with the way

The magic stick asked other miscellaneous questions, and after getting Xianjun's patient and meticulous answers, he felt comfortable.With the yellow talisman in hand, I will leave the world. In a flash, they came to Beijing.

The green-clothed man with the golden mask is the eldest son of an official family in central Beijing, his name is Hong Wenxuan.His father, Hong Nian, was a doctor in the Ministry of Industry and Engineering in the imperial court, and he was considered a moderate official.

In this bustling capital city where high officials walk everywhere, Hong Wenxuan is quite famous, the reason is nothing more than his mask.On the second day after Cheng En came to Beijing, he met Hong Wenxuan face to face.

The thing is, when he first arrived in Beijing, Cheng Enyuan wanted to show his kindness as a landlord and invited Mr. Yanshu to a restaurant for a meal.So under the guidance of the kind-hearted aunt on the road, Cheng En and Mr. Yanshu went to Baifu Mansion in the middle of Beijing.As soon as you enter the Baifu Mansion, the lights are feasting, the charming and graceful, and the bustle is extraordinary.Knowing Xianjun's temperament, there are people coming and going around, Cheng En is not good at leading Yanshu to sit downstairs, so he planned to ask for a box with Xiao Er, just happened to meet Hong Wenxuan and a group of dudes ascending the pavilion, Hong Wenxuan saw It's not very good to get angry.

In the corridor upstairs, the boy nodded and bowed to Cheng En: "I'm sorry, sir, the wing room is already full today."

Cheng En looked at Yan Shu behind him, and asked the boy, "But just now I saw that one was empty."

The boy folded his hands with a playful smile, and begged, "My lord, Mr. Hong has booked that wing just now. I'm really sorry."

Knowing his difficulties, Cheng En didn't intend to cause trouble, so he said, "Where is a better place to go?"

The servant introduced many good places to Cheng En, and recommended: "I still have acquaintances with the Fengle Pavilion in the next street. You can discuss a discount with the young master."

Cheng En thanked the servant and was about to lead Yan Shu away.Over there, Hong Wenxuan walked over swaggeringly, followed by a group of people, took a look at Cheng En, clicked his tongue, patted the boy's face and said: "Little Er, it seems that someone robbed me place."

The little fellow smiled repeatedly: "Mr. Hong, look at what you said, there is nothing wrong."

Seeing the boy being ridiculed, everyone roared with laughter.Hong Wenxuan was not relieved, still relentless, threatening: "I will beat the stinky Taoist priest every time I see him."

Cheng Ensong let go of Master Yanshu's hand. He didn't know that ordinary people couldn't see Immortal Yanshu, so he stood in front of Yanshu and said to Hong Wenxuan with a cold face: "Hey, pay attention."

Hong Wenxuan sneered that the stinky Taoist priest who upset him actually dared to argue. The golden mask covered his entire face so that people couldn't see his expression clearly.Cheng En suspected that his eyes were dazzled, and saw that the position of the eyebrows and eyes on the golden mask moved slightly, like a violent expression.

However, the movements in Hong Wenxuan's hand were real, he threw himself at Cheng En, and secretly took out a small dagger.

Cheng En played tricks and quickly tripped Hong Wenxuan's foot, then turned slightly to the side, leaving Hong Wenxuan in the air.He also took a picture of a yellow talisman in Hong Wenxuan's clothes, and was about to watch the show, when he was taken to the farthest part of the corridor by Immortal Yanshu.

Cheng En, who teleported to the other end of the long corridor, was a little dazed, only then did he notice that Immortal Yanshu surrounded him from behind and tightly held his waist.

Cheng En said shyly, "Xian Jun?"

Yan Shu let him go immediately, and said calmly, "He uses a knife."

Cheng En nodded, staring at Hong Wenxuan who was a few meters away.That Hong Wenxuan didn't know what stimulated him, and he suddenly went crazy, baring his teeth and claws, and wanted to rush towards Cheng En again.

Those rich and noble children couldn't see Hong Wenxuan's misbehavior, and wanted to embarrass themselves along with them, so they had no choice but to pull Hong Wenxuan back, and a group of people came together to stop him.After a few moments, Hong Wenxuan returned to normal, still looking at Cheng En viciously.

