Chapter 849 Determine the Target

Washi Street is a street in the northwest corner of Qingtangwei. There is a river beside the street, and the water in it has a strong smell.

This street got its name because a large number of leather craftsmen gathered here to make a living by tanning and washing leather.

Before the outbreak of the war, there were a large number of craftsmen in the Starch Street, and they helped the leather merchants nitrate and starch a large amount of leather every day, which was very lively.

After the outbreak of the war, Jiangxi Street was also one of the few places in Qingtang Acropolis that could still maintain the busy scene of the past.

After all, things like leather are military assets, which are especially important in wartime. The leather craftsmen in Xingxi Street were all taken over by the frontier army. Without Dongchuan Hou's order, let alone leaving Qingtang Acropolis, they were not even allowed to walk out of Xingxi Street at will.

"My lord, the reincarnated Qingtang wizard you are looking for is hidden in this street."

Cai Guizhong looked at the Qingtang Sanitation Book in his hand, and reported to Qin Shaoyou.

Not far away, the spies hiding in the dark to monitor Qin Shaoyou and others saw only Qin Shaoyou and others, but not Cai Guizhong.

This is his special supernatural power as a yin god. Only people with high enough cultivation base can perceive his existence. Those spies are still not good enough, not to mention Qin Shaoyou and others help to cover up.

"Are you sure? Is it really here?"

After hearing Cai Guizhong's words, Qin Shaoyou not only did not show joy on his face, but frowned slightly.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Cai Guizhong, it's just that they searched the place of Xixi Street in the past two days, not only did they not find the soul of the Qingtang wizard, nor did they smell his remaining scent.

As for fetuses and babies, there are quite a few, but in terms of time, they all don't match up.

Either it will take a few months to be born, or it has been born for several months and has not been born in the past few days, or it is a baby and fetus that is about to be born.

After listening to Qin Shaoyou's reasons for questioning, Cai Guizhong made a guess after a little thought.

"The Book of Life and Death says very clearly that the soul of the Qingtang wizard returns here... Could it be the baby or fetus he took away and reincarnated, what's so weird?"

Cai Guizhong, who had doubts, mobilized the incense in the Qingtang Weili and the Town God's Temple before Qin Shaoyou could open his mouth, and performed magic, so that the book of life and death in his hand flipped quickly with a 'crash'. I read the information about those babies and fetuses in Xixi Street.

After a while, he let out a 'huh', and the book of life and death stopped turning the pages.

"What's the matter, Lao Cai, did you find anything?" Zhu Xiucai asked hastily.

Cai Guizhong nodded: "There is a record of a baby here, which is weird."

While speaking, he chanted the mantra, mobilized more incense, stretched out his hand, and wiped it on the book of life and death.

Zhu Xiucai poked his head curiously, but saw nothing.

But Qin Shaoyou and Cai Guizhong could see it clearly. With Cai Guizhong's touch, a light appeared on the book of life and death, dispelling the haze, revealing the true content of this page.

Qin Shaoyou read it in a low voice: "The third son of the Xu family was born on the 16th day of the fourth month of the 30th year of Jianwu, and his soul returned to the 8th day of the third month of the 31st year of Jianwu..."

"Ok?"

When Zhu Xiucai heard this, he looked at the book of life and death, and then at Qin Shaoyou, his face full of astonishment.

In his eyes, the book of life and death is blank, with no content.

How did you read Qin Shaoyou's words?

"My lord, can you see the contents of the Book of Life and Death?"

Cai Guizhong was also a little surprised.

But he didn't discuss this issue too much, pointing to the book of life and death and said: "The content on this page of the book of life and death just now was covered up and tampered with by people, and I used a lot of incense to correct its true content Come back. Presumably this third son of the Xu family is the Qingtang wizard who seized his home and reincarnated."

Qin Shaoyou nodded in agreement.

"The soul of the third son of the Xu family belongs to the eighth day of March in the 31st year of Jianwu, which is the day that the Qingtang wizard committed suicide... It seems that this Qingtang wizard was planning the layout early in the morning!"

Zhu Xiucai stared hard at the book of life and death, trying to see the content on it, but his eyeballs were about to pop out, but he still didn't see anything, only made himself stare black and dizzy.

After hearing the discussion between Qin Shaoyou and Cai Guizhong, he gave up the idea of ​​seeing the content from the book of life and death, and said one thing:

"I remembered that when I was doing an investigation in Xiexi Street, I heard that there was a young boy with a dementia in Mr. Xu's home. He was almost one year old. Not only could he not scream, crawl, and turn over, Others teased him, but the child didn't respond.

Every day, the child only knows how to breastfeed, pee, defecate, and sleep. Even if he is not given milk and he is very hungry, he will not cry.

Someone persuaded Mr. Xu to secretly send this demented boy to someone else to deal with. But he refused, saying that this child is his own flesh and blood after all, and the two children in front of him died young, and now he finally has a third son, so he can't give up easily. He also said that a mage helped him see the child, saying that the child was not really stupid, but that his mind was not yet developed. When he was a little older, he would be sent to live in a temple for a period of time, and he would be able to help him under the enlightenment of gods and Buddhas. He opened up his spiritual wisdom, so that he soared into the sky, and became rich and powerful..."

Qin Qiaoer synthesized the clues that everyone said, and analyzed:

"It seems that the Qingtang wizard probably used some kind of witchcraft to devour the soul of the third son of the Xu family in advance, but made his body immortal and was successfully born.

Afterwards, the Qingtang sorcerer pretended to be a sorcerer, deceived Mr. Xu, and made him a big cake so that he would not abandon the child.

We have been searching for newborns and fetuses that are about to be born, but we did not expect that the Qingtang wizard had prepared his reincarnated body a few months ago.

If Cai Chenghuang hadn't used the book of life and death to find out the truth, we might not be able to find him after all our efforts. "

After listening to everyone's analysis, Cui Youxuan exclaimed: "This Qingtang wizard is really good at calculating, he is almost catching up with me!"

"Can you show some face?" Qin Shaoyou spat at him, and then asked Zhu Xiucai, "Where is the house of Mr. Xu in Xiangxi Street?"

Without further ado, Zhu Xiucai took Qin Shaoyou and his party to Master Xu's house.

This is a very simple small earthen house, but Qin Shaoyou used [Bian Ting] and [Wonderful Nose] to hear and smell human voices in this small earthen house.

Zhu Xiucai guessed: "The artisans in the starching street were requisitioned by the army after the war broke out. At this time, they should be tanning leather for the army. Mr. Xu's wife, like many women in the starching street, They will also help with starching and washing leather, and sell their strength for rice, and most likely they will bring their youngest son with them."

So everyone rushed to the place where the leather was tanned. There were indeed many people here. Zhu Xiucai found the person in charge here. here.

After determining the target, Qin Shaoyou and the others did not rush to act, but sent someone to ask Dongchuan Hou for support. At the same time, an order came, asking the person in charge to find an excuse to tell the craftsmen to stop work early and go home. In order to avoid accidental injury to innocent people during the arrest.

When Mr. Xu's family returned to their residence, the soldiers who had come to reinforce them also arrived.

It's just that the attitude of these soldiers is not very cooperative.