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In desperation, the Jingzhao government had to break in the door by force.

When everyone rushed in, the scene inside was almost the same as outside. There were no so-called disciples waiting, and not even a single figure could be seen. Everyone walked in in a rage, but were at a loss because of the calmness inside.

The house was clean and tidy, and it didn't look like it had been ransacked, but rather like no one had ever been there.

In the inner courtyard, the old Taoist priest had disappeared, leaving behind only a pool of blood that had been cleaned up and the broken rope.

You can hear the needle drop.

Gu Qingyun and others walked into different rooms but didn't see anyone. There was a back door in the backyard, which was standing there quietly at the moment, and the whole yard was lifeless.

The Jingzhao prefect asked in confusion, "Where is the person? Did he run away with the money?"

"Probably. We searched it once but didn't find anything." The clerk next to him answered promptly.

"It's strange, why is there no one guarding this back door?" asked another clerk.

"Most believers probably only know the main gate. This back door faces neither the street nor the main gate. It's winding and roundabout. I guess no one has ever walked here." The prefect of Jingzhao looked at the back door and jumped onto the roof.

Walk along the eaves and you will reach the main street in less than half an hour.

"Here, they've all left, and they seem to be leaving in a leisurely manner, not in a hurry at all." The Jingzhao prefect jumped off the wall and went back into the main house.

Over there, people from the Dali Temple gathered around the place where the Sky-reaching Rope was being performed, but they couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Maybe it was just an accident." Zhao Huaiqing looked at the rope. It didn't look like it was cut by humans. The cross section was uneven, and it looked like it was broken naturally.

"Then why are they running?" Xinhai also looked at the rope, puzzled.

"They are after money. Didn't they see that nothing was lost in the whole yard except the money?" Zhao Huaiqing glanced at Xin Hai and pointed at the scroll behind the table. "It contains the information of all the members who have paid. They didn't take any of this stuff away. They probably don't want to continue this business anymore. They just took the money they had already earned and left."

Gu Qingyun silently climbed onto the roof. This seemed like an accident no matter how you looked at it. The old Taoist's body was missing, so it was difficult to tell whether there had been a fight.

According to the people who came to report the case this morning, the old Taoist priest was performing the show himself and then fell down and died.

No matter how you look at the rope, it doesn't look like it was cut by humans. The old Taoist priest must have checked it before putting it on.

He didn't have the ability to go to heaven. Judging from the handwriting of the Heavenly Master, this old Heavenly Master must be a cautious person. Even if he had amassed wealth on a large scale, he must have hand-copied hundreds of pages of items. How could he go up without checking the rope?

Gu Qingyun had read a book on ancient magic before. In the previous dynasty, there was a sorcerer who escaped capture by using only a rope.

It is said that he simply threw a rope into the sky, and when the pursuers came, he quickly climbed up the rope, climbing higher and higher until he disappeared from everyone's sight.

Using this magical rope to go to other places, Gu Qingyun has studied this technique carefully. Although some details are still unclear, he roughly knows the principle.

There are snake bones hidden inside the rope, and there is usually a basket or a hole under the rope where people can hide. As long as the rope continues to rise, the person below can pull the rope in and the person above can climb up.

After climbing up, if you find yourself in an open area, climb down and the illusion will be over.

If it is not in an open area, you can escape with the help of surrounding buildings.

The same thing happened to the sorcerer of the previous dynasty. I don’t know what he relied on to support the rope. After climbing up a few floors, he could jump to another building.

Gu Qingyun walked forward and grabbed the broken rope. The joint was not broken cleanly. After pulling apart a section of the rope, he indeed found snake bones inside.

Looking at the roof again, there is a landing point, but the skylight here is very large, making it almost impossible to flip directly onto the roof.

Gu Qingyun walked outside the door. There were still many believers who had just rushed out and were looking around. "Excuse me, are there any inner disciples, or people who have seen the Tongtian Rope?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, until a little kid spoke timidly in a low voice, "I secretly saw that the old Taoist priest commanded the rope to stand, and then he climbed up, and then climbed down."

Gu Qingyun nodded, but he was not sure.

After all, this is just a scene seen by a child. What if the old master doesn't come down?

I went back into the house and carefully checked the entire ground, and indeed there were no tunnels or secret rooms.

If someone is needed to control it from below, it is either a tiny mechanism that only requires the disciples to help press it, or someone is holding the rope tightly from below.

But it was obvious that there was no way to hide a person below, not even a child.

That can only be a mechanism.

Gu Qingyun looked around but didn't see any mechanism. He then checked the table, chairs, and even the cushions under each disciple.

"Shaoqing, what are you looking for?" Zhao Huaiqing asked.

"Find a mechanism or something that can tighten the rope." Gu Qingyun explained the principle of the Tongtian Lock again.

"Then how can you be sure that there is no one holding you back from below?" Zhao Huaiqing questioned.

"Because there is no place in this environment that can accommodate a person, not even a child." Gu Qingyun responded and continued to look for the mechanism with his head down.

Zhao Huaiqing was quite interested in finding mechanisms and secret passages, so he started looking for them without saying a word.

Several people searched the house inside and outside but found nothing.

"Something's wrong. If there's no way to hide people and there's no mechanism, this rope can't stand upright directly." Gu Qingyun said.

The Wuhuan had already drawn the entire layout of the room. "Shaoqing, do you think it is possible that it is hidden in a cabinet? We should go back and ask those who have seen Tongtian Suo. Are the positions and arrangements of things the same during each performance?"

Gu Qingyun nodded, "Let's block this area and don't let anyone come in and destroy the scene."

After giving the instructions, he went out and saw the Governor of Kyoto surrounded by a crowd.

"Now that they've run away, what should we do? Pay back the money, pay back the money." Everyone in the crowd had red faces and was very emotional.

"Everyone, please be patient. We will distribute it to everyone as soon as possible after we recover it. Don't be anxious." The governor of Kyoto was so anxious that his face was covered with sweat.

Everyone in the crowd was still unwilling to let him go and kept asking him various questions.

"Sir Prefect, we're leaving first. Please seal off this place. The murder case will be referred to the Dali Temple. You'll have to work hard to get the money." Xin Hai lowered his voice and whispered in the ear of the Prefect of Kyoto.

The prefect was furious, but there was nothing he could do. There was nothing wrong with the way the division was done, but what should he do with the people? If they were too noisy, there was nothing he could do, and if they were too quiet, he couldn't ask anything.

He's been hoarse all morning.