After the immortal disappeared

He Lingchuan glanced outside the door. When he saw no one around, he shrank back and placed another barrier.

Seeing him being so grand, even Jiao Yu became nervous.

He Lingchuan opened the "Record of Worshiping Gods" and flipped through the pages.

In order to give Sun Fuling a gift, he memorized the entire "Record of Worshiping the Gods" without missing a word. However, that booklet was given to him by Master Shi Er. Although the content was the same, the layout and font were very different from this one.

He Lingchuan quickly looked through it and confirmed that there was no mystery in the book itself, so he took out Mr. Mai's notebook.

Yes, that's the book filled with code words.

"What!" Jiao Yu's tiger eyes suddenly widened, "Is this code word matching the "Record of Worshiping the Gods"?"

He Lingchuan smiled, holding the pearl of wisdom in his hand: "Why not give it a try?"

In fact, it was Zhong Sunmou who received the book first. He Lingchuan saw it and had been thinking about it for a long time. When the lame beggar also came to give "Record of Worship to Gods", he would be a fool if he didn't understand!

If the book is useless, why should the tall man give it to both?

Jiao Yu became interested, and the huge tiger head came close to block the light: "How to analyze it?"

He Lingchuan had no choice but to push its big head away: "Don't block the light!"

I have to say that the feel of this fur is really first-class, and he touched it twice more.

General Ling also came over.

He Lingchuan simply took out the fluorescent grass.

"The difficulty in deciphering this kind of code lies in finding the book. Finding the right book is more than half the success." He Lingchuan pointed to the first row of code words, "There are three numbers in each group, which should correspond to the number of pages, vertical columns, and horizontal rows. So this is page 35, column six, column nine, let me see—"

"The character is 'five'."

Using this method, he deciphered all the code words on the first piece of paper:

"At noon on the seventh day of the first lunar month, at the White Sands, Xingwangzhuang Nan Teahouse?"

The place name "Baishaqian" is very eye-catching now.

Jiao Yu carefully opened the second piece of paper with the tip of her claws to avoid breaking it: "Come again."

"On the morning of April 23rd, Lingqu Baishiyuan."

Jiao Yu explained to He Lingchuan: "Lingqu is a small town in the north of Chiyan."

"Located in Qizhou?"

"Yes."

"How far is it from Bai Shaqiang?"

"Hmm, about fifty miles?" Jiao Yu asked him, "Do you think this is the time and place name for the meeting?"

"Of course." He Lingchuan smiled, "But the handwriting in the book is not Mr. Mai's. In other words, the time and place for the meeting were designated by others for Mr. Mai."

Jiao Yu understood: "Superior?"

"It's very possible." He Lingchuan said while thinking, "Mr. Mai was not so careful when collecting the syrup beads from Wan Song and others, let alone changing the transaction location every time. It can be seen that this person has a higher status or special status , are risk averse and need to take a more cautious approach.”

He analyzed another secret code.

"On the twenty-ninth day of the seventh month, at noon, the fourth floor of Baisha Chaohu Tower!"

Jiao Yu's eyes lit up when he saw it, "Today is July 19th, and they haven't connected yet!"

"How long does it take to get to Qizhou from here?"

"It will take about five or six days to travel at normal speed." Jiao Yu calculated, "If we travel day and night, it will take us at most two and a half days with our foot power!"

"That is to say, according to Mr. Mai's normal schedule, if he stays in Shuanglu Town for ten days and then goes to Qizhou, the time is just right." He Lingchuan smiled, "He is going to hand in the beads. "

If Mr. Mai has a boss, he must hand over all the syrup beads he obtained from Wan Song on a regular basis.

General Ling stood up and shook his hair, showing his impatience: "Let's go straight on, we must get there before Mr. Mai!"

Traveling at night?

Seeing He Lingchuan's brows furrowed, General Ling said with a smile on his face: "My deadline for going east is coming soon, and I will be punished if I miss the deadline. I want to settle this matter as soon as possible, but Zhongsun Xiaoduzi is staring at me."

He had to rush to the battlefield within ten days, and now he had to go to Baishaqing first. Time was tight and he couldn't afford to waste it.

"Is Bai Shaqian?" He Lingchuan smiled: "I'm not going!"

General Ling stared: "What?"

Jiao Yu also said: "July 29th is the trading day, what's the use of us going early?"

"I have an old friend in Baishaqiang. Maybe he can help us check it out." General Ling tried to persuade, "If we can prepare in advance, wouldn't it be nice for both people and the stolen goods?"

"You forgot that Mr. Mai is on the run." Jiao Yu pointed out directly, "Mr. Mai's lair has been raided. Maybe he will warn his superiors, so this transaction is likely to be cancelled."

"Uh..." Mr. Ling was speechless, and then became irritable, "Then what do you think we should do?"

The two monsters stared at He Lingchuan with big eyes and small eyes, and they looked at He Lingchuan at the same time. They saw this man pressing his hand on the "Record of Worshiping the Gods" with a face full of deep thought.

"Guess who sent this book?"

The two demons shook their heads simply: "I can't guess."

Jiao Yu even asked: "Besides us and Zhong Sunmou, is there anyone else who is also looking at Mr. Mai?"

