"Maybe the boot will be able to summon the whereabouts of its owner!" Qin Lin carefully observed the bottom of the boots, and soon found the target, and forcefully pulled out a small thing from the pattern of the non-slip cowhide sole: "Everyone, please see, what is this?" ”

The small brick-red stones, only the size of mung beans, were taken out of the gloomy mortuary and placed in the sun to look closely, and they were neither ordinary dirt nor brick fragments, but naturally formed irregular gravel.

Qin Lin patted Lu Yuanzhi on the back: "Don't make a noise, quietly bring Lao Cheng from Yanzhou Mansion to arrest and identify, what is this thing?" ”

Soon several old catchers were brought over, they all ate more than 20 years of public food, and they were very familiar with every inch of land in the ten miles and eight townships under the rule of Yanzhou Mansion, and when they saw this small piece of gravel, they exchanged a look with each other, and the leader said to Qin Linyu: "Lord Qiqi Qincha, there are five places where we have this kind of brick-red gravel in Yanzhou Mansion, four of which are in various counties, far away from the capital city, except for the east of the city along the official road for ten miles, a small road to the north and then three miles, there is a hill that is not high or low, Half of the mountain is made of this gravel. ”

When Xu Xinyi, Lu Yuanzhi, and Niu Dali heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, and they all knew that they were nine out of ten at this time.

Qin Lin said that according to the fact that Zhou Dexing was not riding a horse or walking and was not too tired, it was presumed that the place where he found the clue was between five and twenty miles away in the east of the city, and now with the addition of brick-red gravel, it can already be determined that Zhou Dexing found the situation near that hill!

"I said boots can confess, haha!" Qin Lin smiled, when he came out of the scene yesterday, he observed that Zhou Dexing was wearing riding boots with anti-slip grooves on the soles, it was too convenient to leave something in the gap between the soles of the boots, if the deceased wore cloth shoes with bare soles, Qin Lin would not be so relaxed.

Without further ado, Qin Lin immediately issued an order and began all the work in full swing, and an impenetrable invisible net shrouded the east of Yanzhou City...... After three days, on the shady side of the gravel hill, a group of villagers drove the ploughing oxen, with iron rakes and iron plows, scattered in the fields in twos and threes.

"Fatty, you really should lose weight," a person on the back of the cow lifted his hat slightly, and it turned out to be Qin Lin and Qin Shaobao, the minister of the Qin Mission.

Niu Dali sat on a protruding boulder next to him, and shouted at Lu Yuanzhi, who was sweating like rain.

Lu Fatzi led the old ox to rake the ground, he had never done this kind of thing, how could the cow be disobedient, so tired that he was snorting and panting, muttering and complaining: "This stupid cow beast, the fat man will not feed the pig petunia, but he will kill the pig and kill the cow, and then he will not rake the ground honestly, the fat man will give you a white knife into the red knife ......"

After all, he was born as a butcher, and the fat man was a little murderous, and the old scalper seemed to understand his words, so he honestly dragged the iron rake, not as troublesome as he did at the beginning.

"Lu Qianhu still has two hands to deal with beasts!" The "farmers" scattered in the fields in twos and threes couldn't help but laugh when they saw this.

Needless to say, they were simply the elite official school of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, and under the leadership of Qin Lin, farmers disguised as spring cultivators came here, and the target was the mysterious village less than a mile away.

Qin Lin narrowed the scope of his investigation to the vicinity of the gravel hill in the east of the city by interrogating the Wu clan and identifying the gravel embedded in the sole of Zhou Dexing's shoes, and soon the inconspicuous-looking village courtyard came into the sight of the Jinyi Official Academy.

Jinyi Wei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and Beizhen Fusi is the elite of the elite, and it didn't take much effort to find out that there were all kinds of suspicious things in this village.

Further secret investigation found that the owner of this village said that he was doing business in Nanjing, but most of it was just a pretense, and the surname of the secret stronghold of the White Lotus Sect was very high.

And there have been many anomalies here in recent times, the villagers in the vicinity have seen many young maids in the village, and the owner of the village has spent a lot of money to buy some new fruits that are not easy to get in the early spring, and bought fine hawthorn and honey lilies from the city at a price much higher than the market price, and bought a lot of epiphany-scented incense...... When Qin Lin received the report of the secret investigation, he immediately remembered the mysterious White Lotus Sect Master, who drank candied dates and tea in Zhenshui Guanyin Nunnery, and seemed to like sweet and sour things, and at the same time, she always had a faint epiphany fragrance on her body.

