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The clear and bright voice was too youthful, and the "Mountains and Rivers in the Palm" was really well-known in the world. When the gray-clothed man raised a corner of his clean chin from under his bamboo hat, He Changge's tense body slowly cooled down.

He already knew who the person in front of him was, but he didn't know why he appeared here.

"You can't bear to see him suffer before his death, and you don't want Fengshuiwu to be destroyed, but you don't even have the courage to swing a sword." The man sighed softly and looked in the direction of Shenjing. The Tianzi City was so far away that it was completely invisible.

He Changge stood still in silence.

"It's really too late to get from Dongting Lake to Yangjiadu in two days." The man seemed to know what he was thinking, "I was already near the capital a month ago."

He looked at He Changge seriously: "I've been waiting for Master He for a month."

He Changge slowly turned his head to look at him: "If Zhu Zhenchuan wants to find Xiaobang, just let him know."

"How can sitting in the hall be compared to meeting like this?" The man raised his bamboo hat and looked at him, his eyes bright as a god, "How can I be sure that the only son of [Four Water Cultivating Snake] He Wujian is still benefiting from his legacy?"

He Changge suddenly shrank his pupils, and looked at the man in front of him in horror for a moment, his lips slightly open and trembling.

"Xianrentai Crane Inspector Zhu Gaoyang has been ordered to investigate the assassination of the 'Queen of Linxue'." The man raised his sign and pressed his sword, saying solemnly, "Now you will cooperate in investigating the whereabouts of He Wujian, and you will be detained afterwards."

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"Twenty-three years of old things will always be reopened one day."

Pei Ye didn't know that he had missed his old friend, and the ice spikes did not appear again until they and the runners who came to clean up the mess.

Pei Ye remembered that Xu Chuo told him "Don't worry about Xuanmen", although he didn't know what arrangements she made, but it seemed that the promise was indeed effective.

On the way back, there was no need to gallop too fast. The three of them sat in the open carriage, Xie Chuantang sat, Pei Ye leaned, and Zhang Piaoxu huddled in a corner.

His good friend Niu Ziyi, who came with him, rode a horse and followed far away, looking around and seemed to be very wary of these official uniforms.

"You are alone, and your pulse tree has just been born. Why are you mixing in this dragon's den?"

Zhang Piaoxu looked up at him and said nothing in a sullen manner.

But the next moment, Xie Chuantang cast a cold glance over: "Routine interrogation, can't you hear it?"

Zhang Piaoxu stretched his neck unnaturally, adjusted his posture, and said in a muffled voice: ". I just want to see what they hide underneath?"

"How do you know they hide something underneath?"

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"Huh?"

"That night there was a lot of noise, I heard it all."

"Which night? What did you hear?"

"It was. In mid-October, I can't remember which day, anyway it was not after the 15th." Zhang Piaoxu hugged his knees, "That night the boat was parked in the canal outside Taipingcao, and the big In the middle of the night, there was a sudden commotion inside, and it took almost a quarter of an hour to stop. Then all of a sudden, all the lights on the boats were on, and many people were jumping up and down, some were throwing iron nets into the water, and several people were jumping into the water. Anyway, it was very lively. "

Xie Chuantang frowned: "Why didn't the government record the incident in Xicheng?"

"Well, no one else saw it at the time. It was a forbidden area for water transport, and people were not allowed to go there at all. The nearest house was far away."

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It was quiet for a while, Pei Ye looked at him sympathetically, he looked at Xie Chuantang stiffly, and Xie Chuantang looked at him coldly.

"Then why are you there?"

"." Zhang Piaoxu avoided the woman's eyes, "I told you not to use this as a handle to put me in jail."

Pei Ye said, "Say it, I won't take you."

"That day a jerk on the street bullied me, so I went to his office desk to pee - hey! Don't write it down on the paper."

Xie Chuantang looked at him expressionlessly, and the boy's voice immediately dropped.

"It's okay, Lu Yugu was still in charge at that time." Pei Ye smiled, but curious, "Are you so curious? You want to get involved when you see it?"

Zhang Piaoxu remained silent.

Pei Ye didn't care too much. Since the first time he met this boy, he and he didn't think the same, just thinking that Yang Yan should be able to chat with him.

But Xie Chuantang still questioned him in detail, and asked him to get off the car and identify the place where it happened again.

The whole way was still pursuing speed, and the carriage didn't waste much time. When it arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture, it was just another morning.

"It's hard work." Di Jiu, who was standing in front of the steps, looked much better. Li Zhao was still standing behind him. In the past few days, they had taken over such a big stall as Jingzhao Prefecture and traced the legacy of the Taiping Cao Gang. They really had no time to spare.

