Chapter 1665: Following the Clues Left by He Xiao

Is this kid blind? Can't he see that the Palace Master is in poor health?

Qingyang waved his hand: "Let them wait for two hours. I need to rest for a while."

There is really no time to spare.

Once Yao Kingdom was destroyed, the gods should have taken advantage of the situation to enter, but the power they can mobilize suddenly became less; many tasks were originally done by Yao Kingdom, but there is no suitable candidate for the time being, so Qingyang can only suffer again.

In the long run, if this continues, the influence of the Lingxu gods in the Shining Gold Plain will inevitably increase; but for now, this awkward period will continue for a while.

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It was dark a long time ago, but after leaving Youhu Xiaozhu, Bai Ziqi did not return to the temple in Tianshui City to rest, but planned to go to Yongquan Villa for a visit.

It is impossible for him not to check the place where the fugitive has lived for several months.

Qingyang told him that the manor was empty and He Xiao had already fled with his men, but she still asked Bai Tan to send a team of people to guard the villa.

There are always refugees wandering around the eastern suburbs of Tianshui. If they enter the villa and rummage through the boxes and cabinets, the scene that Bai Ziqi wants to observe will be destroyed.

The old national teacher is still so considerate, Bai Ziqi pressed his temple.

At this time, they passed by a stream, and there were dense forests beside the stream.

When people arrived, flocks of night birds were startled and flew away.

This actually shows that the forests beside the stream are very safe and there are no predators.

Bai Ziqi looked around: "Where is this place?"

Qingyang even sent a Qingwei to show Bai Ziqi the way. He answered: "This is Taoxi. The peach forest beside the stream is full of sweet peaches in summer. People in the city like to come here to pick peaches."

"Taoxi?" This place name appeared in the conversation between Bai Ziqi and Qingyang. "Did a big battle happen here a few days ago?"

"Ah, yes." The Qingwei nodded. "A big pit was blown out by the stream ahead, and a huge fish corpse was buried in it."

"Fish corpse? Let's take a look."

"The government was afraid of the stench and epidemic, so they ordered people to bury it on the spot." The Qingwei led the way in front. After walking less than ten feet, a huge pit suddenly appeared on the open space beside the stream. "Huh? I remember that this pit had been buried. Why was it dug up again?"

"At that time, there was an explosion here, which was earth-shattering. We rushed to take a look... Hey!" He lowered his head while recalling, and was stunned when he saw the pit.

Where is the fish corpse?

He even raised a torch to look down, but the bottom of the pit was full of yellow soil, and the colorful fish carcasses were gone!

Seeing his condition, Bai Ziqi knew something was wrong: "The fish carcasses are gone?"

"Yes, yes, they were originally at the bottom of the pit, I saw it with my own eyes!" Qing Wei scratched his head, "Could it be that someone dug it out and ate it? There are many refugees nearby, and they are so hungry that they eat everything."

"The fish carcasses should be Cao Wendao's demon puppets. Ordinary people will die if they eat them." Bai Ziqi said very straightforwardly, "Go down and take a look."

This place is very close to He Xiao's Yongquan Villa, and it takes less than half an hour to walk there. Bai Ziqi felt that it was necessary to check.

So everyone jumped down to the bottom of the pit to check, while listening to Qing Wei's description of the scene that day.

There were traces of digging at the bottom of the pit, and Bai Ziqi's men found several pieces of pale fish bones and several pieces of broken fish skin.

Just as Qing Wei said, the fish skin was dark red with spots, but the fish skin and bones had signs of being gnawed.

The servant gestured based on the tooth marks, which were close to the size of a rice bowl: "Whatever gnawed the fish carcass, its mouth must be this big!"

With such a wide mouth and such sharp tooth marks, it couldn't be a human, nor did it look like a tiger or wolf. Bai Ziqi frowned. What creature's bite marks were so straight?

The servant said again: "It looks like the fish carcass was really eaten."

Bai Shiqi pointed at the fish bones: "With just these few pieces of bones, can a big fish be pieced together?"

"..."

Bai Ziqi pondered: "No matter what monster it is, it must have eaten a lot of fish meat."

It's okay to eat Cao Wendao's demon puppets, what kind of copper intestines and iron stomach is this? But Bai Ziqi had talked with Qingyang before, and she didn't know which demon puppets Cao Wendao brought out, let alone how He Xiao's men dealt with it.

The cause of Cao Wendao's death was that his head was bitten off. The knife and axe are very smooth, and the uneven wounds are caused by creatures.

Qingyang also said that Cao Wendao suspected that there was a demon puppet master hidden in Yongquan Villa before his death, and on the night of the Taoxi explosion, He Xiao was held back by Qingyang and did not participate in the battle here.

In other words, Cao Wendao might have been killed by the other party's demon puppet master?

In this way, the other party's demon puppet is quite amazing. Bai Ziqi is very clear about Cao Wendao's weight in the industry.

However, there are too few clues at the moment, so he had to hide his doubts in his heart and continue to Yongquan Villa.

As soon as he arrived, the guards of Yongquan Villa came forward to greet him, and Qingwei said goodbye and left.

After the Yao Palace incident ended, Qingyang left Tianshui City and had time to send people to the manor to check. He did not find He Xiao, but found seven or eight refugees who were searching for food, drink and property in the manor.

