"As a father, how can you not be anxious if your child is lost for several days? If it were you, you would be faster than him!"
The fire gradually faded away. Chen Yuan lowered his head and looked at the small clothes in his hand. He handed them to the fat Taoist and walked around the ruined temple. Since those people stayed here for two days, they would definitely leave traces of their lives, unless
These people have all reached the state of fasting and do not eat or drink.
I walked around twice and brushed away the fallen leaves from an open space next to the temple. Sure enough, I found traces of a fire. Those people covered it up very well. They mixed the ash and soil together to fill the landfill, and covered it with a layer of leaves. If it hadn't been for it,
Chen Yuan stepped into the foundation building, with keen senses, it was difficult to smell the remaining smell of fireworks.
He waved his sleeves and raised his hands, and the mana came out through the soil. There were a lot of bones left. Judging from the size, they should be those of chickens and ducks. They were separated from the soil and piled aside. Sun Zhengde curiously picked up one and weighed it in his hand.
"Master, you don't want to use these things..."
Before he finished speaking, the bones in his hand suddenly broke free and fell to the ground. Over there, Chen Yuan waved his sleeves with a bang, pinched his fingers and drew them from the forest. A wisp of fresh air fell on the pile of chicken bones.
.
The bones scattered on the ground seemed to be looking for their own position, scrambling to inlay them. The bare bones were picked up on the ground with chicken claws, and the head was lifted up. Then it jumped up, and the neck bones connected with the head. Suddenly
He flapped his wings and ran away quickly under the eyes of the fat Taoist.
"Looking at its posture, it should have been a hen in life. Oh, no!" Sun Zhengde reacted and stood up hurriedly, "My boss, it ran away."
"It is eager to take revenge."
This is a spell that I have learned before, but unfortunately I have no chance to use it. It is similar to the paper binding technique in the paper frog, but it uses the resentment attached to the bones to reshape the bones. For those who eat it,
Naturally you can feel it.
Chen Yuan patted the Taoist on the shoulder and called over to the master who was dozing off by pecking his head. The fat Taoist had pulled the oxcart here when it left the city, so it was convenient for him to go on his way now.
In the light of the lantern hanging on the corner of the tent, Lao Niu watched the chicken carcass in front of him running past with a pair of bone wings and a pair of bone wings. He tilted his head blankly and blinked his eyes in confusion.
‘Chicken bones…can also be used for sperm?’
At this time, the sound of footsteps spread, Old Niu turned his head, and three figures flew into the car, shaking the car body, and heard the owner's voice coming from the car.
"Follow it!"
Moo!
Daqingniu let out a deep breath, stared at the chicken bones running in front of him, pawed at the chicken bones, suddenly rushed forward, pulled the crossbar on his body and rolled out, the frame of the carriage shook wildly.
The other party has been walking for two days. If he doesn't stop in the middle, it will be difficult to catch up.
However, it was impossible for those people to steal children in Linjiang County. They might actually stay for a while along the way. On the shaking oxcart, Chen Yuan looked to the southwest. When he came to Jiangjiang before, he had inquired about the nearby roads. Over there
There is only one road left, leading to Tongshan County on the north bank of the Canglan River.
The distance is at least a hundred miles away, and with a bunch of stolen children, even if they pretend to be a caravan, they won't be going too fast...
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Chen Yuan took out the prepared walking talisman and stuck it on the old cow's butt.
Moo!!
The old cow raised its head, grinned and hissed loudly, caught up with the chicken bone running ahead, picked it up in its mouth, and ran wildly along the road.
The evening breeze blew the leaves, the moonlight elongated the figure of the oxcart, and the lantern with fluttering horns disappeared in the blink of an eye at the end of the road.
To the southwest, the boundary of Tongshan Mountain is a starless night sky, gloomy black clouds gather, a light rain hits the dilapidated thatched hut, and weaves bead curtains.
In the mist, three carriages stopped in front of an abandoned hut at the foot of the mountain.
A figure in a black robe and raincoat pulled open the carriage, took a look at several clay pots inside, and then went back to the eaves to take shelter from the rain.
There were seven other silent figures around him, with different shapes and expressions. Some were sitting in front of the bonfire to drive away the chill, or standing under the eaves and silently watching the falling rain curtain. Occasionally, their faces flashed by the firelight, revealing...
With a fierce look on his face, he spat on the ground.
