She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

“Tell me in detail what happened back then,” Murong Fu asked, unperturbed.

So Lin Shu quickly told Murong Fu everything he knew, big or small, and then began to blame himself.

"It's all my fault. I had no idea that the girl I saved was a direct descendant of the Liancheng family. If I had known, I would have slashed her with a knife right then and there." Lin Shu slapped himself.

However, the lingering poison in his body meant that the slap lacked power. But he truly wished he could go back to the way things were before, when he would never have meddled in other people's business.

“Things are unpredictable, don’t blame yourself too much. The most important thing right now is to find the person,” Murong Fu sighed.

He took Lin Shu back to the scene of the incident, closed his eyes and carefully sniffed something. After a long while, as if he had made up his mind, he opened his eyes and sighed.

I knew those two kids were clever.

There was no other way, so Murong Fu sent a letter to Banxia, ​​predicting the direction and telling her where to meet, so that Banxia wouldn't waste her time running towards Yunzhou.

When Lin Shu told him that Lian Chengmo had sensed something was wrong and told him to retreat quickly, Murong Fu knew there was still room for maneuver.

Sure enough, he smelled a tracking fragrance that his little apprentice had developed some time ago at the scene of the incident. He didn't know why his little apprentice was so keen on researching these strange and wonderful medicines, but he had to admit that they were quite useful when things really got tough.

Due to their positions, Lian Chengmo was upwind, making it difficult for him to escape, while Lin Shu, who was downwind, had a chance to escape.

But in the instant he realized there was an ambush, that kid Lian Chengmo must have opened the Tracking Incense and applied it to himself, otherwise he wouldn't be able to smell it now.

However, this thing cannot stay in the wild for long, and its flavor has already faded, so Murong Fu needs to call his little apprentice over.

Of course, the most important thing is that Xiao Hong comes along. Snakes have a more sensitive sense of smell than most animals; they can even distinguish between different individuals of the same species and pinpoint their location.

Among them, the red-banded snake, Xiao Hong, is an outstanding member of the snake family.

With the tracking incense, it's only a matter of time before Xiao Hong finds Lian Chengmo.

Originally, Murong Fu didn't want his youngest apprentice to be in danger, but now time is money, and his eldest apprentice, whom he had gained for free, was quite filial to him. Murong Fu didn't want to lose this eldest apprentice for the time being.

Murong Fu led Lin Shu following the scent. Not long after, Banxia also received the news. She communicated with her senior brother, and the two of them decided to cover up the news of Lian Chengmo's disappearance, otherwise Li County would be in chaos.

Then Banxia selected two thousand men from the Mo family army and led them by Li Dalang to head towards the rendezvous point her master had mentioned, while the rest of the Mo family army was temporarily placed under the command of Yao Dazhuang.

In addition, if there was anything that couldn't be resolved, Banxia asked Yao Dazhuang to go to her uncle. As for Yan Lin, Banxia didn't say what she was going there for, only that she was going on a long trip and asked her uncle to help look after Li County No. 1 and No. 2.

Yan Lin knew that the county town had been busy with glass-related matters these past few days, and assumed that she had discovered the mine and wanted to go check it out, so he didn't think much of it.

And so, Banxia took Shuanghua out, leaving only Xiaohua, who knew the truth, behind, so that if anything unavoidable happened, she could tell everyone the truth.

Meanwhile, Xiao Hua, who was left behind, was anxious and upset, keeping a secret in her heart. On the other hand, Ban Xia and her servant, who had left ahead of the Mo family army, rode off in a cloud of dust and quickly disappeared from sight.

The master and apprentice met at the agreed place at noon the next day. Murong Fu had arrived early, and his judgment was correct; the tracking incense had followed this road.

But further in lies the Hundred Thousand Mountains, where the air is thick with all sorts of smells. Even with Murong Fu's keen sense of smell, he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't make a mistake, so he stopped there to wait for his little apprentice.

At the same time, it also helped Lin Shu remove the remaining toxins from his body.

When Lin Shu saw Banxia, ​​he immediately knelt down before her.

"Miss Banxia, ​​I'm sorry, it's my fault that the city lord fell into the trap." Lin Shu still looked remorseful.

That's just how he is; once he's made up his mind, he'll never change it. In fact, Lin Shu now regrets listening to the city lord and retreating; he should have stood with the city lord through thick and thin.

Banxia looked at her master with a blank expression. Murong Fu sighed and told her to listen to Lin Shu himself.

So Banxia helped the person up, and then Lin Shu recounted the situation again.

"..." Banxia, ​​well, besides Liancheng Haoxuan, now there's Liancheng Shan too.

It seems that the old-fashioned man harbors a deep grudge against these two, otherwise he wouldn't have acted this way.

In that case, these two people can no longer live, otherwise wouldn't they be leaving themselves with hidden dangers?

Before Banxia even met the two of them, she had already sentenced them to death.

However, she never expected that when that day actually came, she would break her promise.

However, now was not the time to talk about such things. Once the four of them reunited, Banxia didn't even have time to rest. She left a mark for the Mo family army behind them and released Xiao Hong so that everyone could continue the pursuit.

"Xiao Hong, do you still remember the tracking scent? Follow this scent and we'll find Lian Chengmo." Banxia patted Xiao Hong's triangular head and said seriously.

Little Red flicked its tongue a few times, seemingly responding to its little owner, or perhaps trying to discern the scent. Finally, it rubbed its little head against Banxia, ​​then scurried to the ground to find its way.

The four watched nervously as Xiao Hong spun around twice before resolutely heading in one direction, and they quickly followed.

However, although the four of them hadn't gone in the wrong direction, the people in front of them weren't stupid either, and had actually laid various ambushes.

Along the way, there were countless poisonous insects, snakes, and ants. Banxia was not afraid of being bitten, but the other three were bitten to varying degrees.

Fortunately, there were two skilled doctors around, otherwise Shuanghua and Lin Shu might have perished here.

When it was the third time that Banxia treated their wounds, she couldn't help but say something.

"Why don't you two stay here? My master and I will go after them. Once we've cleared the obstacles, you can join up with the Mo family army and then come over."

Shuanghua and Lin Shu exchanged a glance upon hearing this, both seeing the reluctance in each other's eyes, but the current situation left them no choice but to accept it.

Even a fifteen-minute delay could lead to harm to the person being arrested, so Lin Shu could only grit his teeth and nod. As for Shuang Hua, she had no choice.

As a servant, one naturally obeys whatever the master says. Although Banxia usually doesn't realize this and would ask Shuanghua for her opinion.

But at this time, Shuanghua also understood that she was just a burden and could only hope to catch up with her master and share some of the burden.

The master and apprentice settled the two in a secluded spot and left them with plenty of medicine, antidote, and poison before continuing their journey.

With two people no longer holding them back, the master and apprentice were noticeably faster this time.

The group ahead seemed to have a clear goal as well. Despite the fact that the other group was large and moving slowly, Banxia and her apprentice chased them for five days before finally spotting them that night.