Xu Zhiqiong stood in a bamboo forest and looked at the open space in front of him.
The open space with a radius of three miles is very eye-catching among the lush bamboo forests. The bamboos elsewhere are at least two meters high, but here there is only a piece of shallow grass.
There used to be a mountain here, but I don't know where it has gone now.
A mountain that eats people, a gluttonous body.
It was this thing that injured the master.
Before leaving, Master told me not to leave the capital, especially not to the south of the city.
Taotie's outer body is located in the south of the city. Master doesn't want me to fight with Taotie's outer body, and I really don't have the capital.
Liang Daguan's family practiced Taotie Taoism, and Taotie's appearance must be related to him.
If Taotie's outer body is destroyed, what will happen to Liang Daguan's family?
Xu Zhiqiong smiled sinisterly and picked a few bamboo branches from the surrounding bamboos.
Zheng Zhixian was puzzled: "Xu Qianhu, what do you want these bamboos for?"
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "I always like bamboo the most. Let's take it back to the capital and see if I can plant it."
The county magistrate laughed and said, "What's so good about these wild bamboos? Chaizhou is rich in green bamboo, and half of the bamboo firewood in the capital comes from Chaizhou. We have high-quality green bamboo in Lincong County, which can be planted in the ground and grow into a large area. It takes two years to become a talented person. It is very beautiful to raise a bamboo forest. The bamboo charcoal is also very resistant to burning. If thousands of households like it..."
Zheng Zhixian glared at the county magistrate and signaled him to stop talking so much.
Xu Zhiqiong obviously didn't like bamboo. Zheng Quanming didn't dare to ask what he used the bamboo for.
It's past five o'clock, the winter nights are long, but it's almost dawn.
Xu Zhiqiong bowed his hands and left, and Zheng Zhixian returned the courtesy and said: "Xu Qianhu, when you see General Suppressing Evil, please defend Zheng a few words. Zheng does not seek wealth and prosperity, but Zheng fulfills his duties without any slack. In fact, he does not seek wealth and prosperity. I’m not willing to suffer innocently.”
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xu will never let good people suffer. In addition, I also want to ask, where did the former magistrate Liu Jiangpu go?"
Zheng Zhixian Dao: "Master Liu was first transferred to the state capital and promoted to Tongpan, then transferred to Raozhou and returned to Tongpan, and then transferred to Huazhou and was promoted to Tongzhi."
All the way south, the official promotion was very fast.
He dared to suppress the case of two hundred people at his request. Does he really just want to preserve his political achievements? This is too much.
Besides, this is not something that a county magistrate can suppress. Someone must help him.
There were people in the state capital helping him and people in the capital city helping him.
These people must be related to Taotie's outer body.
Liu Tongzhi, I will visit you again in the future.
…
Xu Zhiqiong returned to Zhonglang Courtyard first and took out a carriage made from Wang's paper horse shop from the warehouse.
Yang Wu said happily: "This thing is great, I have wanted a carriage for a long time."
Chang Decai frowned and said: "What a good thing, but you have to mess around in the yard!"
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "Such a good carriage can't run in the yard! Let's go out and run!"
Yang Wu looked surprised: "Are you serious? Going out to drive a sports car?"
Xu Zhiqiong burned the carriage and said to the two servants: "Bring more sandalwood, eat and drink enough, I will let you run as fast as you can this time!"
Xu Zhiqiong quietly returned to the camp, took out the bamboo, and entered the small dark room with the appearance of leaping into the clouds.
In the small dark room, he concentrated on groping for the bamboo, trying his best to recreate the scene from the past.
He wanted to see what Taotie looked like on the outside.
A mountain that eats people.
What kind of mountain can eat people?
According to common sense, there should be a cave. A group of people entered the cave and were swallowed by the mountain...
Weird, no feeling.
Could it be that I thought wrong?
Maybe it's not a cave, maybe it's a mouth that suddenly opened on the cliff.
Still no feeling.
Is it not the mouth, but a cloud?
Still no feeling.
Or maybe he transformed into some kind of wild beast in the mountains?
Think about the beast you have seen deep within yourself.
Still no response!
Xu Zhiqiong tried his best to imagine the scene at that time, imagining every possibility, and groped every bamboo. After about five or six hundred puffs (half an hour), Xu Zhiqiong was sweating profusely, and his body was almost reaching its limit.
