Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 67 Big Bird Catches Little White

A veil of light shrouded Qinghe County.

The light curtain emits a faint white light.

If you look from a distance.

This layer of light curtain is like a turtle shell.

Outside Qinghe County.

Xiaoqing and Fan Shiyi stood there.

The two were originally in Qingyuan County to provide relief to disaster victims, but when they sensed that something had happened in Qinghe County, they rushed over.

"what is this?"

Xiaoqing was a little annoyed.

She tried to walk into Qinghe County, but was stopped by a light curtain.

Xiaoqing was not only stopped by the light curtain, but was also nearly injured.

"This is a Confucian method, using the official seal as a medium and the public opinion of the city residents as a force to create a city-protecting magic circle."

"Not to mention you, even if a first-rank came, he wouldn't be able to break the formation in a short time."

Fan Shiyi said, waving a paper fan. She was a Confucian third-rank official, so she knew exactly what this thing was.

The Wei Dynasty was divided into nine counties.
There are hundreds of county towns under each of the nine counties.

There are a total of seven county towns in Dawei.

Every county town has an official seal.

The magistrate of each county must also be a Confucian.

Because only Confucians can activate the city defense formation.

This is also one of the reasons why Confucianism is not good in combat but still has a prosperous cultural heritage.

The Great Wei needs Confucianism!
"Strange, under normal circumstances, the city defense formation will not be activated at all."

Fan Shiyi frowned and said. According to her understanding, the city defense formation would only be activated when encountering an enemy attack or a natural disaster or man-made disaster.

Qinghe County doesn't seem to be dangerous.

"I can sense that there is a very powerful demon in the city."

Xiaoqing said with a frown.

"A powerful demon? How powerful?"

Fan Shiyi asked.

"I don't know, at least about the same as me. No, better than me!"

Xiaoqing looked a little worried.

Qinghe County was shrouded in a formation, people inside could not get out, and people outside could not get in.

Xiaoqing was worried that something might happen to Zhou Ping in the city.

"If the city is sealed off for the purpose of exterminating the monster, then that makes sense."

Fan Shiyi was fanning himself, but there was no worry on his face.

Fan Shiyi knew that Xiaoqing was worried about Zhou Ping, but she was not worried.

"What's wrong? Are you worried about Zhou Ping?"

Fan Shiyi was a little jealous.

Xiaoqing has been absorbing Fan Shiyi's yang energy since she was a child, and Fan Shiyi has long regarded Xiaoqing as his own exclusive love.

Unexpectedly, when Xiaoqing arrived in Qinghe County, she actually absorbed Zhou Ping's yang energy again.

Especially after Xiaoqing knew that Fan Shiyi was a woman, she refused to absorb Fan Shiyi's yang energy anymore.

Women's yang energy is originally weak. After Xiaoqing sucked a lot of Fan Shiyi's yang energy, her body felt very weak and she was afraid of the cold even in the summer.

"Humph! There's nothing to worry about."

"If he dies, I'll just find another man."

Xiaoqing pouted and said, but she was still upset.

"Don't worry, Zhou Ping's cultivation is at the ninth level, and he is very smart."

"Furthermore, this city defense formation will suppress the cultivation of the demon race."

"Zhou Ping will be fine."

Fan Shiyi has great confidence in Zhou Ping.

This confidence comes from Zhou Ping's performance in the tunnel and Fan Shiyi's intuition.

Fan Shiyi hadn't met someone as interesting as Zhou Ping for a long time, so he felt that Zhou Ping would be fine.

"When will this formation-breaking method be available?"

Xiaoqing is still very worried.

"If I were in charge of the formation, this city defense formation would last for at least several months."

Fan Shiyi said quietly.

"How many months?"

Xiaoqing's face suddenly changed. If there really was a monster as powerful as her in this city defense array, it would have eaten up all the people in a few months.

"Don't worry. I'm talking about me."

"The county magistrate's cultivation level is not very high, so this formation will only last for ten days or half a month at most."

"We just have to be patient and wait."

Fan Shiyi explained.

However, Fan Shiyi still overestimated the strength of County Magistrate Lu.

Although County Magistrate Lu was a Confucian of the tenth rank, it was only after his father spent a lot of money and sought advice from many people that he was able to attain the tenth rank when he was in his thirties.

County Magistrate Lu is not very strong, he can only hold out for one day at most.

"Lengtou, Wang Cheng went to find Engineer Yuan and the parents who lost their child."

"These people are competing for dozens of taels of silver."

"Wang Cheng changed the money into silver."

A bailiff reported to Captain Leng.

"What are they doing now? Looking for human traffickers?"

Captain Leng narrowed his eyes and asked.

Captain Leng could clearly feel that County Magistrate Lu was becoming distant from him.

If Wang Cheng could find the human traffickers in advance, Wang Cheng's position would be further consolidated.

By then, my position as a detective might really change.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these yamen runners are polite to you on weekdays. If you lose the title of head of the police, who will care about you then?

