On the way back to Zaoyuanzhuang, nothing happened. But this time, when Lu Ning arrived at Dadong Road, it was already dark, and he could see Dadong Road at night - no different from ordinary towns at night.
There was no point in going to the place where the traffic accident occurred. The scene could have been dealt with in a day. At most, there would still be cordons and other things, and useful information would have to wait for Chen Hang. The group of people got off the car and looked for a place to eat. If they wanted to return to Xiahe at this time, they would probably not be able to make it in time.
Coincidentally, the restaurant I chose happened to have a table of people sitting near the door. One of the people facing the door saw the people coming in, and immediately stood up and greeted enthusiastically: "Lu Ping! Lu Ping?" here!"
Lu Ping turned his head and had a slight smile on his face.
"Are you... all here?"
"Hey, this is not about rushing to various places... Well, you know it anyway. Because no one knows the specific place, so just use your tone." The man said with a smile on his face. At this time, the others also twisted. Looking over, it seemed that most of them knew Lu Ping and greeted each other.
Lu Ping still didn't want to be with these people, so he gestured to Lu Ning and others: "I still have something to do, and it's not convenient to leave now."
"Well, we all know each other. Let's share a table with the boss." The man still greeted him warmly.
Most of these people are far from the Taoist priests in Lu Ning's impression. They look like they are drinking, chatting and bragging, and they don't look like monastics at all. This is not because Lu Ping looks simple and dressed in commoners, but that is exactly what they look like.
In the end, Lu Ping politely declined them. They asked for a room alone and sat down to order.
"Senior brother, this is the Taoist sect you know." Qi said with a wink, "Looks like me, right?"
"Well, there are one or two among these people who can come to help as I said before." Lu Ping looked a little disappointed, "Their Taoist cultivation is indeed not bad, but they just don't cultivate their hearts in Taoism, they only love to show off, and there are some What's the use?"
"Probably because they are pursuing differences." Lu Ning did not value these things as much as Lu Ping. "Maybe practicing Taoism and studying the law is a way to make money for them, just like going to university to learn some skills. Some people do not pursue fame and fortune after death. In fact, such people are the majority.”
Lu Ping remained silent, and Lu Ning did not try to convince him. After all, practicing Taoism has different meanings in the eyes of different people, and arguing about this cannot change other people's opinions.
Soon, the dishes ordered by several people arrived. Lu Ning was relatively close to the door, so she stood up and took the plate of sauced meat from the waiter's hand and placed it on the table. The main dishes ordered by several people also arrived, along with three or four dishes, just in time to start. But just when Lu Ning was breaking her chopsticks, her eyes suddenly saw that the white rings on her fingers had solidified a lot.
"Hold on, Director Lu, the one on my hand is reacting. Is there something wrong with the food on the table?"
Several people immediately stopped their chopsticks nervously. Lu Ping looked around carefully and then shook his head: "I don't see any problem..."
However, Qi Mei reacted the fastest at this time. He raised his hand to pick up the plate of sauced meat, scraped the bottom twice with his nails, and tore off a piece of something that looked like transparent glue.
"Hey! These bastards actually gave us a charm? Is this a newly developed shortcut charm?"
Lu Ping took it, looked at it, and nodded: "It should be a sound transmission or communication type, not a lethal talisman, and it has expired. This kind of talisman is more concealed than the yellow paper one and can be stuck in different places. Some Taoist people like to use it."
"If it fails, it was Li Wenyue who touched it, right? These people just want to spy on us! I will settle the score with them right now!" Qi Mei rolled up her sleeves and was about to go out. When she saw that no one was following her, she immediately sat back in her seat. .
Everyone ignored his funny behavior. Lu Ping looked at the talisman carefully and then shook his head: "Maybe they felt that we had some secrets here that we were unwilling to share, so they used this method to find out. For a monk, , the talisman is easier to use than something like a bug, and it happened to be cracked by Miss Li."
"It's just a coincidence. If they really have the ability to install a bug, I can't try their luck." Lu Ning turned her wrist, "This thing can really crack anything."
"I have some ideas about what you have on your hand, Miss Li." Lu Ping said, "This white ring should be a very solid Yin - either Yin Qi or something like Yin, or something like Yin." One itself. When yin and yang reach their purest state, they have a powerful penetrating effect on unnatural yin and yang states. Whether it is the ghost realm performed by ghosts or Taoist techniques, they are fundamentally interference with the yin and yang of the world. The unnatural state caused by it, so you can break the unnatural state of yin and yang as long as the white ring comes into contact."
