She could already feel sticky blood on her hands, and Taoye felt that her strength was almost exhausted. The pain and fatigue made her almost fall asleep.
Fortunately, at this time, there was a sound of the rope breaking behind him.
Taoye felt happy for a while, and regardless of the scars on her hands, she tried her best to break free from the rope.
Two hands were freed.
She didn't bother to wipe the blood and began to untie the rope tied to her feet.
The rope was tied very tightly, and Taoye had almost exhausted her strength just now. For a moment, she was completely motionless, and even her fingernails turned over, but her desire to survive gave her strength again.
call!
The ropes around his feet were also untied.
The tied hands and feet had not yet fully recovered from the stiffness, so Taoye could only hold on to the mountain wall and move outside step by step.
Fortunately, the hole was only a foot away from the ground above, so she climbed up effortlessly.
Except for the moonlight, it was still silent outside.
The mountain roads are complicated, and Taoye has never been in the mountains since he grew up.
Although I deliberately remembered it on the way here, I only had a rough impression.
If we talk about going back the same way, I'm afraid it won't work.
This is a royal hunting ground, and there are countless wild beasts on the mountain. The mountain roads at night are not easy to walk, and it would be even more unthinkable to get lost.
Besides... the hunting grounds were not peaceful tonight.
The only thing she can do now is to find a place to hide and wait for dawn or for Miss Chen to find someone to save her.
But if Miss Chen went straight back to the camp to bring in reinforcements, she would definitely alert Young Master Wei's people and expose the suspicion that she was also present.
But Miss Chen is quick-thinking and should be able to find a way to have both ends of the world.
She just took the initiative to run out from behind the tree. Firstly, if neither of them moved, they would be found sooner or later. Secondly, if Miss Chen was not worried about following her today, she would not have to suffer the disaster of this fish in the pond.
She is not a kind person, but she doesn't want something to happen to someone who has shown kindness to her.
Tao Ye leaned against the entrance of the cave and rested for a while, until most of the numbness in her hands and feet faded away. After thinking about it, she took off the hibiscus silver hairpin on her head, pulled off the worn cuffs, and wiped the back of her hands and arms. With blood flowing out from his hand, he walked a dozen steps to the right, threw out the torn tattered cloth, walked a few more steps, rubbed some blood on the withered grass, and then threw out the silver hairpin in his hand with all his strength. .
Then he actually walked back.
Returning to the cave, Taoye first lifted up her long skirt and wrapped her injured arm in it, and then continued to walk to the other side. Firstly, she didn't want the blood to drip on the ground, and secondly, she wanted to take advantage of it. Stop bleeding.
She had just seen it. The left hand side was darker with the moonlight behind her, and the vegetation was lusher, making it more suitable for hiding.
Of course, the road was even harder to walk, but she didn't intend to go far.
There is a common saying in the market, "It's dark under the lamp." If the Wei family found out that she was no longer in the cave, they would definitely look for her everywhere. Besides, she pointed out the way, so they probably wouldn't have thought that she was actually staying in Lishan Cave. Just a few steps away.
Taoye was lucky this time. She had just hid behind the bushes when footsteps came from not far away.
And there was more than one person, and the steps should be very fast and heavy, making the dead leaves on the ground rustle.
Within a moment, we arrived at the cave.
Taoye quickly held back her breath and shrank inward again. Several sharp pains immediately came from her back, like being pricked by needles.
She covered her mouth to hold back.
"The maid ran away!"
"How can it be?"
I heard that the voices speaking were indeed two people.
"The rope is here, and there are blood stains on the stone. The rope must have been worn with that stone!"
The two returned to the entrance of the cave.
"Separately look for it. The blood on the stone has not completely dried yet. How far can a delicate maid run?"
"Young Master Rong Wu somehow got lucky and came out of the forest alive. It is said that this maid is loved by that young master. He will definitely send people to look for her. We must be the first to find her!"
"Otherwise, the young master will never let us go!"
Taoye was shocked when she heard this sentence and went to look for her separately, but when she heard the next sentence, she felt happy again.
The fifth young master is fine, which is good news for her.
"There seems to be something over there!"
At this moment, another sound came from outside.
"It's a piece of cloth stained with blood. It should have been left behind by the maid when she escaped!"
"Look further ahead!"
The footsteps finally faded away.
Taoye heard words like "There is blood on the ground...you go this way, I'll go this way" and so on, and finally let out a long breath.
There must be something pricking her back. Taoye didn't dare to make any big movements. She leaned forward a little. When she heard the sound of branches moving lightly behind her, Taoye didn't dare to move anymore and stretched her hand behind her. But before he could reach his back, he was pricked.
There was already a wound on his hand, and the thorn pierced directly into the flesh. Taoye used all his strength not to scream.
There should be a bush of thorns behind, but there was no movement around. This time she moved a little bigger to avoid those thorns.
Dinner was useless, she was already hungry, and the blood on her arm had not stopped due to all the trouble just now. Taoye felt a little dizzy. Fortunately, the pain could keep her awake.
The mountain wind was cold and cold, and Taoye hugged her knees and huddled up, trying to stay warm.
At this time, there was a familiar fragrance lingering in the nose.
Taoye raised her head and took a few deep breaths. This fragrance... was the one she had smelled on the Fifth Young Master's robe yesterday.
She looked around and saw, through the faint moonlight here, that there were clusters of flowers on the tree she was leaning on. Not only that, but there were also several trees with the same flowers growing nearby.
Taoye was not sure whether the fragrance of the fifth young master was acquired from here. After all, there may not be only one place with this kind of flower on the mountain. But at the foot of the mountain, the second young master Wei asked the man to throw himself on it. That place yesterday.
The hope in Taoye's heart became stronger again.
Maybe Miss Chen can remember to tell the fifth young master this. If the fifth young master had been here yesterday, he would definitely be able to find her.
This hope made her more energetic.
An unknown amount of time passed, and the surroundings were still so quiet that there was no sound. Tao Ye could no longer hold on any longer. Her vision gradually blurred, her head became dizzy, and her body felt cold and hot.
But she really didn't dare to let herself faint. After finally escaping with her life, she just had to hold on until dawn and someone could find her.
My mind was confused, but the idea of not passing out was still in my mind.
He fell back, letting the thorns pierce his flesh and blood. Waves of sharp pain hit him, and he finally regained some consciousness.
But she forced herself to listen for a while, but there was still no sound of footsteps around her, not even a shout.
