Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 68

Back in the yamen, Wu Xu sent everyone away, leaving only Xu Zhiqiong.

He turned the long light on the table, and the wall behind him parted, revealing a map.

This is a map of the capital city. There are many circles and marks on the map.

Wu Xu asked, "Do you know what these marks are for?"

Xu Zhiqiong had just taken the decoction, applied some ointment, and said with tears in his eyes, "Qianhu, don't count on me, I'm useless."

"Don't be so nonsense!" Wu Xu frowned, "Your yang energy is not lost, you didn't do that thing tonight."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I was asleep at the time, who knows what she did."

Wu Xu was surprised: "You still want to sleep? Didn't you go to investigate?"

"I went to investigate while she was asleep. When I found out the news, I came back and took a nap. Who knew she woke up first, so I must say I did it..."

Wu Xu smiled and said, "You can still sleep if that happens? It's a trick of a quack businessman. It's just a lie to you. Don't take it seriously."

Xu Zhiqiong was still worried, his condition at that time was worse than falling asleep.

Wu Xu pointed to the map and said, "There are six places here, counting the Dehua class, there are seven places, and these places are hiding the abducted women."

Xu Zhiqiong didn't expect Wu Xu to do so many investigations before.

Only Wu Xu and Qu Jinshan knew about this matter, and he was willing to tell Xu Zhiqiong that he regarded Xu Zhiqiong as his confidant.

Wu Xu pointed to the map and said: "There are twelve people in Wangyu Tower, fifteen people in Zuixin Pavilion, twenty-one people in Yu'an Pavilion, twelve people in Wusan Tea House, nineteen people in Luozhu Pavilion, and [-] people in Yingxin Pavilion. The number of people in the opera house and the dehua troupe is unknown."

Xu Zhiqiong said dumbly: "There are more than twenty people in the Dehua class."

Wu Xu smiled: "Did you see people? There are yin and yang magic circles where these women are imprisoned, and even Qu Jinshan can't decipher them. How did you see them?"

Xu Zhiqiong's expression was calm, not because he said something out of his heart, but because he really wanted to tell Wu Xu.

It's not easy for Wu Xu.

"My subordinates saw that there were barrels for food delivery in several broken tile houses. Looking at the size of the barrels, they deduced the number of people."

Wu Xu exclaimed, "If there were more people like you in the yamen, I wouldn't have to worry about it all day long. Do you know why these women are imprisoned in the place of fireworks?"

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment: "There are many women in this kind of place, and Ren Yazi often sells kidnapped women here. Women who break the rules will be locked up and beaten and punished. In the place of fireworks, these are common things. Occasionally it is discovered by others, but it can also be covered up."

Wu Xu sighed and said: "I really don't know how to praise you, but do you know who is behind this?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "The real chief envoy, the subordinates don't know, but it must be related to Prince Huai's son, and Qianhu has been dealing with him."

"Do you know why Liang Yuming kidnapped these women?"

"To raise Gu." Xu Zhiqiong answered simply and clearly.

"How do you know it's for raising Gu?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "When my subordinate was studying in the academy, I also read some idle books. I knew that Gu art can't be accomplished in a day. Fan Baocai understood Gu art, and his cultivation level is not low. Zhou Kairong didn't know Gu art, which proves Fan Baocai's The Gu technique definitely did not come from Zhou Kairong,
Fan Baocai suddenly went crazy that night, apart from the three of us, Zhou Kairong and the group of Confucianists were present. Confucianists can't practice voodoo, and the only one who can make Fan Baocai go crazy is Liang Yuming. "

Wu Xu smiled: "Do you also know that Confucianists can't practice voodoo?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "I learned it all from the academy."

Wu Xu said: "There are more and more books in Wuche Academy."

Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.

Wu Xu tentatively said: "But Liang Yuming only has the ninth rank, and Fan Bao has the seventh rank. How can Liang Yuming make Fan Bao go crazy?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head: "Liang Yuming has a nine-rank domineering cultivation, but it's hard to say how many Gu arts are."

"Let me tell you what to say," Wu Xu frowned, shaking his head again and again, "All the clues I found with all my heart, were discovered by you within a few days."

Xu Zhiqiong said with a simple smile, "It all depends on Qianhu's guidance."

