After the middle-aged couple left with the old woman on their backs, they returned to Yizhuang and started to clean up. The three people had lived in Yizhuang for more than ten days, leaving obvious traces of their lives. Some of these traces of life had to be eliminated.
Some have to be left behind. This is where he stayed for more than ten days, and it is also evidence that he was not present when something happened in Chang'an.
It may not be useful now, but it will definitely be used in the future. When he enters Chang'an and is suspected, he has to tell his whereabouts during the previous period. Even if he doesn't tell, the officers and soldiers can't do anything about him, but it can completely eliminate the suspicion.
Doubt, why must people have doubts?
The excrement behind Yizhuang had to be disposed of. He couldn't poop so much by himself. The rinds and cores of melons also had to be disposed of, because he had a supply of dry food and would not eat these things to satisfy his hunger. What should not be disposed of? The burning in the fire pit
The ashes must be retained, the traces of smoke and fire inside the house must be retained, and the firewood outside the house must be left behind, but it cannot be left like this, it must be dealt with, because a person with spiritual energy cultivation and ordinary people are breaking firewood.
The strength of the attack is different, and the fracture will naturally be different. God knows how many powerful experts the imperial court will send to investigate this matter. When you don’t know the details of your opponent, you have to imagine the opponent extremely carefully, and no clues can be ignored.
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If you stay here for a long time, the black man will always poop. There is not that much horse dung, so throw the horse dung eggs that the black man just pooped into the fire pit. You can't burn them all, but leave a part for future reference.
The people who came to investigate found that the horse dung had been burned. They would definitely wonder why he burned the horse dung? Because it is against common sense, but if they continue to investigate, they will know that the black man has poison in his body, and the horse dung is also poisonous. He is about to
Burn the horse manure before leaving because you are worried about the spread of poison.
Most people don't believe what others say and only believe in their own judgment. Then leave them wrong clues and let them make their own judgments. Only when they think about the conclusions based on their own observations will they be convinced.
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It was busy at the second watch, and the inside and outside of Yizhuang were almost tidied up. He took out the talisman again. He stayed here for more than ten days. He had to have a reason, and the reason was simple. Taoist priests can catch ghosts. Yizhuang
It is also most likely to be haunted here, so I left a charm at the Yi Village to prove that I was catching ghosts during the days I stayed here.
But you can’t just draw it and stick it on. You have to make it old. It’s easy to make it old. You can boil a pot of hot water and use the hot air to moisten the talisman. When the cinnabar is slightly spread, dry the talisman paper and then stick it everywhere outside the house.
There will be frost in autumn and winter, and the frost-beaten spell should look like this.
Draw a few more ghost-repelling talismans, stamp them, and burn them on the bonfire. The talismans cannot be burned in the same shape, otherwise they will look like they are burned together, so they must be burned separately. He originally wanted to draw a blessing spell at random, but
Thinking that if the person who came to check showed the incomplete charm to the expert, the secret would be revealed, so he still had to draw the ghost-expelling charm, and when burning, he had to deliberately leave a part with words on it, so that the person who checked could show it to the expert.
Recognize, see the other person
, it is indeed a charm to exorcise ghosts, and the person who checked it is even more convinced.
It would be best if someone came to check Yizhuang and stop there, but this is unlikely because his figure was seen by many people, and the black man was also exposed. The government will regard him as the number one suspect and check him.
After passing Yizhuang, the visitor would definitely go to the village at the foot of the mountain to inquire. The three people stayed in Yizhuang for more than ten days and lit fires every night. As long as one person in the village saw a fire every night in Yizhuang for the past ten days, it would be indirect proof.
He has been staying here all this time.
It's midnight and he's still awake. This is a big deal. If he doesn't handle it well, he will always be suspected by the court and it will affect everything he does in the future. If he handles it well, this matter can be covered up forever.
The past is so important that it's worth worrying about.
Carefulness and carelessness are largely innate, but they can also be developed in the future. Being careful is very tiring. Most people are too lazy to use their brains, but if they don’t want to use their brains to be affected, they will have to be plotted by others, and they will become degenerate.
Being a fool in the eyes of others.
No matter how hard you work or work hard, it will not be in vain. If you pay more than others, you will naturally get more than others.
Halfway through the third watch, I suddenly remembered something. I hurriedly turned over and sat up, and went out to accompany Mr. Hei for a walk outside Ziyizhuang. For more than ten days, it was impossible for Mr. Hei not to move around. If there were too few horseshoes around, the other party would also notice the flaws.
There is also grass. At this time, most of the grass and trees have withered and turned yellow, but there is still green grass in places sheltered from the frost. Some of the green grass near Yizhuang has been cut off as much as possible, leaving traces of Mr. Hei's grazing, even though Mr. Hei doesn't like it.
Eat these things, but the people who came to investigate did not know.
For most people, it would be enough to do this, but it is almost a fatal problem. People who are satisfied with just doing it are doomed to accomplish nothing in their lives. Being content, perfunctory, and fooling around will lead to mediocrity. No matter what, if you want to
To do it well, you have to strive for excellence, and you have to rack your brains and do it to the extreme.
At the fourth watch, we woke up again. Every Taoist priest carries sulfur with him and in his baggage. The smell of this village is wrong. It is the smell of refugees living there. It needs to be burned with sulfur, which is often used by Taoist priests to catch ghosts.
Brimstone, this can also indirectly prove that he has caught ghosts here.
After doing this, return to the intersection, change your position and inspect, just think that you are an official who has been ordered to come to inspect. If you can't find any clues, you will be executed.
