drone before pressing down with the rest of his weight.

This way, when she controls the drone, it won't suddenly gain more than 100 pounds of weight and tip over.

Without hesitation, Xie Moyao remembered Ji Yunshu's words, grabbed the vines on the cliff edge with his left hand, and slowly reached his right hand toward the drone's hanging point.

As soon as he placed his hand on it, the drone tilted slightly.

Ji Yunshu was also manipulating the controller in her hand, trying her best to keep the drone in balance.

As the wind blew, the drone's fuselage swayed from side to side.

The more the drone shook, the calmer Ji Yunshu became.

The voices of the mistress and others below grew closer.

Ji Yunshu seemed not to hear at all, focusing intently on operating the drone in her hands.

Xie Moyao didn't react much either. He trusted Ji Yunshu; if Ji Yunshu said it was okay, then it was okay.

He hung on the drone's wall and, after confirming that the drone had gradually stabilized, he slowly put all his strength into the drone.

He remained on the drone until it lifted him up slightly to make sure it wouldn't tip over.

He slowly removed his left hand from the vine and gently reached for the other hanging part of the drone.

As he was suspended from the drone, the wooden vines on the cliff instantly relaxed.

The stone wall beneath his feet loosened, and some pebbles rolled down the cliff.

Ji Yunshu seized the opportunity and quickly piloted the drone into the air.

The place where Xie Moyao was located was not very far from the ground, but it was definitely not close either.

Ji Yunshu was worried that the people below would discover Xie Moyao's whereabouts, so she first piloted the drone to take him into the thick fog. After confirming that the people below could not see him, she then found another direction and dropped him down.

Fortunately, Xie Moyao possessed some martial arts skills, so hanging on the drone didn't feel too tiring.

"Thump, thump, thump..."

As several stones fell into the pool, they made some faint sounds.

Just then, Xiao San and his men were near the pool, and the sound of stones falling into the water clearly reached his ears.

The mistress keenly sensed something amiss, quickly walked to the edge of the pond, saw the ripples in the water, narrowed her eyes, and then looked up at the cliff.

A gentle breeze blew, and the vines on the cliff swayed back and forth, making it look from below as if someone was hanging in mid-air.

The mistress's eyes lit up, and she quickly waved and shouted to her subordinates around her.

"Come here, come here! Something seems to be happening over here, hurry up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, many guards ran towards him, excitedly asking,

"Where? Where is she?! Where is she?!"

Everyone was extremely anxious. The First Prince and the Second Prince had both given a strict order: they had to see the person alive or dead. Whether the person was alive or dead, they had to bring them back!

They were extremely anxious after searching for so long without finding any trace of them.