Entering the room and lighting the heater, under the dim winter shade, several people relaxed and shrunk into the chairs, drinking a cup of hot tea to relieve fatigue after a long time.

"That day, you said that you were investigating the current purpose of Taiping Cao, and we were looking for the connection behind Taiping Cao." Di Jiu said softly, "Now it seems that this is the same thing."

The new Zhao Yin put down the teacup: "The Caosi, the Transport Envoy, and even the court thousands of miles away, if there was no big wing to cover it, how could everything be so stable and smooth."

"The most urgent task is to find out where they unloaded those 'goods'." Li Zhao passed the plate around and asked everyone to grab a few winter dates to accompany the tea. "Brother Pei and Captain Xie mean that they have all been unloaded in Shenjing?"

Xie Chuantang's face was the most serious. She did not take a sip of tea: "According to Zhang Ercai's confession, they unloaded these 'goods' to the Taiping Cao, which then transferred them elsewhere. The 'Nan Jinfeng' we intercepted was a returning air carrier. According to this assumption, the ship was unloaded in Shenjing."

The Taiping Cao is controlled by the Yan Palace, so naturally the Yan Palace wants the things, but the ultimate enemy has already been known. At this time, to find out the opponent's plot, there is a lack of intermediate connections.

Because no matter how you check, not a single tentacle has been found in that majestic and deep mansion in the east city.

"Pei Ye found a very important clue from the ship." Xie Chuantang said, "One of those 'cargoes' escaped after Nan Jinfeng entered the capital. This one - let me describe it this way - the scale monster is not there The other party is in control.”

Pei Ye nodded: "Judging from the traces, it is a very important one among them. It is also very dangerous."

"Is this the only way to find it?" Di Jiu asked.

Xie Chuantang said: "I just finished recording a detailed confession, and a young man admitted that he had vaguely seen it. I will go to the east bank of the Cao River to search after that, and I should be able to find some traces."

"I can ask people from Xianrentai to help." Pei Ye said, "They are very professional."

Di Jiu tapped the table lightly and thought for a while: "Li Zhao has not received any murder cases of civilians so far. You can check again later."

After a pause, he added: "We should also visit the lost livestock and the like."

Li Zhao took the order.

Xicheng.

Without that huge gang on the wide Cao River, we have to scramble for some time. Today is slightly cloudy, and the sky is a cold and distant haze, and we can't see the edge.

The river will not freeze, but the soil on the river bank is already dry and hard. The breeze is shaking the withered grass and shaking the clothes of several people.

"Look, it tore the secret cabin here and escaped. The people on the boat threw the net to catch it. This is the mark left on the stone." Xie Chuantang raised his sword and pointed, "At least at that time More than 20 cultivators chased them along the bank for more than 200 meters, and an unknown number of them entered the water. But when they reached this position, they suddenly turned back."

This was the biggest dispatch of the Jingzhao Mansion since Di Jiu took office. Dozens of officials were dispatched to the Cao River, driving boats and carrying fishing nets. They were told to look for things like claw marks and scales. However, after several rounds of searching, none of these things were found, and the things that belonged to Nan Jinfeng that day were almost completely restored.

Pei Ye frowned: "Why?"

"Because they found out that they had been tricked, the scale monster went in the opposite direction." Xing Zhi said quietly. She squatted down, stretched out her finger and dipped a drop of cold water into her little glazed gourd.

Soon the remaining mysterious energy brought out a weak color reaction, and everything turned into a light cyan.

"A kind of mysterious energy remains, and three to five mysterious arts come from the same source as He Changge, the master of Fengshui dock [Qijiao]." Xing Zhi said.

Pei Ye was stunned: "What kind of cultivation level does this dock master have?"

"You are quite qualified."

"You didn't even catch it?"

"Forcibly used under the [Law of the Same World], it is restricted after all." Xing Zhi looked at the water and changed the topic, "This means two things: First, this scale monster's ability to control water is unbelievable, and He Changge's ability to master water is incredible. Xuan, Yu Shui was actually tricked by it; secondly, this scale monster has a considerable degree of intelligence and is extremely cunning."

She looked at Pei Ye: "He is definitely not a frost ghost."

Pei Ye nodded slowly, and Xing Zhi sighed softly: "I just can't figure it out. Why can't I find any traces of its spirit mystery?"

Xie Chuantang said at this time: "Sir, do you have any clues about its movements?"

Xing Zhi shook his head slowly: "Water is the least traceable thing. Since there is no Lingxuan left, no matter how many times it has swam here, it cannot be traced back."

Xie Chuantang was silent.

Pei Ye frowned and looked at the river: "Actually, it may not be in the water."

".What?"