In Hong Wenxuan's eyes, this smelly Taoist priest moved to the other side suddenly, so there must be something wrong with him.

At both ends of the corridor of Baifu Mansion, Cheng En walked towards Hong Wenxuan, his hand in his cuff silently activated the talisman, he always wanted to know what was under the mask.

Suddenly, a gust of evil wind blew past, and the people on the promenade were blinded by the sudden wind and sand, and all squatted down and grabbed the surrounding objects to prevent them from being blown away by the hurricane.In the gust of wind, the golden mask was blown up by the wind, and it almost left his face, but Hong Wenxuan pressed it back in panic.

Seeing the face under the mask clearly, Cheng En was startled.

After the wind passed, the promenade of Wanfu Mansion was in a mess, but the instigator could not be seen.

Inviting Yan Shu to have a meal was not enough, so Cheng En took Yan Shu to the biggest inn in Beijing to stay, he couldn't let Yan Shu live in a small ruined temple like him, he already stayed there once yesterday.It is rare for Xianjun, an old man, to come down to earth once, so he must be considerate in hospitality no matter what.Cheng En was still penniless since entering Beijing, but it didn't prevent him from using the yellow talisman to grab Hong Wenxu's gold silk pocket, and he used it with peace of mind.Taoist Cheng is quite satisfied with the exquisite and luxurious inns in Beijing.

Cheng En walked around in an upper room, and after confirming that there was no major problem, he made a pot of tea thoughtfully, sent it to Yan Shu, and asked, "Xianjun, do you want me to arrange meals?" ? Or ask someone to bring hot water up? Do you need to add anything?"

Would it be better to find another courtyard, Cheng En thought to himself.

Yan Shu meditated on the bed, took the cup of warm tea, and looked at him suspiciously.

Cheng En was inexplicably stared at by him, and looked back in confusion.

One person and one immortal looked at each other, but in the end Cheng En couldn't hold it anymore, so he turned his head and asked, "This place is simple, what else does the immortal need?"

Yan Shu shook his head. He originally wanted to ask Cheng En what he was doing, but the words changed from his mouth: "You don't need to take extra care of me, everything will be as usual."

Cheng En nodded, and said: "I still need to visit the Hong Mansion, Cheng En is inconvenient to bother you, and Xianjun can take a rest."

Yan Shu supported his forehead and frowned, stretched out his hand to pull him back, and said, "I'll go with you."

Cheng En said in his heart: "Xian Jun has helped me a lot this time, so I should rest more."But since the old man opened his mouth, it was inconvenient to refute his face, so he just nodded and said: "Okay."

Yan Shu still frowned, looking a little irritable.

Cheng En withdrew his hand and said doubtfully, "Xianjun."

I don't know what Yan Shu did, but he quickly returned to his original calm and indifferent appearance.So one person and one fairy didn't stay in the inn for long, and then walked to the street again.

Hong Mansion's East Street in Beijing occupies a huge area, Cheng En circled outside, and Yan Shu could not be found if he didn't pay attention.But he wasn't worried, and found a suitable time to hide himself and turn in from the outside of the wall.

Maid butler, orderly.

With an invisibility talisman stuck on his forehead, Taoist Cheng entered the inner courtyard lightly and went straight to Hong Nian's residence, but he didn't expect the inner courtyard to be full of heaven and earth.On the door and windows of Hongnian's bedroom, there are a lot of authentic red books written in cinnabar, like decorative paintings, with a style of its own.Ordinary cinnabar calligraphy talismans drive away ghosts and evil spirits, but these in the Hong Mansion only have another purpose, which is to prevent people from trespassing.

Although it is not impossible to use a little trick to find out inside, but it will definitely be discovered by the people who set up the formation, and there is no guarantee that the key evidence will be obtained.After thinking about it, Cheng En decided to stand still and only hid a yellow talisman in the crack of the door to wait for the opportunity.

After leaving Hong Nian's residence, Cheng En paused, then walked towards Hong Wenxuan's courtyard.

