Changsheng didn't know why Zhang Mo had the scent of orchid on his body, but he was sure of one thing, that is, the orchid scent came from Zhang Mo himself and not from the external environment or the fragrance of clothes, because no matter where Zhang Mo was, he would be there. No matter what kind of clothes she wears, there will always be a faint orchid fragrance on her body.
Confused, he took a deep breath and smelled it. No, for some reason, Zhang Mo did not have that special orchid fragrance on his body today.
Changsheng said he had something to ask, so Zhang Mo looked at him and waited for him to speak. Seeing that he was still reluctant to speak, he urged him, "What's the matter? But it doesn't matter."
The dragon vein map was of great importance. Chang Sheng was suspicious, so he did not mention it, but temporarily changed the question to another question, "Uncle Master, I have been studying the Shangqing Spell recently, so please come to me..."
Before Chang Sheng could finish speaking, Zhang Mo waved his hand and interrupted him, "What did I think it was? As the saying goes, the great road is invisible. Everyone has different experiences in the study of magic. It is difficult to learn from others. You need to understand and figure it out yourself. .”
Chang Sheng originally had only doubts in his heart, but after hearing Zhang Mo's words, his doubts turned into suspicion. He began to suspect that the Zhang Mo in front of him was not who he was.
Even if he became suspicious, Changsheng never showed his expression, "Yes, yes, uncle, what you said makes sense. By the way, uncle, are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
"Don't bother, I already had it on the way here." Zhang Mo shook his head and picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
Seeing Zhang Mo holding the cup and drinking tea, Chang Sheng began to wonder if he was being too preoccupied, because Zhang Mo's holding cup and drinking water was no different from before.
"Uncle Master, I have allocated the military supplies for the new army," Chang Sheng said, "but the treasury is empty and there is insufficient money and food. The Department of Military Supplies for the given six months can only provide three months, and I will find a solution as soon as possible for the rest. "
"It's hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice. It's really hard for you," Zhang Mo said casually, "Now the recruitment of the new army has been completed, and your two senior brothers have occupied Shuzhou and other places. You must be mentally prepared. The court is likely to let the newly formed army The new army will go to recapture these cities."
Hearing what Zhang Mo said, Changsheng's doubts disappeared, he closed his eyes and shook his head, sighing deeply.
"Has anything happened in Chang'an recently?" Zhang Mo asked.
This was the second time Zhang Mo asked a similar question. Chang Sheng deliberately told him about the Dragon Vein Map, but he swallowed it back, "It's nothing. Just a few days ago, I gave the Anxiang Tower in the city to I copied it and got more than eight million taels of silver."
"Where's Ni Chenyi? Did she write to you after she went to the Western Regions?" Zhang Mo asked again.
Changsheng no longer doubted Zhang Mo's identity, but after hearing what she said, he began to doubt it again, because Ni Chenyi was a Taoist, and Zhang Mo, as a master uncle, rarely called her by name, calling her Sanyizi. Most of the time.
"No," Changsheng shook his head and said, "I don't know how she is doing now."
Zhang Mo said casually, "The Ni family treats you well. Before leaving, they left all their property to you."
"Yes," Changsheng nodded, "By the way, uncle, I sent them west that day, and you and uncle left for the south. We met at the crossroads. What was in the box you gave her?"
"A scripture, kept as a souvenir." Zhang Mo said.
As soon as Zhang Mo said this, Chang Sheng was instantly horrified. The two groups did meet in the city that day, but Zhang Mo didn't give Ni Chenyi anything. He asked this deliberately to confirm Zhang Mo's identity, and Zhang Mo's The answer directly confirmed that the Zhang Mo in front of him was not Zhang Mo himself.
Having had the experience of being slept with by a rat demon before, Chang Sheng immediately suspected that the Zhang Mo in front of him was a demon incarnation, because it was already dark when Zhang Mo appeared, and demons and ghosts usually appear at night.
