Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

When Zhou Jun was in an official residence, he heard that a Buddhist monk was asking for an audience. At first he thought it was Yisi, but when the man came in, he realized that it was an unfamiliar face.

The monk looked anxious. When he saw Zhou Jun, he saluted and said, "Supervisor Zhou, Yis is missing."

Hearing this, Zhou Jun stood up in shock and asked in a deep voice: "When did it happen?"

Monk: "Yesterday morning, Iss went to attend the missionary meeting in Xifang. He was supposed to return at noon, but in the evening, he still hadn't returned. We followed the original route and found this in the grass on the back street of Xifang.

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As the monk spoke, he took out a broken rosary from his arms.

Zhou Jun took the scattered rosary beads, with a lotus cross hanging on them.

The monk added: "Iss once told us that the Zhou City Supervisor is very righteous and does good deeds to accumulate virtue. If anything happens in Liangzhou City, I can come to see you."

Zhou Jun looked solemn and said to the monk: "I already know this, you can go back first."

After the monk left, Zhou Jun summoned Kong You, showed the rosary to the latter, and told him about Yis's disappearance.

Kong You asked about the time and place of Yis' disappearance, frowning and saying nothing.

Zhou Jun: "Bohong, is Yisi's disappearance related to the Book of Heaven?"

Kong You nodded slightly: "Nine times out of ten."

Zhou Jun heard this and said, "I'm going to ask the government guards and county officials to dispatch together to search for Yis in the city."

Kong You quickly grabbed Zhou Jun and said, "Master, this is absolutely unacceptable."

Zhou Jun: "Why?"

Kong You: "Master, please think about it carefully. You and Is are not close friends, but just acquaintances. To use the county guards to search the whole city at this time is to tell others that your relationship with Is is more than just acquaintances."

It’s just that simple on the surface.”

Zhou Jun felt it made sense and asked, "What should we do?"

Kong You: "On the surface, pretend that nothing has happened and everything will continue as usual; secretly, find people and inquire in many ways before making plans."

Zhou Jun: "The murderer is heading for the Yinglong Heavenly Book. If he can't find out anything from Yisi's mouth, he will most likely kill him and silence him."

Kong You: "Therefore, I'm afraid there isn't much time left for us. This matter is urgent. The master can place cronies at the major gates of Liangzhou City to secretly check the travelers, and then organize informants who are familiar with the local situation.

Go around and investigate and find clues as soon as possible."

Zhou Jun lowered his head and pondered.

It is not difficult to place close followers in the city gates and step up inspections.

The difficulty is to find informants who are familiar with the local area and conduct interviews to find clues.

After much thought, Zhou Jun first found his cronies in the governor's mansion and secretly arranged the inspection of the city gate.

Then, he rode back to the Jin family, found Uncle Shen, and said that he wanted to use the Jin family's guards to search for a Buddhist monk.

Uncle Shen asked for details.

Zhou Jun concealed the matter of leaving the Book of Heaven, saying only that an old friend had been kidnapped and was now in danger.

Uncle Shen heard that the situation was urgent. He first ordered his men to search for clues in the city. After thinking for a long time, he said to Zhou Jun: "Erlang, although the Jin family is a big family in Liangcheng, there are only a few hundred people available.

If two hundred thousand Liangzhou people find a monk, they are probably looking for a needle in a haystack."

Zhou Jun heard that there was something behind his words, so he said, "Uncle Shen has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Uncle Shen: "If you want to find someone in the city as soon as possible, Erlang might as well ask her for help."

Zhou Jun: "Who?"

Uncle Shen: "Saint."

Zhou Jun was startled.

As night fell that night, Zhou Jun sat in the hall, quietly looking at the empty front yard, with complicated thoughts in his mind.

He originally didn't want to have anything to do with the saint Tuoba Huaisu again, but he wanted to find clues about Yisi's disappearance in the shortest possible time. Using the saint's order, he mobilized tens of thousands of Zoroastrian believers in the city to search together, but it was the best way to do so.

