Chapter 507: Strange Moves
At the beginning, Wu Zhiyuan entered the underground palace of Cixi's mausoleum, on the one hand, in order to prevent the two forces of Baolintang and Li Lanru from plundering the treasures of the mausoleum, on the other hand, it was also out of selfishness, that is, to find the half of the "Guiyuan True Scripture" on the body of the third master, but when he found the body of the third master in the coffin, he found that the body had been searched, and the half of the "Guiyuan True Scripture" was also missing.
Wu Zhiyuan's steel fingers of the magic ghost hand that he stumbled upon in the robbery cave can prove that it was the Laoshan faction who entered the Cixi Mausoleum Underground Palace first, and Wen Qing happened to be a disciple of Laoshan.
According to Wu Zhiyuan's inference, after Wen Qing and the three of them left from the Black Descending Gate, it is very likely that they will take the official road under the Nine Worms Mountain that Wu Zhiyuan walked before, because only that road can lead to various towns, otherwise they can only take the mountain road, but the mountain road is difficult and there are many obstacles, and they should not be asking for hardship.
As he winded down the mountain road, Wu Zhiyuan found that the mountain road was very difficult to walk, and some dangerous sections were almost against the stone walls, and it was hard to imagine how the carriage passed through here. In addition to being frightened, Wu Zhiyuan couldn't help but admire the coachman's skills.
After going down the mountain, Wu Zhiyuan stopped people on the official road to inquire, but he didn't get any news from Wen Qing and others, he was suspicious in his heart, Wen Qing's body had not yet recovered, and his actions were not fast, the three of them should have a slower foot, how could there be no news?
Wu Zhiyuan thought about it for a while, and thought that he should continue to pursue along the official road, and he must not miss this rare opportunity. He chased him out for three or four miles, but there was no trace of Wen Qing and the others, and seeing that the sky had darkened, Wu Zhiyuan's heart began to become anxious.
Looking at the sparse pedestrians on the official road, suddenly, a thought flashed in Wu Zhiyuan's mind, Wen Qing's body was weak, they should not be in a hurry overnight, they would definitely find the nearest town to find an inn to rest. Thinking of this, Wu Zhiyuan thought of a place - Cangyuan.
Cangyuan is very close to here, Wu Zhiyuan has been to the Heijiangmen Cangyuan rudder with those who can see and can't hear, so he has some impressions there, he relied on his own memory, and at the same time asked passers-by, and soon came to Cangyuan County.
The difference between this southern county town and the north is not big, although Cangyuan is a small city in the south, but it is also very prosperous. As night approached, stalls selling all kinds of goods were set up on both sides of the street.
Wu Zhiyuan shuttled through the crowd, asking passers-by from time to time about the traces of Wen Qing and the others, and the answers he got were all shaking his head or waving his hands. He wondered even more, if his guess was wrong, Wen Qing and the others didn't come to Cangyuan to stay at all, I was afraid that they would really miss them.
Just as he was hesitating, Wu Zhiyuan suddenly saw a man dressed in black walking out of a tavern in front of him, who was holding a jar of wine in his left hand and a bag of pastries in his right hand, stepping out of the threshold of the tavern with a spring breeze on his face, humming a little song and walking east along the street.
"Is that him? How did he come here? Wu Zhiyuan was secretly suspicious, because the person in black was the sixth black man.
At the beginning, Hei Lao Liu stole the seven corpses in the village under the Nine Worms Mountain, hid them in a large porcelain jar and brought them back to the Black Descending Gate, met Wu Zhiyuan and Wen Qing on the way, and lied that he was visible, and later on the Black Descending Gate Palace, he helped Wen Qing to embarrass Wu Zhiyuan many times, so Wu Zhiyuan was very familiar with him. It's just that this black sixth is not in the black descending gate? How did it suddenly appear in Cangyuan?
