After Wang Yue returned to the Royal City, the first thing he did was to visit Little Snow Rabbit at Wutong Residence. Before he had to go to Qingyang with the elite troops of the Royal City to join the war, the most worrying thing was leaving her alone here.
Since the death of his sister-in-law Miao Xueyu, Xuetu once fell into deep self-blame. If she hadn't been defenseless and been kidnapped by Qingyun's men many times, her mother would not have died trying to save her. She hates Qingyun, and she hates her own incompetence even more. Her demon power is not strong enough, and she is not good at fighting. She is a burden to others no matter where she is, and this time her mother was killed.
What she couldn't let go of the most was that after learning that her father's death was related to her mother, her attitude towards her mother had always been extremely cold. No matter how much her mother wanted to get her forgiveness, she tried every means to avoid her, and even deliberately made rude remarks. It broke her heart. As a result, even until her mother died, she could not feel at ease, leaving her with only regret.
Seeing her so depressed, the one who felt most distressed was Mochizuki. In his eyes, the child Xuetu was really pitiful. She lost her father before she was born, and now her mother has left her, leaving her helpless in this world. But he didn't know how to comfort her, because he had lost his parents since he was very young and was raised by his brother, so he understood that no matter how others tried to persuade him, it would be useless. The pain will not even be taken away by time, but slowly, he himself begins to develop antibodies to that kind of pain, and it will no longer be overly obvious.
Wangyue came all the way to Wutong Residence. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw the little snow rabbit sitting on the swing. She seemed to have been waiting for him. When she saw him coming in, she jumped off the swing and said, "Uncle Wangyue, I'm waiting for you." For a long time!"
Judging from Yukito's expression, her mood has calmed down a lot compared to when he left. Although the sadness between her eyebrows is still vaguely visible, her whole person is not as dull as before.
This was a good thing. Mochizuki couldn't figure out what made her recover so quickly, so she asked, "Really? How are you?"
"Well," Little Snow Rabbit hesitated to say anything about his situation, but said directly, "Let's not talk about this for now. Regarding the person who killed my mother, I have figured out how to find him. He is probably lurking in the It’s a place very close to us, maybe we still haven’t left.”
"Oh? Tell me!" Mochizuki finally understood why Little Snow Rabbit was much more energetic than when he left. It turned out that she was bent on catching the traitor who killed her mother.
"Although I didn't see that person's appearance, I remember the smell of him. The smell of oil smoke on his body was very strong." Xuetu said with certainty.
"I saw that man's appearance!" Wangyue not only saw the man's appearance clearly, but also fought with him, and he suspected that the man was actually Meng'er.
"Exactly, I guess the traitor will work in the kitchen of Chenji Palace?" Xuetu continued.
"According to this analysis, it is indeed possible!" Mochizuki agreed with Xuetu's analysis, but he was still worried, "If that person is Meng'er, he may be able to use other people's bodies to change identities at will!"
"Anyway, can you start with the demon servants in charge of the Chenji Palace kitchen?" Snow Rabbit begged.
"Okay! I'll start investigating in secret right now!" Mochizuki touched Little Snow Rabbit's head distressedly and asked, "I'm relieved to see you cheer up!"
"There is not so much time to be sad. Because I am too weak in all aspects, I always become a burden to others. Now is the time for me to do my best to help you." Yukito wanted to tell Mochizuki Acting coquettishly, although tears welled up in her eyes, she still held back, "I also thought of a place that might be the hiding place of the traitor, which is the group of soldiers in charge of cooking in the Royal City army."
"After I finish investigating Chenji Palace, I will go to the military camp."
"I'm afraid he will have escaped by then. I want to try to sneak into the military camp."
"How can that be done?!" Mochizuki was startled by Xuetu's words. Although it was a good thing that she could cheer up, he couldn't accept letting her put herself in danger.
"I asked around and found out that the two girls from Ma Yao's family are usually responsible for delivering wine to the military camp. I want to dress up like them and deliver the wine, so that I can have direct contact with the soldiers in charge of cooking." Snow Rabbit had already Have your own plan.
"No! This is too dangerous! I fought with that man, and his skills are far superior to yours!" Wang Yue rejected her idea.
"I'm not fighting him, I'm just making sure he's there. Then it'll be up to you to catch him." Snow Rabbit continued to insist.
"I'm still not at ease." Mochizuki was not at all worried about Xue Tu going alone, but he couldn't pretend to be a girl delivering wine. He suddenly thought of someone, "Otherwise, I'll ask Xia Qiu to come with you. go."
"Will Sister Xia Qiu agree?" Xue Tu asked, blinking his eyes.
"She will definitely agree!"
Wangyue returned to Chenji Palace and told Xia Qiu and others about his and Xuetu's plan, and she agreed.
Thinking that Xue Tu had just lost her mother and had cheered up so quickly, Xia Qiu admired her and couldn't help but praise: "Xue Tu is such a strong girl, I am not even as good as her!"
