Chapter 237: Traces

In the afternoon, deep in the green bamboo forest.

"Wei Tianguan, is this what you call the library of historical materials in Duyunli?"

In front of the gate of Wei Tianguan stood Zhang Haotian's two sisters and brothers, and they felt the need to investigate the identity of the young master of Zhufang Tower.

"Hmm!"

"How did you know about this place?" Zhang Haotian asked Zhang Lingmeng.

"This is what Zhang Jue told me, he said that He Dongqing would come here to collect historical materials before his speech. ”

"So, is there really any historical information about the Bamboo Fang Pagoda here?"

"I don't know, I'm here for the first time, since I'm here, bet on my luck!"

It turned out that these two sisters and brothers came to Wei Tianguan to find information.

There was a Taoist master in Wei Tianguan who presided over the Taoist temple, and when he learned that the two sisters and brothers had come to check the information, he kindly led them to the library.

After the introduction of Wei Tianguan, there are many historical books about this place in Duyunli, of course, including Zhufang Pagoda, Zhang Haotian and they are very happy to learn this information. The Taoist leader led the two of them to the Zhufang Pagoda historical area, and then retreated.

"Then let's start looking!"

"Hmm!"

""Characters in the Clouds, there should be something written here, right?" Zhang Lingmeng flipped out a book and muttered.

"It's strange, the table of contents of this book doesn't write about the current deeds of the tower master, look, there is no name Zhong Lixi. ”

"Really?" Zhang Haotian leaned over and looked through the general outline of the book, "It seems that there really isn't." ”

"There is not even the deeds of the tower master, let alone the young master. ”

Zhang Lingmeng flipped through this biography in frustration. Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something.

"Wait, the last tower master introduced here should be the previous tower master, you see, it is written here that the young master of Zhufang Tower at that time is called Zhong Lixi. ”

"I'll see, it's true. ”

In other words, this biography only writes about the deeds of the previous tower master. ”

"That's true. ”

Zhang Haotian casually flipped the page, and suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something.

"Hey, here is the introduction that the old tower master has a daughter, named Zhong Lidu?"

"Huh?" Zhang Lingmeng looked at it, "Hey, it's written here that the old tower master's daughter disappeared in the summer of thirty years ago? ”

"In addition to this, you see, Young Master Zhong Lixi has a clear date of birth, but this girl from Zhonglidu does not have a date of birth, this is also very strange. ”

Missing?No clear date of birth?Daughter of the old tower owner?

Zhang Haotian seems to have these information points that are very similar to a certain information he knew before.

"I remember that the tower master of Zhufang Tower once told me that he had a junior sister who appeared very mysteriously and left very mysteriously, and the tower master had been waiting for her to come back. Zhang Haotian remembered the details of the first time he met the master of Zhufang Tower, and said to Zhang Lingmeng, "Could it be that the junior sister in his mouth is this Zhonglidu?"

"Well, that's possible, too. ”

"Yo, isn't this our Zhang family's young master and young lady?, why are you here?" At this time, the male voice broke Zhang Haotian's thinking. The two siblings looked for a voice, and a man came over there.

"He Dongqing?"

Zhang Haotian didn't expect to meet him here, why did he come here?

"Hello young lady, I just happened to come over to collect historical materials, and I happened to see the two of you. He Dongqing smiled all over his face, "What's the matter, it seems that you have encountered any doubts? If so, you might as well ask me, I know more than these books." ”

Zhang Haotian thought for a while: Yes, this person is an orator, and he definitely knows no less historical materials, so it may be helpful to ask him some doubts.

"In this case, I just wanted to ask you, Mr. He Dongqing, why didn't this book "Characters in the Clouds" write about the deeds of the Lord of Zhufang Pagoda and the Young Master of Zhufang Pagoda?"

"You said that book of characters, hehe, of course there will be no deeds of the current tower master and the young master, this is a book that introduces the deeds of the previous tower owners and the previous elders of the Zhufang Tower, and it has nothing to do with the people in the Zhufang Tower. Because there will be many deeds to happen in the future, how can it be so quickly decided?"

"That's right!"

"Since it is not written in the book, do you know the young master of Zhufang Tower?"

"Of course, I've been in Duyun for a long time, and I know a lot about the young master of Zhufang Tower, the big man in Duyun, what do you want to know about him?" He Dongqing said.

"What is his relationship with the tower owner? ”

"Very well, although the two of them are not related by blood. Zhongli was an orphan from the plague twenty years ago. But the tower owner adopted him and named him the young master, and the young master is the successor of the tower master, which shows how much the tower master attaches importance to him. ”

"I know that. Zhang Haotian said.

