Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 97

At dusk, the heavy rain has just stopped.

Holding the blue lantern, Xu Zhiqiong came to Zhu Kukulou Tea House.

After being promoted to be a green lantern man, the job of lighting the night watch is naturally left to the white lantern. Xu Zhiqiong has a lot of free time.

The clerk in front of the tea house saw Xu Zhiqiong from afar, and hurriedly passed on the news to Captain Jiancha.

The lieutenant of Sencha greeted him with a smile: "Xu Denglang, you are here, the small shop is full of splendor, you..."

Seeing the blue lantern in Xu Zhiqiong's hand, Captain Sencha was stunned for a moment, and said with a look of surprise: "Xu Denglang has been promoted! Congratulations to Master Qingdeng, sir, please go upstairs, the shop will invite the doctor to cook tea for you .”

Xu Zhiqiong waved his hand and said, "No need, I'm here to see your shopkeeper."

Colonel Jiancha said: "It's really inconvenient for my shopkeeper these two days. Didn't I say last time that he will come to you after a few days."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled when he heard the words: "Tell your shopkeeper whether it is convenient or not, and say it face to face. Xu came twice, but he didn't even see each other. Do you think it's appropriate?"

"Then, please go to the private room on the second floor and wait?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just wait here."

Captain Sencha looked embarrassed: "You, you sit here... I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Lantern Lang sat on the first floor, and the guests drinking tea in the hall felt uncomfortable.

Xu Zhiqiong deliberately chose a conspicuous place to sit down: "You open the door for business, but you still don't allow me to have a cup of tea? What's wrong with me sitting here?"

Captain Sencha didn't dare to say more, so he hurried to inform the shopkeeper.

Not long after, Captain Sencha came back with sweat on his face: "Master Deng Lang, I'm really sorry, our shopkeeper has to go out urgently, please come back in a few days."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "As soon as I come, he will go out?"

"I, I, our shopkeeper is really in a hurry."

"Why is it such a coincidence?" Xu Zhiqiong picked up the lantern.

"Yes, yes, or you can wait another two days."

"Is it really such a coincidence?" Xu Zhiqiong tapped the mechanism, and the lantern suddenly became brighter, illuminating the guests in the hall so that they couldn't open their eyes.

Sweat washed away his makeup, Captain Sencha's voice changed: "Master Qingdeng, what are you doing?"

Xu Zhiqiong stood up and said, "Catch the thief!"

Before the words were finished, the hall was full of chaos, someone got up and wanted to escape, Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Whoever dares to leave is a thief!"

Captain Sencha burst into tears: "Master Qingdeng, you can't say that, where do we get thieves from?"

Xu Zhiqiong frowned: "You mean I wronged you?"

"No, no..."

"I haven't wronged you, but there are really thieves?"

"Deng, Lord Deng," Captain Sencha cried out in fright, "You, how can I let my family say this?"

"This matter has to be discussed carefully. Let's talk slowly in another place! Come with me to the yamen."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhiqiong unfastened the shackles from his waist, Captain Sencha immediately collapsed, and the guests stood up in an uproar, all wanting to leave the place where this was wrong. Surprised, I only come to catch thieves tonight, and I will never offend good people, everyone, sit down and drink tea slowly."

That being said, who is Lantern Lang?

Lantern Lang is the most ruthless person in the capital!
He has already exposed the lantern and the shackles, who dares to sit down?Who dares to drink tea?
All the people were crying and begging:
"Master Deng Lang, please let me go, I really didn't know there was a thief here."

"Master Deng Lang, the surname Zhu harbors thieves, but this has nothing to do with me!"

"Master Denglang, please let me go, I will never come to this place again."

While crying, a short and fat man came down from upstairs, clasped his fists at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Xu Qingdeng, you are so entangled in trifles, how neglectful you are, please don't take offense at Qingdeng."

This short and fat man is Zhu Junliang, the shopkeeper of Zhu Kukulou Tea House.

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "No surprise, I'm here to catch thieves."

"Master Qingdeng, calm down, it's all a misunderstanding, I will apologize to you."

"Apologizing is useless, you have to hand over the thief."

"I'm really not a thief."

"Whether there is, I have to check to find out."

"Okay, you check, I will take you to check!"

Zhu Junliang led the way and brought Xu Zhiqiong to the fourth floor.

Strange, this is a three-story teahouse, how come there is a fourth floor?

The space has changed, and there is a yin and yang magic circle in this teahouse.

Entering a private room on the fourth floor, Zhu Junliang asked Xu Zhiqiong to sit down, and asked, "Xu Qingdeng, do you want to call the two ladies over to order some tea?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "No need, you are enough."

