Xu Fu's legacy!
Seeing this record, everyone's hearts were lifted.
In the Fake Yin Department of Qin Palace in Luoyang, Li Yan obtained a copy of Qin Bamboo Strips from a Old Zombie. It was identified by the ghost market "Golden Eye Feng" that it was written by the ancient "Golden Crow Script" before Xu Fu went overseas to seek immortality.
He left behind three volumes Bamboo Strips, which respectively recorded the Road to Immortality, the Secret of the False Yinsi and the Luoyang Restriction.
They have cracked the "Fake Yin Division" and "Luoyang Restriction", but they are of no use.
Only on this "road to immortality", Li Yan has been collecting information.
They already know what the so-called "seeking immortality" is, and the overseas immortal mountains are also false.
But Xu Fu is probably also from the organization Zhao Changsheng.
The "road to immortality" he left behind is obviously not that simple.
Now that there are clues and Tiger Demon has been stolen, how can everyone not be vigilant.
"What is the origin of this 'Bao Hua Book Company'?"
Wang Dao Xuan quickly asked the clerk next to him.
The scribes had already been taken care of by the Chen family, and they knew that these people in front of them had a lot of background, so they did not dare to neglect them. They raised their hands and said, "Report to the Daoist Priest, Bao Hua Book Company is in our Zhangqiu Town, specializing in engraving and selling books..."
After listening to his explanation, everyone also knew the reason.
Although Zhangqiu Town is a canal hub with developed commerce and trade, it is still in Luzhou and not far from the Confucius Mansion, so the natural literary style is rich.
There is not only a Confucian Temple and Anping Academy in the town, but also Bao Hua Book Company, which specializes in books.
This "Bao Hua Book Company" is not young, it has been established since the founding of the Daxuan Dynasty, and it has been a hundred years.
The owner behind the bookstore is also a local scholar and has a close relationship with Kong family.
It not only sells books but also prints wood-block New Year pictures, which are also sold along the canal to Beijing, Tianjin and other places in northern Xinjiang.
Dignitaries and literati who passed by the canal also stopped to attend cultural gatherings.
He is considered a local gentleman and celebrity.
"Uncle Fu, can you help me introduce him? I want to ask him something?"
Wang Dao Xuan looked at the old butler Chen Fu next to him.
"This..."
Chen Fu looked hesitant, "Daoist Master, can we talk about it after we go back?"
Seeing his appearance, Wang Dao Xuan understood and said, "That's fine."
"The owner of Bao Hua Book Company is called Meng Yicheng."
Back at the mansion, the old housekeeper Chen Fu immediately told the reason.
"To be honest, my Chen family and Meng Family have a long history."
"My father was once a long-time employee of the Meng Family. Later, I became successful in martial arts and bought this family property. People in the Meng Family looked down upon me in every possible way. The younger generations even made fun of me when they talked about it, and I didn't want to pay attention to it."
"Although there is no conflict, there is no communication..."
"That's it."
Wang Dao Xuan frowned slightly after hearing this, but was not surprised.
There are poor people who are jealous when they see others becoming prosperous, and there are rich people who are dissatisfied when they see poor people getting rich.
In this case, it would be difficult for the Chen family to come forward.
Who to call...
Just as he was thinking, a Cao Gang disciple suddenly ran in from outside the door, panting and saying, "Uncle Fu, something big has happened!"
"Bao Hua Book Company is in trouble over there. I heard that many people died at the Meng Family!"
"The water has escaped! The water has escaped!"
The watchman in the town beat a broken gong and shouted hoarsely.
It was still daytime at this time, with thick smoke billowing and chaos all around.
Bao Hua Book Company In Danqing Street, there are shops selling all kinds of calligraphy and painting, as well as pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Because it is a canal hub, warehouses have been built for inventory.
The shopkeepers of the surrounding shops were sweating profusely in anxiety, but they were more focused on instructing their clerks to block the fire, lest the fire spread and burn all their belongings.
