After the immortal disappeared

He Lingchuan shook his head: "It's not good to compare like this. I have used all my traps, but Commander Fan still has a trick to beat the enemy."

Bai Ziqi stroked the deer's mane and said, "You are a humble child, but you are also too bold. You cost fifty thousand taels in one move. There are hundreds of teams picking lotus. How can you be sure that you will be able to find the Overlord Lotus and take the lead?"

He Lingchuan smiled slyly: "Of course I also have some unscrupulous methods. How many of the people who have collected lotus chips over the years really found it with their own eyes and great luck?"

He later learned that there was a winner a few years ago. The way he won was to release a nest of more than two thousand bees and fly around the Lotus Palace looking for the Overlord Lotus.

How can ordinary people compare with that kind of efficiency?

So after that term, Bai Shaqian patched the rules and was not allowed to release group pets.

But the old saying always holds true:

Mastering the stick, but aiming for the yard.

Eternal fairness, that's impossible.

Both of them knew that there was one sentence that Bai Ziqi did not say:

Zhongsun Mou was killed at that time.

But neither of them mentioned it, because there would be no results if they brought it up.

Bai Ziqi said leisurely: "You have dealt with Mai Xuewen the most. What kind of person do you think he is?"

He has the most dealings with Mai Xuewen? Is Bai Ziqi setting a trap for him? He Lingchuan shook his head repeatedly: "I just followed a few clues he left, and I can't say I have ever dealt with him. Wu Kai should know this answer better than me."

But Wu Kai only saw the illusion created by Mai Xuewen.

Of course Bai Ziqi understood the implication: even the cautious Wu Kai fell into someone else's hands, how could he, He Lingchuan, understand Mai Xuewen?

But He Lingchuan still said: "But Mai Xuewen spared no effort to expose his old superior, and even kidnapped the inspector in front of everyone. It is no longer crazy to describe him. When chasing this person, be careful that he is desperate."

"But this guy is not crazy at all, he is very organized."

He Lingchuan shrugged: "Crazy people can also be very organized, right? Bai Duzhi has handled so many cases, what do you think?"

"This case is very complicated, and I'm afraid that the part buried underwater is even bigger." Cen Boqing's identity alone made both Fu Shanyue and Bai Ziqi feel troubled.

"Oh, by the way, I read in the case file that the monster Snail Toad controlled by Mai Xuedong once committed crimes on the southern border of Chiyan Kingdom?"

"Yes." He almost captured his bighorn blue sheep at that time.

"when?"

"About forty days ago." He Lingchuan was alert, not even mentioning that he and Fu Shanyue were at the scene. "A caravan lost two monsters, a cat monster and a hedgehog monster. Wait here. If he didn’t come home for two days, he went to report to the official.”

Fu Shanyue killed his younger brother in the ruins of Thousand Stars City. The King of Chiyan actually issued a hush-hush order on this matter. No one in Chiyan who was present at the time was allowed to mention it, let alone spread it outside. Of course, this order was also sent to the Shimen Chamber of Commerce, and Master Shi Er said that he would abide by it.

"More than forty days ago?" Bai Ziqi seemed to be thinking about something, "How could such a small thing attract your attention?"

"The prince ordered all places to report cases of missing monsters. At that time, we had discovered that snail toads often appeared on rainy nights, and this incident happened just after the heavy rain. And local townspeople said that monsters occasionally disappeared on rainy nights in the suburbs. The number Not many. Secondly, it is located at a border checkpoint. No one is sure whether the monsters disappeared or crossed the border on their own, so the local officials did not pay much attention. "

Bai Ziqi frowned slightly: "There are no witnesses?"

That is a suspected case.

After all, there are many reasons why humans and monsters disappear.

"Even if there was one, it would have been eaten, right?" He Lingchuan smiled bitterly, "I have seen that monster with my own eyes. It attacks from the ground. It is really hard to guard against."

"That is to say, if this case is really the work of Mai Xuewen, he went north from the southern border of Chiyan to hunt monsters and retrieve pearls. Well..." Bai Ziqi seemed to be meditating, "From the south to the north, right? Get on."

"Huh? What's right?"

"Nothing." Bai Ziqi smiled, "By the way, when you were collecting cases of missing monsters, did you ever notice the checkpoint at the junction of the Twilight Plains and the southern border of Chiyan? Several official officials probably disappeared at that time?"

He Lingchuan's heart skipped a beat.

Why don't you remember? Those officials followed Zhong Sunmou to trouble Fushan Yue, and used the pretext of looking for a witch boy to dismantle and smash the goods of Shimen Chamber of Commerce. How could Fushan Yue stand this kind of birdiness? A few days after he entered the country, he sneaked back. In addition to Zhongsun Mou's bodyguards, he also killed all the officials who were present to make things difficult for him, leaving only Zhong Sun Mou untouched.

As a result, Zhongsun Mou was eventually killed by He Lingchuan's plan, which was a convenient way to avenge Fu Shanyue.

He Lingchuan also asked about it, and Fu Shanyue said that he did not suck blood, but just killed the official and dragged him to the suburbs for burial.

Why did Bai Ziqi go to Twilight Plains, and why did he want to pursue these things?

He pondered for a moment and shook his head: "This case is not in the case file that the prince sent me, probably because the deceased was a human being."

