"Niangniang, why don't you take Biyun out?" Biyu grumbled softly with a small mouth.

"The less people know about going out this time, the better, you are clever and lively, this matter is left to you, this palace can rest assured." Tao Yaoyao said with a smile.

"Niangniang, you will pick up nice words to fool Biyun......" Biyun obviously didn't buy her account.

"Okay, I'll be back and bring you something to eat." Biyu really couldn't look at it and said, Biyun has been grinding all morning, and she still has the temperament to talk.

"Okay." Biyun saw that Biyu had spoken, and it was inconvenient to say anything.

"By the way, if Xiaoshan comes back, give this to her, be sure to give it to her, and let her burn it after she sees it." Tao Yaoyao's expression suddenly became serious, and she handed Biyun an unsigned envelope.

"Don't worry, mother." Biyun also took the envelope solemnly.

"Remember." Tao Yaoyao was not at ease and told again.

"Niangniang, you must pay attention to safety when you go out this time!" Biyun also said worriedly.

"Okay, you girl, this time we are dressed in disguise, and it is not so easy to recognize." Tao Yaoyao looked at the guard uniform she was wearing.

"Mother, we have to go." Biyu looked at the hour and said to Tao Yao.

"Mother, Jasper, take care!" Biyun was a little sad.

"It's not life and death, your master will come back soon, and in the meantime, give me a good look at Taoyuanju." Tao Yao couldn't bear it and made a joke.

Biyun looked at the figures of Tao Yaoyao and Biyun walking away, and said to himself: "Niangniang, don't worry, Biyun will definitely protect you." ”

"Niangniang, this girl Biyun has been talking for a long time this time." Jasper is also a little reluctant.

"This time, we have to fight quickly, and we must be in time before King Ping returns to the palace." Tao Yaoyao said.

"Niang Niang auspicious." Guifu saw that the two of them hurriedly greeted him.

"Why are you the only one?" Tao Yao looked around, but he didn't see the figure of Qing Yezhuo.

"The emperor is afraid of arousing suspicion, so he has been waiting for his mother in the army in the past." Guifu explained.

"Guifu, it's a little strange for you to wear this, haha." Tao Yaoyao looked at Guifu at this time, he was also wearing the clothes of a guard, and he was used to seeing his words and deeds on weekdays, which would be indeed a little strange.

"Mother, don't joke about the minions." Guifu sighed with a frowning face. Isn't it, he's awkward himself.

"Alright, let's go." Only then did Tao stop the joke.

By the time the three of them arrived at the meeting point of King Yi, the procession was already ready to go, and there were not many people, about fifty people, but they were all carefully selected. Tao Yaoyao and the five of them entered the barracks as the emperor's personal soldiers to King Yi, so they didn't have to crowd in the same room with other soldiers, even so, Tao Yaoyao didn't dare to be the same as usual, in case someone found out that it would be bad.

"All the soldiers obey the order!" Qing Siyi saw that everyone had arrived, and announced the order loudly.

"In!" The uniform roar, even Tao Xiaoyao was rendered by such an atmosphere.

"The emperor ordered me to go to Huicheng as soon as possible to observe the livelihood of the people after the disaster." Qing Siyi's simple and neat two sentences explain where to go.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Everyone worshipped.

"I can't see that you have a high reputation." Tao Yao smashed the night burn standing beside her.

"Ahem." Qing Yezhuo pretended not to hear, but Situ Zhao glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally.

"Let's go!" As soon as Qing Siyi gave the order, the troops set off.

"Mother-I hope there won't be any accidents this time." Jasper whispered in anticipation.

"Humph, coward!" Situ Zhao glanced at her.

"Miss Situ, please continue to maintain your gentle and virtuous appearance, your fox tail is too fast." Tao Xiaoxiao seems to be fighting for Jasper.

"Hmph." Situ Zhao stopped arguing with her, turned his head and didn't speak.

After a day of walking, Taoyao's equestrian skills were not very good, and the whole ass seemed to fall apart, and they were ready to find a place to rest.

"Not far east is Shuiyao Village, we can go there and settle down." Tao Yaoyao said.

"All the soldiers listened to the order, marched eastward, and tonight at the foot of Shuiyao Village." After hearing this, Qing Siyi ordered someone to announce the order.

By the time they arrived, there was no village here, and it was simply a ruin.

"Are you sure this is it?" Qing Yezhuo asked, looking around.

"You can't go wrong." Tao Xiaoyao nodded.

She looked at the scene in front of her in disbelief, she had picked up Xiao Shan here a few months ago, and now it seemed to be a ruin, and only a few houses were still relatively intact.

"Go see who else isn't!" Qing Siyi commanded.

"Yes."

Tao Yaoyao and a few of them also went into the village and walked around, not to mention people, not even a chicken.

"Looks like everyone here is missing." Qing Yezhuo said.

"Could it be a group outing?" Tao Yaoyao asked.

"No, look at this village, there are traces of burning, and it won't be dilapidated like this for half a year, and the few houses we came here have fallen over."

"Is it a bandit?" Tao Yaoyao asked.

"Although it is not far from Xiaocheng, it is close to the mountains, and it is possible to be ransacked by mountain bandits." Qing Siyi nodded.

"No, if it was looted by mountain bandits, how could there be no one, these traces seem to be deliberately made." Qing Yezhuo shook his head for a moment and said.