Wu Xu sat upright and asked again: "Do you know why I didn't rescue those girls?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Thousands of households want to move a mountain, and we can't expect to remove the mountain at once."

Wu Xu nodded: "That's right. Not only can't you move it all at once, but you can't act rashly and affect your whole body."

Wu Xu looked at the map: "In these seven places, if I rescue one woman, Liang Yuming will definitely turn the other women away. If she can't turn away, she will be killed. All previous efforts will be for naught."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Why don't the soldiers divide into seven groups to save people?"

Wu Xu shook his head and sighed: "There are not so many available people under my command, let alone so many trustworthy people. Do you know why I read "Almanac" these days?"

Xu Zhiqiong could figure it out, but this time he decided to play dumb: "This subordinate doesn't know."

"There are other things you don't know," Wu Xu said with a smile, "It depends on the time to raise Gu. Liang Yuming has put so much thought into raising it. It is definitely not an ordinary Gu worm. There are only four times a year that are suitable for cultivating powerful Gu worms. One is February, the second is April, the third is June, and the fourth is September, if the news you received from the beggar is true, this date should be between April [-]th and April [-]th."

The interval of eleven days, this range is not small.

Wu Xu patted the "Almanac" and said: "It's a pity that I can't figure this thing out. If I can figure it out, I can calculate the exact time."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "If you calculate the exact time, you will be able to catch Liang Yuming and his henchmen in one go, and you will be able to rescue those women."

Wu Xu shook his head and said, "It's not just Liang Yuming's henchmen. If I deal with Liang Yuming alone, I don't have to spend so much thought. Behind Liang Yuming, there are a group of ruthless hands."

More ruthless than Liang Yuming?

Xu Zhiqiong temporarily ignored the root problem, and couldn't help shivering.

Wu Xu went on to say: "Besides, light energy is not enough to calculate the time, and the location has to be calculated. This kind of thing is not suitable for us to kill Taoist practitioners, can you?"

Xu Zhiqiong blinked his eyes and said: "I am also a killer, and I am only a ninth rank. If I can't do it with a thousand households, I will definitely not do it."

"If even you can't do it, I can only go to that helper, but unfortunately he may not be willing to make a move."

Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his nose: "Which helper?"

Wu Xu said: "Go back and sleep, change into good clothes, and wait for me in front of the Yinyang Division tomorrow at Haishi."

"Onmyo Division?"

Xu Zhiqiong knew two Yin-Yang cultivators, but he didn't know anything about the Yin-Yang Division. He didn't even know where the Yin-Yang Division was.

Wu Xu sighed: "I originally wanted to take Qu Jinshan with me. He had been a doctor of Yin-Yang in the Yin-Yang Division for several years, but I didn't expect Qu Jinshan to hate the Yin-Yang Division so much. After many years, I still can't let go of it. That's all, and Let's see luck tomorrow."

……

At Xushi the next day, Xu Zhiqiong went all the way to find the Onmyoji according to what Wu Xu said.

Yin Yang Division is in the west of the city, there are many markets in the west of the city, the roads are spacious, and the buildings are neat. It stands to reason that this place should not be difficult to find.

But Xu Zhiqiong searched for more than an hour but couldn't find Yin Yang Division.

The place was hard to find, but fortunately the person was easy to find. Xu Zhiqiong walked around the street a few times and saw Wu Xu.

"Xu Denglang, you are so arrogant, but let me wait for you."

Xu Zhiqiong said naively: "I really can't find where the Department of Yin and Yang is."

Wu Xu pointed to a courtyard ahead: "Isn't this the one?"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at the courtyard, there was a two-story attic in the middle, and two rows of wing rooms beside it.

That's it?

This is Yin Yang Division?

This is the official office of the Daxuan Yinyang family?
This is not much bigger than the yard of a small family.

Wu Xu is cautious about this place: "After entering, remember to follow me closely. If I take a step, you follow. If you take a wrong step, you may not be able to get out."

This courtyard is so dangerous?
Xu Zhiqiong followed Wu Xu into the yard, and there was a man standing at the door.

The man's height is about seven feet two inches (a little more than [-] meters), and he wears a hat that must be more than one foot tall. If you put it together, you can be considered an eight-foot man.

