Prince's camp.

Han Mo opened the prince's camp and looked inside. It was empty. The prince was indeed not in it. He frowned, followed by Dou Shan, Xiao Mu, Xue Shao and other generals of the Leopard Camp.

"Today, Yang Yonghui is responsible for duty." Xiao Mu whispered: "According to the guards here, two hours ago, the prince suddenly came out of the camp and looked very good, saying that he wanted to go out for some breath. At that time, Yang Yonghui led more than ten cavalry and accompanied the prince to leave the camp. Now two hours have passed, but the prince has not come back!"

"Can you send someone to search everywhere?" Han Mo's face turned gloomy.

Xiao Mu nodded and said, "It was only half an hour ago that I received the news and came here immediately. Seeing that the prince was still violating, I sent someone to report to the Lord and also sent cavalry to search everywhere. Until now, two groups of people have come back to report, but no trace of His Highness the Prince was found!"

Han Mo clenched his fists and said coldly: "What do Yang Yonghui want to do? Why didn't he send someone to report me as soon as possible? I have ordered that if the prince wants to leave the camp, I must protect him personally. Yang Yonghui is deaf in his ears?"

Dou Shan frowned and finally said, "Sir, it may be that the situation was very urgent at that time. Yang Yonghui could not disobey the prince's orders, so he left in a hurry."

Han Mo still said coldly: "He didn't know that he would send someone to notify me as soon as possible? I only got the news after leaving for almost two hours..." He clenched his fists, and the cold light flashed in his eyes.

If something happened to the prince, Han Mo would be very guilty.

"Sir, don't worry." Xue Shao comforted him: "Your Highness may just be patrolling the camp everywhere. It's all our people here, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Han Mo pondered for a moment and asked, "Where can you report to the general?"

"There has not been reported yet." Dou Shan said: "I am just waiting for the lord to decide the lord. If the prince just goes out for a walk and comes back soon, but needs to report to the lord, it would be a bit of a big deal. But now two hours have passed, the lord has not come back, and he cannot find his trace. Should he report to the lord and ask the lord to decide the lord!"

Han Mo pondered for a moment and finally said, "The prince is noble. If he patrols the camp, the officers and soldiers in the camp will definitely be unusual. Xiao Mu, you lead one hundred cavalry to the east, Dou Shan, you lead one hundred cavalry to the north, Xue Shao, you lead one hundred cavalry to the south, I will lead one hundred cavalry to the east. Do not inquire with the officers and soldiers of each battalion along the way, just observe carefully. If you find fifty miles and have not seen the prince, go back to the camp to wait." His expression was cold: "This matter cannot be leaked at all!"

"Yes!" The generals took the order and prepared quickly.

...

Han Mo led a hundred cavalry all the way east, and on the way he also ordered his subordinates to carefully observe the movements of the places where they operated along the way, but there was no news of the prince. At this time, the sky was already dark, and the snow that had become smaller became heavier at this time.

"Sir, you've been traveling for more than fifty miles!" Han Li, who was following him, reminded: "There seems that there is no camp in the front road, it's very empty, and it's too late. Do we still need to move forward?"

Han Mo looked ahead from afar. In the darkness, there was an extremely dense forest in front of him. The area seemed to be quite large. The bare trunks pierced the sky like countless javelins, densely packed.

Han Mo pondered for a moment, but did not speak immediately.

If you just have an ordinary patrol or come out for breathing, the prince would not be able to stay away from the camp for more than fifty miles. In this heavy snow, even if you ride a high-quality horse, it would take a long time to travel fifty miles.

Moreover, it is empty and uninhabited, and it is located in the border area. Such a place is the most dangerous. The prince is not a fool. For his own safety, it is impossible to come to such a place rashly.

Perhaps the prince is not going in this direction at all.

He raised his hand and was about to wave his hand to return when he suddenly heard a cavalry shouting: "Sir, there seems to be someone over there!"

When Han Mo heard this, he turned his head and saw a cavalry pointing in front of him and found something.

Han Mo frowned and looked in the direction he pointed. He saw that there seemed to be a place moving on the snowy ground in front of him. However, the world was dark and a little blurry at this time, and it was impossible to see the specific situation clearly.

Han Li next to him had already said, "Sir, please come and take a look!"

Han Mo thought for a while and nodded, "Be careful, don't be the enemy's trick!"

Han Li nodded, waved his hand, and several cavalrymen followed and rushed forward, riding a few times closer. He saw a man lying on the ground, covered with snow. The man had been moving in the snow before, but he was motionless at this time.

Han Li turned over and dismounted, pulled out his sword, and walked forward carefully, with a scheming in his heart. If the other party attacked, he would be able to retreat in an instant.

Han Mo led a group of cavalry and looked at them from afar. The cavalry's hands were pressed on the hilt of the knife, and they looked at the other side with cold eyes.

Han Li approached and asked, "Who are you?"

