Chapter IV: The Incense Robbery Case

By observing other souls.

Yan Jing has some knowledge of this kind of special being.

Following Bai Ruosu's footsteps and leaving, Yan Jing remained silent, and the pace of his movements was as clear as possible.

Stepping out of the threshold, the two of them, one white and one black, stood out in the snow.

Yan Jing looked around through the curtain of the falling hat.

Since the part of the ritual that belonged to Bai Ruosu had been completed, she had to leave from the left side, and many people looked at her along the way, and Yan Jing could feel that the former's footsteps were constantly speeding up, as if she wanted to leave here quickly.

It seems that his contractor should have been of a good position in the past, and he mentioned in the ceremony that his home was suddenly in trouble...... Perhaps that's why she was deliberately placed in the third batch. ,

In between thoughts, the two left the square in front of the temple.

The ritual behind him was still going on, but it had nothing to do with them.

Yan Jing only discovered at this time that there were quite a few people outside the Soul Suppression Palace.

There are a large number of oddly shaped cars parked all over the streets, and white steam lingers in them.

Older couples gather in groups of three or five, holding umbrellas to protect themselves from the wind and snow, and talk to each other in a lower voice.

This scene is not much different from the state of kindergarten before school.

There are also some people who follow the soul warriors on their sides, and judging from the way they dress, their status is not low.

Even if you don't know much about the state of the world.

Yan Jing also knew that these monks who could contract soul warriors should all be middle and upper classes in society.

The attributes of cultivators and transcendents are similar, the only difference is that people in this world seem to have to go through the consent of the underworld if they want to become transcendents, and they must sign a contract with soul warriors.

Of course, this was Yan Jing's current observation, and he wasn't sure if there were any other categories of transcendental beings.

As soon as he thought of this, Yan Jing's gaze fell on Bai Ruosu's position again.

There was an old man with gray temples bowing in greeting.

He was obviously not Bai Ruosu's elder, and when the latter walked out of the Soul Suppression Palace, he once again became the focus of attention.

That's a little weird.

To say that the contrast between the appearance and the contract soul warrior in the hall is eye-catching, and there is still this treatment outside.

I think of the words I heard in the temple.

Yan Jing had already speculated about the "catastrophe" in Bai Ruosu's mouth.

Bai Ruosu still didn't have any response to this, and after approaching the housekeeper, he whispered,

"Go and plow the streets, be quick!"

"How should the Soul Master ......?"

The housekeeper looked at Yan Jing, looked up and down, a look of loss flashed on his face, and he immediately bowed down to ask the girl who had already sat in the car.

"Come in, sit."

Bai Ruosu glanced at Yan Jing, gave instructions concisely, paused and said to the housekeeper,

"Low-level soul warriors don't have spiritual intelligence, they are just pure combat tools, and they don't need superfluous etiquette."

An emotionless fighting machine?

Yan Jing sat in the car, rejoicing in his heart, thinking that it was no wonder that the torch would make this arrangement.

According to Bai Ruosu, among the first to sign the contract, the high-level soul warriors all have a certain amount of spiritual intelligence, and there may be something else special.

Yan Jing didn't know anything about this, and if he was not careful, he would reveal his stuffing.

In comparison, low-level soul warriors pretend to be the easiest, as long as they follow orders.

Bai Ruosu, a monk or a contractor, will not have any defense against him, and can completely obtain information through this identity.

Sitting in the car, Yan Jing found that the technology used in the vehicles of this era was very different from that of today.

In this car alone, there are no intelligent systems inside, let alone the basic equipment that is common in the world, but instead there are ingenious mechanical creations and special power driven by steam.

"Miss, you are now in the Ding Worry Period, and according to the rules of the Three Law Divisions, even if you become a soul cultivator, you will not be able to interfere with criminal matters

, rashly involved, I'm afraid ......."

The housekeeper saw Bai Ruosu looking through the rearview mirror and looking through the letter in his hand and said softly.

The so-called "Ding worry" refers to the fact that under the premise that the parents of the family have passed away, the official has to resign and return to his ancestral hometown regardless of the position he occupies, and keep filial piety for his parents for a period of time.

Yan Jing, who had read a lot of folk classics in the present world, also knew about this, and couldn't help but look at Bai Ruosu.

This girl seems to have been an official law enforcement officer of the Three Law Divisions, which is undoubtedly good news.

On the one hand, the secrets that the torch allowed Yan Jing to investigate, whether it was the way of cooperation between the underworld and the human world, or the way of making pious incense, were bound to be official secrets and difficult for ordinary people to access.

On the other hand, he is an official law enforcement officer, and he carries a weapon with him, so he has also had conflicts with evil spirits and fallen gods.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of the letter in her hand, which did not contain much on it, only a few phrases,

'Qinli Street, No. 23, the shopkeeper of Fengxiang Garment Shop, one of the witnesses on the night of the Baifu incident. ,

'Joy Inn man, Arlo, witness to the robbery of Eucalyptus. ,

'The knife man Qian Sanhe, the informant said that he boasted in the tavern that he had participated in the robbery of eucalyptus. ,

Looks like she's planning to check on the eucalyptus?

