White clothes bind me [cat and mouse]

Along the way, Nie Cheng led the way, Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang walked beside him, and Cao Xu walked behind.

They came to two consecutive empty places that might be Tengu's hiding place, but unfortunately they didn't find Tengu.

When they reached the third place, Zhan Zhao and Cao Xu searched around, finally shook their heads and said, "No one is seen here."

Nie Cheng sighed, and suddenly regretted bringing them to these places. I'm afraid they would end up with nothing and let everyone be happy for nothing.

Bai Yutang stood behind him, because Nie Cheng didn't like him very much, and because Zhan Zhao told him not to move around, to protect Nie Cheng where he was, watching Zhan Zhao and Cao Xu search around.

He saw Nie Cheng's expression was a bit disappointed. It may be that as an insider of this matter, Nie Cheng had been placed with a lot of hope, and he felt it himself. Although he was very happy to help Zhan Zhao, seeing Zhan Zhao and Cao Before Xu found anyone, he began to doubt himself.

Bai Yutang's cool voice sounded behind Nie Cheng: "So you were brought up by your Uncle Yue?"

When Nie Cheng heard that he was talking to him, his neck shrank from the cold, but he still replied: "Yes."

It was rare for Bai Yutang to take the initiative to ask questions, trying to distract him: "Then you didn't ask, who are your parents? Where are you from?"

Nie Cheng was stunned, then lowered his head and said, "Uncle Yue would tell me sometimes when he was conscious, but what he said was so strange, I thought he was talking nonsense, and I didn't take it to heart."

Bai Yutang said, "Let's hear it?"

Zhan Zhao and Cao Xu also heard this conversation and couldn't help but stop, maybe they could get some clues about Tengu from it.

Nie Cheng said: "Uncle Yue said that I belong to the Yueyao family and live on an island in the sea. The people there live a happy life on the sea, but one of them couldn't help but open the taboo door and let out the demons." They ate all the people on the island, but because I was a child, I escaped from Uncle Yue's arms, so I survived."

Bai Yutang frowned. It was indeed a strange story, but as a child, Nie Cheng never believed it, which was very surprising: "Why don't you believe it?"

Nie Cheng rubbed the back of his head and said, "Because Uncle Yue said that people of our family are very good at water and can hold their breath underwater for a long time, but I'm a landlubber! I can't swim!"

Zhan Zhao listened behind him and couldn't help but nodded.

The sorrow of landlubbers!

Bai Yutang said: "Then who is your Uncle Yue? Why was he able to rescue you from the island?"

Nie Cheng looked up at him and said silently: "Uncle Yue said that he is a dead man from hell, so he is not afraid of demons."

Gongsun Ce finally sat on the seat and listened to the words, and looked at the three people who were waiting for an answer.

Because of Nie Cheng's emotions, Zhan Zhao felt that it was better not to act too hastily. After all, Tiangou was raised by Nie Cheng. I'm afraid Nie Cheng also felt awkward about his own existence.Since the Tengu hasn't hurt anyone yet, Zhan Zhao temporarily slowed down his search for the Tengu, and instead decided to attack from other directions.

So they found Mr. Gongsun according to Nie Cheng's words, hoping to get some useful clues from this extensive scholar.

Gongsun Ce took a big sip of tea and replied after a long rest: "I've never heard of the Moon Demon Clan, but judging from their names, they are people who live under the moon, so they can be called like that, and they are people who have learned water at sea. There are too many island groups, the sea is infinite, and there are tens of thousands of islands on it, and even books cannot record them all."

After hearing Gongsun Ce's words, everyone was a little disappointed. It seems that even Mr. Gongsun, who has a rich family, doesn't know such a strange ethnic group.

"But." Mr. Gongsun suddenly sold another lawsuit, which immediately attracted the attention of many people, "I have heard a story."

Immediately, Zhan Zhao immediately pricked up his ears, waiting for Gongsun Ce to start speaking.

Bai Yutang was still a little confused, and saw that Zhan Zhao had pulled him by the sleeve to make him sit down, and whispered to him, "Every time Mr. Gongsun tells a story, it must be something new and unheard of."

Bai Yutang looked at Cao Xu on the side, although he didn't seem to know what was going to happen, but he looked at Gongsun Ce with great interest, and he was the only one in his eyes.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and sat down next to Zhan Zhao.

So it's time for the afternoon tea to start listening to the story.

Gongsun Ce cleared his throat and said: "I heard that a long time ago, probably during the previous dynasty, there was an island in a place more than a hundred miles away, and the people on the island lived and worked in peace and lived a very stable life. .”

"However, the officials at that time heard from nowhere that there was a magical gemstone on this island, which is said to be able to revive the dead and live a hundred years. When the officials who were afraid of death heard about it, they ordered their subordinates to go to the island to destroy the treasure. But for the people on the island, the gem is a sacred object on the island, if it is lost, their entire island will cease to exist."

