Chapter 481: Xiao Bai Injured

Chapter 481: Xiao Bai Injured

The bombs were already stored on the hill, so it was convenient to retrieve them.

Recently, the Mo brothers had been rushing, and although they had produced several thousand bombs, this item was too precious in their eyes, so the soldiers couldn’t use them as freely as the repeating crossbow during training.

Even so, Mo Jiuya decided to provide fifty bombs for everyone to learn with.

The use of the bombs was even simpler; as long as they aimed at the target, lit the fuse, and threw them, the soldiers could grasp the operation immediately.

Their training on the hill was brief, and in a flash, six days had passed.

Mo Jiuya had explained the situation clearly to the soldiers, instructing them to ambush at a position outside Yun City that he had previously scouted.

That night, Mo Jiuya personally arranged for a hundred soldiers to stay behind, under Third Brother’s command, all concealed around the Mo residence as a precaution for emergencies.

The other Mo brothers led the rest to the outskirts of Yun City to lay in ambush.

The ambush location was selected by the Mo brothers. It was the only passage from the capital city to Yun City.

The undulating mountains on both sides of the passage were ideal for concealment, and not only that, the passage offered excellent visibility.

The Mo brothers divided into several positions, concealing their men in the shadows. They anticipated the Empress’s forces arriving within three days.

As Mo Jiuya left, he brought a miniature telescope from his wife’s spatial realm.

Additionally, he brought Xiao Bai along.

Since he discovered that Xiao Bai truly understood him, Xiao Bai could now prove extremely useful.

After setting up the ambush, Mo Jiuye summoned Xiao Bai.

"Xiao Bai, fly towards the Imperial City and patrol within a hundred li range. If you spot anyone suspicious, return and inform me right away."

"Gururu..." Xiao Bai flapped its wings a few times, indicating that it understood, and then soared high into the sky, heading toward the Imperial City.

After three days of lying in wait, they found no suspicious individuals, and Xiao Bai returned with no news.

Second Brother grew increasingly restless. He called his brothers together and said solemnly, "It's been a day since the time we estimated. This waiting isn’t going to solve anything."

"What’s your plan?" Big Brother asked.

"I plan to scout the area around the Imperial City," Second Brother said, looking at Mo Jiuye.

"Ninth Brother, no offense, but are you putting too much faith in a bird? Although it's intelligent and can deliver messages, scouting is a far more significant task. Are you really that confident?

What if Xiao Bai just goes out to play for a few days? If we don’t get advance warning and the enemy suddenly appears, we’ll be caught off guard and suffer a significant loss."

While Second Brother was often impulsive, his brothers found his arguments today logical and sound.

Trusting a bird with scouting duties seemed unreliable no matter how they considered it.

At this point, Mo Jiuye also felt uncertain. He knew Xiao Bai was intelligent, but the little one had been gone for three days with no word.

Could it have encountered danger on the way and been unable to send a message back?

He had never doubted Xiao Bai, but he was worried something might have happened to it.

"In that case, I’ll go and investigate."

"No, we need Ninth Brother to stay here and manage things. Among us, I have the best lightness skills, so I’m the most suitable to scout." Mo Chuhan stood up, puffing out his chest.

Mo Jiuya didn't insist. Indeed, Eighth Brother had the best lightness skills among the nine brothers and was the most suitable for scouting.

"In that case, I’ll trouble Eighth Brother with this task. Only check the situation within a hundred miles. Whether you find anything or not, you must return before dark."

"Alright, I’ll leave immediately."

As soon as Mo Chuhan turned around, Mo Jiuya heard a familiar sound.

He looked up at the sky and saw it was Little White.

However, Little White was flying much more slowly than usual, as if it had lost its energy.

Just as Mo Jiuya was puzzled, Little White lost its balance and began to fall from the air.

Mo Jiuya gathered his energy and leapt up, catching Little White before it hit the ground.

"Is Little White hurt?" Mo Chuhan didn’t leave and, along with the other brothers, gathered around to examine it.

Mo Jiuya held Little White in his hands, feeling the dampness in his palms.

Little White looked very weak but struggled to make a noise and tilted its head toward the Imperial City.

Of course, Mo Jiuya understood what his pet was trying to convey.

Little White was indicating it had found something suspicious.

In other words, there were suspicious individuals nearby.

"Little White has found the target, and it’s very obedient. I told it to search within a hundred miles, and it definitely wouldn’t go beyond that range.

So I can be sure that those people are less than a hundred miles from us."

While explaining the message Little White brought back to his brothers, Mo Jiuya turned it over to examine.

Sure enough, there was a wound on Little White’s abdomen, and the blood had stained its white feathers red.

He Zhiran had prepared many medical supplies for them in case anyone got injured.

Mo Jiuya gently pressed Little White’s body, and it didn’t show any signs of pain.

He was now certain that Little White only had the wound on its abdomen.

Judging by the wound, it looked like a cut. He could infer that Little White had panicked and changed direction to avoid danger, scraping its body against something hard.

The excessive bleeding had caused it to become so weak.

Although he had developed a deep bond with Little White, he couldn’t communicate with it as he could with humans, so he couldn’t ask for the details of how it got injured.

He took out an iodine swab, disinfected Little White’s wound, applied some anti-inflammatory powder, and wrapped the wound with a bandage.

Little White hadn’t lost consciousness yet, and Mo Jiuya gave it some water and food. Then he solemnly said to Mo Chuhan:

"Eight Brother, since Little White has brought back accurate information, we need to figure out the specific situation. So you still need to make the trip."

As he spoke, Mo Jiuya glanced at the sky.

"It's the late afternoon. If I'm not mistaken, there are many people on the main road at this time. A group like theirs is too noticeable and they will certainly be lying low somewhere, waiting to act under the cover of night.

So, when you go out to investigate this time, just act like an ordinary traveler. It won't arouse suspicion.

With these words, Mo Jiuya turned around and took a fake beard from the bag where he had just fetched medicine for Little White, attaching it to Mo Chuhan's face.

Then, mimicking how He Zhiran had once helped him put on makeup, he thickened Eight Brother's eyebrows.

Wearing this disguise, without a closer look, even his own brothers could hardly recognize him."