Is this boy blind, unable to see that the palace master is in poor health?
Qingyang waved his hand: "Let them wait for two hours, I have to rest for a while."
I really don't have a moment to spare.
Once the Yao Kingdom was destroyed, the gods should have taken advantage of it, but the power they could use suddenly became less; many jobs were originally done by the Yao Kingdom, but now there are no suitable candidates, so they can only continue to suffer.
It's sunny.
In the long run, if this continues, the influence of the Lingxu Gods in the Golden Flash Plains will inevitably increase; but for now, this embarrassing period will continue for some time.
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It was already dark, but after leaving Youhu Xiaozhu, Bai Ziqi did not return to the temple in Tianshui City to rest, but planned to visit Yongquan Villa.
It was impossible for him not to inspect the place where the fugitive had lived for several months.
Qingyang told him that people there were in Zhuangkong, and He Xiao had already escaped with his men, but she still asked Bai Tan to send a team of people to guard the villa.
There are always refugees wandering around in the eastern suburbs of Tianshui. If they enter the villa to rummage through things, the scene Bai Ziqi wants to observe will be completely destroyed.
The old Imperial Master was still so considerate, Bai Ziqi pressed his temples.
At this time, they passed a small stream, and there was a dense forest beside the stream.
As soon as people arrived, flocks of night birds started up and flew away.
This instead shows that the woodland beside the stream is safe and free from predators.
Bai Ziqi looked around: "Where is this place?"
Qingyang also specially sent a Qingwei to show Bai Ziqi the way, and he replied: "This is Peach Creek. The peach groves beside the creek are full of sweet peaches in summer. City people like to come here to pick peaches."
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"Taoxi?" This place name appeared in the conversation between Bai Ziqi and Qingyang. "Did a big battle happen here a few days ago?"
"Ah, yes." Qingwei nodded, "A big crater was blown up by the stream in front, and a huge fish carcass was buried in it."
"Fish carcass? Go and have a look."
"The government was afraid of the stench and the epidemic, so they buried people on the spot." Qingwei led the way. After walking no more than ten feet, a huge pit suddenly appeared in the open space by the stream. "Huh? I remember that this pit has been buried.
, why was it dug up again?"
"At that time, there was an explosion here, which was earth-shaking. We rushed to take a look... Huh!" He looked down while recalling, but when he saw the pit, he was stunned.
Where are the fish carcasses?
He also specially raised a torch to look down, but the bottom of the pit was full of loess, and the brightly colored fish carcasses were missing!
Seeing his condition, Bai Ziqi knew something was fishy: "The fish corpse is missing?"
"Yes, yes, it was at the bottom of the pit. I saw it with my own eyes!" Qingwei scratched his head. "Could it be that it was dug out and eaten? There are many refugees nearby. They are so hungry that they will eat anything."
"That fish corpse should be Cao Wendao's demon puppet. Ordinary people will die if they eat it." Bai Ziqi said simply, "Go down and take a look."
This place is very close to He Xiao's Yongquan Villa, and it only takes less than half an hour to walk. Bai Ziqi felt that it was necessary to check it out.
So everyone jumped down to the bottom of the pit to inspect, while listening to Qingwei describe the scene that day.
There were traces of digging at the bottom of the pit, and Bai Ziqi's men found several sections of pale fish bones and several pieces of broken fish skin.
As Qingwei said, the fish skin is dark red with spots, but there are signs of gnawing on the skin and bones.
The waiter made a gesture according to the tooth mark, which was close to the size of a rice bowl: "No matter what is eating the fish carcass, its mouth must be this big!"
With such a wide mouth and such sharp teeth marks, it cannot be human, nor does it look like a tiger or wolf. Bai Ziqi frowned, what creature has such straight bite marks?
The waiter added: "It looks like the fish carcass was really eaten."
Bai Qiqi pointed to the fish bones: "With just these few bones, can a big fish be made of it?"
"..."
Bai Ziqi mused: "No matter what kind of monster it is, it always eats fish and meat."
It was fine after eating Cao Wendao's demon puppets. What kind of copper intestines and iron stomach is this? But Bai Ziqi had talked with Qingyang before, and she didn't know which demon puppets Cao Wendao brought out, let alone how He Xiao's men dealt with them.
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The cause of Cao Wendao's death was that his head was bitten off. The cuts with knives and axes were smooth, and the jagged wounds were caused by living things.
Qingyang also said that Cao Wendao suspected that there was a demon puppet master hidden in Yongquan Villa during his lifetime, and on the night of the Taoxi explosion, He Xiao was held back by Qingyang and did not participate in the battle here.
In other words, Cao Wendao might have been killed by the opponent's demon puppet master?
From this point of view, the opponent's demon puppet is quite impressive. Bai Ziqi is very aware of Cao Wendao's importance in the industry.
However, there were too few clues at the moment, so he had no choice but to hide his doubts in his heart and continue to Yongquan Villa.
As soon as he arrived, the guards of Yongquan Villa came forward to greet him, but Qingwei said goodbye and left.
After the Yao Palace incident was over, Qingyang left Tianshui City and had time to send people to the village to check. They did not find He Xiao, but they found seven or eight refugees who were searching for food, drink and property in the village.
