Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1057: A Heart of Love
On the mountain, An Zhixian and Feng Xiaoran came to the location where the last trace was found and split into two groups to search for people.

At the foot of the mountain, upon hearing that Bai Zhi was missing, Lin Jinyan no longer had any intention of avoiding suspicion, and immediately instructed Hong Jiu to go to Mingye Pavilion and Tianji Gate to find help as An Zhixian had instructed.

She also instructed Wei Zhong to send most of the guards he brought with him to guard the exits at the foot of the mountain, while she took the remaining guards to the back mountain to look for someone.

Lin Wanrong was worried and followed Lin Jinyan closely despite Guier's dissuasion.

Feng Siyao, Yue Mingzhu and others, upon hearing that Bai Zhi was kidnapped, accompanied Lin Jinyan to the back mountain with their close followers. Even Chu Chengping, who had just broken up, temporarily suppressed his sadness and followed with his close followers to look for her.

When the abbot heard about this, he sent a monk to lead the search. The pilgrims in the temple, knowing Lin Jinyan's identity, wanted to establish a relationship with the Gu and Lin families, and spontaneously sent servants to follow the search.

Soon, the name of Baizhi was echoing all over the mountains and fields.

While looking for someone, Chu Chengping and Lin Wanrong's eyes met. Lin Wanrong was the first to look away and turned to the other side to call Bai Zhi.

Although Chu Chengping felt unhappy, he also understood that human life was at stake, so he took his guards to the other side to look for the person.

Yue Mingzhu rarely left the city, and even less often went into the mountains, as her long skirts made it particularly difficult for her to walk in the mountains.

The personal maid had no experience walking on mountain roads. She supported Yue Mingzhu as she staggered forward, looking left and right for someone. When they reached the slope, she stepped on a piece of moss and both the master and servant fell to the ground.

Before the master and servant could even scream, their arms were firmly supported by a pair of strong hands. After they had stabilized themselves, they bowed and thanked Feng Sinian who had rescued them.

Seeing Yue Mingzhu staring at his arm, Feng Sinian looked down and saw that he had just made a hasty move, causing half of his outer shirt to slip off, revealing the white cloth tied around his arm. Feng Sinian looked uncomfortable for a moment, straightened his clothes, looked around, and pointed to an open area not far away:

"It rained a few days ago and the mountain roads are slippery. Miss Yue rarely goes into the mountains, so she must not be used to this road. Why don't we go there to rest first? It just so happened that we were scattered to look for people and couldn't exchange information in time. Miss stayed there to pass on the message, which was a great help."

Feng Sinian's words showed sympathy for their difficult mountain roads and also took their dignity into consideration. Yue Mingzhu accepted his kindness and thanked him.

Feng Sinian followed behind the master and servant, escorting them to a flat area and left silently.

The maid whispered, "Miss, there is no funeral in the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. The white cloth on Master Feng's arm is for Miss Qin San, right?"

Recalling the time when she followed Feng Siyao out of the pavilion and heard Feng Sinian's followers talking about the tablet, it now seemed that it was the tablet for Qin Zhixu Li's afterlife. Yue Mingzhu looked at Feng Sinian's back and nodded:

"Today seems to be the seventh day after Miss Qin San's death. Prince Feng is a man who has feelings in his heart, but he disdains to express them out loud."
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As time went by, several groups of people came back to report that they had not found the person. Lin Jinyan's heart became more and more anxious.

Lin Wanrong held Lin Jinyan's arm, feeling Lin Jinyan's increasingly stiff body, and comforted her softly with a distressed look.

Just as Lin Jinyan was about to go to the Dingbei Army camp to send a message to Gu Ruizhou to mobilize people, Hong Jiu hurried over with a dozen members of the Mingye Pavilion:

"Miss, the Tianji Sect kept asking me to wait for a reply, so I couldn't wait any longer, so I paid more money and went to Mingye Pavilion to hire some people. There are fifty people in total, and the rest have already entered the mountain from the other side."

Lin Jinyan said solemnly: "Make sure to find Bai Zhi intact. If there is still no trace of her after half an hour, come back and send a message. I will ask Wei Zhong to go to Dingbei Army to find my cousin."