[Old Nine Gates] Homecoming

Zhang Qishan took a step ahead and returned to the police station.As soon as he got out of the car, he saw Zhang Rishan waiting for him anxiously.

Zhang Qishan hurriedly locked the car and stepped forward: "What new clue did you find?" Zhang Qishan had never seen such a troubled expression on Zhang Rishan's face.

"Buddha, do you really want Qi Tiezui to live in our house?"

Zhang Qishan put on his hat: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Rishan frowned and said, "Lord Buddha, Master Ba is very smart, it's inevitable that he won't find out if he lives here."

Hearing this, Zhang Qishan bowed his head and said in a deep voice, "Just let him find out something."

The adjutant was puzzled for a moment, and then suddenly realized: Ba Ye is shrewd and cherishes his life. If this situation forces him to come in, he must hide far away.Foye hid it from Ba Ye early in the morning, not because he really wanted to keep Ba Ye out of the door.Instead, tease him like this, let him "accidentally" find out little by little, gradually arouse his curiosity, and in the end, it will be difficult for him to get away.

Only then did the adjutant stretch his brows, and took out a map from his briefcase: "Lord Buddha, the falcon I borrowed from Master Jiu has caught a pigeon."

The two walked into the police station side by side. Zhang Qishan had just received the map when a man walked towards him.

"Brother Qishan, are you safe? I heard that there was a murder case in the tea village. I don't know how the investigation is going."

Zhang Qishan didn't need to look up, he knew it was Lu Jianxun just by hearing the voice.

But ever since Old Dog Wu gave him the photo and he asked Qi Tiezui about it, Lu Jianxun almost never came to look for him, and never tripped him secretly.Counting the time, it happened to be the time when Yu Manli appeared.According to his calculations, Yu Manli was the eyeliner sent by Lu Jianxun, so after having Yu Manli, Lu Jianxun had no reason to do it himself.And recently, Yu Manli seems to have no signs of being controlled by others.Could it be that his Gu on Manli had expired, and he had received the news that Yu Manli was going to live in his house?

Zhang Qishan said sideways: "Thank you, Captain Lu, for your concern. This case is a secret investigation case, so I can't disclose more. But if Captain Lu wants to ask about other people's situation, I am willing."

"Others?" Lu Jianxun sneered, "I'm only interested in people from the Nine Gates."

As a ruthless person but not deep in the city, Lu Jianxun is definitely a person who is easy to see through and guess in Zhang Qishan's eyes. For example, now, Lu Jianxun clearly told himself that he wanted the Nine Gates, and he would not play tricks with you at all.But at the same time, another piece of news was revealed, that Yu Manli did seem to have nothing to do with Lu Jianxun.Zhang Qishan couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he just politely saw off the guests: "Since I can't say what the Lu team wants to hear, and I can say what the Lu team doesn't want to hear, then I should also be more sensible, so as not to waste the time of the Lu team."

Lu Jianxun was deflated.Seeing that Zhang Qishan was about to slap his ass and leave, he rolled his eyes and suddenly became proud: "Zhang Qishan, do you think your Nine Gates are indestructible? Hmph, there are people who hate you in the Nine Gates, and you are not the only one who will What's more, I don't have to have nine gates. You also know that destroying nine gates is much easier than obtaining nine gates."

After finishing speaking, without giving Zhang Qishan a chance to reply, he tugged on the collar of his police uniform, turned around and left.

Zhang Qishan had to think more.The nine gates are complicated, and there are naturally no shortage of people who hate him.He has been able to support the Nine Gates these years not only because of a word of righteousness, but also because of profit, temptation, power, and prestige.He has been planning the layout for these years, and he is indeed a bit incompetent for the battle within the Nine Gates.

"Buddha, what are you thinking? You won't be really intimidated by Captain Lu, are you?" the adjutant asked tremblingly.

Zhang Qishan gave him a sideways look: "Frightened by him? Oh, then I really lost my blood for nothing. Come on, let's talk about the pigeon first."

Then the adjutant got serious: "Lord Buddha, Master Jiu said that the pigeon brought back by the falcon is a dead pigeon." Spread the map on the table. "Look, this is a route map for a falcon to catch a dove, carved from the Jiuye copper engraving board."

"Where is this?" Zhang Qishan pointed to the place where the ink line disappeared.

"Uncle Wang's house."

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On the other side, Xie Jiuye was sitting in a study room with a closed copper door. In front of him was a copper engraving board with clear marks and blood stains covered in ink, but still faintly visible.There is also a bronze tripod next to it, and a pigeon is lying in the tripod.

A dead pigeon.

Xie Jiuye held the pigeon in his hands. Although his high self-cultivation kept him as calm as possible, his pupils could still see the excitement and panic when he saw the pigeon.

It has been 61 years, a full 61 years, and the nine pigeons that he has been waiting for since his grandfather finally arrived.

