Half an hour later, Shu Guan's figure appeared outside the gate of Yinle City again.
Of course, there were two more people beside him, Li Zhixia and An Zichun.
Li Zhixia glanced at the huge glass revolving door behind her.
Inside the gate, it was pitch black.
But in the darkness, he could still see two black figures standing there.
Li Zhixia nodded towards the two black figures.
Then the two black shadows disappeared.
Li Zhixia smiled faintly, knowing that the other party was afraid of embarrassment, so she did not choose to come out to meet her.
But he didn't really want to meet the brothers.
Then Li Zhixia turned around, looked at her seventh disciple Shu Guan with a half-smile and said:
"I haven't been here for many years, my teacher. It's thanks to you that I can come in and visit my old place again this time."
Shu Guan chuckled and didn't dare to answer.
Because he did not tell Li Zhixia everything about how to let the Gao brothers who agreed with his view of goodness enter the place of seclusion.
You can't say that you pressed Gao Zhuo's throat to force him to agree.
Because in that case, we have to talk about the outstanding knife, and after talking about the outstanding knife, we have to talk about the old lame character.
Shu Guan would never tell anyone the mysterious things about the old cripple. This was an intuition he had. Shu Guan always felt that if he told the strange things about the old cripple to outsiders, especially other practitioners, If the person knew about it, some very bad and serious consequences would occur.
He might have to bear the consequences, but it was more likely that the old cripple would have to bear it.
Especially when he thought about the ceremony of choosing a way, all the memories about the old cripple seemed to have disappeared temporarily, and Shu Guan did not dare to tell anyone about the old cripple.
Unless he could see the old cripple again and ask questions face to face.
In addition, Shuguan did not tell Li Zhixia that Dingshizhong had entrusted him to help it find unicorn ornaments.
Why did he entrust the Dingshi Zhong to himself instead of telling the Seven Immortals Alliance earlier? Because he couldn't communicate with others until he met Xiaoyi.
Therefore, if we want to say that it must be a commission from Dingshi Zhong, we must talk about Xiaoyi.
For Shu Guan, Xiao Yi's existence is a bigger secret than the old cripple. It is related to his identity as a time traveler, so even if he gets close to Li Zhixia again, he can't tell it.
This was also the reason why he let the Gao brothers go easily without forcing them too much.
Except for the mysterious and lofty reasons he explained to Nan Fei that the world needs different colors.
Mainly because if he really drove the Gao brothers out of Yinle City, there would be too many things that he couldn't explain in the whole thing, so in the end he could only let it go.
The reason why the Gao brothers didn't come out to meet Li Zhixia just now was because Shu Guan warned those two brothers that when my master comes, don't come out and chatter.
Then the three masters and apprentices all looked at the Jiuliang grocery store opposite.
The door of Jiura's grocery store is still tightly closed.
Shu Guan raised his hand and glanced at the newly purchased watch. It was nine o'clock in the morning. Why wasn't the grocery store open yet?
It's not like a nightclub like Yinle City is still open for business so late.
Shu Guandi muttered.
By nine-thirty, almost all the shops next to Jiura Grocery Store began to open for business, but Jiura Grocery Store still did not open its doors.
In particular, several aunts and sisters-in-law came to the door of Jiuliang Grocery Store with baskets and seemed to be here specifically to buy things. When they saw the closed door of the store, they all showed strange expressions and babbled about that. The boss usually opens the door before dawn. Why is the shop still not open today?
Li Zhixia, An Zichun, Master Shuguan and his disciples looked at each other and realized that something was wrong.
"Go in and have a look."
Li Zhixia said in a deep voice.
…
Inside the shop, as expected, it was deserted.
In the corner that Shu watched yesterday, there were still some remaining wine and food. One shelf was tilted over another shelf, and the goods were scattered on the ground in a mess.
An Zichun immediately walked to the small low table in the corner. He held a handful of rice in his palms and sprinkled the rice directly on the low table.
After a moment, he raised his head and said to Li Zhixia and Shu Guan seriously:
"The secret has been concealed and cannot be revealed."
"Is that shop owner really Yanzi?"
Shu Guan frowned and murmured.
Originally, this was the most improbable scenario in his mind.
But he came yesterday evening, and overnight, the owner of the shop disappeared.
