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Two days later, Diao Xiaosi, Yi Bai and Geng Shaohua led more than a dozen dart masters and more than 30 executioners to escort the medicinal materials of Focitang out of Chang'an and headed for Taiyuan.

accompanied by Mrs. Geng, Wan'er, and Fang Xuanling, who said that he wanted to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, but he didn't see the divination operator.

He didn't say goodbye on the night he talked to Diao Xiaosi, leaving only those refining materials and a copy of the "Unspecified Notes" written by his life's work, as well as a voucher for extracting items stored in the "Old Knife Blacksmith Shop" in Chang'an City.

got the news Diao Xiaosi stomped his feet and scolded the old blind man for a full afternoon, and then hurriedly went to the old knife blacksmith shop to take the things back and hide them in the dragon belt, and explained to Xia Peiheng and Yu Linglong, if an old monk came to the door, he said that the old blind man returned to the Yangtze River Twelve Docks and asked him to jump into the water to find out.

Before leaving, Diao Xiaosi also got a piece of news that Duan Zhentian, the chief dart head of the Guanluo Dart Bureau, was still true to his word, and he would wash his hands and withdraw from the rivers and lakes on the eighth day of May.

Diao Xiaosi was in a very bad mood, and on the day of departure, he ordered someone to buy ten strings of firecrackers and hang them at the gate of Liuyuan to go to bad luck.

Due to the fact that there were a lot of priceless rare medicinal materials escorted this time, Boss Hou took two small servants to accompany him personally.

It took ten large ships to load all the herbs, each guarded by a dart master and three executioners. Diao Xiaosi took the main boat and Yi Bai to open the way, and Geng Shaohua and Wan'er stayed behind.

The fleet slowly moved east along the Weishui, and in the evening it was smooth sailing to Huaxian and anchored for the night.

Because of the heavy bodyguards, everyone didn't have the heart to go ashore to hang out, so they only bought some wine and food and sat in the cabin to eat.

The boatman caught a few carp from the river, washed and peeled them and cooked them in sweet and sour, which was also regarded as an appetizer.

Wan'er said: "Looking at this plate of sweet and sour fish, I think of Jiangzhou's sauerkraut fish and boiled fish fillets. ”

Geng Shaohua said with a smile: "In fact, there are a lot of delicious foods in Chang'an City, and the dumplings with soup and mutton steamed buns are very good. ”

Yi Bai said: "There is also bacon meat, gourd head, which is also a must-have in Guanzhong." ”

Everyone didn't dare to drink too much to avoid getting drunk and making mistakes, so they sat around the table and chatted and entertained.

Boss Hou was talking about his bizarre news of receiving medicine in the Western Regions last year, when he overheard someone outside the cabin say: "The three chief darts are in the air, and there is fog outside." ”

As soon as Diao Xiaosi heard that it was Qin Qiong's voice, he called his pseudonym and said with a smile: "Qin Er, fog on the water is a common thing at night, so there is no need to make a fuss." Why don't you come in and have some drinks with us?"

Qin Qiong replied: "But this fog is a little strange, and it is best for a few chief darts to come out and have a look." ”

Diao Xiaosi was slightly shocked, you must know that Qin Qiong is not an ordinary executioner, but he is a heroic man who beats the six prefectures of Sanzhou and the six prefectures, and sets foot on both sides of the Yellow River, if he feels strange, there must be a strange reason.

This was his first dart, and it was not a bad thing to be careful, so he got up and walked out of the cabin.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Diao Xiaosi shivered inexplicably, and a thick white mist outside rolled like cow's milk, faintly oozing a little chill.

"Huh?" a faint ominous sign rose in his mind, and he stepped onto the deck outside the cabin.

Qin Qiong stood on the bow of the boat, next to him was the boat boss with a long penny in his hand. Diao Xiaosi came to the two of them, stared around, and saw a thick fog locking the river, and only the lights on the boat behind could be seen in the shadows. There were no human voices heard a hundred paces away, and the river became unusually silent, and there was hardly any movement except for the gurgling sound of flowing water.

Overhead, there was a white expanse, and the moonlight could not be seen tonight. It was as if the whole world was shrouded in this sudden white mist, which made people feel like they were in another world.

"It's a big fog," Standing outside the cabin, Boss Hou's voice was obviously in his ears, but it seemed to come from a very distant place: "I came out just now, and I can still see the moon." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "This kind of fog is rare in Guanzhong. And I saw the sky in the evening, and there would be no foggy days for three days. ”

Diao Xiaosi didn't make a sound, staring intently at the foggy river, and suddenly bent down to pick up a harpoon and threw it into the middle of the river.

"Uh-" In everyone's sight, the harpoon began to deflect as soon as it flew out of the air, drawing a strange arc in the air and disappearing.

Mrs. Geng was just about to say something, when she heard a "whoosh", and the harpoon flew back from the stern direction again!

"Duh!" the harpoon thrust into the bulkhead, the fork rod humming and trembling, and it seemed unusually harsh in the dead silence.

Wan'er was surprised: "How did it fly back?"

"Ghost hitting the wall, it must be a ghost hitting the wall!" cried the boat boss in horror.

"It's not a ghost hitting the wall, it's that we have been ambushed by the Qimen Dunjia Formation!" Yi Bai's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he shouted: "Which friend on the road is joking with our club, please show up!"

His voice rumbled through the mist, as if thousands of people were shouting, "Show up and see...... ...... at first sight"

However, after waiting for a while, no one around responded, and everyone's faces gradually became solemn.

Geng Shaohua asked, "Fourth Uncle, can you recognize what kind of formation this is?"

