Knife splashing

Chapter 627 A lot of doubts
"Young Master Li is joking."

Madam Pei closed the door with her back turned, walked over with a twisted waist, turned around, sat sideways on the bench, crossed her legs, and exposed her amazing curves.

Then, she held her cheek and looked at Li Yan, breathing softly, "Why must it be him? Why can't I come to find you?"

"Could it be that you dislike my age and lack of beauty?"

As he spoke, his eyes were full of resentment.

"Mrs. Pei, there is no need to test."

Li Yan's face was calm. He picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two of them. "Your heartbeat was steady when you spoke. It was obviously some kind of rhetoric that first made the other person lose their mind and then took the initiative. It's useless to me."

"Also, Madam just called Brother Shen 'he'. This is not an ordinary relationship. She avoided other people and obviously wanted to talk to me alone."

"Oh?"

Hearing Li Yan's words, Mrs. Pei was also surprised. Then she sat up straight, her face solemn, and her temperament became dignified.

During the transformation, it seemed like he had become a completely different person.

She took a sip of tea and then said, "Don't blame me, Young Master Li. This is a serious matter. Sanlang and I are friends for life and death. He is willing to entrust his life to me, but I am still worried."

"Now it seems that Young Master Li is indeed an extraordinary person."

“There are things you can do and things you can’t do.”

Li Yan shook his head, his expression becoming serious, "Brother Shen is a member of the Dark Cult, who dares to embarrass him?"

Madam Pei was silent for a moment, "Do you know who his master is?"

Li Yan replied: "There are masters in the Dark Sect who are in charge of the Five Directions Yin Sacrifice and travel around Shenzhou. I only know that his master is one of them, named 'Yin Jiuge'."

Madam Pei nodded and said, "It seems that Shen Lang really trusts you."

"His master is over sixty years old. He usually travels around the world disguised as a geomancer. He has soil from hundreds of graves hanging around his waist. When he comes across an isolated grave, he will add soil to it. He is the oldest among the Five Directions Yin Sacrifices, so he is nicknamed 'Central Graveyard Master'."

"Shen Lang came from Shuzhong a while ago. He originally stopped by my place and was about to meet up with his master, but it happened that the paper figurine case happened in Luoyang, and there were unusual movements in Mangshan."

"He went to check it out, and when he came back, he was a completely different person. He gave me some things and left a suicide note for me to take back to Chang'an. He looked like he was preparing for his death..."

Li Yan frowned and said, "He didn't say what happened?"

Madam Pei shook her head and said, "I asked him, but he didn't say anything. It must be something important that he had to do, but he couldn't reveal it to me."

"He knew you were coming to Yuzhou, so he asked me to keep an eye on you and leave you a message..."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath and said, "If I see him someday, and we are enemies, I will... show no mercy!"

Li Yan was stunned, "Why is it so?"

"I do not know either."

Madam Pei shook her head and said, "That was exactly what he said. He even told me the same thing, and then he left. There has been no news since."

Li Yan was silent, and suddenly a thought came to his mind.

At that time, Shen Sanyou came to him on the orders of the Underworld Cult to inquire about the matter of the Nine Cauldrons. Could it be that there was something wrong with the Underworld Cult, or had they found some clues?
This looks like he's risking his life.

What is Shen Sanyou doing?
While he was thinking, Madam Pei had already taken out a piece of letter from her bosom and said, "He said that you came to Yuzhou to save a friend and asked me to help you. This is all the information I can find about the incident."

"Di Longzi is a dishonest person, so be careful."

"Thank you, senior."

Li Yan took the things solemnly, and the address had changed.

After seeing Madam Pei off, Li Yan opened the letter and looked at it carefully. It really contained all the information about Zhao Luzi:

Luoyang Branch, Longmen Post, March 23, Yisi Year
Check the behavior of Zhao Luzi and his wife in Yuzhou:

1. On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month of the Yisi year, the Zhao couple came to Luoyang from southern Henan, pretending to be craftsmen repairing ancient monuments, and sneaked into the South City with a pass. During this period, they frequently went in and out of the old house of "Tulong Zhang" at the foot of Mangshan Mountain, suspected of trying to find out the information about the land veins of Jingling.

2. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao's wife went alone to Beimang to dig up the tomb of Emperor Xianwen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. That night, a paper sedan chair traveled through Mangshan...

3. On the first day of the first lunar month, Dilongzi and his wife Zhao visited the antique dealer "Golden Eye Feng" in Luoyang, claiming to be looking for the Northern Wei Dynasty dust-avoiding beads...

4. In the second month of the year, Zhao the Donkey appeared in the Yique Grottoes. On the same day, the first corpse in the Luoyang Paper Figure Case appeared in the South City…

Looking at these clues, Li Yan frowned.

Sure enough, Dilongzi concealed a lot.

Before he was hired, Zhao Luzi had already started going to the tomb, so the two of them probably did not simply do the job for money.

