Chapter 61

"Quick, quick!"

"Isn't this Tiger Baby from the next village!"

"Poisoned, go boil licorice water!"

When Li Yan drove the donkey cart back to the village, a large group of villagers immediately surrounded them. Those familiar with the martial world immediately saw that these children were poisoned.

Anesthetic is not rare in the martial world. Fairy Drunk, Ya Bu Lu, and Datura can all be refined. Pick flowers in August and hemp flowers in July, dry them in the shade and mix them in equal parts to make powder.

The method of rescue is even simpler, which is to boil raw licorice soup.

After one bowl, the three children woke up one after another, looking at the pile of adults around them, all looking blank, not knowing what had happened.

The father of the lost child hugged his son and cried with joy.

There were comforts and curses around, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

Shopkeeper Wan's face was gloomy. After letting people comfort the villagers, he turned and went to the stable with several disciples.

The female human trafficker caught was locked in there.

As for the peddler's corpse, it had long been thrown into the woods by Li Yan.

Li Yan, Wang Fu, and Sha Lifei looked at each other and followed closely behind.

In the stable, the woman had already been tied up with five flowers.

People in the martial world often have one or two unique skills to escape, such as dislocating joints and locking bones, hiding blades under the tongue or hair, or inserting needles into the skin.

Therefore, even after a search, the disciples of the Craftsman Sect were still worried, so the rope was tied very tightly, and a dead knot was tied, sinking deep into the flesh.

This woman was about thirty years old, her face was sallow, her triangular eyes revealed ferocity, and half of her face was slapped by Li Yan, already bruised and swollen like a steamed bun.

Seemingly knowing that her life was not guaranteed, she didn't say a word. Seeing everyone come in, her eyes were still cold and vicious.

Shopkeeper Wan was not in a hurry to ask, but sat on the chair moved by the disciples, smoked a few puffs of his pipe in silence, and then said: "Eating Ge Nian, holding children (abducting children), receiving the God of Wealth (kidnapping and blackmailing), none of these are your main business. Who ordered you?"

Seeing the woman not speaking, he gave a cold hum: "Hard mouth is useless. In the Xianyang City road, I am still familiar with it, but I haven't seen you before. You came from Chang'an, right?"

"Was the contact Cai Sangu, or Butcher Er..."

"Oh, it's Butcher Er. This kid really has no rules."

As he spoke, he observed the woman's expression.

Without needing her to speak, he had already guessed seven or eight out of ten.

Seeing this, Li Yan and Sha Lifei couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

The woman saw that her roots had been seen through, and her heart was somewhat panicked. She simply closed her eyes and gritted her teeth: "Don't ask anymore. I don't know the employer. Even if you go to Butcher Er, he won't dare to say. If the rules are broken, more people will die."

"Hmm."

Shopkeeper Wan nodded and said in a deep voice: "I don't intend to break your rules, just to let you know what kind of things you have been involved in."

As he spoke, he looked at the disciple beside him: "Did you ask?"

"Asked!"

The disciple bowed respectfully and handed over a note with both hands.

Shopkeeper Wan frowned after taking it, shook his head slightly, and handed it to Wang Fu beside him, saying in a hoarse voice: "Daoist Wang, my calculation is not precise, I still need you to see if there is anything wrong?"

Wang Fu clearly realized something, his expression solemn. After reading the note for a few times, he said in a deep voice: "Seeing Ding in the first month, seeing Hai in the fifth month, seeing Yin in the eighth month, all are Heavenly Virtue Noblemen. Someone wants to borrow life to break through the barrier!"

Shopkeeper Wan sighed: "I noticed something wrong just now. If it were just abducting the children of my Shangyi Village, I would definitely think it was revenge, but not letting go of several villages and asking for names, this is somewhat suspicious."

"It seems someone is unwilling to give up. Only looking for Heavenly Virtue Noblemen, I fear their cultivation is also average..."

Seeing Li Yan and Sha Lifei confused, Wang Fu said in a deep voice: "This is an evil method of borrowing life to break through the barrier, taking the lives of young boys and girls with extraordinary fates, offering sacrifices to obscene gods, in order to break through the barrier and improve cultivation."

"The Great Xuan Dynasty has an order: anyone who practices this method will be killed without mercy!"

Li Yan was thoughtful: "What should be done if this matter is encountered?"

"Naturally, report it to the Law Enforcement Hall of the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect."

Shopkeeper Wan stood up slowly: "Come, take this person and follow me to the Chenghuangmiao in Xianyang City."

As he spoke, he looked coldly at the woman: "You don't need to say anything. Once you get to the Chenghuangmiao, there are ways to make you speak, including Butcher Er in Chang'an, who won't be able to escape either!"

"I'll say! I'll say!"

The woman was finally frightened and screamed: "Butcher Er asked me to send people to Menggu Village, tie them in the broken temple of the ancestral hall, and someone will come to receive them. It's all Butcher Er's trouble, it has nothing to do with me..."

It seemed she was clearly scared out of her wits.

These people, coming out to mix, had long ago tied their heads to their waistbands. If they died, it would be a scar the size of a bowl, and they could still get a name for loyalty.

