"What? Mr. Liao is still alive. How is this possible?"
"Some members of the Imperial Guard saw Master Liao's candlelight turning on since dark, while others had not even stepped out of the room."
Luo Qiang couldn't hide the shock in his eyes when he heard Ding Xiaoyi's analysis. He asked Ding Xiaoyi puzzledly.
"Yes, Guard Ding, what basis do you have for saying that Lord Liao is still alive?"
Prince Geng also looked puzzled and asked Ding Xiaoyi.
"Actually, Mr. Liao returned to his room while it was still dark, and then lit the candles. It's just that the brothers of the Guards and Navy didn't pay attention, but he left his room while it was still dark.
Room."
"It's not dark yet. The guards and navy brothers patrolling at this time just didn't pay attention. Even if they did, they wouldn't care."
Ding Xiaoyi smiled and replied to everyone.
He had learned that the owner of this room, Mr. Liao, had returned to his room and then left again.
Then, the sky gradually darkened,
The window reflected Lord Liao's figure reading, so the patrolling guards and navy soldiers didn't pay much attention, always thinking that Lord Liao was in this room.
"It shouldn't be. My subordinate reported that Mr. Liao has been reading in this room until the light went out."
Luo Qiang's face once again showed doubts, and he said to Ding Xiaoyi again.
"Yes, Guard Ding, many Imperial Guardsmen and Navy soldiers saw Lord Liao reading a book, how could they be wrong?"
Prince Geng asked Ding Xiaoyi still puzzled.
"Everyone knows that Lord Liao is not actually a true practitioner; he is a
A civil servant and a scholar."
"When the brothers of the Imperial Guard and the Navy saw Master Liao studying, they thought that Master Liao was still in this room. In fact, this is very simple. Look at the stains on this candlestick. There are more stains than ordinary stains.
, it means that this candle is longer than the ordinary candle."
Ding Xiaoyi pointed to the residue in the candlestick, which was the residue of the candle that melted after the wick burned out.
Everyone looked at the stains in the candlestick. The melted stains in the candlestick were indeed more than those of ordinary candles.
This shows that this candle is indeed longer than ordinary candles, and it also burns longer.
"But this doesn't mean anything, nor does it mean that Lord Liao has left the room long ago. Then who are the guards and navy soldiers who saw the figure?"
Not only Prince Geng was puzzled, but even Gong Yangquan, the national advisor of the Liusu Palace, was also puzzled.
"Actually, this is just a deception. If you don't believe it, you can give it a try."
Ding Xiaoyi smiled casually and said to everyone.
He was also very confused in his heart. Master Liao left the post house last night to meet someone. Could it be that he had some connection with the Jiuyou evil cultivator?
He once understood that Mr. Liao was just an ordinary official in Dayong's envoy to send his relatives, so what was his purpose in coming up with this riddle.
He had an intuition that Master Liao was not in trouble and was still alive and well.
It's just that he created the illusion of missing, so what's his purpose?
Ding Xiaoyi really couldn't figure it out.
Mr. Liao is just a little-known official of the escort mission, but his disappearance is more or less
It will cause some panic in the mission.
"Guard Ding, how do you try?" Prince Geng asked Ding Xiaoyi curiously.
"It's actually very simple. All you need is a piece of tissue paper. Who has scissors on their body?"
Ding Xiaoyi patted the Qiankun bag, and a piece of white paper appeared in his hand.
"My master has a pair of scissors. I don't know what use Guard Ding has for the scissors."
Gong Yangquan had a pair of golden scissors in his hand. He handed it to Ding Xiaoyi and asked.
"Commander Luo, please bring me another candle."
Ding Xiaoyi gave Luo Qiang another instruction.
Although Luo Qiang was full of doubts, he still hurriedly walked out of the room.
"Please, please move outside the room. It will be time to witness the miracle later."
Ding Xiaoyi said to Prince Geng and Gong Yangquan, the national advisor of the Liusu Palace.
Prince Geng and Gongyang Quan could not hide their curiosity, so they walked out of the room.
Only Ding Xiaoyi was left busy in the room in the morning.
After a while,
Commander Luo held a candle in his hand, and Ding Xiaoyi also drove Commander Luo out of the room.
The three of them were waiting quietly outside the room,
A few moments later,
Ding Xiaoyi's lazy voice came from that room: "Please, Imperial Master, please dim the light in this courtyard."
Hearing Ding Xiaoyi's lazy voice, Gong Yangquan's pupils shrank slightly.
He set up a talisman array in this post house, and only he and King Liusu knew about this talisman array.
He was confident that the talisman array he had set up was extremely secretive, but Ding Xiaoyi still discovered it.
"Okay, just follow what Guard Ding said."
A bitter smile appeared on Gong Yangquan's face.
He pinched a jade slip in his hand,
The surrounding light suddenly dimmed, and the posthouse seemed to be plunged into darkness.
middle.
When the surrounding light dims,
Master Liao's room was filled with a soft wax light, and a figure was sitting quietly by the window reading a book.
After seeing this scene in front of them, there was not much change on everyone's faces.
The door opens,
Ding Xiaoyi appeared in everyone's sight with a bright smile on his face.