Some people also put out the fire under the command of Yamen Runner, but the streets were crowded and chaotic, and basins of water were poured on it. Not only did the fire not go out, but it seemed to add fuel to the fire, burning more violently.
The carved wooden windows crackled in the flames.
The century-old pine beams were scorched black and curled by the tongues of fire.
"Let go of Laozi!"
The old engraving master cried and tried to rush into the fire, but was held down by five of his descendants.
Thousands of book plates carved by his Three Dynasties people are turning into coke in the fire...
When Wang Dao Xuan and others arrived, this was what they saw.
"Uncle Fu, what should I do?"
Cao Gang's disciples asked quickly.
The conflict between the Chen family and Meng Family is well known to Zhangqiu Town.
"They have lost the benevolence of Confucianism, but we cannot lose the righteousness of Jianghu."
Fu Bo ordered without hesitation, "Fight the fire!"
At the command, signal fireworks shot up into the sky, and many Cao Gang men rushed from the dock shirtless.
Cao Gang has a large number of people, and its actions are far more organized than those of the common people. The canal boats flying the "righteousness" flag are directly across the river, and dozens of buckets are lined up along the river bank.
Buckets of water were poured into the bookstore one after another.
And the people from the Yamen finally brought the water dragon cart.
Both sides worked together and the fire was finally brought under control.
But the strange thing is that this fire is like dog skin plaster. Every time it is about to be extinguished, it always rekindles in the wind, and there is also a disgusting burning smell.
"It's kerosene!"
Sha LiFei After smelling it, his expression suddenly changed and he said loudly, "Quick, cover it with soil!"
Chen San gave orders when he left, and Cao Gang's brothers were also very obedient.
A large amount of earth, stone and sand were thrown into the fire.
After a while, the fire was finally put out.
Bao Hua Book Company, which has been glorious for a hundred years, is now only a scorched earth with smoke rising from it.
"Master Dao, there's something wrong with this fire. It was deliberately set!"
Sha LiFei leaned next to Wang Dao Xuan and whispered.
Wang Dao Xuan nodded with a serious look on his face, and whispered a few times to Fu Bo next to him.
Fu Bo immediately communicated with Yamen Runner and took Bao Hua Book Company's buddy to the Meng Family.
The Chen family put out the fire regardless of past suspicions, so naturally Meng Family couldn't pretend to be blind.
Moreover, they couldn't care less about it.
The Meng Mansion was also in a mess.
The servant's face was pale, the maid's cry could be heard faintly, and the floor was covered with blood.
"Tell me, what happened?"
The Yamen Runners in the town are asking questions.
"Little... little one doesn't know either."
The servant was trembling and replied in a trembling voice, "The master is hosting a banquet today. Scholars and scholars from all over the country have come to hold a poetry meeting in the courtyard."
"Suddenly there was a strange wind, and the ground was covered with frost. Baigou Town's Scholar Zhou immediately went crazy and grabbed whatever letters the master wanted. We went to catch him, but this man suddenly became extremely powerful and even killed several people with his backhand..."
After hearing this, Wang Dao Xuan and Sha LiFei quickly entered the house without saying anything.
"Hey, you guys..."
Yamen Runner Just wanted to stop him, Uncle Fu quickly went up to explain.
After Sha LiFei took out the ultimatum, Yamen Runner no longer stopped him.
King of Chengdu After the First World War, there is another benefit.
Twelve Yuan Chen Everyone's ultimatums were all changed to black.
This is the treatment that Orthodox Xuan Gate only has. If you encounter evil things that harm people, you can deal with them directly.
When needed, people from surrounding yamen and health offices can be asked to help.
Meng Family is a large courtyard with three entrances, with a strong aroma of books.
Several people came to the central hall "Xie Fang Study", but saw chaos inside.
Red blood and black pine smoke merged into strange patterns on the blue brick floor.
There were several corpses of scholars lying on the ground, all of them in an arched posture.
His head was turned upside down, as if someone had turned it around, with a sinister smile on his pale face.
The most obvious thing is the beams.
