Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

Cheng Mo looked completely innocent: "How would I know? I've lived in Liangyi Temple since I was a child. At most, I'd go to the nearby county town. Later, I just followed Xiao He around everywhere."

Xia He corrected him: "I'm the one who follows you everywhere."

"They're all the same, they're all the same."

Xia Liuqing looked at the two of them, her eyes twitching: "...Not even a single clue? Aren't you a sorcerer? Can't you calculate? Even Zhuge Qing could calculate, and you're not even as good as him?"

"I'm really no match for him when it comes to sorcery, especially divination." Cheng Mo waved his hand. "Let him figure out the pitfalls himself."

Xia Liuqing seized on the key phrase: "You mean there's something wrong with the divination?"

"Last time in Northeast China, your friend schemed against everyone, didn't you know?"

Xia Liuqing's expression was not good: "I really don't know his specific methods, but sorcerers are indeed quite troublesome."

Just then, Xia Liuqing's phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was Xu Si.

"Hey, Mr. Xia, we now suspect that Zhuge Liang has possessed Liu Jianwen."

Xia Liuqing frowned: "Who is Liu Jianwen?"

"Liu Wenzhou's father."

Xia Liuqing perked up: "Should I go take a look?"

"It would be best if you could come."

Xia Liuqing glanced at Cheng Mo: "Give me the address."

Xu Si gave an address, and Xia Liuqing hung up the phone, turning to look at Cheng Mo and Xia He: "Are you two coming together?"

Cheng Mo opened the passenger door: "Let's go."

Liu Jianwen's company occupies three entire floors of an office building in the TS city area.

When Cheng Mo and the other two arrived, Xu Si was standing at the building entrance, speaking politely to a receptionist in a suit.

"We really have something urgent to discuss with Mr. Liu. Could you please inform him for me?"

The young woman smiled and said politely, "Sir, we cannot meet without an appointment; it's the rule."

Xu Si pulled out his ID from his pocket: "I'm a liaison, I'm on official business."

The young woman glanced at the ID, her smile unchanged: "Sir, our company has no business dealings with Anyotong. If you have official business, please contact our legal department first."

Xu Si choked for a moment.

Cheng Mo walked over and patted Xu Si on the shoulder: "Hey, Lao Si, you're not good at this either. How come you can't even get through a door?"

Xu Si's face darkened: "We can't just force our way in, can we?"

"You still haven't figured out who it is?" Cheng Mo gestured towards Zhuge Qing with his chin.

Zhuge Qing squinted, his expression unreadable: "I'm about 80% sure it's him."

Cheng Mo shrugged: "Then let's use the methods of the supernatural beings. That guy can't possibly not go home, can he? Let's go to his house and wait for him."

Xu Si was silent for two seconds: "...This isn't how an extraordinary person behaves, is it?"

"It's all the same, let's go." Cheng Mo turned and left.

The group got into the car and drove to the outside of Liu Jianwen's residential area.

The residential complex looks very upscale, with a guard post and access control at the entrance, requiring card swipes to enter and exit.

Xu Si parked the car in a roadside parking space, scratched his head, and said, "Something feels off about this. We're a legitimate department, not..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhuge Qing got out of the car, walked to the edge of the community wall, stomped his foot, and sank into the ground, disappearing from sight.

Xu Si opened his mouth, but swallowed the rest of his words: "Hey, these young people nowadays."

Cheng Mo leaned against a tree, hands in his pockets: "Then let's wait for Xiao Qing's news."

Xu Si turned to look at him: "Master Cheng, aren't you going in?"

Cheng Mo said with a righteous expression, "I am a law-abiding and exemplary young person of our time."

Xu Si's lips twitched: "..."

Less than twenty minutes later, Zhuge Qing called Xu Si.

"It can now be confirmed that Liu Jianwen is inextricably linked to that person."

Xu Si sat up straight: "What's going on?"

"There are traces of an array here, very well hidden, but it is definitely that person's method."

Xu Si breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, I'll take care of the rest."

The call had just ended when my phone rang again.

