Three days' time, Mo Jiuye tried to arrange the things that needed to be done by himself at home.
The next day, the three brothers got up before dawn, fully armed and ready to go.
The three rode on the thousand-mile fine steeds raised by He Zhiran's space, whipped up their horse whips and galloped away.
After Mo Jiuye left this time, He Zhiran couldn't do many things without getting his hands dirty.
For example, communicating some details about the house and furniture with Hu Cong, and she also had to keep an eye on the growth of the crops at all times.
He Zhiran's move really worried the old lady Mother He.
She specifically called Lan Er to accompany her all day.
He Zhiran knew that if she didn't let Lan Er accompany her, the old lady would probably not feel at ease, so she had to reluctantly accept it.
Although she felt that there was nothing wrong with her body, who knows if there will be any accidents?
Lan Er is attentive and observant, and it's good to have her by my side.
Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, Mo Jiuye and his brothers had been away from Yuncheng for more than half a month.
The brothers whipped their horses and, if nothing unexpected happened, they should have arrived in the capital by this time. I wonder if everything went smoothly for them?
Although He Zhiran spent every day busy, she was inevitably worried about him when she was alone at night.
She stroked Rice Ball's furry head with one hand in the space, and put the other hand on her bulging belly and whispered softly.
"Kids, do you think they've already arrived safely in the capital?"
At this time, the only one who could answer her was Rice Ball.
"Hmm hmm hmm..."
"I hope they come back safe and sound."
"Hmm hmm hmm..."
...
The capital.
Yong'an Alley.
At night!
Mo Jiuye and his three brothers were standing under a tall and sturdy tree.
"Ninth Brother, this should be the big tree the Southerners talked about."
"In that case, the yard where they are hiding is right in front of us."
Hearing the two elder brothers analyzing there, Mo Jiuye did not respond.
Because he could feel that Little White, who was carrying the cage, was a little uneasy and kept walking around.
He took off the black cloth covering the cage and asked softly, "Little White, did you find anything?"
Little White fluttered its wings lightly twice, then let out a not very loud chirp.
Through contact with Little White, Mo Jiuye knew that it was confirming what he said.
Before entering the capital, Mo Jiuye had let Little White smell the purse obtained from the Southerners, and told it to remind him as soon as it detected the smell.
Little White's recent behavior was obviously to alert him that there might be a similar smell nearby.
Mo Jiuye looked around and eventually his eyes fell on an inconspicuous place in the treetops.
In the moonlight, you can see a bird's nest there.
If it was an attentive person, he would definitely find something wrong with the bird's nest.
Normal bird nests are usually built on sturdy tree trunks, while that bird's nest is at the top of the tree.
Mo Jiuye handed the cage to Fifth Elder Brother, then used qinggong to lightly leap up and landed on the tree trunk closest to the bird's nest.
He did not rashly remove the bird's nest, because he was not sure if Mr. Si Meng would come, and once he moved things here, it would inevitably arouse the other's suspicion.
He just probed towards the bird's nest, trying to make himself see more clearly.
After all, it was night time, and the inside of the bird's nest was pitch black. No matter how good Mo Jiuye's eyesight was, he couldn't see the situation clearly.
So he took out the mini flashlight that his wife had prepared for him from his arms.
The flashlight was not the kind of strong light. When the switch was turned on, a soft yellow light would appear.
The reason why He Zhiran prepared such a flashlight for Mo Jiuye was because the light from this flashlight was not very conspicuous. Seen from a distance, it would only be regarded as a small night pearl or something.
Although it was such illumination, it was enough for Mo Jiuye.
Using the flashlight, he observed the inside of the bird's nest.
The inside was clean and tidy, even the grass used to make the nest was neat and tidy, without any sloppy traces. It was obvious that this bird's nest was man-made rather than natural.
This was already within Mo Jiuye's expectations, and he didn't find it strange at all.
However, in his opinion, this thing could not be flawless. Although it was man-made, it was not guaranteed that a bird would take advantage of it and stay there for a while.
So Mo Jiuye probed closer to the bird's nest again, reaching out into it.
This time, there really were new discoveries.
There was a thin partition at the top of the bird's nest. If he hadn't put his hand in, it would have been invisible to the naked eye.
Mo Jiuye carefully put his hand in and touched something like paper.
He took out the paper and looked at it under the light of the flashlight.
There was only one line of small words on it—
Take any pet found to the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
Mo Jiuye narrowed his ink-colored eyes, then put the note back in its original place and jumped off the tree.
"Ninth Brother, what's going on?" Seventh Elder Brother asked.
"There was a note in the bird's nest that read: Take any pet found to the Ninth Prince's Mansion."
"What?"
"The Ninth Prince's Mansion??"
Fifth Elder Brother and Seventh Elder Brother were equally incredulous.
Speaking of the Ninth Prince, the Mo brothers were no strangers.
The Ninth Prince was the only prince in Da Shun who was of the same generation as Emperor Shunwu. He was also Emperor Shunwu's foster brother.
He was similar to the current Prince Rui at that time. He never participated in the struggles in the court. Therefore, he dispelled many suspicions of Emperor Shunwu. Since they were brothers, Emperor Shunwu did not kill him but conferred him the title of the Ninth Prince and let him stay in the capital.
The Ninth Prince usually lived a low-key life. Even when there was turmoil in the court, he was nowhere to be seen.
Emperor Shunwu also had some fraternal feelings towards him. Usually the stipend he gave was enough for the Ninth Prince to live a life of luxury and leisure.
The note just now could basically be determined to have been written by Mr. Si Meng. What the brothers did not expect was that the Ninth Prince, who usually kept a low profile, was actually colluding with Mr. Si Meng.
It seemed that Da Shun would soon face a bloody storm.
For the Mo brothers, this was too unexpected. Of course, they knew clearly in their hearts that this had nothing to do with them.
"Ninth Brother, should we plan to go to the Ninth Prince's Mansion to look for someone?" Fifth Elder Brother asked.
Although the Ninth Prince looked aloof from the world on the surface, after all he was still a prince. The guards in his mansion must be strict. If they wanted to go there to look for someone, they had to be fully prepared.
"We must go to the Ninth Prince's Mansion, but we have to do so only when we are sure we can succeed. If we rashly go there and startle the snake, allowing him to escape, it would be a great loss." Mo Jiuye analyzed.
Sixth Elder Brother also echoed, "That's right. It was hard to get a clue. We must find the person."
Mo Jiuye did not respond immediately. He looked at the cage in Fifth Elder Brother's hand.
He took the cage and lifted the black cloth cover.
