Strange Records of Xijing

As expected, Uncle Fu prepared a table full of good dishes, especially Su Yan's favorite dishes, stewed crucian carp in clear water and mutton dipped in salt, all of which were placed in front of Su Yan.

After Pei Jingxing took his seat, seeing the arrangement on the table, he smiled and said to Uncle Fu, "Uncle Fu, you are too partial today."

Uncle Fu watched Pei Jingxing grow up, so he naturally knew that he was joking with him, so he replied with a smile: "It's rare for Daoist Su to come, so it's natural to treat him well. What's more, if Daoist Su wasn't here, young master, you But I’d rather eat three or four pieces of mustache and get by.”

Uncle Fu saw that Su Yan was not in the mood, so he smiled and said: "Master and Daoist Su take it easy, I'll go down first."

Only then did Su Yan come back to his senses, and quickly smiled at Uncle Fu: "Thank you, Uncle Fu."

"What's the matter?" Pei Jingxing asked after Uncle Fu left, "You have been in a trance since the crow mentioned that there were children and girls missing in the city."

"This morning, I met that Niu Chunhui. His carriage was on a rampage on the road, so I did a little trick by moving a stone on the side of the road to the rut." Thinking of his little trick, Su Yan was quite proud and a little proud After a while, he continued, "In the end, I found a four or five-year-old child in his carriage. His hands were tied behind his back, and there were scars on the corners of his mouth. It seemed that he had been tied up with a rope. Niu Chunhui said at first that this child belonged to his friend." Son, he was just taking care of him temporarily, and as a result, the child didn't know him at all."

"Let Niu Chunhui take care of it?" Pei Jingxing was amused by these words, "It's just him, thank God for not causing trouble to others, and still wants to take care of the child? It's a foolish lie to make up. It's been four years, but the person hasn't changed. "

Hearing what Pei Jingxing said, Su Yan became more firm in his judgment: "I don't know if it was because the child was scared, but the child couldn't tell the exact location of his home, so I entrusted the child to a familiar person from Taixuanguan Dao Tong, please send the child back."

"Do you think Niu Chunhui may be related to the recent disappearance of children and girls in Xijing?"

Su Yan nodded cautiously: "A grandson of a Duke, why tie a child for no reason?"

Pei Jingxing lowered his head and pondered for a moment, his expression suddenly changed, but soon he returned to normal: "It's not a problem if we just guess here, let's eat first. After the meal, you should pay more attention to the crow, and Niu Chunhui." I'll try it out."

Su Yan didn't expect that Pei Jingxing would hide it from him. He and Niu Chunhui didn't know each other. Although he didn't know why every time Niu Chunhui saw him, he came over as if he hadn't eaten for three days, but that gaze made Su Yan very uncomfortable. .Pei Jingxing knew Niu Chunhui, and there seemed to be some grievances between the two of them. Su Yan couldn't be more relieved to leave Niu Chunhui's side to Pei Jingxing.

After the two finished their meal, Pei Jingxing asked Su Yan the name of that Taoist boy.

Su Yan didn't think much about it: "Let's go together."

Pei Jingxing waved his hand and said, "There will be news from the crow at any time, we both left, if they get the news, who will they tell when they come back?"

Tian Qi said without seeing: "You can tell XX, and XX will go to the Taoist temple to find Daoist Su."

Pei Jingxing glanced at Tian Qi, who immediately fell silent and hid behind Su Yan, thinking that Pei Jingxing would not be able to see him like this.

Pei Jingxing spread his hands: "Look, I just glanced at him, and he was scared. From here to Taixuan Temple, there are dangers on the road at any time, what if the news cannot be delivered?"

Su Yan was really moved by the words, glanced at Tian Qi who was hiding at his feet, and sighed: "Okay."

Su Yan's gaze really hurt Tian Qi's self-esteem. He puffed up his chest and was about to speak, but Pei Jingxing stared at him again.This time is not the right time to find the place for himself, Tian Qi retracted his chest that had just been stretched out, and continued to move behind Su Yan.

"Then, let me stay with Daoist Su."

Pei Jingxing smiled: "I asked Uncle Fu to prepare some snacks for you. Tian Qi, remember to wait for Uncle Fu to leave before you come out, so as not to scare his old man."

Tian Qi was quite happy when he heard that he had some snacks, and he called Pei Jingxing several steps higher, and poked his head out from behind Su Yan: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei, I will definitely protect Daoist Su and not scare you to other people."