The man glanced at Wu Xu, and said expressionlessly, "Wu Qianhu is always rare."

This man is so arrogant, he doesn't talk politely when he sees Qianhu, but he still speaks so bluntly.

Wu Xu said, "I'm here to visit a friend."

The man only made a gesture of please and didn't even say a word.

No wonder Tong Qingqiu and Qu Jinshan didn't like this place, the people in Yin Yang Division are really arrogant.

Wu Xu took Xu Zhiqiong into the attic, the building was pitch black, the judge's eyesight was extraordinary, but Xu Zhiqiong couldn't even see his own toes.

Xu Zhiqiong wanted to use the Eye of Sin to take a look at the situation in the room, but Wu Xu said suddenly: "Don't look around, follow me."

Relying on his feeling, Xu Zhiqiong followed Wu Xu step by step, from the door to the stairs, Xu Zhiqiong made a rough calculation and walked more than [-] steps.

This unscientific.

From the outside, the attic is not that big.

Among them is the magic circle. It is not known whether the magic circle made the interior space bigger or made the attic smaller from the outside.

Next, Xu Zhiqiong followed Wu Xu upstairs.

This attic has only two floors, but Xu Zhiqiong followed Wu Xu up to a full seven floors, and he hasn't reached the top yet.

On the seventh floor, Wu Xu turned left, entered the corridor, opened the door, and saw a blue lamp in the room, and an old man with white beard and hair was sitting under the lamp.

The old man looked a bit like the dean.

Wu Xu took a step, came to the old man, cupped his fists and saluted, "Wu Xu has seen Tai Bu."

Too bu!

This person is Tai Bu!

The pinnacle of the Yin-Yang family in the Daxuan Empire, a practitioner of the third grade of Yin-Yang, the man who recently received God, the Yin-Yang Si Taibu!
Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly saluted.

Tai Bu raised his head, looked at Wu Xu and said, "I'm sorry for the disappointment, Qianhu, please sit down."

Suddenly there were two more futons on the ground, and Wu Xu and Xu Zhiqiong sat down one after another.

"Qianhu visits late at night, I don't know what to do?"

Wu Xu said: "It's still from the previous incident, I implore Taibu to save thousands of people from suffering."

Thousands of people?

Isn't it more than a hundred women?

Xu Zhiqiong didn't dare to interrupt, but only dared to listen quietly.

Tai Bu groaned for a while, then sighed and said: "The calamity of the common people is determined by the number of days. How can an old man dare to go against the number of days?"

Wu Xu said: "Heaven has the virtue of loving life. Now there are villains who lead evil spirits to make troubles, so that people's lives are ruined. Taibo's saving the common people is an act in accordance with God's will. How can it be said that it is against the sky?"

Tai Bu laughed and said, "A thousand households want to argue with me about the number of days?"

Wu Xu shook his head: "Wu has no intention of arguing, but only asks Taibu for help."

Tai Bu sighed a long time: "Thousands of extraordinary people, begged for several times, but the old man refused again and again, it seems that the old man didn't know how to measure, now I have a nineteenth grade disciple, I am seventeen years old, good at counting, The talent is extraordinary, and now I would like to compete with Qianhu for the triad, I wonder if Qianhu can agree?"

Wu Xu smiled wryly: "If it's a competition, it's hard for me to wait for a warrior."

Tai Bu said: "If you don't want to learn from each other, please do so."

If I knew it was this routine, even if I tied him up, I would have to tie up Qu Jinshan!
But if Qu Jinshan came, it probably wouldn't be this way.

Wu Xu nodded helplessly: "Forget it, please enlighten me."

Tai Bu waved his hand, and a young woman came slowly from the darkness.

Xu Zhiqiong wondered, how big is this room?

Under the green light, Xu Zhiqiong looked at the woman's appearance. This woman was handsome, comparable to Yan Fengru, the musician of Wuyinge Pavilion.

She was wearing a white shirt, like the man at the door, with a foot-high hat, which looked a little funny.

The woman saluted Tai Bu first: "Disciple Xianyue, I have met Master."

It turned out that her name was Xianyue.

After saluting, Xian Yue only regarded Wu Xu and Xu Zhiqiong as transparent, and sat beside Tai Bu without saying a word.

Didn't she come to compete?