Everyone looked at the window again,
They found that the figure reading the book was still there, and that the figure would sway from time to time, as if the scholar was shaking his head.
Seeing this strange scene in front of them, everyone was shocked.
At first, they thought it was Ding Xiaoyi's figure reading, but Ding Xiaoyi had already walked out of the room, and the figure reading still did not disappear.
"I didn't expect that Master Liao would use such a deception to deceive the Imperial Guards and Navy soldiers. He had already left the post house."
at this time,
Only then did everyone react, and Luo Qiang's face was filled with anger. He thought that Master Liao was missing because of the poor patrolling by the Imperial Guards and Navy soldiers.
Who would have thought,
It turned out that Mr. Liao escaped on his own and left behind a blind trick to deceive the Imperial Guards and Navy soldiers.
"Search throughout the city and be sure to find Mr. Liao",
At this time, Prince Geng's expression was not very good. A civil servant who had no spiritual practice actually played them around.
Although the mystery has been solved,
But Ding Xiaoyi didn't know why Lord Liao left the post house and what his real purpose was.
It seems that all this can only be solved after finding Mr. Liao.
"I didn't expect that Guard Ding's seven-orificed and delicate heart could be undone by such deceptions. I am so impressed by my master." Gongyang Quan praised Ding Xiaoyi.
Xu Dao.
"The Imperial Master is ridiculous, it's just a cover-up. Master Liao is not a practitioner, so we have complicated things. Naturally, we have preconceived ideas and judge this matter from the perspective of a practitioner."
Ding Xiaoyi waved his hand and said.
Luo Qiang had arranged for people to search for Lord Liao throughout the city. Liu Wusheng came back soon, and he also arranged for the navy soldiers to disperse to search for Lord Liao.
"Let's go, today is the day for Jiandao to collect tribute, let's go back to the palace and have a look."
Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Gongyang Quan said to everyone.
Ding Xiaoyi had long known about Jiandao's coming to collect tribute from Tan Tianya.
Paying tribute can also be called annual tribute. The Liusu Kingdom hands over some supplies or treasures every year to pray for the protection of Sword Island.
As for what the tribute was, he didn't know. It would be a good idea to go to the palace to see the tribute from the Liusu Kingdom.
Prince Geng had also heard a little bit about Jiandao's collection of annual tribute, but he had not seen what the tribute prepared by Liusu Kingdom was.
The national preceptor of the Liusu Kingdom invited them, and it was hard for them to shirk the offer.
Luo Qiang arranged for the Imperial Guard to search for Master Liao, but only Prince Geng and Ding Xiaoyi went to the palace together with Gong Yangquan.
Along the way, Gongyang Quan introduced to Prince Geng the tributes paid to Jiandao. Ding Xiaoyi did not ask anything, he just listened quietly.
The post house is not too far from the palace.
They arrived at the palace in a few seconds, and Ding Xiaoyi saw the young sword cultivator from Sword Island again.
The middle-aged man carrying a sword was having a lively conversation with King Liusu. When he saw Prince Geng and others arriving, King Liusu immediately introduced him to the strong man from Sword Island.
Ding Xiaoyi looked at Liusu
King, he found that King Liusu had no spiritual aura at all and was just an ordinary mortal.
"Dongfang Qianqiu has met Prince Geng",
The middle-aged man with the sword on his back bowed his hand to Prince Geng, and then said perfunctorily.
Seeing Dongfang Qianqiu being so perfunctory, King Liusu showed an awkward smile on his face.
The Jian Island boy Dongfang Jianchen looked at Ding Xiaoyi with burning eyes, his eyes filled with strong fighting spirit.
Ding Xiaoyi smiled calmly,
Are all Jiandao disciples like this? Their eyes are higher than their heads, and they have an arrogant attitude.
"You are Dayong's bodyguard, and you are also a swordsman?"
This was the second time Dongfang Jianchen saw Ding Xiaoyi, and then he looked at Ding Xiaoyi seriously.
Only then did he see that Ding Xiaoyi was also carrying a long sword behind him, but the sword was wrapped in coarse cloth and had no scabbard.
"I'm just an ordinary guard, not a swordsman by any means."
Ding Xiaoyi said very modestly.
He naturally knew Dongfang Jianchen's inner thoughts,
Looking at the unkind eyes of this father and son, there is definitely nothing good going on.
"You are not a sword cultivator, so why are you carrying a sword? I heard that you Dayong sword cultivators regard Jiange as the most respected one. Are you a disciple of Jiange?"
Dongfang Jianchen said to Ding Xiaoyi aggressively.
Hearing Dongfang Jianchen's aggressive words, Ding Xiaoyi's face darkened slightly.
He looked at Dongfang Jianchen coldly and said, "If you're not a swordsman, you can't carry the sword. Who made the rule? It doesn't matter if I like to carry the sword."
"you……",
Dongfang Jianchen was speechless for a moment,
He was so angry that he couldn't say a word. He pointed at Ding Xiaoyi and his whole body was shaking.
With.
"Why, you want to fight? I'm here to accompany you. It's just the last of the seven Canglong shows. What's so great about you?"
Ding Xiaoyi joked to Dongfang Jianchen unceremoniously.