Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 186
Compared with the bustling and bustling south bank of Luoshui, the urban area north of Luoshui is much darker and colder.However, on the streets leading to the Central Tianjin Bridge and the East Tianjin Bridge, you can still see the lanterns, the endless stream of pedestrians, and the patrol team during the parade.

Most of them ran from the north of the city to the south of the city, thinking that they were having fun all night long, from wealthy or prominent families.Therefore, the unscrupulous people on duty near the bridgehead, Wuhou and Jinwu guards, they need to focus on interrogation and random inspection, that is, those who go to the north of the city in one direction.

And Jiang Tian, ​​who stepped onto the bridge, didn't even need to show his identity card or official credentials; just with a thought, he manipulated the flagpole to fall down and cover it on a lift, causing a small accident and commotion; he easily transferred the bridgehead to be on duty. Most of the attention, dodging from the blind spot of their field of vision.

Walking into a dead-end alley nearby, he appeared on the top of the wall again; Jiang Tian had already covered his face and put on a gray smock.Then, he began to play hide-and-seek with the patrolling patrols on the street, and he even saw a small team of horses in full armor, with guns and lanterns.

Fortunately, his goal this time is not to go deep into the north of the city, but to be in Yujifang, one of the five major squares in Luoshui.Several canals branched from the Luoshui River flowed into the workshop, then obliquely went northeast through Guiyifang and Chengfufang, and went straight to Beimanshan, which supplies water outside the city.

Compared to the north of Cao Canal, there are many ponds, rivers and canals surrounded by bridges, like a small water town, known as Guiyifang, where nobles and officials live together; It is the home of the relevant advocating music workers in the palace, and the place where they live in daily life.

And Mr. Wei's other house in Taoguang Garden happened to be hidden in it.However, there are many buildings in it. Even if Jiang Tian had the impression of a copper plate book, he still turned around several times and went the wrong way twice; he even surprised a pair of wild mandarin ducks in the grass.

Finally, according to the Taipingni Temple on the north of Caoqu, that is, the incense pagoda built by Princess Taiping’s private house as a temple, I found a plant near the north gate of the workshop, which has grown for many years and is blooming. At the intersection of Huaishu Road, an old and unremarkable house.

The house has about three wide frontages, a rectangular layout with two fronts and two entrances across the courtyard; the front yard and the frontage facing the street are home to a small instrumental music store.Even in the dead of night, you can still hear the creaking sound of the tuner between the closed doors.

But in the backyard, it was pitch black, under the light of the moonlight, we could see the withered flowers and trees and weeds everywhere, and the dark doors and windows were also covered with dust; occasionally there were eaves The thumping sound of the Ueno Bird's Nest obviously has not been inhabited for a long time.

However, Jiang Tian, ​​who was squatting in the dense locust tree, suddenly retracted his protruding steps and figure.Because, he suddenly felt that sense of peeping, even if it was an unintentional glance.Immediately, he used his "detailed" focused eyesight to cast it in the back alley.

There was a small building across the lane; it was pitch black inside.Immediately, Jiang Tian focused on his hearing in the "Micro" mode again; he was immediately outside the rustling vegetation and wind; he heard the faint panting sound, and his face became strange.

After a while, these panting sounds stopped and turned into the rustling sound of dressing; there was also the light scraping sound of the short knife being raised.Jiang Tian couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Sure enough, someone was watching and spying in secret, and he was even preparing to ambush something?He immediately jumped.

With the cover of the surrounding buildings, gently stepping on the wall and the dilapidated tile roof, made a big circle again; came to the back of the small building.At this time, he saw a man and a woman in disheveled clothes and sweating profusely, hiding themselves on the edge of the incomplete railroad, holding weapons in their hands.

But he was looking around and guarding for something.The next moment, there was a dull sound, and the thick tile that fell sharply hit the back of the head, knocking them unconscious with blood flowing.And when Jiang Tian appeared beside them, he realized that there were a lot of ropes, lamp oil and other objects piled up under his feet.

After disposing of the pair of peeping eyeliners, Jiang Tian secretly searched around the back alley; after confirming that there were no other ambushes.Only then did he dodge and cross the back alley several steps wide; he landed in the weedy back yard.Then he jumped onto the tiled surface with several holes.

This is where the main bedroom is located across the courtyard.When Jiang Tian drilled into one of the largest holes, there was a strong dusty smell of moldy wooden structures and cobweb fouling.He didn't care about the mess below, and overturned the furniture and furnishings all over the place, but came to the central pillar and the main beam.

Here, there is another magical tablet embedded in the pillars and brackets, which is square in length and square.There is a vertical line of scriptures written on it: "The emperor's father, A Luo Ke, is the supreme great deity (God), who lives in the sky, pure and wonderful, and all the Buddhas are reincarnated in the world for this reason, and the wind is everywhere; the deity is always there, quietly. Wherever happiness is attained, the rewards are everywhere.”