It didn't matter. I almost broke out in a cold sweat. The middle-aged couple knew how to knit. They knew that the old woman was about to die. They cut a lot of thatch from the thatched field in the northeast of Yizhuang. There are still some things left at the scene.
I got an unfinished straw mat
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If someone sees this thing, it's okay. They can instantly guess that the person who lived here before was not him, and they have to deal with it quickly.
After observing and confirming many times with the most poisonous eyes and the most demanding attitude, I finally couldn't find any flaws, so I returned to Yizhuang and took a nap for a while.
He set off on the road immediately after dawn. There was no need for him to stay here and wait for others to check. That would be too false. He took great pains to cover up the situation just to leave a way out for himself.
After leaving Yizhuang, he walked straight to the north. Along the way, he could see people from the rivers and lakes passing by on horseback from time to time. These people in the rivers and lakes were dressed in different clothes, and they seemed to belong to different sects. However, he was just starting out and had little understanding of the sects of the rivers and lakes.
, and I don’t know what sect these people come from specifically.
However, he noticed one detail, that is, many gangs were accompanied by boys and girls. These boys and girls were also dressed as warriors and were obviously martial arts practitioners. These people were undoubtedly his opponents in the martial arts competition, but there was one thing he couldn't imagine.
Understand, what is the purpose of the imperial court summoning young and girls like them to practice martial arts? They are too young to lead troops in wars, defeat thieves and fight against rebellion, and they cannot do such things.
The people in the Jianghu who went to Chang'an included not only ordinary warriors, but also Taoist monks and nuns. Like those ordinary sects, they all brought their families with them, some old and some young.
Taoist monks cannot ride horses, they all walk. Now that they are wearing Taoist robes, it is not convenient for them to ride horses, so they lead the horses forward.
People on the road know each other, and when they meet someone they know well, they will rein in their horses and talk, or reminisce about old times on the roadside. When you walk by them, you can hear part of their words, but these people are all on their own.
Those who came from other places did not know about the changes in the capital. Most of what they said was about this competition. These people in the world had two completely different attitudes towards this competition organized by the imperial court. One was positive.
, hoping to make a name for themselves through this competition and serve the country. Some of them are negative. They don't want to be restrained by others, and they don't want to be officials. They want to go through the motions, but they are worried that they will not give their best and show weakness and escape.
The court will impose punishments.
But whether it is positive or negative, these people's words are full of awe and fear of the imperial court. This is also difficult to understand, because he has not had much contact with the government, let alone the imperial court. In his
In my mind, martial arts practitioners should not be afraid of the government, because ordinary officials are no match for them.
It was already the end of the month, and there were only seven days left before the competition. There were many people rushing to Chang'an. The inns in the towns along the way were already full. They had to sleep in the wilderness that night. There were many people in the same situation as him.
, there were dozens of open or dark bonfires around the mountain forest where he was sleeping.
We continued our journey the next day, always paying close attention to the horses passing by.
The result reassured him a lot, because black horses are not uncommon. At least three out of ten horses are black horses, which are the most common. Then there are bay horses, white horses, green horses, brown horses, and miscellaneous horses.
We still slept in the open that night. It was less than thirty miles away from Chang'an at this time. The horsemen were all rushing to Chang'an. Most of the people sleeping in the open were monks and Taoists. Some sects had more people, and some sects only had two masters and apprentices.
As soon as he lit a bonfire under the forest, a group of nuns came near him. It would be frosty at night, so the woods were an ideal place to sleep, and there was only this forest nearby.
There are four nuns in this group, one old nun, two young nuns, and a little nun who is fourteen or fifteen years old. This group of nuns should be serious nuns, wearing simple clothes and dignified manners.
The nun belongs to the Buddhist sect and is not on the same path as the Taoist priest. They are about ten feet apart and rest separately without talking to each other.
At the second watch, the rapid sound of horse hooves was heard from the north. Not long after, the horses came running, and he was the first to see clearly that the person riding the horse was none other than the nun Yu Yi whom he met at Weiyang Nunnery that day.
Seeing Nun Yu riding towards him, he frowned slightly, because Nun Yu also had an errand for Dali Temple and was a patrol officer.
Before he could sit up, Yu Yi dismounted and his horse came nearby. However, Yu Yi did not come towards him. Instead, he got off his horse from near the group of nuns and saluted the old nun with his hands together.
Only then did I know that the old nun was Yu Yi's master, and that the two young nuns and the little nun were both her junior sisters. When he learned that they had arrived near Chang'an, Yu Yi came over to greet them.
Seeing Yu Yi's arrival, the little nun was so happy that she called her Sister Guanyin. It was not until the old nun reprimanded her in a low voice that she was not allowed to call Yu Yi's nickname, and then the little nun changed her title.
After talking with the master, Yu Yi took out some silver as a gift. The nuns also had to eat. When they came to Chang'an, they couldn't beg from door to door. She also arranged a place for them to live in an inn not far from Dali Temple.
While talking to a few people, Yu Yi turned his head to look at them from time to time. When the conversation was over, Yu Yi led his horse and walked over.
"Amitabha, we meet again." Yu Yi folded his hands.
He stood up and calmly bowed his head, "Infinite Heavenly Lord."
"So you are a member of the Taoist sect. Why didn't you wear Taoist robes before?" Yu Yi looked up and down.
"Master, what's the matter?" he asked.
"It's okay. I see you here. I want to say hello to you. You can continue to sleep." Yu Yi led the horse towards the main road, but after taking a few steps she stopped and turned around. "Little Taoist Master, you have been sleeping recently."