The Lord who use immortals as food

Pei Ye really didn't expect anyone to dare to steal his money.

Nowadays, Pei Shaoxia has many famous scholars in his chats and jokes, but no ordinary people in his dealings. The people he associates with can be said to be all well-known and talented people. If there is any money flow involved, then the only weak point is him, Pei Shaoxia himself.

How could one day his banknotes be stolen?

He must have read it carefully when Qi Zhaohua handed it to him. Although it was the first time he saw it at that time, he looked at it carefully from the front and back, and sighed that this thin page turned out to be fifty taels of silver.

Later, he never forgot about it. Every time he opened the bag, he would check to see if it was still there - who would have thought that the murder of the thief that day was not a theft but a bag swap!

A month has passed since he borrowed these fifty taels from Qi Zhaohua.

Since Pei Ye couldn't tell the difference between real and fake banknotes, he naturally didn't know when they were stolen.

How can this be traced?

Xie Chuantang looked at Pei Ye in silence, and Pei Ye looked at Xie Chuantang pitifully.

"Okay, I accepted it, don't worry too much." Xie Chuantang never thought that these skilled words would be used on the young man one day, "Just wait for news from the Yamen."

"Yeah." Pei Ye was depressed.

Xing Zhi looked over in amusement: "How can someone still put their hands into your money bag, Pei Shaoxia? Isn't Shen Chi squatting on your shoulder all the time?"

Pei Ye turned to look at Mao Mao, who calmly shook his head.

"It has been running to the Xiuwen Museum frequently in the past month." Pei Ye sighed, "And the bag is not always on me."

"Didn't you leave the bag in the Sword Xiuyuan? Who dares to sneak into your yard?"

However, what he does most these days is to walk around on the road, from the East City to the West City, from the Sword Xiuyuan to the Xiuwen Museum. At this time, he can’t think of which time it is. At one moment, he feels that there is no problem at any time, and at the next moment, he feels that everything is wrong. suspicious.

Finally, he let out a long sigh and moved his eyes to the lock in his hand: ".Is this the one that was removed from the complete shackles?"

"Yes."

Pei Ye looked at it silently for a while: "So, if the lock is not opened, it is impossible for the scale monster to have the strength to break out of the cage."

"That's right." Xing Zhi stroked her palms and leaned back on the big tank, holding the edge of the tank with both hands. "I think so too. It's not that Nan Jinfeng made a mistake himself. With this lock, it is actually impossible for the scale monster to break through the restraints. It’s just that something unexpected happened.”

Pei Ye slowly lifted up the small lock and stared inside. It was as clean as new and there was indeed no trace of damage. In other words, the lock fell off directly.

"Someone sneaked in and opened the lock?" Pei Ye frowned and denied, "That's too strange. If he wants to release this scale monster, why not just take it out; if he wants to cause trouble in this secret cabin, he should let it go. More and more thoroughly, what’s the point of just untying the inner buckle?”

He looked at the lock again. The delicate and dense mechanical springs inside were interlocked. After many violent impacts such as broken cylinders, explosions, and cabin crashes, the lock was still intact, and it was much stronger than he imagined.

Xing Zhi looked at him and said, "So I think it opened the lock on its own."

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"Perhaps what they transported was not a 'stable' creature. During the process, the scale monster suddenly underwent changes that they did not expect - perhaps it was indeed very rare." Xing Zhi said slowly, "So it suddenly Mastered some ability to open this lock. "

"What kind of lock is this?" Pei Ye immediately grasped the key point.

"It's not a lock you can buy, but the principle is not special - use spiritual patterns to block the spiritual essence, deprive you of your energy, and then use fine iron to mechanically lock the musculoskeletal joints." Xing Zhi said, "This is a very mainstream practice nowadays. , Rather than using powerful spiritual restraints to imprison the mysterious person, and using strong shields to control sharp spears, people prefer to isolate the spiritual being first, and then lock the body, so that mortals can be tied up with hemp ropes. "

"The same is true for this lock. Its lock is purely mechanical. There are seven connected machine springs, and it is made too strong - it is completely engaged and sealed inside." Xing Zhi said, "The only way to open it is Its method is to activate the spiritual pattern outside - it records a specific preparation of profound energy, and only that kind of profound energy can open it. "

"But the spirit pattern is not activated."

