Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 1061 The Missing Population Continues to Rise
Central Government Office of Hangzhou.

The brilliance of the candlelight criss-crossed the area, and a group of Jinyi guards stood on the ground holding shovels.

Li Yan and Xu Wei stood quietly, and after a while, Zhu Twelve came over and said in a deep voice, "I have checked carefully, there is no secret room below."

The yamen is not a rich and powerful manor, and you can start construction underground at will. Any big moves here cannot be hidden from others. Hidden spell?"

After a pause, he added: "The ghosts of the Japanese kingdom have the ability to hide from the sky, and it is very similar to the disappearance of Governor Zhang and Governor Li..."

Tengu is the most famous monster in later generations in Japan. At the beginning, it appeared as a wraith, gradually became a practitioner, and finally became a patron saint. In fact, it was the transformation from being rejected by Buddhism to being accepted in the past two hundred years.

It is also after this period of evolution that Tengu has become a classic image that has been handed down to later generations: red face, high nose, fierce and sharp eyes, holding a round fan or a vajra stick, with big wings on its back, wearing the armor of a general in the past, Also wearing an invisibility cape.

Among them, the invisible coir raincoat is related to the "Tengu Shenyin". It is said that the Tengu likes to play tricks on children, and often hides the children secretly when people are not prepared, and then puts the children back as they like.

Gradually, the folks called the abducted children "Shenyin", hoping that they were hidden by the gods, not really abducted by evil people.

Now Zhu Twelve is guessing whether the Japanese cultivators used the supernatural power of "Tengu Shenyin" to make the two anti-Japanese commanders invisible in place, but they were unable to move, so that they would not be noticed by others.

Li Yan nodded slightly: "Let's look for it."

As a result, Jin Yiwei began to grope one by one.

They stretched out their hands, moving slowly, like blindfolded children playing hide-and-seek, searching every corner, even the most secret corners.

But in the end, everyone had dust on their hands, and searched all the big places where people could hide, but found nothing, which was quite disappointing.

"Perhaps Governor Zhang and Governor Li are not in normal shape anymore..."

Xu Wei thought of another possibility: "I heard that Buddhist practitioners have the method of 'Sumeru hides mustard seeds, and mustard seeds are stored in Sumi'. If Buddhism is prevalent in Japan, could it be that the thieves and monks used this method to arrest Governor Zhang and Governor Li? Turned into mustard seeds, we can't see them even though they are here."

Before, Guo Hongjing specifically emphasized the difference between immortals and mortals, but in fact, as a practitioner, he served Jiajing all day long, so it was impossible to completely seal the news from both sides.

Whether it is Jin Yiwei's [-]th Taibao or Xu Wei's extensive contacts, they all have a certain degree of understanding of those methods. Zhu Twelve also agrees: "Mr. !"

This time, even Li Yan searched together, using his six senses of consciousness-only strength to search for that tiny thing.

But unfortunately, still nothing.

Busy and busy, seeing that it was already the fourth watch, except for a certain doctor who got used to this rhythm early and was full of energy, everyone else was unavoidably a little tired.

The main reason is mental pressure, the frustration that is close at hand, but so far away, makes people suffer.

Zhu Twelve heaved a long sigh: "If it really turned into an ordinary speck of dust, we can't find it at all, or we have to find the monk who cast the spell and take it down to break the spell?"

Xu Wei said bitterly: "This is the danger of Japanese pirates. If the Japanese monk who casts the spell hides and cannot be found within a few days, I'm afraid that when the time comes... Sigh!"

Zhu Twelve's eyes were solemn, thinking that Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong might starve to death, he said in a deep voice, "I'm going to invite the two masters, King Guo, back. With this idea, we may be able to break the magic of the Japanese kingdom!"

Xu Wei sneered: "These Taoist priests are greedy for life and afraid of death. They are not as good as the Buddhist cultivators of the past. Count on them? I don't think they can be counted on!"

Li Yan shook his head secretly, he didn't expect Taoist priests to have a worse reputation than monks one day.

After all, religion should not be too strong. Once it becomes strong, it will inevitably be mixed with good and bad people, regardless of Buddhism and Taoism. How can the atmosphere be good if these people who are just pretending to be in high positions are allowed to be in high positions?

Unlike Xu Wei who loves and hates clearly, although Zhu Twelve didn't like the two Taoist priests very much, he still wanted to use them. He was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Yan: "Wait a minute, in my opinion, the identity of this murderer is a bit strange." Strange, not necessarily a foreigner from the Japanese country."

Zhu Twelve and Xu Wei were stunned: "What does Mr. Li mean?"

Li Yandao: "I'm analyzing it purely from strength. If this person has such a terrifying supernatural power, what is his status in the Japanese kingdom?"

Zhu Twelve frowned, and immediately reacted: "I understand, these people really don't seem to be driven by Japanese pirates..."

During this period of time, Li Yan dispersed Xiaoqian, Tao Yin, and Chi Lian to guard against sneak attacks by practitioners from the Japanese kingdom. In his estimation, these three, together with the ghosts from the Night Walking Map of the Hundred Ghosts, would protect them. Hangzhou City is enough.

But in the end, under such patrolling, this case still occurred.

