my causal simulator

Chapter 167

Lin Shuhang was overjoyed, the conditions were simple at this time, and the two of them didn't need to wait for red tape. After the age was mentioned, Zhuge Liang was three years older than Lin Haoran, so he was the elder brother and Lin Haoran was the younger brother.

Since then, they have talked about everything, just concealing the facts from the future.

The two walked for a long time, bought two horses at a post station, and rode to Jianping. Along the way, they found many clues left by Gong Chong.

Thanks to Zhuge Liang, who knows all kinds of ways of this era, and wants to inquire about news, he has one more way.

The first is to find various commuter shops in Xiangyang.

These commuters not only have a large number of carriages and guards, which are equivalent to escort agencies, but also have shipping business cooperation in Jianping, Baidi City and other places. Since Gong Chong wants to move to Shu, it is inevitable to find commuters to transport things. .

So the two pretended to be a freight forwarder and consulted everywhere in those commuter shops. If the other party agreed, it proved that there was no big business here recently, and the transportation force was relatively free.

And if they are told that the time limit has been filled and they are asked to wait a few more days, then they should chat with the clerk, complain a few words, insert some money, and take advantage of the opportunity to find out what caused the time limit to be full.

In this way, he ran all the commuter shops in Xiangyang in one day, and finally selected the correct result from the dozens of suspicious targets he learned through various information.

The most similar one was a business that Rende commuted four days ago.

Some people rented a large number of carriages here, claiming to be merchants who entered Shu, and transported Jiangdong specialties such as ceramics, tea, ham, hairy crabs, and salted fish to Jianping, and then rented a boat to sell in Shu, and then purchased them. The Shu brocade from the side is back.

There are many doubts about this business. First, the scale of Rende’s commuting is relatively small in Xiangyang City, with only about [-] horse-drawn carriages, but this business is very large. The commuting boss went to temporarily rent a car to take over.

Since so many cars are needed, why not go to a big commuter store, but find this small commuter to take orders?You must know that large commuters not only have a large number of convoys, but also have many guards and a lot of face. It is naturally safer to transport them. Therefore, those who choose small commuters are all small businesses.

Second, there are a lot of salted fish. According to what the guy said disgustingly, those big boxes have a strong smell of salted fish and seafood.

It is not uncommon to transport these fishy and salty things from Jiangdong to Shu to buy, but frankly speaking, there are very few.

Shu people don’t like this kind of food very much, and they occasionally try something new, but if they are sold in large quantities, the poor can’t afford it, and the rich can’t finish it.

It's more like deliberately using the fishy smell of seafood and salted fish to cover up other 'smells' in the box.

What's even more coincidental is that when Zhuge Liang was at the inn at night, in front of Lin Shuhang, he used Qimen Dunjia to test a round.

No paper or pen, no props such as tortoise shells and lottery, it really is the kind of old fairy pinching fingers that Lin Shuhang used to see on TV.

The eight fingers other than the thumb represent the eight gates, and each of the eight fingers has three sections, representing the three talents...

But seeing Kong Ming pinching his thumbs on the eight fingers non-stop, doing calculations together with his left and right bows, chanting words silently, and finally came up with a round.

The revealing language is "24 hearts in one or two lives".

One or two lives with 24 hearts, implying ulterior motives and mutual suspicion, is just talking about a Gong Chong fighting wits and courage with Zhuge Liang and Lin Shuhang.

And if we look at the split characters again, one or two people are the single side and the double side, and 24 hearts, isn't it just the right half of the word "Rende" after excluding the radicals?

Therefore, this exposition is precisely pointing out that if you want to find Gong Chong, you should be in Rende.

So no more doubts.

The order was placed four days ago to go to Jianping, and Rende's carriage set off three days ago, and the convoy of dozens of carriages was going forward, and they had to look over Jingshan Mountain. Naturally, the speed could not be increased, and it would probably take at least two days. And it takes another day to build flat-loading freight.

The two thought it over, if they really waited for Gong Chong to hide in the mountains after he entered Shu and then went to track it down, it would make it more difficult to track down, and the other was also worried that Gong Chong would create a Taoist temple on the new site. The layout of the four-element spirit array.