Pei Jingxing had no choice but to face a frog, so he called Uncle Fu to give some instructions, then got up and went back to the room in the backyard to change into a set of casual clothes.The dragon-headed tiger-tooth spear was too ostentatious, so he only took his usual horizontal knife and hung it on his waist.

"Pei Street Envoy?" A Taoist boy in the Taixuan Temple saw Pei Jingxing and rushed to meet him.

"Did Street Envoy Pei come to find Daoist Su? Daoist Su went out early this morning."

"No, I'm here to find a Taoist named Zhang Hui." Pei Jingxing looked around, "Why are there so many people in Taixuan Temple today?"

Dao Tong lowered his voice and said: "Pei Street Envoy should know that many children in Xijing have been lost in the past two days, right? These people are here to ask the Taoist priests in Guanzhong to find out the whereabouts of those children for them."

"Oh?" Pei Jingxing asked, "Is there any whereabouts?"

Dao Tong shook his head: "It's not so easy to find someone, it takes a lot of energy. Many Taoists would rather accept demons and catch ghosts than find someone."

Pei Jingxing remembered that when he first met Su Yan, Su Yan had found Li Laodao's whereabouts for him, and asked the Taoist boy, "Why?"

Daotong replied: "Ghosts are not allowed to stay in the world, and demons that harm people will be punished by heaven. Therefore, Taoists catch and exorcise ghosts to do justice for heaven. But people are the primates of all things, how can others easily count them? So Ah, ordinary Taoist priests can only calculate the approximate location of a person, but they cannot find the real location of that person."

When Pei Jingxing thought of Su Yan's butterflies, he felt inexplicably uneasy: "If I really want to look for them?"

Daotong replied again: "It depends on the ability of the Taoist priest. If he is capable enough, he just needs to spend more energy and rest for a few days. There must be some damage to the body."

Pei Jingxing felt relieved when he recalled Su Yan's lively appearance in the past few months, and continued to talk about the business: "What about Zhang Hui, is Zhang Hui in the audience?"

Daotong shook his head and said, "Zhang Hui also went out this morning. It seems that Daoist Su saved a child, so he asked him to take the child home."

Pei Jingxing nodded: "I see, thank you."

Daotong said again: "Pei Street Envoy is being polite. I don't know if Pei Street Envoy has anything to do with Zhang Hui. I can tell him when he comes back."

"It's nothing, I'll come back tonight."

Pei Jingxing wasted no time in Taixuan Temple, he remembered that there were two dyeing workshops just near Taixuan Temple, why not go there first, if you are lucky, you might meet Zhang Hui.

It was afternoon now, and there were not many people on the road. Pei Jing was walking on the road when he suddenly heard the sound of beatings coming from the workshop separated by a wall.

"Little brat, you still dare to run! Aren't you proud of running just now? Ah! Why don't you run now?"

Someone spat and cursed intermittently: "You...you rob the child, I...I'm going to sue the officials!"

"Hey, you dare to sue the officials?" The person before scolded again, "I want to see how a dead man sues the officials! Give me all of them, beat them to death and throw them into the river to feed the fish!"

Hearing this, Pei Jingxing quickly looked around and found no entrance.

At this time, the sound of punching and kicking could already be heard in the square, Pei Jingxing hurriedly stepped back, and then quickly ran towards the wall that was as high as two people.He stepped on the wall with one foot, jumped up with his strength, followed by the other foot, and repeated this three or four times, and his whole body was lying on the wall.

The people in the workshop noticed the movement and looked up to see Pei Jingxing. Several people immediately ran away: "Quick, run, the Jinwu Guard is here!"

Pei Jingxing jumped down, stood in front of the person being beaten in the corner, drew out the horizontal knife, and shouted sharply: "The Jinwu guards are here, who dares to make trouble?"

Several other people also came to their senses and turned to run.Pei Jingxing quickly caught up and grabbed one of the men's shoulders. With a little force, the man cried out in pain, bent his knees, and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

At this time, the others had already taken advantage of the chaos and fled in all directions. If Pei Jingxing tried to catch up, he would not be able to catch up.

He cut the person's hands behind his back, escorted him to the front of the beaten person, and said, "It's all right, can you still get up?"

The person who was huddled in the corner and hugged his head nodded, and slowly stood up while leaning against the wall, revealing a bruised and swollen face.

"Emissary Pei?"

This person was about the same age as Su Yan, but Pei Jingxing had never met him before, so he immediately asked, "Who are you?"

"I am a Taoist boy in Taixuan Temple, my name is Zhang Hui, and I have met Pei Jieshi before."

