A moment later, Princess Zhaoning came to the attic in the mansion.

She sat in a chair with a hat, a spotless men's gown, her hair held in a high bun. Although her face was tired and her eyes were faintly bloodshot, her waist was straight.

On the floor in front of her, intricate formation patterns were carved.

With a flash of golden light, several translucent figures formed by the convergence of light appeared in the sky above the formation, all wearing black gauze hats and Qiyao clothes.

"See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" These figures bowed to Princess Zhaoning in unison.

Seeing that all the people she was looking for had arrived, Princess Zhaoning went straight to the point and said, "The traitor Gu Xu has exposed his whereabouts near Jinyang Mansion. A few of you are the highest cultivators in Hedong Province, and this palace needs you to immediately put down what you are doing and carry out the task of arresting Gu Xu. ”

Several officials of the Exorcism Division nodded their heads and said that everything was in accordance with the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

They had already heard that Gu Xu was a criminal personally ordered by His Majesty the Emperor, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and any official who dared to slack off in this matter would definitely face the wrath of the emperor.

Princess Zhaoning stood up and walked to the wall.

On the wall is a large, slightly yellowed map.

She stretched out her slender finger and pointed at the map: "Pu Qianhu, Shen Qianhu, you two immediately take people to set off to Tianmen Pass, Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass, organize local monks, and intercept the fugitive Gu Xu." ”

Tianmen Pass, Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass are known as "Jinyang Three Passes", the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, choke the throat of the province in and out of the east of the river, control the traffic of Jinyang to the north, and are described by the ancient book as "the spine of the world, when the throat of the river".

If Gu Xu wants to leave the border of Great Qi, whether he goes to Youzhou to defect to Zhao Changying, or flees to the territory of the northwest barbarians, he will inevitably pass through the "Jinyang Three Passes" without detouring.

And the Great Qi Dynasty attached great importance to the "Jinyang Three Passes", which by no means lost to the Great Chu - not only strengthened the fortress, but also sent many cultivators to stay in the passes, setting up multiple defense arrays including the "Forbidden Sky Great Array".

In other words, the monks could not fly across the "Jinyang Three Passes", they could only pass by land, and they must also hold a pass issued by the imperial court - "Lu Yin".

After hearing Princess Zhaoning's order, the two people whose names were read nodded yes.

"Shang Qianhu, you rush to Shouyang County as soon as possible, take people to set up an ambush, arrange the formation to block the space in advance, and check the 'road guide' of every passerby," Princess Zhaoning then ordered, "If Gu Xu didn't go to the 'Jinyang Sanguan', but chose to take a long detour to the east, then he would definitely pass by near Shouyang."

"Que Qianhu, you go to Maling Pass in the south of Jinyang, lead the cultivators under your command, block all the twenty-four passes under your jurisdiction, and similarly, lay out a formation to check the identity of each passerby.

"Gu Xu has always been scheming, and it is possible that he will not play his cards according to common sense and choose to flee to the south. We have to prepare in advance. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Liaozhou Mansion Qianhu Que Juchang and Fenzhou Mansion Qianhu Shangwei hold fists.

In the end, Princess Zhaoning's eyes fell on the only female official, Zhu Qiuyi, the chief soldier of Hedong Province.

This woman with a simple face and a quiet temperament was a powerful monk whose strength was close to the peak of the Sixth Realm. She has a magical power called "Chasing the Wind" and a magic weapon called "Remembrance", and has solved many major cases, which has terrified many criminals and ghosts.

"Chief Zhu, your cultivation is the highest among all the people present," Princess Zhaoning commanded, "According to the news, the last place where Gu Xu appeared was Mengshan in the west of Jinyang City. This palace needs you to get there as quickly as possible, use your magic powers and magic weapons to find as many clues as possible, and trace Gu Xu's escape path.

"If others find out about Gu Xu's whereabouts, they also need you to deal with him."

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I have heard that Gu Xu has a spell that can travel through space," Zhu Qiuyi, the chief soldier of Hedong, lowered his head and said in a non-wavering voice, "With my magical powers, I may not be able to catch up with him." ”

"No, you can catch up," Princess Zhaoning smiled faintly and shook her head, "Gu Xu's spell can travel about a hundred miles in an instant, allowing him to reach Qingyao Mountain from Luojing City in the blink of an eye."

However, several days have passed since the destruction of Luojing City, and Gu Xu is still staying within the border of Daqi and has not run too far.

This proves that it is impossible for Gu Xu to shuttle through space without restrictions. Casting such a spell also consumes a lot of his true element. ”

Zhu Qiuyi nodded, thoughtful: "Then I'll try." ”

"By the way, when you are on a mission, you remember to bring the Transmission Jade Talisman and the 'Broken Sky Bead' with you," Princess Zhaoning paused for a moment and then said, "If the situation changes, report it to the palace immediately, and the palace will make another dispatch."