Pei Ye raised his finger and pointed: "This large bay of Caohe River is actually closed."

Xie Chuantang looked at him immediately.

"Look, this water seems to be flowing to the south, but it will pass the Taiping Cao Gang station three miles later. If this thing escapes, Taiping Cao will definitely set up a blockade to intercept it - and they did indeed do this. Remember We saw iron fences in the water that night, "Pei Ye said, "But in other directions, it's just the shore."

Yes, the Cao River looks wide and long, but in the final analysis it was dug for the loading and unloading of merchant ships, and the water must pass through the docks. Therefore, for scales, this is a huge cage.

Xing Zhi tilted her head: "There are always too many possibilities. They didn't have time, or they just didn't stop me?"

"Then they should have gone out of the city along the river to chase them." Pei Ye pointed out.

Xie Chuantang's eyes lit up.

"But they delayed their trip here for eight days. Because they escaped from this thing, they believed that it was in the city." Pei Ye said, "In the end, they searched the water area but couldn't find it, and the Taiping Cao itself was also After getting into trouble, Nan Jinfeng had no choice but to leave the city. "

"so."

"The Caohe River is two miles away from the nearest Xichi Lake, so since it is not in this water area, it must be able to go ashore."

Things became clearer and clearer, but the scale monster became more and more terrifying and vague, and the two women were silent for a while.

".It can travel through the water and walk on the shore. Is there such a creature in the world?" Xie Chuantang muttered with his eyebrows raised.

"I know!" In silence, Pei Ye suddenly high-fived.

"Huh?" Both of them looked at him.

Pei Ye smiled and stretched out his fingers: "It was a tadpole, but later it turned into a toad."

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The two of them rolled their eyes at him in silence.

".What's the matter! Isn't this joke funny?" Pei Ye was dissatisfied.

Xing Zhi smiled: "It's funny, Master Li must love to hear it."

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"Everyone has his own expertise in appearance. They should be almost done over there. Let's go and take a look first." Xie Chuantang didn't know what Master Li and Master Ming were, so he took the lead and turned around.

Not far from Caohe River, there was an office.

The man with a wild goose-shaped badge tied around his waist was holding a pen and leaning over the table. He closed his eyes quietly from time to time, and some images slowly took shape under his pen. He was wearing a Taoist robe and had a fairy-like appearance.

Zhang Piaoxu sat opposite him and refused to put his arm on the table.

"You should have seen its head. Describe it to me." The man closed his eyes and whispered.

"It has scales on its face. I was almost scared to death when I saw it suddenly." Zhang Piaoxu looked up and recalled that night.

The man frowned, as if he felt something was wrong, but he sorted it out in his mind and finished this realistic painting.

"The [Painter] in the studio." The three men had pushed the door open at some point, and Xing Zhi lowered his voice, "He is a sorcerer who has practiced the spiritual scripture "The Beauty in the Painting", and has a special intuition about some images he has never seen."

The man raised his head and looked at them, and just put down his pen with a smile: "Xing Zishou is good."

"Mr. Qi is done?"

The man stood up: "This young friend and I have five key points, which are: 'many scales', 'sharp claws', 'fins', 'sharp teeth' and 'horrible face'. The rest of the parts were completed by myself in combination with other materials, thus completing this 'Portrait of the Beauty'."

Xing Zhi thanked him and took it, and Pei Ye leaned over.

The painting shows a scaly creature lying in shallow water, with a very different body shape: it has a pair of muscular and slender forelimbs on both sides of its trunk, with its joints bent, serving as support for lying on the ground, and its claws are indeed sharp; the back of the trunk turns into a powerful long tail, which is probably used for water movement, but it has no hind limbs; its face does look a bit like a frost ghost, and it is indeed scary at first sight.

But Xing Zhi soon raised his head: "Mr. Qi, we just found out that this creature may be able to cross at least two miles of land, and it may not be strenuous."

The man raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Oh? - Can it get ashore?"

He looked at Zhang Piaoxu.

Zhang Piaoxu was also surprised and stunned: "No, I don't know. I just caught a glimpse of it when it came out of the water at night."

"It was Young Master Pei's inference, and we think it is mostly correct."

Pei Ye nodded confidently: "It must be - in fact, I think it can easily move and hide on land."

"Oh well, actually I think this image is already very balanced." The man pondered, picked up the pen again, closed his eyes and thought for a while, leaned over the table, and added a few more strokes. He smiled again and handed it to Xing Zhi.

The three of them looked down together, but saw that nothing else had moved, but two vigorous and powerful hind legs were added on both sides of the long tail.

Pei Ye was silent for a while, frowned and whispered in Xing Zhi's ear: "Isn't this still a toad?"