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Chapter 1395: Snow in June (Part 1395) [Happy New Year]

[My Lord, the lives of cattle and horses are also lives. ]

Shen Tang initially sent Wu You to the Northeast Continent to investigate the situation.

Wu You was unwilling, and he kept complaining in the first few days, protesting to the original body from time to time: [You can't just squeeze me to death just because I'm the incarnation and you're the original body... We are from the same roots, why are you so anxious to hurt me? ]

Shen Benzun Tang is overwhelmed by countless tasks.

The more I listened, the more annoyed I became: [What are you complaining about? How about you come back and let's switch places? You sit in the office every day, and I go out for some fresh air? It's good enough for me to go out for some fresh air, and you're still being so rude to me? ]

Even though the incarnation was himself, Shen Tang still felt that Wu You was ungrateful - if it was a cow or a horse, then what was he?

The best of the best?

[Stop complaining, get to work!] Working in the office is too painful, and arguing with myself has become a daily way to relieve my mood.

Shen Wuyou Tang: [……]

Just when we were about to reach our destination, I changed my mind again.

Tan Ting is missing and his whereabouts are unknown.

All the resources in the Central Region were used to find Tan Ting's whereabouts, but Yuan Liang used the connections of the branch of the Gods Society to find no news. He only sent back a guess that Tan Ting might have been a traitor after being out of contact for a long time. I have only one request - I want to see her alive or dead!

[Hey, how do I find this? ]

What’s the difference between finding someone and looking for a needle in a haystack?

Although Wuyou complained that she was a cheap cow and horse, she did not delay a single day in her actions. Wuyou and the deity were one and the same, and the more the deity worried about Tan Ting, the more Wuyou worried. She traveled day and night to the place where Tan Ting was last seen.

I just hope it’s not too late.

Shen Tang suppressed his anxiety and sat in the teahouse where he had agreed to meet with the contact. There were three copper coins of different sizes on the table.

When she drank the third bowl of tea, a porter in coarse linen came over to share a table with her. The porter was tall and had a dark and shiny complexion. One could tell at a glance that he had worked outside in the sun for a long time. He drank three bowls in one breath as soon as he sat down.

He wiped his mouth when his eyes fell on the three copper coins.

The porter said nothing, just paid the bill and got up.

Shen Tang paid the bill with three copper coins, picked up the bamboo hat on the table and put it on his head, covering most of his face with a veil, and slowly followed the porter into a winding dark alley. There was little light in the dark alley, and the surrounding scenery became increasingly cramped and damp, with a foul smell in the air.

[It’s a dead end.]

【Why are you following me? 】

A hoarse male voice suddenly sounded in the dark alley, containing a threat.

Until Shen Tang said the secret code for contact in a calm voice.

【The sun and the moon hang high in the sky, shining brightly for eternity.】

As he finished speaking, a pool of sticky black liquid was seen wriggling out from the shadows under his feet. The liquid became more and more, and gradually condensed into a human figure. The black shadow gradually became clearer, and it was the porter in the teahouse. He clasped his fists and said: [The mountains and rivers are still and the four seasons are clear. ]

This informant was rescued by Qishan when he was exiled to another country in his early years.

The elderly, young and infirm at home needed his care, so he could not travel with Qishan, so he could only stay in his hometown to make a living, and send some news to Qishan from time to time, hoping to help his benefactor. Qishan killed seven masters in a few short years, and without a stable foothold, it was difficult for the two sides to communicate. Later, as Shen Tang gradually gained a foothold and Qishan began to seize power in the branch, he reconnected with the porter.

Although the porter was disabled and had little martial energy, he had a rare talent that allowed him to temporarily dissolve into the shadows. It was also thanks to this skill that he was able to keep his breath on the battlefield, allowing Qi Shan, who was passing by, to have the opportunity to drag him out of the pile of dead bodies.

Qishan gave him several sets of secret codes before leaving.

If someone comes with a secret code, this person can be trusted.

This wait lasted for more than ten years.

The porter asked with concern: [How is my benefactor doing? ]

Shen Tang: [My wife and daughter are both here, and my career is successful, which is great.]

Su Shang is Qi Shan's formally engaged "wife", and they have been together for more than ten years. Qi Miao is his adopted daughter, and he himself is successful in his career, and has been appointed as the Minister of the Central Secretariat and conferred the title of Grand Tutor. How could it not be good?

The porter's eyes showed a hint of joy visibly.

【That's good, that's good. 】

Shen Tang said: [I came here to ask you about someone.]

[The messenger may give his orders.]

