Linxi Street is a street on the northwest corner of Qingtangwei. There is a river beside the street, and the water in it has a strong smell.
This street got its name because a large number of leather craftsmen gathered here and made a living by tanning and starching leather.
Before the war broke out, there were a large number of craftsmen here in Starching Street. They helped leather merchants to tan and wash large amounts of leather every day, which was very lively.
After the war broke out, Jiangxi Street was one of the few places in Qingtang Acropolis that could still maintain the busy scene of the past.
After all, leather is a military asset and is particularly important in wartime. The leather craftsmen in the Staring Street were all taken over by the border troops. Without the order of Marquis Dongchuan, they could not even leave Qingtang Acropolis without leaving the Staring Street.
Streets are not allowed.
"Sir, the Qingtang wizard you are looking for is hiding in this alley."
Cai Guizhong looked at the Qingtang Health Death Book in his hand and reported to Qin Shaoyou.
Not far away, the spy who was secretly monitoring Qin Shaoyou and others only saw Qin Shaoyou and others, not Cai Guizhong.
This is his special magical power as the Yin God. Only those with high enough cultivation level can sense his existence. Those spies are still a little inferior, not to mention Qin Shaoyou and others to help cover it up.
"Are you sure? You're really here?"
After listening to Cai Guizhong's words, Qin Shaoyou's face not only did not show joy, but also frowned slightly.
It's not that he doesn't believe Cai Guizhong, it's just that they searched this place on Linshui Street in the past two days, and not only did they not find the soul of the Qingtang wizard, but they also couldn't smell any traces of his scent.
As for fetuses and babies, there are a few of them, but in terms of time, none of them match up.
Either it will take a few more months to be born, or it has been born for several months and has not been born in the past few days, or it is a baby and fetus that is about to be born.
After listening to Qin Shaoyou's reasons for questioning, Cai Guizhong thought about it briefly and came up with a guess.
"The book of life and death clearly states that the soul of the Qingtang wizard returned here... Could it be the baby or fetus that he took and reincarnated? Is there anything weird about it?"
Cai Guizhong, who had doubts, didn't wait for Qin Shaoyou to speak. He mobilized the incense in Qingtang Weili and the Chenghuang Temple, and used magic to make the book of life and death he held in his hand flip through quickly and check it.
I got information about those babies and fetuses in the street.
After a moment, he said "Hey", and the book of life and death stopped turning the pages.
"What's wrong, Lao Cai, have you found anything?" Zhu Xiucai asked hurriedly.
Cai Guizhong nodded: "There is a record of a baby here, something weird."
As he spoke, he recited a mantra, aroused more incense, stretched out his hand, and touched the book of life and death.
Zhu Xiucai looked around curiously, but saw nothing.
But Qin Shaoyou and Cai Guizhong both saw clearly. With the touch of Cai Guizhong's hand, a light appeared on the Book of Life and Death, dispelling the haze and revealing the true content of this page.
Qin Shaoyou read it out in a low voice: "The third son of the Xu family was born on the 16th day of April in the 30th year of Jianwu, and his soul was born on the 8th day of March in the 31st year of Jianwu..."
"Um?"
When Zhu Xiucai heard this, he looked at the book of life and death, and then at Qin Shaoyou, with a look of astonishment on his face.
In his eyes, the book of life and death is a blank space with no content.
How did you read this passage by Qin Shaoyou?
"Sir, can you see the contents of the Book of Life and Death?"
Cai Guizhong was also a little surprised.
But he did not discuss this issue too much. He pointed to the Book of Life and Death and said: "The content on this page of the Book of Life and Death was concealed and tampered with by magic. I used a lot of incense to correct its true content.
Come back. This third son of the Xu family must be the Qingtang wizard who took away his body and was reincarnated."
Qin Shaoyou nodded in agreement.
"The soul of the third son of the Xu family returned to the eighth day of March in the 31st year of Jianwu. It was the day when the Qingtang wizard committed suicide... It seems that the Qingtang wizard had been planning a plan early in the morning!"
Zhu Xiucai stared hard at the Book of Life and Death, trying to see the content on it, but his eyes almost popped out, but he still couldn't see anything. He only made his eyes darken and his hair became dizzy.
After hearing the discussion between Qin Shaoyou and Cai Guizhong, he gave up the idea of seeing the contents from the book of life and death, and said one thing:
"I remembered that when I was investigating in Xingshui Street, I heard someone say that in the home of Craftsman Xu, there was a young boy with dementia. He was almost one year old. Not only could he not call, crawl, or turn over, he could not even move.
The child didn't react when others teased him.
Every day, the child only knows how to eat milk, pee, poop, and sleep. Even if he is not given milk and is extremely hungry, he will not cry.
Someone advised Craftsman Xu to secretly give away the demented son to others. But he refused, saying that the child was his flesh and blood after all, and his first two children had died in infancy, and now he finally had a third son, so he could not
He gave up easily. He also said that a mage helped him see the child and said that the child was not really stupid, but that his intelligence was not yet developed. When he was a little older, he would be sent to a temple to live for a period of time, and he would be able to receive enlightenment from gods and Buddhas.
Next, help him open up his spiritual wisdom, so that he can soar into the sky, become a general or a general, become rich and powerful..."
Qin Qiaoer put together the clues told by everyone and analyzed:
"It seems that the Qingtang wizard probably used some kind of witchcraft to swallow the soul of the third son of the Xu family in advance, but also made his body immortal and was successfully reborn.
Afterwards, the Qingtang wizard pretended to be a mage and deceived the craftsman Xu, drawing him a big cake so that he would not abandon the child.
We had always focused our search on newborns and fetuses about to be born, but we did not expect that the Qingtang wizard had prepared a body for him to reincarnate a few months ago.
If Cai Chenghuang hadn't used the Book of Life and Death to find out the truth, we might have tried our best not to find him."
After listening to everyone's analysis, Cui Youwei exclaimed: "This Qingtang wizard is really good at calculating, he has almost caught up with me!"
"Can you please have some face?" Qin Shaoyou spat at him, and then asked Zhu Xiucai: "Where is the home of Craftsman Xu on the street?"
Without saying anything, Zhu Xiucai took Qin Shaoyou and his party to Craftsman Xu's home.
This is a very simple little earthen house, but Qin Shaoyou used [Bian Ting] and [Miaobi], but he could not hear the human voice or smell the human scent in this small earthen house.
Zhu Xiucai guessed: "The craftsmen in Starch Street were requisitioned by the army after the war broke out. At this time, they should be tanning leather for the military. Craftsman Xu's wife, like many women in Starch Street,
They would also help starch and wash the leather, sell their strength in exchange for rice, and most likely bring their young sons with them."
So everyone rushed to the leather tanning place. As expected, there were many people here. Zhu Xiucai found the person in charge here. After a while of calling each other brothers and sisters, he quickly confirmed from the other person's mouth that Craftsman Xu, his wife and children were all
Here.
After determining the target, Qin Shaoyou and the others did not rush to take action. Instead, they sent people to ask Dongchuan Hou for support. At the same time, another order came, allowing the person in charge to find an excuse to ask the craftsmen to finish work early and go home.
To avoid accidental injury to innocent people during arrest.
When Craftsman Xu and his family returned to their residence, the soldiers who came to reinforce them also arrived.
It's just that the attitude of these soldiers is not very cooperative.