"Where are the palace guards guarding here that night?" Bai Ziqi asked while inspecting Yongquan Villa, "Did Zhao Song not bring all his men into the palace?"
"There was a change in the palace, and most of them rushed back. Only about ten people were left here." The guard replied, "But He Xiao suddenly returned with his men, arrested these ten people, knocked them unconscious, and locked them in the woodshed.
inside."
Bai Ziqi frowned: "You mean, on the day of the palace coup, He Xiao first escaped and then came back?"
"Yes."
"What did he do when he came back to the villa?"
"That's it, that's not clear." The guard replied respectfully, "The ten palace guards were all knocked unconscious and did not know what happened. When we arrived, we also caught a few refugees who had sneaked in to eat and drink."
In such a big villa, how could anyone know what He Xiao had done when he came back?
But why does he want to come back?
He had already escaped from Yongquan Villa and should obviously leave Yao Country as soon as possible.
Bai Ziqi thought of the note left by He Xiao.
He Xiao did not forget to provoke him before he left. According to this person's character of making plans before acting, he must have some back-ups in the villa.
"What else happened here?"
He just asked casually, since He Xiao has left, what else can happen at Yongquan Villa?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, the guard was stunned and hesitant. Should he talk or not?
Bai Ziqi said pleasantly: "Just say it, it doesn't matter how big or small it is."
"The villa is too big and requires frequent patrols, so the superiors have arranged for three shifts to be on duty here. We are the third shift and will take over from the previous shift at three o'clock."
Everyone calculated the time, that is to say, the second shift left at dark, and the third shift took over less than two hours ago.
"What's the problem?"
The guard said: "I heard, uh, that the guards on the second shift seemed to be muttering before they left that they were missing someone."
"What's going on?"
"About half an hour before they left their posts, a guard went to patrol the Xinglin Terrace. But when the team gathered up to leave, he didn't come out. They searched around but couldn't find him, so they told us to call him when we saw him.
He goes back."
Bai Ziqi understood: "You haven't shown up until now?"
"No." The guard replied, "We also patrolled Xinglin Terrace twice and never found him. People in our team said that he might have gone back on his own. After all, the villa is so big, we don't know if he is gone."
"But -" he hesitated again, "When I was patrolling Xinglin Terrace, I always felt like I was being stared at, and my back felt chilly. But the teammates in my group didn't feel it, they just said I was suspicious."
"Do you only feel it at Xinglin Terrace?"
"Uh, yes, after leaving Xinglin Terrace, I no longer have that creepy feeling."
It's better to have something fishy, because it means there is a direction to look for, which is better than searching for a needle in this villa. Bai Ziqi immediately said: "Go find me one of Zhao Song's men. The more familiar you are with this place, the better."
"yes."
Who dares to dissatisfy the demands of Tiangong Baidu? Even if it is already late at night.
So after an hour and a half, Tianshui City rushed to send a palace guard, who was also Zhao Song's subordinate. He was arrested on the day of the palace coup and thrown into prison.
He has lived in the villa for two or three months and is more familiar with it than others.
The palace guard was originally waiting to die in prison, but Bai Ziqi said to him: "Cooperate well and let you live."
The palace guard hurriedly agreed. Zhao Song and King Yao were gone long ago, and he did not want to be buried with them.
In the past hour and a half, Bai Ziqi walked around Yongquan Villa but had not yet gone to Xinglin Terrace.
"Take me to Xinglin Terrace."
What exactly did He Xiao do here, and what did he leave behind?
Bai Ziqi also guessed that it was not a good thing, but instead became more and more curious.
Yongquan Villa is actually a large orchard. Even if the leaves of the trees have fallen off, there are still dark shadows everywhere. When the evening breeze blows, it seems like there are countless ghosts with malicious intentions hidden inside.
There are too few people in the village now, so you have to be very bold to walk around here. And the deeper you go into the village, the more eerie and terrifying it becomes.
The guards had to work in pairs before they dared to pass.
Soon, Xinglin Terrace arrived.
As the name suggests, this high platform is surrounded by almond trees, which may be picturesque in autumn, but now they are just bare trees.
"What are these talismans used for?"
Bai Ziqi casually pointed at the tree.
As everyone walked along, they noticed that some trees were inlaid with copper talismans, and each piece was as big as a palm.
The apricot trees were bare and leafless, and the bronze talisman was always glowing faintly.
Light cyan light.
If there are refugees going to dig, there will be a barrier to push their hands away.
Bai Ziqi knew at a glance that this was a large talisman array, or talisman board.
The area of Yongquan Villa is not small, and the scale of this formation is quite impressive.
"This is the formation arranged by He Xiao's men. It is the 'Spiritual Wind Formation' specially used on the night of the emperor's liquid." The palace guard explained: "Originally, the formation that Yongquan Villa was planning was another one, and it was deployed halfway.
He spent a lot of money, but He Xiao suddenly changed his mind and built this spiritual wind formation to collect Emperor Ooze."
Rich and willful.
With such a large villa and so many obstacles, it is impossible to collect them purely by hand.
"Do you know how the formation works?"
"I heard that after the formation is actually activated, a total of thirty-five small tornadoes will blow out inside and outside the villa. Each one is in the shape of a funnel, larger at the top and smaller at the bottom. They will stop in place and remain motionless."