Thinking of the White Lotus Sect's holy left envoy Gao Tianlong appeared in Jinan Mansion, and the Dongchang Dart Bureau said at the funeral, once threatened that the sect leader would come in person, and all the people who dared to be enemies of the White Lotus Sect would die, so who is this village carefully preparing to greet, the answer is about to come out.

So Qin Lin led his subordinates, dressed as spring ploughing farmers, guarded the gravel hill a mile away, and also laid a dense layer of heaven and earth nets...... "If you work, you have to look like you are working!" Qin Lin wore a thin cotton jacket with patches, a hat on his head, pretended to be a shepherd boy, rode on the back of a cow, and gently whipped it with a willow branch: "Old cow, old cow, do you think we are going well this time?" ”

Qin Lin punned, of course the answer to him was not the ploughing cow, but the Jinyi Wei Qianhu Niu vigorously, the old cow stretched out his mallet-like fingers and scratched the scalp: "It seems that it is a little, it is a little wrong." ”

"Hey, hey!" Lu Yuanzhi threw down the ploughing ox and walked over very unconvinced, anyway, the fields were wide, and there were his own people within a few miles, so he spoke loudly: "Brother Qin, old cow, what are you talking about?" Didn't we go through a lot of trouble to find this place? ”

Qin Lin touched his chin and thought thoughtfully: "However, Zhou Dexing's death has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect at all, and it can be said that it was just an accident for the Dongchang Dart Bureau to destroy the door, and this layer of ...... has been removed."

Lu Yuanzhi thought about it, and his expression became solemn.

As Qin Lin said, Zhou Dexing was killed by his eldest brother Wu Gang in a fit of anger because he abused his wife Wu.

Then re-analyze the tragedy of the Dongchang Dart Bureau, from the consignment of the gold box, the robbery halfway, the Hu bald man's corpse was resurrected, the Xun prefect bent the law for personal gain, the Dongchang Dart Bureau was killed, and the insider Huang Xiucai was poisoned, this series of crimes are all interlocking, neat, and extremely well-arranged.

But what happened next is incomprehensible.

Why did Gao Tianlong openly appear at the funeral of the Dongchang Dart Bureau in Jinan Mansion, and shot an innocent old man who sold baked cakes, and then fell into Qin Lin's ambush, and then escaped into the tunnel, the whole process was anticlimactic and inexplicable.

Then in Yanzhou, Qin Lin tried to lure the snake out of the hole with the strategy of true and false shadow maps, but there was no obvious effect, but Zhou Dexing, the head of the horse, investigated the clues of the White Lotus Sect, but because of the abuse of his wife, he was killed "accidentally", so that Qin Lin took a lot of trouble to find this place.

"If Zhou Dexing hadn't been killed, but had told the news, we would have found this place without much effort," Qin Lin pondered, and said slowly: "And the strange thing is that in order to lure the snake out of the hole, we used the strategy of true and false shadow maps, and Zhou Dexing was holding an inferior shadow map drawn by Xu Xinyi in his hand, how could he find this place first?" ”

Zhou Dexing didn't have a chance to see the genuine shadow map drawn by Qin Lin and Qing Dai at all, holding the four-like shadow map drawn by Miss Xu, even if it was a fairy, I'm afraid there would be no way to find Hu Bald, follow it here, right?

"Maybe he's the head of the land and has another way?" Lu Yuanzhi offered an explanation.

Qin Lin shook his head: "The third-class officer, the six-room secretary, and the township covenant land protection, which one is not the head snake?" Our own Jinyi Official School's skills are not bad, why did Zhou Dexing, who was beaten by us, find the clue? Is he so lucky? ”

Lu Yuanzhi and Niu Dali were shocked, indeed this matter revealed some kind of indescribable weirdness, compared with previous cases, it felt like a deliberate taste.

"Could it be, could it be that the White Lotus Sect deliberately released the wind......" Lu Yuanzhi involuntarily lowered his voice, looked at the empty field, and shuddered.

"I can't rule out this possible surname," Qin Lin touched his nose, "If it's the White Lotus Sect that deliberately let us know the news...... It's not right, they don't have the strength to fight with us. ”

Although the White Lotus Sect is as master as a cloud, the Jinyi Guard relies on the Ming Dynasty, and there are many eagles and dogs, not to mention that it can also mobilize the officials and troops of the imperial court, iron cavalry, strong bows, spears and halberds, even the invincible masters in the world cannot match.

It's coming, it's coming!

A government officer reminded his colleagues in a low voice, and everyone cheered up in unison, occasionally glancing at the path a mile away.

