Painter

Chapter 196 45: Yu Shu
Recorder Wang Yuanqing took the portrait and looked at it. The Taoist priest in the painting was wearing a crane cloak with a red leather gourd hanging around his waist. He asked, "Is this person Li Youyi is looking for related to today's monster case?"

Li Chan asked back: "Is it easy to find?"

Wang Yuanqing didn't ask further, "Shen Zha Si Youjin has very wide eyes and ears in Beijing, so it's easy to find out what to do, not to mention, what Li Youyi is looking for is a Taoist priest. People in the Taoist sect possess supernatural powers, and their whereabouts and movements are naturally Shen Zhasi paid close attention to it. As long as the Taoist priest didn't deliberately conceal his whereabouts, he would be able to find out his origin tomorrow."

"Just find out his origin, don't startle the snake."

"Li Youyi, don't worry." Wang Yuanqing smiled, "Speaking of which, this is the first time since Li Youyi took office that he let the secretary do things. Even Li Youyi only informed about the monster case in Lantai. With a word from the secretary, the case was closed quietly."

"I just want to go to Lantai to read some books, so I can do it easily." Li Chan said, "It just so happens that I came here tonight, and I will record this in the case file."

Li Chan took the pen and ink, and wrote the whole story of the silverfish case in Lantai into an official document, nine truths and one false, concealing the connection between Maiwang and Chang En, and attributed the cause to the silverfish brought in by the scribes.

And Wang Yuanqing gave the portrait to a Zuoshi, Zuoshi took the portrait, left the secret office, and went straight out of Hebi Lane.

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In Guangzhaifang, in the courtyard of Li's house, Tu Shanxi swung a horizontal knife wide open and closed with both hands.During the day, she fought against the Taoist priest, and although she had the upper hand in the sneak attack, she still lost the wind.She also remembered that when she escaped from the wall, the Taoist was merciful, and she clenched her hands, a little bit unwilling to admit defeat, and the sword light was a little faster.

The demons were frightened by the murderous aura of the saber, and retreated three feet away, but Xu Da squatted aside, and praised the fox fairy lady's good saber skills from time to time. After a few words of flattery, Tu Shanxi's mood improved, and the murderous aura in the saber gradually disappeared , slowed down, and was annoyed that this fellow was delaying her practice of the saber, so she glanced at it.

In the west room, Hong Yao glanced at Tu Shanxi who was practicing knives outside the window, then turned her gaze back to the bronze mirror she was holding in both hands, and muttered, "This is so strange, Tu Shan would pretend to be a man to lie to you. However, Don't worry, Alang is not as scary as she said, he treats monsters very well."

In the mirror, Deng Yuanying looked at Hong Yao's delicate and cute appearance, and her words did not sound like a lie, and felt that when the fox girl turned into a man, she pretended to be gentle and refined, her eyes flashed, she lowered her head and said, "Thank you."

Hong Yao said again: "As for the Taoist priest, you don't have to worry. Alang sent someone to look for him. He must know that Alang is not easy to mess with."

"What are you looking for?" Deng Yuanying was startled, and then said: "That Taoist priest is not a bad person."

"He's going to kill you, isn't that bad?" Hong Yao opened his eyes wide.

"he……"

Deng Yuanying was about to explain, when she thought of Tu Zhaoying, she suddenly felt that what she said was meaningless, so she just sighed.

Hong Yao sighed secretly, the mirror demon was so frightened by the Taoist priest that he didn't even dare to speak ill of the Taoist priest, so he comforted him: "Young lady, don't be afraid, no matter how powerful the Taoist priest is, he will still come in." This house is not allowed. A Lang took his portrait out, and he will be found within a few days."

"Portrait?" Deng Yuanying asked hesitantly.

"Yeah!" Hong Yao's eyes lit up, "You don't know that Ah Lang is the best at painting!"

"Oh, so..."

There was noise outside.

The door of the house opened, and a lantern brought the night breeze into the house, illuminating the figure with the lantern.Hong Yao looked up, whispered "Ah Lang is here", put down the bronze mirror, asked Deng Yuanying to wait, and left the Westinghouse.Looking at the back of the girl in red leaving, Deng Yuanying felt a little apprehensive, but also wondered, what does the shadowless Taoist priest look like?
……

Zuo Shi left Hebi Lane and rode to the imperial city.The company of Shenzha is just outside the west gate of the imperial city, next to Zuojinwuweifu in the south.Zuo Shi got off his horse and went into the office, and presented the certificate of enlisting in the army. Shenzha Si Youban judge Chen Haochu learned that it was the Gyeonggi Youyi envoy who wanted to investigate, so he brought Zuo Shi with him and entered the bookstore where the case files were stored. .

