The sentence "This person is obviously wrong" confused the deacon. The consequences of inaction when he was obviously wrong was a bit unclear.
The two people in front of him looked at him eagerly, and the deacon finally gritted his teeth and said: "You two, please listen carefully. You must be careful. If anything happens because of this tracking, you will not be able to save your own head.
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"Yes!" The two of them accepted the order.
With the decree given by the deacon, the two people quickly and quietly left.
Soon, a bird mount and two people were on the road, accompanying them on the far side. They did not dare to approach the target to alert the enemy. Once they received the signal, they would rush to support immediately.
The two men, one tall and one thin, continued to sneak through the mountains and forests, staring behind the salesman from a distance.
The salesman who came out of the mountain stopped, put down his pick, sat on the pole to rest, took off his bamboo hat to use as a fan, and raised his sleeves from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Resting is just a pretense, you have to stop and take a rest, you have to show off, and take a look around.
He knew very well that someone nearby was watching what was going on in the village, and his entry and exit from the village should also be being watched.
In terms of identity, he is actually from Piao Miao Pavilion. Because of the special nature of the tasks he often performs, he has to look like him.
After resting for a while, the salesman stood up again, put the bag on his shoulders, and continued walking along the official road, seemingly heading towards the next village.
Two men, one tall and one thin, continued to follow secretly.
After following for a while, the thin man suddenly whispered: "It should be out of the surveillance range, and there should be no one in the pavilion around."
Gao Hanzi: "Do it now?"
The thin man: "That's almost it. I don't know what the higher-ups mean by asking me to do this."
Gao Hanzi: "The people above are fighting back and forth. If they don't tell us, we shouldn't ask too much. Otherwise, we'll be seeking death. Just do as you are told. Are you going to go up or should I go up?"
Thin man: "You go ahead, I will continue to cooperate in the dark."
The tall man nodded, jumped out of the forest, and walked onto the official road. After a few ups and downs, he was only a few dozen feet away from the salesman in front, and quickly followed behind.
The salesman was vaguely aware of the movement, and his eyes flickered around to check the conditions of the mountains and forests on both sides of the official road, and he did not dare to look back easily.
After walking for a while, the salesman put down his pick and rested again. While he was resting, he looked back on the road and saw a tall man dressed as a farmer.
His heart was tense inside, but he pretended to be nonchalant on the outside. He continued to use his hat to fan the cool breeze, and raised his hands to wipe sweat from time to time, looking like he was struggling to make a living.
On the way, a carriage ran past, but the two passers-by were not reassured.
The tall man walked towards the salesman calmly. As he approached, the salesman smiled and nodded to him.
The tall man stopped beside the picker and asked, "What are you selling?"
The salesman immediately stood up and said, "We have all kinds of small things for home. You can see if there is anything you like."
Gao Hanzi: "No, I'm not interested in little things, but I'm more interested in you." After saying that, he suddenly made a move and grabbed the other person's shoulder.
The salesman, who had already tightened his heart strings, could no longer pretend. He couldn't let himself fall into the opponent's hands. Once he fell into the opponent's hands, his identity as a monk would be exposed immediately. Since the result was the same, there was nothing good he could do.
Hesitantly, he dodged and swept towards the forest on one side.
The tall man immediately ducked and chased after him.
The goods carried by roadside sellers became ownerless things.
A chase started in the forest.
The thin man who was supporting him had already risen into the air and sent out a signal, and the bird mounts in the distance immediately turned around and rushed towards this side.
The thin man also chased the salesman in the direction of his escape. The two men chased the salesman on the ground, while the charging bird mounts kept a close eye on him in the air.
After waiting for an opportunity, the two men in the air ducked down to intercept, and a fight began in the mountains...
When Huo Kong arrived, he did not go straight to the mountain village, nor did he airborne directly. Instead, he arrived at a certain location in advance, and then someone picked him up and led him to the mountains near the mountain village. Everything he did was to avoid alerting the snake.
Yue Guangming, the right envoy of Piaomiao Pavilion who personally took overall command, had arrived first. The two met in a mountain nest. Yue Guangming bowed his hands and saluted, "Command!"
Huo Kong asked: "What's going on?"
Yue Guangming: "Everything is business as usual at the moment, there is nothing happening at the moment."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the deacon in charge of the main road into the village ran over, followed by four people. Some of the four people were wearing ribbons, and together they carried an unconscious person.
Huo Kong's eyes flickered, Yue Guangming frowned and asked: "What's going on?"
The executioner saluted the two of them beforehand and said nervously: "This salesman who entered the village is not normal. After the people below followed him, he tried to escape, so we had to arrest him."
Yue Guangming was shocked and quickly looked at Huo Kong.
Huo Kong's face instantly darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm asking you to stare, I'm asking you to stare. Who told you to take action without permission?"
It can be said that he is furious. Once he is alerted and people run away, all the efforts will be in vain. How can he not be angry?
"What's wrong?" Yuan Se's voice came.
