The smoke rising not far away gave hope to everyone.

Rong Ruo looked at the green smoke, crossed her hands and bared her teeth at Anton and said, "What's the matter, I didn't lead the wrong way!"

Anton turned his head and snorted coldly, "It's just a blind cat that meets a dead mouse." ”

Rong Ruo looked at him unrelentingly, "What is called a blind cat, this is strength." ”

Xinghe climbed down from the roof of the car and said to the group of children gathered around the carriage: "Rongruo, fatty, let's go over there to find someone to help, Chongwu, Xiaoyue, Xiaoxin, Xiaorou, you are watching the carriage here." ”

Seeing that everyone had no opinion on the division of the team, Xinghe walked in the direction of the cooking smoke with Rong Ruo and Anton. It wasn't easy to make their way through the calf-down snow, and it took them a great deal to get to the place where the smoke had risen.

It was a small mill built by the stream, but the stream was frozen by this time, and the huge waterwheel was no longer functioning, and the smoke rose from the hut next to the mill.

The three of them walked to the wooden house and knocked on the door.

Suddenly there was a thunderclap in the wooden house, and Xinghe was a little dazed, and before he could react to what was happening, he saw the door of the hut suddenly open, and a bearded man with a short axe appeared in front of him, startling him.

Xinghe subconsciously jumped back, but fortunately, the man in the door did not make any next move, but put down the hatchet in his hand and looked at the three children in front of him in disbelief, "Who are you?"

Rong Ruo stepped forward, "Sorry, excuse me, we are from Bourbon, our carriage is stuck in the snow, sir, can you help us?"

"Bourbon?" the man still looked a little confused, but it was probably the identity of the Demon Spirit that made him let down his guard, and he put the axe into the barrel by the door, "Miss, can I ask what you are here for?"

"We're going to Saku Village, but we're getting lost on the way. Rong Ruo replied.

The man's face changed obviously after hearing Saku Village, and his right hand moved a little closer to the doorknob, but after some psychological struggle, he didn't close the door in the end, maybe because of Rong Ruo's face, he asked hesitantly: "Miss, can you tell me what you are going to do in Saku Village?"

"I'm Hegu Rongruo, an agent at Valhalla, and I've been ordered to do some research in Saku Village. ”

Rong Ruo's answer made Xinghe stunned, he remembered that Rong Ruo couldn't get the agent card representing the identity of the Valhalla agent now. But fortunately, the man didn't ask about it, maybe because he hadn't seen an Valhalla agent, or maybe he didn't think anyone would have the guts to assume the identity of an Valhalla agent.

In short, the man accepted Rong Ruo's words, and showed an expression of sudden realization, "Forgive me for my presumptuousness, but Miss Hegu, are you here alone, after all, you look a little young." ”

"Age doesn't mean everything, and I brought a companion with me. Rong Ruo replied.

The man reluctantly accepted Rong Ruo's words and said, "You guys are finally here, my name is Mueller, and I am a lumberjack in Ximu Village. ”

"Wait, you're not from Saku Village?" Rong Ruo looked surprised.

"No, miss, this is Ximu Village, and Saku Village is on the other side of the stream, on the edge of the Misty Forest. Mueller pointed into the distance.

"Didn't you say that you were leading the way accurately?" Anton began to taunt again.

"It's just a little off, do you have any opinions!" Rong Ruo glared at him.

Xinghe coughed, "Xiaoyue, they're still waiting for the carriage, it's better for us to do business first." ”

"Uh. Rong Ruo reacted and asked Mueller, "Mr. Mueller, can you help us, we still have a few companions by the carriage." ”

Mueller seemed to be thinking about what the relationship between them was, and after hearing Rong Ruo's request, he reacted after a while, "I know, take me to see it." ”

Muller put on his coat, went out of the hut, and followed the three of them to the carriage, he looked in the direction, and asked with some confusion, "Miss Hegu, why did your carriage come this way, this is a wasteland and there is no road." ”

"We couldn't find our way to Saku when we walked to the village. Rong Ruo blushed a little, but immediately asked again, "Why are the roads to Saku Village deserted, don't they need to go out?"

"You don't know?" said Mueller, a little surprised.

"What's wrong with Saku Village. Rong Ruo was suddenly interested.

"Didn't you come here because of the disappearance? A month ago, people began to disappear in Saku Village, and now there is panic there, and the end of the year is approaching, how can anyone bother to clear the road. Mueller looked at them strangely.

"We ...... It's because of other cases. Rong Ruo hesitated for a moment and said, "Didn't you report the disappearance to Bourbon?"

"I heard that the village of Saku has already reported the disappearance, haven't you received it? I thought you were here for the disappearance. ”

While speaking, they had already returned to the carriage, and Muller looked at the group of children beside the carriage, and asked Rong Ruo with a hesitant expression: "Miss Hegu, you are really here to investigate the case." ”

"Of course, if you don't believe it, the signs at Valhalla are all on the carriage. Rong Ruo said holding on to the Valhalla sign on the carriage.

Müller's face was puzzled, but he didn't dwell too much on the issue, but began to look at the carriage stuck in the snow.

