You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 298 Learn from the masters

Shi Xiaoliu and the others returned to the top of the mountain. That night, light rain began to fall from the sky.

The next day, Shi Xiaoliu and the other three were sitting under the eaves talking, while Shi Zelan looked at the residences of Master Decheng and Master Shanzheng.

"We still need to prepare some thick leaves. I always feel that the residence of my uncle and master will one day shine brightly."

Shi Xiaoliu nodded after listening to Shi Zelan's words: "When the rain stops, we will pick the big leaves. This time we will pick more and save them."

After listening to their conversation, Xia Yu sighed and asked, "Have you sent the news back to the sect?"

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan nodded at the same time: "Passed."

They looked up at Xia Yu at the same time: "What's wrong?
What news did you receive? "

Xia Yu thought of the news she had received and said to them, "My father and uncle will not be able to come back for a while."

"Does your father and uncle want you to return to the sect first?"

Xia Yu shook his head and said: "It's very strange. According to common sense, my father should want me to go back to the sect first."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan nodded at the same time, and Shi Xiaoliu asked: "Did you ask your father why?"

"After asking, my father said that he and my uncle may have to go on a long trip, and then they will come directly to meet us."

Shi Zelan looked at Xia Yu: "Do you miss your relatives at home?"

Xia Yu was silent for a while and said: "My grandma has gone into seclusion to practice. Even if I go back, I won't be able to see my grandma."

"Where's your grandfather?"

My grandfather has always put the overall situation first. If I went back to see him like this, he would be unhappy. "

Shi Zelan looked at him curiously: "Why have I never heard you mention your grandma?"

Xia Yu sighed and said, "Before my father and mother got married, she went into seclusion and practiced cultivation, and she has not come out of seclusion until now."

While they were talking, a paper bird fell on Shi Xiaoliu's palm. When the paper bird disappeared from his palm, he had a surprised look on his face.

"Xiao Liu, what happened?"

Shi Xiaoliu took a deep breath, looked at Shi Zelan and said, "Someone has seen Uncle Beichen outside Jiuzhou, but not Auntie."

After hearing the news, Shi Zelan said calmly: "Fake news.

If you say that you have met my mother-in-law but not my father, I will somewhat believe it. "

After hearing Shi Zelan's words, Xia Yu reminded: "Maybe there is a glimmer of hope. People from the sect will definitely look in that direction."

"Master told me that as long as my father is in this world, he will definitely find ways to contact people from the sect."

After Shi Xiaoliu thought for a while, he said to Shi Zelan: "Your uncles didn't send you any news, so you don't need to pay attention to such news."

Xia Yu looked at Shi Xiaoliu and asked curiously: "Did Wanyu send you the news?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head: "A new junior sister, I don't know where to get the method to contact me."

"That junior sister that Wanyu mentioned?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head and said, "Sister Lan, please send a message to Wanyu and ask her to help me inquire about the situation."

Shi Zelan nodded. She took out a paper bird, touched it and squeezed it for a while, then reluctantly let the paper bird fly to the sky.

After she released the paper birds, Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu each took out two paper birds and gave them directly to Shi Zelan.

"Sister Lan, do you feel much better this time?"

Shi Zelan smiled and said: "It's so comfortable, but you have to send more news back to the sect than me. Is it enough for you?" Xia Yu looked at the raindrops falling from the sky: "It's enough."

Shi Xiaoliu smiled and said, "I don't have much news to send to the sect."

Shi Zelan sighed: "My master and Master Phoenix are in retreat, and I don't have much use for paper birds."

Master Fang Cheng and Master Pingyang care about Shi Zelan, but they each have their own things to be busy with.

After Master Shanzheng went into seclusion, Master Fangcheng and Master Pingyang sent messages to Shi Zelan every few days to express concern about her current situation.

Shi Zelan naturally reported good things but not bad things, and with Shi Xiaoliu by her side, she didn't feel anything sad.

After the three of them talked for a while, they became concerned about the news in the town and Yangzhou Prefecture.

When such a rain falls, a lot of things will be washed away.

At the canyon, the prefect and the mayor rushed to the bottom of the canyon. Under the leadership of two officers and soldiers, they inspected the place where the swords were facing each other yesterday.

The prefect was very curious about the three masked boys. Brother Zhang and his companions said seriously: "I feel like they are not very old.

Yesterday, if they had not appeared, we would probably have died here. "

The prefect looked at the mayor and said, "If you find the three of them, you must let me know."

The mayor said very seriously: "Sir, I will arrange for people to find the situation of the children of the surrounding herb collectors."

The Lord Magistrate also carefully looked at the sword marks on the mountain wall. He pointed at several marks and said to the officials around him: "This seems to be a place where an ambush was set up to draw the sword.

The gangsters in Yangzhou Prefecture should be the same group as yesterday's gangsters, and they hate the officers and soldiers very much, leaving no room for action.

Everyone is advised to exercise caution these days, especially when going up the mountain to investigate cases, and be sure to allocate more manpower. "

The canyon was very wet, and the investigating officers carefully checked the surroundings as they climbed up the mountain.

They climbed to the top and saw the traces that Shi Xiaoliu and the other two people had deliberately not removed.

They looked carefully and again, but because of the rain, they could still only see vague traces.

After they came down from the mountain, when they reported the situation to the prefect, they regretted: "It's a pity that the rain has washed away many traces."

The magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture was already preparing for the worst, and he said calmly: "Do I need to check any more places?"

The investigating officer shook his head and said, "Sir, if it doesn't rain, maybe you can still see something from around the canyon."

The prefect took the people away, and the mayor sent the prefect to the carriage at the foot of the mountain.

He received a low-pitched warning from the magistrate: "Don't arrange for people to go up the mountain again in Mingli.

When arranging people to go up the mountain secretly, we also need to select particularly clever boys. "

After the prefect and his entourage got on the carriage, the mayor and his entourage followed suit.

The mayor whispered to Brother Zhang who was traveling with him: "You two, don't leave the town unless you have anything to do."

Brother Zhang nodded and said, "Sir, I understand.

It's just that I want the brothers guarding the town gate to help me pay attention to the three people walking together. "

"You think they live nearby?"

Brother Zhang nodded: "The children of our herb collection team are very clever. I heard that when they were young, they all learned from masters in the world."

The mayor looked at him and said, "The magistrate just asked me, but you didn't explain it in such detail."

"Sir, this is just a small conjecture. How dare I tell it to the prefect?"