Every word of this sentence is true.

He is a foreigner with no power in Chiyan. What ability does he have to collect cases from various places on his own? That's not what the prince gave him, so why did he just look at it?

Bai Ziqi also thought of this and stopped asking.

He Lingchuan's heart immediately settled down.

Although there was some conflict between Fu Shanyue and Zhong Sunmou at the beginning of the checkpoint, the inspectors used their power to show off their power, so this kind of thing would definitely not be recorded in the official files. The local officials just pretended not to have seen it, and maybe they were told not to make any announcement.

The level also does not record the entry and exit information of each caravan. Bai Ziqi may not be able to find out. He and Fu Shanyue just passed the checkpoint in the southern part of Chiyan nearly forty days ago.

At this time, Bai Ziqi pointed forward: "Wu Kai's private village is this place, right?"

"To the east of Yaohu Lake, there are basically white houses, with a ten-foot-tall stone standing at the door." He Lingchuan thought of Wu Kai's description, "This should be it."

Twenty miles away from Baishajuan, there is plenty of land in the wilderness. The land area occupied by Zhuangzi Circle is not small, and it even includes several ponds and a hill.

A mountain overlooks the water, and the weather is good.

Most of the houses in the private village are built on hills. There are two warehouses and several residences.

Of course, in order to save manpower, there are also several large warehouses built on flat ground.

He Lingchuan followed his father from Blackwater City to Xiazhou, and saw many Zhuangzi in the countryside along the way. Because banditry and famine are frequent, private villages in this terrain will be robbed. As long as thick walls are built, horse stakes are set up, and some reliable strong men are hired to guard them, this kind of village is similar to a cottage and is easy to defend. It is difficult to attack, but in troubled times, you can live a happy life behind closed doors.

Of course, there is no need for this in Chiyan.

Passing by a small house, the gatekeeper jumped out with an ax in his hand and shouted: "Who!"

The officer behind He Lingchuan showed his sign, and there was a faint yellow light in the darkness: "I am from the Bai Shaqian government office, and I am accompanying the envoy in Lingxu City to arrest Cen Boqing! Is he here?"

"Ah?" The gatekeeper was stunned. He might not have seen a single outsider here for ten and a half months. Why did all of a sudden official officials and envoys come? "Little, little people don't know."

"Trash!" The official passed him and hugged Bai Ziqi and He Lingchuan towards the hill.

The crops in the fields have not yet been harvested, but the cherry trees all over the mountain have been harvested in early summer. Now is the time of slack for farming.

Bai Ziqi and others ran all the way and met few people before and after them, but they all had no idea what to ask.

But there is one bad thing:

The hill is surrounded by flat farmland. Standing on the mountain, you can see everything going on below.

The road up the mountain is relatively smooth. After all, it is convenient to transport supplies up and down, but it is a bit narrow. This is also the owner's intention.

After running to the top of the mountain, among the four or five houses, only one had a light on.

Bai Ziqi waved his hand, and the officials immediately stepped forward and searched from building to building.

no one.

No one was in any of the buildings.

But something was discovered in the lighted room.

Bai Ziqi and others walked in and saw that the windows were closed, the door was ajar, the candles were only half burned, and there were two wooden cups on the table.

He touched the cup and said, "It's warm."

The person in the house had just left.

"Probably they found out we were here." If Cen Boqing escaped here, he would undoubtedly be vigilant at all times. He Lingchuan pointed to the ground and said, "Does this look like a spell casting site?"

There were a few bird feathers on the ground, a handful of straw, yellow oil stains of unknown origin, mixed with a little bit of red silk, which looked sticky.

There are still traces of burning on the brick surface.

He Lingchuan knew at a glance that those bird feathers belonged to magpies. Magpie feathers always fall out of his home in Panlong City because sparrowhawks always attack there.

The strange thing is that the burning smell that remains in the room is actually a little sweet. If you smell it for a long time, you will feel dizzy...

He Lingchuan quickly opened the window.

Bai Ziqi dipped some straw in oil, put it under her nose and smelled it.

"Corpse oil is very pure." Everyone showed disgust, and He Lingchuan was slightly stunned: "They really were hiding here just now?"

Bai Ziqi nodded: "Cen Boqing is also very cautious. If the officer Zhou Tailai is arrested and interrogated, his whereabouts will inevitably be revealed, so he took the time to go around in a circle and sneaked to the west after leaving the city."

"It's windy tonight." He added, "This kind of spell must be cast in a quiet, sealed and windless environment."

That's why the two fugitives sneaked in here.

"But they just escaped and we were still able to catch up."

The official who went to search the surroundings also came back and reported: "There is no trail behind, but the mountain is not too steep, and you can still climb down."

Bai Ziqi took out another candle from his arms.

Others are confused: There are lights in this room, why is he lighting candles?

He Lingchuan stood close and had good eyesight, and he noticed that the white candle he took out also had a hint of gold, which made him look very high-end.

After the flame is lit, there is white light from the inside to the outside.

Bai Ziqi pinched the heart of the candle, and the small ball of flame stood firmly on his fingertips.

Only then did everyone see clearly that the flame had taken on a form, with a head, a body, and hands, but there was still a ball of light below the waist.

What is this, a ghost of light?