Chapter 392: Far up Baiyun Mountain
Wu Jinsong was shocked, "You..." But He Lingchuan was sitting here, so he should be fine, "You're not hurt, are you?"
"The officials were alerted and they ran away."
"I want to go back and report." Wu Jinsong stood up and said, "The government office is drafting a wanted order and it will be posted soon. Can you come with me and give the painter a description of the murderer who killed the messenger?"
"How much can the bounty be?"
"In this kind of emergency diplomatic incident, if the murderer is caught, the reward will be at least a hundred taels." Wu Jinsong could only give a rough estimate, "If it is a report, there will probably be a reward of 20 taels."
Twenty taels of gold equals two hundred taels of silver. As expected of Fu Feng City, there are so many rewards for even reporting information, Hao.
He Lingchuan stretched out his chopsticks towards him: "Twenty gold."
"You..." Wu Jinsong was delighted, "Do you know their whereabouts?"
“They didn’t know I was there to witness it, they were just guessing at most.”
If you want to kill someone just based on guesswork, you would rather kill someone wrong than let it go. The young man in black is also really fierce.
"Since they care about me so much, how can I live up to their good intentions?" He Lingchuan laughed, "So, I followed them quietly until they stayed at the Xiliao Inn, which is behind the temple in the south of the city."
Of course, what he meant by "stalking" was the eyeball spider.
Wu Jinsong gave a high-five: "Well done!"
He fumbled around on his body: "The twenty taels of gold will be recorded first, and I'll get it for you later! Let's go, come with me."
He Lingchuan smiled and drank the wine in his glass and followed him out.
How about retaliating with your own hands rather than killing someone with a borrowed knife? This is Fufeng City, and under the feet of King Baoshu, the official power is the strongest.
He once again called on the eyeball spider's field of vision and found that the man the little spider was clinging to had returned to Fushan, and the group was discussing behind closed doors.
Unfortunately, this man was probably of too low a rank and was only sent to guard the door outside. The Eyeball Spider wanted to sneak into the house and eavesdrop, but the doors and windows were enchanted, and it would be bounced away as soon as it got close.
Fortunately, it is small and lightweight, otherwise the barrier would have set off an alarm.
He Lingchuan shook his head. After all, he is not the real Zhu Erniang. He cannot remotely control the eyeball spider, which is really a big shortcoming.
There seemed to be an undercurrent surging in Fu Feng City at night.
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The discussion between the young man in black and his subordinates is coming to an end.
There was no way, the mission objectives were still alive and well, and they were pressed for time, so they had to improvise a new plan.
The two men patrolling the porch were bored. One of them yawned, and the other was infected and subconsciously opened his mouth.
Then an arrow was nailed into the mouth and passed through the skull!
The other man was startled and screamed loudly. But before the voice could be shouted, a monster jumped out from under the eaves, looking like a bat and a bird. It spread its wings and enveloped his head and face.
His cry changed to "Uh-huh" twice, and almost no one heard it.
This thing seemed to have an anesthetic effect. The man was so anxious that he didn't hold his breath. He suddenly felt dizzy and passed out before he could pull the thing off his face.
This thing jumped away on its own, revealing its true face:
A flying squirrel.
It can tear open the skin under its ribs and glide. It is four times the size of its normal kind and looks less harmless.
Immediately, dozens of officers and soldiers rushed closer, surrounded the guest room, and unceremoniously slashed the doors and windows with swords and guns. The store owner has already told us that this group is the only one with more than a dozen people staying at the same time, occupying a row of three rooms.
Everyone was ready to fight the enemy, but the room was quiet, no one yelled, no one jumped out.
The house is empty.
"There is a formation on the wall!"
Bingwei looked up and found a formation painted on the gray wall, with complicated lines and a strange symbol in the middle.
"This is……?"
A deputy came from behind. When he entered the room and saw the formation on the wall, he issued an order without having time to think about it: "Search, search all around!"
Before he finished speaking, he felt his feet go soft, as if he had stepped on something.
There was a loud "boom", and the house was blown apart. The rafters flew five feet away, and the door of the neighboring shop was knocked down with a "bang".
Black smoke curled up.
Such an accident suddenly occurred in the busy city, causing screams and screams all around.
…
The young man in black and others were in a residential house more than ten feet away, looking up at the black smoke rising into the sky.
There was a big man behind him, who was originally full of energy and blood, but now his face was pale and shaky, and even his hair had turned several strands white.
This man had just sacrificed himself for five years, and then he reluctantly activated the Great Moving Mountain Formation to teleport everyone here.
It would be unwise to confront the officers and soldiers in Fufeng City. The opponents are numerous and have an endless supply of support, which can consume lives.
Seeing the young man staring straight at the black smoke, seemingly in a trance, his subordinates couldn't help but remind him: "Master, it's time for us to leave. This is not a place to stay for a long time."
Fufeng officers and soldiers will search here soon.
The young man in black had a fierce look in his eyes.
Fortunately, he was cautious and would always have some back-ups whenever he arrived at a new residence. Fortunately, he had a keen sense of spiritual awareness to detect abnormalities, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort to break out of the encirclement of officers and soldiers.
It can be seen from here that their residence is surrounded by three floors inside and outside.