If it is really a Japanese practitioner who came to the government office in Hangzhou, he would use magical powers similar to "Tengu Shenyin" and "Sumi Mustard Seed" to hide the two officials somewhere here, and then leave without anyone noticing. No breath left...

He couldn't handle such a master at present, and the level of Guo Hongjing and Wang Yongning was beyond doubt.

The point is, Li Yan thinks it is unlikely that such a level of masters will be dispatched, just like Tao Zhongwen will travel thousands of miles to Japan to kidnap a famous name?The kind that smiles at people with a mouth full of black teeth?
Not only at this time, but in the previous battle at Lingyin Temple, the Onmyoji himself committed suicide with a picture of the night walk of the ghosts. He felt a little strange. After hearing the attitudes of Guo Hongjing and Wang Yongning towards the secular war, he became more aware of the strangeness. Where is the point.

Practitioners in this era are very noble, and they will not fight desperately for ordinary secular battles. It is extremely unreasonable to come to Hangzhou in person for the Japanese pirates to harass the coastal towns with the status of an onmyoji in the Japanese kingdom.

But then again, they really tried their best to deceive Chilian, the snake demon, and prepared for a flood, and now two anti-Japanese commanders have disappeared strangely, it seems that they are targeting the Ming army again...

Such contradictory actions, Li Yan believes, should be due to the lack of an important clue to connect everything.

After selectively narrating the analysis, Xu Wei and Zhu Twelve also fell into deep thought. This time, Xu Wei cleared his mind faster: "According to Mr. Li, the purpose of the Japanese pirates can be put aside first. The missing of Governor Zhang and Governor Li What is the reason?"

Li Yandao: "I want to take a look at the next arrangement of these two."

Soon Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong's schedules changed.

This was originally a secret, but Xu Wei was very courageous, and Zhu Twelve, as a royal guard, was even more qualified to read it, so they all came together to read it.

Looking at it, the expressions of the two changed from dignified to bewildered.

Because there is nothing abnormal...

The schedules of these two people are very monotonous. Apart from fighting against the Japanese, the focus is all around this matter. After all, what the imperial court is most concerned about at present is the suppression of the Japanese pirates in the southeast.

Of course, Jiajing thought it was the Qing Dynasty. After Zhang Jing came, he found that it would be good to be able to hold on in the past few years. If you want a big victory, you have to rely on the opponent to make mistakes.

No matter what, if you really want to deal with these two, it seems that it can only be related to the anti-corruption, and you have ruled out personal enmity before...

Li Yan looked at it again, but asked, "Will Governor Zhang and Governor Li both attend the sea sacrifice ceremony scheduled for tomorrow?"

Zhu Twelve looked at the bright sky, and it was already five o'clock: "If it's not tomorrow, even today, the governor and the governor are going to go through the motions. The sea sacrifice ceremony is to worship Mazu and the Dragon King, so we must be serious..."

There was solemnity in his semantics, but the tone could not hear the slightest solemnity.

After all, these gods have not responded for too long, and have not given blessings for too long. With a pragmatic attitude, it would be good not to demolish the Dragon King Temple, but still want to worship respectfully?
Li Yan then asked: "So, now that this matter happens, will the sea sacrifice ceremony be greatly affected?"

"Of course it won't work..."

Zhu Twelve was slightly startled: "What does Mr. Li mean?"

Li Yandao: "I am going to be by Hu Ruzhen's side. He is now carrying the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War. This is the key, and nothing can be lost. Zhu Qianhu went to visit the two high-ranking officials of King Guo, and urged that today the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sea will be held according to the original plan. Can it be done?"

Zhu Twelve said without hesitation, "Yes."

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"Leave the Jihai to us, please rest assured, Lord Twelfth!"

"Then please, you stay here in case the pirates attack, and you must protect the two masters, understand?"

"Yes!!"

After Zhu Twelve gave his orders, he got on his horse.

It is too easy to persuade Guo Hongjing and Wang Yongning to continue offering sacrifices to the sea. They revealed the situation in the government office in Hangzhou. Sure enough, the two heard that the Japanese practitioners might have used a Buddhist supernatural power similar to "Sumi Mustard Seed". His complexion changed, and he didn't dare to come to break the law.

At this time, when he proposed offering sacrifices to the sea, he agreed wholeheartedly, and immediately expressed his friendliness and thanked him repeatedly.

After completing the entrustment with ease, Zhu Twelve pressed his eyebrows, feeling a little worried.

He always felt that instead of following the route of the Japanese pirates, he came to this meaningless sacrifice to the sea. It was because the genius doctor was thinking too much.

"If I can't find the two high officials, I'm afraid I'll have to go to prison..."

Sighing, he got on his horse and galloped all the way, but before he reached the gate of Hangzhou, a voice came from behind him: "Master Twelve! Lord Twelve!"

When Zhu Twelve turned his head, he saw his confidant who had stayed by the Qiantang River rushing up, with a look of fear in his brows.

"Is something really wrong?"

A chill ran down his spine, and he didn't know whether to be happy or worried, so he immediately returned with his subordinates.

In front of the specially built altar by the Qiantang River, two whisks fell to the ground, and all the Taoist boys were terrified.

The same watchful eyes, the same no abnormality.

Guo Hongjing and Wang Yongning are also missing.

(End of this chapter)