It is covered with frost, and the huge tiger paw prints have not yet dissipated...
"Is this guy crazy?"
Sha LiFei was a little strange, "Before, in Jingyang Gang, I didn't harm anyone and tried to hide as much as possible, but now I am so bold that I dare to break into the town and commit murder in broad daylight..."
When it comes to monsters, they don't just shout and kill them when they meet, and they even have friends of different kinds.
For example, Shennongjia and Zou Yu can get along peacefully despite language barriers.
But if you do this, no matter what the reason, you will never stop.
Even if they don't take action, Enforcement Hall can't get around it.
Wang Dao Xuan said thoughtfully, "It seems that the thing was not obtained. As for why the murder was committed, we can only interrogate it after it is caught."
Sha LiFei whispered, "What should we do now?"
Wang Dao Xuan looked at Mr. Meng's dead body.
"Go back and get your things and open the altar."
"While the three souls are still alive, I will summon them to ask questions!"
Meng Family No one is in charge now, and Yamen Runner are also very cooperative.
Soon, the altar was set up.
Wang Dao Xuan ordered someone to bring an elm Eight Immortals table, with three Auspicious Coin placed on the corners, which means "Three Powers Talisman". The tablecloth is made of indigo burlap, which coincides with the symbol of "Blue Sky Suppresses Evil".
When summoning spirits and asking questions, generally those who have played underworld are more proficient, and they must be at Zi Hour.
Wang Dao Xuan is better at warding off disasters and praying for blessings.
But he had a treasure in his hands.
But on the altar, there was a brass incense burner in the middle, a Mystic Turtle Shell compass on the right, and a strange lamp made of rhinoceros horn on the left, with blood-colored lamp oil inside.
This is the treasure "Rhino Horn Lamp" that I got from the ghost cult Tongtian San Niang when I was in Ezhou.
This treasure is made of Heavenly Rhinoceros horn, which can penetrate into the underworld.
To avoid scaring anyone, everyone else including Yamen Runner was kicked out.
Afraid that Yin Soul would be driven away by the sun, everything outside the lobby was covered with black cloth.
"The wandering souls, where can they stay? The three souls are coming soon, and the seven souls are coming to the rivers and roads, to the temples, villages, palaces and prisons, tombs and mountains, there are false alarms and strange things, and the true soul is lost. Now I invite you to your home Kitchen God..."
As Wang Dao Xuan recited <Soul Summoning Incantation>, Yin Wind stood up in the hall.
He glanced lightly, Peach Wood Sword reversed, causing the candlelight to shine a little on Rhino Horn Lamp.
In an instant, the entire main hall was filled with a gloomy green light, as if he had arrived in the underworld.
In some corners, there appeared the shadow of a scholar covered in blood and standing with his hands hanging down.
It was the victim who had just died in the hall.
This is why Wang Dao Xuan dare not waste time.
If it is delayed for a long time, these yin will either enter the netherworld or dissipate.
At that time, you can only ask professional Yin experts to help.
Mr. Meng's Yin Soul is also among them.
He just stood next to the corpse, his back turned to everyone, motionless.
Ordinary people would be frightened to death by this situation.
But to everyone, it is nothing.
Even Sha LiFei, who was once an ordinary person, is also a ruthless person who crawled out of Shitilavana.
On the contrary, they did not dare to take a breath for fear of scaring these Yin Soul away.
Wang Dao Xuan continued with Pacing the Gang and Stepping the Dipper, then picked up the cinnabar pen on the altar, and while making the incantation Entering the Taboo, he wrote strange words on the yellow paper.
This is called the death (tiǎn) text, also known as the ghost book.
To put it simply, it is the text communicated with Yin Soul.
After writing a few lines of handwriting and drawing the talisman, Wang Dao Xuan Peach Wood Sword picked it up, lit the ghost book on the candle, and pointed at Master Meng's Yin Soul.
Phew~
The billowing smoke instantly merged into Yin Soul's body.
