Taoist chanting

Wu Youde looked at Mr. Zhang who stretched out his hands to pinch the withered stems and leaves, and said: "Qingshui Temple is located in Xihezhou Town to the northwest, about ten miles away from here. The scale is average. There seem to be five Taoist priests."

"Oh. It's been a few days since the ghost hit the wall here?"

"It seems like six or seven days..."

Before they finished speaking, the two of them looked down the turning road at the same time, and there was a man dressed as a swimmer galloping towards him.

"My lord, it's not good. That thief was snatched away, and Mr. Che was also injured."

Hearing You Xi's call, Zhang Wenfeng yelled, "Go! Go back to town!"

That person has a drunken heart flower on him, and his companions are so courageous that they broke into the office in broad daylight, injured Che Sheng, and snatched away the thief. This is self-inflicted, and those people are probably inseparable from the case.

The donkey was walking around on the sunny hillside, and when it heard the call from the temple master, it spread its hooves and stabbed diagonally.

This place makes it uncomfortable to stay in, the air smells bad, and the feeling is even more weird.

After running to the foot of the mountain, the donkey no longer seems to be spied on by someone in the dark, which is really a strange place.

"What's wrong? Is there a ghost chasing you?"

Seeing the donkey turning his head back frequently, Zhang Wenfeng teased him via voice transmission.

"There seems to be a ghost. When I was walking on the hillside, I always felt that something was 'looking' at me. It was gloomy, and my spine was cold. I couldn't find where the thing was."

The donkey didn't hide its words, it ran fast, and kept talking.

Zhang Wenfeng paused for a moment, and said via voice transmission: "Take care of the town's affairs first, and then come back when you are free. That thing didn't spy on me. It probably wanted to scare you to death. It scared you away from the hillside, and let us chase you away... ...That's right!"

"What's wrong? My lord, you don't feel comfortable talking now, you always talk in half, in the words of the old cripple, you tell me to shit and take back half of it, it's very uncomfortable..."

"It's good, don't learn, learn some nonsense."

Zhang Wenfeng gave the donkey a lesson, and the sound transmission explained: "I noticed a ghost, and I wanted to turn around and look around, but you helped me find it in advance. Let's come back later, and find a way to catch it and hide there." Wake up ghost."

"Wow, wow, dare to scare me, I caught it and put oil in it."

"..."

Hurrying back to the town, Zhang Wenfeng didn't notice that the idlers in the town were talking about the accidents in the town office, and occasionally they heard Xiheshan ghosts beating the wall. and many more.

Walking into the gate of the Red Courtyard, Xiangqi, Lizheng, and three other Youxi are all there.

Wu Youde introduced and said hello in a hasty manner. Zhang Wenfeng walked into a room that smelled of medicine. The doctor in the town was bandaging the wound on his waist and abdomen.

"Master Zhang, your subordinates are negligent..."

Seeing Zhang Wenfeng and Wu Youde come in, Che Sheng hurriedly stood up and pleaded guilty.

Zhang Wenfeng waved his hand: "Sit down and heal your wounds first, don't break the wound, talk slowly, what's going on?"

"Yes, thank you for your understanding!"

Che Sheng waited for the wounded doctor to go out and tell the story.

He also didn't expect that someone would dare to go to the public office to rob people in broad daylight before checking the criminal's body, including whether there was any poison in his mouth, and restoring the mandible of the criminal. A masked man climbed over the wall from the back of the yard and broke in through a window.

He only blocked two moves and was kicked out of the door with a knife. He couldn't get up for a while, and Zhong Youxi, who accompanied the interrogation, was punched so hard that he couldn't resist.

Zhang Wenfeng was silent for a while and asked, "Is the person here a cultivator in the Huaqi Realm?"

"It should be, his speed is extremely fast... It's almost the same as when you captured the thief, so fast that your eyeballs can't keep up."

Che Sheng made an example, raised his head and glanced at Master Zhang's face, but could not see the change in his expression.

What happened to him could be big or small. I hope Mr. Zhang can help him say a few words to Director Wu, but he doesn't know how to ask for help for a while.

"Cultivator!"

Zhang Wenfeng shook his head secretly. There were actually more monks who were not registered in the county and were unwilling to be subject to jurisdiction. This discovery made him vigilant.

Most monks who are not under the jurisdiction have no sense of awe, or have other purposes.

The intoxicating flower in Xiheshan is not a thing without an owner, but it involves the monk who suddenly appeared.

Things get more complicated and troublesome.

Chapter 67 The Hiding Place

Looking at the flank that was cut by the sharp blade, Zhang Wenfeng asked Che Sheng to put on his robes, and then he turned around and walked out of the room.

Wu Youde, who was behind him, followed, closed the door, and said in a low voice, "Sir, Che Sheng works very hard, but this is the first time something goes wrong..."

Zhang Wenfeng, who was thinking about things, looked back.

