LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 732 - 732: Danger on the Road
Chapter 732: Chapter 732: Danger on the Road
At this moment, Liu Sisi is standing in the courtyard, looking up at the full moon in the sky.
It has been a full year since Macheng County had seen any significant rainfall. The surrounding air is filled with an indescribable sense of irritability, making people feel increasingly restless.
“Princess, it’s getting late; you should rest too.”
Behind her, Ms. Gao lightly walks over with a thin cloak.
It’s already deep autumn, and the weather at night is gradually becoming cooler. Liu Sisi doesn’t notice this until now.
“No need. Even if I go back to my room, I won’t be able to sleep. I’d rather wait a bit longer,” she said. Maybe he’ll be back.
Liu Sisi casually accepts the cloak and looks back at Ms. Gao, “By the way, have the children gone to bed? And the people from the main Family, are they all taken care of?”
People from the Di Family also came, but three men came, and Elderly Mr. Di was the one who greeted them.
“They’re all resting. Madam, please don’t worry.”
Ms. Gao hesitates, “I wonder if the Old Master has returned home yet? Seeing his drunk state, he really should have stayed in the manor.”
Da Niu went to send the Old Master back home and hasn’t returned since, leaving her worried and unable to sleep properly.
“People get older and have their own thoughts; just let them be!”
Liu Sisi understands that the main reason Elderly Mr. Di refused to stay in the mansion was because of Ms. Wang.
When Di Yelei ordered people to throw Ms. Wang out of the mansion, he didn’t avoid doing so in front of everyone. All the guests in the courtyard saw it, which naturally made Elderly Mr. Di lose face. Coupled with the worry in his heart, he stubbornly wanted to leave.
Understanding all this, Liu Sisi naturally didn’t insist on him staying.
“You don’t have to worry about Da Niu. He has been in and out with Ye Lei so many times and nothing will happen to him. You go rest first. You still have to take care of the two children during the day.”
Ms. Gao’s youngest son is only a few months old, and she also needs to take care of Little Little. She indeed has her hands full.
Ms. Gao didn’t refuse Liu Sisi’s kindness and had to excuse herself and leave.
Liu Sisi looks at the numerous stars in the sky, and the unknown uneasiness in her heart just won’t go away.
Hopefully, Ye Lei will be safe this time.
Di Yelei is not busy guiding at the moment; instead, he starts making hemp rope from the kudzu vines on the steep slope. This treacherous path is indeed dangerous, and it is not easy to climb with an injured Zhao Yuanlang. If one accidentally slips off the cliff, it won’t be a laughing matter.
Zhao Yuanlang repeatedly urged him, but Di Yelei calmly prepared the ropes. It wasn’t until he felt that there were enough ropes that he finally stood up.
“Everyone, crush the sap of this tree and apply it to your body. There are many wild animals in the mountains on both sides. Applying the sap of this plant can remove the human scent, which is better than nothing.”
As he spoke, he showed everyone the plant.
“Everyone, apply it! Although the smell of the sap is unpleasant, it’s good to avoid the wild animals’ attacks.”
Everyone applied the sap one by one.
Zhao Yuanlang leaned in: “Prince Consort Di, can this sap really avoid wild animals?”
“The sap is originally effective, but there are too many people here, and the sap can only cover a little bit of the bloody smell on us.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuanlang understood.
The sap was actually effective, but there were too many people here making too much noise, and almost everyone had wounds on them, so the effectiveness of masking the smells was quite limited.
“Everyone, be careful where you step on. It’s best to walk in my footsteps. It’s a mountain stream ahead, don’t blame me, Ye Lei, for not warning you all in advance.”
Everyone naturally had no objections, and they hurriedly followed.
The valley at night was eerily quiet, with the occasional one or two animals that darted out from the side quickly slain by the group. They soon arrived at the small path Di Yelei mentioned that they would take.
It couldn’t even be accurately called a path, at least not one that anyone could see.
They were completely climbing on the cliffs, using both their hands and feet to continue upwards.
“We will pass through the territory of several leopards midway, including a mother leopard with four cubs. These leopards are active at night, so everyone needs to quickly cross through their territory. If anything goes wrong, and we alarm them, we may not be able to leave these mountains! From now on, try to avoid speaking unless necessary.”
Di Yelei’s words were very cautious.
At the moment, they were starting to enter the leopard’s territory. If it were a hunting trip in the past, they would have dealt with it and moved on.
However, their priority now was to safely cross the forest, and encountering leopards was the last thing they wanted. Because once a fight broke out, no one could guarantee they wouldn’t expose their whereabouts.
Everyone kept their mouths shut, trying to keep pace.
Di Yelei planned to carry Zhao Yuanlang as they climbed, but was refused. Instead, a particularly strong and tall man carried him.
Di Yelei didn’t insist since if they encountered a clouded leopard, he wouldn’t be free to look after him.
The dense foliage of the towering trees obscures the entire forest, making it nearly impossible to see anything, not even the stars above. As they stepped on the thick layer of fallen leaves, a series of rustling sounds were heard, but there was no other noise, and the surroundings were silent.
“Huh? Something’s wrong!”
Eunuch Xiao couldn’t help but whisper.
“Hush!”
There was a chorus of quiet shushes around.
Eunuch Xiao didn’t care about Di Yelei’s warning and hurriedly took a few steps forward to grab his sleeve: “Prince Consort Di, the night forest is quiet, but it shouldn’t be this quiet, right? There isn’t even a single cricket, how is it possible?”
Di Yelei didn’t respond verbally, instead, he shook off his sleeve from Eunuch Xiao’s hand and continued quietly forward. His sharp eyes emitted a radiance like that of a cheetah, and his ears collected the slightest movements from all directions.
“Be careful!”
His voice suddenly rang out!
As a silver light flashed with a thud of something heavy falling to the ground, the group’s formation couldn’t help but be momentarily disrupted. After a brief moment, calm was restored.
“Prince Consort Di, what…what happened?”
Zhao Yuanlang couldn’t help but curiously ask in a low voice.
“Nothing. A young leopard approached, but I already killed it. Let’s move quickly! Cross this area as fast as we can.”
With that, Di Yelei strode forward.
“It died so quickly? Are you kidding?”
Eunuch Xiao didn’t believe it and couldn’t help but quietly take out a flint to light it up…
“Oh my gosh!”
With this exclamation, the light was extinguished!
Although the flint had only been lit for an instant, everyone saw clearly that not far from them lay a leopard with its head and body separated. Fresh blood still flowed continuously…
Clearly, the leopard had just been killed by someone.