, but there was no outline at all.
It shouldn't be.
Xu Zhiqiong has never seen the scene of a mountain eating a human being, so he relied purely on imagination to infer that there are indeed difficulties.
I've made similar inferences before, so I shouldn't be completely indifferent.
You can't stay in the dark room for too long, Xu Zhiqiong is about to lose his strength.
Try again.
From which angle should we start?
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and suddenly realized something.
He didn't know the shape of Taotie, nor what shape of mountain it would turn into, but he was very familiar with the shape of people.
Mountains eat people, think about it from another angle.
Don’t think about the mountains first, think about the people first.
In midsummer, more than two hundred people walked into the bamboo forest, what a scene it was like.
This is not difficult to imagine.
They were very tired, very hot, the road was very rough, and they walked very hard.
When I touched the first bamboo, I felt nothing and the direction seemed wrong.
The second bamboo has not sensed yet.
The third bamboo sensed it, and a blurry outline appeared in front of me.
It's people.
a group of people.
A group of people passed a bamboo branch and sat down at the edge of the open space.
Xu Zhiqiong thought in the right direction. The angle of view of this bamboo was also very good, and the picture became clearer and clearer.
A group of people wearing coarse cloth walked through the bamboo forest and all sat at the edge of the open space.
Their posture is so strange, their waists don’t seem to be touching the ground. Are they squatting or sitting?
Why are they all crowded at the edge of the clearing? Why doesn't anyone take an extra step toward the clearing?
Xu Zhiqiong looked towards the open space.
The open space was flat, with no grass or trees, not even a stone in sight.
Has anyone specially cleaned up this empty space?
Suddenly, a black spot appeared above the clearing.
What is this?
The people sitting at the edge of the open space all stood up and walked towards the black spot.
They picked up the black spots one by one.
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyes vigorously, trying to see more clearly.
He finally saw clearly that these black spots were copper coins.
These people are picking up copper coins.
The next scene left Xu Zhiqiong stunned.
They picked up the copper coins and walked into the air.
They stepped on the air and walked up step by step, walking very smoothly.
Do they have any cultivation skills?
Even if Lin Tianzheng used the tiger's wings technique, he wouldn't be able to fly so easily.
The more Xu Zhiqiong looked, the more surprised he became, when he saw a man stepping on the air and walking step by step to the depths of the open space.
He bent down and picked up a handful of copper coins, seemingly very excited.
Next, he disappeared.
It disappeared without a trace.
More than two hundred people disappeared one after another. Some struggled for a while before disappearing, while others showed no reaction before disappearing.
A man has been standing at the edge of the clearing, seemingly in a daze.
He then turned around and ran away, his figure quickly disappearing from sight.
Is this the only survivor?
The only madman to survive?
Soon, more than two hundred people staying in the open space disappeared.
There were throbbing pains between his eyebrows, and Xu Zhiqiong slowly fell from the small dark room.
He understood what was happening.
There are mountains, and indeed there are mountains that can eat people!
…
At dawn, Liang Yuyao entered Xu Zhiqiong's tent. Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong was not there, the sixth princess was very anxious.
Where did this thief Pi go? After a while, my aunt came to find him. What was his explanation?
Ignore him and let him take a beating and learn a lesson!
No, my aunt has a hot temper. If she gets angry for a moment, what should she do if she kills the thief Pi?
Probably not. This thief Pi is very close to Elder Shengwei. Even if Liang Xianchun doesn't care about me, he still has to care about his ancestors'.
But even if you don't kill the thief Pi, beat him up and humiliate him in public, how can you let him lead troops in the future?
What's wrong with me?
Do you care whether he can lead troops?
It would be good if I could save his life, but why should I care what he does?
Liang Yuyao remembered pacing back and forth in the camp, and suddenly she heard a soldier outside the door saying hello: "I've met the general!"
Oops, Liang Xianchun is here!
Liang Yuyao prepared to welcome him outside the tent, resisting for a moment and then buying Xu Zhiqiong some time.
Unexpectedly, Liang Xianchun came so quickly. As soon as Liang Yuyao walked to the door, she almost bumped into her.
"aunt……"
Liang Xianchun said angrily: "Call me general!"
"General, listen to me..."