Wu Youde quickly smirked and shut his mouth, worried about causing trouble for himself.

"Old Wu, go get the carrier pigeon."

"Yes, wait a moment, come right away."

Zhang Wenfeng waved his hand, sat down on the chair against the wall in the main room facing the door, took out a small piece of Daishi from his sleeve pocket, and a small piece of paper, wrote a few lines of fine characters, and rolled the piece of paper into small strips.

Wu Youde hurried into the next room and took out the carrier pigeon cage they brought out of the mission.

He caught the pigeon, took the small strip and stuffed it into the copper tube tied to the pigeon's leg, sealed it with wax, and went out the door and threw it into the air.

The black donkey wandered around dumbly in the red yard.

It doesn't enter the animal shed next to it, and there is no female donkey lady to communicate in depth, how much does it enter the shed?

With those two ugly horses, Mo had to speak the same language, how comfortable it was to bask in the sun outside.

A few people from the village elders and Lizheng waited for the person in charge of the case from the Daolu Branch to come.

When this trouble happened, a few old foxes went out to hide for a long time, leaving only the five wanderers to obey the orders.

Zhang Wenfeng asked Wu Youde to find a few pieces of rice paper, and Lao Wu was guarding outside the door. He folded and cut the rice paper, put a few pieces on the table, and quickly sketched with the rice paper on the surface of Dai Shi, and he would be robbed. The face of the thief was drawn, and in less than a quarter of an hour, two portraits were completed.

The donkey can pass his nose without forgetting the smell, and he also has the ability to remember the features of the face when he sees people.

Unlike some people, a new colleague has met several times, changed his hairstyle or clothes, met across the street, greeted warmly, but didn't recognize him for a while, which was embarrassing.

"Old Wu, come in and get down."

Handing the portrait to Wu Youde who stepped over the threshold, Zhang Wenfeng ordered:

"Let You Xi hold the portraits in two groups, don't make any noise, go to the inn, restaurant, tea house to look for the shopkeeper, and the wharf, and ask them together, since this person haunts the town, someone must have seen it. , maybe know what's coming? Look for more clues and let them pay attention to confidentiality and safety."

He was thinking that if Fu Gujing was here, he should be more organized than him.

Fortunately, he learned some experience last time, otherwise he would be blind.

Case investigation is different from cultivation. In Fu Gujing's words, case investigation requires "dare to doubt, observe carefully, be good at discovering, and follow through." He thinks it makes sense, and he can draw inferences from one case if he has a lot of experience.

Wu Youde took a look at the portrait, and was immediately shocked. It was too similar, and the young and old Mr. Zhang was hidden.

I remembered the time when the chicken crowed thief's den was wiped out more than ten days ago. There were well-informed rumors that the courtyard had hired a portrait master to draw a dead female thief so vividly that the case could be broken so quickly.

"Yes, I will explain it clearly to them, and let them find clues and don't panic."

Lao Wu is an old man from Daolu Branch, and he knows how to handle cases.

I thought that Master Zhang would wait for the reply from Master Wu before taking action. After all, in the face of the new daring thief cultivator, there is nothing wrong with being careful.

Zhang Wenfeng nodded and walked around the main room thinking.

He has already reported the latest situation. He will continue to investigate the case in his own way. If he can find the thief's base in the town, it would be best to find out how many accomplices the thief has, and then he will act on the camera.

Don't be impulsive, don't be rash, have a general understanding of the situation, make a plan, and feel that you have seven or eight points of confidence. I chose it in the dead of night at night, and led Lao Wu, Youxi, Xiang Yong and others to make a surprise attack. It is still possible to guard the prisoners by shouting loudly.

A thief will always feel guilty in the face of the government, and he will feel weak before he fights. This is why Fu Gujing and Yun Qiuhe dare to lead five or six Daolu branch staff to go out to inspect and handle cases alone, and it will take many days once they come out. the reason.

What law enforcement guards sharpen is courage, and courage is strong, and strong qi is beneficial to breaking through the boundaries of cultivation.

He has a donkey to help him secretly fight sap, and it is not a big problem to deal with two cultivators in the Qi Realm, and he is not afraid of three.

In such a small place, the possibility of another three thief monks appearing is so low that it is almost impossible.

How long does it take for the aura to rise?

It is recorded in the classics that the emergence of a large number of monks must be decades or a hundred years later. Whether it is the concentration of spiritual energy, the natural treasures in the wild, and the cultivation methods, there are more than now, and it is possible to popularize them.

If a monk is really a Chinese cabbage in a vegetable field, how many can he hit with one kick?

The gathering of a bunch of thieves monks at the Shengzhi Temple in Jiming Mountain was a very special case.

After waiting for half an hour to read the book in the town hall, there was still no message from the flying pigeon.

