Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

The ground sank into a big pit shaped like auspicious clouds, and Shen Yao rushed over immediately, only to see a pool of water inside the pit, deep and unfathomable.

Xuan Qi also quickly rushed over from the wall, the tension from hitting the stone bricks just now has not been relieved from his whole body.

Shen Yao glanced at him with a smile on his face, and there was a glimmer of hope in Xuan Qi's eyes.

Shen Yao said, "This may be the 'cloud' mentioned in the nursery rhyme, and the water channel here may lead to the outside."

"This is the end of the matter, the only thing left is to go into the water." Lu Zangming also came over and ordered Xuan Qi, "You go into the water first."

"Yes!"

Xuan Qi was about to jump into the water, but was pulled by Shen Yao violently.

"Master Lu, Mr. Shen has better water skills, so let me go down."

Said, not allowing Lu Zangming to refute, took a deep breath, and jumped into the water.

Startled, Xuan Qi bent over to look under the water, opened his mouth slightly, then forcibly closed it, and stood back behind Lu Zangming.

Lu Zangming glanced at him with some inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

After a while, Shen Yao broke through the water with a "crash".

Xuan Qi rushed over to pull him, he grabbed Xuan Qi's hand and squeezed it, then let go to hold the edge of the pit, waved his hand, but didn't go ashore, the water droplets kept falling down his hair, he said famously to Lu Zang, "There is a channel underwater. If you swim downstream, there is a drop at the other end of the channel. I didn't approach it, but it seems that if you want to get out, you have to go down and try."

Lu Zangming was choked up for a moment, and then laughed, "Haha, a certain Lu has gone through hundreds of crises in his life, big and small, and the road is in front of him, so of course he has to go through it!"

"Lord Lu is proud," Shen Yao said, "If that's the case, follow me!"

Shen Yao fought in the front, Lu Zangming swam in the middle, and Xuan Qi followed behind.

The underwater light is weak, and when you reach out and look around, you can touch the stone wall.

The three of them swam forward for a not-too-long distance, and there was a knocking sound on the stone wall in front of them. It should be Shen Yao reminding them that the water was about to fall.

Xuan Qi continued to swim forward, the sound of the water became rumbling, and the speed of the water also increased. The next moment, Xuan Qi felt his body suddenly fall, being threatened and impacted by the rolling water, and completely lost his autonomy. They slapped his body from all directions, trying to squeeze into his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, without giving him a chance to breathe. He closed his eyes and breath, and fell with the waves.

This process didn't last long, Xuan Qi felt that he had crashed into a water surface, the trend of falling gradually slowed down, and the surrounding water also calmed down.He opened his eyes, and the surrounding light became brighter, and he was indeed underwater.

Xuan Qi looked up and saw two figures swimming upstream. He recognized at a glance that it was Shen Yao who was supporting Lu Qingming in the water, and the two of them were almost swimming out of the water.

As soon as Xuan Qi's heart relaxed, the dull pain in his chest suddenly became severe, his lungs felt like thousands of needles pricking him, and the pain spread from his chest to his limbs. The strands are bright red, and then slowly spread and fade.

Xuan Qi turned his back up, his body sank slowly in the water, and the faint red in front of his eyes was always lingering. Through the red, he saw the two figures above his head swimming out of the water and swimming towards the shore, his vision changed. It becomes blurred, and consciousness gradually disappears...

Are there really sharks in the world?Xuan Qi felt that he had seen it.

As soon as that figure jumped into the water, he stepped on the waves and followed the fish, his long hair was scattered like clouds, the sea was bright and the moon was shining, and his tears became beads. , overlapping with Shen Yao's face in his mind.Such a beautiful merman, who would be willing to let him cry?Xuan Qi looked at the merman stretching out his hand, thinking so.The merman not only held his hand, but also pressed his lips to his lips, fresh air flowed over continuously, Xuan Qi sucked it with difficulty, but he was thinking in his mind, why even the touch on his lips was so uncomfortable? So like.He suddenly became frightened, could it be that Mr. Shen also drowned?This guess made him start to struggle, but he felt a strong squeeze on his chest and abdomen. He only felt a nausea, and turned his head to vomit.

