It was just past noon when a man in a robe, dressed like a scholar, timidly appeared on the official road from Zhongnan Mountain to Chang'an City. He held a bamboo stick in one hand and a bamboo stick in the other.

He was rubbing it up and down in his sleeve pocket, his eyes wandering, as if he were a pickpocket on his first day of work.

If you get closer, you can still hear him murmuring.

"Open this one, find the person, then open this one, put down the bamboo stick, and finally open this one... When you find the person, open this one, put down the bamboo stick... Which one should you open?"

Just as he was muttering to himself and carrying a bamboo stick as he walked into the Mingde Gate, his sneaky appearance immediately attracted the attention of a ranger sitting by the city gate.

"Bamboo stick!"

When the Ranger's eyes fell on the bamboo stick in the scholar's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up. He looked left and right, and then quietly poked the other strong man sitting next to him.

The ranger tilted his head in the direction of the city gate.

"I found an idea, look at that bamboo stick."

The sturdy ranger turned his head, glanced at the scholar holding the bamboo stick, and nodded silently.

"Now what?"

"First, apply powder on the customer according to his request."

The ranger turned sideways and looked at the scholar carrying the bamboo stick out of the corner of his eye.

"After applying the powder, go directly to the West Market to inform Iron Monkey that he has been found. I will stay here and keep an eye on him. Then you can follow the signs to find me."

"Um!"

The sturdy ranger nodded, and then continued to observe the scholar holding the bamboo stick out of the corner of his eye. When he was about to approach, he suddenly stood up and took his other hand from the hand of the ranger next to him.

He took a paper bag and held it in his hand.

boom!

The scholar, who looked confused and was reciting something, suddenly shook his feet, as if he hit a wall, and fell to the ground. When he raised his head, he saw a strong ranger lowering his head and fiercely

stared at him.

"You guys don't wear eyes when you walk?"

The scholar timidly moved back on the ground, holding the bamboo stick in front of his chest with both hands, as if this would give him courage, and spoke boldly.

"How...how are you doing?"

"How? Nai Weng lets you know how..."

The ranger grinned, showing a smile that seemed a bit ferocious to the scholar. He reached out and grabbed the scholar's collar, grabbed him directly, and slapped him twice on the face with his hand.

"Do you know what's going on now? Hehe..."

The scholar felt severe pain on his face, his ears were buzzing, and he couldn't even speak.

The knight-errant laughed twice, and then he kicked the scholar unexpectedly. The scholar's eyes bulged out and he was speechless, and then he said with regret.

"You're lucky today, Nai Weng and I happen to have something to do, otherwise..."

The ranger stretched out his hand, unscrupulously grabbed the sleeve of the scholar's robe and wiped his hands and boots, then threw the scholar to the ground, turned around and left.

After struggling on the ground for a long time, the scholar reluctantly stood up from the ground with a bamboo stick and limped forward along Suzaku Street again.

At this moment, a ranger sitting by the city gate stood up and followed him.

A quarter of an hour later, the ranger had followed the scholar all the way to Lanlingfang in Chang'an City. The following ranger saw the scholar stop and look around.

He also quickly stopped and hid behind a pile of firewood by the wall.

Then, the ranger was surprised to see that the scholar took out something like a wooden sign from his pocket. After shaking it for a while, the whole person disappeared without a trace.

"Huh?"

The ranger who was hiding behind the firewood rubbed his eyes and looked at the place where the scholar disappeared in surprise.

What happened?

Then, the ranger saw the door of a house not far away suddenly creaking, opening it, and then closing it again with a creaking sound, as if an invisible person had walked in.

The confused Ranger looked at the gate of the nearby house with a confused look on his face.

He has never encountered anything like this.

Now that everyone has disappeared, how can I keep track of them? If I don't find the person, what will happen to the next reward?

At this moment, he suddenly heard a clear voice coming from behind him.

"Are you Fan Yincai?"

Ranger Fan Yin suddenly turned around and found that there was a handsome Taoist priest wearing white clothes and a little milk cat lying on his shoulder behind him.

"Pindao is the one who asked Iron Monkey and you to find the man with the bamboo stick in his hand. It is said that you found him."

"Yes, found it!"

With a complicated expression on his face, the knight pointed at the place where the scholar disappeared.

"But he suddenly disappeared in that place. I swear, it's absolutely true. He took out something there, shook it, and then disappeared..."

"oh!"

The Taoist priest in white nodded slightly and said calmly.

"It doesn't matter if he disappears. Have you used the things Pindao gave to Iron Monkey before?"

"Mr. Lang, you have an explanation here, then we must use it for him!"

The ranger patted his chest.

"A certain person specifically asked his companion to have a conflict with him, so he gave him a few blows and used the things by the way."

"Just use it..."

The Taoist priest in white nodded, then reached out and patted the knight's shoulder.

"You did a good job. Go back to Iron Monkey. We have nothing to do with you below. By the way, brothers, the rest of the reward can be taken directly from Ren Erniang's shop."

"good!"

When he heard that he could still get the remaining reward after missing the person, the ranger named Yincai immediately had a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Mr. Lang. If anything happens to you in the future, you might as well leave it to us. We will definitely handle it properly for you..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly remembered that he lost someone as a result of the stalking, and his tone suddenly weakened.

"It may not be that appropriate, but I will definitely try my best!"

"No problem!"

The Taoist priest in white smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Go ahead, Pindao will come find you next time something happens."

After sending away the stalking ranger Fan Yincai, Kong Qing put away his smile, walked to the place where the scholar holding the bamboo stick disappeared, and touched the little milk cat on his shoulder.

"Go and find this guy who dares to abduct women in Chang'an City."

The little cat stood up and yawned lazily, then jumped down from Kong Qing's shoulder, shrugged his little nose, and ran towards the nearby house on his short legs.

He immediately jumped onto the wall, then turned around, waved his little paws towards Kong Qing, and jumped in.

"Inside this house?"

Kong Qing looked around, and then when there was no one around, he walked to the side of the house, put his hands on the wall, and jumped in.

This is a three-story mansion. From some old furnishings, it can be seen that the owner of this mansion was once rich, but now it is obvious that his family has declined. For example, the carvings under the eaves of the front hall have been worn for at least several years.

It hasn't been repainted in years.

The little milk cat stood in the front hall leading to the backyard and waved its little paws towards Kong Qing.

Kong Qing looked around and turned on the bamboo dragonfly. Then, like a wisp of light smoke, he rushed from the wall to the wall of the flower hall, then rose slowly along the pillars, and landed after a roll.

On the roof of the flower hall.

"Ouch..."

Half a minute later, the little cat was lying on the roof opposite the embroidery building in the backyard, pointing towards Kong Qing with its little paws.

"Is that guy in there?"

"Ouch!"

"All right!"

Kong Qing shrank back slightly, hiding himself behind the eaves.

"Then let's wait a moment..."

A few minutes later, the door of the embroidery building opened automatically with a squeaking sound.

"Is that guy out yet?"

"Ouch!"

The little milk cat shrugged its nose, and then purred.
To be continued...