All kinds of documents in the pavilion are divided into categories. The documents related to monks and Taoism are only on the southwest side of the pavilion, occupying two bookcases.Every time a monk walks in the Dayong Kingdom, as long as he does not deliberately conceal his whereabouts, the movement of his genealogy will be included in the Chongxuan Department, the government, Shen Zhasi, etc.After more than half an hour, a Zuoshi flipped through a record and asked Chen Haochu to check it.Chen Haochu took over the book, which recorded the records of monks and Taoists entering and leaving Yujing in the year of Renji, one of which reads "On November [-], Wang Changyue, a Taoist priest of Yinlou Temple, entered Yujing with the word Kunyangzi".After this sentence, there are hundreds of words describing its appearance, among which are the words "hanging sword to the right".

Chen Haochu compared the portrait, looked at it for a while, nodded and said it was this, and left the bookstore.In Shenzhasi, only the Taoist's name and family lineage can be found.As for Zhushi, which records the life history of Taoist priests, it is a state secret and is hidden in the Chongxuan Office under Zhuyuan Terrace.

The candles in the bookstore were extinguished, and several hours passed without any other movement.

Until Maoshi, the dew was cold and frosty, and countless lanterns floated on the street, accompanied by countless chariots and horses. It was the court officials who went to the imperial city to order Mao.Now that the sage has not returned, the crown prince is taking over the government, and the various ministries in the court are still operating in an orderly manner.

Sun Jiyang was also among the chariots and horses. As the official order of the Chongxuan Administration, he was under the eighth rank, but his duties interfered deeply with Taoism, a position that could not be ignored.He has never accepted bribes, but he has a little-known secret, that is, he once had a broken friendship with Prince Gong.This secret failed to escape Shen Zhasi's eyes and ears.

However, even if Shen Zhasi threatened him with this matter, he would not hesitate to repay him, so Sun Jiyang didn't mind helping Shen Zhasi with small things occasionally.For example, this time, it was just a matter of lifting a finger.

He unfolded the note in his hand and memorized the name of "Kunyangzi Wang Changyue" again.

The light stream formed by the lights, after entering the gate of the imperial city, spread out like a river flowing into the sea.After ordering to enter the official office, he took advantage of his position and found the Yinlou Temple in the documents of a group of Taoist temples. Yangzi Wang Changyue" and found a two-page note.

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At the beginning of the morning, the cooking smoke came out of the kitchen, and quickly dissipated in the air-conditioning.Li Chan was at the table, taking a bite of the cooking cake, and looking out of the window from time to time, Qing Yasha, who had been on guard all night, yawned, and flew back from the wall, and Chi Yasha led a little demon to take his place.

Mr. Bi was flipping through the Supplements of Mountains and Seas on the side, and seeing Mai Wang’s revised text, he nodded and said that the bookworm’s writing skills are really good, and then glanced at Li Chan, “You look a little anxious today.”

"If the Taoist priest came after me, it would be a lot of trouble." Li Chan swallowed the cooking cake, "Of course, with the protection of Shen Zhasi, I will change my identity and change my appearance at the worst." As he spoke, his eyes swept across the room, "This An Sheng Days are ruined again."

Mr. Bi chuckled, "You just killed an abandoned son who didn't show up on the stage, and the uncle of the abandoned son only thought you were a heretic with no morals. Even if Xiyishan wanted to deal with you, it wouldn't do anything It’s a powerful character. Besides, the Taoist priest may not just come to trouble you.”

"I'm afraid that the young ones will be beaten, and the old ones will come again. Trouble." Li Chan sighed and thoughtfully, "Tu Shanxi said that the Taoist priest is a shadowless one, which is rare. Speaking of which, this year The demon attack in Xuandu in spring was planned by Yu Yuan alone. The Yu Yuan Jiyi clan was also born from the shadow."

"Most of the innate magical powers of the Yuyuan Jiyi clan are related to shadows." Mr. Bi said, "In fact, the human race also uses the magical powers of the Fajiyi clan..."

"A-Lang, A-Lang!" Chi Yasha, who had just climbed onto the wall, floated back, "Someone is coming!"

Li Chan's eyes moved, she got up and left.

When the garden gate was opened, it was Chen Haochu who came. Li Chan invited Chen Haochu into the room. Chen Haochu was so angry that he didn't care to say anything else, so he took out two thin pages and put them on the table. "Here it is!"

Li Chan took a look at it, and muttered: "Kunyangzi, Wang Changyue..."

Although there are only two pages of annotations, the writing is small, and the origin of the Taoist priest is described clearly.

This Wang Changyue was born in Jiangning, and his life experience was quite tortuous.On the color note, there is a sentence "Mother and demon communicate".

Twenty years ago, the world was not peaceful. If you were pregnant and you couldn't tell which man's child you were pregnant with, you would be easily accused of adultery with a demon.This Wang Changyue's biological mother died of rumors not long after he was born, and Wang Changyue was adopted by the Jiangning Wang family and survived.

However, Wang Changyue was not born from the combination of a human and a demon, she was born with a shadow.On the color note, there is also a sentence "if there is a deficiency in fate, a high-level Taoist will see it, cut off its shadow, and make up for the deficiency".That's why he disappeared.

Later, it is said that the Taoist priest was brought up by the Wang family in Jiangning, learned the method handed down by Wang's family, and became a Taoist priest under the guidance of Yinlouguan.

