chivalrous cat and righteous mouse

Chapter 31

Worm, the student thought that all these incidents had something to do with that housekeeper.As for his identity, the students have several guesses. First, he may be from the Western Regions himself. He was taught by his tribe since he was a child, and he is good at witchcraft. Tolerant.Second, maybe he is not from the Western Regions, but by some coincidence, he learned witchcraft from someone, so although he can use it as he pleases, he will not be suspected. "

Zhan Zhao listened to Gongsun's analysis and agreed in his heart. He had doubts about Zhao's housekeeper since that day, but now that Gongsun pointed it out, he confirmed it even more.However, at this time, Bai Yutang, who had been silent beside him, suddenly said, "It doesn't matter if this person is from the Western Regions, or he has learned skills from people from the Western Regions, but Bai can't figure it out. All the personnel were dismissed, and aside from this point, Bai also discovered another strange phenomenon in the village."

"Oh? What is it?"

"When Bai sneaked into Zhaojiazhuang during the day, he once said that he saw a few girls and servants. Do you remember the cat?" He stopped to look at Zhan Zhao, who nodded quickly.He said again, "I waited for you to go again later. I found that all those people had disappeared. You said the yard is empty, you are right!" Zhan Zhao nodded again.Bai Yutang went on to say, "Today, Bai found two passages in the well. One can see these Gu worms, and the other leads to Zhaojiazhuang. Of course, Bai also walked along it."

"Strange things happened in Zhaojiazhuang?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang smiled and said nothing. He turned to look at Gongsun Ce, and said, "I heard that Mr. Gongsun is intelligent and knowledgeable. I wonder if Mr. Bai can guess what Bai saw in Zhaojiazhuang?"

Gongsun Ce looked at Bai Yutang's deep starry eyes, and smiled a few times. He stroked his beard and said to Zhan Zhao, "Guard Zhan's friend is really interesting." Zhan Zhao didn't understand the situation, so he sat there, looking at Look at this and that again, scratching your head.I muttered in my heart that I don't know what charades these two people are playing.Before he could figure it out, Gongsun Ce continued, "According to the student's guess, what Bai Shaoxia saw in Zhaojiazhuang may have something to do with this Gu worm. If there is any relationship, probably those girls and servants have all been killed. The corpses are controlled by Gu insects, so they can't feel the breath of living people. When Zhanwei inspected Zhaojiazhuang again, those corpses had been ordered to be withdrawn. The butler stopped Zhanwei and prevented him from further investigation because he was worried that his secret would be exposed .Did Young Xia Bai see those corpses?"

Bai Yutang smiled. He hugged Gongsun Ce, and replied, "Bai has offended you. Just like Mr. said, Bai sneaked into Zhaojiazhuang through a secret passage, and found that the morgue connecting the two places was actually a morgue. The corpses were neatly arranged, and Bai looked carefully, and felt that some of them were the ones he saw when he was spying on Zhuangzi that day, and after thinking about it, Bai guessed that these must be caused by the housekeeper."

While listening to Bai Yutang's words, Gongsun Ce shifted his gaze to the half-remained corpse of the red dragon, "Students have heard that there are many types of Gu, and the Gu technique for controlling corpses should be considered relatively common in Western Region witchcraft. Yes, if they just want to manipulate the corpse, why use such precious red dragon Gu, or is their purpose not only that, but something else?"

Zhan Zhao on the side was just about to take up the conversation, when someone outside Gongsun's room suddenly shouted, "Mr. Gongsun, is Mr. Zhan here?" Zhan Zhao frowned, got up and opened the door, and saw the A yamen servant was waiting outside in a hurry. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he quickly raised his head and looked in. When he saw Zhan Zhao, he hurried forward, bowed, and said, "Lord Zhan, I have found you. Something is wrong!"

"Why are you so anxious?" When Zhan Zhao saw this yamen servant, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, but in front of outsiders, he still acted calm.

However, the yamen servant couldn't show his composure. With a mournful face, he lowered his face to his chest, and stammered back, "Return...Master Zhan, Mr. Zhan, Mr. Zhan is gone!"

disappearance

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, and Gongsun Ce were discussing the case in the house, when they suddenly heard a yamen servant outside the door reporting that Mr. Zhan had disappeared. After hearing this, the three immediately went to Zhan Zhao's courtyard.

Pushing open the door, Zhan Zhao quickly walked around the screen and walked to the bed, and saw that the quilt on the bed was twisted into a ball, the bed was empty, and the inside of the bed was still flat with the change of inner clothes that Zhan Zhao sent for him. and outer shirt.He bent down and put his hands on the bed, and found that there was still a little warmth, and it shouldn't be long after walking.

