Dao Tongjing walked out of the courtyard, and there was silence all around, and Gu Heyang saw a stone tablet erected in the stone pavilion at a glance, which was inscribed by the current emperor Dugu Jin - Ruiying Liquan.

Qi Hao said with a smile: "It seems that this Liquan is indeed true, and it is not a false statement. ”

Gu Heyang stretched his neck, sniffed and said, "It's a pity that I can't smell the fragrance of this wine now, otherwise we can prolong our lives after two sips." ”

Qi Hao also sniffed and said: "There is still a faint aroma of wine, but the spring water is all underground water veins, if some water veins have the smell of agar syrup, and they gush out of the spring by mistake, it is not surprising, it can only be regarded as a coincidence." However, I suspect that the coincidence of this Liquan was just a deliberate one. ”

Gu Heyang said: "You mean ......?"

Before the words fell, a cold snort came from the attic: "Who is talking nonsense here and disturbing the purity of my Taoist temple?" This voice is old and clear, it is Zhang Jiuling.

The three of them hurriedly stood up again, bowed their heads and said, "Song Yu and others from the academy have come to consult Zhang Tianshi if they have something, they have disturbed the cultivation of the Heavenly Master, and I hope that the Heavenly Master will bear with me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Gu Heyang was unhappy and said, "Lord Song, what do you mean by waiting?" Don't we have a name? ”

A gust of wind came, the wooden door creaked open, but the door was empty, Zhang Tianshi said: "I have seen you, the young master of the academy, the little boy you invited has already told me, come in first." ”

The light in the pavilion was dim, and Gu Heyang got used to it for a moment before he could see the settings inside. In the two-story building, there were stacks of scriptures everywhere, and even the scriptures were scattered on the ground.

The wind was strong, blowing open the wooden door, and naturally the scattered pages flew in the air, Zhang Jiuling waved his sleeves, and these pages in the air and on the ground seemed to be poured in by the wind, and they swirled up, and then the pages were stacked on the ground very regularly, without any mess.

The three of them immediately stepped forward and said respectfully, "Meet Zhang Tianshi!" ”

Zhang Jiuling snorted and asked coldly, "Let's get rid of the complicated etiquette." He flicked his finger lightly, and a flame popped out of his finger, igniting the Songhe bronze lamp on the left.

As soon as the fire rose, the light in the room became brighter, and this hand fire talisman made people's eyes shine again, everyone just wanted to admire, but they didn't want Zhang Jiuling to ask: "Who said that Liquan said that it was deliberately done by people just now?" ”

Qi Hao had no choice but to say truthfully: "It's a lie in the next moment, and I ask the Heavenly Master to forgive me." ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "Are you talking nonsense, why do you have to make up your mind so early?" Since you dare to say this, you must have your own reasons, why don't you say it? ”

Qi Hao said: "I'm afraid that this remark is a bit rebellious, so it's better not to say it." ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "If it's a big rebellion, why do you dare to export?" This God is optimistic that there is no one else in it, don't worry. ”

Everyone didn't know what medicine Zhang Yuchu was selling in the gourd, and when they saw his cold expression, they couldn't tell whether they were happy or sad, so they had to look at Qi Hao. Qi Hao thought about it, and said truthfully: "Since ancient times, when emperors ascended the throne or sacrificed, there were often auspicious celestial phenomena, or colorful clouds, or cranes flying together, or Liquan springing, or blooming from time to time, in fact, this is just an artificial obstacle to cater to the emperor's preferences. ”

Qi Hao's outspokenness made Gu Heyang and Song Yu both pinch a cold sweat, but they didn't want Zhang Jiuling to be angry, but still asked lukewarmly: "Oh, then how can you tell me how to do it?" ”

