Tsing Yi, Rong Niang, Nine Girls, Pei Zhongxi, Song Yuqiao and other female cultivators talked and laughed in the pavilion, while Zhao Ran roasted sheep on the bonfire rack on the side, and beside him were the butchers and Shen Caizhu who were also busy.

While roasting sheep, Zhao Ran cared about the cultivation of these two brothers, discussed the reasons why the two brothers were trapped in the Yellow Crown for more than ten years and could not get married, and analyzed the number of paths that should be practiced in the next step.

He had married the Jin Dan twice, and the knot Dan was extremely experienced, so both of them listened attentively, and while they were busy with the dinner party, they also kept in mind the spiritual experience he had said.

While they were talking, Dongfang Li came over and said hello to Zhao Ran, Zhao Ran wiped his hands, asked Qu Fenghe to come and take over, and then followed Dongfang Li to the distance: "Senior Brother Li, is there something wrong?"

A few days ago, when he proposed marriage in the Jade Emperor Pavilion, Dongfang Li was not on Qingcheng Mountain, Dongfang Jing said that he was doing things under the mountain, and he came back at this moment to participate in the double cultivation ceremony of Jiang Tenghe and Zhao Liniang, Zhao Ran didn't have to think about it, he definitely had something to find himself.

Dongfang Li looked around, the guests were all lively in the distance, and there was no figure within dozens of feet around him, so he said, "Do you remember the case of Xiu'an that I told you last year?"

Of course, Zhao Ran remembered that this was a big case last year, a Taoist palace supervisor in Jinhua, Zhejiang, who was rebelled by Buddhism, which led to the Xiu'an case, Sanqing Pavilion and Dongji Pavilion jointly handled the case, and all the clues pointed to Shangsangong. The two pavilions wanted to search the upper three palaces, but they were blocked by Chen Shandao, which finally triggered the formation of a resolution of the True Master Hall: in the absence of conclusive evidence, neither the Sanqing Pavilion nor the East Pole Pavilion could search any of the cultivation pavilions.

Obviously, after suffering such a loss, the two pavilions will definitely not be willing to give up, and it seems that there should be new clues.

"Senior Brother Li has been busy with this?

"I found another Xiu'an, which was run by Wuchang Qingyuan Palace, and the prison surnamed Sun had been detained. After our interrogation, the clues still point to the upper third palace, and the matter is already very clear, that is, the upper third palace instructed the Xiu'an to be opened in some places, and the girls who were cultivated were also sent to the upper third palace. But the problem is the same as that of Jinhua Dao Palace in Zhejiang, the identity of the person who handed over cannot be verified, and there is no actual evidence. ”

Zhao Ran thought for a while and said, "Since Shangsangong has done this kind of thing, there must be other clues to check, maybe these clues are in places we haven't paid attention to." It's just that the two Xiu'an have been found out one after another, and the upper third palace will definitely destroy some of the evidence, and I'm afraid it will be a little difficult next. ”

Dongfang Li smiled: "There are already new clues! In the Xiu'an of Qingyuan Palace, we rescued eight girls, but in fact, it should be nine, and one escaped last summer. According to the records of the interrogation of these eight girls, the one who escaped had mentioned a lot of things in the upper third palace to them, and they all said that this girl must have been in the upper third palace. Later, when we interrogated the prison surnamed Sun, he also confirmed that this woman was brought to him by the person who handed him over, saying that he was asked to re-cultivate. She only raised her in Xiu'an for half a year before she escaped, and the person surnamed Sun said that she didn't even know how she escaped. ”

Zhao Ran nodded: "If you can find this woman, you should be able to have clues that the upper third palace is involved in the Xiu'an case." ”

Dongfang Li handed Zhao Ran a picture scroll, which was a picture of a maid who was depicted, on which the woman was slender and holding a pipa in her arms, Dongfang Li said: "This is based on the description of the Sun Prison and the eight Xiu'an girls, and there are seven or eight points of similarity." ”

Zhao Ran looked at it carefully, pouted, and it seemed that he had to introduce Yang Zhiwen to Dongfang Li. The portraits depicted in this way can be seven or eight points similar to the level of the sky, perhaps only familiar people can recognize it, and when Yang Zhiwen takes out the perspective painting method that he pointed out to him, it will be of greater help to the Sanqing Pavilion and the East Pole Pavilion to track down the suspects.

Dongfang Li said: "This woman has a Sichuan accent, she should be a person from Sichuan and Shu, at least her ancestral home is this province, and it is suspected that she may escape back to her hometown, so we are the focus of the search here." This portrait is for you, this piece of northwest Sichuan, you are responsible for searching. Since this girl escaped, she may flee to the border, and Song Fan needs to pay special attention, but she has escaped for a year, and I don't know if she has crossed the border. ”

Zhao Ran nodded, he was the envoy of the Junshan Guard under the West Hall of the Sanqing Pavilion, and he was also a pivotal "big man" in the jungle of the Ten Directions of the Song Domain, and it was his responsibility to take this area in the northwest of Sichuan.

It's just that I've been on the run for a year, and in the vast sea of people, I want to find this girl, and the hope is very slim.

"Any other characteristics?"

"Good at singing and dancing, You Gong Pipa, the prison surnamed Sun said that this girl is also good at cooking, and the food she cooks is very delicious. Plus, the in-room surgery is excellent!"

Zhao Ran nodded, wrote down these characteristics, and asked, "What is the name of this girl?"

Dongfang Li shook his head: "Every girl who is selected to enter Xiu'an, she has a new one, and her past name has never been known, so the name is meaningless, of course, you can also tell you, just don't start with the name, it will be half the result - she is called Wanniang in Xiu'an." ”

In the eyes of the high-level leaders of the two cabinets, the Xiu'an case is not a big case, that is, it has been verified to be related to the upper three palaces, after all, it is just a bad customs case, at most a few responsible monks of the upper three palaces will be corrected, and the rest of the Xiu'an that may be hidden will be banned, and the case will be almost over.

But things have evolved to this day, and for Sanqing Pavilion and Dongji Pavilion, the ultimate goal of finding clues is actually no longer caring about the case. The reason why we have been staring at it is all because of the defeat in the deliberations of the True Master Hall last year, didn't you say that there is no conclusive evidence? Well, we will give conclusive evidence and tell you that we want to search the upper three palaces, and it is not without purpose!

This is not a battle of will, but a struggle for the right to speak in the True Master Hall, which has nothing to do with the case itself.

And for Zhao Ran, being able to pry into the upper third palace is a good thing no matter what. The general trend of the world is changing, Lou Guan is now the authority, in the chess game, if not a person who plays chess, at least an important chess piece.

Maybe this game of chess didn't even see the people who played chess clearly, maybe Xu Zhenren, Zhao Zhenren, Wutianshi and others didn't know how this game of chess should be played, maybe everyone was just sensitive to some differences, so they reported to the group for warmth, and they didn't have the consciousness of falling down. But the consequences of not holding together can be understood by those in high-level positions, not to mention Zhao Ran, who is hiding from the rain under the eaves.

Now that I've joined, of course I want to know about the future development, and the Xiu'an case is the best opportunity at present.

Zhao Ran put away the portrait and began to think about how to find this former Wuchang Qingyuan Palace Xiu'an girl who had escaped.