Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 298
Shopkeeper Zheng never expected that in just one night, Li Lijun, a "person of his own" who had just signed a long-term contract with his family's talisman shop, brought him back the news of the stolen treasure.

Originally, he just planned to fool a coolie to help with some tedious and inefficient investigation work!

He asked Li Lijun again in disbelief: "Qi Niangzi, you... are you sure you read it right? Did you really find the Snitch?!"

"I don't know if it's the snitch who hurt you yesterday." Li Lijun told him calmly, "Anyway, when he was talking to his accomplice, he clearly said the words 'Let the Zheng family see their faces when they did it' , What did you say that after his injury improved a little, the two of them would take the treasures to sell outside the customs, and then go to a big sect, then your Zheng family will not be able to do anything to them, etc. I think, if there is no second thief The thief who took away the treasures of the Zheng family should be this person, right?"

That can indeed prove that it is this person!
Shopkeeper Zheng suddenly became excited: "Where is he now? He has accomplices?! He...was he injured?" He hesitated in the last sentence, "Could it be a burn?"

Li Lijun gave him an affirmative answer: "I was far away, so I didn't see his wound, but when he talked to his companion, he did say burns. Because there is no suitable elixir, he still plans to send his companion to the mortal world Find a doctor and get some herbs used by mortals to treat his burns. When I left, his accomplice had just left, and I saw that the man was going to the Pei family village. His footsteps were not as good as mine, Maybe I haven't arrived at Pei's village yet."

Shopkeeper Zheng took a deep breath: "There is a well-known doctor living in Peijiazhai, who is very good at treating trauma. The accomplice of the snitch may have gone to him. But he can't find anyone... because this doctor Now it’s in the county seat of Hu County!” The doctor’s daughter had given birth, and he went to the city to visit his newborn grandson.Two clerks of shopkeeper Zheng were seriously injured. When the government came to question them yesterday, some officials invited this doctor to give them a diagnosis and treatment.Shopkeeper Zheng personally received the other party, and also heard that he planned to stay in the county for a few days.

The snitch's partner was doomed, and either he'd have to find another doctor, or he'd have to wait until daylight before coming into town for someone.This means that before he went back to join his accomplices, the Snitch was alone in Qinling!
Shopkeeper Zheng knew that his cultivation was not as good as the Snitch, but now his injury was almost healed, but the Snitch was seriously injured, and he had no accomplices by his side.If he can't subdue people and retrieve the stolen treasures like this, then what face does he have to face the elders of the family? !

This is the best opportunity for him to pay off his crimes, and he must firmly grasp it!

Shopkeeper Zheng pulled Li Lijun to inquire about the details of the Snitch, and when he heard that the treasure was hidden in the water, he became even more excited.God help him really!

Li Lijun took the opportunity to inquire: "Is there something wrong with this treasure? The wound on the Snitch was not caused by you?"

Shopkeeper Zheng now looks at Li Lijun with kindness and love, and he speaks with less scruples: "Of course there is a problem! It is a bowl made of volcanic spirit crystals, and it should be placed in a special warehouse on weekdays. There is a special protective array to isolate the heat emitted by it. The idle storage bag can't hold it at all, and it will take half a day at most to burn the bag. Therefore, after I take it out of the store, I must rush here Come, use the warehouse here to store it. But it can't be put together with other spiritual materials, so as not to burn the surrounding objects.

"The snitch only knows that the treasures of our Zheng's talisman shop distributed to the semicolons in various places must be extremely valuable, so how can he know how powerful this fire crystal bowl is?! He might even use it as an ordinary magic weapon, and stuff it casually He put it in the storage bag and hid it on his body. The longer he hid it, the more the fire crystal bowl would burn his skin, and he thought he really got rich!"

Li Lijun hurriedly asked: "Then how to treat the burn caused by this magic weapon? He threw the magic weapon into the water, wouldn't it affect the effect of the magic weapon?"

Shopkeeper Zheng smiled and shook his head: "If he didn't keep this magic weapon close to his body, then he only needs to find some elixir and medicine. It takes ten and a half months, and the injury should be cured. But if he keeps it close to him... By the time the medicine is taken, I’m afraid I’ll die first! As for hiding the magic weapon in the water...you’re so smart! It’s not like burning charcoal. It’s going to be boiled! Unless it’s nectar, no water will be able to touch that fire crystal bowl!”

Li Lijun's face changed slightly.Now that there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, if the magic weapon can really boil the water in the Qinling mountain stream, it will definitely have a bad impact on the surrounding ecological environment, right?I knew so...

She bit her lip and reminded shopkeeper Zheng: "You'd better act quickly. Now the thief is seriously injured, but he has no companions. If the magic weapon really affects the water temperature of the stream, it might alarm the people living nearby There are so many practitioners in the Qinling Mountains, how dare you guarantee that no one of them will catch the Snitch and take away the magic weapon before you?"

Shopkeeper Zheng immediately said solemnly: "Qi Niangzi is right. I have to hurry up!" He got up and went back to his room. long sword.

Li Lijun originally wanted to be lazy, but now he plans to give him a chance: "Although the city gate is not open yet, I dug a hole to get in. If shopkeeper Zheng doesn't mind, come with me?"

Shopkeeper Zheng certainly doesn't mind.So the two of them came to a remote corner of the city, and Li Lijun took the lead to get into a small deserted thatched hut, where the ground was flat.Shopkeeper Zheng was about to ask where the tunnel was, when he saw that the ground suddenly sank, revealing a round hole about three feet wide.He immediately shut his mouth, obediently followed Li Lijun into the hole.

This tunnel was dug out by Li Lijun in a hurry. It can only be bent and crawled, but the distance is relatively short, less than 100 meters in length.The entrances and exits at both ends are located in the blind spots of the guards at the head of the city, so they don't have to worry about being spotted at night.It's just that when he comes back tomorrow, if shopkeeper Zheng doesn't want to attract suspicion, he has to find a way to explain why he suddenly appeared outside the city when he was supposed to stay in the city to recuperate.

After leaving the city, Li Lijun and shopkeeper Zheng each rode a spirit horse on their way.With the former guiding the way, the latter came to Qinling without much effort.Li Lijun didn't get off his horse, so he showed him the way and signaled him to go on his own: "I'll stay here to watch for you, lest the accomplice of the snitch come back and catch you by surprise."

Shopkeeper Zheng blinked: "Seventh Lady, won't you fight for me?"

Li Lijun made a haha: "I'm just a talisman master hired by you. It's very kind to be able to do this. Look at my young age, how can I have the heart to ask me to do dangerous things? Besides, your own The treasure is lost, and you should get it back yourself, so what is it if I get involved? You should be the one to do it all!"

Shopkeeper Zheng couldn't help laughing: "All right. Seventh Lady's kindness, Zheng Duoxie dare not forget. The next thing is my business, you can wait here for my good news!"

(End of this chapter)