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After waiting for another moment, Zhou Jun looked outside the door, but there was still no one there.

Just when Zhou Jun was wondering why Tuoba Huaisu hadn't appeared yet, a voice rang in his ear: "Are you looking for me?"

Zhou Jun was startled and suddenly looked to his side, only to see Tuoba Huaisu, dressed in white and wearing a mask, standing beside him.

Zhou Jun was secretly surprised. There were guards in front and back of the hall. How did this woman get in?

Before Zhou Jun could ask, Tuoba Huaisu saluted and said, "What do you need me to do?"

Zhou Jun composed himself and said: "I want to find someone, a Buddhist monk, Yis."

Hearing the name Yis, Tuoba Huaisu was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "I understand."

Zhou Jun was confused: "I just said a name...don't you ask for other details?"

Tuoba Huaisu: "I know this person."

Zhou Jun stared at Tuoba Huaisu for a while before asking, "Can you find him?"

Tuoba Huaisu: "Tomorrow night, I will bring him to you."

After saying that, Tuoba Huaisu took a few steps back and his body disappeared into the darkness.

At night the next day, Zhou Jun was still waiting in the hall.

Time keeps passing.

In the blink of an eye, the third watch of the clapper was heard in the city. Zhou Jun felt uneasy. Could it be that the saint was lying when she said she found Yis in one day?

Just when Zhou Jun was feeling disheartened, a white figure descended from the sky and came to the front of the former.

Tuoba Huaisu held a bulging sack in his hand, which she placed lightly on the ground.

Zhou Jun first looked at the sack, then looked at Tuoba Huaisu.

The latter said: "As promised, I brought the person here."

When Zhou Jun heard this, he couldn't believe it. He slowly untied the sack and saw that there was a person in the sack, it was Is.

Seeing Yisi motionless, Zhou Jun felt nervous and called out twice.

Tuoba Huaisu: "He is fine, he just fainted."

Zhou Jun raised his head and looked at her: "Who kidnapped him?"

Tuoba Huaisu: "A weird man wearing a raincoat."

Zhou Jun was shocked when he heard the word "coir raincoat" and asked, "What kind of weapon does he use?"

Tuoba Huaisu: "A black broken knife."

Zhou Jun: “Where are the others?”

Tuoba Huaisu: "That man was extremely skilled in martial arts. Even the four fire girls were unable to stop him even though they all attacked at the same time. He simply had no intention of hurting anyone and just pushed back the pursuers and left."

After listening to Tuoba Huaisu's narration, Zhou Jun had a lot of questions in his mind.

Who is the man in the coir raincoat?

Why did he kill the six horse bandits?

Why did he kidnap Is again?

Why does he want to pursue the matter of the Book of Heaven again?

Thinking of the Heavenly Book, Zhou Jun suddenly came back to his senses and quickly squatted down and rummaged around Yisi's body.

Tuoba Huaisu on the side asked: "Are you looking for this?"

Zhou Jun looked up and couldn't help but feel his heart tightening. He saw Tuoba Huaisu holding a thin book in his hand, which was the Yinglong Heavenly Book.

Tuoba Huaisu looked at the latter with his eyes. Zhou Jun knew what the other party wanted to ask, but he could only say nothing.

The two fell into silence immediately.

After a long time, Tuoba Huaisu asked Zhou Jun: "You asked me before, what exactly did I see and hear that day in Anjia?"

After a pause, Tuoba Huaisu continued: "I was standing next to you that day and heard you say this - compared with thousands of years of history, life is like a flash in the pan. Coming to this world can only be regarded as a stop on the journey.

Reincarnation is what the journey is all about.”

After saying that, Tuoba Huaisu returned the Yinglong Heavenly Book to Zhou Jun's hand, bowed and left the Jin family.

Zhou Jun looked at the heavenly book in his hand and let out a long sigh.