The strange story of Huai'an Inn

Chong Liu's heart trembled violently, and his palms broke out in cold sweat.

Xu Hanke's understanding of filth and shopkeepers may be more than he imagined.

Why is it real Qi Yao?What do they want to do to the shopkeeper?

He looked up at the sky, feeling a little anxious, and his fingertips began to itch.He looked down at his fingers, but found that there seemed to be nothing unusual on them.Although the purse is gone, the protrusions under the nails have not recurred for the time being.

But it's just... itchy... I feel a little flustered.

He pinched the flesh on the edge of his nails with his fingers, but he always felt that he couldn't really relieve the itching that gradually became clear and seemed to permeate deep in the muscles.

Although the shopkeeper was kneeling on the ground, he looked at Daoist Qi Yao with a plain and indifferent gaze.

As soon as Xu Hanke waved his hand, someone moved a chair and invited the real person to sit down.Daoist Qi Yao's eyes suddenly turned to the outside of the hall, meeting Song Mingzi's eyes.

Song Mingzi frowned, staring at his senior brother as if he had been betrayed.

Neither of them spoke, but the exchange of eyes seemed to convey many things that Chong Liu could not understand.But one thing is for sure, the relationship between Song Mingzi and his senior brother seems to be more...complicated, and it is not the brotherhood advocated by Taoism.

Xu Hanke said, "I wish the shopkeeper is very insightful about some mysterious mysteries, and he is familiar with many mysteries that ordinary people don't know, especially those that involve filth. In this respect, Daoist Qi Yao is much better at it than me. May I ask Daoist Qi Yao, how can he make people tell the truth in the shortest possible time without seeing blood?"

Daoist Qi Yao's eyes fell on the shopkeeper, looking ruthless and stern, "If what Mr. Xiansi found out is true, it means that Mr. Zhu often deals with things with a strong filthy smell, but at this moment, I can't feel the filthy smell on him. There will be such an unreasonable situation, I can think of two possibilities."

Xu Hanke said very respectfully and politely, "Please tell me the details."

"First of all, there may be something on him that can avoid filth. There are many magic weapons in this world to avoid evil, but they all have their own limits. But it can be so powerful that it can completely separate such a strong filth... This kind of magic weapon is rare in the world. The second possibility... this is just an appearance. He has some kind of secret method that can hide the filth, and even a person with my skills cannot detect it."

Xu Hanke pondered, "All prisoners will be searched as usual before they enter the prison. It should be impossible for them to carry a magic weapon. So, it may be the second type?"

With a hint of cohesive deterrence in his eyes, he glanced in the direction of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper still didn't express anything special, and even looked a little bored, but moved his body a little, probably because he felt some pain in his knees.

Xu Hanke clicked his tongue lightly.

Daoist Qi Yao nodded, "If it's the second type, I know some methods, which may break the appearance, and go deep into the root of its filth, to get rid of the filth in one fell swoop."

Get rid of the bad smell on the shopkeeper?

Chong Liu suddenly remembered some details that he had seen by chance before.

For example, when the shopkeeper was holding the bronze mirror, he sucked those red filaments into his skin... and when the shopkeeper taught him to take a shortcut, he saw that floating on the surface of the shopkeeper's skin in an instant. Red flocs.

He had an intuition that the filth on the shopkeeper's body, if it really existed... couldn't be removed...

Why haven't the people who have been arranged come yet?

Chong Liu tugged on Song Mingzi's sleeve, "I said...he is your senior brother, can you find a way to make him not embarrass the master?"

Song Mingzi still stared at Daoist Qi Yao, and said in a low voice, "Look at our current state, do we seem to be on good terms with each other?"

"...But you are his junior brother anyway, so he has to give you some face, right?" Chong Liu secretly sighed that although he had collected almost all the information about Tianliang City, there were still many secrets on Zilu Mountain that had yet to be discovered. .If he could get some handle on Daoist Qi Yao, it wouldn't be so critical now.