It was a caravan, with seven long and eight short figures, men and women, all kinds of people, etc., and it seemed to be no different from the caravan walking on the official road, but if you look closely, you can see that there are several masters in the caravan with their temples bulging high and their eyes shining, and the old shopkeeper of the caravan is like the bottom of a pot, and his short and thin body is like steel cast iron.

"Greetings, Miss!" Several steward-looking people came out of the manor, and all of them bent their waists low, looking like butlers from large families.

In a carriage, a young lady wearing a white cloth skirt and a veil walked down, supported by a maid ring and walking, every step was like a weak willow supporting the wind, and it was clearly a delicate and timid young lady.

But after entering the village courtyard and closing the door, after she took off her veil, she revealed that beautiful face, which was very different from before, her eyes were covered with a layer of severe frost, and there was a cold hidden under her eyes, which was the projection of the lifeless old mother in the present world, one of the thirty-six lotus incarnations of the Holy King of Light, and the invincible White Lotus Sect Master Bai Shuanghua!

Whether it was Ai Kuchan and the three hall masters who came with them, or Gao Tianlong and the elders who went out to greet each other as housekeepers, they all pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar to bow their heads and worship: "The subordinates see the Divine Merit Shengde Bright Supreme Sage Sect Master!" ”

"Brothers and sisters, please get up!" The White Lotus Sect Leader bowed slightly, his pink face was still covered with frost, but his eyebrows added a little warmth, and he said to Gao Tianlong: "This sect leader went out to propagate the Dharma, and Gao Zuo left the sect to stay in the sect, and handled all the teaching affairs in an orderly manner, and he really worked hard. ”

Gao Tianlong, the king of the Flying Centipede, was so arrogant outside, but at this time he was also very deferential: "The Holy Sect Master is falsely praised, and his subordinates dare not be ashamed, and the Sect Master is preaching the Dharma outside the Saiwai, and he must have reformed many brothers and sisters for this sect." ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader frowned slightly, and said bluntly: "This Sect Leader has returned this time, doesn't the Gao Zuo Envoy know it?" Competing with King Weide before, this old bald donkey actually practiced the tantric mudra to the point of perfection, and the sect leader did not notice it for a while, and suffered some internal injuries, so he had to return south in a hurry. ”

Hu Yunpeng and other elders who stayed behind only knew that the sect leader went to Nanjing after returning from the grassland, and they didn't expect that she was known as invincible in the world, but she was defeated by King Weide of Jinding Temple.

Gao Tianlong is a little complacent, you little girl, aren't you talking to yourself that you are invincible in the world, why did you return home this time? Of course, on the face, he was still sincerely afraid, and made a very angry look: "Weide old bald donkey dares to do this, when will his subordinates kill the Jinding Temple, so that this group of bald donkeys will all die under the soul chasing and killing blood nail!" ”

Ai Kuchan, the right envoy of the robbery, took a look at Gao Tianlong, and this seems to be a bit arrogant, the Holy Sect Master is still a feather and returns, you can kill the Jinding Temple, doesn't it mean that you are more powerful than the Holy Sect Master? However, Gao Tianlong said it under anger, a sincere heart of loyalty, and Ai Kuzen couldn't say anything.

The White Lotus Sect Master waved his hand, and Ying Ting's sword eyebrows frowned slightly: "This sect leader has been hit by the Tantric Nine-Character Mudra of King Weide, and the internal strength is divided into yin and yang, and the ice and fire are extremely vicious, so I had to rush to Nanjing Tangshan, and use the power of hot springs to dissolve the double poison of ice and fire, and now it has recovered as before." Just asked Gao Zuo's envoy to send the white jade lotus offered in the main temple of the Tang Sect to Nanjing as soon as possible, why did he not arrive for a long time, and there were branches? ”

It turns out that the two holy relics of the White Lotus Sect are the White Jade Lotus and the Chaos Ball, when the Chaos Ball was lost in the Yuan Dynasty court, only the White Jade Lotus was still in control, but without the cooperation of the Chaos Ball, there is only religious symbolism, and there is no practical use.

Tang Sayer Tang Sect Master raised troops against the Ming, defeated a member of the Earl Governor, beheaded the commander of the capital, commanded countless generals and officials, is the Lord of Zhongxing after the White Lotus Sect Han Lin'er Han Sect Master, and later the White Lotus Sect was not far from the place where Tang Say'er started in Shandong, secretly built a temple dedicated to her, and enshrined the White Jade Lotus in the temple, becoming the nominal general altar, by the Holy Left Envoy who was second only to the sect leader in the past dynasties sat in the guard, and was also in charge of various general affairs in the church.

