Chapter 201: Missing
"Feiyan, don't go, wait for me. Baili Xuan was talking in his sleep, and there was still saliva on his lips.
Suddenly, there was a sharp knock on the door, waking him up from his sweet dream.
"The head of the dart, no, the dart cart in the backyard is gone. A dart master came to report in a panic.
Hearing the news, Bai Lishu immediately became sleepy, and hurriedly rushed to the backyard with him. I saw that a few dart masters on duty at night seemed to have been knocked unconscious.
Everyone gathered around them, pinching people and splashing water. It was a while before they woke up. And the two large truckloads of goods that were originally placed in the courtyard have disappeared along with the cars.
"I've lost a dart!" Baili Xuan chuckled in his heart.
He suddenly remembered one more thing, and hurriedly rushed back to the inn, kicking open the door next to him. Sure enough, the eyebrowless monster was gone.
At this time, Bai Lixi's first reaction was to find those aliens, and at this time he might have something to do with them, but where to find them? He suddenly remembered the innkeeper who was chatting with the aliens.
"Chief dart, the innkeeper we have caught it, I see that this old boy has been cowering, roe head rat purpose, there must be a problem. The dart masters pulled the innkeeper over.
He trembled and said: "Chief dart, this matter really has nothing to do with me, the small shop keeps to itself, operates legally, and never dares to do anything harmful." ”
"Do you dare to say that you don't know the aliens who came to make trouble?" said Baili Shu, glaring at him.
"This ...... They only come to the inn often to eat and drink, and they are a little familiar with each other, but the little one swears to God, I really don't know what they do. The innkeeper replied tremblingly.
"Now the dart cart is lost in your inn, and you tell me it has nothing to do with you? The dart masters frightened.
"Guys, don't do it, my family is old and young, and they all point to me to feed you, don't hide it, I really don't know what these aliens want to do. The innkeeper was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he almost sat down, but was picked up by the dart masters.
"Then why did I see you talking to them very happily yesterday, and there was a fire in the backyard at night. Bai Li asked him.
"Oh, head dart, you've wronged the little one. They were just asking me if there was a dart team in the inn and where I was staying. He also said that there was a batch of goods to be deposited with me, and he gave a lot of money, and the small one was greedy for money for a while, and who would have thought that such a thing would happen. The innkeeper replied fifteen-ten.
Seeing that his attitude is quite sincere, he must not be telling a lie. But this is not good news for Baili Xuan, if the innkeeper is not complicit, then where have these aliens gone?
Missing a dart is a more important thing for a dart game than losing your life. Although the person who came knocked out the dart master on duty, it was impossible not to be discovered by not being discovered by the freight of such two large dart cars.
"But the little ones know the origin of these aliens. The innkeeper said timidly.
"I know if I don't fart early, say it quickly!" Bai Li said.
As he was chatting with them, he noticed that these aliens had a waist tag on their waists, and the number was written on it. This should be a waist card that represents their identity, in the rivers and lakes, there is only one organization in this way, and that is the secret sect active in the south, Manichaeism. The innkeeper said.
"Manichaeism?" Baili repeated, he hadn't heard of the organization.
In fact, it is no wonder that Manichaeism has only been established for a short time, and it is only a few years of effort. Since the Demon Sect was exterminated, there has been a vacuum in the Jianghu forces in the southern region.
The Pu family in Jingjiang Prefecture pretends to be a decent martial artist, and naturally will not accept the surrender of the forces in the rivers and lakes. But under the high pressure of decent forces, they will not allow another organization like the Demon Cult to command the underworld to exist.
At this time, a secret organization, Manichaeism, appeared, although it also had a word in its name, it was a homonym from the Demon Cult, and its teachings were very different.
This secret organization is dominated by the Yi forces in the south, and has absorbed the Jianghu forces of many different ethnic groups. But this Manichaeism is also quite cult, and it is said that witchcraft is prevalent in the sect, which is also the origin of their religious name.
Because in the Yi people, male shamans are called Bimo, and female shamans are called Suni, so the word Mani is taken as the religious name.
In just a few years, Manichaeism has continued to grow and develop in secret, and no one knows how many members they have, but their influence in the southern rivers and lakes is no less than that of the Pu family in Jingjiang Prefecture.
But so far, they have not done anything harmful, but have used witchcraft to heal and save people. Therefore, the Pu family has always maintained an attitude of turning a blind eye to them and letting them develop.
