Chu Qi led Zhan Zhao around and around the city for a long time before finally finding the pawn shop where she came down from the mountain to pawn.
However, the pawn shop is now a pile of ruins. Judging from the carbonized wood inside, it must have experienced a fire.
"How is this going!"
Zhan Zhao was also shocked. He handed the umbrella to Chu Qi and jumped into it to investigate.
After he looked through every corner carefully, but still found nothing, he shook his head at Chu Qi.
"I didn't find anything valuable, but I smelled a very faint smell of tar. It should be a man-made disaster."
Chu Qi also frowned. The beauty picture should not have been damaged, otherwise the work system would have warned her long ago, but she didn't know what happened to this pawn shop.
She felt a little uneasy.
At this moment, a clerk from a nearby store saw them standing in front of the pile of ruins for a long time, so he curiously poked his head out and asked:
"Do you also want to redeem your pawn? Stop looking and leave quickly. Shopkeeper Liu and his family committed a crime half a month ago and were sent to prison by the prefect. They haven't been released yet!
Even his pawn shop didn't know what happened. There was a drought and thunder in the sky that night, and then the pawn shop was burned down, and everything inside was probably burned away. "
After thanking the guy who kindly explained, Chu Qi had to go back with Zhan Zhao.
"Master Zhan, I can sense that the Beauty Picture has not been damaged. Since this matter is related to Chen Jing, the Beauty Picture is probably with him. I just don't know how to prevent me from sensing it. Now it seems that this Jiang Zhouzhou is really full of weirdness."
Hearing this, Zhan Zhao also nodded and said:
"Just now, when I was exploring the ruins, I saw a half-melted bronze statue, which is 80% similar to the weird Bodhisattva statue you saw in Mrs. Chen's room before, miss. Moreover, along the way, I I also discovered that every household actually enshrines that Bodhisattva... It seems that today's night visit to the pilgrimage meeting must be a top priority."
Chu Qi nodded absently. After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, she couldn't help but think of the ferocious and weird Mirror Heart Bodhisattva statue, and she felt more and more like this city was some kind of large-scale Yar Cult base.
Just when Chu Qi was worried, a fuzzy sound sounded, and Xiao Hei, who was sent out to act as a monitor, suddenly flew back.
It landed accurately on Chu Qi's outstretched hand, and then it began to chirp and gesture.
"Mr. Zhan, it seems we don't have to go back to the inn. Xiao Hei said that Chen Jing and the others are getting ready to go out. They are leaving in a sedan chair. We rush over now, just in time."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and whispered to Xiao Hei: "Xiao Hei, thank you for your hard work, please fly again, go back to the inn to find Mr. Bao, and tell him that we will go first."
Xiao Hei patted his chest with his little paw, turned around and flew away. If Chu Qi and Zhan Zhao hadn't happened to be standing in a secluded place, I'm afraid that the hand just now would have attracted the attention of the whole people again.
After letting Xiao Hei fly, the sun has quietly set.
Zhan Zhao saw this and put away his umbrella. He wanted to carry it behind his back, but Chu Qi took the umbrella first and put it into the space.
She will not miss any opportunity to consolidate her character, any!
Seeing this, Zhan Zhao was just stunned for a moment before regaining his composure. He extended his hand to Chu Qi again.
"Miss Chu Qi, please hold on to me."
I don't know why, but I have obviously used Zhan Zhao as a jumping machine many times before, but this time I just put my hand into his palm, but it seemed to make Chu Qi's heart skip a beat.
The red sun was hidden behind the clouds, and the sunset reflected on her face, like a girl blushing with embarrassment.
"good."
Night falls.
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
Just when Chu Qi and Zhan Zhao were secretly following Chen Jing and his wife, two people were talking in a luxurious and secret palace.
"Mage, I sensed the existence of ghosts and gods today!"
"What did you say?"
"It's true! She was like a gust of wind floating in front of me, carrying the fragrance of flowers, light and soft, without a trace of dust... I almost caught her, but unfortunately... just that moment, She suddenly disappeared again, but I am sure that she must be hiding in that imperial envoy’s team!”
The two men were kneeling and sitting.
The person kneeling was none other than Sima Qing, the first-rate master Zhan Zhao said, and the person sitting opposite him was a man dressed in a strange way.
That man had tattoos on his hair, gold tattoos on his face, and was wearing a monk's robe, but he had gossip in his arms.
Those who are not monks are not Taoists; those who are not monks are not Taoists.
A huge golden statue stands behind him. The six-armed Bodhisattva has a ferocious posture and is extremely evil.
"Oh?... If that's the case, then it seems we need to change our plan..."
"Sima Guard, what do you think, let the imperial envoy become our family? After all, it is not the right time to fall out with the court... But it doesn't matter. As long as our family grows more and more, this world will belong to us sooner or later."
"Everything the Master does is to save the world, Sima Qing understands!"
“Well, it’s best if you understand.
Okay, it's getting late. It's time for me to preside over the ceremony. I'll ask you to be a guard later. Oh, by the way, after the ceremony is over, remember to ask Chen to come and see me. "
"yes."
After Sima Qing left, the man he called the mage slowly stood up.
I saw him skillfully pressing somewhere on the cloud bed, and then I heard a sound of machine operation coming from inside the golden statue. After hearing a soft "click" sound, he put his hand into the Bodhisattva statue. From the mouth on his abdomen, he took out a heavy ebony box.
"I hope that imperial envoy is a smart man. I don't want to create more killing karma... That's good, that's good..."
