The gray cat jumped away soon after, and its body floated slowly along the stream of the river.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the body was discovered in the river. Two blurry black shadows passing by suddenly accelerated from moving at a constant speed, and ghosts appeared on the river bank with twinkling lights. It was the other two Yinsi who were patrolling at night.
The two night wandering gods who appeared on the shore were wearing black uniforms, with long knives on their left waists. One of them had a long whip hanging on his right waist, and the other had a black bow and arrow behind his back. , but there were only three black arrows in the quiver.
At this time, the two night wandering gods were squinting at the corpse in the river. Looking at it with their eyes, they naturally knew that this was a pure body without a trace of soul or life. Ordinary people would not die so cleanly even if they died. .
Of course, in addition to these, the traces and breaths left by the evil practices on the corpse are also fully revealed in the eyes of the Night Travel God.
“I don’t know what kind of existence is responsible. It must be among the special stations beside the newly built Dharma platform.”
“Humph, it doesn’t matter who succeeds, it won’t be a big wave anyway.”
“Haha, that’s right, let the servants in the world have a headache!”
The next moment, the two night wandering gods blurred for a moment and appeared again more than ten feet away, moving away with a sense of trance.
On the roof in the distance, a gray cat sat on the eaves of the roof and licked its paws. Its cold eyes glanced at the direction where the Night Walker left, and then looked at the body in the water again.
Whoosh~
The next moment, a dull black arrow suddenly shot towards the gray cat. The latter evaded the black arrow as if it was changing shape, but the arrow turned around in the air. , actually shot towards the gray cat again.
At the same time, a night wandering **** in the distance once again bent his bow like the full moon, and a black arrow disappeared from the quiver and automatically appeared on the bowstring.
Whoosh~
Another arrow flew out, tearing apart the energy at the junction of Yin and Yang in a flanking attack, and shot at the gray cat that kept flashing and jumping.
“Medium.”
“Bang…”
The yin energy on a roof exploded somewhere, and the gray cat was like a bubble phantom in it, which suddenly burst and disappeared without a trace.
The two black arrows flew back and were once again placed in the quiver behind Zuozhengshi, the night-walking **** of Gyeonggi Prefecture.
“What a profound knowledge of illusion, this monster is amazing!”
“Well, let it relax for a while longer.”
After these two sentences, the two night wandering gods turned into phantoms and disappeared at the end of the dark path.
Under a hay shed about a few hundred feet away, the gray cat appeared again, with the pupils in its eyes uncertain.
‘I didn’t expect that just two night wandering gods could be so virtuous. This Dazhen Gyeonggi Prefecture is really extraordinary. ’
Without any further thought, the gray cat ran back to the inn with a quick trot. Of course, it knew the way.
In the early morning of the next day, two bodies were found at the gate of Xiaohe City.
Although this small river connects to the outside of the city, the city walls at the entrance and exit have gates. Fish can pass through, but not such a large corpse.
The soldiers and officials at the edge of the city just rushed to retrieve the corpse, but they were not as efficient as the Yinsi. It was impossible to identify the two people and whether they were from Gyeonggi Prefecture, so the Yamen also had to work hard. After a while, if no one comes to the government to report a missing person, there is a high probability that nothing will happen.
Of course, the official has some guesses in his mind. Maybe he has something to do with the group of people at the various Dharma altars. After autumn, many masters and masters from all walks of life in Gyeonggi Prefecture came, and some strange things happened. There are more and more strange cases.
. . .
Ji Yuan has been renting a side room in a private house during this period. The location happens to be the alley where the storyteller Wang Li once rented. There are many empty rooms in the homes of the people here. For outsiders, there will be some scholars who stayed in the capital to prepare for exams, and there will also be people from Jianghu, and the rental price is also very reasonable.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, every house in the alley hung up lanterns, and every household looked cheerful. It looked like a Chinese New Year, but it was a way to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. They also set up small tables Tributes are placed on the stage to worship the moon.
“Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji!”
The cheerful voice of the male head of household sounded outside.
“Coming, coming!”
