While the talisman water was being boiled, a hurried figure squeezed through the crowd in front of him and said anxiously: "Taoist Master, something big has happened."
Chi Xuan was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Old Chentou?"
"how……"
Old Man Chen knelt on the ground and cried: "The child is lost, the child is lost..."
"Taoist priest, I'm sorry for you."
"I'm sorry for you."
"..."
Chi Xuan was stunned on the spot. He only felt a buzzing sound, and his mind went blank. It was an indescribable feeling of falling, as if he had fallen from a high platform and could not make any sound at all.
Tu Shanjun, who was reading a book, noticed Chi Xuan's abnormality and whispered softly: "Be calm."
The absent-minded eyes finally came into focus.
Chi Xuan exclaimed in shock: "How could it be!"
"Did you report it to the official?"
"I reported it, but the government is currently overwhelmed by the epidemic and has no time to care about the child's affairs. I told them and they only sent two detectives to check on the situation and record the child's voice and appearance."
Old man Chen hurriedly told the whole story.
"That night, I asked my baby to close the door. Who would have thought that within a few breaths of time, the person was gone. I noticed something. I called out a few times but no one was there, and... no response."
"When I went out to search, the streets on both sides were already dark, and I had no idea where the child was lost."
"I asked Liu Si to deliver a letter to the Taoist priest two days ago, but Liu Si has not returned yet."
Chi Xuan was a little more annoyed: "I left the Taoist temple long ago."
He went out to perform rites and came directly to Jicheng after finishing. He was not at the Taoist temple in those days, nor did he return to the Taoist temple. Now Liu Si should be waiting for him at the Taoist temple.
"Quickly, take me through..."
"Forget it, I'll take you there."
Chi Xuan picked up Old Chen, turned over with a kite and climbed directly onto the tiles of the second-story building. Using all his magic power, he led Old Chen across the walls of the city.
He didn't care about being discovered, let alone hiding his cultivation.
With a body shape like the wind, even if he is carrying one person, he is like an eagle flying in the sky. He has already traveled a hundred meters in just a few ups and downs.
"Mom, there is an immortal."
"How can there be any immortal..." Following the child's finger, the woman immediately opened her mouth in shock. She took a closer look and saw that wasn't Taoist Priest Chixuan. There was only Taoist priest Chixuan in Jicheng.
"That's Taoist Priest Chixuan."
"Flying?"
"Do you understand flying over eaves and walking over walls?"
"That's an immortal, walking on the wind."
"..."
Chi Xuan's strength was fully activated, which caused a lot of excitement and commotion in the city.
A few moments.
Arrive at the door of the tavern.
Chi Xuan rushed into the tavern with Old Man Chen.
Because the child was lost, the tavern had not been open for a long time. Old Chen's wife was sitting on the kang, holding the little one in her arms, as if she was afraid that the little one would disappear from her eyes.
When she saw Chi Xuan, Mrs. Chen Li suddenly looked ashamed and said, "Taoist Master."
"No need to say more, let me tell you in detail what happened that day."
Even though his heart was as anxious as a river, Chi Xuan's expression did not change much, except that the corners of his drooped eyes twitched from time to time, showing his inner unrest.
Chen Li told everything she knew that day.
No matter how big or small, nothing is left behind.
After listening to Chen Li's statement, Chi Xuan thought about it and asked Old Chen to tell the scene of that day again. Don't miss any point, and try to tell all the details as clearly as possible.
I listened to it for half an hour.
Chi Xuan finally knew the whole story.
"It has been three days since the child was lost. Even a kidnapper cannot take a ten-year-old boy out of the city within three days."
"I'm afraid now that I'll be picked off and broken..."
Chi Xuan didn't think about it any further.
He is said to be a young man, but in Chi Xuan's eyes he is still a child, and a good child at that.
How could he not be impatient.
But three days have passed and there are no clues at all. Can he still turn the city upside down and dig out the child?
"You can stay at home while Pindao goes to look for the child."
Chi Xuan touched the beard on his face and the rough wrinkles that he had deliberately made. He had been living in Ji County for so many years and had already become a local snake. Now, he has really turned the city upside down.
When Chi Xuan walked out of the tavern, an indifferent voice sounded in his mind: "I can help you."
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"What conditions?"
"The price is to help me achieve my wish."
"Don't worry, Demon Lord."
Chi Xuan didn't pause in his steps and didn't say anything more. In his opinion, even if Tu Shanjun really had unparalleled cultivation, he was just a demon trapped in a magic weapon.
What methods can be used to help?
There were countless monks in the big city of Soul Banner that he couldn't count and couldn't understand, but he didn't know if he would make things worse.
Perhaps the child was not found in the end, and the devil was let out.
It will be too late to regret it then.
Moreover, he is still very confident in his own strength. In Jicheng, his name Chi Xuan is quite useful.
Tushanjun inside the banner sat on a wicker chair, put down the Taoist book in his hand, and muttered to himself: "Demon Lord?"
It is true that Chi Xuan was so anxious that he could still make excuses with him. Therefore, even if there was something wrong with the title, Tu Shanjun did not refute, let alone bother Chi Xuan, because he understood this feeling.