Then, he stretched out his hand and took off the divine tablet; immediately, a hole hidden inside was revealed, a large iron box wrapped in yellowed silk.This is what Mr. Wei in Tao Guang Garden could not forget when he was dying, and it was something that other people tortured by all means.

Jiang Tian just twisted it with his fingers, and some rusty locks broke apart; revealing a pile of objects contained in moisture-proof otter skin bags.Among them are a few bills with denominations of thousands of coins, but they were issued in Jiangling, Chengdu, Yangzhou and other places; several toe-sized blue-green gemstones.

There is also a stack of more than a dozen letters and notes with different names, and a thread-bound booklet.In the booklet, there are only some unknown names and a few words and specific numbers.Obviously, this kind of thing will play its corresponding value and role only if it falls into the hands of the right person.

Finally, what is hidden in the innermost part is a fan pendant, which is in the style of a cup with a ring and a phoenix that goes with the women's round fan.And after coming into contact with this fan pendant, the task progress reminder that had been dormant in Jiang Tian's vision also resurfaced, with an increase of 0.2 percentage.

At this moment, Jiang Tian suddenly found it difficult to suppress his emotions.Under the guidance of this half-baked auxiliary system, apart from a few names, I finally found new clues.Because on this fan pendant, there are vaguely some small characters "The Pearl of the Canghai" and "Zhenyi".

The so-called allusion of the treasure left in the sea comes from the allusion of Di Renjie, a famous minister of the former dynasty: Di Renjie, whose style name is Huaiying, was born in Taiyuan, Bingzhou.Cited by the Ming Dynasty, he transferred Bianzhou to join the army and made a false accusation as an official. Yan Liben, who was dismissed from office, summoned different talents.

And "Zhenyi" is the exclusive dharma name of the Empress Dowager Shen of Ruiming Yuanzhen, who once sacrificed herself to the Miaozhen Temple after the death of Emperor Taixing to pray for blessings and practice.Therefore, this is most likely a personal item that the Empress Dowager Rui Ming bestowed on Zhen Zhu Ji, but fell into Mrs. Wei's hands after an accident.

Mr. Wei's deathbed confession is also very interesting. He thinks that some of his actions in the past have unintentionally acted as an accomplice of the mastermind behind the scenes;However, it was extremely contradictory, and kept the possible clues secretly.

Therefore, just like Liu E, the former maid of the palace who died unexpectedly, had his name among the suspects; Liu E also existed in the list of suspects before the battle.In other words, back then, these related people, etc., were more or less suspicious of each other.

Instead, it is the name "Linglang" given by Xiao Ding, the owner of the ghost city, which represents the possible online and behind-the-scenes masterminds.The response obtained from Mr. Wei is an accidental gain; it was not originally part of the puzzle composed of these clue fragments.So, he has a new direction.

One direction is to try every means to obtain the opportunity to inspect the jade plate of Zongzheng Temple and the matching living notes; the other direction is to use this fan pendant as an introduction to continue to trace the source left by Mr. Wei.That's right, this thing actually came from the underground ghost market in Dongdu.

Therefore, Jiang Tian suddenly felt that he seemed to be associated with an underground organization such as Guishi.And the two directions and two lines that were originally pursued also seem to have the possibility of reunification.However, after he came out of this big house again, he stopped suddenly.

Then, I heard rustling footsteps coming from a distance, and a few strong men with naked shirts and flesh appeared from the end of the back alley, and one of them was carrying some bulging packages on his back.Then, amid the sound of footsteps at the other end, three pedestrians in plain clothes and white hips with cold expressions also appeared.

They approached each other with expressionless faces within ten steps, and only then did a strong man untie his burden, and threw it forward forcefully with disgust on his face; then he hurriedly retreated into the guarded companions, and started Said: "The things are ready, where is the money?"

Then, it was the turn of one of the three passers-by to step forward and untie the edge of the wrapped object; after frowning and covering his nose for a few times, he nodded and rewrapped it; then dragged slowly backwards, another A companion throws a clinking purse; it hits the ground heavily

One of the shirtless burly men flew forward, grabbed it in his hand and shook it vigorously; he also took out a gleaming white coin, put it in his mouth and bit it vigorously; then he showed a genuine satisfied expression, nodded and said: "Guests There will be a period later, if you need anything, just come to me.”

However, Jiang Tian has already noticed or smelled that in the package, although some are beginning to rot, there is some familiar smell; it is like those green-skinned ghosts he killed and maimed with his own hands, like water plants and silt. fishy smell.So a new problem came.

Compared with Luodu's slowness and inaction in the court.What are the origins of these people I met in the back alley of Jiang Tian, ​​who dared to collect and sell the corpses of these ghosts in private?
(End of this chapter)