Unexpectedly, Hong Wenxuan's room was filled with many cinnabar calligraphic symbols like Hong Nian's. Cheng En frowned, feeling that this matter must not be simple.Since the Hong family controlled the captured young children through that black robed brother, it is normal for the Hong family to have some Taoist techniques, but if they just catch some children and buy them in brothels, do they need to take such precautions?

Cheng En reluctantly took out a yellow talisman and stuffed it in the crack of the door, but returned in vain.

Hong Wenxuan was tossed around in Wanfu Mansion all afternoon, but he couldn't find the stinky Taoist priest who caused damage, so he could only lose his temper at the boys in Wanfu Mansion.He didn't have any appetite at all, and originally planned to go hunting with his relatives and friends, but he didn't have that interest when he got there, so he returned home in a rage.

Cheng En looked at the study rooms of Hong Wenxuan's other brothers and sisters, but found nothing unusual.Counting the time of walking back to the inn, the duration of the invisibility talisman was about the same, and when he was about to step away, he saw Hong Wenxuan slamming the door and coming back.

Furious, Hong Wenxuan kicked away the servant who came up to him, and punished the servant who dissatisfied him with a whip in his hand.

Cheng En turned back angrily, and sent out a yellow talisman with ulterior motives.After a while, a gust of evil wind rose again.

Seeing such a similar scene, Hong Wenxuan was furious, pressed the mask on his face tightly, shouted, and took out various magic weapons from his cuff.

Immortal lock bell, golden hoop cover, demon-suppressing knife... those magic weapons flew into the air, clanging.

Cheng En staggered, fell to the ground, and smashed a porcelain bottle on the desk.Hong Wenxuan sneered, he couldn't see anyone coming, but he guessed that it was the stinky Taoist priest he met just now, and kept throwing magic weapons in Cheng En's direction.

Daoist Cheng yelled that it was not good, took out the yellow talisman and slapped himself, and escaped before the magic weapons were closed, but the landing was unstable, and finally passed out on a tattered haystack.

When Cheng En woke up, he was lying in the arms of Immortal Yanshu, still the haystack he had hurriedly landed on.

Immortal Yanshu circled him, and slowly followed his back with magic.A surge of spiritual power roamed through Cheng En's limbs, and Cheng En struggled to get up. How decent it was for a big man to rely on another man, he couldn't bear to see someone as thick-skinned as himself.Moreover, the place he chose was not too far from the Hong Mansion, so it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, it was better to leave as soon as possible.

However, Immortal Yanshu behind Cheng En did not intend to let him go, and took Cheng En into his arms again, and said in a cold voice: "Wait a minute."

Cheng En frowned uncomfortably, looking at the unwanted debris piled up in other people's homes around him, the haystacks under his hands were damp, and he knew without looking that this place was incompatible with the handsome and striking Immortal Yanshu behind him .Cheng En had nothing to say: "By the way, Immortal Yanshu, where did you go just now?"

Yan Shu paused, and said, "I'm distracted."

Cheng En laughed secretly, shrugged his shoulders slightly, and said, "Xianjun, I'm actually much better, and I can get up by myself."

Yan Shu also knew that he was fine now, but he was not willing to let him go, so he could only continue to send mana to him, and said forcefully: "It's not good yet."

Cheng En looked at the sky and insisted in a low voice: "I still don't think this place is suitable for you."

Yan Shu walked away for a while, but did not hear Cheng En's words clearly.At this time, two people came from the other side of the alley.The one in the front was wearing a brocade robe with a round collar, and stepped into the alley calmly, as if he was investigating.A man who looked like a servant followed in a well-behaved manner.

The man in front had a short beard and had an extraordinary bearing. Seeing Cheng En sitting on the haystack, he asked with a smile, "Why is this little brother sitting here alone? Is Mr. Peng bothering you?"

Ever since the two appeared, Cheng En wanted to get up, but Immortal Yanshu behind him kept grabbing him.Cheng En couldn't bear to compete with Yan Shu, so he just sat there.After hearing the man's words, I realized that everyone might not be able to see Yan Shu, so they settled down and started talking nonsense: "Brother, you're being rude. I accidentally bumped my leg just now, and it's difficult to walk and stand. So rest here for a while. Don't bother Brother Peng."

