chewing dragon

Chapter 57
When it was almost noon, Qi Jingzhi found a tea shop beside the official road, and ate some dry food and jerky with tea.

After waiting for another half day and refilling the tea several times, I finally saw Jiao Yulang and Jindao Wei who were busy in the world.

Jiao Yulang sat down on the boy's left, and asked with anticipation in his eyes, "How is it?"

Qi Jingzhi shook his head with a smile: "He went back to the pier, although Liu Gongcao from the Captain's Office spoke politely, his tone was very strict, he didn't reveal any additional information, and didn't give me a chance to pick and choose, just stuffed a case over. "

"This is also a common thing. After all, Zhenmoyuan is a yamen, and the most important word is safety when speaking and doing things."

Jin Daowei sat down opposite the young man, and said with a smile: "It will be great if we have trust in each other after a long time. I don't know what case the meritorious officer assigned? I heard some brother Qi's work from Brother Jiao. What you have done, I think the Duwei Yamen should recognize you very much, and will not deliberately make things difficult for you."

Qi Jingzhi nodded with a smile, poured a bowl of tea for each of them, and added: "In addition to the case, he also gave a waist card for arresting criminals."

Jindao Wei Wenyan's eyes lit up, he slapped his thigh and said: "That's close! If you finish this case, you will have a certificate of approval, and it will be convenient to inquire about the news."

Jiao Yulang was a little disappointed: "We don't have time to investigate the case now, isn't this a delay!"

"It's just the way things are in this world, and the most straightforward and obvious solutions often don't work!"

Jindao Wei took a sip of hot tea and chuckled: "My old Wei has some thin noodles in Liaozhou and even the other five states in the East China Sea, and things go smoothly, but the farther away from home, the less humane you can talk about. The more we need to talk about humanity."

"If I hadn't wasted too much time on these irrelevant things, I wouldn't have chased him all the way to Linzhou before stopping the black donkey spirit."

The old man looked at Qi Jingzhi with a look of admiration on his face: "This is a rule of the world that my old Wei has stumbled several times before he could understand it, and it took him many years to really be convinced and stop going against the world. So transparent at a young age."

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi shook his head: "Maybe it's because I like to think deeply about things when I was young, and I seem to be older than my peers. In fact, I don't like these world rules the most. I spent my whole life hunting in the mountains, and now I want to come out to have a look, so I have no choice but to live with the light.”

Jin Knife Wei was taken aback when he heard this, thinking what to say is to make do with it first, is it possible that this young man surnamed Qi still wants to overthrow this bastard world?
The old man was in a daze, but Qi Jingzhi had already changed the subject, and talked about the sudden burrow in Li's house and the strange smell inside.

Jiao Yulang, who was a little discouraged, suddenly regained his spirits, with surprise on his face: "Brother, do you still remember the news I asked you to inquire about?"

Qi Jingzhi didn't know why, but still nodded and said: "Naturally, you want me to find out if there are any treasures born near the county town, or someone's gold, silver, pearls and jade were inexplicably stolen in large quantities."

Jiao Yulang clapped his hands and smiled happily: "Brother is really my lucky star! If you are lucky, you might be able to stop that little guy in Li's house!"

He suddenly looked around vigilantly, and then continued in a low voice: "I came to Linzhou secretly this time because there were rumors that I found traces of platinum rats nearby. This little guy is the best at treasure hunting. If you have it Help, not only the birthday gift I gave to my aunt has been found, but it can also be used to search for the whereabouts of the jade pillow, wouldn't it be great!"

Xiaowazi had already said these words by the fire in the ruins, and when he mentioned them again at this time, his eyebrows were still beaming.

Seeing his appearance, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help teasing: "No matter how great the treasure-hunting ability of the Platinum Mouse is, can it surpass the Flying Mouse? That's all, why do you think you can stop it in Li's Garden?" ?”

Hearing this, Jiao Yulang was a little twitchy: "The nickname of the Flying Mouse was just made up by me that day. Only the Platinum Mouse is in my hand, so my name is worthy of the name. As for why it has something to do with the Li family's garden... ..."