As long as he can remember, his father taught him how to use a falcon to catch pigeons: first take half a bowl of blood from the falcon, pour it all on a copper carving board, and when the blood is still wet, stamp the imperial edict and the seal of the nine admirals The letterhead was sealed on the falcon's wound.The falcon is ordered to fly away immediately, and then the pigeon that delivers the letter can be picked up.Therefore, if you want to catch the pigeon, you need to have the original letter sent by the pigeon, and it must be the letter from Jiumen.

There is only one situation where it is not used-the carrier pigeon.This is a dead pigeon, which can be found by the falcon without an edict, and there is only one at a time, and another one may appear only after it is taken away by the falcon.Each generation of the Xie family will pass on a mission to their descendants, that is, every August [-]th Mid-Autumn Festival, let a falcon go out to see if it can pick up a carrier pigeon.If it comes back, take off the edict on it, put it in the bronze tripod, and burn it together with the carrier pigeon, it is considered as the completion of the mission.

And the implication in it, according to the Xie Family Secret Code, is that the next person to guard the black corpse coffin has passed away and can take up his post.

Under normal circumstances, the time interval between each two generations of carrier pigeons will not exceed 30 years, most of them are between 23 and 27 years, and some are even smaller. According to Xie’s records, the longest is no more than 40 years .But this time, they waited 61 years.

Now, Nine Carrier Pigeons finally arrived.

However, there is another problem. There is no order on this messenger pigeon, that is to say, the guard has not yet arrived.

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After Yu Manli took the hiking bag and tent back from the closed mountain pass, they put them in the Xiangtang Inn.Qi Tiezui didn't have a car, and it was even more impossible for Yu Manli to have a car. When Zhang Qishan left, he asked the two of them to take a taxi to Changsha City, but Qi Tiezui didn't take the usual route.

He just bought two dead speed bicycles, and he was worried about having no place to ride them, so he tricked Yu Manli into asking her to ride into the city with him, as a way of exercising.

Yu Manli seems to have a special preference for bicycles. As soon as Qi Tiezui mentioned it, Yu Manli readily agreed before he could use his powerful Amway technology.

The two rode from morning to afternoon, led by a gourmet named Qi Tiezui, and had a meal of authentic Changsha dishes at noon, and arrived at Zhang Qishan's home in the evening.

Foye's house is in the suburbs, a relatively hidden residence. The house is not luxurious, but it can be seen from a distance. If you look at it, you can find some special Feng Shui philosophy.

The two parked their bicycles in a small shed in the backyard. Yu Manli pointed to the one-person-high Buddha statue exposed above the ground and said, "No wonder you all call him Buddha, so there are allusions to it."

Qi Tiezui smiled and said: "That's right. Most of the names in the Nine Gates have their own reasons. In the Lower Three Gates, Xie Jiuye doesn't have a special nickname, but the Huo family, who are also in the Lower Three Gates, has a name named Huo Immortal, because of her beauty, she got the reputation of Huo Xiangu."

When Yu Manli heard this, she drooped her eyelashes secretly.She wasn't jealous, but she didn't know why she felt a little uncomfortable hearing this name.

The speaking room had already reached the living room, but he didn't expect that besides Zhang Qishan and the adjutant, there were guests.

"Baye, long time no see." With thoughtful etiquette, generous and gentle voice, it was Huo Xian who was called Huo Xiangu.

Qi Tiezui was taken aback for a moment, and then said pleasantly: "Hey, I was talking about you just now, I didn't expect to see this deity so soon."

Huo Xian pretended to be surprised: "Oh? What did Ba Ye say about me?"

Qi Tiezui introduced to Huo Xian: "Yu Manli, my friend and Buddha..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Yu Manli was still holding the Huo family's plum blossom nails. Things might be troublesome between the two. It's on.First, he didn't want to get involved, and second, he couldn't tell who he should help.Ordinarily he should have helped Huo Xian, after all Huo Xian and him belonged to the third sect of the nine sects.But even if the relationship between Buddha and Yu Manli is not counted, he and Yu Manli are still friends.Friends are the most difficult thing.

Huo Xian blinked: "Why didn't Ba Ye say anything?"

"Let me speak for him." Zhang Qishan stood up from the sofa, "I already know what you said, and I will contact you again." After speaking, he made a "please" gesture.

Huo Xian nodded, then glanced at Yu Manli who was thinking hard at the side, looked her up and down carefully, and then smiled kindly: "Manli? The Buddha told me just now. Oh, well-deserved reputation!" Waved at Qi Tiezui: "Ba Ye, then we will see you another day, it shouldn't be too long."

Qi Tiezui came back to his senses: "The last time I said goodbye, I waited for a year."

Huo Xian just smiled, took off the windbreaker coat from the hanger at the door, stepped on a pair of black high heels and left.

The author has something to say: It’s still 19 o’clock to compete with the news broadcast, but I guess it’s too late, it will be a few minutes later to see it