Song Mingzi glanced around.So many ordinary people stared curiously at Zhu Helan's torture without knowing it. If they really do something, it will inevitably hurt innocent people...

Even in the courtroom, he couldn't suddenly rush in and drag out his brother...

At this time, Daoist Qi Yao had already stood up and walked in front of Shopkeeper Zhu.Slowly, he took out a piece of old yellow sheepskin from his sleeve.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, do you know what this is?" Daoist Qi Yao asked.

Zhu Helan looked at the sheepskin with a little curiosity, and seemed a little surprised, "In order to judge me, I didn't expect that the head teacher even took out the ancient books of Xuanxu."

Chong Liu has heard of Xuanxu ancient books.The first of the three mountain treasures of the Qingming Sect is said to be a strange rune that appeared on the rock walls of caves during the prehistoric period, describing the mysterious principles of Taoism that ordinary people cannot understand.People in ancient times believed that this was a secret left by the gods to human beings, so they carved it on the sheepskin, and later it was collected by the Qingming School by chance.

Few people in the world can understand the mysteries contained in the symbols in the mysterious ancient book.Unless it is an alchemist with extraordinary talent and high savvy who has devoted himself to studying for several years, he can get a glimpse of it.

Fairy Jiuluan and Daoist Chang Xi tried to use the secret method in this book when fighting against Tianguren.The door can be closed, and it has nothing to do with it. "I wish Mr. good eyesight." Qi Yao praised, "Since this is the case, why do you have to insist? You should know how powerful the enlightenment mantra recorded in this ancient book is against filth."

Zhu Helan sighed, "This technique is to mobilize Dao Qi to break up the accumulated filth."

"That's right. This spell is perfect for regulating feng shui and getting rid of the filth gathered in a certain place. But if a person who has been corrupted by the filth bumps into this spell..." Qi Yao paused, using an almost pitiful expression The voice said, "It's not an exaggeration to describe it as painful."

Zhu Helan still didn't show much panic and fear, but seemed helpless, "Are you really going to do this in public? Are you afraid of frightening the common people?"

"Xu Xiansi... Is it inappropriate to practice alchemist spells in the courtroom?" Xu Zhixian suddenly asked tremblingly at this moment.

Xu Hanke, however, seemed to be listening vigorously, and made a "shh" gesture to Xu Zhixian, signaling him not to talk and disturb him watching the two strange men fighting.

He needs to let people all over the world know the existence of filth, and know that they may have a way to control this power.

At this time, someone brought a bowl of blood from an unknown animal, and just as Master Qi Yao was holding a sheepskin in one hand and blood on his sword finger in the other hand, and was about to do it, Chong Liu suddenly turned his head and stood opposite him. Next to him, he watched excitedly as the lively butcher Zhang Xiaowang said something in his ear.

Zhang Xiaowang's face suddenly changed, and he stared at Chong Liu.Chong Liu lowered his voice, "Do you remember that she was making cloth shoes for a while? Did you wear the last pair of cloth shoes?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the familiar new cloth shoes on the feet of coolie Lu Jing on the other side of the crowd.

"I'm fucking your ancestor!!!" Zhang Xiaowang suddenly shouted angrily, and rushed towards Lu Jing like a raging bull, "You fucking dare to steal my wife! I'll kill you!!!"

Originally, the yard was crowded with spectators, but it immediately boiled like a spoonful of water in a frying pan.People pushed and squeezed people, some persuaded them to fight, some were pushed to the point of confusion, and some got into fights because their feet were stepped on.

Xu Hanke didn't expect such a change at all, and was taken aback, and Daoist Qi Yao had to stop his movements.

Why did it blow up when it was good outside? "What's going on!" Xu Hanke irritatedly ordered his head catcher, "Go outside quickly and get rid of all the troublemakers!"

Liu Sheng also walked outside the hall and shouted, "Quiet!"

However, no one paid attention to him.

In the end, a group of policemen swarmed up to suppress the noisy crowd, and the fighters were dragged out of the door.