Peng Yue said: "Mr. Peng's horse is outside, does the little brother need help?"

Cheng En smiled sincerely, shook his head and said, "Brother Peng, don't worry about it, just take a short rest."

Peng Yue didn't do much greetings, and continued to survey the surroundings with the men he brought over.

This alley is not far from the main road, with courtyard walls of rich families on both sides, so few people visit it on weekdays.Cheng En guessed that they didn't know what they were looking for, so he couldn't help asking: "Brother Peng, what did you leave here?"

The boy that Peng Yue brought didn't believe Cheng Cheng's kindness, so he opened his mouth and said, "It's nothing to do with you, just leave it alone."

Peng Yue shouted at the servant, leaned over and bowed, apologizing clearly: "The people in the mansion are not used to rules, I made my brother laugh."

Cheng En didn't care about him, he pointed and said, "In that corner, near the small clump of emerald cloud grass in the crack of the brick, there is a little reflection."

The boy was taken aback, and quickly looked in that direction, and was pleasantly surprised to find a piece of jade pendant, and said happily: "Master, I found it!"

Peng Yue smiled and said to Cheng En: "The Taoist priest really has good eyesight."

Cheng En smiled, and said again: "How did you know my job, brother?"

Peng Yue didn't pretend to be mysterious, and said: "The Taoist priest was in Wanfu Mansion just now, and someone Peng was in the next building at that time."

Cheng En thought this person was very interesting, and asked curiously: "I offended Mr. Hong, so Brother Peng is here to imprison me?"

Peng Yue smiled and said nothing, the young man gave the jade pendant he found to his master, and said in a voice of support: "If someone came to arrest you, how could you talk so much. Our master has long since disliked that Hong Wenxuan, okay?"

Cheng En didn't answer, but secretly said: This boy and his master get along quite like friends.

The young man glanced at Cheng En, pulled his master aside, and said in a low voice, "I found the jade pendant that Aunt Fang mentioned, and the style is right. There is also a rubbing of the Fang family here, so it can be seen that Aunt Fang is not lying." .”

Peng Yue also looked in Cheng En's direction shallowly, and said, "Whether He Guogong knew about this matter still needs to be investigated."

The little servant said disdainfully: "He Guogong is really courageous, he is not afraid of going crazy right away—"

Cheng En looked at Mr. Peng and his boy who were whispering in the distance. In fact, they didn't need to go that far. In fact, Daoist Cheng not only had uncoordinated hands and feet, but also had poor hearing.

Thinking of the fact that Mr. Peng couldn't see the fairy behind him, Cheng En asked for proof: "Xianjun, can they not see you?"

Yan Shu: "Yeah." Suddenly said: "Go back."

Cheng En turned to look at Immortal Yanshu, did he finally figure it out?Xi said: "Okay, let's go." As soon as Yan Shu let go of him, he stood up quickly, but when he got up, Yan Shu grabbed his hand and clasped his fingers.

Valentine buckle.

With a flush on his face, Cheng En picked up their clasped hands and looked at them.He looked at Yan Shu next to him, not knowing what the fairy king meant.

Yan Shu explained: "You can't stand still."

Cheng En moved his feet and legs, but didn't see anything wrong, and said, "But Cheng En doesn't think there's anything serious about it."

Yan Shu said it again silently: "I can't stand firmly."

Cheng En: "..."

Seeing him standing up, Peng Yue felt strange.He has some insights into bruises since he was a child, and this Taoist priest doesn't look like he rested here after rolling his leg.But even though he had doubts, Peng Yue didn't ask. He took a few steps forward and said to Cheng En, "Mr. Peng is the general guarding the imperial mausoleum in Beijing. The Taoist priest is always welcome to drink tea at the mansion. Thank you for your help today."

Cheng En resigned casually: "Where is that, brother, don't take it to heart." It's just that he finds it strange that this Peng gives him the feeling of restraint and sharpness, which doesn't seem to be something that can be guarded by guarding the imperial tomb.So Cheng En asked: "Brother Peng, is General Peng Yue Peng?"

The young servant was very proud, and before the master could speak, he beamed with joy and said, "That's right, our master is the famous Marshal Peng!"

