Chapter 33: Gossip Time and Space
Sage Kong took out a bag from the back room, and the bag was heavy, looking like a bag of silver, and it made a loud noise.
The kidnapper Xue was very surprised, this fortune teller has earned a lot of money over the years. There was actually half a sack of silver dollars in one sack.
"Kong fortune teller, you have earned a lot of money, for so many years, you have been quiet, and you have earned a sack of silver ingots?" The kidnapper Xue was a little jealous.
"What's the ingot? You take a closer look. ”
The abductor Xue reached out and took out a silver ingot from his pocket, and after a closer look, he found something strange:
It turns out that these silver ingots are wrapped in tin foil, and it is unknown what exactly is inside, and it is more likely to be mud ingots.
The kidnapper Xue said in surprise: "Okay, you, you will fake!" ”
"Go, go, how can you do it now without faking? I can't change it. You shut up for me, when the time comes, it's exposed, don't say I didn't help you! "Sage Kong was a little angry.
"It's okay, it's a big deal that I use my 5,000 elite soldiers to beat him for a while, and I'll get it." Abductor Xue said.
"Don't mention your 5,000 elite soldiers, I think, they guard a deep mountain and old forest, if you go to war, I see that it will be gone." Sage Kong was a little disdainful.
"Forget it, I won't fight for you, just rescue Liangzi anyway." After all, it was the kidnapper Xue who took the initiative to ask Sage Kong for help, and he couldn't be sarcastic here.
The time is almost up. I saw Sage Kong carrying a large bag of silver ingots and walking into his backyard with his abductor Xue.
This backyard is a bit chaotic and full of potholes.
In the middle is a Bagua map, built entirely using earthen platforms.
There are deep pits dug in the form of rectangularities, more than one meter deep, and there are square high platforms that have been built. These are all neatly arranged in the courtyard and form a ring. If you look at it from above, it is all arranged according to the eight trigram figures such as Qian, Kun, and Zhen.
If it is yang, it is a protruding earthen platform; If it is cloudy, it is a sunken earthen platform.
On the top of the earthen platform, there is grass growing on it, and no one will notice that there are so many strange things here.
The hour had come, and the earthen gate was indeed opened one meter below. I saw that in the soil pit, there was a bottomless white light hole, with wisps of light, which looked a little dazzling, but the light was very attractive, colorful glow, and people couldn't help but want to see it.
The two of them chose the kun hexagram position, which was recessed by one meter, and they were ready to cross through this hexagram.
It's the best way to travel through time during the day. The bluestone gate was closed during the day and disappeared at the same time.
After half a lifetime of research, Sage Kong finally discovered the secret of Xue Zhuang crossing, so he built this gossip crossing map to use it to enter and exit the past era during the daytime. In this method, except for the Confucian saint and the abductor Xue Zhilu Dao, there is no third person who knows the Dao.
With a white light appearing, the two disappeared into the Kun hexagram position.
Then, the two appeared in another place. This place is a bit barren, but it is the place of Xuezhuang a thousand years ago. That is where Xue Congliang was arrested at night.
A thousand years ago, the sky above Xuezhuang was blue. In the distance, red walls and green tiles, blue trees and blue sky, white clouds fluttering, this place is the best feng shui treasure.
However, the two of them did not have time to enjoy the beautiful scenery here, and Xue Congliang's whereabouts could not be found.
"Lao Kong, what should we do, this place, it's difficult to see people, where can we find it!" Kidnapper Xue looked at the lonely wilderness and said helplessly.
"Why don't we go to the village and ask?" Sage Kong said.
"Let's go, anyway, the village is not far away, let's ask." Kidnapper Xue had no choice.
In Xue Zhuang, it was already a mess, everyone seemed to be looking for something, and more than a dozen people gathered in the courtyard, buzzing and discussing something.
"Hey, fellows, do you want to ask something?" Sage Kong shouted at a dozen people in the courtyard.
"Who are you? What's up? One of the old men turned around.
"We're looking for someone, did you see anyone passing by last night?" Sage Kong asked.
"Of course I have seen him, he is our Xue Da Zhuang master, but when I got up this morning, I disappeared and left his wife behind......"
