"Remember to search for places that have slopes, carefully looking for traces of something or someone rolling down the slope on the mountainside." Lin Caisang added to them.
Having heard this, the guards began their search.
Lin Caisang reached out, stopping a guard who was passing by her.
"You don’t need to search, take a few men to your camp and prepare these things." While speaking, she handed him a piece of paper she held, instructing him to prepare.
The guard hesitated, looking at the Eldest Prince.
The Eldest Prince immediately gave his order, gesturing for him to hurry.
"Miss Lin, we mustn’t delay, I’ll join the search with the guards, you..."
"Of course, I will go."
Without waiting for him to finish, Lin Caisang interrupted.
Jade Mirror had mentioned that location was prone to collapse, if she didn’t partake in the search, what they might find would not be a living Second Prince. Her mission would thus end in failure.
"Eldest Prince, remember to instruct your men, once they’ve found the Second Prince, to avoid recklessness and inform me first." She instructed.
Earlier, she had forgotten to instruct the guards, how careless.
But, some things are really inappropriate to tell these people. Surely she can’t tell them that she knows the Second Prince is buried somewhere in this hunting ground, so they shouldn’t dig indiscriminately, right?
Just now, when she said she was here to rescue someone, the Eldest Prince had already become suspicious, if she spoke more, they might consider her some kind of monster.
The Eldest Prince immediately answered.
The royal hunting dogs were highly efficient. Less than a half hour later, they had searched the entire hunting ground and quickly identified the location of the Second Prince.
When Lin Caisang and the Eldest Prince heard the guard’s report, especially when they were led to that location, they felt chills run down their spine.
Lin Caisang couldn’t help but gasp in shock.
The slope at that location had the most prey in the hunting ground, but at the same time, it was also the most dangerous place.
And at this moment, right in front of them was a pile of stones resembling a small mountain. Even the hunting dogs were afraid to step on it, fearing they would accidentally fall into the crevices. If the Second Prince was indeed buried within this pile of stones, his chances of survival seemed slim.
"This prince will go..."
"Eldest Prince, you mustn’t."
Just as the Elniest Prince was about to go, he was stopped by the lead guard.
"Prince, this place is dangerous. If you’re not careful, you’ll tumble into the pile of stones too."
"I can’t think of all that right now, didn’t you say my younger brother is inside?" The Eldest Prince didn’t care about his own danger, thinking of his brother trapped inside, he wanted to rescue him immediately.
"Eldest Prince, we only said it’s possible that the Second Prince is inside, not that it’s certain." The lead guard explained.
The Eldest Prince sneered.
"I trust the noses of the hunting dogs. They are gathered here, and you’re still saying it’s not certain?"
The lead guard pursed his lips, not daring to utter another word.
"Eldest Prince, he’s right. This place truly is dangerous." Lin Caisang spoke up on behalf of the lead guard.
As guards, seeing that one prince was already trapped within the pile of stones, how could they allow another prince to take the risk? If both of them met with disaster, how could they live on?