After the middle-aged couple left with the old woman on their backs, Changsheng returned to Yizhuang and started to clean up. The three people lived in Yizhuang for more than ten days, leaving obvious traces of their lives. Some of these traces of life must be eliminated. , some have to stay, this is where he stayed for more than ten days before, and it is also evidence that he was not present when something happened in Chang'an.
It may not be useful now, but it will definitely be used in the future. When he enters Chang'an and is suspected, he has to tell his whereabouts during the previous period. Even if he doesn't tell, the officers and soldiers can't do anything about him, but it can completely eliminate the suspicion. Doubt, why must people have doubts.
The excrement behind Yizhuang had to be disposed of. He couldn't poop so much by himself, and the melon rinds and cores also had to be disposed of, because he had a supply of dry food and would not eat these things to satisfy his hunger. What is not to be disposed of? The burning ashes in the fire pit must be retained, the traces of smoke and fire inside the house must be retained, and the firewood outside the house must be left behind, but it cannot be left like this. It must be dealt with, because a person with spiritual energy cultivation and ordinary people must keep it. People have different strengths when breaking firewood, and the fractures will naturally be different. God knows how many powerful experts the court will send to investigate this matter. When you don't know the details of your opponent, you have to imagine your opponent extremely carefully. No clues can be ignored.
If you stay here for a long time, the black man will always poop. There is not that much horse dung, so throw the horse dung eggs that the black man just pooped into the fire pit. You can't burn them all, but leave a part for future reference. Visitors who came to investigate found that the horse dung had been burned. They would definitely wonder why he burned the horse dung? Because this is unreasonable, but if they continue to investigate, they will know that the black master has poison in his body, and the horse dung is also poisonous. He burned the horse dung before leaving because he was worried about the spread of the poison.
Most people don't believe what others say and only believe in their own judgment. Then leave them wrong clues and let them make their own judgments. Only if they think about the conclusions based on their own observations will they be convinced. .
By the time of the second watch, things were almost tidied up inside and outside Yizhuang. Changsheng took out the talisman again. He stayed here for more than ten days. There must be a reason, and the reason was simple. Taoist priests can catch ghosts. The village is also the most likely to be haunted, so I left a charm in the village to prove that I was catching ghosts during the days I stayed here.
But you can't stick it on just after drawing it. You have to make it old. It's easy to make it old. Heat a pot of hot water and use the hot air to moisten the talisman. When the cinnabar is slightly spread, dry the talisman paper and then stick it everywhere outside the house. There will be frost in autumn and winter, and the frost-beaten charm should look like this.
Draw a few more ghost-repelling talismans, stamp them with the seal, and burn them on the bonfire. The talismans should not be burned in the same shape, otherwise they would look like they were burned together, so they must be burned separately. He originally wanted to draw a blessing spell at random, but I thought that if the person who came to check showed the incomplete talisman to the expert, the secret would be revealed. I still had to draw the ghost-expelling talisman, and when burning, I had to deliberately leave a part with words on it so that the person who checked could show it to the expert. After identifying it, the other party saw that it was indeed a ghost-expelling charm, and the person who checked it became even more convinced.
It would be best if someone came to check Yizhuang and stop there, but this is unlikely because his figure was seen by many people, and the black master was also exposed. The government will regard him as the number one suspect and check him. After passing Yizhuang, the visitor will definitely go to the village down the mountain to inquire. The three people stayed in Yizhuang for more than ten days and lit fires every night. As long as one person in the village saw the fire every night in Yizhuang for the past ten days, it is equivalent to indirect proof. He has been staying here all this time.
At the third watch, Chang Sheng is still awake. This is a big deal. If he doesn't handle it well, he will always be suspected by the court in the future and it will affect everything he does in the future. If handled well, this matter can be covered up forever. It's so important that it's worth the trouble.
Carefulness and carelessness are largely innate, but they can also be developed later in life. Being careful is very tiring. Most people are too lazy to use their brains, but if they don’t want to use their brains to be burdened, they will be plotted by others and become degenerate. Being a fool in the eyes of others.
No matter how hard or hard you work, it will not be in vain. If you pay more than others, you will naturally get more than others.
Halfway through the third watch, Chang Sheng suddenly remembered something, hurriedly turned over and sat up, and went out to accompany Mr. Hei for a walk outside Ziyizhuang. For more than ten days, it was impossible for Mr. Hei not to move around. If there were too few horseshoes around, the other party would also notice the flaws. .
There is also grass. At this time, most of the grass and trees have withered and turned yellow, but there is still green grass in places sheltered from the frost. Some of the green grass near Yizhuang has been cut off as much as possible, leaving traces of Mr. Hei's grazing, even though Mr. Hei doesn't like it. Eat these things, but the people who came to investigate did not know it.
For most people, it would be enough to do this, but it is almost a fatal problem. People who are satisfied with just doing it are doomed to accomplish nothing in their lives. Being content, perfunctory, and fooling around will lead to mediocrity. No matter what, if you want to To do it well, you have to strive for excellence, and you have to rack your brains and do it to the extreme.
At the fourth watch, immortality comes again. Every Taoist priest carries sulfur with him and in his baggage. The smell of this village is wrong. It is the smell of refugees living there. It needs to be burned with sulfur. Taoist priests often use it to catch ghosts. to Brimstone, which indirectly proves that he once caught ghosts here.
After doing this, Changsheng returned to the intersection and changed his position for inspection. He only thought that he was an official who was ordered to come to inspect. If he couldn't find any clues, he would kill everyone in the house.