In the midst of the crowd, there was a woman, crying.
The kidnapper Xue asked, "What is that woman crying about?" Let her come over for a moment, I have something to ask. ”
The old man invited the woman over.
This woman is the beautiful young woman Xiaohuan last night.
"I've seen two gentlemen." Xiao Huan saluted the two.
"Did you see a young man here last night?" Kidnapper Xue asked.
"Of course I did, but this morning, at some point, he disappeared."
"Then do you know which direction he went?" Kidnapper Xue asked.
"Now, only one of us heard a little bit about it, and said that last night, someone heard a dog barking over there, so we've been speculating whether he was heading south?" Xiao Huan said as he cried.
After the two knew the general direction of the road, they immediately chased south.
The roads here are all dirt roads, and it is easy to find someone.
Sage Kong found a trail of footprints in the dust, and from the soles of his shoes, the man was wearing sneakers. This kind of mesh sole was almost non-existent in those days. Therefore, this sole print is very likely to be Xue Congliang's shoe print.
The two followed the shoe prints and continued to look for them. Sure enough, at the intersection, a messy mass of horseshoe prints was found, and in the middle of the horseshoe prints was a pair of grid footprints.
"Yes, Ryoko must have been captured by the patrolmen. Do you see these footprints? Sage Kong predicted.
"And in which direction will they go?" Kidnapper Xue said to himself.
"Don't worry, let's see which direction the horseshoe prints are going, don't we know the way?" Sage Kong has a flexible brain.
Through observation, it was observed that the horseshoe prints were heading westward. Sage Kong pointed to the west with his finger: "This direction!" ”
"No, the West is the gold of the five elements, and in the direction of gold, there will definitely be swords and soldiers to meet each other!" At any time, the Confucian sage had to make a guess, and although he knew something about the gossip and the five elements, he could not accurately predict what would happen.
It's just that for Xue Congliang, this direction is more auspicious than lucky.
The crutch Xue had already taken out his crutch, this crutch, from the outside, was a crutch, but when he pressed the button on the handle of the crutch, a cold sword burst out.
"Don't be nervous, don't we still have these things? Try not to use force, and if it really doesn't work, let's talk about it. "Sage Kong is really a literati, and at any time, he must turn war into jade silk. He pointed to the bag of silver ingots he had pinned, perhaps, this thing could get away with it.
The two continued along the road.
Around noon, the weather was a little hot and the sun was starting to get hotter. Unexpectedly, in this place, at noon, the temperature is so high.
In the col ahead, the woods were dense, and sure enough, a garrison appeared. At first glance, it is the place where ancient soldiers were stationed. From the heights, the four corners of the barracks, at each angle, there is a soldier, armed with long hair, guarding the entrance. The security is quite heavy.
"What to do? It seems that it is not easy to get in. Abductor Xue said.
"It's okay, we have a pass." The kidnapper Xue took out a silver ingot from his pocket. Confidently walked towards the entrance of the barracks.
"Who? Stand still! This is a forbidden military place, and idlers are not allowed to enter. When the soldier saw them coming, he immediately pointed his spear at them.
"Little brother, we are relatives of the young man you caught this morning, look at our old bones, let us go in and meet us." Sage Kong pretended to cough heavily.
"No, the general has an order, and no one is allowed to enter." This little soldier is very powerful, and he doesn't seem to be easy to mess with.
"Oh haha, this soldier is really mighty, accommodating." Under the cover of his sleeves, Sage Kong stuffed something into the soldier's hand.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, and he immediately felt what was in his hand.
The face that was as cold as ice just now immediately smiled: "Second master, I'll go inside immediately to report, you wait a while." ”
After saying this, the soldier went to report in a hurry.
Sage Kong proudly said to the kidnapper Xue: "Have you seen it?" No matter whenever, no matter where you are, you can't move an inch without a pass, and that's what I've learned over the years. You can study hard, you have been a doctor all your life, and you don't understand this reason. What a life for nothing......"
The kidnapper Xue was about to refute, but the soldier had already returned: "Our general invites you in-"