Chapter 41 There is nowhere to find when you step on the iron shoes

What will happen to Cuowenbu next, and what kind of changes will occur within the Dao Gate, it has nothing to do with Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu tied his horse and galloped all the way, along the long coastline of Cuowenbu, and came to the east of Cuowenbu.

Because Tsowenbu is too large, the east of Tsowenbu and the west of Tsowenbu are almost two worlds, and west of Tsowenbu is a vast Gobi, which is often said in the world's mouth, "the place where birds don't", which is called "West Gobi". However, the east of Tsowenbu is not the "East Gobi", but an oasis, so it is also called the "East Oasis".

It's as if the "Eastern Prince" corresponds to the "Western Queen Mother", rather than the "Eastern Queen Mother" corresponds to the "Western Queen Mother".

It is no wonder that Bai Yutang chose to hide here, not to mention anything else, in terms of environment alone, it is much better than the West Gobi. After all, the members of the Secret Society are not ascetics, and they also want their living conditions to be better.

According to the guidance of the map given by the shopkeeper of the "inn", Qi Xuansu ran for several miles and found a small river in the southwest of the East Oasis, tracing the source up. After walking for a few more miles, the river suddenly disappeared, and it turned out to be an underground dark river.

Qi Xuansu could only dive into the water, and then enter the underground river, the top dome of the underground river channel was only two feet above the water, and Qi Xuansu could only move forward underwater. After swimming for a while, the river regained its sight of the day, and the water flowed lower, so that the terrain here was significantly lower than the square.

Qi Xuansu floated out of the water, but saw the peaks on both sides standing on the walls, looking up at the sky, there was only a line left. The mountains and rivers are blue, the scenery is extremely quiet, but there is silence in all directions, faintly dangerous.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh secretly that Bai Yutang's mind was ingenious, this line was narrow in the sky and thick at the bottom, even if there were celestials looking down from the sky, it would be difficult to find that there was a cave in this deep valley, and it was necessary to get close.

Qi Xuansu walked out of the river, fortunately, the official ticket, the mother and son charm and the "dragon handcuff" have a waterproof design, he only needs to dry his clothes with real steam, and then walk out of the river bank for several miles, and come to a green valley full of flowers, which is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the wind does not come, not as monotonous and green as the outside, and the flowers are like brocade, and they are gorgeous and abnormal.

There is a small village not far away, more than 10 houses of all sizes are gathered together, there is no fence, and there are fields and mulberry forests around, it is really a good idyllic scenery.

Qi Xuansu walked along a path into the village and found that the place was already empty, and there was no half of a person. Qi Xuansu walked into a house and probably checked all kinds of traces, there was no obvious dust, indicating that there were still people living here not long ago, but the fire had no temperature, which meant that it would not have just left.

Qi Xuansu should have calculated the time, and it took him about a day to return from the workshop to the Qianhusu, and then leave from the Qianhusu. It took one day to get from the Thousand Households to Tsowenbu, and three days from the west bank to the east bank of Tsowenbu, and six days to finally find this place.

It seems that Bai Yutang evacuated this place during this time.

Qi Xuansu walked through the empty village and came to the other side.

There is a huge manor here, which is not quite like the local buildings of Yongzhou, and has a clear style of the imperial capital, just like the various summer gardens that the dignitaries of the imperial capital have purchased outside the imperial capital, such as the famous Yuqing Garden. This garden was built in the previous dynasty during the reign of Hyojong, the original owner was the father of Empress Hyojong, and it was taken into the royal family during the reign of Sejong. To the great Xuan to seize the world, this garden was again classified into the name of the new royal family, after the repair of the emperors of the past dynasties, now has an area of about 1,500 acres, there are the front lake, the back lake, the Ruhai Hall, Qing Yaxuan, the listening water pavilion, the flower pavilion and other imitation Jiangnan landscape buildings, known as the first garden of the imperial capital.

This manor has the style of Yuqing Garden, and it can even be said to be an imitation, but it is much smaller, and it is not as exaggerated as covering an area of 1,500 acres, and it is only about dozens of acres. This is interesting, Bai Yutang imitates Jin Que in terms of organizational structure, alludes to Yujing in its name, and now imitates the Yuqing Garden of the royal family.

At this time, the gate of the manor was closed, and Qi Xuansu did not rush to push the door, but jumped to the door and stood on a high place overlooking the manor.