It didn't matter. I almost broke out in a cold sweat. The middle-aged couple knew how to knit. They knew that the old woman was about to die. They cut a lot of thatch from the thatched field in the northeast of Yizhuang. There are still some things left at the scene. I got an unfinished straw mat.
It would be okay if someone saw this thing. They would instantly guess that the person who lived here before was not him, and they would have to deal with it quickly.
After observing and confirming many times with the most poisonous eyes and the most demanding attitude, Changsheng finally found no flaws, so Changsheng returned to Yizhuang and took a nap for a while.
He set off on the road immediately after dawn. There was no need for him to stay here and wait for others to check. It would be too false. He took great pains to cover up just to leave a way out for himself.
After leaving Yizhuang, Changsheng walked straight north. Along the way, he could see people from the rivers and lakes passing by on horseback from time to time. These people in the rivers and lakes were dressed in different clothes, and they must belong to different sects. However, he was just starting out and had little knowledge of the sects in the rivers and lakes. I understand, but I don’t know what sect these people come from.
However, he noticed one detail, that is, many gangs were accompanied by boys and girls. These boys and girls were also dressed as warriors and were obviously martial arts practitioners. These people were undoubtedly his opponents in the martial arts competition, but there was one thing he couldn't imagine. Understand, that’s why the imperial court summoned these young and young girls practicing martial arts? They are too young to lead troops in war or fight against rebels.
The people who went to Chang'an included not only ordinary warriors, but also Taoist monks and nuns. Like those ordinary sects, they all came with their families, old and young.
Taoist monks cannot ride horses, they all walk. Changsheng is wearing Taoist robes this time, so it is inconvenient for him to ride a horse, so he leads the horse forward.
People in the rivers and lakes who are on the road know each other. When they meet familiar people, they will rein in their horses and talk, or they will reminisce on the roadside. Changsheng walks by them and can hear part of their words, but these people are all Those who came from other places did not know about the changes in the capital. Most of what they said was about this competition. These people in the world had two completely different attitudes towards this competition organized by the imperial court. One was positive. , hoping to become famous through this competition and serve the country. There are also some who are passive. They don't want to be restrained by others, and they don't want to be officials. They want to go through the motions, but they are worried that if they don't try their best and show weakness and evade, the court will punish them.
But whether it was positive or negative, the words of these people were full of awe and fear of the imperial court. This was something Chang Sheng did not quite understand, because he had not had much contact with the government, let alone the imperial court. In his mind, martial arts practitioners should not be afraid of the government, because ordinary officials are no match for them.
It was already the end of the month, and there were only seven days left before the competition. There were many people rushing to Chang'an, and the inns in the towns along the way were already full. Changsheng had to sleep in the wilderness that night. There were many others in the same situation as him. There are dozens of open or dark bonfires around the mountain forest where he sleeps.
He continued to set off the next day. Changsheng kept paying close attention to the horses passing by. The results of his observations reassured him a lot, because black horses are not uncommon. At least three out of ten horses are black horses, which are considered the most common, and then there are bay-red horses. , white horse, green hair, brown hair, mixed hair.
We still slept in the open that night. It was already less than thirty miles away from Chang'an. The horsemen were all rushing to Chang'an. Most of the people sleeping in the open were monks and Taoists. Some sects had more people, and some sects only had two masters and apprentices.
As soon as Changsheng lit a bonfire under the forest, a group of nuns came near him. It would be frosty at night, so the woods were an ideal place to sleep, and there was only this forest nearby.
There are five nuns in this group, one old nun, two young nuns, and a little nun who is fourteen or fifteen years old. This group of nuns should be serious nuns, wearing simple clothes and dignified manners.
The nun belongs to the Buddhist sect and is not on the same path as the Taoist priest. They are about ten feet apart and rest separately without talking to each other.
At the second watch, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the north. Soon, the horses came running. Changsheng was the first to see the person riding the horse clearly. It was none other than the nun Yu Yi that he met at Weiyang Nunnery that day.
Seeing Nun Yu Yi galloping towards him on horseback, Changsheng frowned slightly, because Nun Yu Yi also had an errand for Dali Temple and was a patrol officer.
Before Changsheng could sit up, Yu Yi dismounted and his horse came nearby. However, Yu Yi did not come towards him. Instead, he got off his horse from near the group of nuns and saluted the old nun with his hands together.
Only then did Changsheng know that the old nun was Yu Yi's master, and that the two young nuns and the little nun were both her junior sisters. When he learned that they were near Chang'an, Yu Yi came over to greet them.
Seeing Yu Yi's arrival, the little nun was so happy that she called her Senior Sister Guanyin. It was not until the old nun reprimanded her in a low voice that she was not allowed to call Yu Yi's nickname, and then the little nun changed her title.
After talking with the master's fellow disciples, Yu Yi took out some silver as a gift. The nuns also had to eat. When they came to Chang'an, they couldn't beg from door to door. She also arranged a place for them to live in an inn not far from Dali Temple.
While talking to a few people, Yu Yi turned his head to look at Changsheng from time to time. When the conversation was over, Yu Yi led his horse and walked towards Changsheng.
"Amitabha, we meet again." Yu Yi put his hands together.
Changsheng stood up and calmly bowed his head, "Infinite Heavenly Lord."
"So you are from the Taoist sect. Why didn't you wear Taoist robes before?" Yu Yi looked at Changsheng up and down.
"Master, what's the matter?" Changsheng asked.
"It's okay. I see you here. I want to say hello to you. You can continue to sleep." Yu Yi led the horse towards the main road, but after taking a few steps she stopped and turned around. "Little Taoist Master, you have been sleeping recently." Have you ever been to Chang'an..."