"No."

Therefore, it directly cracked the innermost mechanical part and magically shed the spiritual energy lock from the inside out.

Pei Ye looked at it again. Just as Xing Zhi said, its mechanical part is only used to prevent the common people, and from the common people's perspective, this is a chain that is impossible to solve.

There is no room for anything like thin wire, not even hair.

Indeed, as Xing Zhi said, in order to unlock this kind of machine, one must first open the upper spiritual pattern. There is absolutely no reason why the thousands of clever tricks inside can be opened inch by inch without the spiritual pattern being moved.

But Pei Ye looked at the small lock and suddenly said: "Water."

".What?"

"Water." Pei Ye said firmly, "The only thing that can penetrate is water. Thousands of machine springs are wrapped in water. If it wants this lock to open, this lock will open."

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Xing Zhi stared at him blankly and suddenly said: "I have been practicing Shui Ling since I was a child, and I was able to achieve this kind of fine control only after I stepped into Xuanmen."

"So Nanjinfeng was caught off guard."

"But Lingxuan has not been opened at all, so how can it control the water?"

"Didn't you find even half a trace of Lingxuan in Caohe?"

".The cabin was not damaged at that time, how could there be water?"

"The iron bulkhead is covered with water."

The three of them were quiet for a moment, and Xing Zhi said silently: "We don't rely on Lingxuan's water control."

Pei Ye looked at her and thought of something.

"It's futile for the time being." Xing Zhi retracted his thoughts and turned towards the desk. "In addition, based on the half of the scales you brought back, I took it back to the Immortal Platform and tried some spiritual techniques, and I roughly targeted this area."

A large map of Shenjing was laid out on the table. What was outlined was an area of ​​Southwest City, about five or six squares, with hundreds of streets.

"I checked half of the workshop early today and found nothing yet." Xie Chuantang said.

Pei Ye is still thinking about the speculation about water control just now. With such a clever water nature, it seems that there is a memory that is about to be recalled. But he still didn't catch it. At this time, he lowered his head and looked at the map, slowly falling into deep thought again.

"I'll go shopping with you." He suddenly said.

However, when Xie Chuantang took the order and went out, he saw that the young man did not go in the direction outlined on the map. Instead, he first spotted a tall restaurant and went straight up.

I saw the young man walking to the top railing, leaning down to look, and saw Xie Chuantang walking up to him from behind.

"how?"

Pei Ye looked at it for a while and pointed out: "Look, the West Lake is obviously on the east side of the Cao River."

Looking from here, a large part of Shenjing City is clearly visible in the eyes, and the wedge-shaped West Pond not far away is like a clear pupil.

"If you were it, how would you escape the blockade of Caohe?" Pei Ye looked at Xie Chuantang.

Xie Chuantang understood what he meant: "Of course we enter the West Pond through the shortest distance. The West Pond is deep and wide, making it easy to hide, and it is connected to the waters of Shenjing, so there is nowhere to go."

"Yes, if you want to hide, walking straight after landing is the best choice. How could it turn back to the west and plunge into the village?" Pei Ye frowned and nodded, "This is a conscious behavior."

Xie Chuantang also put his hands on the railing and looked to the west: "And from Caohe to these houses, you have to pass through the big thoroughfare no matter what."

The most indispensable thing in Shenjing is people. There are countless cultivators living in these bustling markets. It is difficult for such a scaly monster to pass by without being discovered, whether it is passing through doors or climbing eaves or walls. Such a large area.

What's more, the scales don't point to a terrestrial body like a lizard, but to an aquatic body.