There was an urgent sound of footsteps in the yard. Old Wu, who was sitting quietly with him in the main room, quickly got up. A wanderer broke in, unable to restrain his excitement, and whispered, "Sir, find the clue to the thief's hiding place."

Zhang Wenfeng stood up and collected the book, but his expression did not change, and asked, "Where?"

Wu Youde was a little excited. The bigger the case, the more generous the reward. He didn't expect to receive feedback so quickly.

"Xie Lao Caijia from the west end of the town. A pier broker happened to recognize the person in the portrait. He said that yesterday morning, a passenger boat arrived from the upper reaches of Yuanyang County. Robbing for business, the customer was impatiently entangled by him, tilted his head and scolded him, his eyes were the same as the person in the portrait, very vicious."

"Later, he saw the guests get on the pier, and he talked to Xie Lao Cai, who was waiting for them, and left together."

You Xi finished speaking quickly, and added: "I gave Lao Liu three big money to tell him not to chew his tongue, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense with a few courages. He knows it's amazing."

Zhang Wenfeng pondered and asked, "How many were there with Xie Lao Cai at that time?"

"Lao Liu just glanced at him, but didn't notice how many of them followed Jie Lao Cai. Should I go and find out more?"

"No need for now. You've done a good job. This case will be credited to you. Now you go quietly and call back the other two who were looking for someone with the portrait. Make sure not to startle the snakes!"

Zhang Wenfeng fought against the thief for a very short time, and he was deeply impressed by the fierce and rebellious eyes of the man under the hat, and he deliberately exaggerated it a little when he painted it.

Glancing at Old Wu.

Old Wu smiled and patted the young Youxi on the shoulder, stuffed a handful of copper coins, and said, "I can't let you do things out of your own pocket, hurry up!"

"Yes, yes, I went."

Seeing Youxu happily running out, Zhang Wenfeng said to Old Wu: "With a goal, it's convenient for us to arrange our next steps. Go and invite Zhong Youxu, who was injured on duty, and let's understand the situation of the old wealthy family."

"Sir, wait a minute, I'll call him right away."

Wu Youde just ran out and said in surprise, "Hey, the carrier pigeon has returned."

With the flapping of his wings, Old Wu held the carrier pigeon in both hands and ran into the door again. He checked Master Zhang to see that the copper tube on the leg of the pigeon was completely sealed with wax. Then he crushed the wax skin and took out a folded strip and handed it to Master Zhang. He took it himself. The pigeons went back to the room and put them in the cages.

Zhang Wenfeng shook the reply note, read it twice, and put the note in his sleeve pocket.

Master Wu asked him to act cheaply, and he must ensure his own safety. Tomorrow noon, Yun Qiuhe will come to Xihezhou Town to help him after finishing his work. The reply did not mention the ecstatic flowers he wrote by the way.

He guessed that Master Wu might not know much about Lingzhi medicinal materials.

The cultivator's energy is limited, and it is impossible to dabble in everything, and because of his interest, he intends to develop in the direction of refining medicine and alchemy. Although the practice time is short, he has seen more. It happened to be from the "Lingzhi Materia Medica Records" left by the master. "In the book, I saw the record of Enchanted Flower.

Knowing that the flower of ecstasy opens when the sun goes down and twilight, and converges at sunrise.

After being intoxicated with the flowers, the fragrance of the flowers is strong and poisonous, which can cause various strange hallucinations when inhaled.

It is not surprising to be mistaken for being beaten by a ghost.

He just didn't expect that there was a ghost hidden on the mountain. I don't know if it was a coincidence, or was it man-made?

Chapter 68 Catch a thief at night and chase after him

As night fell, the courtyard on the east side of the town hall was brightly lit.

Zhang Wenfeng had a pile of scattered papers in his hand. After discussing it with Lao Wu and Che Sheng, he instructed the five wanderers in the town to use the method of throwing copper coins to give benefits, through the streets of idlers, green leather, and various methods. way to collect secretly.

The snake has its way, and the rat has its way.

You Xi wanted to know something about a certain local family, and he had their connections.

For example, by asking the dealers, you can know the types and quantities of vegetables that Xie's family buys these days, and so on.

Passed a stack of papers to Wu Youde who was sitting opposite, and Che Sheng, who was in better spirits, said with a smile:

"Look again, if there are really only three outsiders in Xie Laocai's family and they haven't left in the afternoon, then let's close the net early tonight, and they basically won't escape."

One person counts short, two counts long.

He alone knows limited handling methods, so he naturally discussed countermeasures with Old Wu.

Make Lao Wu feel that he is being reused and flattered.

Besides, after seeing Mr. Zhang's methods, how dare he not try his best to help out ideas, think of ways, and strive to make more contributions. He thought that Mr. Zhang deliberately tested his level of handling cases, so he dared not be negligent.

Later, Che Sheng, who was recovering from his injuries, was also called out to make suggestions together.