This time the White Lotus Sect Master got the Ball of Chaos, but he was hit by the Tantric Mudra of King Weide outside the plug, this old bald donkey's kung fu is very evil, Yin and Yang attack, ice and fire evil poison, Rao is the White Lotus Sect Master's magic skills, at the beginning of the internal force suppression, the more difficult it is to resist, back to the Guannai will take the dry road, from Shanxi, Henan all the way to Nanjing, first alias to find the Ming Divine Doctor Li Shizhen prescribed healing medicine, and then use Tangshan Hot Spring to force out the residual poison.

Then she ordered Gao Tianlong, the envoy of Shandong's Fengshengzuo, to quickly send the white jade lotus flower to use it with the Chaos Ball, and in the future, she would kill the Jinding Temple and seek revenge from the King of Weide.

Unexpectedly, I couldn't wait for the first class in Nanjing, and the second class didn't come, the White Lotus Sect Master waited anxiously, but finally passed the book from Shandong Feige, and came to a very unfavorable news, she hurriedly led the masters to the north in the starry night and came to Yanzhou.

As soon as they met, the White Lotus Sect Leader was still most concerned about the White Jade Lotus, and immediately chased after Gao Tianlong to ask for it.

But where can Gao Tianlong get it?

At that time, the White Lotus Sect Master watched the sky at night, and found that the way of heaven has changed, the destiny of heaven has changed, there are signs of the artifact Yi Ding, and the person who should be lucky will appear in the land of Jinghu, and will have a lot to do with the White Lotus Sect in the future, even the white jade lotus is also extremely rare to appear dewdrops, there are signs of echoing the master.

Gao Tianlong moved his mind, his eldest son Gao Jackal Yu was born smart, although his martial arts skills are not high, but he is very rich in leadership, and there are people who are good at face to face said that his luck change is beyond the world's prediction, Gao Tianlong asked Gao Jackal Yu to carry the white jade lotus flower to Jinghu, and use the holy relics to trigger the power of heavenly change, maybe it will be Gao Jackal Yu who fights the country and sits in the Dragon Court in the future!

Who knew that the imperial court was searching for and arresting in Jinghu Lake, and Gao Jackal Yu never returned, and there was no news for so many years, and even the whereabouts of the white jade lotus flower were unknown...... Even if Gao Tianlong wanted to hand over the white jade lotus, he didn't have it, the golden box for the Tang Sai'er Temple was already empty!

This matter, as a holy envoy Gao Tianlong must not say it, otherwise the crime of losing the holy relic is enough to make him irreversible, you must know that he has been relying on himself as an old man in the sect for so many years, and he has installed cronies and excluded dissidents in the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect Leader has not made trouble for the time being, if the matter of the lost White Jade Lotus breaks out, will the sect leader still be polite to him?

So, the Gao Zuo envoy, who was in a dilemma, thought of another way...... Gao Tianlong said with trepidation: "Holy Sect Master, the search of the Imperial Court was extremely strict some time ago, and we were afraid that the white jade lotus would be lost on the way, so we thought of an idea and asked the Dongchang Dart Bureau to send it to Nanjing for us......"

This idea also has some truth, the imperial court strictly arrested the White Lotus Sect, if Gao Tianlong, Hu Yunpeng and others exposed their identities on the road, people and White Jade Lotus would not be able to get out; But it is called the dart bureau to transport, even if the imperial court inspects the goods, when you open the box, you only see a crystal clear lotus flower made of white jade, which looks no different from ordinary jewelry, and thinks it is an ornament of a hairpin or a bead crown, how do you think that this is a holy relic of the White Lotus Sect?

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that the Dongchang Dart Bureau recognized Brother Hu and colluded with the imperial court to wipe us out," Gao Tianlong gritted his teeth and said indignantly: "So we played a good show of robbing the road on the way, killing the bastards of the Dongchang Dart Bureau who colluded with the imperial court, and then killing him in Jinan Mansion, and the people in the rivers and lakes of Shandong Province know that our Holy Sect is by no means easy to mess with!" ”

"In this way, the Dongchang Dart Bureau should be damned," the White Lotus Sect Leader said coldly, shook his head lightly, and sighed: "It's just that the old and weak women and children are innocent after all, so why should the Gao Zuo envoy kill the killer?" ”

Gao Tianlong gritted his teeth: "The previous generation of sect masters has already had a sermon, and he must be ruthless to the enemy, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, men, women and children, and leave no one behind!" ”

(To be continued)