Thinking that the Cangyuan rudder of the Black Descending Gate was here, Wu Zhiyuan was worried that the Black Sixth had some conspiracy, so he planned to follow and find out.
Hei Lao Liu's mood seemed to be very happy, humming a little song, and even his walking posture was a smug appearance, compared with his gloomy expression when he was in the Black Descending Gate Hall, it was simply a difference between cloud and mud.
One in the front and one in the back; One in the light, one in the dark. Hei Lao Liu was in a happy mood, and he didn't notice that someone was following him at all. He soon left Cangyuan City and turned to the official road.
There are few pedestrians on the official road, and as soon as Hei Lao Liu turns around, he will find Wu Zhiyuan following him, so for the sake of caution, Wu Zhiyuan distanced himself from Hei Lao Liu, but he just followed him from a distance, and would not lose him. Fortunately, it was dark at this time, and Wu Zhiyuan in the distance behind him was not too noticeable.
Hei Lao Liu kept moving along the official road, and he had no intention of stopping at all. Wu Zhiyuan wondered in his heart, where was this black old man going with wine and pastries?
The two of them walked one after the other for about a stick of incense, and Hei Lao Liu turned south and turned onto the mountain road.
Wu Zhiyuan was shocked in his heart: "Isn't this the way to the village at the foot of the Nine Worms Mountain?" He was even more puzzled in his heart, looking at Hei Lao Liu's outfit, it didn't seem like he was looking for the bad luck of the village, but Hei Descending Gate has always used Gu magic to kill people invisibly, and putting Gu poison in food is also one of the usual methods, so it is difficult to determine the purpose of Hei Lao Liu's going to that village at this time.
Looking back at Cangyuan City, which had been left behind, Wu Zhiyuan decided to follow Hei Lao Liu to find out first, if Wen Qing and the others were really in Cangyuan City, it would not be too late to rush back before dawn.
With this in mind, he quickened his pace and followed.
At this time, the sky was already twilight, the bright moon was rising, and there were dwarf trees and shrubs on the mountain road from time to time, so Wu Zhiyuan was not worried about his whereabouts being discovered, so he gradually narrowed the distance with Hei Lao Liu to prevent him from slipping away from his field of vision.
Walking all the way to the bamboo forest behind the village, maybe it was just a coincidence, Hei Lao Liu happened to take the road on the edge of the cemetery. Wu Zhiyuan secretly screamed that it was not good, Brother Qiao's coffin was dug up by him and the Moon Shadow Fuxian, because the Moon Shadow Fuxian was poisoned by the Lice King, so the two left in a hurry and did not bury the coffin. If Hei Lao Liu saw Brother Qiao's coffin exposed, I don't know if he would think of Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian's heads?
Just as he was worried, the black sixth had already walked to Brother Qiao's grave. Wu Zhiyuan hid not far away and secretly observed, only to see that Hei Lao Liu suddenly stopped, as if he had found that Brother Qiao's coffin had been dug up, he turned his head to look at the coffin on the side, and made a soft "huh" sound in his mouth, as if he was slightly surprised by the scene he saw, but he only stayed for a moment, then spit on the coffin, raised his feet and continued to walk in the direction of the village.
Wu Zhiyuan was a little puzzled by Hei Lao Liu's actions, Brother Qiao's coffin was dug up as if he had expected it a long time ago, and the coffin was originally filled with ground lice, why did Hei Lao Liu not show a frightened look when he saw the ground lice woman in the coffin?
Seeing that the black sixth had gradually drifted away, Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly lowered his pace and followed, and when he walked to Brother Qiao's coffin, he found that the coffin was empty, and the louse woman who was full of coffins had long since disappeared, and there was not even one left. He only hesitated for a moment, and then chased straight after the black sixth.
At this time, all the houses in the village are lit up.
From a distance, Wu Zhiyuan saw Hei Lao Liu stop at the entrance of the village, and he looked around cautiously, as if he was wary of something.