"Sounds pretty awesome." Teng Xuan said excitedly.
"But... there must be some restrictions, right?" Lu Ning stared at the white ring on her finger, watching it slowly return to its virtual state. She has noticed that the time it takes for the white ring to return to nothingness has begun to become longer after it solidifies, which is probably not a good thing.
"I only guess that if there are not enough supplementary means, this object can only be a consumable. And its size is not large. All the things I have tried so far are small, so it can be cracked. If you unfortunately encounter the ghost realm, In such a large-scale unnatural state, I am afraid that the only thing left is self-preservation." Lu Ping said.
"That's enough. If you can protect yourself, there will be a way to get rescued." Lu Ning was quite satisfied with this. Then she reached into her bag, took out a bug with a sticky ball, and threw it away. To Qi Mei: "Since they dare to play this trick with us, then we have to pay some back. Qi Mei, there is no need for you to ask for an explanation. Just pretend not to know and order the food. By the way, put this bug near their table." place, I would like to hear what they are talking about."
"Okay!" Qi Mei was happy to do this kind of thing, and immediately took the bug and went out. Within five minutes, he came back, still holding a glass of beer in his hand: "Those people didn't seem to notice, they pulled me and bought me a drink! Haha, I just grabbed it under the table next to me!"
"Be careful what's in this glass of wine!" Teng Xuan looked down on him.
"Don't worry, I took the cup myself and checked it again. Unless they can invent some kind of gaseous spell, it's impossible for them to be on it." Qi Mei was even more proud, drank up the wine in the cup, and then happily He sat back in his seat.
Lu Ning didn't worry about Qi Mei, an old Jianghu, not being alert at this time. She took out her earphones, turned on the bug, and started to listen to what was being talked about at the table over there.
Judging from the content of the conversation, these people indeed just heard some news about Bai Li and came to see the situation. Because there are several places around Gengwu City where white ceremonies are being held, and no one can figure out which white ceremony the so-called "secret treasure" will appear at, these people can only run around together in small groups. Except for some who try their luck alone, various sects also have some disciples running errands. They will notify the seniors in the sect only when they are really sure... In short, Lu Ning is so familiar with the routine that he doesn't even have to guess.
But what is slightly different is that these people actually became good friends during the days of running errands. Although they may be just fair-weather friends, their relationship with each other is still very close on the surface. Bragging about one's own martial arts, and then complimenting others' unique martial arts skills, a bunch of courtesies are really eye-opening. Lu Ningguang felt that they could directly find out the Bai Shen behind Bai Li after hearing the content.
"Dao Zhang Lu, how is the competition among the sects?"
Lu Ping thought for a while and replied: "As far as I know, except for some sects with some feuds, most sects don't have much disputes between them. They are good at different Taoist methods, and some disciples even talk to each other." Introduce business.”
"But if what is born this time is an extremely precious secret treasure, won't these sects start fighting among themselves?"
Lu Ping smiled: "Secret treasures always have their value. If the value is good but not a peerless treasure, then it depends on their own abilities, and the sect that finally gets it may be congratulated. And if a peerless treasure is really found... "
"For example, if you get it, you can unify the entire Taoist world." Teng Xuan added.
"Haha, if there is such a treasure, no sect can fall into its hands, the country will take it away."
"What?" Teng Xuan was stunned by this answer.
"The country has its own top Taoist talents trained with a large amount of resources. You may not know that the Taoist secret codes of all existing Taoist sects have copies preserved in the National Taoist Association, and the whole country is used to screen Taoist talents. It’s not difficult given our population. These national Taoist priests who are thirty years old can compare to a group of us.”
"So powerful? Why don't you train it publicly..." Teng Xuan was shocked.
"First of all, these are not encouraged on the surface. After all, the qualified ones are in the minority, and the majority will have more random thoughts because of this. Secondly, each sect still wants to maintain the inheritance of Taoism in traditional ways. There is no problem if the country wants classics. But most people are not willing to open a forum to recruit apprentices and run a school on their own. Finally, resources, although I don’t know how many resources are needed to train such a person, it is definitely not a small number. Increasing the number of people will only lead to the dispersion of resources. "
Lu Ping is still very clear about this.
"It seems that the Taoist Master has been exposed to this matter." Lu Ning said.
