Chapter 22: A Chance Encounter with an Assassin
Today I walked leisurely around the city of Xiaoyi for a day, and almost all the streets and alleys were talking about the killing of the third son of Qing'an Hou. In one day, I heard four or five stories about the murder of the third son of the Hou of Qing'an, and even some storytellers who walked the streets and alleys had made up a complete story and told this book in the teahouse.
Interestingly, the government in the city did not come forward to control public opinion, allowing it to ferment at will. Even if Qing'an Hou himself is not in Xiaoyi City, this kind of thing should not be arranged so casually by the people. What is even more interesting is that one day when I was in the city, I found that many officers and soldiers who were searching everywhere were just going through the motions and did not pay much attention to this matter.
I was about to go back to my room to rest after dinner tonight, when I suddenly felt that I had something to do tonight! I whispered to Wukong in my arms: "Wukong, don't come out for a while, no matter what happens." Rest assured, I'm safe. β
After coming out for so long, I have now basically figured out what is going on with the Heaven Voyeurism that Master has passed on to me, and the Heaven Voyeurism is not so much a divination technique as a kind of understanding. At most, the ordinary art of divination is only to communicate with the world at one's own expense, to make vague judgments about the things one wants to know, and the degree of ambiguity is affected by the ability of the diviner, the method used, the price paid, and so on.
However, the Heaven Voyeur technique is different, the Heaven Voyeur technique is to directly feel the fluctuations in the Great Dao, and observe the impact of countless fluctuations on one thing, so as to judge the possibility of one or several tendencies.
As my perception of the Great Dao deepens, I become more and more sensitive to these fluctuations. Even according to my speculation, if the strength is strong enough, it is entirely possible to exert a certain amount of artificial influence at some specific nodes of fluctuations, thereby changing the direction of the whole event. Of course, I estimate that the cost of doing so will be enormous.
At first, I could feel the danger that appeared on me, but because those fluctuations were stronger and more obvious, and as my perception of the Great Dao deepened, I was gradually able to feel more Great Dao fluctuations.
When I got back to my room, I had just closed the door when a short knife was quickly placed around my neck. A masked girl with a faint fragrance appeared beside me, lowered her voice and said to me, "Don't move!
I threw up my hands and said, "Girl, don't be impulsive. Don't worry, I won't shout, can you take the knife away first?"
The girl said: "You don't have to be afraid, we are not murderers, we just want to borrow your place to rest for the night, so we can only wronged you." β
I said, "Yes, yes, not aggrieved at all, I am willing to serve." I'm just a little mountain and wild Taoist, and I won't threaten you. β
The girl didn't listen to me at all and was going to tie me up. At this time, a somewhat weak man in the back room said, "Okay, Sister Qiao, don't embarrass this Taoist." β
The girl was about to argue, but the man said, "From the tone of this Daoist, I can tell that this Daoist is credible. β
The girl vigilantly removed the knife from my neck and sat me down. I could see that the masked man in front of me was not lightly injured, so I said to him: "This brother, I see that you are not light, I have some medical skills since elementary school, I still have healing medicine, do you need it?"
The girl rushed over again, put the knife on my neck and said, "What tricks do you want to play?"
"I said, girl, can you not be so excited? Not everyone is bent on hurting you. I said helplessly.
At this time, the man said, "Dare to ask the Taoist chief, but you are from Wu Guoshan?"
I was stunned by the man's unprovoked words, and replied directly: "Ah, yes, how do you know?"
"Hehe, with the Buddha Zi Huixu and the eldest disciple of the Shenxiao Sect, Xu Zilan, how could he not recognize the Daoist Commander who destroyed the Wild Judge in the next. Qiao Mei, put the knife down, if you wanted to do it, you would have been taken down a long time ago. The man laughed.
The girl looked at me incredulously and said, "You are the Taoist priest You Yuzhen who suddenly appeared in the rivers and lakes??"
I said, "I seem to have gone with others to exterminate the bandits, and I happened to eradicate a remnant of the Demon Cult, right?
The girl said, "It doesn't matter if you're famous or not, but we know you." But why are you so weak? β
The man said, "Sister Qiao, don't be unreasonable. The tour chief was proficient in the art of divination, and he thought that he had already known it in advance before entering the door, so the tour chief did not hide at all. After the Daoist was captured, he found that the Daoist's breath was not disordered in the slightest. β
I was a little surprised, 'Who are these two people?' not like any ordinary assassin. How do you know so much about me? I hope it's not a potential enemy. β
I said to the man, "I have no ill will towards the two of you, and if I resist anything, it will increase the misunderstanding, and of course I believe that this kind girl will not want my life." Now that it's all said, let's try my healing medicine. β
The man did not hesitate to take the medicine I handed him, and said, "Thank you, Chief, I will definitely repay you for saving my life in the future." β
I said: "Meeting is fate, you don't have to be polite, you two are here to recuperate with peace of mind, if there is any trouble, I will deal with it." β
Before the words fell, I heard a team of officers and soldiers coming to the inn to search the inn. I said to the two of them, who were suddenly nervous, "Don't worry, I should be able to handle it." β
As soon as the two of them hid in the back room, two officers and soldiers knocked on my door, "We are ordered by the government to search the inns in the whole city, and we hope that you will cooperate and arrest all those who resist immediately." One of the officers and soldiers said.
I said, "Two officials, I'm just a poor Taoist priest who doesn't have anything, and besides, Xiaodao doesn't look like an assassin." β
The officers and soldiers said: "We are acting on orders, do you want to disobey orders?!"
I hurriedly said, "Don't, don't, Xiaodao doesn't mean that, wait a minuteγγγγγ Can you two see this thing so that you two don't search my room?"
"I tell you, don't play these little tricks... This is a token of filial piety?!" The two officers and soldiers did not dare to take the token, but only carefully observed the token in my hand.
After wandering around the city for a day, I already knew that this was the territory of Wang Yiyi side by side, and I thought that Zhang Zhiyi and Ji Wanjiao must also be in the city. It's just that I think it's too much trouble to get too close to them, so I thought I could avoid them. Now it seems that since you can't avoid it, you can't avoid it at all.
After a while, another officer who was found carefully identified the token, handed it back to me respectfully and said, "It is indeed Lord Zhang's filial piety token, and since it is Lord Zhang's honored guest, then please wait here, I will send someone to inform Lord Zhang's mansion." β
"Oh, okay, excuse me. I put the token away and said.