"It's not easy. Müller walked around the carriage, tested the depth of the snow around him, and at last looked up and said, "Otherwise, Miss Hegoku, you will rest for a while in the mill, and I will go to the village and get some men, and some tools." ”

Xinghe is clear about the situation of the carriage, and he understands that Mueller is right, so naturally there is no reason to object.

Müller took the group of them to the mill again, and filled each of them half a bowl of hot soup from the pot on the fireplace, and then left them here, and went back to the village to call for help.

Xinghe took a sip of hot soup and asked Rong Ruo, "What do you think?" ”

"A bit salty. Rong Ruo replied.

"I'm talking about Saku. ”

"You said it earlier. Rong Ruo put down the bowl a little embarrassed, "Under normal circumstances, if the disappearance case is not clearly related to the spellcaster, it will indeed not be handed over to Valhalla, but the local police station will handle it by itself, but the Bourbon police should have received the report of the disappearance case a long time ago, but they have not sent anyone, I am afraid that it is because someone in the middle has been bribed." ”

"Is that so. After two years of experience in Jiangcheng Dongcheng District, Xinghe understood that buying police officers is actually a very common thing, and it is not surprising, "Then what are you going to do?"

Rong Ruo thought for a moment and said, "Go to Saku Village as soon as possible to investigate, if it is a large number of missing cases, there will always be some traces." ”

Xinghe asked again, "What if you find a clue?"

Rong Ruo replied without hesitation: "Of course it's tracking, Mao Wen must have started to clean up the traces, if you don't follow the clues as soon as possible, you won't be able to catch up with anything." ”

He then asked, "What if the clue leads to the Misty Forest?"

She immediately replied, "Of course I am." ”

Xinghe rubbed his forehead with some distress, "Rong Ruo, I have to say it bluntly, the combat power of our people is really much worse than those Mao Wen, and if we rush into the forest, it will only put us in danger." ”

"Senior brother is in the Elven River, no matter how fast Sister Sofia is, it will take two or three days to wait for her to come over with reinforcements. ”

"Okay, you two don't argue, let's wait until we get to Saku Village to see the specific situation. Xiaoxin put down the bowl in her hand and spoke to stop their argument.

The men stopped talking about it and quietly drank soup in the hut.

After about half an hour to an hour, Müller returned with two villagers.

Müller went into the hut, patted the snow off his body, and said, "Miss Hegoku, we have brought you your carriage to the village, so come with me to the village." ”

Rong Ruo immediately stood up when she heard the news, "Ah, thank you so much." ”

"Where, where, it's a gesture. For Rongruo's gratitude, Muller looked flattered.

Outside the wooden house, two sleds made by the villagers of Ximu Village are parked, and the sleds are pulled by two mules. The sleds pulled by these mules are not fast, but they are steady. It took them a short time for the sleigh to drive into a village, where they stopped outside a courtyard at the head of the village.

Their wagon was already parked in the yard, and judging by the snow sticking to it, it must have taken a lot of effort for the villagers to get it here.

A peasant woman was feeding the horses with two bundles of hay, and when she saw them returning, she opened the yard and welcomed them in.

Rong Ruo followed into the courtyard, but when Muller wanted to lead everyone into the house, she refused, "Mr. Muller, we have to rush to Saku Village as soon as possible, so we won't go in, can you please tell us which way to go to Saku Village?"

Mueller frowned, "Miss Hegu, it's snowing a lot outside, and it's not getting early, so why don't you go early tomorrow morning, just in time I asked my wife to get you something hot to fill your stomach." ”

Rong Ruo shook her head, "It's really not necessary, I plan to go to Saku Village as soon as possible to find out what happened." ”

Seeing Rongruo's resolute attitude, Muller didn't hold on anymore, but still suggested: "The snow on the side of Saku Village is quite deep, and your carriage will definitely not be easy to go that way, so it is better to leave the carriage here and drive my sleigh." ”

Rong Ruo thought for two seconds and agreed, "Okay." ”

"Do you know how to drive a sled?" asked Xinghe whispered as he walked over to her.

Rong Ruo waved her hand, "Don't worry, it will definitely not be much more difficult than driving a carriage." ”

As soon as Muller handed the simple sleigh to Rongruo, the latter couldn't wait to beckon everyone to get on the sleigh. After Murray showed her the way, he couldn't help but persuade her again. It's just that Rong Ruo has already made up her mind to rush to Saku Village as soon as possible, so she is naturally unmoved.

But before leaving, Rong Ruo suddenly remembered something, jumped off the sleigh, took out some money from her purse and handed it to Mueller.

Mueller was shocked, "Miss Hegu, help is due, how can I take your money?"

Rong Ruo wanted to stuff it into his hands, and said, "It's not an easy job to pull the carriage here, and it will trouble you to take care of these two horses, so you can accept it." ”

Muller had no choice but to accept the money, but before they set off, he provided some information by the way, "Miss Hegu, when you arrive at Saku Village, it will definitely not be too early, it will definitely be difficult to find a place to stay, if you don't dislike it, you can stay at my niece's house for one night, her name is Jasmine, and she lives in Saku Village." ”