Peng Yue was originally a general guarding the border, but because of some slander the year before, he stayed at home all the time, and only took the job of guarding the imperial mausoleum in Beijing, where he could slip away at any time.So it's not unusual for Cheng En to meet him now.

Cheng En thumped in his heart, nodded slightly and said, "General, see you by fate."

Yan Shu and Cheng En held hands and went back to the inn. Taoist Cheng didn't say a word along the way, and he didn't know what he was thinking.Back at the inn, after Cheng En made tea and served some snacks, he left to rest, and he opened another room.

When Cheng En woke up the next day, he found himself lying on Xianjun Yanshu's lap.Yan Shu sat cross-legged on the bed in his room, picked up a book and read it.

Cheng En: "..."

Cheng En sat up expressionlessly, then got off the bed with both hands and feet.

Yan Shu seemed to think there was nothing wrong, closed the scroll and asked, "Do you still need to go out to investigate today?"

Cheng En lowered his head, his face was almost angry, he didn't dare to look at Immortal Yanshu's face, he swallowed a breath and said, "No, wait for the news."

What they were waiting for was the news of the return of the Hong Mansion's two finale wiretaps.But for several days, neither Hong Nian nor Hong Wenxuan sent back any valuable clues.Hong Wenxuan lost his temper or threw things in his room every day, and tried every means to dig Cheng En out of the ground.His father Hong Nian's study has never been entered.

And Cheng En woke up every morning on Immortal Yanshu's lap.Wherever he went, Yan Shu followed him, and the room specially opened for Immortal Yan Shu was completely idle.

So Taoist Cheng returned the other room.

Huang Tian paid off, after Cheng En and Yan Shu lived in the inn for seven or eight days, a strange middle-aged man's voice came from the wiretap: "Calm down, let my husband figure out a way."

Hong Wenxuan said: "Father, those stinky Taoist priests from the Yang family, get rid of them quickly, and see what I have become."

Hong Nian: "Wenxuan!"

Hong Wenxuan shouted: "We don't even know that we are not in their group. Our Longmen Escort Bureau is just helping with transportation. If it weren't for that old man He Guogong, how could we get on this thief ship!"

Hong Nian: "Xuan'er, can you leave the Yang family now?"

Hong Wenxuan: "If you can't leave, you have to leave, let them pay me back! Pay me back!"

Hong Nian: "Xuan'er calm down."

Hong Wenxuan: "Father! I can't calm down! There are so many mirages, if it weren't for our Hong family and their Zhang family, would that old man be so happy? See what the Zhang family has become now?"

……

On the surface, the Hong family is an ordinary official family, but in private, the Hong family's Longmen Escort Bureau almost monopolizes the official roads of the entire Central Plains country. This move is similar to Zhang's Wharf.Hong Nian was also cautious, not smelling fishy at all.Few people in the mansion knew the truth, and Cheng En tried to arrest several servants to extract confessions, but he couldn't find anything.He also tried to arrest Hong Wenxuan himself for interrogation, but this time the Fu Shui didn't work, and he almost caused Immortal Yanshu to harm someone.Presumably, the key people in the Hong family have the ability to guard against these Taoism.Fortunately, because of those eavesdropping charms, Cheng En successfully obtained the road map of the Longmen Bodyguard Bureau in Hong Nian's hands.

And the Yang family.

The black-robed Immortal Yang, who was forced to vomit blood on the spot by Cheng En, seemed to have returned to his home, but unfortunately the specific location was probably isolated by a ban or something, or the tracking talisman might have been lost or discovered.

As for the Longmen Bodyguard Bureau, the letters between the Hong family and the Longmen Bodyguard Bureau were all written in coded language, which was the same set as what I saw in Mirage that day, a bit like an improved version of Taoist talisman seals.However, Cheng En and Yan Shu are not very good at deciphering.

After hitting a wall several times, Cheng Daozhang changed direction with a sad face.

He compared the route maps of Hongmen Escort Bureau and Zhangjia Wharf, combined with the confession of the captured hostage, circled a few suspicious locations on the map, and did hard work one by one. visit.This is the most thankless, but also the most effective. It doesn't require Taoist Cheng to waste his brains, and he can rescue the hostages as soon as possible.

