Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 268 Old traces and new insights

On Ming Street, Pu Di's body caused chaos.

Looking back is the Yamen of Xianrentai, so you don't even have to wait to report to the official.

Pei Ye and the others only waited for a few breaths before a team of officers came out of the Immortal Terrace and locked the scene. The four of them were all well-known people in Bowang. After asking about them, they sat in the wing of the Immortal Terrace.

Wudong asked here personally.

The Hejian looked solemn as he looked at Pei Ye who was sitting in front of him and opened his pen: "Are you sure it's exactly the same as that day?"

"Same, I turned around and the mask disappeared without any sign." Pei Ye frowned.

After seeing this terrifying appearance for a long time, staying with this Hejian will actually give people a sense of security. At this time, sitting in the room with candles, the hair on Pei Ye's body has gradually fallen. Go down.

"However, the situation is different after all." He added.

Wudong nodded: "Of course, above the Third Level Guizang Pavilion and the market, the difficulty of this happening next to three Xuanmen and one Sisheng is different."

"On the other hand, what is he doing with this mask?" Wudong looked at the young man, "Is there anything special about that mask?"

".I don't see anything special about it."

"Well, we can't get it back anyway. It's special and there's no way to trace it - I can't even trace the tail of the five volumes of Soul Seizing." Wudong's tone was slightly worse, "However, it doesn't affect the analysis of this case."

Pei Ye was silent for a moment: "Yes, the key is, I can't understand this behavior."

The crane inspector quickly wrote a few lines on the book: "Sending secret messages through transactions is a common method used by these rats and insects, and it has always been very effective."

Pei Ye understood a little bit: "Oh, that's right. But"

"But why did he take away this mask in front of you?" Wudong looked at him with burning eyes.

".Yes."

The room was quiet for a moment.

Pei Ye said softly: "I think he deliberately alarmed me."

"I think so." Wudong leaned back and stared at the rafters, "The mask is not the key to this. He wants you to pay attention to this vendor. And he is not afraid that you will know his motives."

Why is he?

Who would do such a thing?

Pei Ye thought: "Master Sui said before that this ability to retrieve objects out of thin air probably belongs to the Sun Swallowing Society."

"Then the hawker is Huansilou." Wudong said, "For the time being, it's just this - the Sun Tun Society deliberately exposed Huansilou's shortcomings for us."

".Is there no other possibility?"

"Of course there is." Wudong raised his eyes to look at him, "You can guess at will, but that's where the supported judgment ends."

Pei Ye still felt something was wrong: "Are we and Tunrihui on the same side now?"

"At least there is a unified goal." Wudong said, "Tianshan said that Huansilou might not have succeeded, but the Sun Tun Club followed them to Bowang. So, in fact, only Huansilou knows the whole story. , at this stage of the matter, the Sun-Eating Society is not our number one enemy.”

Pei Ye nodded slowly.

In fact, for him, this matter has a more unique importance.

That day in Sanzhong Pavilion, after the case file disappeared, the black cat once said that it felt something. But after this incident, Pei Ye asked Chi Ying, but did not get a unanimous answer.

Black Cat said firmly no.

Either what he felt that day was something else, or this thing had to meet certain conditions in order to be felt by him, or...

Pei Ye was silent for a while.

But no matter what, this is the first time he has caught the tail of this matter. The missing man was nowhere to be found, but at least the hawker's body remained here. Of course he had to get to the bottom of it and follow closely.

On the other side, Wudong was already asking Qing Zihuang and the others.

"We just met by chance." Zihuang said with a calm expression, "When we passed by the Immortal Terrace."

"You're not." Wudong looked at him and interrupted.

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"Tell the truth." Wudong lowered his head and turned the page with his pen.

The room became quiet again, even starting to feel a little tense.

Pei Ye knew that what Wudong said was right, because no one should have discovered the abnormality of this vendor faster than him. The behavior of Qingzihuang and Qingzihuang at that time clearly showed that they had been keeping an eye on this person for a long time.

But Jianghu sect and Xianrentai.

"." Zi Huang was silent for a while, "No comment."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense again.

Wudong's expression remained unchanged: "Then we have to follow the proper process."

Qinghuang stood up quickly and bowed to Wudong to apologize: "Wu Hejian, I don't mean to offend, please check your records first."

Wudong raised his eyes and looked at Qinghuang, then raised his hand slightly, and not long after, someone came with a drawer of case files.

