Chapter 156 Tracking and Trace
The name of the governor of Shangbao City is Yi You. He is sixty-one years old. He is an old man with a gentle temperament.
Compared with leading troops to fight and fight, he is better at people's livelihood in the city and managing the rear.
Because of this, he was dispatched to Shangbao City, which is the core transit point among the three major cities in northern Youzhou. On the one hand, financial management is most needed here to maintain the expenses of the northern fortress, which is suitable for Yi You On the other hand, he was also a veteran minister brought up by King Wei, and he was loyal to King Wei. When the logistics were handed over to him, King Wei felt at ease.
Such an old governor usually doesn’t have too much to do. He usually spends his time walking around, doing business, and supporting young people who are capable and ambitious. He is well-known far and wide. Good official.
When he heard that there was a fire in the city, he hurried out, mounted his old horse, and led his team to the scene.
One is to appease the people, and the other is to bring in more manpower to help put out the fire.
When Yi You walked around four or five alleys and finally arrived at the place where the fire was lit, he did not see any flames.
Several rows of houses with windows and facades completely changed beyond recognition stood alone on both sides of the street. The walls were hollow and seemed to have been burned by the flames. However, at this moment, the houses were not burnt black, but blossomed. The fresh flowers in full bloom are white, pink, red and yellow, bright and dazzling, quiet and pleasant.
Just looking at it like this, I thought I was in the hut where the Immortal family practices. Where is the scene after the fire?
Didn't you say it was on fire? What's going on?
Looking sideways, I found that there were corpses lying on the street, covered with white cloth, revealing a pair of burnt black feet. Someone came to the corpse to cry, and their eyes were swollen. It was determined that there was indeed a fire in this place.
He came close to the people who had lost their loved ones, comforted them with a soft voice, and gave him more than a dozen taels of silver to soothe their emotions.
After spending half a stick of incense, Yi Youcai left the matter of caring for the victims to his subordinates, while he himself looked for a noble person to control the fire.
The fire scene turned into this. It was definitely not caused by the fire masters under his command. It should be the passing Tao Miao Gao who used magical powers to suppress the flames.
After looking around, Yi You found that the fire masters were gathering together and carefully looking at a Taoist not far away.
There was also some clarity in my heart.
As he stepped forward and was about to go over to salute and say hello to the man, Yi You suddenly saw a familiar young man walking towards him not far away.
"Grandpa Yi."
Hu Wen quickly ran to Yi You's side, and Hu Ni, who was squatting on his shoulder, exclaimed softly, almost falling.
After seeing Hu Wen, Yi You showed a gentle smile:
"Xiao Hu, why are you here suddenly?"
"Some business."
The two of them seemed quite familiar with each other.
Shangbao City is the closest to the northern fortress, and there are also large ships for travel. Therefore, if the soldiers in the northern fortress and the family members of the royal palace want to go to some lively places, Shangbao City is the right place.
Hu Wen often came here when he was young and had a good relationship with Yi You.
After saying hello, Yi You's eyes fell on Hu Ni.
He also heard a young woman's voice coming from the little fox's mouth just now.
I already have some guesses in my mind:
"It seems that you have experienced a lot during this period. Do you have time to introduce this girl to me?"
Hu Wen nodded and quickly told everything about his search for the Taoist Master and his entry into the dense forest.
After listening to Hu Wen's description, Yi You's eyes also showed surprise.
He looked at Hu Ni and said with a smile: "I have seen the Fox Fairy Queen."
The latter looked around sideways and asked in confusion: "Where is the Fox Fairy Queen? ?”
“It’s on my shoulder.” Hu Wen said somewhat angrily.
"Ah? Why didn't I see it?" Hu Ni yelled.
Hu Wen: "...Stupid foxes can't see it, only smart foxes can."
Hu Ni's pouted mouth jumped on Hu Wen's shoulders Jump around.
While jumping, he shouted: "You are not allowed to stand on my husband's shoulders."
Yi You, who was watching happily, almost choked.
He looked at Hu Wen with a strange look, and Hu Wen also noticed a strange smell deep in his grandfather's eyes.
I was so anxious that I explained again and again: "Grandpa Yi, don't listen to what this fox girl is talking about! She has a bad brain!"
"Who has a bad brain? Fox Nicole So smart!”
The fox raised his head.
Yi You simply stopped answering and just turned his head to look in Zuo Chen’s direction:
"This is actually the Immortal Taoist Priest? I originally thought he would be more...immortal-style and Taoist."
"...The Taoist Priest's immortal power is so profound that he should live as long as the mountain. You can't just rely on it. Judging by appearance." Hu Wen also gave up explaining and let Hu Ni grab his head and shake it, and followed Yi You's words to introduce Zuo Chen.
Yi You nodded, feeling reassured.
At that time, Yi You also received a message from Qianli to send incense, but there was no way to send pictures from Ranxiang, and the description given to him only included the sentence "young Taoist".
According to these words, the picture printed in his mind was of a Taoist with an immortal style and a beard. In reality, it was completely different from the one in his mind.
More like a handsome man.
Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Yi You adjusted his clothes and planned to go over and salute Zuo Chen.
Hu Wen pulled Yi You and said:
"The Taoist priest is using his method now and plans to catch the culprit of this fire. Let's visit him after the matter is settled. "
Hearing Hu Wen's words, Yi You frowned: "What's going on? Someone is making trouble in Shangbao City?" Hu Wen told Yi You about Kuhai and Xiao Huanxi. .
Listening to what Hu Wen said, Yi You's expression changed from confusion to anger.
“These thieves.” Yi You cursed unbearably: “When I was young, they were jumping all over the place. I thought they had stopped in the past two years, but they actually came out to cause trouble. ! If I catch them, their heads will be cut off!"
Hu Wen patted Yi You on the back to calm the old man down.
This was also the first time he saw Yi You so angry.
After being annoyed for a while, Yi You finally sighed a little dullly.
It has been a long time since he heard the news about Xiao Huanxi, who was harming his sect, which made him feel a little relaxed.
It seems that we need to strengthen our defenses and send more experts to protect the city and the people.
......
On the other side, Caiyi listened to Zuo Chen's request and picked up the clay ball.
"Taoist Priest, what are you planning to do?"
Caiyi was a little confused and didn't know what method Zuo Chen planned to use to catch the Smiling Buddha.
Could it be a divination method used in Taoist scriptures?
When she was a child, she had seen some fortune-telling gentlemen looking for lost objects. She took a small compass and did some calculations, and she was able to find the lost objects. It looked quite magical, but she didn’t know if the Taoist priest knew how to do it. this method.
Zuo Chen smiled: "Use Guan Qi to look at the clay ball."
Caiyi did as he was told.
She saw many lines spreading out on the clay ball like strands of silk threads, floating in all directions.
"Taoist Priest, there are many lines here. Are you planning to follow the roots to find someone?"
"Of course not, that would be too troublesome." Zuo Chenyao He shook his head and said, "When I took the first drop of the Sea of Bitterness, I did trace it along a few lines and killed a few monsters, but the number was not large. If I really checked them one by one, I would have spent three days here. Months, if you are lucky, you can find the Smiling Buddha, but if you are not lucky, you may only be able to capture one of his subordinates."
"What are your plans, Taoist Master?"
Caiyi still didn't understand what Zuo Chen wanted to do.
Zuo Chen picked up another drop of the sea of bitterness.
There are also strands of silk thread on it, the thread in the sea of suffering in Cai Yi's hand.
Some of these threads go in the same direction, while others spread in the same direction until far away.
“Most of these threads connect people who have been interfered by the sea of suffering, but there is also a thread that connects the liberators.” Zuo Chen said with a smile: “In other words, as long as these two seas of suffering It was released by the same person..."
"There must be a black line gathering on that person!"
That's when Caiyi realized it!
This is not a magic recipe, nor is it a unique method.
It's like holding a thread at both ends, and the ends of the thread will eventually end up at the same point. It's an extremely simple logical problem.
But the method is to let Caiyi think about it. Caiyi will definitely not be able to imagine it.
"The two of us are too close now. Even if there are lines converging in the same direction, they will be merged together, which is not easy to see. Just stand here and don't move. If I go further, you should be able to see the intertwined lines. Lines."
After warning Cai Yi, Zuo Chen directly fluttered his sleeves and jumped into the air, causing the surrounding fire masters who were still watching to exclaim.
Even Yi You, who had some doubts about Zuo Chen's identity, was shocked, and then he was sure that the Taoist was really the legendary immortal!
Zuo Chen had already flown into the air in the blink of an eye.
Lower your eyes and stare at the long line in your hand.
Several long lines stretched and pointed into the distance.
Looking down at Caiyi again, looking at the lines that spread out from her hands.
And two of them extend towards the true north!
“Found it!”
Zuo Chen wrote down the black line, jumped into the air in that direction, and flew out in the blink of an eye, leaving a white line in the air. mark.
...
The laughing monk hummed a tune and walked along the waterway, with a gnawed chicken leg in his mouth.
He had already left Shangbao City for some distance. He walked down the waterway and ran a long way.
"Hey, I don't know what the Taoist priest's expression will be like after seeing the good things I left behind. I'm afraid he wants to eat me alive." A proud smile appeared on the smiling monk's face: " It's a pity that grandpa cherishes his life and puts all his efforts into escaping. Whoever plays opposite you will die!"
Although most of the people in Xiao Huanxi are not normal, some people are for their own safety. Cheerful, he would even go out of his way to jump in front of a powerful enemy, but that was not the case with him.
Ever since he heard that Dahuang had been beheaded, he knew that a monster emerged from the beam that he could never face head-on.
Fight with this person head-on?
There must be something wrong with your brain.
While he was humming a little tune and walking forward happily, a man's voice suddenly came from behind:
"You are quite self-aware."
The smiling monk's smile suddenly froze on his face.
Looking slightly to the side, the smiling monk saw a Taoist priest floating in the air behind him, wearing a high crown crookedly, looking down at him.
I just sent the saved manuscript... I haven’t finished editing it yet, I feel numb...
(End of this chapter)