Besides, Zhao Luzi is a treasure-hunting man from the Ganshan lineage. He is very disciplined and never touches the matters of the Tanyou lineage.

Why the sudden change of style?

Li Yan had some feelings, which should be related to his wife.

Come to think of it, his wife is also an acquaintance.

It was Feng Feiyan, the pretty shopkeeper in Chang'an City.

This woman was originally a secret agent cultivated by the Duwei Division. Later, she was inadvertently involved in the internal strife of the Duwei Division and almost lost her life. She has since disappeared.

How did she become Zhao Luzi’s wife again?

If Shen Sanyou hadn't said it, he wouldn't have believed it.

Zhao Luzi broke his oath and left Guanzhong, and then engaged in tomb robbing. This might have something to do with this woman.

Thinking of this, murderous intent rose in Li Yan's eyes.

One is a person with a dull personality who likes to keep treasures to himself.

One is a scheming woman who emerged from troubled waters.

If it was really Feng Feiyan's plan, he would not show mercy even if she had a good relationship with Hong Yasha!
Earth Dragon Zhang, Golden Eye Feng...

Only after remembering these two key names did Li Yan go to bed.

Now that he has a clue, he doesn't need to be polite to Dilongzi anymore. He will interrogate him on the way to Luoyang!

.........

In a trance, Li Yan had a dream.

In a dark pit, withered fingers were carving bloody words on the blue bricks. Judging from the figure, it was Zhao Luzi who had not been seen for a long time.

Li Yan couldn't help but move closer, wanting to see what was written.

However, Zhao Luzi in the shadows suddenly looked up.

Its face turned out to be that of a paper man!
Call ~
Li Yan suddenly woke up.

He looked around, but saw the remaining light of dusk leaking in through the gap in the window, and the room was very quiet.

Li Yan frowned, somewhat confused.

For a practitioner, the most important thing is to enter a state of meditation. As his spirit and soul become stronger, he has not dreamed for a long time. He can get enough rest by sleeping for two or three hours each time.

No, there is another situation.

Something appeared in his dreams like a dragon girl!
But the dragon-patterned jade pendant has already been returned...

Thinking of this, Li Yan's heart trembled. He quickly pinched the Yang Jue with his hands, took a deep breath, and then suddenly turned over and stood up.

After getting out of bed, he leaped up, climbed onto the beam, lowered his body, and reached out his finger to touch a broken tile.

There were some ashes inside.

It was not mixed with dust and ash, and it was obvious that it had just been burned.

Li Yan's face suddenly turned ugly.

He also knew this magic, which was to drive the Chu Ling paper figure to spy and investigate. Once he stopped using the magic, the paper figure would burn.

But he has quite a few magical weapons to suppress evil.

If you see ordinary things from a distance, you should avoid them.

The method used by the caster is extremely extraordinary!

The other party should still be in the inn!

Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something. He turned over and walked out.

Although the opponent's magic was secretive, it did reveal some flaws. As long as he took a walk around the inn, he could smell the scent.

However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Shari walking towards him quickly.

"What happened?"

Seeing his serious expression, Li Yan asked hurriedly.

Sha Lifei lowered his voice and said, "That old guy Di Longzi went out two hours ago and hasn't come back yet. Could he have run away?" "Don't worry about him for now!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Tell the others to be careful, there was an expert spying in the inn just now."

Sharifei understood immediately and quickly informed others.

Li Yan, on the other hand, made hand gestures and sniffed carefully while he walked out of the corridor and went downstairs to the lobby of the inn.

The Longmen Inn is large but has a small entrance, and as the sun sets, the light in the hall has dimmed.

Unlike before, there are a lot fewer people.

The copper brazier crackled in the corner, and the smell of burning swirled with the green smoke.

In front of the counter, the waiter was lying down and sleeping, while the old accountant in charge of reception was doing the accounts under the light of a sheep-horn candle.

Pressing down the yellowed account book was a Tang Dynasty sancai camel.

Li Yan saw it but didn't care.

Madam Pei had already said that they drove away a group of tomb robbers, and left behind a lot of miscellaneous stuff, which were all used in the store.

Looking inside the hall, three men were huddled around a charcoal brazier to keep warm, their cracked knuckles pressing on chipped hatchets. They were already drunk and talking nonsense.

There was also the Hu merchant who was also drunk during the day.

These people are not!
Li Yan looked outside the door thoughtfully and put down his hand that was pressing on the handle of the knife.

"Young Master Li, are you hungry?"

The old accountant behind the counter saw him coming downstairs and immediately kicked the waiter, then hurried over and saluted, saying, "The shopkeeper has already told me what Li, the young man, would like to eat. I will go and arrange it right away."

Li Yan turned his head and saw that Sha Lifei and others had also come down, so he shook his head and said to the accountant: "No need to bother. By the way, have you seen the Earth Dragon who came with us?"

The old accountant shook his head and said, "He left two hours ago and hasn't come back yet. I'm wondering if I should go look for him."

"I'll go."

Li Yan made a gesture and Lu San went downstairs immediately.