The man did not move, but made a faint "um" sound, as if he was extremely painful. Han Li frowned, poked out his knife, gently lifted the snow on the man's body, and it showed his armor. At this time, he also saw clearly that the man was actually hit by several arrows, his back entered, penetrated his body, leaving only a piece of arrow tail, which was covered with snow, but the arrow tail was not revealed.

Han Li frowned, stared at the armor carefully, then was startled and said in a lost voice: "This... this is Yang Shenling!"

When the cavalry around heard this, they dismounted and surrounded him. Han Li quickly stepped forward, hugged the man, turned over, and looked at the face. It was indeed Yang Yonghui. However, at this time, Yang Yonghui's eyes were closed, his teeth were tight, his face was extremely pale, without any blood, but he breathed faintly from his nose.

"Yang Chanling!" Han Li shouted softly: "You...what is wrong with you?"

Han Mo saw the situation and looked cold. He urged his horse to come forward. The cavalry behind him followed. When he arrived, Han Mo turned over and dismounted. Han Li looked up and said, "Sir, it's... Yang Shenling!"

Han Mo frowned, clenched his fists with both hands, and came forward with a low voice: "Yang Yonghui, where is the prince?"

"Sir, he was seriously injured and if he was not treated, he would be in danger of his life!" Han Li said.

Yang Yonghui tried his best to open his eyes, tried his best to raise his hand, and pointed a finger at the forest not far ahead, his voice weak: "Crown Prince...Crown Prince..."

"Leave two brothers to take care of him." Han Mo quickly got on the horse and pulled out his sword: "Come with me if everyone else!"

He urged the horse to move forward, and the cavalry behind him separated in a fan shape. A hundred horses rushed towards the forest like wolves. The horse's hooves stepped on the snow, splashing snowflakes.

This forest was indeed wide. When we walked to the edge of the forest, the forest was extremely dark, with spear-like trunks, freezing and strange. Han Mo stopped his horse by the forest, and the well-trained imperial cavalry behind him also stopped his horse at the same time. The horses were hissing, and outside this empty forest, it was very loud and complicated.

Han Mo made a gesture, holding the reins of the horse in his left hand and holding the sword in his right hand, urging the horse to slowly enter the forest. Han Li followed Han Mo with sharp eyes and paid attention to the movements around him.

A group of cavalry entered the forest in a fan shape, and for a moment, quietly advancing in the forest like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

"Be careful on the snow!" Han Mo ordered everyone around him.

After walking for a while, when we reached the depths of the forest, we suddenly heard someone shouting not far away: "Sir, I have found it here!" Then we heard: "There are dead horses here!"

Han Mo urged the horse to go over, but saw more than a dozen cavalrymen around there. The corpse of a horse was indeed visible on the ground. The horse was big and although there was a lot of snow on the body, it was unable to completely cover the horse's body.

But everyone recognized the horse, which was the Imperial Guard's horse, and the saddle of the horse had the logo of the Leopard Camp horse.

Han Mo's pupils contracted and he couldn't help but shivered.

There is no doubt that the prince and his subordinates encountered an ambush here.

"Sir, there are corpses here!" Another cry came from a distance.

Before Han Mo had passed, a voice came from the other side: "Sir, there are also here, we are our brothers!"

Han Mo closed his eyes, was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Search for the body and gather it."

The soldiers immediately dispersed and searched for the corpses in the forest. It did not take too long. The more than ten guards who followed the prince were all found, and they were all shot to death by bows and arrows. The corpses did not draw their swords. They were obviously shot to death by the enemy before they could react.

Not only the cavalry guards, but even the horses they sat down were shot into the vital point. Some died on the spot, and some horses were obviously shot for a distance before falling to the ground and dying after being shot.

"Sir, they have been dead for more than an hour." A soldier who had explored the body said: "The enemy is afraid that they will evacuate an hour ago."

Han Li also frowned: "The heavy snow covered the footprints, and I don't know which direction they evacuated from."

Han Mo's face was cold and he said for a long time: "Have you not found the prince?"

His heart was filled with fear. He was afraid that he would hear his subordinates report that the prince's body was found. If the prince made a mistake this time, there would be no doubt that not only would his career end, but he might even implicate his family.

I am the chief escort of the prince in this trip and is responsible for the protection of the prince. If the prince fails, I will be the first to blame.

But he felt in his heart that things would never be as simple as it was. Although he couldn't tell what the situation was, he felt that the disappearance of the prince was obviously related to the various strange events that occurred in the capital.

He felt like he had entered a game.

He was not afraid of taking the consequences. What he was afraid of was that he knew nothing about the situation and could not find out at all. The unknown would always make people feel inexplicably fearful.

Han Mo is not a stupid person, but even though he knows some of the signs revealed, he cannot make what he knows. He knows that what he knows is something that the other party is not afraid of, and what he knows is nothing more than the tip of the iceberg. Before this iceberg is fully revealed, he cannot get a glimpse of the whole picture.
Chapter completed!