The best thing is to intercept it at the wharf or town, and then relying on Lin Haoran's reputation in Yizhou, no matter which county town is nearby, he should be able to go to the local government to second him as a soldier, which will be much easier.

I rented a fast horse in Xiangyang, and drove to Jianping overnight with the whip.

After running all night, I didn't arrive at Jianping's wharf until noon the next day.

Rende's big business is rare, he found the right way, and after a little inquiring, he knew that the forty truckloads of goods from Xiangyang had set off by boat last night.

Immediately, I rented a fast boat in Jianping and set sail.

Compared with the big cargo ship, the speed of this small sailboat is naturally much faster. Although the other party went out of the river for nearly a day, at most one day's work should be able to catch up, and it is a long way to Yizhou. Large cargo ships can arrive within two or three days.

The boat was brisk, and Lin Shuhang and Zhuge Liang had finally taken a break from their busy schedule.

The small sailing boat has a cabin for board and lodging, and the two of them are quite comfortable.

Lin Shuhang had already told Zhuge Liang the practice method of the Pure Yang Mind Method when he was on his way, and now he is also patiently guiding some practice details.

Obviously, Zhuge Liang also has a certain understanding of spiritual energy and the spiritual world. From his point of view, it is not three-dimensional or four-dimensional, but the real difference between the gods and the mortal world.

Seeing that he was yearning for the so-called spells, Lin Shuhang also taught him the innate supernatural power 'calling the wind and rain' rewarded by the Dao Seed on a whim.

What is the idea of ​​opening an altar and summoning the sky? Zhuge Liang is extremely obsessed with this, and his talent is extremely high. After only learning for a long time, he will open an altar to beg for rain with some things he tinkered with from the boat.

As a result, when doing the exercises, the sky was really dark, and even the old boatman reminded the two of them that there might be a heavy rain outside the cabin, but unfortunately in the end, there were only clouds but no rain, but nothing came out.

But this has already made Zhuge Liang very excited, and he firmly believes that this should be caused by the irregular and crude props for opening the altar.

Being able to tease Zhuge Wuhou is such a pleasure that not everyone can experience.

Lin Shuhang had a lot of fun watching it, and finally he couldn't help but tell with a smile: "It's not wrong to open the altar, it's just that you can only see the clouds but not the rain. This magic is like that, but it's just an illusion."

For the technique of summoning the wind and calling the rain, the method of opening the altar is equivalent to the seal of the spell, and offering it with the power of a wish is the correct way to open this technique. If only the spiritual energy is used to activate it, the result will be only illusions but not the real wind and rain.

Zhuge Liang was dumbfounded, and it took a long while before he said dumbfoundedly: "Then I have learned loneliness by using a sentence of your famous saying?"

"That's not the case." Zhuge Wuhou actually spoke internet language, and Lin Shuhang leaned forward and backward with a smile: "Anyway, brother can also divination celestial phenomena. If it is calculated that there will be wind and rain on a certain day, wouldn't it mean that the practice is successful? , Is it the wind and rain you brought on?"

"Hahahaha!" Zhuge Liang laughed loudly and said, "Ziqi, you didn't teach me real spells, but taught me how to deceive people. This is really a mistake in making friends!"

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The sailing boat chased all night, until noon the next day, when it was close to FL, I saw three large ships flying the flag of Rende Commuter from a distance.

It would be too reckless to directly board the boat, and Lin Shuhang is definitely not the opponent of the hundreds of people in the Taoist temple.

Therefore, the boat did not slow down, but went to FL to dock first to see if he was going ashore here. If he was going ashore to rest, then he would report to the official to check the boat.

It's a pity that he didn't stop when he crossed the river, so he changed to a small boat and chased after him.

Afterwards, they stopped and went, always rushing to reach the next intersection ahead of the big ship, waiting for it to dock and report to the officials, but saw that it was going down the river, not only passing Berkshire, but even passing the river that Lin Shuhang had imagined before. Yang, still going west.

This is already going straight to the hinterland of the extreme west of Yizhou, and they don't stop until they reach Jialing.