Zhan Zhao straightened up, and immediately gave the order to lead a small team to search the whole county, but don't disturb the people in the city.After finishing the order, he also left the door with the giant que, his expression not looking very good.

Bai Yutang watched his back gradually go away, turned around and hugged Gongsun Ce, and said, "For tonight's matter, I need to trouble Mr. Bao to inform Mr. Bao, and Bai will go and have a look, and leave." After saying that, he walked quickly Chased out.

It was already night, and the watchman in Yangwu County rang the clapper for the third watch. The people in the city had already slept at home. Suddenly, they heard the noisy noise from the street, so they all put on their clothes and went out to watch the excitement. But I saw many government servants in official uniforms walking up and down the street holding torches. I don't know what happened, but no one dared to ask.

The street was pitch-black. Although the yamen were holding torches, the range of illumination was limited after all. In addition, Mr. Zhan had a life, so he must not disturb the people in the city. Therefore, their search mission did not make any breakthroughs. .

Bai Yutang stopped on the roof at the side, witnessed everything below, and saw the yamen servants yawning casually paddling along the street a few times pretending to search, he felt a little annoyed, secretly thought, this stinky cat usually has All the tasks are done by himself, and the gang of servants who are used to them are becoming more and more lazy. The lazy faces of each and every one made him unable to resist stretching his hands into his bosom. The stone, it was the locust stone, the hidden weapon that Fifth Master Bai was proud of.He shook his ten fingers, exerted a slight force, and the locust stone on his fingertips flew out like a sharp arrow, and hit the yawning servants impartially. He was caught off guard, his feet were unsteady for a moment, and they all fell on their backs.

Seeing their distressed appearance, Bai Yutang snorted coldly, then raised his breath and flew away.

Relying on his good lightness skills, Zhan Zhao used Yan Zifei to circle around Yangwu County, but there was no clue at all. He couldn't help muttering in his heart, thinking that the little doll has short calves, if he can be so energetic Running, it may not be possible to run very far, the only possibility is that he was taken away.

Thinking of being taken away by someone, Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of a person, maybe this matter has something to do with him.So he borrowed some strength from a tree in front of him, turned his body around, and flew up again.

He held the sword firmly in one hand, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, and his piercing eyes shone brightly in the night sky.He swerved around several obstacles, and finally stopped in front of the gate of the ruined temple.

The ruined temple at night is more depressed than during the day, and the dark and deep gate looks like a wild beast with its mouth wide open quietly waiting for its prey.Zhan Zhao paused outside the door for a moment, then walked in. Just as he stepped through the door with one foot, he suddenly felt the presence of other people in the room.

"Who?!" he blurted out, but no one responded in the empty temple.He held his breath, trying to find out where the other party was, but he didn't expect that the other party also lost his breath.Zhan Zhao was still holding his breath, concentrating on his attention, with his ears pricked up. If a needle fell on the ground at this moment, he could quickly identify the other party's position and arrive at his side in an instant. However, after waiting for a long time, there was no sound. The breath seemed to evaporate out of thin air, and it seemed that no one was there from the beginning.

After waiting for a while, another person's breath suddenly appeared at the door, but it was obviously different from the one just now.Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes and looked towards the door. After a short while, a young man in white clothes appeared at the door. Then, a fire suddenly lit up. Through the light of the fire, Zhan Zhao saw Bai Yutang's handsome and boundless face appearing in front of him. in his field of vision.

Bai Yutang originally went out after Zhan Zhao's figure, but he suddenly lost him after chasing halfway. In desperation, he had to turn around and go back temporarily, but unfortunately he caught the yamen servant being lazy, and his little After punishing them for a while, he wanted to continue to set off, but suddenly he had another idea in his mind, so he hooked the corner of his mouth, borrowed strength with one step, and ran to the south of the city.

After walking for half a cup of tea, he just saw the outline of the ruined temple, when he saw Zhan Zhao striding in from a distance, he couldn't help laughing secretly, he didn't expect the cat to go with him.

After entering the temple gate, it was so dark that he couldn't see anything clearly, Bai Yutang simply lit the torch, and with the faint light, he saw Zhan Zhao on the other side looking straight at his face, with obsidian-like pupils radiating* The light of man.

Bai Yutang subconsciously took a step back, just about to ask him why he was looking at him like that, but he was preempted by the other party, only to hear Zhan Zhao ask, "Brother Bai, did you ever see anyone coming in before you came in?" out here?"

Bai Yutang thought about it carefully, then shook his head, "No."

"Strange... Who is that? And why did he disappear suddenly?" Zhan Zhao murmured, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or to him.

Bai Yutang couldn't understand what he was saying, so he took a few steps forward, looked at him and asked, "