Jungle Rescue

  But as soon as the door was opened, Zhang Zhonghuan had already led Jian Gong across the archway and was about to arrive at the Chan room. Su Mei's face was steady, quickly putting Yuan Yi's veil and cloak on her own body, taking a glance at Yuan Yi's exceptionally simple attire due to burning incense, before reassuringly saying: "Miss, let's part ways."

  Yuanyi's eyes flickered, a hint of complexity flashed by, and he tightly grasped her hand. His lips moved, but in the end, he only said: "You be careful yourself, after it's safe, go to the horse carriage at the foot of the mountain."

  Su Mei nodded with a hint of a smile, opened the door, let out an awkward cry, and ran off in one direction. Yuan Yi took advantage of the opportunity to escape in the opposite direction, although Zhang Zhonghuan and most of the servants chased after Su Mei, but two people still closely followed behind her.

  She was just a young lady, how could she compare to the strong and healthy servant? Seeing that she was about to be caught up, Yuan Yi's heart skipped a beat, she dodged to the side and slipped into a dense thicket. The trees inside were sturdy, with lush leaves, after several twists and turns, the two servants who were hot on her heels quickly lost track of the person in front. They searched around relentlessly, but couldn't find anything, thinking that it was just an unimportant slave girl, they circled around a few times before leaving.

  To say again the original intention, discovered that the people behind had not caught up, immediately let out a breath of relief, also because of the intense exercise, the body could not bear the load, weakly sat on the ground.

  Because of the dense foliage, she was busy clearing a path with her hands. At that time, she didn't notice anything unusual, but now she discovered that her pale hands had been scratched by branches, leaving red marks, some of which had already seeped out fresh blood.

  Yuanyi slightly furrowed her brow, if Zhang's family found out, she would inevitably face another verbal lawsuit. Just then, a low moan suddenly entered her ears, her heart tightened, and she hastily got up to leave, but after hearing the intermittent cries for help, she hesitated several times before finally stopping in her tracks.

  In front of him, there was a large pit in the ground. Inside it, a woman lay prostrate, her whole body covered in blood. She wore coarse linen clothes, her hair disheveled and her face pale. Despite this, Yuan Yi still recognized her at a glance - she was the civilian woman who had been robbed earlier. Her foot was caught in an animal trap, and fresh blood was flowing out of it.

  "Miss, please, save me." Seeing Yuan Yi walking over carefully, her black eyes lit up and she begged tearfully.

  Although he knew that this woman was trouble, Yuan Yi ultimately couldn't bear to see her like that and helped her untie the trap, saying: "You'd better leave quickly."

  The woman was about to thank her, but the familiar voice heard her words and suddenly knelt down, holding her skirt, saying: "I recognize your voice, you are the fourth daughter of the Minister of Rites." Seeing her face turn cold in an instant, a bitter smile quickly appeared on the woman's lips, continuing: "Fourth Miss, would you be willing to listen to my story?"

  The girl had already begun to speak before the man could even respond. It turned out that this girl was not from an ordinary family, but was instead the daughter of the former Licheng Prefect, Yunniang. In the first month of the year, heavy rainfall caused the Yellow River's dike in Licheng to suddenly burst, causing widespread flooding and displacement among the people. However, the Jinan Governor hid the news and did not report it, instead simply patching up the breach and considering the matter settled. The former Licheng Prefect was an honest man who had secretly investigated the officials who had embezzled funds during the previous year's Yellow River repairs, compiling a list of their names and crimes. However, word of this got out, and his entire family was brutally murdered, with only Yunniang managing to escape, bringing the list with her as she fled to the capital.