After hearing my inner thoughts, the ancestors in the Dream of the Red Chamber went berserk.

Chapter 365 Setting the Mountain on Fire

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly offered their advice:

"My brother only has one son, surely he wouldn't want to burn down the mountain."

The eldest brother cursed:

"It's all because of you bunch of useless people, you can't even keep an eye on a child!"

"What do you know? That kid has seen our faces. If he gets away, how are we supposed to survive?"

Jia Hu ran in low-lying terrain, surrounded by tall bushes. He was so focused on running that he didn't notice the distant firelight searching for him.

When he finally stopped, exhausted, he found himself surrounded by bushes of various shapes and sizes, which looked particularly frightening in the dim moonlight.

Jia Hu got lost. Looking at the surrounding trees and listening to the howls of unknown wild animals, Jia Hu was a little scared and didn't know which way to go.

Now that people were still looking for him, Jia Hu thought about finding a higher place to see the surrounding environment.

Jia Hu was dressed in thin clothes. The temperature in the mountains was low. He had been sweating profusely from running, but now the sweat was cold. Jia Hu couldn't help but shiver.

No, he had to think of something quickly. Using the faint moonlight, Jia Hu gathered the leaves around him and hid inside them.

When there's no other way, these leaves can also provide some insulation.

Jia Hu hid in the leaves. He couldn't walk anymore. It was dark and he didn't know the way. If he wandered into the territory of some wild beast, he could only try his best to keep warm and think of a way out when it got light.

Situ Yi's team had searched one mountain after another in the surrounding area, but to no avail. They found no clues whatsoever. They searched one mountain after another.

There's no other way now but to find it.

Situ Yi sent men down, knowing that the Emperor had returned, and that he would surely send men to search the mountain.

Jia Hu remained motionless in the leaves, which did warm him up a bit, but the wounds on his body started to hurt again.

At this moment, Jia Hu saw a fire rising from the mountain. An excited voice emerged from the leaves, thinking that someone must have come looking for him, and that it must be a torch.

Jia Hu was about to go that way when he discovered something was different; the fire was getting bigger and bigger.

Jia Hu ran forward, and damn it! Those lunatics actually set the mountain on fire.

Setting fire to the mountain is a capital offense, punishable by life imprisonment!

Jia Hu didn't care about anything else and ran towards another mountain. It was dry now, and there hadn't been any rain or snow recently. The ground under the trees was covered with dry leaves, which would catch fire at the slightest touch, and once it started, no one could stop it.

The mountain here caught fire first. One of Situ Yi's soldiers saw it and thought, "Damn it, who led this team and started such a big fire?"

Situ Yi immediately sensed something was wrong; someone had set fire to the mountain, and Jia Hu must be on that hilltop.

Situ Yi immediately gathered his men and ran towards the mountain.

Jia Hu ran frantically, but the wildfire behind him was getting bigger and bigger. He had to find a way down the mountain. One mountain after another was burning, and even if he risked his life, he couldn't outrun them.

Jia Hu didn't care about being exposed or not. In order to find a way, he wanted to run to higher ground, but by the time he got there, the fire would probably be over there.

Jia Hu looked around, found the tallest tree, and began to climb it.

He was exhausted from running, his limbs were weak, and he couldn't get up at first, but he gritted his teeth and climbed up in the end.

When Jia Hu climbed to a high place, the trees stretched to the sky and it was difficult to tell which path led down the mountain.

He studied the path diligently by the moonlight; some paths seemed to lead down the mountain, while others led to a cliff.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of someone running in the distance, carrying a torch.