Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 237: Learn and apply, kill him by surprise
Just do it.

Shen Qing didn't hesitate at all. He rode his horse as fast as he could and hurried back home.

"Qingzi, you're back. What's going on outside? It's New Year's, why is it so messy?" Aunt was bored in the room, and was making shoes with her elder sister Shen Fang. When she saw Shen Qing suddenly come back, she asked casually.

Shen Qing didn't have time to chat with them now, so he answered casually: "It's nothing serious, there are just bandits in the city, you'd better not go out in the next few days."

"Ah, bandits?"

My aunt and elder sister Shen Fang were both a little frightened.

He wanted to ask more questions, but saw Shen Qing had already entered his room, and they looked at each other in surprise.

In the room, Shen Qing rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and found a pile of scattered materials for making talismans.

A wolf-hair brush, a piece of yellow mounting paper, and a handful of cinnabar.

Shen Qing casually pulled out a piece of yellow paper and spread it on the table.

This kind of talisman paper is usually made from mulberry bark, bamboo pulp and other materials that have been processed to form a tough paper that is tougher than regular white paper.

According to the "Annotations on Talismans", silk is needed to make higher-level talismans, while yellow mounting paper like this can only be used as a carrier for lower-level talismans.

The tracking talisman is not of high quality, so this yellow paper is more than enough.

Shen Qing exhaled, closed his eyes and concentrated, slowly adjusting his breathing, and recalling some meditation methods and rituals in the annotations of the talismans.

After his breathing stabilized, he followed the complicated rituals recorded in the book, repeated them three times meticulously, and prepared the cinnabar and other utensils.

After his heart had calmed down completely and became clear, he took a deep breath, then picked up the wolf howl brush, dipped it lightly in cinnabar, and dropped it on the yellow paper.

Shen Qing turned his wrist slightly, and the true energy leaped out from the palm of Shen Qing like a thin thread and landed on the tip of the Wolf Howl Pen.

His hand movements were extremely smooth, as if he had repeated this process thousands of times before. He seemed very familiar with it and it came naturally to him.

Just when he thought he was going to make a tracking talisman, something unexpected happened!

"boom!"

After a slight explosion, a small ball of flame leaped up from the center of the talisman paper without warning.

Shen Qing seemed to be accustomed to it. He pinched the rising flames with his hand and extinguished them.

A wisp of green smoke rose from between his fingers.

Shen Qing then discarded the useless talisman and started his second attempt with an expressionless face.

He has already advanced the art of talisman making to a proficient level, and his success rate in making this simple tracking talisman is very high.

After the first failure, the success rate increased dramatically and it was successfully completed twice in a row.

Looking at the two tracking talismans that had been prepared, Shen Qing fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a moment, he put the two tracking charms in his arms and hurried out.

Zheng Yuanqiu's cultivation is very strong, so it would be risky for him to go alone.

It’s best to find some people to go with you.

Anyway, now that the incident has caused an uproar in the city, it is no longer just his job to capture and kill Zheng Yuanqiu.

Now that the stage is set up, you have to learn how to leverage it.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing did not delay. He mounted his horse and went straight to the meeting room of the Bingmasi, where he found Huangfu Rou and explained his purpose.

"You mean, you can find Zheng Yuanqiu's whereabouts?" Huangfu Rou looked Shen Qing up and down with some doubt.

"Yes." Shen Qing nodded and said, "Although I can't find Zheng Yuanqiu directly, I have two tracking talismans in my hand, which may be able to track his whereabouts. Let's give it a try."

In the meeting room, Huangfu Rou and several other officials asked solemnly, "Do you also know how to make talismans?"

"I know a little."

After saying that, Shen Qing took out a tracking talisman from his arms, stuck it on the purse that Zheng Yuanqiu had given him before, and blew on it gently.

Under his gaze, the talisman seemed to come alive, floating in the air and emitting a faint light.

Huangfu Rou glanced at Shen Qing subconsciously.

If I remember correctly, the officer in front of me is not a local and his status is not high.

I had heard before about how he had killed many demons in the Weiwu Division.

In her eyes, he was a capable official.