Xu Si glanced at the caller ID; it was a number from Heng'an's company.

"Feed?"

The voice on the other end was urgent: "Fourth Brother, Liu Wenzhou is missing."

Xu Si was stunned for a moment, then raised his voice: "What do you mean 'disappeared'?!"

"He just disappeared suddenly. When we checked the surveillance footage, we found a one-minute time gap. During that minute, nothing was recorded, and he just vanished."

Xu Si took a deep breath, wanting to curse loudly, but he held back.

After hanging up the phone, he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and thought for a dozen seconds.

Then she opened her eyes and called Xu Xiang first.

"Dad, the situation has changed. Liu Wenzhou has disappeared. We need to contact Huafeng to coordinate a joint operation between the Northwest and North China."

Xu Xiang didn't waste any words: "I'll contact them."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Si waited a few more minutes before his phone rang. It was a call from the person in charge at Huafeng.

After communicating for more than ten minutes, it was finally decided that Huafeng would authorize Xu Si to lead this operation.

Xu Si hung up the phone, walked up to Cheng Mo, and said with an unusually serious expression, "Master Cheng, we need your help this time."

Cheng Mo looked at him: "Tell me."

"Firstly, because Liangyi Temple is located in the Northwest, and you are more familiar with the Northwest than we are. Secondly, because..." Xu Si paused, "Your strength is unfathomable, and with you by my side, I feel much more confident."

Cheng Mo laughed: "Fourth brother, I like what you said. Okay, I'll help."

The people from Na Du Tong began monitoring Liu Jianwen, preparing to arrest him when he returned home.

Liu Jianwen has a very regular schedule. He leaves the company at six o'clock every afternoon and his driver takes him home.

When the time came, Xu Si's walkie-talkie crackled: "Brother Si, Liu Jianwen's car is heading towards the neighborhood."

Xu Si grabbed the walkie-talkie: "Prepare for action."

Three cars started up and blocked the entrance to the residential area.

A black sedan drove up from the road; the license plate number matched.

Xu Si and his men got out of the car and blocked the road.

The black car stopped.

Xu Si walked to the driver's seat and knocked on the car window: "Liu Jianwen, get out of the car. There are some things we need your cooperation in investigating."

The car window rolled down, and the driver looked at him blankly: "Who are you?"

Xu Si glanced into the car—the back seat was empty, no one was there.

His expression changed: "Where's Liu Jianwen?"

The driver was even more confused: "Mr. Liu has been in the car the whole time; I haven't stopped!"

Xu Si's blood pressure spiked instantly.

He took a deep breath, turned around and walked back to his car, picked up the walkie-talkie: "Liu Jianwen is missing. Check the surveillance footage and find out when he got out of the car."

Before anyone could reply on the walkie-talkie, Zhuge Qing had already closed his eyes and sat cross-legged.

Xia He shook her head as she watched, and whispered to Cheng Mo, "This Zhuge Qing is practically becoming a tool for the company."

Cheng Mo replied softly, "That's not it. He came here because he wanted to investigate his ancestors' affairs. It's a mutual benefit between him and the company."

Xu Si's lips twitched: "I'm still here. What do you mean by 'mutual exploitation'? That sounds awful. We call this mutual benefit and sincere cooperation."

Cheng Mo patted him on the shoulder: "Alright, alright, let's cooperate sincerely."

A moment later, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of Zhuge Qing's mouth.

Xia He tugged at Cheng Mo's sleeve: "Should we wake him up?"

Cheng Mo waved his hand: "It's not time yet, and he'll be waking up soon."

Sure enough, Zhuge Qing opened his eyes after a short while and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"We've found him." His voice was weak. "He's in the car, heading towards Old Base."

Cheng Mo asked curiously, "How did you know we were going to Old Fortress? Did you calculate it?"

Zhuge Qing shook his head: "It was based on the road conditions at the time, and calculating the future destination was much more complicated than it is now."

There's one more thing he didn't mention—why choose the old fortress? Isn't that the formation Old Wei set up? What kind of deal did that person make with Old Wei?