The dense fog surrounding his body dissipated instantly, and the mermaid disappeared without a trace. Someone was calling his name in his ear, anxious and concerned. It was Shen Yao's voice, and Xuan Qi recognized it immediately.He opened his eyes with some difficulty, and found that he was lying on the grass by the bank, the sky was dim, and he was just about to turn his head to look for Shen Yao's figure, but he was embraced by someone and hugged him into his arms.

"Mr. Shen..." Xuan Qi called softly. He didn't know when he was used to the embrace of that person. It was firm and warm, and because they were so close to each other, he always had a feeling of their heartbeats overlapping. .

Shen Yao first stroked his back with his hand, as if comforting a child, then let him go slightly, looked at his face with distressed eyes, wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand, and said, "You just now Drowning, I finally spit out the water I drank.”

Shen Yao's gaze was so gentle that Xuan Qi had the illusion of drowning for the second time. He asked in a daze, "Is Mr. Shen also drowning?"

Hearing his question, Shen Yao suddenly smiled, hugged him into his arms again, put his face next to his ear, and said softly, "Yes, I will be with you from the sky into the water, and you can take it wherever you go. You get it back."

Hearing Shen Yao's words, Xuan Qi was in a daze, and when he came back to his senses, he had already hugged Shen Yao back.

Shen Yao hugged him tightly, and heard that he was still pursing his lips and coughing, so he gently stroked his back again and again.

Xuan Qi narrowed his eyes, involuntarily approached Shen Yao, and slowly leaned his head on his shoulder.

"Is it hard?" Shen Yao turned her head to ask him, and her warm lips brushed against his ear inadvertently.

Xuan Qi straightened up, and Shen Yao noticed that his ears were red.

The light in Xuan Qi's eyes flickered, lingering on Shen Yao's face for a while, then lowered his eyes and shook his head, then raised his head and asked anxiously, "Where is the owner?"

Shen Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "He's fine, resting under the tree over there."

Xuan Qi looked over a big rock beside him, and saw that under a tree not far away, Lu Zangming was sitting cross-legged, with his palms turned upwards, exercising his kung fu and adjusting his breath.

He panicked, stood up quickly, and said, "I'll go see the owner."

Shen Yao watched the back of him running all the way to the owner, sighed forcefully, curled his lips, and followed.

The mountains and forests are in danger.

The map on Shen Yao's body had been spoiled, and after the three of them discussed, they headed east, planning to find a village as soon as possible before making any plans.

During the day, they encountered a chase. There were seven or eight people who came, and there was no masked leader among them. A state of internal disturbance.

Shen Yao tried to whistle several times in the mountains, and in the evening, he actually called the black horse back, and the black horse led them to find a hidden cave.

In the dim night, a fire was lit in the cave.

Lu Zangming practiced his kung fu and adjusted his breath in the cave, and asked Shen Yao to protect the Dharma.

Xuan Qi took off the water bladder on the black horse, went to the river to fill it with water, went to the forest and hunted two pheasants, plucked them outside, cleaned them up, brought them back and roasted them on the fire.

When the pheasant gave off a tempting aroma, Lu Zangming accepted the work and called Shen Yao to sit around the fire together.

During the day, because of avoiding hunting and hurrying, they only picked some wild fruits and wrapped their stomachs in a hurry.Now smelling the fragrance of the chicken, Shen Yao had already twitched his index finger, sat down in a hurry, turned around and wanted to call Xuan Qi, but saw Xuan Qi came to Lu Zangming's side, knelt down on one knee, handed over the water bag, and poured water Let Lu Zangming wash his hands.Lu Zangming didn't even look at him, just dipped his hands in water and rubbed them.

Xuan Qi took a few steps on his knees, came to Shen Yao's side, and also handed over the water bag.

When Shen Yao saw him rushing in and out just now, his heart ached so much, and now he was even more depressed.