"Are you saying that someone deliberately took away the villagers of Shuiyao Village, and then burned the village to make it look like a mountain bandit robbery?" Momo's eyes widened.

"Hmm."

"Why? I've seen these villagers, they're all ordinary people, so there's no reason to offend anyone. Besides, they have been living here, and it is impossible for them to have such a big conflict with anyone. "Tao Xiaoyao is a little nervous and irrational when she encounters Xiaoshan.

"You see, there seem to be traces of horses' hooves here." Qing Siyi squatted down and brushed away the fallen leaves on the ground.

"This is—" Situ Zhao didn't speak, and suddenly his eyes widened.

"What?" Nightburn stared at her.

"How could it be! This is my Seamus's iron hoofed horse. Situ Zhao finally spoke.

"What an iron-hoofed horse, you name it clearly." Tao Yaoyao hurriedly asked.

"We have a special kind of horseshoe in Seamos, which is reserved for iron-hoofed horses, because iron-hoofed horses are born tall, but the horse's hooves are fragile, and this kind of horseshoe has four orifices on it, which is one size larger than ordinary horseshoe. You see, here, you can't go wrong. Situ Zhao also squatted down and pointed to the two holes in the imprint on the ground.

"But how did Seamus's iron-hoof horse end up here, did you do it?" Tao Yaoyao looked at her and asked, this is Xiaoshan's hometown, if Xiaoshan knows, I'm afraid it will be very sad.

"There is no need to be sad, although these villagers are nowhere to be found, they are not necessarily dead." Qing Yezhuo couldn't hug her in front of everyone to comfort her, so he could only pat her on the shoulder.

"Impossible! Although this kind of horse is tall, it can't travel long distances at all, and it is impossible to walk all the way from Seamo to the vicinity of Xiaocheng! Situ Zhao stood up, her face was also full of doubts, and she didn't know why.

"Could it be that this kind of horse was raised by someone and came to the neighborhood?" Qing Siyi could only think of this possibility.

"No way! The Iron Hoof Horse will only eat my Seamo's iron grass, which is very hard, although cattle and sheep do not eat it, but it is the food of this horse, and this iron grass only grows on two grasslands in Seamo. Situ Zhao shook his head.

"Report to the general, there's a discovery over there." Just as they were frowning, a guard came up to report.

"Check it out."

"This is-" Tao Yao was stunned, isn't this Xiao Shan's house?

"What's wrong, Xiao'er?" Qing Yazhuo asked worriedly.

"It's fine." Tao Xiaoyao glanced at Situ Zhao and didn't say anything.

"General, blood was found here." The guard led them to a pool of blood.

"This bloodstain has been processed, it should have been in too much of a hurry, so it missed the trace." Qing Yezhuo said after taking a closer look.

"General, a corpse was found outside." The guard came in again and reported.

"Let's go!"

Isn't this the village chief!

"Child?" Qing Yezhuo asked when he saw that Tao Yao was silent.

"This is the village chief of Shuiyao Village." Tao Xiaoxiao pretended to be calm and said.

"Can you tell that?" Situ Zhao asked incredulously.

"Before the outbreak of horseshoe disease in Shuiyao Village, there was a fake Taoist priest to cheat money, I happened to pass by and cured the epidemic by mistake, and said a few words to the village chief, he was missing a front tooth, so he was more impressed, this body shape and hair color, is undoubtedly that village." Tao Xiaoyao pointed to the missing tooth of the corpse.

Situ Zhao glanced at Tao Yaoyao inexplicably, she didn't expect Tao Yaoyao to really cure the epidemic, which was a little different from her impression of Tao Yaoyao.

"It's true." Qing Yezhuo also took a closer look at the tooth, making sure that it was not faked.

"Look at the extent of the decomposition of the corpse, it has also been a few months. I guess it was not long after I left that this tragedy happened. There was some grief in Tao's heart.

"It's not early, let's find a place to rest for the night, and tomorrow we'll go around to see if there are any other clues." Qing Siyi said.

"Hmm." Tao Yaoyao didn't have the heart to say anything more.

Biyun and Guifu lived with Situ Zhao, saying that they were serving, but in fact they were going to monitor. And Qing Yezhuo and Tao Yaoyao live in the same room as a matter of course.

"Are you okay?" Qing Yezhuo looked at Tao Yaoyao with a somewhat absent-minded look.

"Well, I don't know where all the people in this village have gone." Tao Yaoyao had some bad premonitions in her heart.

"These villagers should have been taken to other places, and a search of the neighborhood tomorrow should reveal some clues." Nightburn comforted.

"Hmm." Tao Yaoyao vaguely agreed.

"Child-" Qing Yezhuo hugged her tightly, "don't worry, I'm here." ”

"Why is there only the corpse of the village chief, and the blood stains in the house are not the village chief? Why is the village chief there? Tao Xiaoyao had 10,000 whys in her heart, but she couldn't say it.

Could it really be that all this is just a coincidence, someone took the village chief to Xiao Shan's house and killed him? Why bother? Tao Yaoyao couldn't figure it out, and fell asleep in Qing Yezhuo's arms.

"Master." A man in black knelt in front of Qing Ye Zhuo, who was holding Tao Yao, but he didn't even lift his eyelids.

"Go, check!" Qing Yezhuo said softly, his expression grim.

"Yes!"