Lin Taichu stood by the side of the official road, looking at the footprints on the ground. The prints were very fresh, left today, and there were too many of them to be traces made by one or two scouting parties.
"There are signs of people crouching on top of the low hill, and some of the shrubs have been cut away too. The Dantai Family cleared out every place where someone could hide." Zhao Feng crouched down, pressing his fingers to the footprints on the ground. "At least thirty people. They searched here for no less than an hour."
Lin Taichu raised his head and looked toward the official road ahead. The Dantai Family's party was far more cautious than expected. After suffering a loss in the canyon during the day, Dantai Lie had clearly adjusted his marching strategy.
He had sent out a large number of scouts in advance to sweep every possible ambush point along the route, giving the Zhao Family no opening to exploit.
"Let's go. To the next place."
Lin Taichu said nothing more. He turned and continued south along the official road.
The Dantai Family's party was moving very quickly. Judging from the density and spacing of the footprints, they were even moving faster than they had during the day. Dantai Lie had not slowed down because of the ambush in the canyon; instead, he had sped up the march.
He knew the Zhao Family did not have many people and could not fight a hard battle. As long as his party did not stop and did not plunge into a dead end, the Zhao Family's handful of men could do nothing to him.
Zhao Feng walked to Lin Taichu's side and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency, are we still going to