Thinking endlessly, the two of them looked down at the area, agreed on several possible routes according to the starting point and ending point, and then went downstairs. They listened to the drinking conversations of the drinkers from top to bottom, as if the whole world All the storms gathered in this city.

People say that the Minister of Yuan Dynasty once again handed over the "List of Talents" to the court, causing the whole hall to be silent; the new Jing Zhaoyin took office and made drastic changes everywhere, and he must have a strong support behind him; others said that Mr. Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, has been missing for several days in a row. Go to the Yamen.

As soon as the Taiping Cao Gang collapsed, a young knight named Pei raised his name, and people started talking about the famous names in Shenjing City again, arguing about who was the most powerful; the one who returned from the north The businessman said that Huangren seemed to be unsettled and that it was difficult to do business.

Listening to the first floor from the twelfth floor, most of them are talking about the same thing, but the angles are very different. If there is no urgent matter, Pei Ye believes that he can listen here for a whole day.

And the "first things" are indeed boring.

Pei Ye and Xie Chuantang took the officials and checked the planned route carefully and without missing a beat. However, no matter whether they were surveying or searching, they did not get any valuable information. The pursuit of some specious clues always comes to nothing. This scale monster seems to have the ability to become invisible again, clearly moving through the shop without showing any shadow.

After a tiring day, seeing the sun setting in the west again, Pei Ye lay on the railing on the fifth floor and let out a long sigh. Xie Chuantang, leaning next to him, also rarely let out a sigh.

"I always feel that our work has been in vain." Pei Ye stared at the dim clouds between the cities with drooping eyes, "We have run into a dead end with no results. You said that this painting... is such a dangerous thing, how can it get into the workshop? How can there be no waves at all?"

Xie Chuantang rubbed his eyebrows and said softly: "Lao Ding used to say when he took me to handle cases, there are not so many wonderful and mysterious cases in the world. Many times when the prisoner you imagined starts to become too mysterious, it's probably just you. I got distracted."

Pei Ye was silent for a while: "An old senior who is very good at investigating crimes also said similar things to me."

"But I am the father of a tiger and the daughter of a dog." Xie Chuantang sighed.

"I am also a dead wood without any carvings." Pei Ye sighed.

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"How about you go and handle the case of missing money for me first?"

"No."

".I'm just confused!" Pei Ye frowned and hit the railing, "You said that you don't dare to show off the Taiping Cao, so long as you can't catch it. Our Jingzhao Mansion is so aggressive that we can't find anyone." shadow?"

"Even if you leave the city from nowhere, there must be some traces. With so many cultivators, doesn't anyone notice it?"

Xie Chuantang crossed his arms and looked at the neat squares below, but suddenly he was stunned.

She suddenly turned her head and grabbed Pei Ye's forearm: "What if... someone finds out?"

Pei Ye was stunned and Tian Ling was horrified.

Four eyes facing each other.

yes.

They have always regarded it as an alien lurking in human society, but what if it got help from humans?

It was in this idea that Pei Ye felt that the knot stuck in his mind was suddenly shattered, and the previous confusions were solved one by one.

Not only did it get help from humans, it was entrusted to a human as soon as it landed!

So it certainly didn't go to the West Pond, but to the streets, because that person wanted to take it back home!

So there was no need to climb over the wall, just a carriage - or any ox or donkey cart, it could be transported back from the main road of Shenjing!

So no matter how they visited, they could not find any trace of it.

But Xie Chuantang still didn't react, frowned and said: "But who would shelter such a dangerous monster? Besides, we didn't find him that night -"

She was speechless.

Pei Ye looked at her, his face tense and gradually gnashing his teeth.

Who else could it be?

The hesitant boy, the scale monster's unusual water nature, the magic tricks that amazed everyone on Pingkang Street, his own wet skirt, the sudden encounter on the South Golden Wind. On the map with a demarcated area, a small street was so inconspicuous, but Pei Ye stared at it.

——"Grandpa is Xiaoxu from Chui Liu Street!"

"Where is this kid?!"