In the second half of the night, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

The snowflakes were light and not as noisy as raindrops, so they did not disturb Mu Yingbao who was sleeping at all.

At dawn, someone knocked on the door outside Xi Nuanyu. The knock was very quiet, but a little urgent.

The first person to hear it was Xue Wenyu, who knew that something important had happened.

He got out of bed quietly, pulled the quilt over his wife, then reached out and put on his cotton robe and walked out.

The person knocking on the door was tactful and didn't keep knocking.

Xue Wenyu opened the door and realized that it was snowing and the yard was covered in white.

"What's the matter? Come to the study and talk about it." Xue Wenyu said to his subordinates in a low voice.

The one knocking on the door was Hua Liang, who then tiptoed into the study.

"Master, you're back." Hua Liang was a little excited.

Xue Wenyu frowned when he heard this. What does that mean? Who's back?

Hua Liang also suddenly realized that he was too impetuous. "My Lord, the eighth princess of Yunning Kingdom, Ziyun, is back."

"Are you back? How did you come back? When did it happen? Please tell me in detail." Xue Wenyu was not excited but felt very surprised.

When I disappeared, it was inexplicable. Now, he is back again? "My Lord, it happened just an hour ago. I brought people to watch near the official post station.

Gang Leader Kong's men were watching there, and the first half of the night was normal as usual. But in the middle of the night, people on both sides of us discovered almost at the same time that someone was coming, and there was more than one.

So, we thought about staying calm and waiting for the person to enter the range before taking action to take him down.

However, those people were very alert. They were almost within our controllable range, but suddenly they discovered an ambush and fled.

The subordinates and Gang Leader Kong's men chased after them. "Hua Liang reported very carefully.

Xue Wenyu suddenly interrupted him: "If you all go after them, there will be no one left.

Hua Liang immediately responded when he heard it, "Master, we left them here. I am not that stupid. How can I not be on guard against their trick? Not only did I leave two people here, but I also left someone on Gang Leader Kong's side to keep an eye on them."

Having said this, Hua Liang paused and looked at his master. Seeing that his master had no intention of speaking, he continued with a guilty look on his face. "Unexpectedly, even if we kept someone here, it was useless. When we returned, we heard something strange in the official inn. We went in to check and heard the maid screaming in the suite where the eighth princess lived.

It turned out that the Eighth Princess was already in bed in the room, but she was unconscious.

When Xue Wenyu heard this, he basically concluded from the expressions of his men, "You and Kong Lian's men chased after them, but you all came back empty-handed, right?"

Hua Liang knelt on one knee and said, "I am incompetent, please punish me, Master."

After guarding for so many days, it was all in vain. The person escaped without a trace right under their noses, and the Eighth Princess returned to her room in the official inn right under their noses.

Although Xue Wenyu's subordinates all have different personalities, they all have one thing in common: whenever they fail in something, they never make excuses for themselves or emphasize how powerful the other party is. Instead, they look for the reasons in themselves, saying that they are too incompetent, so they fail!

Seeing the snowflakes still on his man's hair and shoulders, Xue Wenyu could no longer blame him. "It's not your fault. Stand up and speak."

"Thank you, master." Hua Liang did not insist. After the master spoke, he immediately stood up and stood straight.

"It was snowing tonight, but the amount of snow was not heavy. When I lost track of him, I thought of following the footprints on the snow. However, the footprints suddenly disappeared. The area near where the footprints disappeared was very empty, with no trees or houses.

It’s as if, when a person reaches that position, he suddenly no longer needs to walk, as if he has grown wings and can fly.

Master, is there really someone in this world who has such great martial arts skills that he can walk on snow without leaving any trace?

Xue Wenyu shook his head. Even those who have mastered Qinggong to the highest level cannot walk on snow without leaving any footprints, or float on water. Those are just exaggerations made by storytellers. "They must have walked backwards and used some method to cover up the footprints left on the snow.

Even if the distance you were left behind was not very far, but in the weather tonight, if they had prepared in advance and brought white cloth robes or something and wrapped themselves in them, it would be difficult to find you even in the daytime.

What's more, their purpose was to lure you away so that they could send the princess to the official post station more easily.

So, there is no need to blame yourself. "

Hua Liang felt warmed when he saw that his master was not unhappy at all. "But if they planned it so carefully, then what would happen?"

"Unless there is a master among them who can predict that it will snow tonight." Xue Wenyu said it for him; "Okay, let's talk about other things. What did the people in the delegation say? Have you seen Princess Ziyun?"

Hua Liang said that he had never seen Princess Ziyun with his own eyes because the members of the delegation blocked the princess's door and did not allow anyone else to enter.

The reason why Hua Liang was sure that Princess Ziyun had returned was that he was unwilling to accept the fact, so he secretly climbed up to the roof of the princess's house to check it out before confirming it.

The princess looked dirty and disheveled. If Hua Liang had not had a good memory, he would have almost failed to recognize that the beggar-like woman was the princess who was so arrogant and domineering just a dozen days ago.

"Dirty? Disheveled hair, like a beggar?" Xue Wenyu muttered. What was going on? Could it be that he was kidnapped by a beggar?

"Our people are still watching there, and a few are still waiting for daybreak at the place where the footprints disappeared to see if there will be any discoveries. I will come back to report first. Master, what do you think we should do next?" Hua Liang's originally uneasy heart was now completely relieved. "Wait for me, let's go and take a look together." Xue Wenyu said without thinking.

"But my master, it's not appropriate to go now, right? They will definitely put on airs and won't let us see you." Hua Liang expressed his opinion.

After saying that, he saw his master looking at him like a fool.

"Did I say I was going to the government post?" Xue Wenyu said and walked out.

He would not be in a hurry to see the princess. What interested him was how those people suddenly disappeared without a trace.

As long as they did something, if you look carefully, you will definitely find clues.

Xue Wenyu entered the bedroom, but did not rush to put on his boots. Instead, he looked at the person lying on the bed.

When he was sitting on the edge of the bed and putting on his boots lightly, his belt suddenly moved. He looked down and saw a small white hand.

"Are you going to practice martial arts?" Mu Yingbao said in a lazy voice. "Just now Hua Liang said that Princess Ziyun is back, and I want to go out of the city with him to investigate something.

It's snowing outside, it's still early, you can lie down for a while. "After Xue Wenyu finished speaking, he put the hand holding his belt to his mouth, kissed it, and put it back into the quilt.

"Hey, go ahead." Mu Yingbao was indeed not awake yet.

Xue Wenyu felt a little strange just now. How could she be so calm when she heard the news of the princess's return? Suddenly, she saw the person who was originally curled up in the quilt with sleepy eyes suddenly sit up. She was very surprised. She put her hand on the belt, kissed it on her mouth, and put it back into the quilt.

"Hey, go ahead." Mu Yingbao was indeed not awake yet.

Xue Wenyu just felt a little strange. Why was she so calm when she heard the news of the princess's return? Suddenly, she saw the person who was curled up in the quilt with sleepy eyes suddenly sit up and asked in surprise, "What, who is back?"

Seeing her belated reaction, Xue Wenyu smiled helplessly, pinched her nose, and gently pushed her back into the bed; "Yes, you heard it right, it's the princess who's back. Hua Liang said her hair was disheveled and dirty, like a beggar woman.

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I'm telling you, before you figure out what's going on, you're not allowed to go out and watch the fun without permission.

At most, I will accompany you when I come back, remember?"

Xue Wenyu suddenly felt very worried about the person in the bed...

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