Mr. Meng, who had his back to them, slowly raised his arm and pointed to the left.
Wang Dao Xuan gave a signal, and Sha LiFei and Wu Ba set off immediately.
As soon as they passed through the small door on the left side of the main hall, Mr. Meng's Yin Soul appeared in the darkness of the corridor again, with his back still facing them, but his hand pointing to the right.
Sha LiFei were not surprised and continued to move forward.
Soon, they arrived at the study room in the backyard.
But Master Meng's Yin Soul appeared again, pointing his arm upward.
"I'll do it!"
Wu Ba Without saying a word, he used his legs to leap into the air. His hands were like iron hooks, directly clasped on the beam, and then he struck left and right.
Bang bang bang!
Soon, I found the abnormality in the sound.
He raised his hand and slapped his hand, only to hear a cracking sound, and the beam was broken into pieces.
At the same time, an iron box fell from the sky.
It turns out that the beams were hollowed out, the iron box was placed inside, and it was sealed by skilled craftsmen and covered with wood chips. There was no way to see what was hidden inside.
Sha LiFei hugged the iron box and quickly returned to the main hall.
Wang Dao Xuan Remove the altar and open the iron box.
Inside, there was a serving of Bamboo Strips, which was the same texture as what they had before.
"It's really here!"
Wang Dao Xuan glanced at Master Meng's body, stroked his beard and shook his head and said, "This Meng Family ancestor must have been reluctant to part with the treasured book and wanted to gain a reputation, so he replaced it with a fake one, but left a disaster for future generations..."
"Is it this?"
Sha LiFei asked quickly.
When they left Luoyang, "Golden Eye Feng" had passed Golden Crow Script to Wang Dao Xuan.
Only Daoists can understand this thing.
Wang Dao Xuan looked at it for a few times, and his expression became solemn.
"That's right, it's exactly <Seeking Immortality Chapters> left by Xu Fu."
"Then if Tiger Demon can find Meng Family, there must be someone in the city who can handle it."
"Let's go back to the Chen Mansion and make plans to catch the monster!"
In the darkness, Li Yan's eyelids moved slightly and he slowly opened his eyes.
He clasped his hands together and his chest continued to bulge.
Phew~
As soon as he exhaled, a strong wind suddenly rose in the room.
After a long period of meditation, he finally transformed his visualization space.
Therefore, the teaching and practice may not necessarily improve much, but it will become more stable.
Don't underestimate this. How far you can go by practicing <Luo Feng Scripture>, maybe this change is the key.
Thinking of this, Li Yan looked at the bronze Zongmu Nuo surface next to him.
But just like before, it became ordinary again, without any breath showing.
Li Yan was slightly disappointed and shook his head slightly.
He had a vague guess.
It's not that simple to take a peek at the Great Luo Dharma Realm.
The first is to ask Erlang Zhenjun for help, and the second is to visualize Great Luo Dharma Realm. The two sides resonate with each other through the power of the bronze mask, and can sense the situation there with their thoughts.
This matter is quite risky. If discovered, it will be a violation of Heavenly Laws.
I don't know when the next time will be...
After putting Bronze Nuo Mask away, Li Yan looked out the window.
Before I knew it, it was pitch dark outside.
However, Li Yan sniffed, frowned, and quickly pushed the door open.
But I saw Lu San holding Little White Fox, moving a bench and sitting outside the door.
Sha LiFei, on the other hand, was squatting in the shadow of the roof with Divine Firearm in his hands.
"What happened?" Li Yan asked.
"Xu Fu's letter was found..."
Lu San briefly explained the situation and said in a low voice, "Master Dao suspected that Jianmu was behind Tiger Demon, so he set up a trap to arrest him."
"Well, luckily I woke up in time."
Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief, greeted everyone, and then also ambush in the room.
However, after Zi Hour passed, Tiger Demon still did not show up.
On the contrary, Cao Gang, the helmsman Chen San, who went out to investigate for information, returned in a hurry.
"Then 'Rotten Document Mister' Kong Hui has been found!"