Zhang Cong was not so impulsive. He squatted on the roof and observed for a while, then carefully looked at the wall and the backyard. He found that the gate was still closed and the door bolt inside had not been opened, so he judged that it was better to attack Xiaohua and Cui.
Aunt Hua's monks sneaked into the courtyard through the fence and the backyard.
Zhang Cong did not take off his concealment cloak and just started searching for clues from the wall. According to his estimation, there would be no less than two monks from outside, and they should know the general situation in the courtyard and the strength of their opponents, and would not rush into it.
Jumping directly into the courtyard from outside the wall, there should be an observation process.
After searching a little bit, I finally found a less obvious trace on the wall next to the gatehouse.
It was a very unclear shoe print. It looked like the shoe print of an ivy. The ivy is a kind of soft-soled fast boots common among monks, but it is rarely used by people in the sect because most of the clothes of sect disciples are
Standard and complete sets, ivy is mostly equipment for casual cultivators.
There are also traces of several hidden weapons grazing on the wall, as if they were shot directly from the yard. From this point of view, Xiaohua and her daughter should have discovered in advance that there was an enemy sneaking in. As for how to discover it, we need to observe it carefully.
Going around the courtyard wall of the backyard, I found several traces on the vegetable patch. It was initially judged that there were at least four monks who had invaded the courtyard, and their cultivation levels had exceeded the late stage of Qi training.
Zhang Cong jumped into the backyard and followed the traces from the vegetable field. Gradually, he understood why Xiaohua and her daughter discovered that an enemy had sneaked in, because he actually smelled a faint fragrance.
This is the smell of incense. Although it is not very strong, Zhang Cong, who has a deep knowledge of poisons, will naturally notice that it is probably a few monks who wanted to use the incense to stun Xiaohua and her daughter. Unexpectedly, they let the poison
The very sensitive Xiaohua noticed it and released the hidden weapon directly on the enemy on the wall.
There were more clues in the yard. In addition to the sword marks caused by the sword energy of Xiaohua and her daughter, as well as the perforations of hidden weapons, Zhang Cong discovered two different sword energy traces. And based on the depth and smoothness, Zhang Cong discovered
It turned out to have traces left by foundation-building cultivation and sword cultivation.
In addition to the sword marks, there are also a few palm prints that look like physical cultivation palm wind. It seems that the cultivation level is much higher than that of Thunder Stone, and he is probably a foundation-building monk.
Zhang Cong also found some blood stains, which were spattered on the grass beside the well platform. He leaned down and smelled it. It was not the blood of Xiaohua and her daughter, but the blood of a man, and it was also poisoned.
There were also traces of a rare heavy weapon among the traces. As for what it was, Zhang Cong could not tell. However, after observing for a period of time, Zhang Cong concluded that not only did Xiaohua and her daughter take the lead in attacking with hidden weapons, Xiaohua also used poison first.
, at least one monk was contaminated by the poisonous smoke, or his speed was slowed down after being poisoned, and he was injured by the sword array of Xiaohua mother and daughter, and he was bleeding.
However, there was no trace of blood on Er Xiaohua and her daughter. It seemed that the purpose of the four monks was to capture them alive and not to kill them. From this point of view, at least the mother and daughter were safe for the time being.
Now that Xiaohua and her daughter are temporarily safe, Zhang Cong has the opportunity to track their retreat route. Xiaohua is very smart. As long as she is not knocked unconscious, she should leave some traces, which may be the poisonous smoke she studied.
The colorless and odorless poisonous smoke could not be detected by others, but could be traced by the small porcelain bottle. Zhang Cong's nervousness eased somewhat and he began to search the house. Almost everything in the house changed. Only in his room, there was a sign written by Zhang Cong.
A blank piece of paper with a few words on it.
There were not many words written on the white paper, but it was written: Those who kill will also be killed.
The battlefield did not continue to search for evidence, but directly sacrificed the small porcelain bottle. The small bottle circled in the yard and flew directly outside the yard. The direction of the flight turned out to be the north of the town.
Zhang Cong no longer cared about exposing his whereabouts, so he set up his escape light and flew out of the town in the blink of an eye, following the small porcelain bottle into the mountains.
Based on the characteristics of the blood stains on the grass, Zhang Cong judged that the time when the man bled was at 11:10 last night. It was not that short a time from now. If the foundation-building monk was running with all his strength, there would be no possibility of catching up.
The only hope is that the traces left by the little flowers will not be blown away by the wind, so there is still a route to be found.
After running out of the town and into the mountains, Zhang Cong suddenly discovered that the route the monks left was all the way north. Combined with the inexplicable note, Zhang Cong judged that the person who abducted Xiaohua's mother and daughter was probably Yingge or
Among the monks that the Wang family had hired, the only one in the north related to him was Black Dragon Town, and the people he had killed were all Shadow Pavilion killers.
Does the other party want to force him to return to Black Dragon Town? For this reason, they will not hesitate to send out foundation-building monks to kidnap the little girl and the girl. The question is who leaked this news? The Liu family or the Bai family?
Zhang Cong has no time to mess with the Bai family and the Liu family now. If something happens to Xiaohua and her daughter, he will never let these two families off easily.
The traces of several people were obvious on the mountain. Even without a small bottle to guide them, Zhang Cong could trace them from the traces of vegetation. He saw these people wandering around in the mountain for a long time, then went down the mountain to a market town, and finally entered.
Got an inn.