So one person and one fairy stayed in Beijing for half a month, and then set off to the next location of the mirage.When leaving from the east gate, I happened to meet Peng Yue leading a group of soldiers escorting boxes after boxes to the suburbs.

Cheng En suppressed his bad premonition, and quickly stepped forward to stop Peng Yue, saying, "General!"

Peng Yue got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "Master, Mr. Peng can't afford to be a general now."

Cheng En looked at the box on the carriage, frowned, and asked, "What's in it?"

Peng Yue said straightly: "This is the calligraphy and painting of the emperor today, and it is about to be sent to the imperial mausoleum."

Cheng En didn't quite believe it, and asked again: "Just some calligraphy and painting?"

Peng Yue said with a smile: "Peng personally watched the sealed box, but the Taoist priest can't trust this person. But even if he can't believe it, the Taoist priest can't see it with his own eyes."

Cheng En looked around and said in a low voice, "General, can you tell me a little bit?"

In the teahouse facing the street, looking out the window on the second floor, you can see a group of people guarding boxes of ordinary calligraphy and paintings, resting at a nearby tea stand.

Cheng En picked down the straw mat in front of the window, and said straight to the point: "General, are you investigating the case of Duke He Nianci's mirage?"

In an inn in the borderlands, Cheng En lost his mind looking at the dense list. Along the way, he asked fortune tellers for their birthdays, and he found nearly a hundred children who had disappeared inexplicably.There are more broken clues, scattered in the vast crowd.There are many innocent children who have lost their lives, and it is not known where they were buried in the end.

Even though Immortal Yanshu was by their side, the two searched through the Central Plains in a daze, and found a total of seven mirage strongholds, large and small.By this time, more than four months had passed.

It was still a dark and windy night, and Daoshi Cheng was sitting in Mirage No. [-], listening to a little girl crying like rain on the opposite side.What this little girl described was roughly the same as the other little babies. After taking the medicine of Immortal Yanshu, she remembered her parents and relatives, crying and crying to go back, begging the Great Immortal to save her.

Yan Shu, who suddenly appeared, was annoyed at the little girl, and sent her back directly with a knife in his hand.

Cheng En took the teleportation talisman in his hand, and kindly reminded: "Xianjun, if you use the immortal method, will it disturb the order of the world, and will it damage your cultivation?"

Yan Shu raised his eyebrows, indicating that he was a little unhappy.

Over the past few months, Cheng Daochang has figured out the daily preferences of Immortal Yuheng, and with a heart like a mirror, he stepped forward to beat his shoulders and serve tea.

Immortal Yan Shu likes to drink bitter tea, likes to disappear occasionally, likes Taoist Master Cheng to help beat his shoulders and squeeze his arms, and doesn't like others to question his magic power.For such a long period of time, Cheng En has been familiar with every micro expression of Yan Shu.

The only thing that made Cheng En a little uncomfortable was that Immortal Yanshu still inexplicably liked to circle him.Circle it when unscrambling for others, and circle it when Cheng En returns to the inn to write and draw.Daozhang Cheng's head was on Xianjun's lap before going to bed, and Daozhang Cheng was in Xianjun's arms after waking up.

Cheng En once doubted whether he had such a forbidden and unspeakable past with Immortal Yanshu, and hid his face shyly.

However, after so many days, Cheng Daochang said that he was used to it.

Cough cough, back to the topic, there is one more thing that Cheng En can't quite figure out.The black-robed Immortal Yang, who couldn't find anyone, has some real talents. What's the benefit of helping Qingyi sell these children?Buying a child can also increase mana?

Otherwise, double cultivation?

Cheng En rolled his eyes and immediately denied this possibility.Neither Yang Daxian nor Qing Yi has any strong lust, so it is still possible to earn some unconscionable money.

Could it be, hobbies?

Cheng En rolled his eyes back, thinking what a waste of interest.

Immortal Yan Shu found that the little Taoist was helping him to beat his shoulders and was distracted, so he snorted twice in displeasure, and said calmly: "Go back to the inn."