Even the secret of his whereabouts has been covered up, so he is naturally missing.
What flaws did you expose yesterday? Was he aware of his intention?
Shu Guan's brows furrowed more and more tightly.
"Find someone to inquire first."
Li Zhixia said this after thinking for a while.
…
After about an hour, I basically found out everything about the owner of Jiuliang Grocery Store.
Of course Shu Guan asked the Gao brothers to do this, this is their territory.
In addition, Shu Guan also asked about the girl.
Regarding that girl, the Gao brothers really didn't know where she was hiding. Although Yuelan Academy kept saying that the girl was hiding on Liujing Road, the Gao brothers had never noticed the girl's existence.
As for the owner of Jiuliang Grocery Store, it was easy to find out. After all, the little old man had opened a grocery store here for more than 20 years.
The little old man named Qian, I heard, is from Fancheng. He came to Jingcheng more than 20 years ago and opened this grocery store on Liujing Road. In addition, he originally had a wife and a child, but During the war when the New Army attacked Jingcheng fifteen years ago, his wife and son all died, leaving only the little old man living a lonely life. Apart from a bit of alcoholism, he was quite kind and followed the leader. The relationship between them is pretty good.
The early experience of this grocery store owner does not sound like a practitioner who hides his secrets. After all, no matter how secretive he is, he will never let his wife and children die in the war.
After hearing Shu Guan ask whether the little old man could be a practitioner, the Gao brothers were also stunned for a while, and then they all shook their heads, expressing that it was absolutely impossible.
And more information was soon found out. The most important piece of information came from the neighbor of the grocery store owner.
The little old man lived in a small attic in the alley behind the shop, and other families lived downstairs. According to the family downstairs, the little old man came back around eight or nine in the evening. After coming back, Bang Bang Bang Bang didn't know what he was doing upstairs, and when the male owner of that family went up to ask, he only heard the little old man packing his things and talking to him in excitement.
"I'm rich and I'm going back to my hometown."
As for asking him anything else, the little old man refused to say anything.
And around ten o'clock, I heard the sound of someone coming downstairs. Since then, the owner of Jiuliang Grocery Store has never been seen in the family downstairs.
The clues to pursue "Swallow" were broken again.
Even if the grocery store owner really returned to his hometown of Fancheng as he said, how would he find an ordinary old man in a sea of people who had his secret hidden?
"Lao Qi's search direction is actually correct. That swallow must have been here."
Finally, Li Zhixia sighed and said:
"It's a pity that he took the lead."
What happened now is obvious. It should be the mysterious "Swallow" who noticed that someone was tracking down Jiuliang Grocery Store, and then gave the boss a large sum of money to let him leave, and covered up the story of the grocery store owner. A secret that makes people unable to pursue it.
The only thing that is puzzling is how that "Swallow" can react so quickly. Just a few hours after Shu Guan arrived yesterday evening, he made the grocery store owner "disappear".
Could it be that he has been spying on this grocery store?
This is impossible even if he thinks about it, unless he thought in advance that someone might find it through the paper he used to fold swallows. The problem is that if he could realize that this was a trick that might expose his identity, then he should have arranged this early. The owner of the grocery store "missed".
Therefore, the "Swallow" must have realized that he had exposed himself after Shu Guan came here.
Li Zhixia walked out of the grocery store and stood at the door of the grocery store, her eyes slowly sweeping over the buildings nearby, silent.
…
Yesterday's good luck seems to have failed to continue.
There was great hope to find the "Swallow", but at the last moment, the clue was cut off by the other party in time.
If the investigation from the Qiu Begonia Newspaper fails to produce results, then the "Swallow" will disappear from everyone's sight again, and it seems difficult to find him again.
...No, as long as you have been here, you will definitely leave traces, but I haven't thought about what those traces are yet...
... Unless you never take action again, otherwise you only need to take action once and I will take a step closer to you...
Shu Guan thought so when leaving Liujing Street.
Then, after Master Li Zhixia and Fifth Senior Brother An Zichun left first, Shu Guan walked to the teahouse across the street.
After walking into the door, Shu Guan saw the big fat man at a glance. After all, his figure was too conspicuous, and it was obviously inappropriate to describe him as standing out from the crowd, but you could always see him at first sight in the crowd.