Not only in Wangcheng, many yamen runners have begun to waver.

Now that clues to the human traffickers have appeared, all that remains is to find them.

Many yamen runners disobeyed Captain Leng's orders and went to look for human traffickers in private.

"Turning back to Lengtou, he stared at his brothers and said that they were going to Zhou Ping to help."

The bailiff said.

Zhou Ping?

Captain Leng was slightly stunned, then sneered.

"Lengtou, shouldn't we also try to win over Zhou Ping? He has a tenth-grade cultivation level."

The yamen runner said. This yamen runner also participated in the grain transportation mission.

"Tenth level! It's just the tenth level of Buddhist initiation."

"If Fan Shiyi hadn't lent him the power of his relic, this guy would have been killed by the rat demon long ago."

"A 10th-grade person who has just received initiation doesn't have much strength at all."

Captain Leng looked down on Zhou Ping at all.

"Two injured tenth-grade warriors and one initiating tenth-grade warrior, what big waves can they cause?"

Captain Leng didn't think these three people could deal with the tiger demon.

"The one we should fight for most is not Zhou Ping but the Taoist priest in the dark."

"That Taoist priest has the means to control ghosts and objects. He is at least a genuine Taoist priest."

"If we have this person's help, we may be able to kill the tiger demon."

The help that Captain Leng wanted most was the person who secretly took action when dealing with the tiger monster.

But he didn't know who this person was.

"Cold head, what should we do now?"

The bailiff frowned and said.

"How to do?"

"It's just a few cats, easy to find!"

"This achievement must be credited to me."

Captain Leng was not worried.

Captain Leng has been a captain of police for many years and has a wide network of contacts, knowing many people in both the black and white worlds.

He contacted the wealthy people in the city, the night-time incense dealers, all kinds of people, and even the ruffians on the street.

These people are extremely familiar with the entire Qinghe County and know exactly where the dilapidated thatched houses and thatched stacks are.

Soon, the entire Qinghe County was in motion.

All forces joined in the search.

Rouge shop.

Liu Ruyan was playing with a cat with a ball of fur.

He Yunqing looked worried.

"This Zhou Ping is really something. He is obviously our bodyguard, but now he is trying to catch some monster."

He Yunqing complained.

He Yunqing already knew that everyone in the city was looking for the tiger demon and the human traffickers.

Because Mr. He also received a notice from Captain Leng, asking the He family to send people to search for him.

The He family did send some people to look for the tiger monster, but the He family had two tenth-grade warriors that they didn't send out.

The current situation is that everyone is in danger.

If the tiger demon is unhappy and starts killing people, all the people in the city will be in danger.

He Yunqing was not worried about her own safety, as she could go back to the He family and be with her father.

It’s just that He Yunqing was worried about Liu Ruyan, so he stayed with his mother.

Xiaobai, who was playing with the ball, seemed to hear He Yunqing complaining about Zhou Ping.

"Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping!"

Xiaobai said this angrily, and then his body turned into a human.

The mother and daughter were stunned.

Zhou Ping told the two that Xiaobai could transform into a human and speak human language.

However, the mother and daughter had seen Xiaobai speak, but had never seen Xiaobai transform into a human.

"Wow, so cute."

Xiaobai's loli cat-eared girl made Liu Ruyan overflow with maternal love, and she couldn't help but hug her and kiss her again and again.

He Yunqing was also shocked. She thought to herself: This is too beautiful, what will it be like when it grows up?
In fact, this is what Xiaobai will look like when he grows up.

Xiaobai just looks like a loli, but according to the age of the cat clan, she is already an adult.

"Zhou Ping! Zhou Ping!"

Xiaobai puffed his lips and shouted at He Yunqing.

"Yun Qing, Zhou Ping went to catch monsters. This is a good thing."

"Not to mention it's for the lost children."

"Hurry up and apologize to Xiaobai."

Liu Ruyan was so happy that she hugged Xiaobai and rubbed him over and over again.

He Yunqing was a little jealous. She thought to herself: Am I your daughter, or is she your daughter?

"Okay, okay, I get it, Zhou Ping is right."

Although He Yunqing complained, he still admitted his mistake.

"Let me touch it too."

He Yunqing couldn't help but pet the cat.

The mother and daughter had something to do, so they began to teach Xiaobai to speak.

Especially He Yunqing, she has been teaching Xiaobai to call her "sister".

The mother and daughter didn't notice that a vulture suddenly appeared on the tree in the yard.

The vulture stared at the three people, his eyes shining.

"It's really a big profit, a big profit."

The vulture spoke in human language, and then a puff of smoke came out of its mouth.

The smoke came into the room through the window.

After a while, the mother, daughter and Xiaobai all fainted.

The vulture flew into the house, shook its body, and then turned into Aunt Mei's Mu Yan.

Aunt Mei's animal-making skills can not only transform into a cat, but also into a bird.

