From the moment the other party came in, Qiu Shaohu had a sense of vigilance.

The source of this feeling is that the other person is out of place.

Like footprints on a snowy mountain that shouldn't be, the intrusion into the environment that doesn't belong here often means a deeper conspiracy.

Just like Qiu Shaohu could see that the Cheng Zi clothes that person was wearing were too loose, loose, and didn't fit at all, not like his own clothes at all.

And his hat was crooked, his voice was too rough, and his speech and demeanor were not so much like a man who came to buy books, but rather a man who pretended to be a scholar and didn't want others to see through his identity.

What the hell is he going to do?

"Ah, this, how can there be?" The bookseller was also surprised by his request, "This kind of thing is not ...... Only the imperial court has it, didn't you take it from there? ”

"Ah, that, I accidentally lost my share, so I wanted to try my luck here." The man also seemed afraid to say too much, so he hurried out of the place.

Qiu Shaohu quietly followed the other party away, and then followed him all the way.

The exam is about to begin, the notes of your enemies appear on the relevant question set, and someone appears trying to buy the papers of the former scholars. The appearance of this series of events made Qiu Shaohu feel that it was too much of a coincidence.

In particular, I thought of some other things I had experienced, including the group of people who had stolen corpses to make gunpowder before, and had also broken into An Jin's home and stole this scholar's notes. This series of things always made him feel that it didn't seem so simple.

Qiu Shaohu is not a nosy person, but since he is involved, if he doesn't find out the strange things, sooner or later he will be affected.

The man in front of him walked neither fast nor slow, lingering in front of the stalls in the market from time to time, or looking at the calligraphy and paintings sold by others, and occasionally looking at the candy figures blown out by the vendors. It seemed aimless, but Qiu Shaohu could vaguely feel that the person was actually twisting and turning, but he had been walking in one direction. So he took a step ahead of the other party, and went to a grocery store on the side of the street in advance, waiting for his arrival.

The most important thing in tracking is not that you can't keep up with it, but that you don't get noticed no matter what. Keeping yourself private in every way is always the most important thing. Whether you're stalking your prey in the wilderness or stalking someone in the city, it's the same.

Sure enough, after not waiting long here, the man who pretended to be a scholar reappeared, passed by the grocery store, and turned around and went to another alley next to him.

There were few people in the alley, and it was open and straight, and there was no other fork in the road from beginning to end, and there was no other way to get around it except to keep up.

Qiu Shaohu hesitated, but still entered the box and followed the other party all the time.

The two people in front of the alley, one behind the other, are very easy to detect, but there is no other way at this time.

Qiu Shaohu also thought about whether to overtake that person directly and wait for him at the exit of the alley just now. But in this alley, this seems too deliberate, so he keeps following behind.

Despite his light steps, the sound of two different footsteps could still be heard clearly in the alley. The only difference is that the footsteps in front are normally loud sounds, while the footsteps behind are deliberately hidden.

The man also sensed something, realized that someone might be following him, and quickly turned his head.

"Sell - tea." What I saw was just an ordinary merchant, carrying a burden, selling tea in the streets and alleys.

Seeing the merchant walk out of the alley, the man hesitated for a moment, and then felt that he was too careful, so he also walked out of here.

Qiu Shaohu, who was hiding at the mouth of the alley and watching him come out, quietly breathed a sigh of relief. It was really dangerous just now, if he hadn't used the power of the "Hundred Generations Wenzong" in time, I am afraid he would not have been able to deceive the other party.

However, "Baidai Wenzong" can only lure other people's thoughts and confuse him to see the scene he wants to see.

What the man had just seen seemed to be a tea seller, could it be that he wanted to see this when he was thirsty?

With some doubts, Qiu Shaohu watched the man walk to the street, turned around and went to a teahouse next to him, the teahouse was bright everywhere, and on a table on the second floor, two scholars were already sitting there, and when they saw him coming up, they greeted him together.

"He turned out to have an appointment with someone in the teahouse, and those two people seemed to be real scholars, wearing the costumes of Mangshan Academy."

Seeing this, Qiu Shaohu could see their location clearly, so he simply stopped approaching to avoid being discovered again.

Seeing that the three people in the teahouse were talking happily, the person was obviously a bachelor pretending to be a bachelor, but he also talked to the other two people, and never showed any flaws.

As they spoke, the two men each took out a set of question books, and the three of them continued to talk.

"What those two people are holding, I'm afraid it is the real handwriting of the past scholars, it is said that the Imperial Court Rites Department issued a batch of notes for this year's scholars as a review, but this must be strictly guarded, and they are not allowed to leak it out privately." Qiu Shaohu thought, "That person, maybe he came to trade this with two people?" ”

Qiu Shaohu stared closely at the three people's every move, but he never thought about it, the few people just continued to talk about something, and there was no intention of exchanging question sets.