"Fresh, I don't have six ears here, so I won't go around the corner," Zhu Junliang took out a mask from his arms and put it on his face, "The next eighth-rank judge, Lu Yanyou, haven't asked your name yet?"

Lu Yanyou is the name of his judge.

Hearing the name, and looking at the masked appearance, this person has seen it before!I saw it in Fengdu City!

It was because of him that Xu Zhiqiong didn't go to the tea house of Second Lady Cheng Jiang.

He himself runs a tea house, why would he go to someone else's tea house for entertainment?There are so many domestic flowers here, is there no wild flower fragrance?
Xu Zhiqiong also put on a mask, and Lu Yanyou exclaimed, "So it's Ma Shangfeng, Judge Ma! Disrespect, disrespect!"

Xu Zhiqiong returned the courtesy and said: "Judge Lu, you don't have to be polite. The younger brother took the liberty to visit to ask Judge Lu about the eighth-rank Taoism."

Lu Yanyou stared at Xu Zhiqiong for a while.

He wants to see my cultivation?

He shouldn't be able to see that only the pupil of sin karma of the seventh rank can see the cultivation of others, and he only has the eighth rank.

But is this person really a rank eight?

The person who can be favored by the Taoist leader may not be a simple character.

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Lu Yanyou with the Eye of Sin Karma. The fog was thick, but it was close to the body, and it was indeed the appearance of the eighth rank.

Lu Yanyou poured a cup of tea for Xu Zhiqiong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu entered the industry a few years earlier than you, brother. Unfortunately, he was reckless when he was young. He accidentally killed someone and was punished. He stayed in Bapin for a while longer. , if you want to talk about the eighth-rank Taoist sect, you should know more than you, brother, but I don’t know why brother Ma came to me on a special trip?”

Xu Zhiqiong said: "According to an expert, I came here to ask Brother Lu for advice."

Lu Yanyou took out the firewood stick given by the priest, and asked, "Is this a gift from an expert?"

Xu Zhiqiong nodded.

"Dare to ask this high man's title?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "Without the permission of the master, I dare not reveal his name."

Lu Yanyou put down the firewood stick and said in silence for a while: "Judge Ma, if you refuse to tell the truth, forgive me for being helpless."

what's the situation?
I thought that the Taoist priest had already settled the matter with Judge Lu, but judging from the current situation, the Taoist priest did not greet him in advance.

Do you want to explain more to him?

Xu Zhiqiong was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "Since Brother Lu doesn't want to give advice, I don't want to bother you."

Lu Yanyou didn't ask to stay, and immediately brought tea to see off the guests.

Xu Zhiqiong stood up and said, "Let's wait for my little brother to take off this mask, and then catch thieves in the tea house."

Lu Yanyou was taken aback when he heard the words: "Brother Ma, you are not following the rules. Mortal affairs should not be confused in Taoist sects."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Ma is a judge in the Taoist sect, and Xu is a lantern bearer in the mortal world. The duties of the two are clearly defined. How can there be confusion?"

Lu Yanyou got up and said: "Judge Ma, you are so domineering. In the mortal world, you are an official and I am a citizen. Naturally, I am afraid of you, but in Taoism, I am your senior. Believe it or not, I can't let you out of this teahouse?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "Brother Lu, you were reckless when you were young, but you should be more cautious at this age, let alone a yin-yang magic circle may not keep Xu, even if it does, look at the lantern in my hand and the token in your hand,
In the mortal world, you offended the yamen who hold the lamp, and in the Taoist gate, you offended a master outside the world, but is it really worth it to vent your anger for a while? "

"Hey," Lu Yanyou also laughed twice, "Lu Mou has been in business for half his life, but he is not as good as you, brother, who can negotiate prices. Forget it, since the expert behind you likes Lu Mou, Lu Mou will use his humble knowledge Pass it on to my brother,

The reason why I don't want to see you tonight is because a business has come to a critical juncture. Since my brother is here, follow me for a while and see what you can do as a brother. "

Lu Yanyou walked to the wall and blew out a candle on the candlestick. Suddenly, the wall cracked and an extra door appeared in the private room.

Following Lu Yanyou out of this door, the two of them had arrived at the alley behind the teahouse.

Good array!
If this magic circle had been arranged by Lu Yanyou himself, his yin and yang cultivation would not be low.

The two walked all the way to the east of the city, and Lu Yanyou asked: "Judge Ma, what is your talent?"

Why does this person like to talk so much.

Xu Zhiqiong said in a perfunctory way: "Small tricks are not worth mentioning."

Lu Yanyou said: "Brother Ma, you are too wary, but I don't mind telling you about your talent. Since you have reached the eighth rank, you should know how to become invisible."

"New learning, not yet proficient."

"How long can you last?"

Xu Zhiqiong has a cultivation base of the seventh rank, and can last for five breaths, but Xu Zhiqiong deliberately took it short and said: "I can barely hold on to one breath."

