After hearing my inner thoughts, the ancestors in the Dream of the Red Chamber went berserk.

Jia Hu immediately nodded obediently and stopped talking.

The Zhen family here.

Zhen Chenhao has consistently denied the charges, and without evidence, no one can convict him, even though he is the Imperial Concubine's own brother.

The Emperor was furious and had already resorted to torture, but Zhen Chenhao still refused to admit it. He neither admitted it himself nor that the Consort had ordered him to train the soldiers.

As long as he insists that he is innocent and has nothing to do with the Imperial Concubine, his Zhen family will still have a chance to survive as long as the Imperial Concubine remains in power.

Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua, having learned of the bandits' escape route, have already led their men to search the mountains.

After searching all afternoon without finding anything, it gradually got dark.

The leader never returned, and Jia Hu continued to brainwash these people, telling them how rich he was.

She also mentioned the value of the jewelry she was wearing and the silver notes she had in her pocket, telling them to take them all and give them to her.

After taking his things, the henchmen treated him much better, thinking that the kid was rich and obedient.

So when Jia Hu asked to let go of them first because he wanted to go to the toilet, they hesitated for a moment but did not refuse outright.

Jia Hu said:

"It's so dark, I don't know if there are wolves in these mountains. I'm scared, so I won't run away. I'll wait for your boss to come back so we can discuss how much gold to exchange for me."

Thanks to his money-driven brainwashing, his underlings actually believed him. Jia Hu went to the restroom, and his underlings followed him. Jia Hu squatted down and pretended for a while before obediently returning, which reassured his underlings even more.

Jia Hu noticed that his underlings were somewhat lax, but more than that, he was anxious about why their boss hadn't returned yet.

Seeing the situation, Jia Hu pretended to have diarrhea and kept running back and forth. Each time he returned, he would ask to be tied up, which annoyed his underlings.

Why are you making such a fuss?

Jia Hu also said, feeling wronged:

"I usually eat good food, but today I'm eating a steamed bun and drinking cold water. My stomach can't take it."

"You're quite a precious person, no wonder you're a golden baby."

Everyone laughed.

When Jia Hu returned again, he didn't tie him up anymore.

It was completely dark, and these people were afraid of being discovered, so their small lamp was blocked, and the light could only shine a little.

The opportunity came. When Jia Hu said he needed to go to the toilet again, the people waved him off and told him to go by himself.

Jia Hu seized the opportunity and immediately escaped.

He observed the terrain every time he went out to use the restroom. He knew there was a valley to the east with lots of trees. He figured that since he was short, people wouldn't easily spot him there.

This time it took a long time, and the robbers saw that he hadn't returned.

At first, I laughed and said, "This little golden boy probably hasn't had diarrhea before." But then I realized something was wrong. "Damn it! This kid might have run away. Quick, find him!"

After running a short distance, Jia Hu ignored the scratches he was getting from the surrounding branches and kept running forward with his head down. Now he had run quite far, and they were searching around, but they still couldn't find him.

Not long after, the leader returned and, seeing the group in such a chaotic state, asked, "What happened?"

Then I looked and saw where Jia Hu had gone!

The skinny man said:

"That rascal, Big Brother, he's really clever; he got away."

The eldest brother angrily cursed:

"You're all a bunch of useless trash! A whole group of people and you can't even keep an eye on one little kid, and that brat got away! Hurry up and find him!"

A group of people were in the mountains, afraid of being exposed, so they dared not light torches and could only search in the dark. The group of people were like headless flies in the mountains when a fire appeared on the mountain next to them.

The leader immediately squatted down and used a coded signal to gather his underlings together, saying:

"The Zhen family has been sealed off, and the Emperor has brought troops to search the mountains. They will find us soon. We can't stay here any longer; we must leave quickly. Go and prepare some torches."

"Brother, if we light torches now, we'll give ourselves away."

“I told you to prepare fire, but that kid ran away, so let’s just set the mountain on fire.”