At this time, a long time had passed, and the three of them had drunk a lot of tea, and the man seemed to be convenient, and after explaining to the other two scholars, one of them went downstairs first.

Qiu Shaohu thought he was going to come out, but after walking to the corner of the stairs of the teahouse, he disappeared without a trace.

"Perhaps, the thatched hut is there." Qiu Shaohu waited to see when he planned to appear next.

I never thought that this would be half a day, not to mention the time of a stick of incense, that person was still missing.

The two people in the teahouse were still sitting at the same table as before, waiting for their companions to come back.

Motionless.

"Huh?" Qiu Shaohu suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he also walked to the door of the teahouse and went up the stairs to the second floor.

The place where they were sitting was by the window. The two scholars were still sitting in place, even if Qiu Shaohu approached, he was not suspicious of a stranger's approach.

Looking at the two figures with their backs to him, Qiu Shaohu patted them gently, and sure enough, as Qiu Shaohu expected, the two of them fell straight down.

"Mom!" Seeing this, Xiao Er, who came over with tea next to him, was so frightened that he shouted directly, "Someone is dead!" ”

"Don't shout, they just passed out." Qiu Shaohu found that the two people still had pulses, although they didn't know the reason for the coma, but they were not dead, "Go and call a doctor for them." ”

"Oh, good, good......" Xiao Er was already frightened, of course, Qiu Shaohu said whatever he wanted, and he hurriedly ran downstairs at this time.

Qiu Shaohu checked the condition of the two, and then found that the two of them had originally placed the inscription book on the table, but at this time, it had turned into white paper, as if all the handwriting had been stolen together.

This kind of strange method, Qiu Shaohu has never seen before.

But the priority is not to find out what methods he used, but where the man has gone.

Qiu Shaohu immediately went downstairs, and at the corner of the stairs, one side of the staircase led to the back thatched house, and on the other side, there was a staircase that led directly to the bottom.

Thinking that the person might be in the cellar below, Qiu Shaohu continued to walk down with twelve points of vigilance.

The Karasuma knife was already in his hand, and when he walked to the bottom, he found that this was just the back kitchen of the tea house, and many side dishes prepared for the tea guests had been prepared at this time and placed on the table next to the door, and some had been cooled.

Qiu Shaohu couldn't hear anyone's breath here, frowned, walked to the innermost, and saw that the chef who was supposed to be preparing here had also fallen to the ground at this time.

"You're here, I've already called a Lang Zhong, ...... you" Xiao Er just now also came in at this time, and when he saw the scene in the back kitchen, he was so shocked that his jaw could hardly close.

"It's just right to come, and by the way, let him show your cooks too." Qiu Shaohu raised his eyes and saw a window on the upper side, which was facing a street behind it, which was usually used to light and ventilate the cellar, just enough to barely accommodate one person to pass through.

Qiu Shaohu immediately jumped out of this window, and saw the end of the alley, followed by a bustling market, and chased it all the way here, there were noisy crowds everywhere, and where could I find the trace of that person.

"I lost it like that." Qiu Shaohu was also secretly annoyed by his carelessness.

"Hey, guest officer," the fragrant barbecue on the stall next to him smelled particularly attractive, "Do you want to barbecue?" Meat prices are cheap lately. ”

Qiu Shaohu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and carefully observed his surroundings.

Stout workers were carrying large quantities of ice out of the city, many men were coming and going in the tailor's shop, many men were trying to make new clothes for themselves, and the porter was packing a large package...... But asking no one is like telling him where that person is.

"Hey, be careful, beware of breaking the Buddha statue, you can't afford to sell it." A new porter was a little hairy, and the boss immediately reprimanded.

The porter in the transportation accidentally opened the package loaded in the car again, revealing the head of the Buddha statue, with lowered eyebrows and light in his eyes, no matter which direction he could see it from the front, but there was a lingering shadow in the corner of his eyes, which was the "Mo Dao Buddha in the world" that Qiu Shaohu had inadvertently seen outside the city.

"Is it it?" Qiu Shaohu didn't expect to see it again here.

This Buddha statue seems to have just been carved in the shop behind it and was about to be sent away.

As the giant Buddha statue was removed, the barriers that blocked the streets were gone. Qiu Shaohu was able to see the complete plaque of the shop opposite-Shengongmen.

"Could it be ......" Qiu Shaohu vaguely guessed, and behind that door, he seemed to see a shadow.

……

"Senior brother, we're back." Around the sea off Forgetful Island, Fu Xun led people to gather towards the dusty side, and all the juniors and disciples were a little out of breath.

"Calm down, say slowly, what's wrong?" Meng Chen looked at a big ship stranded on the shore in front of him and said.

It is still a hundred miles away from the island of Wuwang, and the surrounding islands are dotted like beads, dotted in the area of the sea around the island, and it is also the outermost barrier to enter the island.

When they came here a few days ago, they found this ship parked here. It seems to be a merchant ship, and the people on board themselves seem to have been displaced here because of the storm.