When Xiao Yue finally arrived, he turned his head and gave her a puzzled look. Xiao Yue only needed to see for herself what happened to know why he shot her such a look. They had arrived at their destination. There was no mistake in the location, but a lot of things had changed to the place. The trees had been burned, leaving only black stumps in their places. The ground was still hot, emitting wisps of white smoke. The smell of burned wood filled the air. The area had been burned down not long time ago. Possibly shortly after Caretaker Wang and Xiao Yue left.
"Let me steer the horse," Xiao Yue said to Long Zhao Feng.
Long Zhao Feng wordlessly gave her the reins.
"Hyaah..!"
Xiao Yue led the horse to the nearby wolfsbane patch, which also had been burned to the ground. Nothing was left. Even after the soldiers went around the area to search for the rats, not a single one was found. To be fair, they never located the nest.
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