Xiaowazi suddenly put on a trick, and just said with a smile: "Go and see first, if I guess wrong, how much shame would it be? We'd better go quietly in order not to leak the news."

Qi Jingzhi and Jindao Wei didn't bother to meet the Li family face to face, so it was absolutely necessary.

When it was almost dusk, the three of them discussed for a while, and found someone to find out the direction. Then, taking advantage of the bright sky, they went straight to the Li family's garden in the western suburbs.

A group of people quickly found the land, and saw that the garden occupied a large area from a distance, the gate was locked, and there was no one around.

It's no wonder that such a strange thing happened in the garden, so naturally no one dared to approach it, even if they wanted to come to Li's house, they wouldn't send someone to guard it.

Jiao Yulang couldn't wait the most, jumped up to the top of the wall in twos and twos, and looked into the wall.

Qi Jingzhi and Jindao Wei exchanged glances, and naturally followed closely behind.

The three of them stood tall on the top of the wall and looked around, but saw that the courtyard was covered with weeds and rubble. Most of a large pond had dried up, and the soil at the bottom was cracked due to dryness. Covered with green algae, black mosquitoes are flying in the air.

There are seven or eight acacia trees planted not far from the pool. Although no one has taken care of them for a long time, they are growing surprisingly well. The branches are connected, the crown is dense, and there is not even a single weed under the tree. It looks neat and lively.

Under the tallest acacia tree among them, the ground suddenly collapsed, revealing a deep cave, it was so dark that it was impossible to see what was going on inside, and it felt oozing from a distance.

On the top of the wall, Qi Jingzhi stretched out his hand to hold Jiao Yulang's shoulder, and glared at the eager kid, "Follow me."

After all, the young man was the first to jump off the wall, took out Jian Renshou casually, used the blade of the knife to push aside the weeds, and walked unhurriedly towards the direction of the cave.

Jiao Yulang followed closely behind, and said softly: "Let's get closer and take a look, don't use tricks first, so as not to overwhelm the snake."

Golden Sword Wei was at the end, holding the red golden sword in his hand, protecting Jiao Yulang in the middle.

As the three of them got closer, a strange smell gradually lingered at the tip of their noses, and it went straight into their noses.

At the beginning, this peculiar smell was weak, just slightly fishy, ​​but it was different from the smell that the three of them had smelled before.

The three of them kept walking, and quickly got out of the grass, approaching the area where the acacia tree was.

Before they knew it, the strange stench they had smelled earlier had filled the nostrils of the three of them and began to spread toward the eye sockets.

After walking more than ten steps, the eyes of the three of them were already red, and they felt the strange smell rushing up to their foreheads, wanting to penetrate their brains.

Qi Jingzhi, who was at the front, stopped immediately, only five or six zhang away from the burrow.

He looked intently and saw that the cave was still pitch black, only a few broken blue bricks were exposed at the entrance of the cave.

Suddenly, Qi Jingzhi felt that his sleeve was pulled back by someone, and he turned his head immediately.

Jiao Yulang was already tearing up and didn't dare to open his mouth, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his hand and pointed behind him.

Seeing this, Jin Dao Wei immediately showed a relieved look on his face, turned around without hesitation, and slowly retreated along the way he came.

Qi Jingzhi first walked back slowly for more than a dozen steps, seeing that there was nothing unusual in the crypt, then turned around and walked quickly.

When the three returned to the edge of the strange smell, Jiao Yulang let out a mouthful of foul breath, his excitement was beyond words: "Haha! The two-pronged approach I mentioned earlier, I may be the first to make meritorious deeds along the way!"

There was no need for Qi Jingzhi and Jin Daowei to ask, Xiao Wazi had already talked on his own: "I once told my elder brother that there are other types of ghosts in this world besides tiger minions, but they are even rarer. I didn't expect this There is one of them, and it is the banker who is known as the money-scattering boy!"

(End of this chapter)