"But the simple people on the island did not expect the official to be insidious and cunning. His subordinates pretended to be lost sea travelers. After they landed on the island, they poisoned the only source of fresh water on the island. After poisoning everyone, they died on the island. found the gem that was put on display on the island."

"Just as the islanders thought, after his subordinates pried the gems off, a flash of lightning struck the sea in a clear sky, followed by heavy rain and thunder. When his subordinates wanted to escape, he met a thousand-year-old The great and rare dragon sucked up the water and sucked the whole island into the sky with his ship and the jewel in his hand, and then the island was submerged, and the officials died of sudden illness."

"As the islanders said, the island disappeared into the sea, and the official died of illness soon due to unknown reasons. People who knew about this matter are talking about him. He was cursed by the islanders because he Someone touches something sacred to the islanders."

After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, Cao Xu asked enthusiastically, "Where did the last gem go? Did it sink to the bottom of the sea?"

Gongsun Ce remained silent, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other. They suddenly remembered the rumor and the ruby ​​in Zhou Shilang's house.

If it is true that the ruby ​​should sink to the bottom of the sea at this time as the rumors say, even if there are fishing boats fishing, it is impossible to catch the ruby ​​from the bottom of the sea. I am afraid that someone made up this story to deceive others.

Zhan Zhao tentatively asked: "Mr. Gongsun, could it be that Nie Chengcheng is from that island? Who is that dog?"

Could it be that Tengu was the subordinate, he couldn't bear to stay on the island as a child in the end, and finally brought him out?

Gongsun Ce shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. I'm just an assistant. It's up to you to solve the case."

Zhan Zhao was a little helpless. Although he had heard the story, after Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he felt that the case was getting more and more chaotic.

It's just that he didn't expect that Gongsun Ce asked again: "Master Zhan thinks why Tiangu is unwilling to appear now?"

Zhan Zhao is not a stupid person. After Gongsun Ce mentioned something, he suddenly remembered: "Tiangou is unwilling to appear because he is afraid that the poison on his body will harm people! Judging from his protection of Nie Cheng, he must be Nearby!"

Gongsun Ce looked like a teachable child, and then stopped talking.

Zhan Zhao asked: "Mr. Gongsun, can you cure the Gu poison on the Tengu?"

Mr. Gongsun said: "After my understanding of the patient, although this kind of Gu poison is troublesome, it is no problem to detoxify it."

Zhan Zhao must hammered and said: "In this case, I will send someone to spread the news, saying that Mr. Gongsun has cured the patient's Gu poison. Although Tiangou will go crazy from time to time, he is definitely willing to be cured of the Gu poison on his body. Judging from Cheng Zai's situation in the county government, the Tengu should show up obediently."

So the yamen servants quickly spread the news according to Zhan Zhao's instructions, and then it was time to wait for someone to obediently come to the door.

Zhan Zhao solved one matter, and immediately felt a lot more relaxed. He looked at Bai Yutang who was thinking at the side, leaned over and asked, "Yutang, what did you think of?"

Bai Yutang raised his head, frowned and said, "Why do I feel that the island Mr. Gongsun mentioned is so familiar?"

Zhan Zhao responded softly, and stretched out his hand to smooth the frown on his forehead: "Don't worry too much, solving the case is my business, you don't need to think too much."

Bai Yutang looked at him who seemed to be confident, and couldn't help asking, "What do you know?"

Zhan Zhao took out a letter in his hand, which seemed to be a superstition of sending letters through flying pigeons, and said: "I arranged for Zhao Hu to follow Qinniang before, but now Zhao Hu sent me the message, and Qinniang is hiding in Fenghuang now." In the habitat, it seems that these cases are all connected."

"The red jade cup was taken by the people behind Fengqilou. I have already asked Shen Qing about the missing escort from the Daqing escort agency. He said he knew what was inside."

Bai Yutang questioned and waited for Zhan Zhao to speak.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "It's the treasure map that the Demon Sect wants."

Bai Yutang twitched the corner of his mouth: "It sounds like someone believed that sentence."

Zhan Zhao nodded.

That sentence—the red jade comes out, the moon ghost is red, the living dead, the demon city.

Bai Yutang said: "The red jade is the ruby ​​on the white jade cup, and the moon ghost refers to the tengu?"

The living dead are easy to understand, but where is the Yaoxuan City?

Zhan Zhao said, "Maybe the treasure map refers to the location of Yaoxuan City."

Bai Yutang said, "But what does the locksmith's death have to do with these cases?"

Zhan Zhao said: "Could it be that the Yaoxuan City needs a key, but the people in the Fengqi Building have not found it?"

But he quickly stroked his chin again and said, "No...something is not quite right here."

I don't know how many people there are in Fengqi Building, but the locksmith case, in terms of style, doesn't look like that group of people did it, but why did they kill the locksmith?