Rong Ruo drove the sleigh through the wind and snow, she was right, driving the sled was not too difficult for her, and she quickly mastered the skill, although the sled was swaying in her hands at first.

The mules that pull the sleds are just ordinary livestock used for farming, and naturally cannot be compared to the two horses that Valhalla has specially bred for breeding. The sleigh was moving smoothly in the snow, but not fast, and by the time they saw the traces of Saku on the horizon, it was getting late.

The road to Saku was completely covered with snow and uncleared, just like the one they had walked before, until it was close to the edge of the village.

Saku Village is much larger than Ximu Village, and Xinghe feels that it is barely big enough for a town, but it is strange that the huge village does look much more deserted than Ximu Village. It's just getting dark now, and it's approaching the end of the year, but there is not a single pedestrian in sight on the roads in the village, and even many houses don't even have lights, and the strange atmosphere of Saku Village makes Xinghe feel uneasy.

Rong Ruo stopped the sleigh at the entrance of the village, and everyone got off the sleigh and began to take a closer look at the strange village. From the moment he entered the village, Xinghe felt like a thorn in his back, as if something was peeking at them in the dark, Xinghe didn't want to enter this village if he could, but he felt that it was unrealistic to talk about leaving after they were all here, at least he couldn't even pass Rong Ruo's pass.

Since you can't avoid it, you have to be careful. Xinghe glanced at everyone, especially Rong Ruo, who was eager to try, and said, "Let's go find Jasmine first, it's not a problem to stand here, and finding someone from the village is also helpful to understand the situation." ”

The children, including Rong Ruo, did not have much objection to this, so everyone began to act, and Mueller only said that his niece lived in Saku Village, but did not say where she lived, so they had to go to someone to ask first.

As they led the sleigh into the village, Xinghe noticed some details that he hadn't noticed earlier, the dark houses had apparently been unoccupied for some time, as the snow in front of their doors and roofs had not been cleared at all.

Xinghe chose one of them at random, and stepped forward to check the situation, through the window, Xinghe could barely see some of the situation in the house, the furniture was neatly arranged, and it seemed that the owner of the house was not in too much of a hurry. He walked over to the door and tried to turn the doorknob, only to be able to open it all at once.

Xinghe was a little surprised, pushed open the door, and walked in. His mind was so focused on why the door was unlocked that he ignored the sound of a spell behind him, only to be startled by the sudden light behind him. Xinghe turned his head and saw Anton holding a ball of light, he had finally become proficient in this spell for a while, and the ball of light summoned would not flicker and dim like it had been at the beginning.

The ball of light lit up the whole room, Rong Ruo squatted down to check the dust accumulated on the floor, wiped it with her fingers on the cabinet in the living room, and came to the conclusion, "This place has been unattended for about half a month." ”

Rong Ruo wanted to continue inside to check, but the shouts behind her forced them to deal with it.

"Who's there!" said a thick male voice from outside the room.

Anton subconsciously extinguished the ball of light in his hand, and the room returned to darkness. Xinghe peeked out of the house, shouting an old man who lived across the street from the house, standing in front of his porch with a steel fork in both hands, and an old woman in the room behind him was also looking this way.

In dealing with the villagers, Rong Ruo's demon spirit identity can be described as a golden signboard, which is easier to use than they can explain, so Xinghe and everyone did not hesitate to hand over the work of dialogue to Rong Ruo.

Sure enough, after Rong Ruo walked to the place where the old man could see, the other party's momentum suddenly weakened. The old man no longer raised the steel fork in his hand, but he still remained vigilant, "This young lady, what are you doing here here?"

"Hello, old man, we want to find Jasmine, we have just come from Ximu Village, and her uncle Mueller told us that we can find her here. "It seems that the weirdness of Saku Village makes Rong Ruo have to be careful, and she is no longer as direct as Ximu Village.

"Jasmine?" the old man looked a little skeptical, but the old woman behind him didn't seem to want him to say more, so she took the old man by the hand, and pointed to the other side of the village, and said, "Miss, Jasmine's family lives over there, and the largest house by the fountain is." ”

"By the way, two old men, do you know where the family on the other side has gone?" Xinghe asked, pointing to the house they had just come out of.

"I don't know, I don't know!" the old woman hurriedly waved her hand, and at the same time pulled the old man closer to the house, closed the door at once, and even closed the curtains.

