GTB Chapter 129

Chapter 131: Trapped

Chapter 131: Trapped

After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the horse finally grew tired of running and stopped in a place of beautiful scenery, greedily munching on the tender grass full of purple flowers beneath its feet.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the purple flowers and grass in front of her with surprise. She had never seen this kind of grass before, let alone seen a horse eating it. Looking at Red Tail eating so happily, she thought, could it be that this horse was attracted by the scent of this purple flower grass?

She dismounted and looked around at the mountain scenery in front of her. Dense forests grew all around, only this area under her feet was slightly wider, and in the distance, she could hear the sound of a stream.

Calculating the time and speed the horse had been running, she estimated that she was probably in the center of the mountain forest.

Jiang Jiuchu leaned against a large tree on the side, speechlessly watching the horse eating grass, thinking to herself, how could this horse’s sense of smell be so sensitive? She hadn’t seen any other horses being attracted over! Or was it just a glutton?

“Hey, Red Tail, hurry up and eat! Once you’re full, we can leave. If you’re ever this greedy again, even if Shutíng gave you to me, I’ll definitely sell you.”

As Jiang Jiuchu spoke, she found a clean patch of grass and sat down, waiting for the horse to eat its fill before leaving.

She looked listlessly at the blazing sun overhead, which was blocked by the leaves, thinking that it was fortunate it was morning, so she wasn’t too afraid. After all, whether she found her own way out, or waited for her brother and the others to come and find her, she could definitely get out before dark.

Jiang Jiuchu looked in the direction she had come from, but there were no roads. This horse just came through wherever there were fewer thorns.

However, this mountain forest was roughly circular, as long as she walked in one direction, she would definitely be able to get out of the mountain forest and return to the race track.

After a while, Jiang Jiuchu saw Red Tail lazily wagging its tail, looking satisfied after eating its fill.

She immediately stood up, climbed back onto the horse, looked around, hesitated for a while, and decided to play it safe and return in the direction she had come.

However, after the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Jiang Jiuchu reappeared in the same place.

She was originally a little puzzled, thinking that it might just be a similar place, but when she discovered the patch of purple flowers and grass that had been obviously eaten bald by the horse, she was immediately shocked. She had actually returned to the same place again…

But she clearly hadn’t turned, only slightly detouring when she encountered impassable thickets of thorns, the overall direction was definitely a straight line.

She suppressed the surprise in her heart and changed direction to continue straight ahead.

On the race track outside the forest, Ji Shutíng took second place and was happily waiting for Jiang Jiuchu to return and share her joy. However, all the top ten had returned, and Jiang Jiuchu still hadn’t returned.

She was a little puzzled, thinking that according to Jiuchu’s horsemanship, even if she couldn’t get into the top three, she shouldn’t be outside the top ten!

On the other side, Jiang Jiuche and Shí Yan, from the beginning with a look of indifference, to the end when they saw those ladies with obviously poor horsemanship returning one by one, their expressions became serious.

“Seventh Brother, Seventh Sister-in-law’s horsemanship shouldn’t be worse than these women! Why hasn’t she returned yet?”

Shí Yan did not answer, but directly got up and walked towards the group of noble ladies who had just returned. “Has anyone not returned behind you, have you seen this King’s Consort?”

The noble ladies looked at Shí Yan walking over, before they could even be distracted, they were startled by his cold aura, and immediately replied:

“Reporting to Seventh Highness, there are still two or three people behind us, but Seventh Royal Consort is not among them. If this little girl remembers correctly, Seventh Royal Consort was riding in front of us.”

“How is it? Is Chu’er still behind?” Jiang Jiuche also ran over to ask. Although he felt that this royal garden was very safe, based on the last poisoning incident, his heart inexplicably began to panic.

Shí Yan shook his head, “I’ll go look. You wait here. If everyone has returned and Chu’er hasn’t returned, then have Father Emperor send someone to search. If Chu’er returns, you can find the guard army to fire a signal flare to inform me.”

As soon as Shí Yan left, the remaining few noble ladies who had not returned also slowly rode back.

Jiang Jiuche saw this, immediately stepped forward to inquire, and when he learned that there was no one behind them, he immediately told the Emperor about this matter, then quickly jumped on his horse and went to the race track in the distance.

He felt anxious in his heart, not understanding how something could happen while racing, could it be that the person behind it wanted to put his sister to death?

But the royal garden is heavily guarded, outsiders simply cannot sneak in, and those who enter cannot bring any weapons.

Moreover, the race track is full of noble ladies who are powerless, no one brings maids or servants inside, who has the ability to do anything to Chu’er? Batch after batch of racers passed by, who would dare to do anything to Chu’er?

Everyone in the field was surprised when they learned that Jiang Jiuchu had disappeared while racing, and they didn’t understand how someone could disappear while racing?

Some even wondered if she had fallen off a cliff? After all, there was a section of the track near the cliff, but that section of the mountain road had fences for protection, and the track was very wide, and that section of the cliff was only a small section, it shouldn’t be!

Seeing this, a small number of people on the field rode their horses to help find her, after all, this was the Seventh Royal Consort, and finding her would gain them favor.

At this time, Shí Yan dismounted by the section of the race track near the cliff and walked towards the fence.

His eyes were deep and cold, his lips were tightly pursed, and his aura was extremely cold.

Only after confirming that the fence was not damaged in any way, and there were no traces of movement, did he feel a little relieved, and continued to ride his horse slowly along the race track to observe.

In the forest, Jiang Jiuchu looked at everything in front of her with a pale face, tightening the reins in her hand, thinking, could it be that she had encountered a ghost wall!

No matter which direction she went, she would eventually end up in this area.

Listening to the sound of the stream beside her, she once again rode her horse towards the sound.

Ghost walls, after all, were things she had seen in picture books, and could not be taken seriously. There must be something special about this place, such as a Bagua Maze or something.

Thinking that if she found this stream, following the stream all the way, she should be able to get out.

To her delight, the horse under her feet had not taken a few steps before she saw the stream.

But to her despair, the stream water actually came from the cliff wall.

She looked up at the sun in the sky, thinking that the competition should have ended long ago, and her brother and Shí Yan should have come out to find her by now!

She decided to try one last time. If she still couldn’t get out, she wouldn’t waste her energy and would obediently wait here for someone to come and save her!

“Miss Jiang.” Just as she was about to go forward, a familiar voice came from the other side.

Jiang Jiuchu’s face lit up, and she quickly turned her head to look, “Fifth Highness, how did you appear here?”

Shí Xiu also looked happy and immediately dismounted, running towards Jiang Jiuchu’s horse, “I came to find you, I didn’t expect you to really be here.”

“I just passed by here but didn’t find you, but somehow after searching around, I came back here again, but I didn’t expect to see you.”

After Jiang Jiuchu dismounted, when she heard Shí Xiu say this, she knew that this stream was also within the eye of the formation.

She sat down on the ground in frustration, “This place should be set up with a Bewilderment Formation, or a naturally formed eye of formation, anyway, I’ve tried several times and can’t get out.”

As she spoke, she looked up at Shí Xiu with some hopelessness, “Does Your Highness know how to break this eye of formation?”