Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 305
Xu Zhiqiong stood in a bamboo forest, looking at the open space ahead.

The open space with a radius of three miles is very eye-catching among the lush bamboo forests. The bamboos in other places are at least two meters high, but here there is only a piece of shallow grass.

There used to be a mountain here, but I don't know where the mountain has gone now.

A mountain that eats people, gluttonous outside.

It was this thing that hurt Master.

Before leaving, Master told me not to leave the capital, especially not to go to the south of the city.

Taotie's outer body is in the south of the city, Master doesn't want me to fight with Taotie's outer body, and I really don't have the capital to do so.

Liang Daguan's family practiced Taotie Tao, and the Taotie's outer body must have something to do with him.

If Taotie's outer body is destroyed, what will happen to Liang Daguan's family?
Xu Zhiqiong smiled sinisterly, and picked a few bamboo branches from the surrounding bamboos.

The county magistrate was puzzled: "Xu Qianhu, what do you want these bamboos for?"

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "I always like bamboo the most, and I will take it back to the capital to see if I can grow it."

The county magistrate smiled and said: "What's so good about these wild bamboos? Chaizhou is rich in green bamboos, and half of the bamboo firewood in the capital comes from Chaizhou. We have high-quality green bamboos in Lincong County, which can be planted in the ground to support them. They grow in a large area. It takes two years to grow into a talent. It is very beautiful to raise a bamboo forest, and the bamboo charcoal is very resistant to burning. If Qianhu likes it..."

Zheng Zhixian glared at the county magistrate, signaling him not to talk so much.

Xu Zhiqiong obviously didn't like bamboo, and Zheng Quanming didn't dare to ask what he used the bamboo for.

It's past five o'clock, and the winter nights are long, but it's almost dawn.

Xu Zhiqiong cupped his hands and said goodbye, and the magistrate of Zheng returned the courtesy and said: "Xu Qianhu, when you see General Suppressing Evil, please defend Zheng. Unwilling to suffer innocently.”

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Xu will never let a good person be wronged. I also want to ask, where did the former magistrate Liu Jiangpu go?"

Zheng County Magistrate said: "Lord Liu was first transferred to the state capital and promoted to the general judge, then transferred to Raozhou, also served as the general judge, and then transferred to Huazhou, promoted to the same magistrate."

All the way to the south, this official was promoted very quickly.

He dared to suppress the case of two hundred people if he said it. He really only wanted to keep his political achievements?This is too big a hand.

Besides, this is not something that a magistrate can suppress, there must be someone to help him.

Someone in the state capital helped him, and someone in the capital also helped him.

These people must all be related to Taotie's outer body.

Liu Tongzhi, let me visit you again in the future.

……

Xu Zhiqiong went back to Zhonglangyuan first, and took out a carriage made by Wang's paper horse shop from the warehouse.

Yang Wu said happily: "This thing is good, I have wanted a carriage for a long time."

Chang Decai frowned and said, "What's so good, but you have to mess around in the yard again!"

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "Such a good carriage can't run in the yard! Let's go out for a run!"

Yang Wu was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Go out for a sports car?"

Xu Zhiqiong burned the carriage, and said to the two servants: "Bring more sandalwood, eat and drink enough, let you run as much as you want this time!"

Xu Zhiqiong quietly returned to the tent, took out the bamboo, and entered the small black room with the appearance of leaping into the clouds.

In the small black room, he concentrated his mind on groping for the bamboo, trying his best to reproduce the old scene.

He wanted to see what Taotie's outer body looked like.

A mountain that eats people.

What kind of mountain can eat people?
According to common sense, there should be a cave. A group of people entered the cave and were swallowed by the mountain...

Strange, no induction.

Am I thinking wrong?
Maybe it wasn't a cave, maybe it was a mouth that suddenly opened on the cliff.

Still no response.

Is it not the mouth, but a cloud?
Still no response.

Or is it transformed into some kind of beast in the mountains?
Think of the behemoths you have seen deep within yourself.

Still no response!

Xu Zhiqiong tried his best to imagine the scene at that time, imagined every possibility, and groped every bamboo. After about five or six hundred puffs (half an hour), Xu Zhiqiong was sweating profusely, and his body was almost at its limit. , but there is no outline at all.