When you are not calm, even a Qigong practitioner cannot calm down on your own.
What's more, Chi Xuan hasn't practiced contemplation yet.
"pity."
In a short while, Chi Xuan arrived at Guaizi Alley and knocked on the door of a closed house.
"who?"
"Pindao Chixuan."
The door opened in response, and a head poked out, slightly surprised: "Taoist? Why did the Taoist come here at this hour?"
"I want to see your gang leader."
"..."
"Taoist Priest, is it really you who is flying over the walls in the city?"
"This matter has spread, and the Taoist priest is an immortal."
"I thought you were capable before."
On the way, the rogue beside him kept talking to Chi Xuan. There was excitement and longing in his eyes, as well as uncontrollable excitement and some fear that he was not even aware of.
There were a lot of people in the small courtyard, and they all looked at the middle-aged man on the short platform.
The man stood high and looked far away, and from a distance he saw the approaching Popi and Chi Xuan next to Popi. He cupped his hands and sang, with a surprised look on his face: "Taoist Priest?!"
To say that the most well-informed people in the city are none other than the Beggar Clan.
The incident of Chi Xuan flying over the roof and walking over the wall has awakened countless beggars. Even if it doesn’t need to be spread, there are still many people who know about it.
Moreover, Chi Xuan would often give them alms. When someone got sick, he would charge very little for consultation, just a symbolic coin.
In the words of Taoist Master Chixuan: "It's easier to do things after collecting money."
"I wonder why the Taoist Master is here?"
"Ask your gang if they kidnapped the kid from the tavern."
"Old man Chen's tavern?"
"Taoist Master, we know what's appropriate. That's a place you often go to. How dare your men kidnap the children there."
"Where else is there a place to abduct children?"
"Xue Laizi from Dongfang."
"Wang Shun from Hehe 11th Street is a new force that has squeezed out Lao Donkey's territory. It is said that Lao Donkey was forced to commit suicide by him."
"In Nannanfang City, there is a store next to Zuihua Building that specializes in taking in baby girls."
"..."
Coming out of Guaizi Alley, Chi Xuan looked tense.
He has lost some sense of proportion, and he doesn't know where he has thrown the calmness and human sophistication he once had in the past.
Scatter the portraits to the beggars.
These bastards will help him find the child, but whether he can find it or not is not his decision.
This matter ultimately comes down to the Yamen.
With the strength of the Great Cang Dynasty, it would be easy for the Yamen to suppress these kidnappers.
Even if some measures were taken, it would be to send a few detectives to recover him.
Even if you know where the child is, you don't have a certain level of strength to snatch it back from others. Some rich families who have no offspring will buy their children, and the elderly bachelors in the village will pay for their wives.
Even if you know where the people are, you won't send many people there.
In the end, most of them gave up, or were beaten, maimed, or even killed by the "united" villagers.
Next two days.
Chi Xuan visited all the kidnapper dens in the city.
Still haven't found the child.
He truly turned the city upside down.
No matter where the kidnapper's nest is, Chi Xuan takes special care of it.
He now has some doubts as to whether it was someone's impromptu idea and not a hidden secret. Otherwise, he wouldn't have received any news after asking for so long.
For some hard bones, he also used special methods. Whether it was cracking bones or crushing flesh and blood, they all claimed that they had never seen them before, let alone turned them around.
This made Chi Xuan doubt whether he was looking in the wrong direction.
If he didn't know how to search for souls, there's no way he would have used it.
In desperation, I had no choice but to come to the county government office.
…
The county magistrate of Ji County is surnamed Hu. He is a middle-aged man who looks a little bookish. His official hat is straight and his official uniform is clean and decent.
"Taoist Chixuan, the county government has accepted this matter."
"We also sent police officers to visit and verify."
"It's just that now there are disaster victims in Ji County who need to be resettled, and there are also epidemics that need to be rectified. I am also very busy and overwhelmed. Government affairs are being squeezed more and more, and the manpower of the county government is far from enough."
"I know that losing a child makes people anxious, but we still need to calm down."
"Children need to be found, disaster victims need to be resettled, epidemics need to be controlled, government affairs..." Magistrate Hu spoke in an authentic official tone, pretending to be ignorant, and giving Chi Xuan linguistic Tai Chi.
Chi Xuan interrupted Magistrate Hu's tirade: "Pindao suspects that the child is no longer in the city."
"alright!"
"A child and thousands of disaster victims, familiarity is more important than familiarity. Taoist Chixuan, you should understand this truth."
Chi Xuan's eyes condensed, and the magic power around his body began to circulate on its own: "You..."
"What? The Taoist priest wants to fight with me?"
Magistrate Hu scolded him coldly, and the aura around him was instantly higher than that of Chi Xuan.
The majestic incense was like a big hand, pressing Chi Xuan aside and unable to move.
Chi Xuan's eyes suddenly widened, his face full of horror.
He thought that the court officials would have good moral cultivation, but he did not expect that the means he was proud of were suppressed and unable to be used, like a small boat floating on the river.
"Taoist Priest Chixuan, please come back."
"I am busy with government affairs, so I won't leave a Taoist priest."