"Witchcraft?" Baili couldn't help but be a little confused when he heard these two words. Could it be that the disappearance of this dart cart out of thin air is related to witchcraft, but now it seems that there is only this reason, which can be regarded as an explanation.
Otherwise, who can tell where the missing dart cart went.
"You can go. Baili waved his hand and motioned for the innkeeper to be released. All he could say had already been said, and whether he could find the missing dart cart next would only depend on luck.
It's just that according to the calculation of the footsteps, Yu Zhong should have arrived in Xiaozhou today, but he was nowhere to be seen. However, Bai Lishu is not very worried about this, after all, with his remaining martial arts and experience in the rivers and lakes, no one should be able to bargain easily on him now.
The most important thing now is to find the missing dart cart. If this dart cart was really stolen by these Manichaeans, it must have been transported out of Xiaozhou City and headed straight to the south.
For Baili Xuan, he must now race against time and strive to find the dart cart as soon as possible, otherwise once he enters the southern territory, it will be the sphere of influence of Manichaeism. When the time comes, it will only be more difficult to find the dart car.
The darts immediately packed their bags, and as soon as the day dawned, the city gate was opened, and they left the city. They rode more than twenty fast horses and chased in the direction of the southern border.
Unbeknownst to him, he chased out more than ten miles, and found the bodies of several aliens in the wild, apparently having died for a few hours.
"There's obviously been a fight here. Bai Li Yu said.
These aliens were the same people among the group of people he had seen at the inn, and judging from the signs of the scene, it should have been a fierce battle, and there were quite a few people on both sides. But it is not known why only the corpses of aliens remained.
"Chief dartman, what is this?" One of the dart masters held a piece of wood in his hand, and Baili Hao recognized it at a glance as a fragment from the dart box, which may have been accidentally broken during the fight.
It seems that the dart cart is indeed in the hands of these Manichaean aliens. But who is the one who fought with them?
Either way, there is a direction now. The on-site signs at least proved that the direction of Baili Xu's pursuit was correct. He couldn't bear to expose the corpses of these aliens to the wilderness, so he could only bury them hastily on a single page, so he hurried on his horse and hurried away.
The Manichaeans with two large carts and dart boxes, as well as the follow-up of the other party, must not be able to go fast. But Baili Yu chased people for a day and a night, and never found any trace of the dart box.
This made him very strange in his heart, it stands to reason that he should have caught up a long time ago, could it be that they had gone another way. He took out the map and looked at it carefully, and suddenly slapped his head and shouted that he had miscalculated.
This place is close to the south, and the Manichaeans chose to make a move in Xiaozhou, and they must be very familiar with the nearby terrain. Since they have been attacked on the road, how can they take the official road? They must have taken some unknown path.
He called a dart master and asked him to take someone around and ask for directions to see if there were any unknown paths leading to the south.
After a while, the master returned with a woodcutter. Upon inquiry, it turned out that there was a hidden mountain road nearby, leading to a small town by the river, from where it was much faster to walk by boat than by land.
If you don't know the mountain road, you'll have to walk a hundred miles to get to a small town on a boat.
Baili asked the woodcutter about the route, and gave him a few taels of silver as a token of gratitude, which was almost a year's income for him to chop wood, and he left happily.
The people of the dart team hurriedly changed their route and went straight to the town on the mountain road, hoping to catch up. Although the mountain road pointed by the woodcutter is difficult, the distance is saved by more than half. Baili quickly led people to the town.
After some inquiry, sure enough, someone had seen someone similar to Manichaeism, and boarded a ship here with two truckloads of goods, all the way to the south. They had only been walking for a day, and Baili Yu was not too far behind.
However, when Baili arrived at the ferry, he found that there was no boat here. He saw an old man fishing by the ferry, so he stepped forward and asked.
"This old man, when will there be a ship here?" asked Bai Lixi.
"If you go back to the guest officer, we are a small town here, and there are not many ships in the first place. Yesterday a group of foreigners came, chartered a few boats and left. Immediately after that, a group of people came and chartered a few boats. At last three more men came, and they took the last two boats as well. The old man replied.
"It's still late. Baili let out a long sigh.
"It's not too late, you're going to the south, guest officer?" the old man asked suddenly.
"Exactly, uncle, you have a way. Hearing what the old man said, Baili suddenly rekindled hope.
"Haha, old man, I have been a fisherman on this river all my life, and my body has not been able to do well in the past few years, so I have not gotten on the boat again, but my boat is parked two miles away from here, if the guest officers do not dislike it, I will give you a ride, old man." The old man got up and patted the soil and said excitedly.