Zhang Hui?

Isn't this the person I'm looking for!

Pei Jingxing was surprised, but the strength in his hand was three points weaker.The people who were restrained by him took the opportunity to break free from Pei Jingxing's restraint, turned around and hit Pei Jingxing's Tianling Gai heavily!

Pei Jingxing's reaction was extremely quick - as soon as the other party broke free, he became alert.He dodged sideways, drew the horizontal knife out of its sheath, and placed it directly on the man's neck.

The horizontal knife made a cut on the man's neck. Although it was not enough to bleed, the cold air made this man dare not move easily.

"Why, have you lost your guts?" Pei Jingxing glanced at Zhang Hui and asked, "Do you have any rope?"

"No, but there are clothes, but they are a bit rotten." Zhang Hui quickly picked up a tattered dress on the ground. It seemed to be a Taoist robe. It should have been worn by Zhang Hui today. It was torn when he was beaten and fell to the ground. .

"Tie his hands."

After Zhang Hui tied the man's hands behind his back, Pei Jingxing put away the horizontal knife and stood behind the man instead of Zhang Hui: "Beating people in the street, Niu Guogong is really a good tutor."

Both the kidnapped person and Zhang Hui were startled, and the latter asked in shock, "What does Pei Jie mean, is this person Niu Guogong's servant?"

Pei Jingxing escorted the other party to the direction of Wuhou's Shop, and asked Zhang Hui, "Let me ask you, who have you offended recently?"

Zhang Hui shook her head and said: "Although I don't have any skills, I always know what it means to be honest. Occasionally, there are quarrels with other Taoist boys in the temple, but it's not a big deal. Others, nothing else."

"Then let me ask you again, do you have a lot of money in your family?"

Zhang Hui still shook her head: "To tell you the truth, I have lost my parents since I was young, and my other relatives have never heard of it. It was my neighbor who pitied me and sent me to Taixuanguan."

Pei Jingxing continued to ask: "You haven't offended anyone, and you don't have a lot of money to make people jealous. Why do so many people want to beat you today, and even plan to beat you to death?"

Zhang Hui couldn't help but shudder when she heard the word "beat to death".Usually when hearing these two words, Zhang Hui would just take it as having heard it, but now he almost experienced it himself, if Pei Jingxing hadn't appeared in time, he might really be beaten to death by this group of people.

Pei Jingxing glanced at Zhang Hui's reaction from the corner of his eye, and asked again: "Have you figured it out?"

Although Zhang Hui is not an extremely intelligent person, he understands the cause and effect: "Daozhang Su gave me a child this morning and said he was abducted. Could it be that this group of gangsters came to seek revenge? Could it be... Could it be Say, that bandit is Niu Guogong?"

"Niu Guogong is not that bad." Pei Jingxing looked at the prisoner in front of him coldly. "Su Yan found the child from Niu Chunhui's overturned carriage. The child's hands were still tied when he found it. If the carriage hadn't overturned, Niu Chunhui Where are you going to tie this child?"

"You're spitting blood!" The prisoner suddenly yelled, "Help, help, the Jinwu Guard is beating someone, and the Jinwu Guard is going to kill someone!"

Pei Jingxing and his group had already reached the lively part of the workshop. There were many pedestrians and carriages passing by. After the prisoner yelled, many passers-by stopped and looked at the combination of these three people curiously.

Complacent, the prisoner howled, "Come and see, the Jinwu Guards are arresting people indiscriminately."

There were more and more people watching, pointing and whispering to the three people with the people next to them.

The more proud the prisoner was, the louder he screamed.

I thought that Pei Jingxing would panic to explain to passers-by, so that he could escape in the chaos, but unexpectedly, Pei Jingxing simply hit him hard behind his knee with the horizontal knife scabbard, he staggered and fell to his knees involuntarily.

"Beating people in the street, I can't arrest you anymore?" Pei Jingxing lifted him up with force, "Why, relying on the backing of someone behind you, you dare to do anything reckless in Xijing?"

After hearing what Pei Jingxing said, the eyes of the onlookers looking at the prisoner were wrong, and besides there was a little Taoist priest with blue nose and swollen eyes, which seemed to verify that what Pei Jingxing said was true.

Looking at the ashen-faced prisoner, Pei Jingxing glanced at the crowd coldly: "The Jinwu Guard handles the case, and the idlers wait to avoid it as quickly as possible."

The crowd of onlookers immediately moved out of the way, Pei Jingxing escorted the prisoner, and swaggered towards Wuhou's shop.