"I didn't expect that she has grown up a lot after going through so much." Mochizuki felt both distressed and somewhat comforted.
Xia Qiu and Xue Tu quickly found the small shop in the royal city that was responsible for delivering wine to the army, which specialized in various kinds of demonic wine. The shop owners are the Tsushima Youkai couple, who have twin daughters. It is these two sisters who usually deliver wine to everywhere.
Because the two sisters felt that their faces were not pretty enough, they always covered their faces when going out. This was actually beneficial to Xia Qiu and Xue Tu.
They were first dressed up by the sisters according to their usual appearance, and then they learned how to drive the yak beast that carried wine. This kind of yak beast is nearly twice as big as a human yak. Its hair is black and shiny, especially the strand of hair on its back that can almost be dragged to the ground. They have a pair of bull eyes, as big as two small bowls, and their snoring is very heavy, so people can't help but be a little reluctant to approach them, but in fact they are docile animals, even a little timid, and they will not even shout when shouting. It may disturb them and cause them to run away desperately.
So if you want to control them, the most important thing is to make them not feel scared. Xia Qiu and Xue Tu imitated the two horse demon sisters while stroking the back of the yak beast and talking to it softly: "Black ox, be good!"
When the yak beast began to breathe evenly, the two horse demon sisters knew that it had become accustomed to Xia Qiu and Snow Rabbit. In addition, they were wearing the sisters' usual clothes, so the yak beast quickly took off their clothes. overcame the previous precautions.
Generally, the two sisters would deliver wine to the military camp at a fixed time two days a week, and the evening of that day happened to be the prescribed time. Xia Qiu and Xue Tu set out from Ma Yao's shop and drove the yak beast to the military camp. Last time Xia Qiu accidentally broke into this place and left a bad impression. She couldn't help but pray in her heart that everything would be okay this time. can go smoothly.
In the setting sun, she and Snow Rabbit walked on both sides of the wooden cart pulled by the yak beast, listening to the crisp copper bells on the yak beast's neck and the creaking sound of the wheels turning, which was a rare pleasure. Their nerves became relaxed and their steps became smoother.
There was an upward slope when entering the military camp. The two of them came to the back of the car with a tacit understanding like the horse demon sisters usually did, and helped the yak beast push up a few steps. After reaching the ground, they returned to the original position. Bit.
When the soldiers guarding the camp saw them, they waved them in. They followed the route the Ma Yao sisters had told them in advance, first going straight, then turning left, looking for a place where the army was cooking. Fortunately, the soldier in charge of cooking happened to be cooking at this time, and with the guidance of the smoke, they quickly found the right place.
They saluted the soldier who was the first to greet them. The soldier had obviously been familiar with the two Ma Yao sisters for a long time, and said to them: "You guys wait a moment, I will ask others to bring the wine."
After saying that, he turned and left. Xia Qiu glanced at Xue Tu, trying to make sure it was the same person just now. When she saw her shaking her head, she knew it wasn't.
After a while, several young soldiers came one after another and began to unload the wine cans from the car. Xia Qiu and Xue Tu were nearby, listening carefully to their conversation.
But after listening to it again, Xuetu felt that none of them looked like the traitor who captured him. Just when he was about to give up, a younger soldier ran over and said to the oldest soldier in charge: "Boss, There are a lot of new ingredients in the warehouse, I’m afraid there’s no room for wine!”
Although it was just this sentence, Xue Tu was already 100% sure that he was the traitor who had robbed her, because she would never forget his voice no matter what. The rest was to go back and tell Ouyang Xiao about their findings. Leng and Wangyue left them.
The young soldier who came later was extremely alert and looked back and forth at the horse demon sisters dressed as Xia Qiu and Xue Tu. It could be seen from his eyes that he had doubts about their identities.
By this time, all the wine had been unloaded from the car, and the soldiers helped the sisters load the empty wine cans onto them. Xia Qiu and Xue Tu were very afraid that the soldiers would talk to them, because once they spoke, their identities would be completely exposed. Fortunately, because the elite troops had just returned from Qingyang, their food could not be delayed, so their leader readily gave them wine money and sent them away.
Not far out of the camp, Snow Rabbit said to Xia Qiu with certainty: "That's the person!"
"That man is indeed suspicious! He seems to be here to ask if there is anything he can do, but in fact he has been sizing up both of us!" Xia Qiu nodded.
"We must return to Chenji Palace quickly to tell others all this, lest he thinks something is wrong and run away first." Xuetu became nervous.
"Yeah!" Xia Qiu nodded and quickened his pace.
They returned the cart pulled by the yak beast to the Ma Yao family, hurriedly expressed their gratitude to them, and hurried back to Chenji Palace, where they met Wang Yue. After investigating the demon servants in charge of food and drink in the entire Chenji Palace, he did not find any suspicious characters. He was also worried about Xue Tu and Xia Qiu, so he was preparing to greet them.
"I think we have found that person! He is indeed lurking in the army in the royal city!" Xuetu couldn't hide the anger in his heart and said to Mochizuki.