The government office dispatched at least three to four hundred people, and they were respected in terms of numbers.
"Master?"
"Fufeng City should have received news of the death of the Yinshan python. But if that person hadn't reported it, the authorities wouldn't have found us." He narrowed his eyes, "Okay, great!"
That boy really did one thing on the outside but another behind the scenes.
He turned around and stared at the crowd. The latter felt a chill all over their bodies, as if they were being spied on, but this feeling lasted only a moment and soon returned to normal.
In fact, the black-clothed boy expanded his divine sense and scanned everyone.
"Take off your clothes and change into new ones immediately."
Here?
Fortunately, the subordinates were well-trained, they only executed without asking questions, and quickly changed from old to new.
"We were probably placed with tracking spells or powder before, otherwise the officers and soldiers would not be able to accurately locate us." The black-clothed boy's divine sense did not find anything abnormal, and he was amazed.
He Lingchuan showed his ability to realize things after they had realized them. The first time was when they killed the Yinshan python, the second time was the night raid on the inn, and now it was the third time.
There is no such thing as a third time, this person has done something to them.
He didn't know that the eyeball spider was originally attached to the minions outside the guest room door and did not come with them.
"Advance the retreat plan and disperse in groups." The black-clothed boy said quickly, "We are too conspicuous because there are too many of us."
"Are we going to retreat?"
The black-clothed boy scratched his ears as if he had heard a big joke: "Say it again?"
The subordinates stammered.
He grinned, but the smile was not in his eyes: "The goal remains unchanged, we need to rob things and... kill people!"
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The next morning, the sun still rose from the east.
He Lingchuan stretched and stood up refreshed.
After opening up the second Dantian, not only did his true power run faster, but he also had more energy. He could be energetic after just one hour of sleep like this.
In the past, he was afraid that he would have dark circles under his eyes if he didn't sleep for two hours.
The black cat also jumped in from the windowsill, stretched in the downward dog position, and scratched the wooden window for a while, leaving white marks.
"Hey, don't scratch randomly, I have to pay for the damage to the doors and windows." He hired this black cat to help and paid it according to the number of times. There was no work for it today, but the cat came again.
The kitten didn't know where to play, and the big cat came over and rubbed against He Lingchuan before asking him: "Can you give me a ride on your way to Baiyun Mountain? I also want to watch the ceremony, but it's too far to walk by myself."
It has short legs.
He Lingchuan had no objection.
At this time, someone knocked on the door, and Shi Erdang came.
He changed into a new set of clothes and said happily: "We should go up the mountain to watch the ceremony!"
"Aren't you busy with business today?" The birthday celebration of King Baoshu was also a carnival for merchants. Merchants from inside and outside Beijia took the opportunity to move all the rare treasures, flowers and plants to Fufeng City, and auctions of all sizes never stopped. According to official statistics, there are nearly 100 auctions every day, and this wave of treasure merchants has also attracted enough attention.
"Everything that should be sold has been sold." They are mainly engaged in wholesale business. "I heard that the official road to Lingxu City has been cleared, and the official has also strengthened the patrol force. Therefore, we will go directly after the ceremony today! It is safer with more people."
The sudden outbreak of Emperor Liujiang disrupted their travel plan, and they have already wasted a lot of time in Fufeng City. After the celebration today, they have to hurry on their way as soon as possible.
"By the way, this is the book you want." Shi Er Dangjia handed He Lingchuan a booklet, "Sure enough, there is one in Fufeng City. My buddy found it after searching two bookstores. It is said that it is placed in a very conspicuous position."
"Hardcover copy?" He Lingchuan took it and flipped through it, and dust flew up, "Ahem, a lot of dust!"
Shi Er Dangjia was a little confused, "Brother He, why do you want this? I think no one usually buys it. That bookstore only bought two copies in total, and they are all on the high shelf to collect dust. It is said that this book is copied every 20 to 30 years to prevent it from being lost. But as for whether anyone reads it, I don't think so."
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say. Mountain people have their own wonderful uses." He Lingchuan patted the book cover and shook out a piece of book powder, "This book is not meant to be read, and it's so thin? Great!"
"Tsk." Shi Er Dangjia rolled his eyes and urged him to get on the road quickly.
He Lingchuan didn't have much to pack, so the two of them got on their mounts and went out. Black Cat jumped onto He Lingchuan's mount, the mountain goat, ready to take a free ride.
This mountain goat carried him back from Sanxin Lake, running steadily and fast, and surprisingly patient. No wonder someone took it as a mount.
Compared with horses and beasts, mountain goats have excellent jumping ability. They can jump more than ten feet high at any time. They are light and swift, especially suitable for mountain travel. He Lingchuan simply kept it to travel.
Of course, its load-bearing capacity is average, and its legs will become weak if it exceeds 500 kilograms.
As soon as the sky brightened, the streets were bustling with pedestrians, basically heading north.
In this case, there is no need to ride a horse, you can only lead a horse and follow the crowd.
As for horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts, they can hardly move at all.
Passing by two temples, He Lingchuan saw that the stage set up in front of the temple had already started. The strings and bamboos on the stage were creaking, the people below the stage were smiling, and the children were chasing the vendors selling candy strings. It was really more lively than the New Year.