"I didn't expect it. I just wanted to come here to catch someone, but I ran into another top-notch one!"

Aunt Mei stared at Xiaobai from left to right, feeling very happy.

Aunt Mei originally just wanted to capture Liu Ruyan, but unexpectedly she met Xiaobai again.

Xiaobai should be able to sell for a better price.

Auntie Mei’s main business is children.

It's just that she saw that Liu Ruyan was really good-looking, so she decided to make an exception and catch one.

However, when Aunt Mei saw Xiaobai, she no longer planned to kidnap Liu Ruyan, but only wanted Xiaobai.

"Under normal circumstances, I would have taken all three away, but unfortunately in this situation, I can only take one away."

Aunt May can turn into a bird, but she can only capture one person with her bird body.

Aunt Mei did what she said and started casting spells on Xiaobai.

"what?"

When Aunt Mei was casting a spell halfway, she suddenly discovered that Xiaobai, who had fainted on the ground, had turned into a cat.

Aunt Mei's animal-making technique needs to be completed before a person can be transformed into an animal.

But she hasn't cast the spell yet! ?
"When did my magic become so powerful?"

Aunt Mei couldn't believe it.

And Aunt Mei's original intention was to turn Xiaobai into a baby bird.

After thinking for a long time, Aunt Mei still couldn't figure out what went wrong.

"Forget it, let's go."

Aunt Mei simply didn't want to think about it, but turned into a vulture and flew into the sky with Xiaobai.

At this time, it was dark.

The whole city is brightly lit.

The yamen runners and people from all over the city searched for a whole day but found nothing.

"How is it possible? Why haven't we found it yet?"

Wang Cheng was getting impatient. He knew that in half a day, the city sealing formation would be activated.

"Where the hell are the traffickers?"

Engineer Yuan also lost his patience.

In half a day, if the city blockade is activated and the human traffickers escape with his daughter, then there will be no chance.

The Wei Dynasty is so vast that you may not be able to find someone even if you spend your entire life.

Zhou Ping and his two companions searched for a whole day, but there was no trace of the human traffickers or the tiger demon.

Not only the three of them, no trace of anyone else was found.

You know, Captain Leng mobilized both the black and white forces in Qinghe County, but still failed to find the human traffickers and the tiger monster.

The human traffickers and the tiger demon seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

"Where will the human traffickers and the tiger demon be?"

Wang Cheng scratched his head.

Once he misses this opportunity, it will be difficult for him to turn things around.

By then, not to mention being a constable, even Constable Leng will not let him go easily.

So Wang Cheng was eager to catch the tiger demon and the human traffickers.

Mr. Yuan was also very anxious, and his mouth was covered with blisters the size of a fist.

"Where do you think is the most dangerous place in Qinghe County?"

Zhou Ping asked as he looked at the faint light curtain in the sky.

"Most dangerous?"

Wang Cheng and Yuan Gong looked at each other.

"The strongest fighter in the city should be Captain Leng, he is of the ninth rank."

Wang Cheng said.

"No, I think the most dangerous one is not Captain Leng, but Magistrate Lu."

Zhou Ping expressed his guess.

The three of them searched almost the entire county.

But the only missing point is the county government office.

Because there were many yamen runners in the county government protecting County Magistrate Lu, and Uncle Lame was also protecting County Magistrate Lu.

Everyone subconsciously omitted the county government office.

"Yes! The county government office!"

Wang Cheng's eyes lit up, and he also felt that Zhou Ping's words made sense.

Not only the three of them, but many other people also searched the entire county several times, but still found nothing.

The only place that no one would or dared to search was the county government office.

At the same time, a tiger roar woke up the three people.

The sound of the tiger's roar came from the county government office.

"Could it be that Captain Leng and his men have discovered the tiger demon?"

Wang Cheng's expression changed slightly, and his face was full of annoyance. He thought that Captain Leng had also thought of this.

If it was really Captain Leng who discovered the tiger monster, then the credit would be his.

"I don't think so. The tiger demon roared when it was dark, which seemed more like it was actively attacking."

"I guess it wasn't discovered by others, but took the opportunity to show up at night."

"Its target should be County Magistrate Lu. It wants to activate the city sealing formation."

Zhou Ping analyzed calmly.

As soon as it grew dark, the tiger demon began to roar, obviously waiting for the night to pass.

The demon's eyes are much stronger than humans' in the dark!

A glimmer of hope flashed in Wang Cheng's eyes. He certainly hoped that Zhou Ping's guess was right.

"move!"

Yuan Gong urged. He didn't care who found the tiger demon, Yuan Gong just wanted to catch the tiger demon, then find the traffickers and his daughter.

The three men ran towards the county government office.

It was just that Zhou Ping caught a glimpse of a black bird in the sky.

It was too dark and Zhou Ping couldn't see clearly what kind of bird it was.

But Zhou Ping could see that the bird was holding a little white cat in its hand.

"noob!"

(End of this chapter)