Qi Hao said: "The so-called Liquan is just a wine spring, although there is a natural wine spring in the underground water vein, but after all, it can be met but not sought, the noble Liquan I smelled just now, there is still a faint aroma of wine, but this aroma is not the fragrance of natural Liquan, but Yangzhou's streamer drunk and white jade burning, the two are mixed in the ratio of six or four, just like the glycol of Liquan." We might as well imagine the situation of the day, the emperor worshiped heaven and earth, and then someone secretly released the white cranes, colorful luans, parrots and other birds that had been prepared nearby, and some people brought out the anti-seasonal flowers planted in the greenhouse. As for this liquor, it is even simpler, in the early hours of the morning, people are asked to pour dozens of jars of fine wine into the well, and the next day the aroma of wine overflows the well, which naturally makes people drunk when they smell it, thinking that it is a spring gushing elixir. ”

After Qi Hao's words were finished, everyone's hearts tightened, his words were indeed a big rebellion, saying that this auspicious sign was all artificial, and if it was transmitted to the court, he would definitely be killed.

No, Zhang Jiuling finally laughed this time, he slowly stood up, and said with a smile: "Boy, I know who your master is, undressing, candle dragon ring, there is no one else in the world except him, you are the same as your master, it is really annoying!" ”

Since ancient times, religious people love to use tricks, the so-called Buddha is full of light, thousands of flowers fall to the ground, dragons and tigers appear, feathers ascend to immortals, many times are coincidents of light and shadow, or people with ulterior intentions deliberately, so the appearance of undressing people is really the enemy of these people. However, it is obvious that Zhang Jiuling, a person with outstanding cultivation, has long looked down on such trivial matters, on the contrary, he showed his approval of Qi Hao's analysis.

Zhang Jiuling said: "Say, what do you want to know?" ”

Everyone sighed, and Song Yu said straightforwardly: "It's not a secret, we are investigating an extremely hidden sect in the rivers and lakes, called the Seven Evil Sect, we suspect that the people of this sect are very related to several thefts in the capital today." ”

Qi Hao also added: "It is likely to have something to do with the death of the Bagua Gate Taixu Dao Chief. ”

"Oh, it's too void ......" Zhang Jiuling couldn't help but look sad when he heard that the Taixu Daoist was killed. After all, he was a little old, and it took a while for this sorrow to come to his senses, and he muttered: "Taixu and I have a friendship for decades, at the beginning, we had to get together every three or five years, and we were uncomfortable drinking tea and discussing the Tao and comparing swords, but in recent years, the poor Dao has been trapped in worldly things, and he is unwell, so he rarely goes out, so he has not met again." Taixu sent a letter last month, saying that he was going to go to Beijing to meet me, but he didn't want to, he didn't see this last side after all, and it was a pity that the destiny was like this! ”

Zhang Jiuling lamented for a while, stabilized his emotions a little, and said, "So, do you want to ask me about the situation of the Seven Evil Sects?" ”

"Exactly! But I don't know if the Heavenly Master understands this sect. ”

"The anecdotes in the rivers and lakes, I didn't ask much, but the emperor has been arranging for me to revise the book "Daozang" in recent years, and I have been involved in many ways, especially one of the disciples of the Seven Evil Sects has a lot of roots with my Taoism, so I paid attention to this sect, but this sect has always been secretive, and the information that has been handed down is also very little, you wait first, I'll look for it."

He turned and walked up the attic, and after staggering through it for a while, he finally found a quaint scroll. He handed the scroll to Qi Hao and said, "Only this scroll has some information recorded, I don't know if it can help you." ”

Qi Hao was about to open it, Zhang Jiuling immediately stopped: "This scroll was obtained by accident from a secret place, the relationship is very important, I can't bear it, you take this scroll and leave quickly, if I can help you solve the case, it will be considered that I have done the dean a favor, if not, then it is also the destiny of heaven, just remember, the scroll can only be opened once, and it will be burned immediately." ”

Everyone didn't know what was recorded in this scroll, what major events were involved, and why the Great Heavenly Master, who was very important to the emperor, was still so cautious in doing things, afraid of being implicated behind the scenes.