"The tower master values the young master, it doesn't mean that the young master must respect the tower master!" Zhang Lingmeng said.

"I don't really understand what you mean, miss, since the tower master is kind to Zhong Liyu, then will he disrespect the tower master?" He Dongqing was puzzled, "I know Zhong Liyu, he is a well-known figure in Duyun, and he will not say that he has such an experience of disrespecting the tower master." ”

"That's weird. Zhang Lingmeng looked at Zhang Haotian, and Zhang Haotian also frowned.

"Strange?Is there something going on in Zhongli Shao Lord? Tell me about it, maybe I can help you answer it too. He Dongqing said.

In order to let He Dongqing better understand their doubts, Zhang Haotian and the others told He Dongqing about the conspiracy of the young master of Zhufang Tower.

"Is such a thing really happening?" He Dongqing was taken aback.

"Really, a lot has happened these days. ”

"So, you think the young master is very contradictory, right, why did he betray his father?" He Dongqing could see at a glance the doubts of his two siblings in this incident.

The two siblings nodded at the same time.

"Your doubts are legitimate, because it is indeed impossible for Zhong Liyu to do such a thing. However, He Dongqing said again, "However, if the demon spirit intervenes...... Maybe ......"

"What's the matter, does it have anything to do with demon spirits?" Zhang Lingmeng couldn't help but ask.

He Dongqing bought a pass first: "You come with me." After speaking, He Dongqing took Zhang Haotian and them to another library area. Zhang Haotian swept the bookshelves in this section, and the titles of many books were related to the demon slaying team and the Zhang family.

"Is the book here about our Zhang family's demon slaying team?" asked Zhang Lingmeng.

He Dongqing turned around and nodded, and took out a book in his hand at some point, which was a book about the Zhang family's demon slayer stationed in Duyunli.

"Look at Chapter 3 and look for the key information. He Dongqing handed over the incident book. So Zhang Haotian and the two buried their heads in browsing.

The content of the third chapter of the event book is to write about some of the stationing of the Zhang family's demon slayer in Duyun Twenty years ago, and roughly describe the following:

In mid-March, there was a plague in Duyunli, which attracted the attention of the family, and the head of the family asked the Duyunli demon extermination team to do a good job in prevention and control.

In mid-April, the plague broke out in Duyunli, and the spread was extremely fast, and there was no cure for the time being. In order to avoid the plague, the family decided to let the Zhang family's demon extermination team in Yunli gradually withdraw back to their headquarters.

At the end of April, the demon exterminator stationed in Duyunli of the Zhang family had completely evacuated Duyunli.

At the beginning of June, the epidemic situation in Duyunli suddenly changed qualitatively, the epidemic was fully controlled, and the family decided to let the demon extermination team return to Duyunli. However, the demon extermination team still has to strictly take prevention and control measures.

At the end of June, after the investigation of the Zhang family's demon exterminator, it was basically determined that the epidemic in Duyunli was caused by demon spirits, and demon spirits were still the biggest enemy of the Dao world, hoping to attract the attention of the Dao world.

"The demon spirit caused the outbreak of the epidemic?" Zhang Lingmeng found the key point.

Zhang Haotian was puzzled: "Wait, this book clearly records that the cause of the epidemic has been clearly caused by demons, so why did I ask the old pharmacist and Jing Lao in the pharmacy, and they both said that the reason was unknown?"

He Dongqing explained: "Young Master Haotian, you have a good question, let me tell you why." Because the author of this book is from our Zhang family, this is the result of our Zhang family's investigation at that time, not the results of the investigation on the Zhufang Pagoda side.

"The strange thing is that the tower owner doesn't seem to buy the Zhang family's account, he is obviously dissatisfied with the results of the Zhang family's investigation, and suppresses this investigation report. The official explanation of Zhufang Pagoda has always been unknown, and at that time, the fathers and villagers in Duyunli were busy with post-disaster reconstruction work, so few people paid attention to and understood this investigation report. ”

"But does this have anything to do with the young master of Zhufang Tower?"

"Zhufang Pagoda has always been the young master of Zhufang Pagoda who dealt with the Zhang family's demon slaying team, and he usually talks more or less about the things of the year, and Zhongli has always liked to come to Wei Tian to read books, and I have met him here a few times. I believe Zhong Liyu knew about the investigation report of that year. ”

"Well, he probably does, but what does that mean. Zhang Haotian asked.

