After the immortal disappeared

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.

…

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 very clear." The guard replied respectfully, "The ten palace guards were all knocked unconscious, and we don't know what happened afterwards. When we arrived, we also caught a few refugees who sneaked in to eat and drink."

In such a big villa, how could others know what He Xiao did after returning?

But why did he come back?

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

Bai Ziqi thought of the note left by He Xiao.

Before leaving, He Xiao did not forget to provoke him. According to this person's character of making plans before taking action, he must have arranged some back-up plans in the villa.

"What else happened here?"

He just asked casually. He Xiao had left, so what else could happen in Yongquan Villa?

However, the guard was stunned and hesitated. Should I tell him or not?

Bai Ziqi said with a pleasant face: "Just tell me, no matter how big or small the matter is."

"The villa is too big, so we have to patrol frequently, so the superiors arranged three shifts here. We are the third shift, and we will take over from the previous shift at 3:30 pm."

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

"What's the problem?"

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

"What happened?"

"About half an hour before they left, a guard went to patrol Xinglin Terrace. As a result, he didn't come out when the team was leaving. They looked for him and couldn't find him, so they told us to call him back if we saw him."

Bai Ziqi understood: "Has he not appeared until now?"

"No." The guard replied, "We have patrolled Xinglin Terrace twice, and we haven't seen him. Find him. People in our team said that he might have gone back by himself. After all, the villa is so big that we don’t know if he left. "

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

"Only felt it in Xinglin Terrace?"

"Uh, yes, after leaving Xinglin Terrace, I didn't have that creepy feeling. "

It's best to have something strange, which means there is a direction to check, which is better than looking for a needle in the haystack in this villa. Bai Ziqi said: "Go find me a subordinate of Zhao Song, the more familiar with this place, the better."

"Yes."

Who dares not to meet the request of Bai Dushi of Tiangong? Even if it is late at night now.

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

He lived in the villa for two or three months and was more familiar with this place than others.

The palace guard was waiting to die in prison, but Bai Ziqi said to him: "Cooperate well and I will spare your life."

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

In the past hour and a half, Bai Ziqi walked around Yongquan Villa and looked around, leaving Xinglin Terrace untouched.

"Take me to Xinglin Terrace."

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

Bai Ziqi also guessed that it would not be a good thing, but he became more and more curious.

Yongquan Villa is actually a large orchard. Even if the leaves of the trees have fallen, there are dark shadows everywhere. When the evening breeze blows, it seems that countless ghosts with bad intentions are hidden.

There are too few people in the manor now, and you have to be very brave to walk here. And the deeper you go into the villa, the more gloomy and terrifying it is.

The guards have to work in groups of two before they dare to go there.

Soon, Xinglin Terrace arrived.

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

"What are these talisman arrays used for?"

Bai Ziqi pointed at the tree.

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

The apricot trees were bare and leafless, and the copper talismans were always glowing faintly.

Light blue light.

If refugees go 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 a talisman board.

Yongquan Villa has a large area, and the scale of this array is considerable.

"This is the array that He Xiao ordered his men to arrange, which is specially used for the 'Spiritual Wind Array' on the night of Emperor Liujiang." The palace guard explained: "Originally, Yongquan Villa was going to make another array, which was halfway done and cost a lot of money. As a result, He Xiao suddenly changed his mind and changed to this Spirit Wind Array to collect Emperor Liujiang."

Rich, willful.

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

"Do you know how the formation works?"

"I heard that when the formation is truly activated, a total of 35 small tornadoes will blow out inside and outside the villa, each in the shape of a funnel, large at the top and small at the bottom, and will stop in place without moving."