Xiao Yunyu's move stunned everyone.
Li Sisi was puzzled: "You didn't..."
Xiao Yunchen quickly covered her mouth.
Li Sisi blinked, and her brain finally reacted.
"Shh——" Li Nian made a gesture to keep quiet.
Li Sisi nodded.
Xiao Yunchen let go of his hand.
Li Sisi lowered her voice and asked, "What's going on?"
"The situation with the bandits in Heiyun Village is not as simple as it seems. We have to be careful here." Xiao Yunchen explained in a low voice.
Li Sisi was surprised. "You suspect the Yicheng prefect is colluding with the bandits?"
Xiao Yunchen: "It's just a suspicion at the moment."
Xiao Yunyu curled his lips and said, "We'll know soon. If I ask him questions today, he'll definitely lose his composure."
He looked at Li Nian again and said, "Tomorrow, you can use the excuse of going out for fun to find another place to stay."
Li Nian asked worriedly, "What about you guys?"
"No venture, no gain. We must stay."
Hearing Xiao Yunyu's arrangement, Li Nian became even more worried: "We have too few people, this is too dangerous, why don't we come up with a safer plan?"
Xiao Yunyu grabbed her hand and held it in his palm: "Don't worry, my cavalry is nearby."
Xiao Yunchen looked up in surprise, then continued, "Before leaving, the Emperor gave me the authority to command the Southern Xinjiang Army."
He took out the Dragon and Tiger Military Talisman from his body and handed it to Xiao Yunyu: "Brother, this is for you. I will collect the evidence."
Xiao Yunyu accepted it without hesitation.
"That's fine too. It's more appropriate to leave the task of suppressing bandits to the army."
As the night deepened, the leaves rustled in the wind.
There was a dim candlelight in the wooden house, and Xiao Yunyu changed into black clothes and went out.
Li Nian looked at the man dressed like this and whispered, "Be careful."
Xiao Yunyu responded in a low voice: "Well, don't worry, I'm just going to check the terrain."
Li Nian asked again, "Did you bring the medicine? I heard there are a lot of poisonous snakes in the mountains here."
"Take it with you." Xiao Yunyu saw her worried look and pinched her cheek to comfort her, "Don't worry."
Li Nian nodded.
Xiao Yunyu was covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of peach blossom eyes.
Outside in the night, the areas illuminated by the residual light were silvery white, while the dark areas were pitch dark.
When Xiao Yunyu was learning martial arts from his master, he had specially trained his night vision, so he could move as fast as the wind even in the pitch-black forest.
When we arrived at the place we had agreed on in advance, Xiao Hei had already been waiting for a long time.
Xiao Yunyu asked, "Did you find anything while following Prefect Yu today?"
Xiao Hei replied respectfully, "Master, your guess is correct. It seems that Prefect Yu has a secret connection with Black Cloud Village. Their contact is an inn in the city, and Xiao Zi is lying in ambush at that inn. When night fell, a waiter from that inn quietly headed for Black Cloud Village."
After listening to Xiao Hei's report, Xiao Yunyu paused for a moment and asked, "Have you figured out the way to Heiyun Village?"
Xiao Hei lowered his head. "Yicheng is all about steep mountains and forests, and the terrain is complex. We haven't yet found the exact location of Black Cloud Village. Even Xiao Zi...after following that fellow to Black Cloud Village, there's still no news."
Xiao Yunyu frowned.
It seems that the matter in Heiyun Village is more troublesome than he expected.
"Tonight's plans are temporarily cancelled. A few of you stay here and wait for news. Xiao Hei, Xiao Lu, and Xiao Hong, the three of you come with me."
"yes!"
Xiao Yunyu brought the three of them to a cavalry stationed in a village in Yicheng, intending to find two people who were familiar with the terrain to lead the way.
Many villages in Yicheng are built on the mountains. From a distance, the houses look like layers of stairs.
Because there are many wild animals in the mountains, villagers like to keep dogs.
Even though Xiao Yunyu and his friends were good at martial arts, they still couldn't escape the ears of the village dogs.
One dog barking leads to countless dogs barking.
The cavalry's night watchman saw the fourth brother's dark shadow rushing towards them, one of them as fast as the wind.
He immediately looked at the fastest black shadow with vigilance.
Xiao Yunyu used his lightness skills to easily find the house where the cavalry was stationed in the dark.
The cavalry's dark blue flag fluttered in the wind in the courtyard.
Xiao Yunyu stopped beside the flag and asked directly, "Is Cang Shu here?"
The man was startled, wondering who this person was and why he wanted to see their leader right away.
However, he also thought that this man was very skilled, and if he was an enemy, he could just kill him directly.
"Yes, please wait.
After a while, the leader of the cavalry came over here while adjusting his clothes, muttering impatiently: "Come over at this time, I want to see what's going on..."
He saw a man dressed in a black nightgown, standing tall and slender next to a dark blue flag, with a slender figure and perfect proportions.
Cang Shu narrowed his eyes: "Who?"
Xiao Yunyu pulled down the black cloth covering his head.
Cang Shu walked closer quickly to take a look, and said fearfully: "Master? You, why are you here?"
He looked at the three men following behind Xiao Yunyu, wearing clothes of three different colors and holding swords.
It was obvious that his master Xiao Yunyu had not escaped. After all, for convenience, he distinguished his secret guards by color. There was probably no other master like him in the world.
Cang Shu immediately ordered his men: "Go and light the lamps!"
Then he respectfully said to Xiao Yunyu, "Master, would you like to come in and discuss this?"
Xiao Yunyu walked towards the house.
Cang Shu immediately stepped forward to lead the way.
Candlelight lit up in the room, and Cangshu ordered his men to close the door.
Xiao Yunyu skipped the pleasantries and directly stated his purpose: "Do you have anyone here who is familiar with the terrain of Black Cloud Village? Please arrange for two to lead the way for me."
"Yes, yes..." Cang Shu said cautiously with a hint of hesitation, "Master, if you want to deal with Black Cloud Village, you must first control the Yicheng prefect. Otherwise, if they join forces inside and outside, your situation will be very dangerous."
Xiao Yunyu was surprised that Cang Shu also knew that the Yicheng prefect and Heiyun Village were in collusion.
In other words, many officials in Yicheng had already known the truth, but they pretended to be deaf and dumb, and no one reported it to the court.
In other words, anyone who intends to report it will be dealt with secretly by them.
Xiao Yunchen's expression was grim: "It seems that the trouble in Yicheng is even deeper than I thought."
He took out the topographic map that Prefect Yu had given him today and spread it out on the table. "Take a look at this map. Is there something wrong with it?"
Cang Shu ordered his men to call over those who were familiar with the terrain.
There was a middle-aged man and a young boy, both of whom looked like they would be hard to find in a crowd.
Cang Shu ordered: "You two, father and son, come and look at this map."
"good."
The father and son moved closer to the table. The young man took the only light source in the room in his hand and looked carefully at every inch.
The man soon saw the problem.
"There are a few things wrong."
Xiao Yunyu looked in the direction where his finger was pointing.
The man explained in a low voice, "This road should connect to this place. If you follow the map, there's a cliff ahead. And here..."
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