Seeing that he didn't reach out his hand, Xuan Qi said, "Please wash your hands, young master", and kept holding the water bag.

Shen Yao frowned, dipped his hand into the water, and signaled Xuan Qi to be fine.

Xuan Qi put the water bag aside, distributed two roast chickens to Lu Zangming and Shen Yao, and then retreated behind Lu Zangming to kneel quietly.

Shen Yao felt that something was wrong when Xuan Qi was divided into chickens, and now he couldn't sit still anymore. He tried to use a more ordinary tone, and said to Lu Zang, "Master Lu, walking in the rivers and lakes, there is no taboo, let Xuan Qi and Let's eat together."

"..." Xuan Qi looked up at him, then quickly lowered his head.

"Don't worry about him," Lu Zangming replied casually, "A servant, according to the rules, of course he will eat the leftovers from the master." He motioned for Shen Yao to eat, and he tore off a chicken leg and began to bite.

"..." Shen Yao frowned.

Lu Zangming looked at him, seeming to think of something, and said, "Actually, Lu has wanted to ask for a long time, what is the relationship between Mr. Shen and the owner of Liuyun Village in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Shen Yao was startled, the expression on his face changed in an instant, and finally he said lightly, "It's my father."

There was a sly smile on Lu Zangming's face, he put down the grilled chicken in his hand, and said, "Sure enough, Mr. Lu guessed right. Mr. Lu and your father have met for several times. Mr. Shen looks quite similar to your father. What a tiger!" Father has no dogs. Mr. Shen has rescued him this time, and Lu has not yet formally thanked him. Thank you Mr. Shen." As he spoke, he punched Shen Yaoxuxu.

Shen Yao hurriedly returned the gift, "Vendor Master Lu speaks seriously, since I am employed by the Wulin League, this is my job."

Lu Zangming smiled, and signaled to Shen Yao to start eating, Shen Yao had no choice but to agree, stretched out his hand to tear off a chicken wing, and began to eat slowly.

Lu Zangming said again, "Looking at Mr. Shen's martial arts, there is little shadow of Liuyun Villa, but it seems to be from the Taiwei sect."

"The tutor is the real Yu Subaru of the Taiwei Sect. I left home to study with my teacher since I was a child, and I didn't spend much time in Liuyun Villa." Shen Yao replied.

Owner Lu became interested, and chatted with him about his family and his family. Shen Yao didn't want to go into too much detail, so he took the opportunity to change the topic to the case. He asked about Lu Zangming's situation on the day he disappeared and the days when he was arrested. , also told Lu Zangming the current progress of the case.

"According to what you said, I was taken captive here because I was drugged that day."

"That's right, and the person who robbed you is probably from the village."

"You said there are spies from the Devil's Cult in the village?"

"I can't be sure yet... so when I return to the villa this time, I ask the owner to keep the information we have already got secret, so as not to scare the snake away."

"It makes sense." Lu Zangming thought about it, "During the few days I was imprisoned, the masked leader only appeared once, and I really couldn't see who he would be."

"Since he intends to hide it, he must have made sufficient preparations." Shen Yao said, "According to what you said, they want to use drugs to completely control you, and let outsiders see that you are conscious and normal?"

"That's right, those minions are not so tight-lipped. I even heard and guessed to figure out their intentions."

"If you use the secret medicine, you can turn people into puppets without leaving any traces, and then directly control the villa behind your back. It's really easy." Shen Yao said, he thought for a while, and then asked, "I don't know if the owner of the villa still remembers, two years ago Hidden Name Villa once seized a secret scroll from the Demon Sect, and then this secret scroll was stolen and destroyed?"

Lu Zangming thought for a while, and said, "I remember. The person who stole the book was originally a disciple of Wutang, and he also participated in the battle to encircle and suppress the branch of the Demon Sect. After he was discovered, he pleaded guilty and committed suicide. We searched for him. The token of the Devil's Cult has arrived. Is there any problem with this matter?"