But I never thought that he had such ability.

"Sir, why don't we give it a try and look for it?" Shen Qing said seriously.

"Yes." Huangfu Rou nodded and said, "There is no time to lose. Go ahead and urge the talisman."

"it is good."

Shen Qing quickly formed seals with his fingers and muttered something.

After a moment, the tracking symbol suddenly turned into a stream of light, passed through the window, and disappeared from everyone's sight. "Sir, let's go."

Huangfu Rou saw this and quickly made arrangements: "You guys come with me and Officer Shen. Officer Wang, you go and inform the commander. We will leave marks along the way, and you and the commander will come to support us later. There is no time to lose, so act now."

"As ordered!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Huangfu Rou's figure flashed and she followed closely behind Shen Qing.

Although the others still had doubts in their hearts, seeing Shen Qing's confident look, they followed one after another under Huangfu Rou's orders.

……

Outside Yongzhou City.

The wind and snow gradually subsided, and everything was silent.

The sky and the earth were covered in white, and all that could be seen were white snow and mountains, as if untouched by dust.

Deep in the landscape, a wooden house is hidden in a seemingly ordinary forest.

There was a roaring fire in the house. A slightly plump man was sitting cross-legged on the ground, sipping tea leisurely with a comfortable look on his face.

This person was none other than Zheng Yuanqiu, who had escaped from Yongzhou City in advance.

At that time, there was no news from Xu Changle for a long time, and he keenly sensed a hint of danger.

Without any hesitation, he hurried back to pack up the valuables in his hands, and without alerting anyone, he quietly left the city and came here.

This small house is one of the several strongholds he reserved outside Yongzhou City.

Although the place is not big, it has all the daily necessities, enough for him to cope with for one or two months.

Judging from the news sent back from the real person before, Yongzhou may have a big inspiration in the near future.

This is a rare and great opportunity for him.

Although his identity has been exposed now, he still has many backup plans in the city, so he still has a chance to participate in such opportunities.

The only thing is that he lost his identity as the chief of the Weiwu Division and could no longer live the happy life as before.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuanqiu's eyes couldn't help but become fierce, and a surge of anger rose in his heart.

"It's all Shen Qing's fault. If it weren't for him, how could I be like this?"

"Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

"I want to see what kind of wonderful expression you will have when you watch your loved ones die one by one in front of you."

Zheng Yuanqiu clenched his right fist tightly, and his knuckles turned white from exerting too much force.

At this moment, a subtle but strange sound of breaking through the air was heard outside the house.

There was a snap.

It was like something hit the door.

Zheng Yuanqiu looked suspicious. He sensed a little and found that there was nothing unusual outside the house.

He gently placed the teacup on the table, stood up, walked to the door, and carefully opened it a crack.

Zheng Yuanqiu looked out through the gap, but saw nothing.

strangeness.

Did I hear it wrong?
Zheng Yuanqiu, who had gained nothing, was about to close the door, but when he glanced inadvertently, he saw a yellow talisman inexplicably on the ground at the door.

Above the talisman, there is a stream of light.

Zheng Yuanqiu looked up suddenly, a hint of surprise and alertness flashing across his face.

His eyes flashed, and he suddenly opened the wooden door. Without any hesitation, he was about to rush into the forest like an arrow.

However, just as he turned around, an unparalleled sharp edge cut through the sky, bringing with it a roar that tore through the air and endless wind and snow, and pointed directly at his back.

Zheng Yuanqiu felt a breath of destruction and alarm bells rang in his heart.

The spiritual energy in his body instantly boiled over, and he twisted his body in the air, suddenly rising at an incredible angle and turning around.

Then, brilliant light gathered in his palm, and he slammed it out, colliding head-on with the whistling arrow.

"boom!"

With a deafening sound, the arrow exploded in the air, turning into points of cold light that scattered everywhere, stirring up circles of wind and snow ripples that were visible to the naked eye.

Zheng Yuanqiu took advantage of the situation and rose higher again. He saw a figure holding a bow in the distance and his face was horrified.

"It's you, you bastard!!!"

(End of this chapter)