Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes and muttered softly, "Two living people can disappear inexplicably. Obviously something is wrong. Even if they are lost, there shouldn't be no movement at all."

"A Yuan, let's walk around here. Even if they leave, they can't go too far at night. Let's look around and maybe we can find some clues."

They had originally planned to go into the woods, but because two people were missing, they were forced to stop temporarily and search around.

The two of them walked around. Jiang Li looked around and saw something. He suddenly stopped and stood in front of a ivy plant, tilting his head to look at it.

"A Yuan, do you think this leaf seems to be a little greener?"

Mo Yuan looked at it carefully, raised his head to look at the sun, and said softly, "It might be because of the light, I didn't see it was greener. What kind of leaf is this? Why is it so big?"

He stretched out his hand, placed it on the leaf and gestured. He felt a sharp pain in the palm of his hand and blood dripped onto the leaf. Seeing this, the two men stretched their heads and were about to take a closer look when they heard Su Xuemei's voice behind them.

"Jiang Li, come over here quickly and take a look."

Jiang Li straightened up, took Mo Yuan's hand, treated the wound on his hand, turned his head and glared at the creeper, and said viciously: "This thing actually has thorns, let's go to Sister Su first, and when we come back, I will pull it out and burn it."

"Let's go."

The two turned around and didn't see that the few drops of blood that had dripped on the leaves slowly disappeared. The leaves became greener, trembled slightly, and quickly returned to their original state.

Seeing her coming, Su Xuemei pulled the person over and pointed at the blood on the ground: "Look, there are bloodstains and signs of dragging. Could it be that some wild beast ate the person?"

Jiang Li squatted down, took a closer look, and shook his head: "It doesn't look like it. If it was a wild beast, it would bite and struggle. It's impossible that there would be no sound at all. And there's too little blood."

"Have you followed the drag marks?"

"I looked for it, but the trace disappeared here. It's strange that it disappeared out of thin air. It's like something flew up and left no trace on the ground."

Su Xuemei also found it strange. If it was a wild beast, why would the traces of dragging only appear in this short section and disappear out of thin air at the back? This didn't seem right no matter how you looked at it.

Jiang Li followed the traces, looked up, but didn't find anything wrong. He looked around and stared at the circle of ivy. Why did this sign look so familiar? It seemed like he had seen it somewhere before.

Strange, why can't I remember it?

Seeing her so distressed, Su Xuemei raised her hand and touched her head: "Forget it if you can't find it. We can't delay any longer tomorrow. We have to go into the forest early. Let's go back."

"……Um"

Night in the tent

Jiang Li closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, his mind kept thinking about where he had seen something similar before, but why he just couldn't remember it? He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard a rustling sound in his ears.

He suddenly opened his eyes, drew aside the curtain, and a person disappeared in an instant.

When she came back, she saw them holding torches and looking at her with questioning eyes. Jiang Li was confused and scratched her head: "What's wrong with you? Did you take the wrong medicine? Why are you looking at me?"

Mo Yuan walked forward, took her hand, and whispered, "As soon as you left the tent, I chased after you, but I couldn't catch up. When I came back, I saw three mummies lying next to the tent."

"Hmm? Mummy, what does this mean?"

"Wait, the look in their eyes, are they doubting me? No, I'm a human, not a demon. Why would I drink human blood? Are you crazy?"

"I don't know. Why don't we go over and take a look. We might find some clues."

"it is good"

A masked man came out, his eyes full of questions: "Wait, explain why you are not in the camp, where did you go just now?"

Jiang Li frowned and looked at him: "I went to chase something. Didn't you hear that rustling sound, like something being dragged on the ground?"

Everyone said in unison: "No."

"Oh, that's normal. Your ears aren't as good as mine. It's normal that you can't hear. Then how did you wake up?"

Si Ling said in a cold tone: "The missing person this time shouted loudly. We woke up when we heard the sound. We searched the camp but couldn't find him. When we came back, we found three mummies where you were."

Jiang Li pointed at himself and said, "So, I wasn't there, how could I have done it? I admit that I ate a little, but I wouldn't eat people."

Everyone: "...!!"

"Forget it. If you don't want to tell me, I'll go and see for myself. You old man with the mask, don't make trouble for no reason. If you want to slander someone, you have to have evidence. Don't wrongly accuse a good person for no reason."

Jiang Li snorted lightly, walked quickly to the tent, looked at the three mummies on the ground, squatted down and observed them carefully, lifted up his clothes, looked at the big hole in the chest, gestured, and an idea flashed in his mind.

He turned his head and looked in one direction, his eyes filled with a bit of surprise.

Could it be that thing? That's not right. This is ancient times. There can't be mutated plants. But if it wasn't a mutated plant, how could there be such a wound? It was clearly caused by a vine.

Jiang Li turned the mummy over, found a leaf in his clothes, and pinched it, seeming to be thinking about something.

"A Yuan, bring the torch over here."

Mo Yuan held the torch and squatted beside her, watching her move the leaf closer to the torch. The leaf, which had been motionless, suddenly curled up as if it had been burned.

The others looked at her strange behavior, and one of them said unhappily, "What on earth are you doing? Don't think you can clear yourself of suspicion by doing this. You are the most suspicious person."

Jiang Li turned his head and rolled his eyes at him: "Why am I the most suspicious?"

The masked man snorted coldly: "You are a martial arts expert, you come and go without a trace, if you want to kill someone, it is easy. No one else can send this mummy back without anyone noticing except you."

"Oh, I didn't expect you to have such a high opinion of my martial arts. Thank you for the compliment."

"You, are you sick? Who is praising your martial arts skills? What I mean is that only you can do these things. Even if others want to do it, it is impossible not to alert others."

Jiang Li shrugged: "Well, you are half right. I didn't kill this man, but I have a guess as to who did. I will tell you tomorrow. It's getting late, so go to bed early."

Looking at the masked man who was about to speak, she narrowed her eyes and said, "Don't force me to slap you in the pocket at night. Men should be more stable and stop making a fuss all day long."

"Everything will be clear tomorrow, go to sleep."