This Jialing is the collective name of Jiazhou and Lingzhou. Jiazhou is the LS City of later generations, Lingzhou is Renshou County, and Jialing is the main road of Xichuan. There are three roads going up, and the one on the west side leads to Emei, Qingcheng, the middle one leads to Qianwei and Wuyang, and the east side has both the main road and the waterway Minjiang River, which can directly reach Chengdu, Yizhou.

Seeing that the big ship finally docked and had already started to carry the cargo, Lin Shuhang finally settled down.

While letting Zhuge Liang stay on the pier and stare, he hurried to the Jialing County Government.

It was a coincidence that the county magistrate of Jialing County was actually an acquaintance, he was the younger brother of Xi Jian's mistress He Xiangling and the descendant of the Yizhou rich gentry He Zudao during the last battle in Luo County.

When he passed through Luo County for the last time, although he used Lin Xingye's real name, he still followed the path of He Xiangling.

Therefore, after the death of Lin Xingye, the "big hero", not only the mother and son of the Lin family became rich, but even He Xiangling, the god-sister, was also honored. Finally, when Xi Jian was still in power, he helped her god-brother, He Zudao, to get a Jialing county magistrate real shortage.

Now, although Xi Jian is already a person who goes to cool tea, He Xiangling can live a smooth life in Jialing relying on his god-brother, and He Zudao also needs to rely on the relationship between his god-sister and Yizhou hero Lin Xingye to avoid it. Yu was labeled as the Xijian faction, and was able to survive the purge of Liu Yan's entry into Sichuan, and stayed in the county magistrate's position for more than ten years.

Therefore, whether it is He Xiangling or He Zudao, they are still very grateful to Lin Xingye. In the past, they would go to Yizhou to visit the mother and son of the Lin family in person during the holidays. No matter how close the relationship between the two families is, even if they are too busy sometimes, they will definitely send someone to give gifts.

Frankly speaking, there is certainly an element of show in it, but there is also the reason why the He family is sincerely grateful to the Lin family. Otherwise, if the He family flattered Xi Jian at that time, Liu Yan would not be able to tolerate them when he entered Sichuan. This line of relationship can be said to have saved the lives of their whole family.

In this world, most people are actually kind-hearted, and they know how to repay kindness. Especially after the food and clothing are settled, don’t they know the etiquette and know the honor and disgrace when they have enough food and clothing?You don't care whether it's fake or not, whether you're acting or not, it's a spiritual pursuit of the rich after all.

So the relationship between the two has always been good.

Seeing that it was Lin Haoran's visit at this time, He Zudao's uncle was quite enthusiastic, and then he heard Lin Haoran mention that he suspected that there was a demon carrying corpses on the pier.

He Zudao said furiously: "It happened in broad daylight, and it was under my rule. It really turned against him! Don't worry, my nephew, I will send someone to send me away!"

Immediately, dozens of arrests from the Jialing County Government were ordered, and after hearing Lin Xingye say that there were many monsters and Taoists, there might be hundreds of them, so he urgently dispatched the Huofeng camp stationed outside the city, and the general in charge Lin Shuhang is also familiar with him. It was a small officer who participated in the Luo County War under his command, but now he is the other Sima of Jialing...

Looking at these familiar faces, Lin Shuhang felt very comfortable and at ease, as expected of his current lair.

They sent a few shrewd police chiefs to the pier to look for trouble. They just asked people for money in the name of various miscellaneous taxes. Take a look and see if those big ships are really weird.

After all, He Zudao will definitely give the Lin family face, but you can't just make an oolong mess just because the child says a word, right?

It's a trivial matter for his county magistrate to toss a group of soldiers and take them out for a walk, but if he mistakes a good person for a bad person and smashes the cargo boxes of serious merchants with formal procedures, it will make a fool of himself. Investigating is always right.

After that, Lin Shuhang and He Zudao led the emergency reinforcements to the pier.

When I came over, I saw a few large ships docked there with half of the goods unloaded on the pier, but no one went to carry the remaining goods.