Zhang Cong's head was full of doubts. Four monks were holding two women hostage. Why should they stay in an inn? Zhang Cong took off the hat of his concealment cloak, walked slowly into the inn, came to the counter, and then threw out a fifty-tael silver note.
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The innkeeper was startled, and the shopkeeper next to him quickly came over and asked with a smile: "Does this young master want to hire a carriage and horses?"
The boss asked this for a reason, because with so much money, apart from hiring a car and horses, he couldn't spend so much money on staying in the hotel.
Zhang Cong smiled: "I just want to ask, how many men and two women came to hire a carriage last night?"
The boss was stunned, then hesitated and said: "Just after midnight, four men in black came to hire a car with two women, saying they were going to Heilong Town."
Zhang Cong was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Are the four men dressed in a distinctive way? Are the two women injured?"
The innkeeper asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Are you always a government official?"
Zhang Cong nodded: "I am a police officer from Panlong Town. Last night, four men kidnapped two women in this town. I followed the clues and found your inn. This matter is of great importance. You must not hide anything.
To avoid getting into trouble."
The innkeeper nodded repeatedly: "Those four people were all wearing black hoods, their faces were half covered, and their appearance could not be seen clearly, but from the sound of their voices, they should all be middle-aged men. Two of them had some damaged hoods, and one
There are still blood stains on it.
The two women didn't see any injuries when they arrived, but they were all weak and had their eyes closed, as if they were sick. The man who hired the car said that the two women were seriously ill and had to hire a car to go to Heilong Town immediately, leaving behind a hundred taels.
For money, we hired a carriage and left."
Zhang Cong asked: "Do you have a handlebar or a man to follow you?"
The shop owner shook his head: "There are rules in the carriage shop. The carriages and horses of each house are marked. When they arrive at the place, the employer can deliver the carriages and horses to any inn and exchange them for the remaining silver coins. Even after paying the bill, the carriages and horses will still be there."
The inn will arrange the work back to the city, and this is the same for all carriages and horses."
Zhang Cong nodded, stopped talking nonsense, turned around and left the inn, and immediately ran quickly towards Black Dragon Town.
Several people were driving the carriage, and it wasn't going very fast. Zhang Cong quickened his pace, hoping to catch up with the carriage. He ran for three hours and caught up with more than a dozen carriages, but it didn't look right at first glance. When he arrived near Heilong Town,
At the foot of the mountain, I saw a black-covered carriage parked in the woods above and below.
Zhang Cong immediately took out the Taoist Sword and slowly reached the front of the carriage. He lifted the curtain and saw that there was no one in the carriage. There was only a faint fragrance, which was the smell of Xiaohua.
This group of people was very cunning. They abandoned the car when they got here. With such a big mountain, even if you tracked it here, you couldn't be sure which direction these people were going. Zhang Cong stood at the foot of the mountain and hesitated for a long time. He could only resort to a small
Porcelain vase, hoping to find some clues left by the flowers.
The small porcelain bottle spun around on the carriage and flew up the mountain with a whoosh. Zhang Cong immediately followed quickly, and his heart was filled with hope again.
The direction of the small porcelain bottle was indeed Heilong Town. Zhang Cong followed it for an hour, but found that the small bottle was getting slower and slower, and finally stopped in the woods.
Zhang Chongming understood that he had completely lost the clue.
There were some subtle clues on the grass on the mountain. Zhang Cong chased for a while, but found that the traces in front of him were divided into three paths, one into the mountain, all the way to Shakou Town, and another all the way to Heilong Town by taking a shortcut.
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Zhang Cong almost didn't hesitate, and followed the trail of shortcuts, heading towards Black Dragon Town.
According to his idea, the other party wanted to divert the people who were following him, but Zhang Cong had dealt with the killers of Shadow Pavilion more than once. He was very familiar with their clothes, hooded black cloak, ivy Kuai Xue, and
Combat groups with a mix of physical and martial arts are the usual methods used by Shadow Pavilion.
Moreover, what Yingge wants to do most is to lure him to the vicinity of Black Dragon Town, force him to show up, and then surround and kill him to solve his predicament.
According to Qin Yu from Bencaotang, the major sects in Linzhou, through the murder of the Shadow Pavilion killer, have all pointed their fingers at the Xuanjian Sect, which has controlled this place for more than a hundred years, and they are likely to take the opportunity to provoke a sectarian war.
They all want to take the Xuanjian Sect and take it with them.
And Shadow Pavilion is a broken ship at the cusp of the storm. If you are not careful, you will be beaten to death by the huge waves. If Shadow Pavilion wants to stand up, you need to kill yourself in front of everyone's eyes to prove your innocence, so
Able to stay out of trouble.
But the current Black Dragon Town not only has the influence of the Shadow Pavilion, but also the dark halls of the major sects and the Mingtang Xuanwu Sect of the Xuanjian Sect. He is in conflict with the Shadow Pavilion, and Zhang Cong cannot judge what other sects will do. After all, the Shadow Pavilion
If they really kill themselves in Black Dragon Town, they will have fewer excuses for their plot to overthrow the Xuanjian Sect.
Zhang Cong, who had already jumped out of this troubled circle, was forced to come to Heilong Town, a dangerous place full of dangers, because of the disappearance of Xiaohua's mother and daughter. Looking at the brightly lit Heilong Town not far away, Zhang Cong's heart was agitated.
I simply can't imagine what situation I will face next.