"Where are the palace guards who were here that night?" Bai Ziqi asked as he inspected Yongquan Villa, "Did Zhao Song not bring all his men into the palace?"

"There was a change in the palace, and most of them rushed back, leaving only about ten people here." The guard replied, "But He Xiao suddenly returned with his men, arrested these ten people, knocked them unconscious and locked them in the woodshed."

Bai Ziqi frowned: "You mean, on the day of the palace change, He Xiao first escaped and then came back?"

"Yes."

"What did he do when he came back to the villa?"

"That's it, that's not clear." The guard replied respectfully, "The ten palace guards were all knocked unconscious and did not know what happened. When we arrived, we also caught a few refugees who had sneaked in to eat and drink."

In such a big villa, how would anyone know what He Xiao had done when he came back?

But why did he come back?

He had already escaped from Yongquan Villa, and he should obviously leave Yao Country as soon as possible.

Bai Ziqi thought of the note left by He Xiao.

He Xiao didn't forget to provoke him before leaving. According to this person's character of making plans and then acting, he must have some back-ups in the villa.

"What else happened here?"

He just asked casually. He Xiao had already left. What else could happen at Yongquan Villa?

However, the guard was stunned and showed hesitation. Should we talk about it or not?

Bai Ziqi said pleasantly: "Just say it, it doesn't matter how big or small it is."

"The villa is too big and requires frequent patrols, so the superiors have arranged for three shifts to be on duty here. We are the third shift and will take over from the previous shift at three o'clock."

Everyone calculated the time, that is to say, the second shift left at dark, and the third shift took over less than two hours ago.

"What's the problem?"

The guard said: "I heard that, uh, the guards on the second shift seemed to be muttering before they left that they were missing someone."

"What's going on?"

"About half an hour before they left their posts, a guard went to patrol the Xinglin Terrace. But when the team gathered up to leave, he didn't come out. They searched around but couldn't find him, so they told us to call him when we saw him. He goes back."

Bai Ziqi understood: "You haven't shown up until now?"

"No," the guard replied, "We also patrolled Xinglin Terrace twice and never found him. People in our team said that he might have gone back on his own. After all, the villa is so big, we didn't know he was gone."

"But -" he hesitated again, "When I was patrolling Xinglin Terrace, I always felt like I was being stared at, and my back felt chilly. But the teammates in my group didn't feel it, and they only said that I was suspicious."

"Do you only feel it at Xinglin Terrace?"

"Uh, yes, after leaving Xinglin Terrace, I no longer have that creepy feeling."

It's better to have something fishy, ​​because it means there is a direction to look for, which is better than searching for a needle in this villa. Bai Ziqi immediately said: "Go find me one of Zhao Song's men. The more familiar you are with this place, the better."

"yes."

Who dares to dissatisfy the demands of the Baidu of Tiangong? Even though it's late at night.

So an hour and a half later, Tianshui City rushed to send a palace guard, who was also Zhao Song's subordinate. He was arrested on the day of the palace coup and thrown into prison.

He has lived in the villa for two or three months and is more familiar with it than others.

The palace guard was originally waiting to die in prison, but Bai Ziqi said to him: "Cooperate well and let you live."

The palace guard hurriedly agreed. Zhao Song and King Yao were gone long ago, and he didn't want to be buried with them.

In the past hour and a half, Bai Ziqi had walked around Yongquan Villa but had not yet gone to Xinglin Terrace.

"Take me to Xinglin Terrace."

What exactly did He Xiao do here, and what did he leave behind?

Bai Ziqi also guessed that it was not a good thing, but instead became more and more curious.

Yongquan Villa is actually a large orchard. Even if the leaves of the trees have fallen off, there are still dark shadows everywhere. When the evening breeze blows, it's like there are countless ghosts with evil intentions hidden inside.

There are too few people in Zhuangzi now, so I feel very bold to walk around here. And the deeper you go into the villa, the more eerie and terrifying it becomes.

The guards had to work in pairs before they dared to pass.

Soon, Xinglin Terrace arrived.

As the name suggests, this high platform is surrounded by almond trees. It may be picturesque in autumn, but now it is just a bare tree.

"What are these talismans used for?"

Bai Ziqi casually pointed at the tree.

As everyone walked along, they noticed that some trees were inlaid with copper talismans, and each piece was as big as a palm.

The apricot trees were bare and leafless, and the bronze talisman was always glowing faintly.

Light cyan light.

If there are refugees going to dig, there will be a barrier to push their hands away.

Bai Ziqi knew at a glance that this was a large talisman array, or talisman board.

The area of ​​Yongquan Villa is not small, and the scale of this formation is quite impressive.

"This is the formation arranged by He Xiao's men. It is specially used for the 'Spiritual Wind Formation' on the night of the Emperor's Liquid Slurry." The palace guard explained: "Originally, the formation that Yongquan Villa was going to use was another one, and it was half deployed. , and spent a lot of money, but He Xiao suddenly changed his mind and made this spiritual wind formation to collect the emperor's liquid. "

Rich and willful.

In such a large villa and with so many obstacles, it is impossible to collect them purely by hand.

"Do you know how the formation works?"

"I heard that after the formation is actually activated, a total of thirty-five small tornadoes will blow out inside and outside the villa. Each one is in the shape of a funnel, larger at the top and smaller at the bottom. They will stop in place and remain motionless."