The coolies were all resting on one side, and a large group of people surrounded the horses beside the boat. Several stewards from Rende's commute were laughing with them, and kept talking to the chief catcher, but the chief catcher was absent-minded. He looked here and there, chatted with him, and didn't accept the money handed over.

The person in charge only thought that the other party was too small, and kept increasing his size, so he almost knelt down and begged him.

On the contrary, the merchants of those goods watched coldly on the ship, seeming very impatient.

He is not stupid at all, and frankly speaking, just by looking at the expressions of those merchants standing on the boat watching the show, he can already conclude that there must be something wrong with these few shipments.

Otherwise, their cargo ship will be stopped by the government. Although this kind of thing should be handled by the all-inclusive commuter, are they not worried?Not in a hurry?Without even asking?

This is obviously not in line with the habits or style of normal merchants, but rather like the behavior of those powerful people who don't pay attention to the government.

In short, at first glance, he is not a good person.

Seeing the large group of people approaching, the head catcher had already seen that there were many problems on the ship.

For example, there is a strange smell in the box, for example, the heavy draft of the hull, which is obviously inconsistent with the weight of the cargo they described, etc... It's just that I was alone and did not dare to speak up, and it was just an excuse to ask for money to delay.

At this time, he walked over with relief, and whispered a few words in He Zudao's ear.

He Zudao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted: "Come on, seize all the cargo of these ships, and arrest everyone on board!"

Rende's commuting stewards were all stunned. Before they could recover, the five hundred soldiers from the Huofeng Camp rushed onto the boat in full gear.

The people on the boat knew that they had been exposed, and while yelling curses, they stopped hiding and took out their weapons one after another.

Looking at his martial arts, it is indeed very similar to those Taoist priests in Gong Chong Taoist Temple.

Lin Shuhang knew that he had found the real master, but he didn't immediately step forward to join the battle. Instead, he held a large horizontal knife and stared intently at the side, waiting to see Gong Chong with a broken arm before making a move.

These Taoist priests are undoubtedly much stronger than the soldiers of the Huofeng camp, but they are so hasty, unprepared, and no one can unify orders, so they are like a mess.

Moreover, the space on the ship is small, which is not conducive to their martial arts, and everyone is flustered. Those who choose to fight with the officers and soldiers can be stabbed by the officers and soldiers swarming up. Met Hades.

Some were frightened and jumped directly into the river to escape, even dragging their companions back.

There are quite a few monsters on several ships, not necessarily less than the number of people in the 500 Huofeng camp, but the whole process of the battle between the miscellaneous brands and the regular army lasted less than a stick of incense before it was over.

Lin Shuhang kept staring closely, but he never saw Gong Chong.

Not to mention Gong Chong, even those disciples who were possessed by Suzaku, White Tiger, and Qinglong who had some strength and fought with Lin Shuhang before, were unknown at this time.

Fortunately, in the final count, more than 130 rebels were killed, more than [-] were captured alive, and the number of escaped is unknown.

It would be easy if they were captured alive, Lin Shuhang couldn't believe that all of these more than 100 people were as determined as iron, and they could not find any flaws in his ecstasy.

People commuting in Rende have been crying, saying that they have legal cargo procedures, and even threatened to go to Yizhou to report to the prefect, but when he ordered people to open those smelly boxes, Rende commuters People, including the sailors and crew on the previous ship, were all dumbfounded, and they were so frightened that they lay down on the ground and vomited endlessly.

I saw that those boxes contained half-rotten or livid corpses, there were hundreds of them!

There is a yellow talisman on the top of each head, and the general meaning on it is "here comes the general", and the macroscopic overall shape is beautiful, with a word "勑" on the top, a suppression symbol in the middle, and a symbol at the bottom. A variant of the word 'ghost'.

Not to mention Lin Shuhang who has studied "Corpse Refining", even anyone who has watched Uncle Ying's movies in modern times will recognize it. It belongs to the omnipotent talisman that can suppress all evils.

It needs to be suppressed with talismans. These corpses have obviously been refined into demon corpses or zombies.

Not to mention Rende's people and the crew, He Zudao, the policeman, the people from Huofengying, and even everyone on the pier were all petrified at this moment.