Diao Xiaosi stared and watched, and vaguely noticed that in the depths of the white mist, there was a subtle purple silk light looming, like a sparse silk net floating in the wind.

He thought in his heart: "Lao Yi is right, someone has calculated that we will anchor the ship here for the night, and set up the Qimen Dunjia Formation early, and quietly launch it while the night." If it weren't for Qin Qiong's vigilance, we would still be in the dark. The purple mercer was most likely a magic circle rune, which was used to drive the mist to block the river. But what kind of ghost array is this? It's a pity that the old blind man is gone, otherwise he would definitely know the way if you ask him. ”

But seeing that everyone was looking at him, wouldn't it be very shameless to admit bluntly that he didn't know the Dao? Thinking of this, he groaned and said: "The technique of Qimen Dunjia is ever-changing, and the magic of using it is in one mind. Just like the fog array in front of you, it looks like chaos at first glance, but there are two instruments of yin and yang, four images and five elements. If you look closely, the fog is full of barricades just like the situation of the gossip and the nine palaces. In short, this array is very treacherous and should not be underestimated......"

He talked a lot, Geng Shaohua and the others looked dazed, obviously no one understood, but Yi Bi felt that he owed Diao Xiao four or five hundred thousand taels of silver, so he nodded again and again regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one.

Diao Xiaosi felt that he couldn't continue, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said: "Yi Bi, what do you think?"

Yi Bi sincerely admired: "The fourth master has a high opinion, and he suddenly opens up in the mouth." The person who wants to come to the main array must be a master of the Tao. ”

Wan'er couldn't bear it anymore and said, "You have been talking for a long time, what kind of magic circle is this?"

Diao Xiaosi glared at the girl very dissatisfiedly and said, "Nonsense, if Lao Tzu knows, why bother Luo Li to explain a lot?"

Everyone was stunned, and Mrs. Geng said, "That is to say, everyone doesn't know what kind of magic circle this is?"

Geng Shaohua shouted: "Quickly turn on the lantern and order all the ships to come closer and string them together with iron chains!"

Qin Qiong suddenly spoke up and dissuaded: "Wait a minute—do you remember the harpoon that Mr. Diao's dart head threw just now?"

Mrs. Geng was stunned and said, "What do you mean?"

Fang Xuanling said: "What Second Brother Qin means is that all the ships that are moored now can still respond to all changes without changing, and once they are allowed to come closer, they may be like that harpoon going around in the fog and losing their bearings." ”

Wan'er suddenly exclaimed, "Look, there is a boat where the lights are all out!"

The crowd looked in the direction of her finger and could vaguely see a gap between the fourth and sixth boats, and the fifth, which was supposed to be lit up, had vanished.

Yi Bai said coldly: "It's not that the lights are out, but that the boat has been towed away!"

"It's not a human, it's a water ghost in the river...... the boat boss said in a trembling voice.

Geng Shaohua pointed at the seasick boss, and said in a deep voice: "I don't care so much, turn on the lights and order all the boats to come over!"

A dart master hurriedly jumped onto the mast and waved a lantern in his hand to send out a signal.

Diao Xiaosi looked up, the fog was thick, and the figure of the dart master couldn't see clearly, so he could only vaguely see a dim light dancing.

Suddenly, the lights went out, and the dart master seemed to disappear into the fog out of thin air, and there was no more sound.

Yi Bi exclaimed, "What's going on?"

There was no answer on board, and a chill rose in everyone's hearts.

"Chen Qian!" Qin Qiong called out the name of the dart master, jumped up with his feet on the mast, and lightly stretched his ape arm to grab into the fog.

"Bang!" he snorted, as if he had slapped someone, turned over and fell back to the deck, holding a half-cut red sleeve in his left hand, and secretly swallowed a mouthful of blood, but the injury was not healed, and his companion forced his hand to cause the blood to backlash.

Geng Shaohua said: "This dress is not Chen Qian!"

As he spoke, the fleet behind them had received the light and was slowly approaching here, but in the blink of an eye, two more ships seemed to sail into another void, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"My ship......" Boss Hou was as thin as his name suggested, looking at the silent river, and muttered: "A few darts quickly think of a way, that's a hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"Boss Hou, don't worry. Your ship wasn't lost, it just sailed into a maze and was temporarily out of sight. Diao Xiaosi said: "The immortals are boarded, Lao Tzu ran into a robbery when he returned the dart, it was really unlucky! It seems that there are too few firecrackers in the morning." ”

He looked at Qin Qiong and said, "Qin Er, did the person you fight with just now see his face clearly?"

Qin Qiong suppressed the qi and blood surging in his chest while pranayama, and shook his head and said: "I just used spiritual sense, and I couldn't see anything clearly in the fog around me, and I vaguely noticed that someone was sneaking up from behind, so I turned around and slashed out a palm, and took down half of his robe sleeve. Strangely, after the man had made a palm with me, he somehow shook himself and stepped back straight ahead. ”

Diao Xiaosi's eyes lit up and said, "Go forward, are you sure?"

Qin Qiong bowed his head and said: "It won't be wrong, I wanted to catch up and make up for it, but I was afraid of falling into a maze, so I had to retreat." ”

Diao Xiaosi shouted, "Bring the lamp!" squatted down and picked up a carbon strip used to burn the fire and painted it quickly on the bow of the boat.

Fang Xuanling stood behind Diao Xiaosi with a lamp and asked, "Brother Diao, are you using gossip to deduce?"

Diao Xiaosi said hesitantly: "It's not gossip, but anti-gossip." Dense clouds and no rain, wind and water - damn it, this is a formation that reverses yin and yang!"

Before the words fell, I heard Boss Hou screaming again: "My boat, two more are missing!"