He Dongqing looked at Zhang Lingmeng with a smile, and Zhang Lingmeng looked pensive.

"I understand that the biological parents of the young master of Zhufang Pagoda died because of the plague. Zhang Lingmeng continued, "Then he will definitely hate the demon spirit after knowing that it is the plague caused by the demon spirit." ”

He Dongqing nodded with satisfaction.

"I'll think again. Zhang Lingmeng said.

"Could it be that he betrayed the tower master because the tower master had something to do with the demon spirit?Ah, isn't it impossible to do so, Zero Dream, don't you think about the investigation report of the tower master of Zhufang who tried his best to suppress our Zhang family back then?" Zhang Haotian hurriedly explained.

"But. Zhang Lingmeng said, "The testimony of the demon spirit and the tower master is that the young master is preparing to use the demon spirit to frame the tower master, so the testimony of the demon spirit and the tower master shows that the demon spirit and the tower master have nothing to do with each other!"

"What if the tower master and the demon spirit are lying?" He Dongqing added faintly.

"It's not impossible, and we're skeptical, that's why we're here. Zhang Lingmeng calmly analyzed, "From beginning to end, it was the testimony of the demon spirit and the tower master that was connecting what had happened in the past few days, and it was not ruled out that they lied in order to cover up." All we can be sure of at the moment is the experience of Uncle Zhang and the young master of Zhufang Pagoda that night, and the fact that the young master of Zhufang Pagoda betrayed the Lord of the Tower and was transferred away by the tower master. ”

After listening to Zhang Lingmeng's analysis, Zhang Haotian shook his head gently, and he suddenly frowned, but these small actions did not let Zhang Lingmeng find out.

"By the way, you just said that Zhongli Yu was going to use the demon spirit to frame the tower master, how can this be achieved?" He Dongqing asked, he was a little interested.

"Have you ever heard of the forbidden technique of 'Mirage Change'?" Zhang Haotian asked.

"Of course, I'm a scholarly orator, well-read, and I know about this forbidden technique, but as far as I know, very few people know it, after all, few people know it, and the materials are not easy to get ......"

Before He Dongqing finished speaking, Zhang Haotian took out the scales of the mirage.

"Oh, it doesn't seem that the materials are necessarily easy to get, Young Master Haotian, how did you find this rare product?"

"This is what I picked up in the Zhufang Tower. ”

"Oh! I see, so the young master of Zhufang Tower wanted to use this forbidden technique to frame the tower master, and then the plan was discovered by the tower master before it could be implemented?"

That's what the testimony says. ”

"Hehe, I don't know anything else, but I can say that, but at least the tower master is a little panicked!" He Dongqing spoke confidently, "That is, in fact, this technique has already been used!"

"What?"

Zhang Lingmeng and Zhang Haotian were taken aback!

At this time, He Dongqing had already dodged the scales in Zhang Haotian's hands.

"According to the book, the unused phantom scale has a very hard enamel layer, this enamel layer is not easy to detect with the naked eye, but it is very smooth to the touch, but I see that the surface of this scale in the hand of Young Master Haotian is rough and uneven, and the enamel layer has disappeared, so it means that the scale has been used. ”

"But ......"

"Miss, do you want to say, maybe this scale is like this? Hehe, no, in fact, you all know that this forbidden technique is made of the scales of the mirage, but in fact, what really works is the hard enamel layer on the surface of the mirage, and the reason why the mirage can change its appearance is because of this enamel. Think about it, since Zhong Liyu is going to launch this forbidden technique, if this scale doesn't have this enamel layer in the first place, will he still get it?"

"Then you mean that the young master has already launched this technique?" Zhang Haotian said.

"The launch is launched, but it doesn't mean that it must have been launched by the young master. Zhang Lingmeng said, "After listening to the analysis provided by Speaker He, and then after the speculation in my mind, I have a bold idea in my heart. ”

"Oh?"

"But I can't finish it yet, I'm going to go back and discuss countermeasures with Uncle Zhang Lun. Zhang Lingmeng motioned for Zhang Haotian to prepare to leave.

Zhang Haotian thought for a while and agreed, but he wanted to take away the "Characters in the Clouds" and the event book of the Zhang family's demon exterminator, so he went to the Taoist chief to ask for a loan.

What did he want these two books for?

"So, thank you for the answer, we will see you next time we have a chance!"

The vast library exuded a faint fragrance of ink, and the fragrance of ink drifted out of Wei Tianguan faintly, but it was covered by the fragrance of the bamboo forest, and the truth became hazy and gloomy from then on.