With Tan Ting's peerless appearance, it is impossible for anyone who has seen him to not have an impression of him. In order to make it easier for the porters to identify him, Shen Tang even deliberately copied his portrait: [This is the peerless beauty in the painting. ]

Shen Tang carefully unfolded the scroll.

Watching the porter's reaction with some anticipation.

【Have you ever seen or heard of this person? 】

Porter: [……]

He was originally full of confidence. The moment he saw the portrait, he asked Shen Tang again: [The morning light is dim and the moon is setting? ]

Shen Tang: [The sun and the moon shine together...illuminating the universe?]

Do you need to check the code again to see a painting? ? ? After checking the code, the porter looked at the portrait with an indescribable expression, frowning so hard that he wanted to pinch the whole family of flies to death. After carefully looking at it several times, it seemed like a problem from the last century. He was really in a difficult situation now. First, he had never seen such a sloppy wood figure, and second, he couldn't equate it with the four words "peerless beauty" against his will. He once suspected that Shen Tang was fake.

But both sets of codes matched.

This can't be fake, right?

[I have never seen such a person.]

Normal people wouldn't look this sloppy...

Shen Tang: [Then could you help me find out about this nearby? According to the information we received earlier, he has appeared nearby.]

As he was speaking, Shen Tang remembered another feature.

The Wenxin monogram of Tan Ting.

Different people have different aesthetic tastes and will describe the same appearance differently, but the characteristics of the Bunshin monogram should not be much different.

Porter: [……]

Not sure, let him think about it again.

The porter mingled in the market, dealing with all kinds of people, and had a wide network of contacts. It didn't take long for him to find the young man who was suspected of wearing the Wenxin seal. The witness was a beggar who lived in a dilapidated temple outside the city: [That was a fairy who came down to earth! ]

[Yeah, Meng Yuan is indeed as beautiful as a fairy. ]

The appearance matches.

Porter: [……]

He had talked to the beggar, and the person the beggar described was nothing like the person in the portrait. If he really looked like the person in the portrait, going out in broad daylight would be considered haunted. He did not interrupt the conversation between Shen Tang and the others.

[When you met him, was it one person or multiple people? ]

The beggar said: [At that time there was one, and later there were two.]

It rained heavily that day, and the beggar could not go out to beg for a living, so he could only stay in the dilapidated temple. When he was half asleep, a fairy with an ethereal temperament walked out of the rain. The fairy also came in to avoid the rain, and seemed to be troubled.

The beggar only dared to look secretly.

[The fairy woman is nice, she didn’t hit me.] In the past, if I looked at a nobleman for a few more times, the lackeys around the nobleman would kick me twice, and beggars were also afraid of being beaten. It was rare to meet such a generous "fairy", so I bravely looked at her several more times.

The rain outside was a little lighter and another person came.

That person was also a woman, wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat.

The "fairy" hesitated for a moment and followed the other party. The two talked for a long time under the eaves of the dilapidated temple, but the strange thing was that the beggar could see their mouths moving but could not hear any sound.

Oh no, did I run into something dirty?

The beggar was so frightened that he dared not look at it again.

After an unknown amount of time, both of them disappeared.

Shen Tang was disappointed: [Didn’t you see where they were going? ]

[It should be entering the city. 】

Shen Tang was curious: [Are you so sure? ]

[A gang member in the city saw this. He said he saw a person floating in the rain that day. The rain was avoiding people as if it had become a spirit. He was afraid that he had seen a ghost.] The beggar asked about it and found that it was the same person as the "fairy" he had met in the dilapidated temple.

There are no more clues at the moment, so we can only follow the clues.

With the help of the "Beggars' Gang", she really got some clues.

However, the man with the eyes was not Tan Ting, but the man in straw raincoat and bamboo hat who met and chatted with Tan Ting that day. It is said that this man lives in the next county and runs a teahouse. He is also one of the few people who is willing to hire the children of the "Beggar Gang" to run errands for remuneration. He is a very good person.

Shen Tang asked where the teahouse was and set out to look for it.

Now we have entered the rainy season. First there were a few days of continuous drizzle, and then two days of heavy rain. The humid air can make people soft. The soil under my feet is dirty, but there are patches of green in the distance, which perfectly illustrates what "the grass looks green from a distance but is not there when you get close" means.

Shen Tang walked in the mud in wooden clogs.

Ask as you walk.

[We are closed now. Please come back tomorrow. 】

A lazy female voice came from the corner.

Shen Tang glanced over, a hint of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

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The first day of February, I'm lazy and update.

Think about how to get back the clue from Madam Shen.

PS: I feel like if this were a game world, Madam Shen would be an NPC that runs teahouses everywhere...