The big fat man was sitting directly opposite the door of the teahouse, and he saw Shu Guan coming in at a glance. The big fat man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly stood up and waved to Shu Guan:
"Brother Shu, here! Here!"
…You really don’t need to go to any lengths…
Shu Guan muttered in his heart.
When I walked to the big fat man's table, he greeted me warmly.
"Brother Shu, sit down quickly. What kind of tea would you like to drink?"
This morning, he still called Shu Guan your Excellency, and now he is a brother.
"whatever."
Shu Guan said casually and sat down.
He didn't come here just for tea.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Jiang Yun. I was born in the Zouma Sect and am the fifty-seventh generation disciple of the Zouma Sect."
Shu Guan immediately raised his eyebrows, with a hint of surprise on his face.
He originally thought he was a wild cultivator, but he didn't expect that he actually had a sect and could be passed down for fifty-seven generations. It sounded like their sect had been passed down for much longer than the Seven Immortals Alliance.
You must know that he himself is the 22nd generation disciple of Shan Si Kuan.
However, the name "Zou Ma Men" always sounds weird.
Seeing Shu Guan's expression, the fat man who called himself Jiang Yun shook his head and said with a smile:
"Our Zouma Sect is completely incomparable with your Seven Immortals Alliance. Our Zouma Sect has always been taught by one master and one apprentice. We have only a few people. We only practice the art of Feng Shui and Guan Yu. Our foundation cannot be compared with your Seven Immortals Alliance."
At this time, Jiang Yun helped Shu Guan call for tea.
To be honest, I was really thirsty after running back to Shansi Kuan from here and back from Shan Si Kuan in the morning.
So he picked up the tea bowl and drank a few sips, then put the lid on the bowl, looked up at Jiang Yun and asked:
"Do you know a lot about the rebellion of the Monkey Army?"
"It can't be too much."
Jiang Yun smiled and said:
"Because Zoumamen has been inherited in Dahua for many years before the chaos of the Divine Monkey Army, and the inheritance has not been cut off even when there was a great chaos, so we know some things about the rebellion of the Divine Monkey Army."
"In addition, we practitioners who practice Feng Shui Kanyu travel all over the world and visit famous mountains and rivers. There are always more chances of discovering some ancient ruins, and among those ruins there will always be some secrets from the previous Yuanhui, which have been passed down from generation to generation. According to legend, we at Zoumamen know some things that few people know."
Speaking of which, this fat and white man has a lot of pride in his small eyebrows and small eyes.
"This morning, you said that the ruins are related to the immortals in the Monkey Army. The Monkey Army is just a mortal rebel army. How can there be immortals among them?"
Then Shu Guan asked the question that had been lingering in his mind since the morning.
Jiang Yun's expression became a little serious and he said:
"The Great China Dynasty back then had a territory that spanned two continents, the East and the West, and was so powerful. If it was just an ordinary rebel army, how could it be possible that in just a few years, it could have almost destroyed the entire Great China? *?"
Shu Guan's face showed a look of contemplation. When he read the General History of Dahua and saw the history of the Monkey Army Rebellion, he was extremely confused. It was really unreasonable for such a terrifying rebel army to appear out of thin air.
It's just that he didn't think much about the affairs of immortals and gods, because the Great China ruled the world on behalf of Heaven. If there were immortals in the Monkey Army, how could Heaven just sit back and watch?
Shu Guan immediately asked his doubts.
"No, the Heavenly Court did not sit idly by and watch. During the rebellion of the Divine Monkey Army, the Heavenly Court actually sent down immortals to help the Great China Dynasty. However, the immortals from the Heavenly Court were ultimately defeated."
"What?"
Jiang Yun's answer made Shu Guan scream out in surprise.
"Even the Heavenly Court can't suppress the Monkey Army. Where did they come from?"
Jiang Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"Although our Zouma Sect has been inherited for a long time, it is still just a small and inferior sect. Although there were ancestors who experienced the chaos of the Monkey Army, they are not qualified to truly contact those secret things, let alone contact them. Many of those big names are just hearsay and their own guesses."
"However, there is one saying that has been passed down since we walked away from home, that is, there is chaos in heaven first, and then there is chaos in the world."