Three figures flashed around everyone, they were Yuan Se, Mu Lianze and Chang Sun Mi. Although the three people set off from behind, they arrived at almost the same time as Huo Kong.
"Master!" Huo Kong quickly turned around and saluted.
"See the Holy Lord!" A group of people also saluted in fear.
Yuan Se waved his hand, refusing to accept this trick, and asked: "What happened to this wounded and bloody one? Was it discovered? Was it handed over?"
"The disciple has just arrived. The specific situation is not clear yet." Huo Kong made a statement first, then pointed at the deacon and said solemnly: "What's going on? You haven't told me in detail yet?"
"Yes..." The frightened deacon immediately told what happened.
After the three saints understood the situation, their eyes were fixed on the unconscious salesman. Changsun Mi said coldly: "The person is not dead, right?"
The tall man said hurriedly: "He is not dead. We caught him and asked him what happened. He refused to kill him and wanted to die. We had to knock him unconscious."
Mu Lianze: "Did anyone disturb you during the arrest?"
Tall man: "No, we did it when we were far away from the target location."
Yuan Se smiled and said: "Who asked you to do it?"
The tall man said in fear: "My subordinates didn't want to take action, but he left the cargo load and ran away after he was far away from the surveillance area. My subordinates immediately realized that something was wrong. Why did they run away if they didn't think of him?"
Shancun suspected that he had gone in to tip off the information, and could not just sit back and watch him escape, so he arrested him."
Mu Lianze: "Don't delay, start immediately."
Yuan Se hummed, and immediately said to Huo Kong: "Immediately order all parties to mobilize and surround us quickly!"
"Yes!" Huo Kong accepted the order with his hands raised.
Following his command, several golden wings flew away.
The messenger did not fly too far, but rushed to various manpower gathering points dozens of miles away. Most of the people who gathered in secret had no idea what they were going to do in advance, and all external contacts had been cut off when they were gathered.
In an instant, tens of thousands of monks lurking dozens of miles away moved out, with a large number of bird mounts in the sky assisting them in advancing.
Quickly encircle the target village from all directions.
After arriving around the village, everything in the air, on the ground, in the mountains, and under the water was openly controlled. It was impossible for anyone to escape from any direction without being discovered.
Changsun Mi, Mu Lianze and Yuan Se were also distributed on the three surrounding hills, staring at the village in a triangle shape.
The approach of a large number of people alarmed the people living in the mountains, including the hunter who was responsible for delivering the news. He was knocked to the ground and restrained on the spot.
The village is surrounded by open farmland. Suddenly, tens of thousands of people appeared approaching from all directions, causing the villagers to run out to see what happened.
There were many bird mounts cruising in the sky, and those advancing on the ground were casting spells to search and approach the village.
In addition to a large number of people conducting searches, there are also people stationed in the surrounding mountains for fixed-point observation.
Including the old, weak, women and children, there were only about two hundred people in the village. These villagers had never seen such a big scene before, and they were all frightened.
A large number of Piaomiao Pavilion personnel surrounded the village. When someone came forward to shout, the whole village was immediately gathered.
Men, women, old and young huddled together nervously in the open space of the village.
"I think I know everyone in my village. Let's see who's not here." Huo Kong called the village chief over and asked him to recognize the people.
Someone nearby took out the list of people in the village and checked them one by one.
Changsun Mi, Mu Lianze and Yuan Se were still standing on the hilltop outside the village, observing coldly with a pair of discerning eyes. If there was a change, the three of them could attack from all directions at any time.
After checking, the people in the village found that two people were missing, a salesman and a teacher.
"Are these two from your village?" Huo Kong asked.
"Yes, he was born in the village when he was young..." The village chief nodded and bowed and told them everything about them.
Huo Kong asked for past survey records and looked through them himself.
In order to search for Zhuge Chi, all inhabited places in the world have been searched, and the same is true here, and there are records.
After reading the records and matching the village chief's account, Huo Kong asked, "When did the person disappear?"
"This..." The village chief wasn't sure, so he turned around to ask other people, but the others shook their heads. Most of those who spoke said they hadn't seen it again today, and some said they hadn't seen the lights on in their homes turning on yesterday, and maybe they had disappeared yesterday.
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Huo Kong's face darkened slightly, "Take me to see where you live."
The village chief immediately led the way and took the people to the place where the teacher lived, right next to the school.
Huo Kong first walked around the school, and there were people around him who were good at searching and had already started a search.
Wandering into the teacher's room, there was writing on the paper on the table. Huo Kong took it and looked at it, muttering, "The mountains and rivers are still the same, where are the people's hearts... Huh!" He turned around and shouted: "Send the order, conduct a comprehensive search, above and below ground.
Don’t leave any place behind, as long as people are still in the village, they can’t escape!”
After giving the order, some people continued to surround the village, while others launched a comprehensive search of the entire village.
They even took things used by the salesman and the teacher, and some demon cultivators used their strong sense of smell to sniff out the objects and search for them.
:Thank you to "Five Heavens Dragon Letter" and "Yincheng Shuyun" Xiaohonghua for supporting me.