"What happened?" Seeing his grave expression, the Yellow-robed Woman's heart tightened as well.
As Song Qingshu carried her back, he replied, "I vaguely heard the guards shouting just now. It seems someone broke into Guo Manor and abducted Madam Guo."
The emperor was currently staying at Guo Manor, and the guards were primarily deployed around him. Hardly anyone was watching over Guo Manor itself, but even so, it was not a place just anyone could break into. Whoever had succeeded was undoubtedly an expert at this sort of thing.
Before long, they encountered the guards who had chased after the intruder. However, the guards' main duty was protecting the emperor, so the bulk of their forces had surely remained at the manor. There were not many guards sent out in pursuit.
After questioning them, Song Qingshu learned that they had lost the enemy's trail as well. He could only hand the Yellow-robed Woman over to them and go look for Huang Rong himself.
"Be careful." The Yellow-robed Woman did not mind. Injured as she was, staying by his side would not only be no help, but would also hold him back.
Song Qingshu asked the guards for the assassin's general direction of escape, then leaped onto the crown of a large tree. Taking a deep breath, he activated the Sound Transmission Soul Searching technique.
The principle behind Sound Transmission Soul Searching was somewhat similar to radar. The stronger one's inner strength, the greater the output, and the farther its search range could extend. Song Qingshu had expended a tremendous amount of inner strength, so he had worried that the enemy might have already fled beyond his range.
Fortunately, the guards in the manor had delayed the assassin while chasing and tangling with him. Song Qingshu opened his eyes, having detected