"In this way, you are still at the lower level of the eighth rank. How much do you think you can last?"

Xu Zhiqiong guessed according to the upper part of the eighth grade: "Brother should be able to hold on to three suctions."

"Less guess."

not enough?Isn't he the eighth grade?

"Five sucks?"

"It's still less."

Less than five breaths?
This guy is above the seventh rank.

How many breaths can one last above the seventh rank?
Xu Zhiqiong didn't know either, so he simply guessed: "Could it be ten suctions?"

"not enough!"

less?

How much is this?

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "My little brother can't guess."

Lu Yanyou smiled: "Brother's innate skill is to become invisible."

Xu Zhiqiong turned pale with shock: "Invisibility is an eighth-rank skill, how did it become brother's innate skill?"

"This is a coincidence. I am destined to be a member of the judge's way."

"This is too coincidental, isn't it?"

"You don't believe it? Let's see it as a brother's trick." Lu Yanyou waved his left hand in front of him, and his whole body disappeared into nothingness.

"Little brother, guess how long I can last."

Xu Zhiqiong observed for a moment while pinching his chin, "I guess brother Lu can last a day and a night."

Lu Yanyou showed his figure, waved his hands again and again and said: "I can't hold on for a day and a night. It's a good time to say. I showed you my talent, so you should tell me the truth."

Xu Zhiqiong looked left and right, came to Lu Yanyou's ear, and said in a low voice: "Talent skills are where you live and live. I don't want to tell others, but seeing my brother's sincerity, I will tell the truth. My talent Skills are the eyes of crime!"

Lu Yanyou looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "The Eye of Sin Karma is a ninth-grade skill, how could it be your innate skill?"

"It's a coincidence!"

Lu Yanyou said: "What's so special about your pupil of crime?"

Xu Zhiqiong lowered his voice again: "My little brother's eyes of crime can tell the truth from false words. If brother is lying, I can tell at a glance."

Lu Yanyou snorted and stopped talking.

Xu Zhiqiong sneered, "Invisibility is your talent?"Who are you blinded by?
You are yin and yang, blinding eyes!

The two walked to a small street in the east of the city. This street was called Yingquelin, and there were many wandering warblers waiting for business in the small street.

The east of the city is not as rich as the south and west of the city, but it is not as poor as the north of the city. There are many craftsmen and merchants living here, and the Oriole is just right for their spending power.

Walking to the secret place, Lu Yanyou said: "Brother, just follow me closely."

After speaking, he swung his left hand twice, making Xu Zhiqiong and himself invisible.

"I have waited a long time for this business tonight. You are only allowed to watch, and you are not allowed to intervene. Don't ruin the important matter of your brother."

In the invisible state, Xu Zhiqiong didn't feel anything unusual, he could clearly see Lu Yanyou.

But in the eyes of others, these two people are completely invisible.

The two lurked on the side of the street for a long time, but saw a tall Confucian scholar walking on the street, looking around.

This Confucian scholar seems to have seen it somewhere.

Come to think of it, he had trouble in Goulan and was taught a lesson by Qi Xin'an.

At that time, the sin karma on his head was less than two inches, but now it has grown to more than four inches. What has he done in the past month or so?
A girl took the initiative to greet her, and she took the Confucian scholar's arm and said, "My lord, are you bored?"

Confucian scholar blushed slightly, and said shyly, "I want to talk to someone."

"And go to the servant's house to talk?"

The Confucian scholar shook his head: "Would you like to go to my house? I don't want to go to a strange place."

The girl scolded and said: "If the road is too far, I have to give my family some money for carriage and horses."

"The road is not far away." The Confucian scholar took out two pennies and stuffed them into the girl's hand, "Are these enough?"

Seeing his jerky appearance, the girl took the money and couldn't help laughing: "Just follow the master's orders."

The girl took the scholar's arm and entered the alley. Lu Yanyou turned around and said to Xu Zhiqiong, "Follow."

Xu Zhiqiong lowered his voice: "Why are you following me?"

"Watch a play."

Go to a play?

This drama... I haven't seen it for a while.

Xu Zhiqiong followed Lu Yanyou carefully all the way, walked four or five miles in a row, and reached a deep alley, the girl was not happy.

"Young master, how far is it? My family can't move anymore."

"Here we are, this is it." The Confucian scholar lowered his head, and the night covered his face.

"That's it?" The girl looked around, "My lord... lives here?"

"What's wrong with that?"

"Okay, yes..." The girl was frightened, she let go of Confucian scholar's arms, and took two steps back.

The Confucian scholar raised his head and looked at the girl with a ferocious face: "I mean, this is a tomb for you, isn't it good?"

(End of this chapter)