The four words "Baizhu Pavilion · One" were engraved on it. His hand without holes crossed it and stopped when it landed on the section [Second Elder, "Zi Huang" Xu Jianzheng].

As soon as Pei Ye's eyes dropped, a scarlet seal came into view.

"Shenjing can be checked and used. Don't pursue the events in July and August of the Xinsi year and their spread."

Pei Ye was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at Zi Huang. This tall, fire-like sword-like senior actually couldn't tell that the meridian tree was missing. He looked straight at the floor, holding his two broad hands together. .

Qinghuang said softly: "Brother, I encountered some things before, and I have been unable to settle down physically and mentally for the past month, so I accompanied him to wander around looking for him, without any purpose or plot."

Wudong nodded and slowly closed the drawer lid: "Since Shenjing has stamped the seal, I won't ask about this matter. You should also try to stay away from the matter of Huansilou, so as not to add to the confusion."

Zi Huang nodded slightly.

"I'm going to do a small errand next to a big errand." Wudong sighed and glanced at Zihuang, "I advise you to put it down as soon as possible. If you really find out about the things that were swept away by the Shenjing Immortal Platform, it will be a shame. none."

"Okay." The Hejian organized the matter in just a few words. Finally, he changed his ink pen and marked the word "temporary" at the end of the page. He folded the book and said, "Let's go, look." Go to the body.”

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The corpse was parked outside, and several gangsters had examined it as quickly as possible.

"After taking poison, the true energy was extinguished. These are the only two fatal injuries." The supervisor reported and handed over a page of records. "Many details have been recorded and traced. Please review them."

"Identity." Wudong flipped through the book and came to the body, putting his hand on it gently.

"I asked the neighboring stalls, and they all said that they came from Xiangzhou in the south to do business during the autumn period. They have the right accent and habits, and many of them have not been found out yet. Several acquaintances have also been detained, but there is nothing abnormal in the initial screening."

"You're doing business across a state, and you're just selling groceries like this?" Wudong raised his eyebrows, "You don't even have enough money for horse feed - and the same goes for those acquaintances?"

"Yes, but they said they came with the convoy of the Qiyun Chamber of Commerce to help load and unload the goods, and the chamber of commerce will take care of the itinerary, food and accommodation. I have some free time these days, so I bought some goods directly from the chamber of commerce to sell."

Wudong nodded: "This is more reasonable - go to the Chamber of Commerce to check and see if he sneaked in alone or if there is a hidden path."

"Yes."

Then the Hejian closed the file and glanced at Pei Ye and others with his narrow eyes like a falcon: "These are all famous people. If you don't want to rush to Xianrentai for breakfast tomorrow, you can leave now." It’s over.”     No one wants to rush.

Several people left the yamen.

The two groups said goodbye and separated. Pei Ye stood there and watched Zi Huang's leaving figure quietly.

The atmosphere was a bit gloomy. Not only did Pei Ye and the two people's joyful mood of parading on the street disappear, but Qing Zihuang and Qing Zihuang, who were still bickering after the crime, were silent at this time.

Zihuang was especially silent. He had not said a word since being questioned by Wudong. At this time, far away from the Immortal Terrace, he whispered: "Xu Yanhe, do you really think we are just wandering around? "

Qinghuang didn't answer, raised his eyes to look at the sky, and said softly: "As long as you think it's meaningful, that's enough. Isn't it always like this from childhood to adulthood? One month, two months, one year, two years... Anyway, I will always help you."

But Zi Huang's complexion did not improve much. He also glanced at the sky, which was boundless and deep darkness, dotted with a few distant and cold stars. This scene made him feel a little suffocated.

"I just doubt myself." He said with some pain.

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On the other side of the road, Pei Ye was also more silent than speaking.

Li Mingqing turned her head and looked at the quiet young man beside her, and saw an unfamiliar temperament in him.

When getting along with her, the teenager is mostly playful and gentle, and often seems clumsy and confused, but is amiable and cute.

But now he was like a wolf smelling something fishy.

He put one hand on the hilt of his sword and stared intently at the long street in front of him. His feet were walking quickly, but the things running through his mind seemed to be faster than his steps.

Li Mingqing wanted to talk to him, but somehow felt that it would disturb his communication with something.

It wasn't until he arrived in front of Cuiyu Courtyard that Pei Ye came back to his senses briefly and said softly: "Qing Qing, please go back first."

".Do you want to go back to the martial arts school?"

"No, I'm going to Baizhu Pavilion."

".It's so late, why not tomorrow morning?"

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy."

"Then I'll be with you."

