Seeing that the black shadow that suddenly popped out was a wild cat, Mu Yirong withdrew his hand on the hilt of the sword, slapped it with his empty hand, and slapped it at the wild cat that flew to the chickadee Seocho.

The astute wildcat let out a "meow" again, turned its claws, and scratched at Mu Yirong's face.

Mu Yirong was so frightened that he hurriedly turned his head, and the sharp claws of the wild cat slashed through the strap hanging from the official hat, and the strap with a few beads falling was torn off and fell to the ground.

Seeing that Mu Yirong was almost scratched on the face, the chickadee Seocho suddenly became angry, flapped his wings, and pecked the wild cat's head violently.

The wild cat, which made a terrible meow, suddenly crossed over Mu Yirong's head and jumped out of the courtyard wall.

"Are you alright?"

Mu Yirong and Ruicao, who were concerned about each other almost at the same time, were not injured, and they couldn't help but smile at each other, but then they tensed up their nerves and hurriedly looked around.

In the vast barren garden, there was only the sound of the "whooshing" wind, and occasionally one or two mice, taking advantage of the moonlight, ran quickly against the corner of the wall, and did not hear any other unusual movements.

Not far away, there was a long and narrow verandah, looming in the darkness.

The chickadee Ruicao, who quietly landed on Mu Yirong's shoulder, reminded him again of "be careful", and one person and one bird continued to move forward vigilantly.

However, after not taking a few steps, the chickadee Ruicao leaned into Mu Yirong's ear and whispered: "Look at the stone steps of that verandah, are there traces of dragging?"

The full moon in the sky was still as bright as a flower girl, but after Mu Yirong and the chickadee Ruicao were attacked by a wild cat, the moon in the sky seemed to be disturbed, quietly covering their figures, making the garden suddenly dark.

Mu Yirong does not have the almost perverted night vision ability of Ruicao, he can only vaguely see the narrow verandah composed of a railing not far ahead, and he can roughly see the stone steps of the verandah.

But whether there are any drag marks on it, he can't see it at all.

Mu Yirong, who was bent on his waist, touched the Ruicao lying on his head step by step.

Gradually, the outline of the verandah became clear in Mu Yirong's eyes, and Mu Yirong finally saw the traces of what Ruicao said.

At the entrance and exit of the verandah, which has only three steps, traces of overwhelmed weeds can be seen, as if someone had dragged a heavy sack from the stone steps to the verandah.

Mu Yirong, who glanced around and didn't find anything abnormal, was worried about destroying the traces on the stone steps, so he didn't go up from the stone steps. Instead, he moved to the side, jumped from the low veranda railing to the verandah, and immediately crouched down.

The surroundings were quiet, only the sound of Mu Yirong's breathing could be heard, and retracting his vigilant gaze, Mu Yirong looked down at the ground.

The drag marks on the steps, clear by the green, damp moss, lead up the steps to the smooth, dusty verandah floor. Then it turned to the north and stretched behind Mu Yirong.

The drag marks on the verandah, in addition to the traces of turquoise moss, also have dark red, suspicious traces of blood.

Seocao fell from Mu Yirong's shoulder to the ground, sniffed, and could smell a strong smell of grass and trees, mixed with an extremely faint smell of blood.

Mu Yirong, who was squatting, stretched out his hand, dipped his fingers in some dark red sticky, and approached his nose to smell it.

Although his nose is not as sensitive as that of Seocho, he can faintly smell the smell of suspected blood.

Judging by the dark red marks on the ground, it is believed that someone was injured and dragged from the garden to the verandah.

Just now, Mu Yirong and Ruicao, who saw the collapse of the courtyard wall, had deduced that after the nineteenth prince or the little chopsticks were robbed, they were taken to the courtyard of Prince Xiao's mansion next to them.

Then, when the two of them were tied here, someone was struggling and knocked down the courtyard wall.

Now seeing these bloodstained drag marks, it seems to be more proof that the missing two people were once kidnapped in this deserted mansion.

Mu Yirong and Seocho exchanged glances with each other, and then slowly moved forward along the trail marks on the verandah floor.

It didn't take long to go straight ahead before the verandah stretched out to the east towards the right-hand side.

Mu Yirong walked north with the Ruicao for a distance of less than ten meters, and a moon gate appeared on the east wall.

The moon gate was not too high, and the tall Takagi Yirong needed to lower his head to pass, and Seocho, who had been lying on top of his head, fell on his shoulder.

The trail marks on the verandah floor, until the moon gate, Mu Yirong looked vigilantly towards the moon gate, only to see a dark one, and saw nothing.

"What did you find?"

Mu Yirong tilted his head and asked the Seocho, who shook his little head, indicating that he hadn't found anything.

Just because nothing has been found doesn't mean danger doesn't exist, and the Nineteen Princes are still missing, and they have to be careful everywhere.

A man and a bird, who had raised their vigilance again, leaned against the wall of the verandah and leaned out half of their bodies towards the moon gate.

On the other side of the Moon Gate is a courtyard with the silhouette of three rooms not far ahead.

The courtyard in front is different from the well garden behind the duo, with two rows of tall trees planted in it, and in front of the left-hand side, there are also large stones in front of it, and several circles of flower beds are planted below.

The remnants of the flowers are gone, but you can still see the colors that alternate in a ring like a rainbow, but the boulder surrounded by the center is covered with weeds and moss, and the original appearance can no longer be seen.

On the right-hand side, near the bottom of the tree, there is a simple octagonal pavilion in the shape of an umbrella, with a stone table underneath, surrounded by four round stone piers that look like wine barrels, but one of them falls to the ground, as if four urchins were playing around the stone table and knocking one of them down.

The lower part of the stone mound fell to the ground, and the upper part was covered with grass, like a hedgehog hair standing up on the stone.

The courtyard was quiet, without any sound, as if the wild mouse nightingale hated the silence and ran to a more lively place.

No anomalies were found, and Mu Yirong stepped across the moon gate.

Suddenly, a huge net covered Mu Yirong's face.

"Be careful. ”

After a quick response, the chickadee Seocho let out a warning sound, flapped its wings and soared into the air, rushing towards the net under the cover.

The nets that fell from the sky were like fishing nets thrown into the lake, and all at once covered the chickadee Seoso.

However, because of this, the chickadee Ruicao bought Mu Yirong time to escape.

The Ruicao who was covered in the net, like Tang Seng who had entered the Pansi Cave, could only make a chirping sound, falling from the air to the ground, unable to move.

Mu Yirong, who was falling backwards, bent down to pick up Seocho, but suddenly heard the wind in his ears, and hurriedly rolled out to the side.