fifth form

Relying on money to pave the way, Zhang Xuezhou locked the place where Rong Tianding and Yi Yan had been.

"It's the city we left yesterday morning!"

The scene of the old firewood seller facing Rong Tianding and his concubine is fixed at the city gate.

Let Tian Ding and Yi Jie go out of the city, while the old man enters the city.

It is inevitable to check when entering the city gate of Chang'an City. The old man also noticed other people when he was lining up to enter the city yesterday morning.

Relying on the skill of identifying people, Zhang Xuezhou also spied on the scene the old man saw at that time.

He handed the broken silver to the old man, then collected the planks and left the city.

Rong Tianding and Yi Yan must have searched for tunnels in Chang'an City but found nothing, and then chose to leave the city.

The good news is that Rong Tianding and others were safe yesterday morning. The bad news is that there is a high probability that Rong Tianding and others searched in the direction of Yangling.

But Our Lady of Wudang did not live in the area next to the Imperial Tomb at all.

There are countless evil spirits hidden in the Yangling area, and ordinary people may die immediately if they are entangled.

Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to call a carriage and check along the road to see if he could find Rong Tianding and others.

"Guest, there is a monk with great supernatural powers performing rituals in Yangling. Are you also going to observe the excitement?"

The driver who drives the carriage is very talkative, which is also a common problem among most carriage drivers. As long as the guests riding in the carriage are not disgusted, they will all chat a few words.

If guests are in need, they may get a little reward for their hearsay information.

The people who are going to Yangling now are either craftsmen, the imperial guards who are responsible for replacing patrols, or people watching the excitement.

Zhang Xuezhou's attire is undoubtedly the last one.

The bustle of ordinary rituals is nothing to see, but this time the monks who performed the rituals were so powerful that they even hung lanterns on the main streets of Chang'an City.

In Yangling, thousands of red lanterns were hung.

Ordinary people have never seen such red lanterns hanging high together, and there is almost an endless stream of people coming to watch the excitement.

Visitors like Zhang Xuezhou are not uncommon. There were more people watching the excitement in the past few days. A carriage like his can pull five or six people at a time.

"Yes." Zhang Xuezhou looked around and replied casually: "Are there many people going to Yangling recently to watch the excitement?"

"Too many to count," the coachman said talkatively, "but the Sima gates everywhere are closed, and everyone can only see the rows of red lanterns on the tower, but not the lanterns inside!"

"It's worth a trip to take a look outside," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"It's very lively outside. In the past few days, there were thousands of people watching the excitement under each tower, but the ground was trampled to pieces." The coachman said, "It's even more lively inside Yangling. Someone from my brother-in-law's mother-in-law's family works as an errand there. That’s a kick in the butt!”

"Why are you so excited?" Zhang Xuezhou asked doubtfully.

"That's quite exciting," the coachman said, "I heard from the waiter that in addition to countless floating red lanterns, there are also lotus flowers falling from the sky and the fragrance is overflowing!"

"So magical?"

"It's really that magical, but we definitely won't be able to see it from below the city tower." The coachman said, "If you are willing to pay a few more dollars, I will take you to the side of the mountain. As long as you are willing to climb higher, you will definitely be able to see the lotus." !”

"also!"

Zhang Xuezhou casually threw away two and a half taels, and the coachman immediately raised his whip and accelerated the carriage.

It wasn't that Zhang Xuezhou had to look at the liveliness of Lotus, but he didn't see Rong Tianding and Yi Yan along the way, and he didn't see any signs of digging holes anywhere.

Under the city tower, there are piles of people watching the excitement. This kind of place is obviously not suitable for digging holes. There may not be much gain from exploring Sima Gate.

It is a good idea to climb high and look far. Even if Zhang Xuezhou has the ability to patrol Yang Soul, he must at least find a place where he can release Yang Soul safely.

The mountains are obviously a good place.

It is the early spring after the Chinese New Year, and it is freezing everywhere. Even if everyone likes to watch the excitement, their time in the mountains will not last long, and accordingly there will be very few people in the mountains.

Zhang Xuezhou got off and went up to the mountain to watch the excitement. The coachman felt that there was a good business in this stall.

As Zhang Xuezhou thought, it is convenient to climb up the mountain and look far away to see the excitement, but it is also real to freeze people.

He has received several waves of such guests recently. Most of them leave quickly and come back even faster, and then they have to take his carriage back. The driver was happily working on his own little plan, while Zhang Xuezhou glanced back at this familiar area.

Dongsima Gate is the first to come into view. Rows of lanterns hang high on the city tower, and Song Dongjia and others can still be vaguely seen.

There are also tourists watching the excitement below the city tower, pointing at the rare large-scale lanterns.

The driver turned a corner at East Sima Gate and wandered towards the barren mountains around Yangling.

Although you can see far from the top, the mountains around Yangling are not high, and the higher mountains are only more than 100 meters.

As for where to overlook Yangling, it depends on personal understanding and location.

But it's really cold in these mountains.

When Zhang Xuezhou got off the carriage, he happened to see a rich man shivering coming down the mountain, and the coachman who had been soliciting passengers came up to solicit customers with a loud shout.

"Guest, I'm waiting for you here. If you want to take a carriage then, just call Wang Er Fool," the carriage driver said with a smile.

"to make!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded briefly.

Walk five miles from East Simamen to South Simamen, and you will arrive at a small village outside Chang'an City.

There are only about ten families in this village, and they make a living by farming and hunting.

When walking up the mountain, there is a dirt road trampled by the villagers. Zhang Xuezhou also used this dirt road to climb the mountain.

As a monk, Zhang Xuezhou is much stronger than ordinary people. He is not afraid of the general cold, and the heavenly clothes he wears are designed to keep out the cold and heat.

It only takes three to four minutes to walk 100 meters on flat ground, but it takes much longer to climb a mountain.

Zhang Xuezhou shuttled through the dirt road, and stepped on some spiky vines that had lost their leaves. The figure swayed on the mountain road, and finally got into the mountain forest.

Occasionally, he could see one or two shivering people watching the excitement coming down the mountain.

But the further you go up the mountain, the fewer and fewer people there become.

By the time Zhang Xuezhou stood on the slope of the hill, there was no one around him.

Looking down from the top of the mountain, almost all the scenery of Yangling comes into view.

This is indeed a good place to watch. What you can see is a sea of ​​red lanterns, almost covering the central area of ​​the Imperial Tomb.

The vast distance and the large concentration of lanterns left only a red color in the eyes, making it difficult to see other movements.

If you don't have the ability to see far and wide, tourists who normally watch the excitement should go down the mountain after just one look.

Zhang Xuezhou looked around and then found a location at the back.

He sat down cross-legged and was about to escape from Yang Po to inspect the village. When he glanced at the village below, he saw a strong figure in the village in the distance holding a large plate and entering a thatched house.

"Why does he look like a cousin?"

It is difficult to identify clearly when climbing high and looking far away, and Zhang Xuezhou is no exception.

But it is very convenient for him to verify.

His Yang soul escaped and then roared down.

When he was only a few dozen meters away from the village, he saw Rong Tianding busy cooking ingredients in the village.

In the thatched cottage, there were voices of the concubine and Kong Anguo murmuring again.

"How did we hit this!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Kong Anguo had some small friendship, but Yi Yan and others did not know Kong Anguo.

Accordingly, it is difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to understand how people interact with each other and live in the village.

But when a coughing sound came from the thatched house, Zhang Xuezhou suddenly understood.