But offending the Mystic Sect, who knows if they will be refined into some kind of thing, and they won't be at peace even after death, let alone reincarnation.

Slap!

Shopkeeper Wan signaled with his eyes, and the disciple stepped forward and gave her a slap, then tore off a piece of broken cloth and stuffed it into her mouth, dragging her out like a dead dog.

Afterward, Shopkeeper Wan shook his head slightly, looked at the three Li Yan, and arched his hands: "This time it was thanks to Little Brother Li, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Xianyang City is full of chaos now. You don't need to worry about this matter. I will send it to the Chenghuangmiao. No matter who the mastermind is, they won't be able to escape." "Everyone, just stay in the village with peace of mind. Food and drink will be taken care of."

"Senior Wan, you are busy."

Involving the Mystic Sect and the evil path, the three didn't ask any more questions.

Shopkeeper Wan clearly had more experience in this kind of thing.

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After Shopkeeper Wan left, the courtyard became busy again.

Li Yan felt there was nothing to do and wanted to continue to find Zhao Luji.

Wang Fu, having obtained Shopkeeper Wan's permission, had long ago drilled into his study to read the miscellaneous books of the Mystic Sect he collected, and Sha Lifei had no interest in going up the mountain, so only Li Yan went alone.

The back mountain was not far, so Li Yan did not ride a horse, carried a wine and food box, and left from behind the village. Not long after, he saw a small mountain.

This mountain was not high, but the vegetation was dense, and the exposed places were all broken stones and yellow soil, so it was steep and difficult to walk.

After a busy afternoon, it was already afternoon when he went up the mountain. The setting sun shone obliquely, and an old Mountain Chenghuangmiao stood in the mountain col on the hillside.

!.

It was inexplicably gloomy and old.

Li Yan hadn't approached yet when he heard voices in the temple.

"Brother Zhao, this is a big job, don't you consider it?"

"Ancestors have instructions, I won't take jobs that go into caves."

"What a wooden head, that is..."

Halfway through, the man heard Li Yan's footsteps, immediately stopped talking, turned around abruptly, and said gloomily: "Who?!"

Ears are quite sharp...

Li Yan deliberately pretended not to hear and shouted: "Is Brother Zhao there? I'm here to find you for a drink!"

"It's Brother Li!"

Zhao Luji was also vigilant, but hearing Li Yan's voice, his face showed joy, and then he turned around and said: "Senior Mo, I won't take this job. You go back. A friend is visiting, I have to entertain."

"Sigh, forget it!"

At the same time, Li Yan also saw the speaker.

It was a short middle-aged man, wearing a coarse black cloth, a small black hat, and an iron rod behind his waist. His features were wrinkled and shrunken together, and his front teeth were protruding, looking exactly like a big rat.

And Li Yan also smelled the rotten mud smell from him.

This person's eyes were gloomy, and he glanced at Li Yan coldly, seemingly not wanting to talk to him, turned around, walked quickly, bypassed the mountain ridge, and disappeared without a trace.

"Brother Li, are you free on your side?"

Zhao Luji himself was also a young man. Although he lived in the wilderness all year round and was not good with words, after an adventure with Li Yan, he had already recognized this friend from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing Li Yan visiting, he was naturally happy.

"Hahaha, even if I'm busy, I have time to drink!"

Li Yan laughed heartily, and without changing his expression, stretched out his finger and pointed to the back.

That rat-faced man was truly sinister. Although he seemed to have left, he was actually still lying behind the mountain ridge eavesdropping.

Zhao Luji immediately understood and smiled: "Brother Li, please come in. Let's not return until we're drunk... no, stay here tonight."

"That's fine."

Li Yan laughed and followed him into the Mountain Chenghuangmiao.

This Mountain Chenghuangmiao was somewhat similar to an earth kiln, half exposed outside and half dug into the mountain wall. It looked like it had been there for some years from the outside, but it was cleaned up inside, with kitchens and firewood rooms on both sides, as well as a kang to sleep on.

A god statue stood in the main hall, an old man dressed as a herb farmer.

Feeling the incense aura above, Li Yan's expression was solemn. He first respectfully burned three sticks of incense, and then chatted with Zhao Luji.

The two chatted about everything, not talking about business. After waiting for a while, Li Yan smiled: "Gone, what kind of person is that, the style is not right..."

Zhao Luji did not hide it and shook his head: "That is a treasure seeker of the Mystery-Seeking lineage. He knew my father. On weekdays, he searches for large tombs near Guanzhong, and he has several disciples under his command, all of whom are unscrupulous."

Li Yan frowned: "Is he coming to find trouble with you?"

"That's not it."

Zhao Luji hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "In Xianyang City, someone suddenly released news of a heavenly and earthly treasure, and he came to find me to go treasure seeking together."

"Oh?"

Li Yan became interested: "What treasure?"

Zhao Luji shook his head: "It can be called a treasure, and it can also be said to be an ominous object. The name of that thing is Mountain Tai Sui."

"The location is not far, it's in the mass grave outside Xianyang City..."

(End of chapter)