"I can't wait for seven months, that will completely cover up all the clues, let alone find the murderer and clear my Bai family...... There must be something wrong with the calamus robbery that my father and mother checked before she died, and it is very likely that there is their internal response in the three law divisions!"

There were only two people in the car plus a soul warrior, Bai Ruosu didn't hide it, and said bluntly,

"Now I'm in a state of worry, but it's a great opportunity to find out the truth."

"But you can't use the monitoring power of the Three Law Divisions now, and the level of the soul warrior is not enough to bring enough reinforcement, in case you encounter a thief in the process of investigating alone......

The housekeeper looked at Yan Jing next to him, who was motionless, and his face was full of worry.

'What do you mean by solitary inquiry, that I am not a human being?' ,

Keeping silent, Yan Jing was also waiting for Bai Ruosu's response.

In order to complete the main quest, Yan Jing must have a deep understanding of the situation in this other world.

If Bai Ruosu can't meet his requirements, he will have to think of other ways at that time.

"Rather than giving up the opportunity to find out the truth for the sake of safety, I would rather put myself in danger and face the things that my father and mother once encountered, and if I want to revive the Bai family, this is the backbone that I must have!"

Clutching the letter paper in his hand, Bai Ruosu said in a deep voice.

'Qualified. ,

The girl in front of her can be used as a breaking point for this recruitment mission.

Yan Jing withdrew his gaze and turned to the window.

Speaking from his heart, Yan Jing had experienced many other worlds, but he had never been as interested in them as he was today.

The reason is very simple, in the past, the other worlds that Yan Jing came to were all being invaded on a large scale by evil spirits, or they were already invaded and ruined, and what he was facing was a broken world full of pessimistic atmosphere, which was naturally difficult for people to like.

However, the world is clearly different.

What Yan Jing saw here was not far from the present world......

No.

It should be said that it is more vigorous than the present world!

The steam car drove on the viaduct outside the Town Soul Temple, looking out the city through the car window.

Giant buildings similar to those found in the Demon City world can be found everywhere.

It's just that there are significant differences in the construction materials and design styles of the two.

If the former presents the future and intelligent technology.

Then what appeared in front of Yan Jing's eyes at this time was the perfect combination of ancient rhyme and steam machinery.

Huge and complex steam transport pipes can be found everywhere outside the sprawling complex, and some of the factory areas are full of large-scale equipment that Yan Jing has never remembered before.

In the architectural details, the cornices, green tiles, wooden windows, and mortise and tenon structures of the beams are outlined.

Wait until the steam wagon drives into the city.

What unfolded in front of Yan Jing was the various forms of life in this world.

The brick-paved roads were crowded with pedestrians, and flat-headed people dressed in coarse cloth and brown clothes were hawking along the streets with goods on their shoulders.

Dressed in satin clothes, the attendants swaggered out of the shop with their stomachs swaggered, looking around with their heads held high.

A pack horse more than two meters tall pulls a cart of coal slowly, and a steam "car" gallops by not far away, and some street vendors with a bit of family background are pushing carts equipped with wheels, changing points from time to time to find the most lively place.

When entering the bustling urban area where Qinli Street is located, the situation on the street has changed.

There are far fewer vendors, replaced by a variety of shops with large facades, and their specifications are no longer just one or two storeys, most of the buildings are three-storey upwards, and there are sky corridors connecting each other.

He saw a girl in a tulle skirt practicing dance on the loft under the red and green cornices, and someone holding a telescope on a mechanical platform not far away, surrounded by several people vying for the "beautiful scenery"; The corridor hanging in mid-air connects the two inns on the side of the street, and the drunken guests are swaying, climbing the fence formed by the steel bending and staggering, and are about to jump down, only to be dragged back by the little guy who came out with him holding the corner of his clothes.

Occasionally, you can see a few street performers, holding bizarre props or leading steaming mechanical monkeys, manipulating them to distribute flyers to passers-by, and beckoning them to what time it is tonight, and which tile shop has a strange performance.

The steam car eventually stopped in front of a garment shop.

I think that was the first target mentioned in the letter.

"Uncle Wu, I and the soul warrior will get off here first, and you will help take care of it at home, if anyone asks, they will say that I occasionally feel cold and am recuperating in the house, so it is not suitable to see people."

Bai Ruosu took Yan Jing out of the car and explained two sentences.

Waiting for Steward Wu to drive the car away, Bai Ruosu noticed that the eyes of the pedestrians on the street were converging on his side, and when he saw the black-robed soul warrior beside him, he suddenly realized that the latter's outfit was somewhat conspicuous.

"I'll go to the owner of the ready-to-wear store later, you have to change your outfit, otherwise it's inconvenient to walk outside, you ......."

Halfway through the words, Bai Ruosu rubbed her eyebrows, maybe her mind was in the eucalyptus, she forgot that her soul warrior actually had no intelligence.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the black-robed soul warrior beside him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the skill of the Soul Suppression Palace.

It was unexpectedly possible to make the soul warrior so real.

There is no difference from ordinary people.