Li Chan finished reading the note, and asked: "Chen Panshi, does this Yinlou Temple have anything to do with Xiyi Mountain?"

Chen Haochu said: "The Yinlou Temple is in Jiangning, just four hundred miles to the north of Jiangzhou. The Taoists in this area naturally regard Xiyi Mountain as a holy place, but it's hard to say how deep the relationship is..."

Li Chan nodded and asked again: "Did you find that person?"

"It's near the West Market, residing in the Qing Dynasty." Chen Haochu said, "What's Li Youyi's plan?"

"I'll think about it again." Li Chan said, "Thank you Judge Chen for your help. I'll treat you to a drink after this matter is over."

"This is a business matter, so don't thank me." Chen Haochu smiled, "Drinking is a private matter. Speaking of which, Uncle hasn't seen you for many days. Last time I heard about your deeds in Bishuixuan, he praised you. Invite you to drink, I wonder if Li Youyi would like to show you face?"

Li Chan said with a smile: "It's not a compliment, I will definitely come."

After sending Chen Haochu away, Li Chan returned to the house.

Mr. Bi was already sitting at the table, holding the note, and said: "It's just a coincidence that the Jiyi family was mentioned. The Jiangning Wang family used to be a sun-worshiping family in ancient times, and later became the Jiyi family. Now the "Nine Essentials of Yu Shu" handed down by Wang's family is based on Ji Yi's supernatural powers, and its mysterious method is unique in the world of practice."

"No wonder there is no shadow, maybe it's because of his supernatural powers, something went wrong. If he really has supernatural powers like Ji Yi's, he won't let Tu Shan escape."

"How do you plan to deal with him?" Mr. Bi put down his bet.

"You have to think about it..."

Li Chan was thoughtful, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a figure outside the house, turned her head, and saw Hong Yao coming over with the bronze mirror in her hands.

"Ah Lang." Hong Yao stood outside the threshold holding a mirror, "She must see you."

Li Chan glanced at the bronze mirror. Since last night, he had only been thinking about the Taoist priest. Now that he knew the origin of the Taoist priest, he felt more at ease, and nodded to Hongyao.Hong Yao then went into the room and presented the bronze mirror. When the girl in the mirror appeared, she saw Li Chan and saluted, "Little girl sees the ghost master."

Hearing this address, Li Chan couldn't help but glanced outside the door. Tu Shanxi was listening while leaning on the door with a knife in her hand. When she met Li Chan's gaze, she turned her head away embarrassedly.Li Chan coughed dryly, turned her gaze back to the bronze mirror, "What's wrong?"

"The little girl heard that the ghost is going to find the Taoist priest and take his life."

Deng Yuanying lowered her head, feeling uneasy. Although she has become a monster, the only difference between her and a human is that she has no body. Last night, she stayed in the house and eavesdropped on those monsters. They spoke very frighteningly. , shouting to the fox fairy empress to chop up the cow's nose into eight sections, but the white cat said that it was nothing, and wanted to chop it up again to make scorpions, fat to fat, thin to thin!Hearing that she fell into an ice cave, she really got on the ghost ship by mistake. The shadowless Taoist priest withdrew his sword at the last moment, and instead became more humane.

She mustered up her courage, and continued, "But fighting with others is risky after all..." She paused, feeling that she might become aggressive, so she quickly changed her words, "Well, that bull-nosed man is not worthy of the ghost master's attack."

Li Chan said: "I'm afraid that if I don't look for him, he will come to me."

"Little girl is willing to lobby with that Taoist priest." Deng Yuanying pursed her lips and looked up at the "ghost master". Be more masculine.At the same time, she fantasized about the terrifying appearance of the ghost master in his original form.

Li Chan was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "He wants to kill you, why should he listen to your lobbying?"

Deng Yuanying also thought about it last night, the Taoist priest had no shadow, but she was a shadow. Perhaps it was because of this fate that the Taoist priest softened his heart.But she couldn't say that, she just blushed, and said: "Just because I persuaded him to stop yesterday, if Tu Lang...that fox fairy empress came back halfway, it wouldn't be..."

He glanced at Tu Shanxi again, and the fox girl holding the knife glanced at the bronze mirror, obviously very unhappy.

Seeing the girl in the mirror blushing, Li Chan raised her eyebrows in surprise. Although she didn't know it, she could tell that Yingniang had a good impression of the Taoist priest.Who would have known that Xu Da and Chi Yacha's bragging in the middle of the night contributed to the flames.He secretly sighed in his heart, love at first sight is beautiful, but the identities of this Yingniang and that Taoist priest are too different.But without pointing it out, he asked, "How sure are you?"

Seeing that the ghost master did not refuse, Deng Yuanying couldn't help being a little happy, "Whether you are sure or not, you have to try it to know."

"I see." Li Chan nodded, noncommittal, and winked at Hong Yao.

Hong Yao understood, picked up the bronze mirror and left.

Deng Yuanying's face turned pale, but she didn't dare to say anything else. She looked at Li Chan expectantly, only seeing the back of Li Chan getting up and leaving.

(End of this chapter)