The others waited upstairs and did not follow.

This is the code word agreed upon by their team, and they will have different response strategies for different situations.

He went to look for someone, Lu San was more proficient in this.

Wang Daoxuan has Wu Ba and Salifei as his guardians, plus Long Yaner's witchcraft, which is enough to deal with most situations.

After going out, Li Yan used his magical powers again, then frowned slightly and looked at the dark and deserted official road in the distance.

He smelled a faint scent, but it disappeared into the night.

"Did you find it?"

Lu San looked unhappy, frowned and spoke in a muffled voice.

His job was to keep watch for the team, but he failed to notice when someone was approaching them using magic, which was obviously a dereliction of duty.

"It's okay, he was a master, he's gone."

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Don't worry about him, find Dilongzi first. There's something wrong with this old guy."

"Ah."

Lu San nodded silently, then snapped his fingers.

With a cry of an eagle, his falcon Lidong flew out of the window, flapped its wings, and disappeared into the night sky.

The little white fox, Chuqi, was also jumping around.

Lu San was not in a hurry to chase, but continued to practice magic spells and whistled towards the dark wilderness around him.

Suddenly, the wind blew the leaves, and many small animals came out from the shadows of the woods, squeaking at them.

Since Lu San completed his inheritance and learned the "Lanzhi Sutra", he can not only hear the language of birds and animals, but even plants can transmit information.

"Going that way."

He pointed to the mountain path on the right and left first.

Li Yan followed behind slowly.

What they didn't know was that dozens of miles away, on a wilderness path leading to Luoyang, an old man was walking slowly.

It was the hunchbacked old man who was in the inn during the day.

Because it was too ordinary, Li Yan didn't notice it.

The hunchbacked old man stomped his feet with every step, leaving deep footprints like nails, and the occasional cold wind around was immediately quieted.

His face was full of wrinkles and smile lines. When he saw an ownerless grave on the side of the road, he shook his head slightly, grabbed a handful of soil from the leather bag at his waist, sprinkled it on the grave, and said lightly:

"Cover yourself with more blankets and don't catch a cold."

After he passed by, a cold wind started blowing around again.

There was a faint sound of crying in the wind...

…………

The path that Li Yan and the other man took led to a nearby mountain.

It was not any famous mountain or river, but just an unknown hill of medium height. Just as the two reached halfway up the mountain, they heard the cry of an eagle in the night sky.

"found it!"

Lu San quickened his pace, and his body was like an arrow shot from a bow.

Li Yan also frowned slightly, shrinking the ground to an inch.

He already smelled blood.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before the earth dragon was found.

The elder of Tongtian Sect was already dead, sitting under a big tree, his head and the tree trunk behind him were all blown into a bloody mess.

"It's the magic gun."

Li Yan seemed to be thinking about something and looked ahead at the ground dragon.

There were several footprints there. Although night had fallen and it was pitch black around, Li Yan could not hide them from his eyes.

"It's someone from the government office!"

Li Yan made a judgment after just one look.

The reason is very simple. The footprints are deep in the front and shallow in the back, like "red-foot steps", which is the characteristic of official boots footprints.

The official boots of the Daxuan Dynasty had hard soles and pointed toes. Officials wore official robes and had to lift their robes and take small steps when walking, so the toes of their boots frequently touched the ground, forming a depression on the forefoot.

It is very different from the flat soles of ordinary cloth boots.

Even in disguise, habits cannot be changed.

Lu San also compared the explosion marks on the tree trunk, jumped up, jumped onto a nearby big tree, and leaped on the trunk several times to find the location of the shooter.

There are eight small holes around it.

Li Yan also jumped up and said after seeing it: "They used battle flags to cover it up. It was the work of the Duwei Division."

He often deals with the Duwei Division and is very familiar with this.

In the war of Yunyang Prefecture, the imperial guards fought with the Tiansheng Sect in the mountains. Both sides had firearms. Although there were heavy casualties, they gained a lot of experience.

One of them is to use battle flags as cover and fire snipers.

In addition, the previous footprints were facing the ground dragon at a close distance.

Li Yan could already guess that someone was talking to the Earth Dragon to attract its attention, while someone behind was shooting and sniping.

Even he couldn't escape from this distance.

It is a pity that Dilongzi, the elder of Tongtian Sect and a notorious figure in Yuzhou, died before he could even display his skills.

Afterwards, the two found the bodies of several disciples of Dilongzi. All of them had been stabbed through the heart with a knife. The wounds were as thin as a cicada's wing.

"The combination of hardness and softness, the power of twisting silk..."

Li Yan carefully examined the wound and said thoughtfully: "I can see the momentum of the knife. It is a combination of spear technique and knife technique. It is Zhoukou's 'Chang Family Knife'!"

As he said this, he turned his head and looked in the direction of Luoyang, inexplicably thinking of the strange dream just now and the information given by Madam Pei.

"Zhao Luzi's matter seems to be related to the Paper Figure Case..."

(End of this chapter)