The man in the long shirt stared at the faint red on his fingertips, pondered for a moment, and came to a serious conclusion: Nine times out of ten, the people who can carry chili noodles with them have nothing to do with the people in the rivers and lakes.

The bearded man nodded thoughtfully: "Not bad." ”

Aren't the people who carry chili noodles with them those indiscriminate gangsters?

Just imagine, two dead soldiers clash, and one of the dead soldiers suddenly raises a handful of chili noodles at the last moment, what is the scene?

The beard is ashamed just to think about it.

As for the fact that everyone carries chili noodles with them, this idea has never risen in the minds of the two.

Outside the pavilion, the rain gradually subsided, and the man in the long shirt walked outside.

"Where are you going?" The bearded man asked.

The two appear to be equal companions, rather than one leading the other.

The man in the long shirt did not answer, and stood in the rain and his eyes fell to the ground.

This is a view of the secluded part of the temple, and the ground is not paved with bluestone slabs like the main road, but a dirt road, and when the ground is wet, it will inevitably leave footprints.

It's just that the man in the long shirt looked at the ground that had accumulated several inches of puddles of water due to the heavy rain, and his brow tightened.

The rain was so heavy that even if there were footprints left before, they were all filled with rain at the moment.

No, as long as this kind of weather has come, it will inevitably leave clues.

The man in the long shirt turned around abruptly and asked the bearded man, "The person who just attacked you is hiding behind this big tree?" ”

The bearded man nodded: "Not bad." ”

The man in the long shirt stared at the ground and walked behind the tree.

The tree was very tall, its thick trunk could hardly be hugged by two adults even if they stretched out their hands, and the lush canopy kept almost all the rain out, and the ground was only a shallow layer of dampness.

The man in the long shirt searched carefully, and finally found a footprint at the junction where the canopy of the tree was about to stop the rain.

He immediately crouched down and observed the footprint.

The footprints were only the first half, and the toes were facing away from the trunk of the tree, so you can imagine the haste in which the man left.

The pattern on the footprints is barely noticeable, so to speak, leaving only a rough outline.

The bearded man seemed to understand what the man in the long shirt meant, and then squatted down, staring at half a footprint and muttering: "It's just half a footprint, there are almost no patterns, and there is no way to guess what shoes the other party is wearing." ”

At this time, the Great Zhou people wore boots with some identities, while ordinary people wore cloth shoes and straw sandals, and wearing boots alone can be divided into several styles, so it is too difficult to distinguish what shoes the other party is wearing.

The man in the long shirt stared at the footprints and shook his head: "You don't need to look at any patterns or even outlines, you only look at the size of these half footprints, do you think it's strange?" ”

"Size?" After being reminded by the man in the long robe, the bearded man's eyes lit up, "This footprint is too small!" ”

The man in the long shirt nodded: "Yes, such small footprints can only be left by women." ”

"Woman?" "You mean a woman sprinkled chili noodles on my eyes and then knocked you out with my iron-headed stick?" ”

The statement of the beard obviously made the man in the long shirt a little embarrassed, so he said angrily: "I also made up a stick for you." ”

The bearded man shook his head repeatedly: "Impossible, impossible, this is incredible......"

"Incredible?" The man in the long shirt sneered and glanced at his beard, "No matter how incredible it is, it is the truth that it excludes other possibilities." Such a small footprint can't be left by a child, right? ”

"It's even more unlikely, although I can't see the person clearly, but I can be sure that the other party is definitely not the height of a child."

After the beard finished speaking, he was silent with the man in the long robe, and after a while, he said angrily: "I didn't expect that the boat capsized in the gutter and was calculated by a woman." ”

The man in the long shirt straightened up and said lightly: "Women who can mix the rivers and lakes are often more bold and careful. ”

"But what did the other party provoke us for no reason?"

The man in the long robe's eyes suddenly became fierce, and the murderous intent loomed: "At first, Xu was trying to avoid us, but then you heard our conversation and you discovered the movement-"

The bearded man's face changed suddenly: "Then what should I do?" Our conversation was overheard by the other party, will the other party report to the Seven Princes? ”

"It's hard to say." The man in the long robe walked to the edge of the pavilion with his hands in his hands, looking at the rain curtain that was gradually becoming sparse with a gloomy expression.

The beard came up: "Why is it hard to say?" ”

"If the other party is a person who has nothing to do with the Seven Princes, maybe he won't wade into this troubled water, but it is not ruled out that the other party and the Seven Princes happen to know each other or want to make a lot of money by selling this news."

The beard rubbed his hands: "If this is the case, it will be troublesome, but since the other party is a person from the rivers and lakes, there is not much chance of getting to know the Seventh Prince." ”

The man in the long robe sneered: "Have you forgotten that this Seventh Prince loves to make friends with people of the three sects and nine ranks." ”

The beard fell silent.

In the end, the man in the long robe sighed: "That's it, it's useless to worry about the matter at this point, I will ask more people to keep an eye on the Seventh Prince's side to see if there is any special person who has contacted him recently." If you do find this person—"

The man in the long shirt looked even colder: "Then it's time to get rid of her!" ”

The bearded man nodded.

"The most important thing at the moment is to send that woman who is somewhat similar to the appearance of the Holy Maiden to the Seven Princes as soon as possible." The man in the long shirt raised his foot and stepped on the half of the footprints on the ground, rubbed it a few times, "Go!" ”

After noon, the rain has completely stopped, the cool wind blows a layer of mist to the Baiyun Temple, the branches and leaves gently sway with water droplets, the forest occasionally comes to the low birdsong, but there are no birds passing through the air, the mountain temple after the rain seems to be more and more secluded.

But soon the Baiyun Temple became lively.

The pilgrims who were stranded in the monastery due to the heavy rain began to leave the shelter, or continued to linger in the monastery or prepared to leave, and the monks began to move.

Jiang Yi stood under the corridor, listening to the crisp ticking sound of the water droplets falling along the eaves of the corridor, and asked Jiang Yi sideways: "Where else does the fourth sister want to go?" ”

Out of the corner of his eye, Jiang Yi glanced at Zhu Ziyu who was not far away, and shook his head with a smile: "No." Finally, the weather is clear, so it's better to go back early, so that it won't be easy to walk back when it rains. ”

Jiang Yi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She really didn't want to stay here at all, and it was best if her sister wanted to leave earlier.

Jiang Yi turned his head to Zhu Ziyu and said, "Husband, then let's go back with the fourth sister." ”

Zhu Ziyu's eyes turned slightly, looking at Jiang Xiang.

Seeing that he was silent for a while, Jiang seemed to ask generously: "Brother-in-law, is there something else going on?" ”

Zhu Ziyu didn't seem to expect Jiang to ask so directly, he was stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "It's okay, I originally accompanied your eldest sister to incense." Let's go back together. ”