Xinghe was a little stunned, he glanced around, they made a lot of movement here, which attracted the attention of many people in the village, and he observed that there were people standing behind the windows and watching them in many houses, so he proposed: "Now that we know where it is, let's go to Jasmine's house first." ”

After saying that, he took the lead in walking in the direction pointed by the old woman, and the other children quickly followed, Xiaorou glanced back at the house where the two old men lived, and asked, "Shall we go like this?" ”

"A lot of people are watching. Rong Ruo pouted, "My detective card has been confiscated, and I can't exercise the powers of an agent for the time being, so it's okay to fool Uncle Mueller." If you force someone to ask for questioning, it will be considered illegal, and if someone finds out, it will be troublesome. ”

"We don't know how far the disappearance case has developed in the village, so we can't come up with any explanation, so we went to the two old people to ask about it, and if the villagers mistakenly think that it is related to the current disappearance, it will not be clear. Xinghe glanced back at the two old men who were still peeking at them, "Besides, it's impossible for us to ask the two old men, right?"

"That's right. Xiaorou nodded.

The village of Saku is arranged in a belt around an east-west road, bordered by the Misty Forest to the north and a plain to the south, which is covered in snow at the moment, but can be seen as a large field. The fountain that the old woman said just now is not difficult to find, it is on the main road of Saku Village, in the center of a circular square, and it looks like it should be the center of Saku Village.

As for the house that the old lady mentioned, it is even more recognizable, most of the houses in this village are low wooden spires, only this three-story stone flat-roofed house that is not covered with hollow carving, it is difficult not to notice.

But after seeing this house, Xinghe began to hesitate. During this time, he had learned about the establishment of the empire, for the empire, generally only officials at the town level had to be appointed by the empire, and the village chiefs of the villages below were basically elected by the villagers themselves, and the management was basically self-controlled, as long as the taxes were paid on time.

So generally in the village, those who have status, the status in the village is generally very high. And this house, it seems, is not cheap, in a sense, the owner of this house should not have a low status in this village.

However, they had already walked to the door, and if they didn't knock on the door, they would probably have to go to find those houses that no one lived in, but thinking of the disappearance in this village, Xinghe felt that it was not safe.

Rong Ruo didn't seem to think so much at all, and after letting go of the rope on the mule, she walked over directly and rang the bell on the porch, "Hello, is anyone home?"

There was a light on in the room, so there should be someone inside, but they waited for several minutes before they heard movement coming from inside, first a small partition on the door was opened, and a pair of eyes appeared on it, and then a woman's voice came, "Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, is it Miss Jasmine? Mr. Müller introduced us. Rong Ruo is still in charge of the conversation.

"Uncle asked you to come?" Jasmine didn't open the door because of Rong Ruo's words and her demon spirit identity, but her eyes wandered around, as if she was observing them, and after a while, she seemed to see something, closed the small partition, and then the sound of unlocking came from the room.

Xinghe looked at the place where Jasmine had just scanned, and thought that she should have recognized Muller's mule and sleigh. However, he was soon startled by the sound of the door being unlocked, and in a few moments he had heard at least four locks being opened.

It was probably after six or seven locks were opened that the door was finally opened, and Xinghe glanced at it briefly, the door was at least twenty centimeters thick, and it was also nailed with iron sheets. As for the lock behind the door, he took a cursory look, there are eight of them, and the styles are all different, and there are really a lot of anti-theft measures in this home.

After observing the door, Xinghe focused on the woman behind the door. There is no doubt that this is a human being, less than one meter six, twenty-five or six years old. It looks like he should be the kind of person who has no worries about food and clothing, wearing a silk nightdress, and his hands are well maintained, but his face looks very haggard, as if he has just been seriously ill.

"Is it Ms. Jasmine?" asked Rong Ruo.

She nodded, "I'm Jasmine, what did Uncle Mueller ask you to do?"

"We're going to be in Saku for a while, and Mr. Müller says we can come to you. ”

Jasmine still hesitated, and did not let them into the house, but continued to ask, "What is your relationship with Uncle Mueller?"

"What does it matter?" Rong Ruo scratched her head, "It doesn't matter, our carriage got stuck in the snow, and Mr. Muller helped us pull us to Ximu Village, and after hearing that we were coming to Saku Village, he told us that we could come to you." ”

"Well, come in. Jasmine finally let everyone into the house, but added at the end, "The servants are gone, so the mules will trouble you to pull yourself to the backyard." ”