"The evidence is too perfect, but it's a bit strange. Shen has an intuition that the reappearance of the magic sect's secret medicine may have something to do with this matter. Master Lu, can you remember anything special about the stolen scroll?" ?”

Lu Zangming closed his eyes slightly, blinked and said, "Actually, I had the same suspicion as you back then. In the case of the theft, the perpetrator committed suicide, and the secret volume was destroyed according to his words. Everything came to an abrupt end. It ended too suddenly. So later, I sent someone to investigate this martial arts disciple's home."

"Did you find anything?" Shen Yao hurriedly asked.

Lu Zangming shook his head and said, "When the investigators arrived at his house, they found that the house was empty. After asking the neighbors, they learned that his parents and wife suddenly moved away a day or two before the incident happened. No one knows where they moved."

"Oh? This is too strange. Did you find anything later?"

"No, that's the end of the matter."

Shen Yao lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, "Master Lu, do you still remember where that family lives?"

"Why, after two years, do you still want to inquire again?" Lu Zangming asked.

"Well, Shen doesn't want to let go of any clues."

Lu Zangming tilted his head, frowned and thought for a while, then announced three words - "Sanhe Town".

The fire was flickering, and there were leftovers from the meal.

With the residual poison of the test medicine on his body, Lu Zangming found a place to sit down in the cave and continued to adjust his breath.

Xuan Qi went to the fire to clean up. According to the rules, he could eat the leftovers left by the host and guests.

The chicken Lu Zangming had eaten was only the chicken head and a pile of bones. Just as Xuan Qi was about to pick up the chicken head, Shen Yao walked over calmly, and stretched out his hand behind his back in front of him. The roast chicken stuck on the branch appeared in front of Xuan Qi, and the chicken had only two wings torn off.

Xuan Qi's eyes widened, he opened his mouth to make a mouth shape, and made a sound with his breath, asking, "Why didn't you eat, my lord?"

Shen Yao also mouthed back to him, "I can't eat it if you don't eat it. The chicken legs are left for you, eat it quickly."

Xuan Qi shook his head, "I don't need it, you can eat it, my lord."

Shen Yao glared at him, "Eat quickly, or I'll get angry." He took him by the hand and prepared to sit by the fire.

Xuan Qi suddenly pulled him with his backhand, not letting him move, Shen Yao felt strange, but Xuan Qi took a step closer to him, as if he was stepping on something, Shen Yao turned his head to see, Xuan Qi pulled him, and He sat down together.

Shen Yao glanced at Lu Zangming, saw that his eyes were closed and his energy was concentrated, so he quickly kissed Xuan Qi on the face, and saw that Xuan Qi's face was slightly red.

Shen Yao handed him the grilled chicken, and mouthed, "Eat it, I'll watch you."

As he spoke, he supported his knees with one hand, raised his chin, and looked at Xuan Qi with a smile, his eyes seemed to be sparkling, warm and moving.

Xuan Qi looked a little embarrassed by him, thanked him, picked up the roast chicken, he broke off a chicken leg, and handed it to Shen Yao first, Shen Yao was startled, took it with a smile, and put the chicken leg into Xuan Qi's hand. When the chicken is touched, it seems to be in the gesture of cheering.Xuan Qi pursed the corners of his upturned mouth, and when he saw Shen Yao started eating, he also started to eat.

After eating chicken with Xuan Qi, Shen Yao felt in a good mood.

Xuan Qi added some dead branches to the fire, fanned the fire, and said to Shen Yao in a low voice, "Xuan Qi is going to watch the night at the entrance of the cave, the young master should rest early." After speaking, he turned and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Shen Yao let out a soft "Hey", Xuan Qi turned his head, just as Shen Yao was about to speak to him, suddenly he felt a numbness in his back, he lost consciousness instantly, and fell limply to the ground.

Xuan Qi's face changed in shock, and he quickly reached out his hand to help him, but the other hand quickly supported him from behind Shen Yao, and put him on the ground.The owner of that hand ordered, "Xuan Qi, come with me."

Xuan Qi was stunned, his eyes trembled, and he replied, "Yes, the owner!"