"All consumable magic weapons and formation materials you use in the course of the mission, including the 'Breaking Void Bead', can be reimbursed to the imperial court."

After receiving the order, the figures of several officials quickly disappeared into the room.

Princess Zhaoning was still standing in place, looking at the map on the wall, a little distracted.

She has blocked all possible ways from all directions, east, west, north and south, making Gu Xu a turtle in an urn.

"Now, where else can you escape?" Her fingertips moved gently across the map, silently in her heart.

…………

Gu Xu held the astrolabe in his hand, like a ghost, and traveled all the way through the deep mountains.

Since his whereabouts were discovered by Sima Chang, he did not hesitate to start running away and did not stop for a moment.

He did not dare to fly to a conspicuous high altitude, but only dared to pass silently in the low altitude under the shade of the trees.

After flying for more than ten miles, far away from the jurisdiction of Jinyang, he fell back to the ground and stopped for a while.

At this moment, his true essence had regained its fullness, which was enough to construct a spatial passage again.

"Where do I flee to?"

As he thought, he took out the copper coin in his pocket, intending to find a safe route through divination.

At this moment, when he whispered the names of "Taishang Haotian" and "Emperor Ziwei" in his mouth as before, he only felt quite ironic.

is clearly a pair of mortal enemies who do not share the sky.

But they appeared on the altar in pairs, in all kinds of incantations and prayers.

Gu Xu finally understood why his divination results were never wrong.

Because the object of other people's prayers is immortals, while the object of his prayers is himself, there is no possibility of being disturbed.

"Is the Gate of Heaven safe?"

"Is Chitang Pass safe?"

"Is Malingguan safe?"

"Is Huangyuling safe?"

"Is Jing Cheng safe?"

“……”

After asking questions more than ten times in a row, a relatively safe path finally appeared in Gu Xu's mind - first go southeast, bypass Shouyang County, go straight to Steep Spring Ridge, and then turn to the northeast, avoid the 24 passes of Maling, leave Hedong Province from Jingcheng, and go to Youzhou.

Although he took a long detour, he happened to avoid the heavy defense line laid by Princess Zhaoning.

It can be regarded as finding a narrow gap in the net of heaven and earth.

He took a deep breath, his eyes turning a deep indigo blue, and the "astrolabe" glowed with a silvery white glow.

Soon, black ripples rippled in the air, and a spatial passage quickly took shape in front of him.

He wiped the beads of sweat from his sideburns and stepped inside.

The surrounding scenery instantly turned into a blur of color, as if falling into a rotating kaleidoscope.

…………

After receiving the order of Princess Zhaoning, Zhu Qiuyi, the chief soldier of Hedong, immediately crushed a "Broken Sky Bead" and came to Mengshan from his mansion in an instant.

She took a small white porcelain vase from her sleeve, placed it on the ground, and silently chanted the incantation.

Soon, a faint colored smoke rose from the bottle.

The smoke drifts into the air, creating a three-dimensional, dynamic picture.

This small white porcelain vase, called "Remembrance", as the name suggests, is a magic weapon that can go back to the past.

It is capable of reproducing what happened in six hours in the form of smoke.

With the help of "reminiscence", Zhu Qiuyi saw the "reggae" with teeth and claws and fierce appearance, saw the little official Sima Chang who was covered in bruises, saw the majestic golden-red sea of fire, and also saw Gu Xu and his mask that was blown to the ground by the wind.

Her mood suddenly became a little complicated.

She didn't expect that a fugitive who was wanted by the whole country would expose his whereabouts because he rescued people.

But she was on a mission and didn't think too much about it.

Soon, Gu Xu in the smoke image picked up the mask, put it back on, and then hurried towards the depths of the dense forest.

Zhu Qiuyi immediately picked up the small porcelain vase and flew into the air, chasing Gu Xu's image.

After flying for more than ten miles, Gu Xu's image finally stopped.

He paused for a moment, tossed a coin for a moment, then constructed a spatial passageway, walked in, and vanished.

Zhu Qiuyi sighed lightly and put away "reminiscence".

"Reminiscence" can only retrace what happened in the same place, but it can't know the destination of Gu Xu's space shuttle, let alone tell her Gu Xu's subsequent escape route.

"Your Royal Highness Princess," she took out the 'Transmission Jade Talisman' and sent a message to Princess Zhaoning, "I followed Gu Xu's footsteps all the way from Mengshan to Fangshan. He constructed a spatial passage in Fangshan. But the power of 'remembrance' is limited. I don't know where he went. ”

After a while, Princess Zhaoning responded, "This palace knows. ”

…………

"Report to Your Highness, there are no suspicious people passing by near Tianmen Pass."

"Your Highness, Weichen has not found Gu Xu's trace in the Shouyang area yet."

"Your Highness, there is nothing abnormal around Maling Pass."