"Don't. Otherwise, why didn't we stop the two seniors just now?"

"Well why didn't you stop?" Li Mingqing tilted her head and looked at him.

"In order to send you back to sleep with Miss Ming first." Pei Ye smiled, "You almost have coal rings in your eyes."

On nights like this, the girl could only make him feel at ease if she was by Ming Qitian or Liuli's side. He gently held her forearm and said, "I'm leaving first."

".Um."

Pei Ye said goodbye to the girl, turned around and headed east.

He didn't expect that Zi Huang bumped into this vendor because he was investigating Zhu Shijiao.

From here, can we find traces of Zhu Shijiao? After they committed such an act of mutilating their bodies into thousands of pieces, why haven't they been cleaned up yet?

What is that thing that disappears without a trace? Pei Ye was willing to attribute it to thaumaturgic menopause, but Black Cat said that what he sensed was not a fruit.

Why did it lose its senses after what happened today?

Could it be that what the black cat sensed in Guizang Pavilion that day was actually not this invisible thing?

What else could it be?

Pei Ye felt that the fog in front of him was getting bigger and bigger, but no matter what, even if there were a thousand mysteries in front of him, the first thing Pei Ye wanted to solve would always be these three words engraved in his heart.

Zhushijiao.

There was no one in the streets in the cold night. When Pei Ye raised his head, he saw the White Bamboo House in front of him.

The disciple who came to visit late at night was very surprised when he opened the door. When Pei Ye entered the courtyard, he heard the sound of swords, but Zhang Mozhu was still practicing swordsmanship over and over again.

After explaining the purpose of his visit, the disciple led him and knocked on the door of Senior Zihuang's room.

There was a cup of tea in front of Zi Huang, who was sitting motionless at the table in a daze. When he heard the door being opened, he turned around. His reaction was a bit slow in the eyes of the four-year-old boy.

Seeing the young man, he was stunned for a moment: "Young Master Pei"

Pei Ye didn't answer. He stood in front of the door and gently rubbed his cold hands, then closed the door and walked in.

He stood in front of Zi Huang, dipped his fingers in the tea, and drew half a tree shape on the table.

The room seemed to have suddenly lost all movement.

Xu Jianzheng's body trembled a little bit under his robe until it became as stiff as iron. He stared straight at the half-tree, his eyes as if dead.

"Senior Xu, you can ask me about what it did in Xin Cang in August." The young man whispered, "Similarly, outside of August and Xin Cang, where will it appear? .I also sincerely ask my seniors to give me alms."

In the silence, Pei Ye lifted the jade pendant hanging on his chest, and the black ringed dragon came to life.

"Just take it as my faith to wish Gao Yang Zhiyu."

Zihuang raised his head suddenly.

The young man and the man's eyes met for a long time without any avoidance or words.

For a long time, Zihuang looked at him and said softly with a hoarse voice: "I'm not looking for it, it's looking for me."

"I haven't had a good night's sleep since I came out of Xincang Mountain." The man whispered, pulling out the chair next to him, "Please sit down, Mr. Pei."

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Bowang Southeast, outside Qijiao Manor.

Li Weiru leaned on the dense tree, his eyes never leaving the manor for a moment.

The branches and leaves are really dense, especially at night. When you pass under the tree and look up, you feel that a piece of the starry sky has been swallowed up.

Li Weiru is not always in the same place. Depending on the time and mood, he will randomly choose between seven or eight places, each one completely concealing his whereabouts.

The old man saw his position clearly. He was not the first line of defense to stop the enemy, nor was he responsible for capturing the enemy. He was just a pair of eyes.

If the eyes are exposed first, they will be blinded before seeing the enemy.

Wudong and Sui Zaihua had jointly confirmed several places. Without knowing it, even if the second level Xuanmen wanted to enter the manor, they had to pass through his sight first.

But now, the manor is as quiet as ever, another night has passed, and there is a hazy light on the horizon.

Those people might appear soon, or they might not appear at all. The old man didn't think much about it. He slid down from the tree with his sword in hand, like a dead leaf falling silently.

There were obviously people getting up in the morning on the street, but they didn't seem to notice this scene at all. The old man walked up the still dark long street with a gourd in one hand, just in time to open the door of the wine shop.

He handed over the empty gourd and when he took it back full, he already had a piece of paper and a pen in his hand.

"Nothing happened today." The old man wrote with a pen.

　Thanks to a pot of old wine and Boss Shenxi for the reward! Thank you Boss Shen for your support!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)