It shouldn't.

Xu Zhiqiong has never seen the scene of the mountain eating people, so it is indeed difficult to infer purely from imagination.

It may be that similar inferences have been made before, and there should be no induction at all.

He couldn't stay in the small black room for too long, Xu Zhiqiong was about to lose his strength.

Try again.

Where should we start?

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, and suddenly realized one thing.

He didn't know the shape of Taotie, nor did he know what kind of mountain Taotie would turn into, but he was very familiar with the shape of a person.

Mountains eat people, think about it from another angle.

Don't think about mountains first, think about people first.

In midsummer, more than two hundred people walked into the bamboo forest. What kind of scene is it like?

This is not difficult to imagine.

They were tired, hot, and the road was rough, and they had a hard time walking.

Touching the first bamboo, there is no induction, and the direction seems to be wrong.

The second bamboo has not sensed yet.

The third bamboo sensed, and a blurry outline appeared in front of my eyes.

are people.

group of people.

A group of people passed a bamboo branch and sat down at the edge of the clearing.

Xu Zhiqiong thought in the right direction, and the angle of view of this bamboo was also very good, and the picture became clearer and clearer.

A group of people in coarse clothes walked through the bamboo forest and sat on the edge of the open space.

Their posture is so strange, it seems that their waists are not touching the ground. Are they squatting or sitting?

Why are they all crowded at the edge of the open space?Why did no one take an extra step into the clearing?
Xu Zhiqiong looked towards the open space.

The clearing was flat, without vegetation, not even a stone in sight.

Has anyone cleared this clearing?
Suddenly, a black spot appeared above the clearing.

What is this?
The people sitting on the edge of the clearing all stood up and walked towards the black spot.

They picked up the black dots one by one.

Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyes vigorously, trying to see more clearly.

He finally saw clearly that these black dots were copper coins.

These people are picking up copper coins.

What happened next left Xu Zhiqiong dumbfounded.

They picked up copper coins all the way and walked into the air.

They walked up the air step by step, walking very smoothly.

Do they have cultivation?
Even Lin Tianzheng could not fly so easily with the Tiger Wings technique.

The more Xu Zhiqiong watched, the more surprised he became, but he saw a person stepping on the air and walking into the depths of the open space step by step.

He bent down and picked up a large handful of copper coins, seemingly very excited.

Next, he disappeared.

It disappeared without a trace.

More than two hundred people disappeared one by one. Some struggled a little before disappearing, and some did not respond before disappearing.

A person has been standing on the edge of the clearing, seemingly in a daze.

He then turned and fled, and his figure quickly disappeared from sight.

Is this the only survivor?

The only lunatic who survived?

Soon, more than [-] people who stayed above the open space disappeared.

With pain between his brows, Xu Zhiqiong slowly fell from the small dark room.

He understands what's going on.

There are mountains, indeed there are mountains that can eat people!
……

At dawn, Liang Yuyao entered Xu Zhiqiong's tent, seeing that Xu Zhiqiong was not there, the sixth princess was very anxious.

Where did this thief Pi go?After a while, my aunt came to find me, what explanation should I give?
Leave him alone, and let him get a punishment and a lesson!
No, my aunt has a fiery temper, if I get angry for a while, what should I do if I kill this thief?
Probably not, this thief Pi and Elder Shengwei are very close, even if Liang Xianchun doesn't look at my face, he still has to look at his ancestor's face.

But even if he didn't kill this thief Pi, beat him up in public and humiliate him, how can he lead troops in the future?

What's wrong with me?
Does it matter if he can lead troops?

It's good enough to save his life, why do I care so much about him?

Liang Yuyao remembered pacing back and forth in the tent, when she suddenly heard a soldier outside the door saying hello: "I have seen the general!"

Oh no, Liang Xianchun is here!

Liang Yuyao was about to go out of the tent, resist for a while, and then buy Xu Zhiqiong some time.

Unexpectedly, Liang Xianchun came so fast, Liang Yuyao had just walked to the door, and almost bumped into her.

"aunt……"

Liang Xianchun said angrily, "Call me General!"

"General, just listen to me..."

Liang Xianchun scolded angrily: "Why are you so shameless!"

Shameless?