What do you mean by not talking?
Wu Xu was also polite, clasped his fists and said, "Ma'am, please advise."

Xianyue still didn't speak, Taibu said: "Xianyue, you just ask three questions and calculate. If Wu Qianhu can answer all of them, he will be considered as the winner."

Wu Xu pinched his chin, showing embarrassment: "Three questions, some are too difficult."

Xianyue looked at Taibu, and finally said: "Master, counting is the most reasonable principle between heaven and earth. If you talk to dull and vulgar people, it will not pollute my cultivation."

Her voice is nice.

She speaks so badly!
Wu Xu laughed dryly: "This girl is so straightforward."

Tai Bu said lightly: "Don't be rude to Qianhu."

Xian Yue looked at Wu Xu in a blink of an eye: "Wu Qianhu, you are considered a person of some status, why bother to humiliate yourself?"

Wu Xu smiled and said nothing, Xu Zhiqiong said from the sidelines: "Let, let, let you come up with a question, and you will come up with a question, why talk so much?"

Xian Yue stared at Xu Zhiqiong for a moment, then turned to Tai Bu and said: "Can such a foolish person enter the Yin Yang Division? Master, please drive this fool out of the door."

I set you up...

Xu Zhiqiong swallowed his anger and said nothing.

Tai Bu sighed: "Xianyue, just come up with the questions."

"Master, why make things difficult for them?"

"It's just to make them retreat!"

Xianyue turned her face, looked at Wu Xu and said: "Since the master has ordered, the disciple must follow the order. I will ask you to answer all three questions today, but I will be bullying you. As long as you can answer one question, Even if you win."

After finishing speaking, Xianyue waved her hand, and a pool suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

Xu Zhiqiong was startled, what kind of technology is this, holographic imaging?
This is illusion, a type of yin and yang art.

With a wave of Xianyue's hand, a row of bamboo dragons appeared beside the pool and poured water into the pool: "The bamboo dragons pour water into the empty pool, and it can be filled in five hours."

Xianyue waved again, and the pool began to leak water: "There is a gap at the bottom of the pool, the water in the pool will drain dry in seven hours."

Xianyue looked at Wu Xu and said, "Zhulong poured water into this leaky pool, but asked how long it would take to fill it up?"

Wu Xu had heard this question before, but he didn't know how to calculate it.

"This question seems to be more difficult."

"It's really embarrassing for thousands of households," Xianyue smiled, "but this is the basis of calculations. For my yin and yang students, no one who is over thirteen years old can't calculate such problems, and I really can't think of anything easier. It's gone."

Wu Xu pinched his cheeks and said, "Let me think for a moment."

Xianyue waved her hand again, and there was an extra incense burner in front of her: "Is it enough time for one stick of incense?"

After finishing speaking, Xian Yue rubbed out a ball of fire with her fingers, and was about to light incense, but Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "There is no need to light incense."

Xian Yue sneered and said: "A foolish person talks a lot, even if you want to admit defeat, you have to speak up."

Xu Zhiqiong raised his head and said, "It will take seventeen and a half hours. What's the point of this question?"

Crescent Moon was startled, and the flame in her hand went out.

Tai Bu looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Have you done this question before?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head.

Tai Bu asked again: "Have you ever learned counting?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled naively: "It's not considered learned. When I was a child, there was an old woman who sold vegetables in front of the door. The price of vegetables was calculated accurately. I learned the arithmetic from her for a few days. Buying vegetables, selling vegetables, going in and out, is similar to this. It's just that I don't do this kind of topic after the age of six, it's really boring."

Xianyue's face was pale, and Wu Xu laughed heartily: "Is the answer correct? Tai Bu, you lost!"

Xian Yue shook her head again and again and said: "Master, this person has done this question, so it doesn't count!"

Tai Bu nodded and said: "This old man said that there are three questions, but you only answered one question, how can you say that this old man has lost?"

Wu Xu said angrily: "You have turned your back on you!"

Murderous aura was transpiring, and Xianyue shivered.

Tai Bu looked as usual, not afraid of Wu Xu.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled innocently from the side: "Qianhu, calm down, and look at this girl, she is arrogant, mediocre, and it's not easy to study hard. Let's let her do the second question." Bar."

(End of this chapter)