Ji Yuan inside the house put down the jade slips in his hands, stood up and opened the door. He saw the man outside holding a plate with several mooncakes on it.
“Mr. Ji, these mooncakes are for you. They were made by my third uncle. Although they are not exquisite snacks, they taste very good.”
“Oh, ok, good, thank you, thank you. Ji is about to go out to enjoy the moon. It would be good to take some cakes with you as a snack.”
Ji Yuan didn’t even take the plate, he just grabbed all the six small mooncakes on it in his hands, then cupped his hands towards the head of the household and was about to go out.
“Uh…Mr. Ji, are you going out?”
The head of the household said worriedly when he saw Ji Yuan preparing to go out.
“Sir, please don’t go out at night these days. There are notices in the public places asking people to go out less at night. It is said that there are a lot of things going on recently.”
Ji Yuan, who had already walked into the courtyard, turned to look at him, nodded.
“Indeed, it’s better to go out less at night. I just walked around Yongning Street. There should be a lot of people going out to admire the moon today.”
After nodding again with the head of the household, Ji Yuan went out. Every household in the alley celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in their own way, and some people sat in the courtyard and admired the moon.
After Ji Yuan left the alley, his pace gradually quickened. He did not look at the passers-by nor the moonlight in the sky. It did not take long before he arrived at the destination of his trip, the largest Dharma assembly platform in the east of Gyeonggi Prefecture.
This Dharma is about three feet high. The upper platform is two hundred feet vertically and horizontally. There are gentle **** steps on all sides. In a few days, this will also be the main altar of the Water and Land Dharma Assembly. In Ji Yuan’s words in his previous life, it will be the opening venue. .
But now, the surroundings of this huge stone platform are very quiet. After all, the area near this Dharma platform is relatively empty and there are few people. Few people will walk so far to get here in the recent night, and the post of those masters of magic Most of the pavilions are on the edge of each sub-stage.
“Hey, this place is pretty quiet.”
Ji Yuan flicked his sleeves and climbed up the steps in three steps and two steps at a time, and soon reached the huge and empty high platform.
Looking up at the sky, a round bright moon hung high in the sky surrounded by slightly dim stars.
“As the saying goes, the moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen full, but the day when the moon shines the most is today!”
Ji Yuan smiled, and then his eyes moved down, scanning towards the two figures beside the steps in the distance. One of them was an old beggar in ragged clothes. One leg was bent, and the other leg was resting on the bent knee. I only had worn-out straw sandals as I jumped up and down with the trembling of my feet but wouldn’t fall off.
The second person is a middle-aged Confucian scholar with a long beard who is meticulously dressed. He is standing next to the beggar and looking at the stars and moon in the sky.
Ji Yuan looked at the unknown man intently, opened his eyes slightly and took a closer look for a moment, then slowly walked towards the old beggar, and the sound rang out before the person arrived.
“Mr. Lu, is it the clerk at Dazhen’s posthouse who neglects you, or do you just like to wear this rag?”
Ji Yuan’s voice seemed to startle the middle-aged Confucian scholar, who turned his head and looked in surprise, not knowing when this man came.
“Hey, I knew there might be a show here tonight. I didn’t expect it to be you, Mr. Ji Da. The moonlight is soaring during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In a few days, a bunch of people will come here to attend the meeting. Hehe… ”
“Mr. Lu is very good at predicting things, so he’s not here to stop Ji, right?”
“Ouch~ How can it be possible!”
The old beggar sat up now.
“We are just an old beggar, and we don’t have that much ability. We are just curious about what clever tricks Mr. Ji will use!”
Ji Yuan smiled and shook his head. Only then did he come closer. He first bowed his hands to the old beggar, and then saluted the middle-aged Confucian scholar.
Although the old beggar returned the gift casually, he still stood up to return the gift. After the salute, he sat down again. The middle-aged Confucian scholar did not dare to neglect the old beggar when he saw him, and solemnly addressed Ji Yuanchang. Bow in ceremony.
“Who is this?”
Ji Yuan asked, but before the old beggar could say anything, the man quickly introduced himself.