At a cursory glance, the whole manor remained calm except for no one, as if the owner of this place had only gone out temporarily, so he didn't take anything with him, and no one else had come during the period, everything was as it was when he left.

Qi Xuansu jumped down from the gatehouse, remained vigilant, and cautiously walked towards the main hall.

To Qi Xuansu's surprise, there were no organs or formations along the way, Qi Xuansu came directly to the main hall, there was also no half-figure here, and all the furnishings were also well preserved, without half a point of clutter, it can be seen that the people of Baiyutang were not flustered when they evacuated, and they were orderly.

After Qi Xuansu walked around the main hall, he went to other places, including the side hall, garden, bedroom, warm pavilion, small living room and other places, and finally came to the most important study.

No other place has changed, with the exception of the study. The three walls of the study were bookshelves, but at this time the shelves were empty, and there was nothing left. In the middle of the study was a large brazier, filled with ashes, and it was clear that some important files had been burned here.

In addition to this, there was a lot of loose paper on the ground. Qi Xuansu probably looked through it, and it turned out to be all kinds of information, including about the imperial court, about the Daomen, and even the specific movements of the imperial army and the spiritual officials of the Daomen. However, the information is time-sensitive, because it is outdated, and this once valuable information is now of little value, just a pile of waste paper.

Qi Xuansu saw a piece of paper with the news that Qin Wuxian was about to lead the army into the West Gobi, before that, it was indeed top secret, but now even Qi Xuansu knew about it, Qi Xuansu had even seen Qin Wuxian in the West Gobi, but it was just a piece of waste paper, no wonder it was thrown here at will.

Qi Xuansu bypassed the brazier and came to the bookcase. On the bookcase, there are still four treasures of the study, and there is a piece of paper pressed under the paperweight. Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment, picked up the paperweight, and found that there was a letter pressed underneath.

This letter was not accidentally left here, but deliberately left by the owner of this place, and judging from the handwriting alone, there are no too obvious features, and it is decent.

The letter was addressed to Qi Niang, strictly speaking, to the person sent by Qi Niang, that is, Qi Xuansu.

The content of the letter was very simple, and it probably explained the reason why they had to leave this place, mainly the Taoist gate. Daomen is not a weak giant who has entered his old age and is riddled with diseases, but a giant who is uncoordinated because of schizophrenia, although this giant often does things such as fighting with his left and right hands or slapping himself in the face, and even takes the initiative to stretch out his fingers to let the snakes and insects outside gnaw at it, but there is no doubt that this giant is at the peak of his prime, and when he pulls out his sword, he is still invincible.

Although the infighting in the Dao Gate is becoming more and more intense, following a certain inertia, the sword of the Dao Gate will not stop. Soon after, the Daomen swept across the entire Tsowenbu, and if they continued to stay here, it would be difficult for them to survive, which was why they had to leave this place.

Before leaving, he still decided to fulfill the contract with Qi Niang, which is what Qi Niang said to repay debts.

The inscription is a "mountain ghost ballad".

Qi Xuansu felt unexpected but reasonable, Bai Yutang was originally a union of multiple secret associations, so it was very reasonable to have members of the Qingping Society. From this point of view, "Mountain Ghost Ballad" and Qi Niang both joined Bai Yutang, but Qi Niang later left Bai Yutang for some reason, and said that she would not return to Bai Yutang for the time being. As for the relationship between "Mountain Ghost Ballad" and Qi Niang, it may be a former partner, or maybe "Mountain Ghost Ballad" took over Qi Niang's position in Baiyutang.

Thinking about it deeply, there is no obvious difference between respect and inferiority in the tone of the "Mountain Ghost Ballad" letter, it should be the same level as Qi Niang, Qi Niang is a second-class member, so the "Mountain Ghost Ballad" should also be a second-class member.

As for the rest, it's gone.

Qi Xuansu read the letter twice again, and used some means of fire and water immersion to make sure that there was no mystery on the letterhead, only these contents. The "mountain ghost ballad" said that the debt would be repaid, and then it came to an abrupt end, without saying how to "repay the debt", or even what the debt was, let alone where the things were placed.

"Pretending to be a ghost." Qi Xuansu scolded lightly, and was about to put down the paperweight he had been holding in his hand.

Wait a minute.

Qi Xuansu suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar.