The princess has super powers and space, so what's wrong with being a little arrogant?

If Xiao Yibai was going to Cangwu Prefecture, Mu Xiyue would definitely go with him. Although An An was young, she was very sensible and would not cling to Mu Xiyue. There were Doudou and Huohu in the mansion to play with An An, so Mu Xiyue was not worried that An An would be bored.

Xiao Yibai and Mu Xiyue must let the emperor know about their trip, and King Qi naturally received the news as well.

Xiao Yibai arranged two secret guards to pretend to be him and Mu Xiyue and travel south to enjoy the mountains and rivers, while he and Mu Xiyue changed their appearance and rushed to Cangwu Prefecture.

After the two arrived in Cangwu Prefecture, they went directly to the house that Tan Tai Hong had just bought.

Mu Xiyue took a look around after entering the house. The house was not very big, it was a courtyard with four entrances, but for ordinary people, a courtyard with four entrances was considered very large.

"Brother Hong, sister-in-law, why do you want to buy a house here?"

Tan Tai Hong said, "I don't think the situation here can be resolved quickly. We might have to go back and forth for a long time. It's not easy to expose our own house. Xiao Liu bought it."

Although Tan Tai Hong had handed over the Soul-Seizing Pavilion to Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu and the others still considered him their boss. Over the past two years, the Soul-Seizing Pavilion had gradually transformed from a killer organization into an intelligence organization. Therefore, Tan Tai Hong had asked Xiao Liu to help investigate this incident, so the underworld forces' investigation was less noticeable.

Xiao Yibai agreed with Tan Tai Hong's words, "Brother Hong is right. This matter cannot be resolved in a short time. Brother Hong, have you gained anything in the past few days?"

Xueying said, "We've discovered four Snow Guards: Xuefeng, Xueling, Xueying, and Xuezhi. Xuefeng was the former leader of the Snow Guards, Xueling was the deputy leader, and Xueying and Xuezhi were female assassins. The four of them live in the Li Mansion in the west of the city, and are currently the eldest and second sons of the Li Mansion and their spouses."

This group of death warriors with the word "Xue" in their names was previously called the Snow Guards in the Death Warrior Camp. Xueying and Tan Taihong have only detected these four people so far, while eighteen people escaped at the beginning.

Tan Tai Hong said, "My people have discovered that these Snow Guards have three strongholds outside the city, each with over a hundred men. They're all named after the Li Family Martial Arts School, using it as a training ground for assassins. Half of the people in these schools are children under ten. I've already sent people to investigate in the surrounding states and counties to see if there are any other similar schools elsewhere."

Xiao Yibai didn't expect that these Snow Guards would exist in this way. The King of Qi was indeed smart.

"Okay, my people will disguise themselves as me and Yueyue traveling south. Feng Ba, send a message to Feng Wu, asking him to keep an eye out for similar martial arts schools along the way. Also send a message to Qi Feng, asking him to send people to investigate in the east and north."

Feng Wu and Feng Liu have been accompanying Xiao Yibai for the past two years, so this time Feng Wu and Feng Liu went south with the secret guards disguised as Xiao Yibai and Mu Xiyue. Feng Ba rarely shows up in public, so this time it was Feng Ba who came with him.

Seeing Feng Ba respond and about to leave, Tan Tai Hong stopped him and said, "Feng Ba, wait a minute. Jin Zhi, there's one more thing I can look into. There have been many cases of children going missing here in the past two years. Most of them are from farmers outside the city. I've checked and found a common trait among these missing children: they all come from families with multiple children and are very poor."

Mu Xiyue immediately understood what Tan Tai Hong meant. "Brother Hong is saying that these families, because they have many children, won't bother the government to find someone if one is missing. Also, because they are poor and have many children, they probably won't be particularly distressed if one is missing."

Tan Tai Hong nodded. "Indeed, I feel that the disappearance of these children is likely related to the Snow Guards. Their methods are very similar to those of Ah Xue's former death squad, but these children are not in the Li family martial arts school here."

Xiao Yibai frowned upon hearing this, "Feng Ba, let's investigate together!"

Feng Ba understood what Xiao Yibai meant, bowed, and went down to deliver the message.

Xue Wei's discovery was accidental. It was unlikely that someone who even the Emperor's Shadow Guards couldn't find would open a martial arts school here so blatantly if no one was covering it up.

Xiao Yibai's men spent two days carefully investigating the county governor of Cangwu Prefecture, but found nothing unusual.

After dinner, the four of them sat together to discuss. Mu Xiyue's approach was very direct. "Abai and I will go to the County Magistrate's Mansion tonight. The King of Qi is very cautious in his actions. I guess he is only training his staff at the moment. Abai and I will go and find out if this County Magistrate has any connection with the King of Qi."

Xiao Yibai also agreed with Mu Xiyue's proposal, "Okay, then we'll go check it out tonight and discuss it tomorrow."

The guards and night watchmen at the county magistrate's mansion were not very good, so Xiao Yibai and Mu Xiyue easily entered the county magistrate's study.

No secret rooms or secret compartments were found in the study, but some neatly stacked letters were found in the drawer of the desk. There was no signature on the bottom of the letter, but from the handwriting, Xiao Yibai knew at a glance that it was written by a capable assistant under the King of Qi, and there was nothing wrong with the content.

Xiao Yibai put the letter back to its original place and did not take it away. At least he knew that the county governor here was the King of Qi's man. He also knew from the letter that the county magistrate and the county lieutenant were also arranged by the King of Qi.

In order not to alert the enemy, the two men did not touch the warehouse of the county magistrate's office.

The two of them stayed in Cangwu Prefecture for five days. The people Tan Taihong had sent out to investigate the surrounding counties had all returned to report. They'd all been to areas bordering Cangwu City. Similar to the Li family, there were three martial arts schools, each with over a hundred members. However, the schools weren't called the Li family's martial arts school, but rather the Zhang family's and the Shen family's martial arts schools.

Of course, there are other martial arts schools in those places, but the number of people in those schools is only about twenty or so, so there is no problem.

Xueying said, "Jinzhi, Ah Hong and I will go check out those questionable martial arts schools. You and Yue'er go back first. If we verify that they are all Snow Guards stationed in various places, then you will arrange how to deal with the rest of the matter."

Indeed, Xueying could only recognize Xuewei when she saw him. Xiao Yibai thought about it and realized that he really needed to go back and make some arrangements first.

"Okay, then I'll let you take care of this matter, cousin. I'm relieved that Brother Hong is here. You guys just need to be careful. It's okay if you get exposed. Always prioritize your own safety."

Tan Tai Hong smiled, "Don't worry, I know what's going on. You guys have to be careful when you go back. At worst, you can just kill the person. You can sit in that position for a while and let my sister experience being the mother of the country."

Xiao Yibai and Mu Xiyue did not return to Shangjing directly. Instead, they took a detour to meet up with Feng Wu and the others.

It took four days to reach Jiangling City. Feng Wu and his team unexpectedly found many cases of missing children along the way. There were also five martial arts schools that were very similar to the ones found in Cangwu Prefecture. They were named after surnames, but there were more people in the martial arts schools, with more than two hundred people in each school, and 70% of them were children.

Xiao Yibai was not surprised after hearing the report. If the disappearance of the children was man-made, then the missing children would definitely not be allowed to stay in Cangwu State. Now it seems that they have been exchanged in different places.

The group headed back early the next morning, but they strolled leisurely all the way back to Shangjing. The people who were secretly watching them really thought that Prince Jin was taking the princess out for fun.