Chongliu and Song Mingzi, who had hid aside early in the morning, were safe and sound.

Song Mingzi, who had witnessed the whole process, stared at Chongliu dumbfounded, "What did you tell that person just now?"

Chong Liu acted nonchalantly, "It's nothing, let's talk about the weather."

"Talking about the weather, you must have said something!"

Chong Liu clicked his tongue, turned his eyes towards the lobby, and said hastily, "You might as well go and beg your senior brother right now while there's going to be a lot of chaos!"

Song Mingzi saw that Daoist Qi Yao was standing relatively close to the entrance of the lobby at this time, and the police were busy dealing with the melee of the crowd, so it was indeed a good opportunity.He hesitated for a moment, but had no choice but to bite the bullet and lean over, whispering, "Senior brother!"

Daoist Qi Yao didn't turn his head, but just glanced over slightly with his eyeballs.

Song Mingzi rolled her eyes 1 times in her heart, but still kept her face low, "Senior brother! What are you doing!"

Daoist Qi Yao said coldly, "It's none of your business here."

Song Mingzi only felt pain in the head.Why is his brother so angry?

"Senior brother, we Qingxiu people should not meddle in the affairs of the court! Give me some face, let's go back together, okay?"

Daoist Qi Yao snorted coldly, "Now I know I'm going back? You've been hanging out with crooked sects all day long to corrupt the sect, and I haven't punished you yet, how dare you speak nonsense here? Still not backing down!"

Song Mingzi was scolded again inexplicably, and his heart was also on fire.Just as he was about to go back, he saw Liu Sheng came back with a few policemen.Daoist Qi Yao glared at him, then turned and walked into the depths of the hall, and picked up the sheepskin again.

Chong Liuzheng secretly thought it was not good, but at this moment an officer and soldier hurried into the inner hall and handed something like a letter to Xu Hanke.

After seeing that letter, Chong Liu was finally relieved...

It's finally here...

Xu Hanke looked at the officer inexplicably, and slowly opened the letter.In the process of reading, the leisurely complacency on his face that he was sure of winning gradually faded away, his face became pale, and anger burst out from his eyes.

He raised his head abruptly, his eyes go out to Zhu Helan like a knife.

Xu Hanke has always had a relaxed and unrestrained appearance, and it is really rare to show such a defenseless scowl.

And Zhu Helan sat on the ground and massaged her knees with a nonchalant face, as if she didn't know what letter he was reading, and she didn't worry about the punishment she might suffer.

The hustle and bustle outside the hall has been assessed, but the hall is still quiet.

Master Qi Yao saw that his expression was not right, so he said gently, "Master Xiansi, do you want to continue?"

Xu Hanke put down the letter, but grasped the letter paper so tightly that it almost became a ball.After a while, he said in a tense voice, "There are new doubts in the case, we will withdraw from the court for the time being, and try again at another day."

As soon as these words came out, not only the officers and soldiers present, but even Liu Sheng behind him showed disbelief.

"My lord, are you sure?" Liu Sheng asked in disbelief.

This is a court trial to report to the emperor!Why did you back out before you asked anything?

"Take the suspect back!" Xu Hanke stood up abruptly and said with a flick of his sleeves.It seems unwilling to explain more.

Daoist Qi Yao put the ancient sheepskin book back into his sleeve and stepped aside.When the officers and soldiers came to help the shopkeeper up and took him down, the shopkeeper suddenly turned his head, and his eyes fell on Chong Liu precisely.

Zhu Helan showed a very gratified smile to Chong Liu.From a distance, Chong Liu felt that he could almost hear the shopkeeper saying to him in a characteristic unhurried tone: Liu'er, you did a good job.

At the same time that a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, Chong Liu suddenly became suspicious.

During the whole process, the shopkeeper didn't seem nervous at all, and didn't think he would really be tortured at all.

Did he anticipate what he would do?

The question is... how did the shopkeeper know that he could do this?

Chong Liu suddenly had a weird feeling...whether he was being tricked by the shopkeeper.