"I was lucky enough to go through one round of selection when I was young, but I was eliminated in the first round. Later, after asking around and being a disciple of Chengyun Temple, I found out more." Lu Ping shook his head, "Miss Li, qualifications are such a thing Only by nature. If you have the qualifications, you can at least make it in the second and third rounds, but it's a pity..."
"Senior brother, generally don't bring up this kind of thing all the time. It's emotional intelligence." Qi Mei poked his head, "Did those people talk about these things?"
"It's all just chatting. Which sect did something big? When they caught a few ghosts, they took them out and blew them, and the people around them also agreed... It's really harmonious." Lu Ning has also been paying attention to the people over there. Chatting, but how much key information can be revealed by chatting at the wine table?
"Bragging is always like this." Qi Mei shrugged.
"I recorded it. You can listen to it again when you get back. Well... these people live in the Xiaozhuxuan Hotel on Dadong Road. They should all be together. They have learned some information about the car accident during the day. It seems that someone has used some means to trace it. Yes, but I didn’t mention what it was. It’s really leisurely..."
"Senior brother, this magic is also being updated. Don't you think that spell is much easier to use than our yellow paper? In fact, sometimes it's good to accept new things like this, right? A few days ago, there was a spell that used more than a dozen Do you want two mobile phones to play an exorcism spell together to scare away the rumors of a ghost?"
"Crooked ways." Lu Ping looked unhappy, "As far as talismans are concerned, they only serve as a hidden shortcut, and they are useful only when used in such sneaky places. But you didn't realize that its function and power come with corresponding sacrifices. If I Even if the master's yellow paper talisman is broken by the Yin Ning ring in Miss Li's hand, it won't be broken in a moment. This is the difference."
"Okay. But senior brother, let me be honest, for someone like me who has no strength, there is nothing wrong with borrowing some tricks like this, right?" Qi Mei said again.
"I don't control what you use, I just want you not to use it in evil ways." Lu Ping said sternly.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
At this time, the people in Lu Ning's earphones began to get a little drunk, and some words were said unconsciously.
"That person who died during the day should have been put into a coffin at night, right? Bai Li should have been put into a coffin on the same day to be counted?"
"Where can the coffin be placed now? It was taken away by police cars and ambulances...in the morgue?"
"The forensic doctor's place..."
"Forensic doctor, what? It's not a murder or a traffic accident. The dead should be waiting in the morgue to be claimed by their families. Is there a coffin there?"
"There is no coffin, but there is a freezer. The place where the corpses are kept in the hospital must be smelly without any means of refrigeration, hehe..."
"That means Bai Li's position must be in the hospital? Well, the yin energy in the hospital morgue is too strong."
"Afraid of...what, hiccup, we are a group of big men, the light and sunshine can disperse the ghost energy there! Hahahaha..."
Lu Ning sighed: "They seem to have concluded that the body was placed in the hospital morgue."
"But we haven't ruled out that someone else died today, right? Zaoyuan Manor is quite big now, and Bai Li has some leeway in selecting targets." Qi Mei remembered some of Bai Li's requests, "What if it's not this corpse?" Woolen cloth?"
"There are no other accident records in the news except this one, unless it is some unnoticed death." Yan Zidan has slowly integrated into the atmosphere and helped investigate some things.
"They're almost drunk..."
Click.
As soon as the door opened, Lu Ning's words were interrupted. The waiter brought in the plate of fried pork with garlic sprouts that Qi Mei had just ordered. But when everyone looked up, they found that it was an old acquaintance... no, an old acquaintance.
"Those little Taoist priests are really noisy, aren't they?" "Eye Watching Six Roads" put down the plate of dishes and said with a smile.
"Why are you? You weren't in this restaurant last time." Lu Ning said with a frown.
"I can be in any restaurant, or anywhere I want to see you. If I don't take the initiative, you won't even be able to recognize me, little girl, unless you can meet me." Looking at Liu Ning, he headed towards Lu Ning He turned around and said, "I didn't have to be here in the first place. Who made it happen that more than twenty Taoist priests suddenly swarmed in here? Then I can only come out and keep an eye on them."
"There are only about ten people outside." Lu Ping said.
"It's not just this group of people. What story did Bai Li suddenly spread outside? We don't want to attract so much attention." Looking at Liulu Road, he said with complaint, "That's it for you. If these people come running rampant, , do we care or don’t care?”
"You sound like a landlord here." Lu Ping snorted.