Liang Xianchun scolded angrily: "How can you be so shameless!"
Not ashamed?
This is too much to say!
Xu Zhiqiong came home late, which was considered a violation of military law.
If he gets a stick or a whip, I will just accept the beating with him. Who do you think is shameless?
Liang Yuyao raised her head and said, "General, how come my subordinates don't know how to be ashamed?"
Liang Xianchun pointed at the tent and shouted: "Did you sleep here last night?"
Is this woman crazy?
Xu Zhiqiong is not here, why should I sleep here?
I miss you so much that no one will hurt me in my life. I miss my man so much that I sleep in a man’s tent and feel happy in my heart!
Liang Yuyao was about to make a sarcastic comment when she suddenly heard someone behind her yawn.
Xu Zhiqiong stretched and sat up, smiled at Liang Yuyao and said: "Your Highness, you are awake."
What a thief...
What on earth did you say that was not good, but you said this!
Liang Yuyao hurriedly explained: "General, I was worried that Colonel Xu would not return to the camp in time, so I came here to check. I woke up a long time ago. I didn't wake up here..."
Liang Xianchun shouted angrily: "When did you come?"
"When I first arrived, it took just a cup of tea. The soldiers at the door can testify that a cup of tea can't do anything."
"What to do?"
"Don't do anything! I'll be one step ahead of the general!"
Liang Xianchun glared at Liang Yuyao fiercely, walked into the camp and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Xu Xiaowei, I heard that you tracked down the suspicious person yesterday, and I wonder what you gained?"
Xu Zhiqiong sat on the couch and said: "There is a harvest, as if I met Ren Yazi."
This guy is so arrogant!
You're talking to me, but you don't stand up!
"What does it mean? How do you know it's Ren Yazi?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "A man and a woman were riding in a carriage with a gray curtain. Seeing that the woman looked dull, she might have been drugged."
Then what?
"Where is the suspect now?"
"Going south along the official road."
Liang Xianchun shouted: "You just let them run away?"
Xu Zhiqiong shrugged his eyebrows and said: "I also want to continue the investigation, but the military orders are overwhelming, I can only go back to the camp first!"
"Xu Zhiqiong! You missed the opportunity, but you still don't know your mistake!" Liang Xianchun turned around and said to the sergeant, "Quickly send the order to pursue the bandits southward!"
So easily impatient!
The reaction was greater than Xu Zhiqiong expected.
Judging from your IQ and your temperament, I will really defeat you!
"General, calm down. It's hard to say that that person is really Ren Yazi. Even if he is Ren Yazi, he may not be related to the Bloody Sect. Let's first ask Xiao Zhixian if any women are missing in Pingman County today. If the matter is confirmed, we will hunt him down. Not too late."
Liang Xianchun left in anger.
Liang Yuyao looked at Xu Zhiqiong in surprise and said, "Did you really see Ren Yazi?"
Xu Zhiqiong stretched again: "But didn't I say that they may not be human beings, but they may be a serious couple."
"Xu Zhiqiong!" Liang Yuyao stepped forward and punched her twice, "If you dare to play tricks on my aunt, even I can't save you!"
Don't play with her, and just let her wander around in one state or one county?
Xu Zhiqiong was not in such a mood.
"Princess, I need your help with two things."
"Why should I help you? What's the benefit of helping you?"
"This is not to help me. At a small level, it is for our entire army. At a large level, it is for the sake of spreading the country!"
Liang Yuyao said reluctantly: "Tell me first, what is it?"
"Zheng Quanming, the magistrate of Lincong County, is a serious person. If your aunt insists on impeachment, you should find a way to protect him."
Liang Yuyao said: "This depends on my father's wishes. I can only do my best."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "As long as you find someone to speak for him in the official department, Liang Daguan's family will definitely not dig into it. His thoughts are not here."
"What about the other thing?"
"Huazhou colleague Liu Jiangpu, this person is a bit suspicious. Please help me check his background. Just leave this matter to Zhang Zhuyang."
Liang Yuyao nodded and said: "This is easy. This place is not far from the capital. I will ask people to hurry up and deliver the letter. I will receive a reply in two or three days."
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyebrows and recalled the scenes he had just seen.
The strange man-eating mountain, the gluttonous body, and you can’t be seen in the small dark room!