Only Lin Shuhang and Zhuge Liang were mentally prepared.

Although the death rate in the dungeon is high and the success rate is low, it is the low success rate of the demon corpse.

As for those failed corpses cleaned up by them, they can be used to refine low-level zombies, and the success rate is obviously much higher.

In order to distinguish them, the monsters made concealed marks on the boxes. After Lin Shuhang interrogated them, he asked them out quickly, only to find out that among the transported corpses, there were three devil corpses in total, and only one ghost corpse. Without the corpse king, there are 460 seven zombies.

Opening the boxes of the three demon corpses and the ghost corpse, he saw that the ghost corpse was indeed Xu Shu who had mutated before his eyes.

Although his figure has undergone tremendous changes, his skin has also turned purple, his head has grown a lot, and his fangs have grown out of his mouth, but looking at his facial features, he can still vaguely recognize Xu Shu's appearance.

Zhuge Liang had heard Lin Shuhang tell about Xu Shu earlier, he and Xu Shu had been close friends since a long time ago, together with Shi Guangyuan, Meng Gongwei and Cui Zhouping, these were Zhuge Liang's four friends in Longzhong.

At this time, seeing Xu Shu not only died unexpectedly, but also the body was refined into such a appearance, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but burst into tears from his heart.

Lin Shuhang comforted him for a while, and finally stopped crying.

At this time, He Zudao had already emptied the people on the pier as Lin Shuhang said, and ordered people to set up a fire tower in the open space next to it.

Whether these zombies or demon corpses, they can only be solved by cremating them directly while the talismans are sealed. Otherwise, if they stay, they will harm the common people again.

Zhuge Liang and Lin Shuhang set up a fire for Xu Shu alone, and after a crackling explosion, they collected his ashes, put them in a small bottle, and prepared to bring them to Mother Xu when they returned to Jingzhou.

Lin Shuhang brought out the captured monsters from the dungeon, and interrogated them one by one by using ecstasy techniques, and finally got the accurate information from Gong Chong.

"Master said that the person who escaped that day was very human. Whether it was black or white, he would definitely bring someone back to the Taoist temple to seek revenge. Therefore, the night that person fled, we already started to pack our bags and prepare to leave the Taoist temple."

"Master separated from us in Jingzhou. He only asked me to go westward along the waterway. After arriving at Jialing, I turned to Yizhou, and then went north to Mianzhu and Jiangyou to go to the deep mountains on the left side of Jiange."

"Master is taking the land route, from Shangyong and Liangzhou to Dingjun, passing through Yangping to Jiange, and then meeting us. Although the land route is slower than the water route, it will take a lot of time for us to go north. It is estimated that Master and the others will go first. arrive."

"It is said that there is an ancient town there. It is at the junction of the east of Jiangyou, the west of Jiange, and the north of Zitong. This town is far away from the hustle and bustle of the world. It is hidden in the mountains, so it is not easy to be found, and it is also convenient to arrange various more powerful magic circles. Master and we made an appointment to meet at the inn there."

"Master has seen the same practitioners there, and it is still a treasured place in Chuling Mountain... so now he wants to seize it and build it into a new stronghold to replace the Xinye Taoist Temple."

"How to seize it? After our batch of zombies and demon corpses arrive, we only need to release the corpses out of the cage and remove the talismans, and we can slaughter hundreds of people in that village overnight, including those few so-called masters of cultivation. Also keep it and die inside!"

After learning all the information from the captives, Lin Shuhang couldn't help but gasped.

I didn't care that Zhuge Liang was right next to me, so I quickly clicked on Baidu Maps out of thin air to check.

To the east of Jiangyou, to the west of Jiange, and to the north of Zitong, there are ancient towns hidden in the deep mountains... For the Three Kingdoms era, they are considered ancient towns. What era did they belong to?Western Han Dynasty?Even Spring and Autumn and Warring States?
Regardless of the geographical location or the description of the ancient town... Lin Shuhang was a little dazed looking at the final result.

This shit is really a hell, the place he described is exactly Lin Shuhang's hometown - Qinglinkou Village!
　It's even later today, so let's just publish the two chapters together, and they won't be separated.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)