Chapter 464 - 464 They're here

464 They’re here

Xiao Baili took a closer look.

“It’s really Prince Yi. Why is he here?”

More importantly, he was injured.

Mother Xiao looked at the arrow on Prince Yi’s back, and his white brocade robe was dyed red.

“Let’s quickly bring him back,” she said immediately.

Prince Yi often came home to look for her son to recuperate.

Although he was a favored prince with real power, he didn’t put on any airs.

He gave people a warm and comfortable feeling.

She had a good impression of Prince Yi.

Naturally, she couldn’t leave him in the lurch.

“That’s right,” Xiao Baili also nodded. “Let’s take him back and let my elder brother take a look.”

“Whoever that is following behind me, come out!” She turned around and shouted.

As soon as she finished speaking, two secret guards jumped down from a tree.

“I’ll have to trouble you to treat his wounds and then carry him to our carriage,” Mother Xiao said politely to the two of them.

She knew that these were the people her son had sent to protect them, so she was at ease.

One of them nodded respectfully, “Yes!

This man had learned how to deal with all kinds of wounds from Xiao Hanzheng, and he had brought Xiao Hanzheng’s special hemostatic and wound-healing medicine.

He first took out a pair of white gloves and put them on, then carefully checked the arrow wound on Prince Yi’s back.

He heaved a sigh of relief when he realized it wasn’t at a life-threatening spot. Otherwise, if he pulled it out directly, he wouldn’t be saving Prince Yi, but killing him.

Then, he found a spot and pulled the arrow out.

He immediately applied hemostatic and wound-healing medicine, took out a roll of gauze he carried with him, wrapped it around Prince Yi’s wound, and fed him a pill that was specially used to treat injuries.

“The wound has been treated. Let’s hurry down the mountain.”

Mother Xiao nodded. “Okay, lead the way. We’ll follow.”

The secret guard thought the same, so he carried Prince Yi and walked in front.

Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili walked in the middle, while the other secret guard took care of the aftermath, covering the blood and footprints with mud.

Soon, a few soft whistles came from the tree.

It was from another of their secret guards who specialized in scouting.

The man carrying Prince Yi said to Mother Xiao, “Madam, there are people chasing us down there. We have to take a detour.”

Mother Xiao didn’t refuse. “Okay, we’ll follow whatever you do.”

The secret guard nodded. “Then follow us.”

He quickly took a detour with the others.

Not long after he left, a group of men of sacrifice rushed over.

Then, they found the grass where Prince Yi had fallen unconscious.

The leader looked at the grass and said, “Prince Yi is gone. Look at the grass and the blood. Someone must have pulled out the arrow for him and treated his wound. Then they took him away.”

He thought for a moment and took out a whistle from his pocket, blowing it rhythmically.

Not long after, an unremarkable gray bird landed on his shoulder.

He caught the bird and placed it on the bloodstained grass.

The bird lowered its head and sniffed at the grass.

A moment later, the bird suddenly flew off in a certain direction.

“It’s running in that direction!” The leader of the men of sacrifice immediately said. “Chase them!”

Fortunately, in order to kill Prince Yi this time, His Highness had not only sent people who were good at Qimen Dunjia to follow them, but also lent them the bird that a mysterious person had raised was good at tracking.

Hence, they chased in that direction.

On the other hand, Mother Xiao was running non-stop.

Suddenly, two secret guards jumped down from the tree. “They’re here.”

The secret guard carrying Prince Yi was stunned. “Didn’t they all sweep the tail and change direction?”

One of the men who jumped down from the tree said, “They have a bird that can track people by smell.”

“Unless you let go of Prince Yi, you can’t get rid of them.”

The man carrying Prince Yi frowned. “If we give up on Prince Yi and something happens to him, I’m afraid it’ll be difficult for our master to explain to the emperor.

“They tried to kill Prince Yi near Heyang County. Maybe they wanted to frame our master.

“If we gave up on Prince Yi and the emperor found out, our master would definitely be in trouble.”

The other three agreed.

“I’ll change Prince Yi’s clothes. The bird must have followed the blood’s smell.”

“Then I’ll distract them,” one of them said.

“Alright!” This was the only way now.

Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili naturally wouldn’t object.

Now that they had met the injured Prince Yi and had been together before, they couldn’t just leave him to die.

And like what the secret guard had said, if they didn’t save him, it would be a big problem for his son/brother.

They turned around, and the secret guards quickly changed Prince Yi’s clothes.

One of them ran down the mountain, while the other three carried Prince Yi on their backs and ran up the mountain with Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili.

It was not wise to go down the mountain now.

Those men of sacrifice might have an ambush at the foot of the mountain.

Very quickly, the men of sacrifice stopped at the place where they had separated.

The bird was a little hesitant.

It sniffed in the direction of going down the mountain, and then sniffed in the direction of going up the mountain.

In the end, they chose the direction down the mountain, where the smell of blood was stronger.

The rest of the men of sacrifice followed the bird down the mountain.

However, the leader of the men of sacrifice stopped in his tracks.

“They must have been divided into two groups. One of them may be wearing Prince Yi’s clothes.”

This bird could distinguish blood from that same person, so that was the only possible situation.

He thought for a moment. “Continue the chase down the mountain and meet up with the people down there.

“The few of you, follow me up the mountain and take a look.”

The underlings immediately carried out his orders.

However, two-thirds of the people had gone down the mountain, as the leader of the men of sacrifice suspected that was where the real Prince Yi had gone.

After all, Prince Yi was badly injured. Ordinary medicine would be useless. He had to be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.

However, to be on the safe side, he still personally led four people to chase him.

The men of sacrifice were very fast, and it didn’t take long for them to catch up with the two people who were going down the mountain.

Seeing this, the two secret guards exchanged a look and immediately drew their swords to fight with them.

On the other hand, the leader of the men of sacrifice had caught up with Mother Xiao and the others.

The secret guard carrying Prince Yi sighed. “These people are the elites of the men of sacrifice. They’re really powerful. They caught up with us so quickly.

“Madam, you and the young lady should leave with Prince Yi first. We will stay and stop them.”

This was the only way now.

Mother Xiao took a deep breath and nodded. “Okay!”

In the past, when she was at the old Xiao’ family’s house, not only did she have to do housework, but she also had to go to the fields, so she was quite strong.

So she carried Prince Yi on her back and got Xiao Baili to run in the direction pointed out by the secret guard.

The hidden guard pulled out his knife and said to Mother Xiao, “Madam, if we can’t stop these men of sacrifice, then you should give up Prince Yi and run by yourselves.”

Mother Xiao bit her lip. “We will try our best to survive. You too. Don’t risk your lives.”

Hearing her words, the secret guard’s heart warmed. “Okay, we will try our best to delay as much as possible while getting out alive.”

Seeing that those people were about to catch up, Mother Xiao carried Prince Yi on her back and ran away with Xiao Baili.

One of the three secret guards took out a small bamboo tube and pulled a thread.

Then, a few red fireworks suddenly flew into the sky and exploded.

This place was on the outskirts of the county.

The fireworks signal in the mountains would be seen by the secret guards in the county and they would report to their master.

They could only hope that their master would bring more people to rescue them as soon as possible.

Then, they immediately faced the men of sacrifice.