It's just that since you have clues in hand, you can't let them go.

Zhang Tianshi waved his hand and said, "The things have been given to you, you can go, I have a lot of affairs, so I won't send them off." However, I would like to advise you that this matter cannot be solved by you, and if it reaches a difficult point, you can abandon it to protect your life. ”

With that, he sat down at the desk again, opened the scroll again, and ignored the crowd.

Out of the optimism, it was already afternoon.

The three of them found a secret teahouse, got together, and finally opened the scroll.

On this scroll, there are seven big red characters: desire, greed, hatred, resentment, anger, anger, and confusion, and at the same time, seven different logos are drawn with cinnabar, which are somewhat abstract, like runes, just word to word. If you look closely, it's easier to distinguish between spiders, flames, masks, tigers, and a sharp sword, and the other two are not very clear, a bit like a doll and a weapon.

Gu Heyang looked horizontally and vertically for a while, then turned over to look at the back, and found that there were only these seven words, and he really couldn't see why, so he scratched his head and said, "This is difficult, what does this mean?" ”

Qi Hao said: "It looks like a game of word puzzles. ”

If it comes to the conspiracy and trickery of dealing with the wicked, Song Yu is never afraid. It's just that to chew the words and solve the puzzles between the words, it's too difficult for her. Both of them looked at Qi Hao very consciously, and it was obvious that only he was the most suitable for this matter.

Qi Hao took the scroll, looked at it carefully for a while, and then began to talk to himself: "These seven evils are also called seven killings, but they are one of the calamity stars, I once heard a saying that the world only knows that these seven evils are a main star, or a kind of life, but they don't know that the reason why these seven evils are called seven evils is because of the seven different evil qi." I thought that the seven evil spirits must be greed, hatred, and the like, but I didn't want to be the seven words of desire, greed, blame, resentment, anger, anger, and confusion. ”

He slowly analyzed: "You see if these seven words are related to each other, as the so-called all evil starts from the word desire, desire will lead to greed, this is the second greed, greed is not satisfied and it is necessary to deceive, this is the truth; If you can't get it, you will have resentment, and then turn from resentment to anger, and anger will become anger, and when people reach the step of anger, they will naturally do all the evil things without seeking consequences, and after doing all the evil things, when the killing can no longer bring pleasure, they must be at a loss, like the walking dead, this is the final confusion. These seven evils have the meaning of interlocking, but these seven evils are called by this, which obviously means something else, that is, I don't know what it means for the time being. ”

Qi Hao had to study it more carefully, and suddenly the scroll burned with a roar, and the fire flickered, but it turned into a pile of ashes in an instant, and several people were startled, and then they remembered what Zhang Yuchu said, and they burned it when they saw it. Presumably, this person did his hands and feet on the scroll in advance, and once it was opened and exposed to the sun, the temperature would rise, and it would naturally burn up.

The three of them smiled bitterly, thinking that it could be a major clue, but now it seems that it is better than nothing, and it still has no substantial help in solving the puzzle.

Qi Hao said: "You don't have to be discouraged, the clues are all little by little and finally converge into the whole puzzle, and the more information we have now, we will naturally get closer and closer to the truth." Now the main thing is to find a way to crack one of the links, just follow the vine and touch the melon. ”。

Gu Heyang thought for a while, turned his head and asked Song Yu: "By the way, didn't there happen a few similar cases in the capital some time ago, do you have any useful clues?" Let's analyze and analyze together. ”

Song Yu shook his head and said: "Although these cases are affected by high-ranking officials, there is no doubt at the scene of the case, the evidence is conclusive, and there are no objections from all over the country, so the case was decided with an ordinary thunder fire case and a theft case. And the most critical thing except for Liu Shangshu The rest of the officials were all buried in the fire, and there was no proof of death. ”