This is too much to say!
Xu Zhiqiong's late return was considered a violation of military law.

Take the stick, take the whip, I'll just accept the beating with him, who don't you think is ashamed?

Liang Yuyao raised her head and said, "General, why don't you feel ashamed of your subordinates?"

Liang Xianchun pointed to the tent and shouted: "Did you sleep here last night?"

Is this woman crazy?

Xu Zhiqiong is not here, why am I sleeping here?

I think you will never be hurt all your life, and you are crazy about men, sleeping in a man's tent, and you feel happy in your heart!
Liang Yuyao was about to sneer when she suddenly heard someone yawn behind her.

Xu Zhiqiong stretched his waist and sat up, smiled at Liang Yuyao and said, "Your Highness, you are awake."

What a thief...

Which one of your f*cking words is not good, but such a sentence!
Liang Yuyao hurriedly explained: "General, I was worried that Captain Xu would not return to the camp in time, so I came here to check. I woke up a long time ago, I didn't wake up here..."

Liang Xianchun shouted angrily: "When did you come?"

"When I first arrived, I only needed a cup of tea. The soldiers at the gate can testify that a cup of tea can't do anything."

"What to do?"

"Do nothing! I'll be one step ahead of the general!"

Liang Xianchun glared at Liang Yuyao viciously, walked into the tent and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Captain Xu, I heard that you tracked down suspicious people yesterday, what did you gain?"

Xu Zhiqiong sat on the couch and said: "There are gains, it seems that I have met a human tooth."

This guy is so arrogant!
Talk to me and don't stand up!
"What is it like? How do you know it's a human tooth?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "A man and a woman ride together in a gray-veiled carriage. Seeing that the woman's expression is dull, she must have been drugged."

and then?
"Where is the suspect now?"

"Go south along the official road."

Liang Xianchun shouted: "You just let them go?"

Xu Zhiqiong raised his eyebrows and said: "The humble official also wants to continue to investigate, but the military order is like a mountain, and the humble official can only go back to the camp first!"

"Xu Zhiqiong! You missed the opportunity, but you still don't know your mistake!" Liang Xianchun turned to the sergeant and said, "Quickly send the order to chase the bandits south!"

So easily impatient!

The reaction was bigger than Xu Zhiqiong expected.

Judging by your IQ, coupled with your temperament, I'm sure I'm sure of you!

"General, calm down. It's hard to say that that person is really Ren Yazi. Even if it is Ren Yazi, it may not be related to the Blood Evil Sect. Let's first ask the county magistrate if there are any women missing in Pingman County today. If the matter is confirmed, go after him." Not too late."

Liang Xianchun left angrily.

Liang Yuyao looked at Xu Zhiqiong in surprise and said, "You really saw human teeth?"

Xu Zhiqiong stretched again: "Didn't you just say it, it may not be human teeth, maybe they are a serious couple."

"Xu Zhiqiong!" Liang Yuyao stepped forward and punched her twice, "If you dare to play tricks on Auntie, even I can't save you!"

Don't play tricks on her, and just hang out with her from state to county?
Xu Zhiqiong wasn't that interested.

"Princess, I need your help with two things."

"Why should I help you? What's the benefit of helping you?"

"This is not helping me. At a small scale, it's for our entire army. At a high level, it's for the sake of promoting the country!"

Liang Yuyao said reluctantly, "Tell me first, what's the matter?"

"Zheng Quanming, the magistrate of Lincong County, is a serious person. If your aunt insists on impeachment, you should find a way to protect him."

Liang Yuyao said: "It depends on Father's will, I can only do my best."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "As long as you find someone to speak for him in the Ministry of Officials, the Liang family will definitely not get to the bottom of it. His thoughts are not here."

"What about the other thing?"

"Liu Jiangpu, the Tongzhi of Huazhou, this person is a bit suspicious, you can check his details for me, and leave this matter to Zhang Zhuyang."

Liang Yuyao nodded and said, "It's easy. This place is not too far from the capital. I'll send someone to deliver the letter quickly, and I'll hear back within two or three days."

Xu Zhiqiong rubbed the center of his brows, recalling the scenes he saw just now.

The strange mountain that eats people, the outer body of gluttony, I can't see you in the small black room!
(End of this chapter)