"It's raining at the wrong time. It's very cold."
Over there, the man sitting in front of the fire had no trace of wetness on his clothes. A few splashes of water fell on the fabric and instantly turned into a wisp of white smoke. He looked at the brother who spoke expressionlessly.
"What's the rush? As long as the 'goods' are not lost, it doesn't matter no matter how late it is."
"What Lao Qi is worried about is that the children of the Xu family in Linjiang County... People in the military are difficult to deal with. If they are looking around and encounter us, it doesn't matter if there are more than ten people. If the army is called, it will not be easy for us to leave.
." Someone on the other side said in a low voice.
"Ha... My ecstasy is not so easy to be seen through." The figure looking at the fire grinned, "... How can it be compared to those idiots who raise corpses? Fortunately, they are dead, otherwise I would not know what to do when I go back.
What kind of punishment?"
Others around him fell silent.
The wind blew loudly in the forest, and when the raindrops fell on his face, the flames stirred slightly. The man who spoke suddenly raised his face and looked towards the road ahead.
Suddenly he raised his hand and drew the fallen bead curtain towards the fire. While extinguishing the bonfire, he whispered: "Be careful, someone is coming from that way."
However, he extinguished the bonfire a little late.
"drive!"
"There is a fire in the forest over there...it has gone out!"
"Go over and have a look!"
One after another, the iron hooves stepped on the potholes and splashed water on the road. More than a dozen figures on horseback were galloping in the rain. Among them, the scout had sharp eyes. There was only a little light on the dark road and in the mountains, so he could not escape his sight.
A knight running behind immediately raised the burning torch in his hand and raised the military flag. Within a moment, the rumble of horse hooves came galloping from behind.
They were divided into two groups. One group went first to explore the road and then slowed down to let the horses rest, and then let the second group of knights come up and take turns.
Now the meaning of the semaphore from the torch is different.
The twelve cavalrymen who came up from behind were led by Xu Huaiyu. His face was covered with rainwater. He immediately followed the direction pointed by the previous scout and rushed over with all his men.
Along the way, they encountered three groups of business travelers. They checked all the carriages and goods. Now they were approaching the border of Tongshan. If they couldn't find them anymore, they had no choice but to send someone to notify the county government there for assistance.
“Go check it out!”
Wiping the rain off his face, Xu Huaiyu's hands were shaking slightly. He couldn't find the child again, and he was extremely desperate. Not long after, a group of thirty people rode through the accumulated water on the ground to the foot of the mountain. In the light of the torch, there was
An abandoned thatched hut, when I saw three carriages parked there, and a rough count of seven or eight people.
Xu Huaiyu couldn't help but feel excited, it was exactly what the farmer described.
Immediately he dismounted and strode over with his sword pointed at his head. A group of soldiers behind him drew their swords and followed him, walking around at will, secretly surrounding the place and protecting their own princes in the middle.
"General, what are you going to do?" Over there, a tall and thin man came over to please him. He bowed his hands first, and while talking, he took out his money bag and stuffed it into Xu Huaiyu, "Master, we are going
Traders heading to Tongshan rest here for the night and then enter the city at dawn."
Seeing Xu Huaiyu's face in the bright firelight, one of the eight people there shrank his pupils. He probably recognized who the other person was and quietly touched his hand behind his back.
At this time, Xu Huaiyu knocked the money bag he was handed into the rain, looked at the tall and thin man in front of him with a flattering smile, and squinted his eyes.
"I didn't say I was patrolling the business trip. Why did you report your wealth so quickly?"
"Isn't it because of the way the military master is dressed..."
Xu Huaiyu snorted and glanced at the other seven people on the opposite side, then looked at the three carriages next to him, "Since you are selling goods, what is in the carriage?"
As soon as the words came out, a figure under the eaves moved, and his companion grabbed him and whispered: "He has the aura of a dragon and a tiger."
At this time, the tall and thin man who came forward to please smiled flatteringly and went over to open the car curtain.
"Master Jun, you see, they are all high-quality sea fish trafficked from the south of the Yangtze River, bring them back to my master."
"Yeah?!"
Xu Huaiyu glanced at him suspiciously, took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and the moment he distanced himself from the man, he turned around and waved: "Come in, bring a jar out and see if it's the best sea fish."
Or... a stolen child!"
Instantly.
The faces of the tall and thin man and the other seven people under his eaves changed wildly.