“……”

Princess Zhaoning clenched the communication jade talisman in her hand, and listened to the reports of the ministers, her brows became more and more furrowed.

She suddenly felt that Gu Xu was like a fish in the deep sea, surfacing in Jinyang City, spitting out a few bubbles, and then diving to the bottom of the sea, and there was no more news.

In order to catch the fish, she casts an overwhelming net, but the fish is very likely to sneak away through the gap in the net when she is not looking.

She rubbed her dry eyes, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that in this huge territory of Great Qi, it is no less difficult to catch a fugitive who can hide his identity, hide his whereabouts, and shuttle through space than to find a needle in the sea.

Seeing a faint whiteness of fish belly appearing in the eastern sky, she pondered for a moment and instructed the maid guarding the door, "Can you invite Mr. Mu for me?" ”

"Mr. Mu" in the mouth of Princess Zhaoning, whose full name is "Mu Yunkai", is an enshriner of the Great Qi royal family, with the sixth realm cultivation, and is proficient in divination spells.

Perhaps because of the scarcity of monks who know divination, this person is often arrogant and arrogant, and his eyes are above the top, and he will always put on a show in front of the royal family, especially in front of Princess Zhaoning, who has no cultivation qualifications.

Princess Zhaoning doesn't bother to do things with him on weekdays.

After all, there is also a strong saint in the Exorcism Division who is known as "omniscient of everything in the world".

It's just that now, Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcism department, is seriously injured and bedridden, so naturally he can't help her find Gu Xu's whereabouts.

She had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.

A moment later, a bloated old man in a brocade robe with gray hair, carrying a gilded cane, led by a maid, came to her.

As he walked, the end of the crutches kept hitting the ground with a screeching sound.

"I've seen Your Highness."

After seeing Princess Zhaoning, he didn't bow down, but simply nodded.

Princess Zhaoning was too lazy to bother with him on these trivial matters.

She asked the maid to bring a chair and said politely, "Mr. Mu, please take a seat." ”

Mu Yunkai is not like other officials, who will pretend to excuse himself.

He sat down on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs, and then directly instructed the princess's maid to pour him a glass of water.

"Mr. Mu, there's something I need your help with—"

"-It's about that fugitive Gu Xu, right?" Before Princess Zhaoning finished speaking, Mu Yunkai smiled and interrupted her, "It's really interesting for a mere Fourth Realm monk to make a huge imperial court a mess." ”

"Mr. Mu, now is not the time to joke," Princess Zhaoning restrained her smile and said in a solemn tone, "Tonight, the traitor Gu Xu appeared in Mengshan near Jinyang Mansion. After revealing his whereabouts, he fled from Mengshan to Fangshan, and then built a spatial passage and went to an unknown place.

"We need to use your divination skills to find the place where Gu Xu fled as soon as possible."

Seeing that the princess became serious, Mu Yunkai also sat up straight and said, "Divination, I can." But I need as much information as I can about Gu Xu. ”

Princess Zhaoning took down a stack of files from the bookshelf next to her, put them in front of Mu Yunkai, and said, "Are these enough?" ”

Mu Yunkai glanced down and replied, "Not enough." These are just his resumes when he was an official in the imperial court, and they are the tip of the iceberg of his whole person. Relying on these things alone, it is impossible to divinate the correct results.

"I also need to know his birth date, his private personality and hobbies, and his way of dealing with the world...... It would be even better if his personal belongings could be found. ”

"But I don't think I ever needed these things for divination." Princess Zhaoning frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.

"Because I and his divination are two different systems," Mu Yunkai said with a smile, "His divination technique relies on the stars in the sky, and uses the trajectory of the stars to calculate the rise and fall of mortal things.

"My divination skills rely on 'fate' itself. With the help of enough information, clear the fog on the long river of fate and get a glimpse of a person's future.

"Your Royal Highness, it seems that you are still a little lonely."

Princess Zhaoning didn't pay attention to his sarcastic joke.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and began to recall all the details of her previous relationship with Gu Xu, to think about what kind of person he was in private.

Then she found that she had very little experience with Gu Xu in private.

She only remembered that on the night of the Lantern Festival, she disguised herself as a man and was on the bank of Luoshui with Gu Xu, evaluating the performance of the monks in the ring.

At that time, Gu Xu was bright and beautiful, high-spirited, and his deep eyes reflected the lights of the Lantern Festival, and he also radiated a confident look.

More often than not, though, the two are far apart.

She used court documents, through data archives, and through distant glances in public to understand what kind of person he was.

But today, especially after he changed from a great Qi Tianjiao to a prisoner of the imperial court, his image in her mind has become more and more vague and mysterious.

Princess Zhaoning was silent for a moment, then raised her head and said to Mu Yunkai: "Perhaps, we have to go to the mansion of Shi Lei in Laizhou Mansion.

"His daughter should be the person who knows Gu Xu best in the entire capital now."

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