“I am the Grand Historian, Tianjian, Supervisor, and I speak the truth!”
Ji Yuan said “Oh” and replied, “It turns out to be Master Yan, and my surname is Ji.”
“Don’t dare act like an adult in front of real people!”
Taishi Si Tianjian, also known as Tai Changshi or Qin Tianjian in Dazhen, was responsible for observing the astronomical phenomena, calculating solar terms, and formulating calendars.
This man seems to know that the old beggar is unusual, and he can feel the specialness of Ji Yuan. He does not have the authority of a court official at all, and appears to be very respectful.
The old beggar laughed on the ground.
“Hey, this Dazhen is indeed an outstanding person. I don’t think that I, an old beggar who lives and eats in the post house, can be found out by Mr. Yan. I will bring him here to see if Mr. Ji will blame me, right? ”
“Oh?”
As soon as he said this, Ji Yuan was really surprised. He took a closer look at Si Tianjian again and confirmed that he was a mortal. He thought in his mind that this old beggar was so close to a court official.
“Oh, by the way, I still have a few months of cakes, and there are just three of us, so we can share two each for a while. Rong Ji will do business first.”
As if he just remembered something, Ji Yuan took out six small mooncakes from his sleeves, placed them on the edge of the table one by one, and then walked towards the center of the huge altar, not caring that the court official was there.
Yan Chang looked at Ji Yuan and then at the old beggar, as if hesitating whether he should go over and have a look, but seeing that the old beggar didn’t move, he finally stood aside and didn’t move.
Ji Yuan stood in the center of the altar, pointed his sword at the sky, and the ivy sword appeared from the void behind him, turning into blue light and flying into the sky in a flash.
Under the bright moon hanging high in the sky, the endless moonlight vaguely continued to gather towards the Ivy Sword. As if sensing this signal, the extremely burly Tugong of Gyeonggi Prefecture also showed his figure and appeared. At an opposite corner of the high platform, a cane is pointed at the table.
The entire stone surface of the altar seemed to be a glass-like mirror. The moonlight in the sky followed the Ivy Sword and gathered downwards like a funnel.
Ji Yuan’s posture on the altar is like dancing with a sword. The sword fingers connect with each other while waving, making horizontal and vertical outlines. The moonlight guided by the fairy sword in the sky also follows like a pen.
In Yan Chang’s eyes, it was a magnificent scene, and it looked so magical, as if the moonlight in the sky was gathering together, sweeping across the entire vast altar as Mr. Na Ji waved his sword and danced. .
“What a generous act! Such an exquisite command method is rare!”
The old beggar couldn’t lie down any longer. He sat up straight and watched. Yan Chang’s attention was all on Ji Yuan and he didn’t have the ability to see the overall situation. However, he could see that Ji Yuan was writing big characters, which seemed soft and bright. The moonlight actually merges into the entire mirror-like altar like a silver hook.
In about the time it took for a cup of tea, the moonlight in the sky dispersed, and a large text flashed across the mirror of the altar. The glass-like altar gradually returned to its original color and turned into a piece of stone.
“Hey, the mooncakes are ready to eat. Sir Yan, please use them quickly.”
“No, no, no, look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com. You can always eat. I’m not hungry!”
“Oh? Sir Yan, are you sure? You may not be able to eat this mooncake for the second time in your life.”
Yan Chang, who originally just answered casually, was moved when he heard the words. He lowered his head and looked at the six-month cakes lined up. The moonlight halo was still vaguely visible on them, and then it gradually dimmed.
Seeing that the old beggar had already taken away two of them, Yan Chang’s face became dry, but he squatted down honestly and held two of them in his hands.
However, the old beggar did not eat the mooncakes. He just put them into his pocket and then made a move towards the roof in the distance. It seemed as if there was a huge pulling force. A gray cat was pulled directly to him and pinned to death. The head is on the stone steps.
“Meow wow…”
Ji Yuan also walked over at this moment, casually glanced at the gray cat, and at least smiled.
“Hey, you’ve come here and you still want to leave?”
Seeing that the old beggar actually caught the cat, Ji Yuan was in a good mood.