"I can't say for sure, but that person must really hope that we can get to Qizhou in time." He Lingchuan thought to himself. The person behind the scenes was not sure whose hands these pages of code words fell into, so he had to send books to both him and Zhongsun Mou. , hedging your bets.

This was probably because when he took away the scroll from Mr. Mai's study, the old gatekeeper who had been infested with eye mites had not returned yet.

In other words, it was the same person who planted mites on the old gatekeeper and delivered books to both teams.

Who could this person be?

He could not simply judge that this person had no ill intentions towards him.

"He knows very well what Mr. Mai is doing and how he contacts the family." He Lingchuan said seriously, "He is even anxious to push all the clues in front of us."

Jiao Yu wondered: "Does this person have a deep grudge against the murderer behind the scenes?"

He Lingchuan said: "Maybe this is another trap."

"trap?"

"Have you forgotten?" He Lingchuan has not forgotten, "We went to Yulun Mountain to check the pig nest, and Mr. Mai took the opportunity to send Wan Song to intercept us, just because he knew our whereabouts. If he does the same thing again this time... …How many routes are available from Shuanglu Town to Baishaqiang?”

Jiao Yu thought for a while: "Two? Three?"

"Two two!" General Ling knocked on the floor impatiently a few times, regardless of whether the guests downstairs were sleeping. "Just tell me what to do now!"

"I said, we won't go to Baishajing."

"Then what are we doing?"

"Leave Bai Shajin to Zhongsun Mou. If he can solve the case, we will be happy to enjoy the results." Fu Shanyue's request is to find out the truth. The process is not important, and it is not important who solves the mystery. Just give him a certain result. . "We stayed to track down Wan Song's whereabouts, which is exactly the opposite of the previous division of labor."

Previously, Zhongsun was trying to track down the murderer, Mr. Mai, but now it seems that he is going to turn against him.

General Ling sighed: "Yes, we want to track down Wan Song!"

The direct murderer of the Diamond Wind Beast Tribe was Wan Song. Of course, he should first pursue Wan Song to pay for his blood debt!

It was all because of the current complicated situation that he almost took him to the ditch.

"So where to start?"

"I want to go back to Youtian Town." He Lingchuan said, "I was walking in a hurry during the day, and I didn't understand some things."

After asking Wan Dahu for Mr. Mai's address yesterday, they hurried over.

"By the way, what clues are there about that ivory ball?" General Ling suddenly remembered such a thing, "I see you took it for a long time."

"That's just an ivory ball, what clues can there be?" He Lingchuan smiled slightly, "I like ivory, what's the problem with playing more balls?"

"Uh..." General Ling started to leave. He Lingchuan called the goshawk on the tree to come down and ordered: "Keep an eye on Zhongsun Mou and don't let this team out of your sight."

Goshawk nodded.

Before it flapped its wings and flew high, it gave him a tail feather to guide him later.

Birds are good at monitoring and tracking. He Lingchuan sighed again, and then embarked on the road back to Youtian Town with several monsters.

"This time, let the inspector of Lingxu City explore the way for us." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "After we received the "Record of Worshiping the Gods", we did not go to Baishaqiang, but left Shuanglu Town and went to Youtian Town. The people behind the scenes probably thought that the scroll had been stolen. If Sun Mou takes it away, all subsequent attention will be focused on him."

Jiao Yu nodded: "No matter what, we can't let the people behind the scenes lead us by the nose!"

"He put so much effort into guiding us to Baishaqiang, so he probably set up a trap. It would be a pity not to go if we go there." He Lingchuan said leisurely, "Then let the inspector explore the way for us, Taiping It's best to be fine, if you encounter a trap..."

Jiao Yu chuckled: "Inspection makes skilled people bold, so we don't need to worry about it."

"Exactly."

The road between the two towns is relatively flat, so it doesn't take much effort to travel through the night.

He Lingchuan was riding on the back of a blue sheep, riding the wind on one side and a tiger on the other, causing pedestrians along the way to turn around. They wondered where this human being came from and why he was so majestic.

He Lingchuan had already ignored the looks of others and said to several monsters: "As for Zhongsun Mou, I suspect that he has more information than what is revealed on the surface."

Both demons were stunned: "How do you say that?"

"Remember in Mr. Mai's yard, I said we found out that the murderer behind the scenes was killing monsters and getting pearls?"

"Remember."

"At that time, Zhongsun Mou casually said, 'Get pearls, what pearls?'" He Lingchuan repeated, "I didn't ask any more questions after that."

General Ling tilted his head and didn't hear anything wrong.

"He is here to investigate the case, and he should not let go of any clues. We obviously revealed such an important motive for the murder, why didn't he ask or mention it?"

I didn’t mention it because...? Jiao Yu blinked: "Does he know what it is?"

"I was too vague. I didn't say what kind of beads they were. And not all monsters can be condensed into monster beads. Zhongsun Mou actually didn't ask." He Lingchuan said slowly, "This was done subconsciously. There is no need to ask. Because deep down he knew what it was.”

"Of course, I can't rule out that this guy is careless, but I think it's unlikely. Someone who can be appointed as an inspector by the Lingxu City Committee must be at least a little careful, right?"