There is another reason for Changsheng's nervousness and palpitations, and that is that it is not difficult to see from what this person said before that this person knows the situation between him and Zhang Mo very well. Not only does he know that he and Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu are brothers, he even knows that Zhang Mo Mo's words and deeds can be imitated perfectly.
Even though he had discovered the other party's flaws, Changsheng was not in a hurry to expose the other party. No matter what he did, he had to have a motive. The other party took a big risk by pretending to be Zhang Mo and approaching him. He wanted to find out why the other party pretended to be Zhang Mo.
In order to confirm whether the other party was a monster, Changsheng picked up the teapot and poured tea for her, then handed the tea cup over. When the person reached out to accept it, he touched her finger intentionally or unintentionally. Just a slight touch confirmed that this person Humans are indeed living beings, not monsters.
Since it is not a monster, there is only one possibility, the art of disguise.
After handing the tea cup to this person, Changsheng left his seat and stood up, "Uncle Master, please wait a moment, I will ask them to buy some fruit."
The man nodded.
Changsheng moved his chair and turned around. He did this to turn his back on this person. If this person pretended to be Zhang Mo to take his life, this would be a good opportunity.
However, the man did not take action. Changsheng walked out of the room, called the guards over, and ordered them to go out and buy some fruits and snacks.
After sitting down again, Changsheng had confirmed that this person was not pretending to be Zhang Mo to kill him. This made him even more confused about what this person wanted to do by taking the risk.
Changsheng did not know the details of the other party, and did not dare to speak casually. In order to prevent the other party from becoming suspicious, he had to sigh and pretend to be worried.
"Have you encountered anything recently?" the visitor asked.
This was the third time this person had asked a similar question. Chang Sheng instantly thought that the person might be here because of something that had happened recently. Since he was worried that asking direct questions would make him suspicious, he would make indirect suggestions and try to guide him. Let him speak out.
"Nothing happened. I'm just a little worried about my senior brother and the others." Changsheng said.
"This matter is indeed difficult," the visitor nodded and said, "I understand your personality. You miss your old friendship. They were all your senior brothers before you joined Longhu Mountain. By the way, your master had several other disciples besides you. ?”
As soon as the visitor said this, Chang Sheng immediately realized that the other party was probably coming for Mayumi Takeda. In order to confirm, he casually said, "In addition to me, the master also had four disciples when he was alive, three men and one woman. "
"There are women?" The visitor seemed a little surprised.
If he had not doubted the identity of the visitor, Changsheng would never have thought twice about what the visitor said. However, he had already doubted the identity of the other party, so he was always alert. As soon as the other party said this, he immediately guessed The other party came for Takeda Mayumi.
"Yes, her name is Tian Mayumi," Changsheng said, "I saw her not long ago."
"Tian Mayumi? How come you have such a strange name." Someone answered.
"She is an envoy sent by Japan to the Tang Dynasty, not from our Tang Dynasty," Changsheng said. "This time she came to Chang'an for business. I met her and invited her to a meal."
"Isn't the imperial court looking for the Tang envoy? How dare she come to Chang'an?" the visitor asked.
Hearing someone's words, Changsheng thought anxiously. She first met Takeda Mayumi in the Dali Temple prison. At that time, she was accompanied by two male envoys to the Tang Dynasty. The two male envoys to the Tang Dynasty must have seen his appearance. They cannot be ruled out. It is possible that the person found out that he deliberately released the water that night. If the two people found out that he deliberately released the water that night, they might follow Takeda Mayumi the next day. If they followed Takeda Mayumi, they would find that Takeda Mayumi had met him.
His speculation was not unreasonable, because on the night of the incident, Takeda Mayumi went back to get the hairpin under the big locust tree, and a male envoy to the Tang Dynasty followed and watched. This shows that this person was extremely careful and did not completely believe Takeda Mayumi.
The Dragon Vein Map is extremely important to the Japanese, and they will never allow any accidents to occur on the map. This person came pretending to be Zhang Mo, probably to confirm the authenticity of the map in their hands.
"She is here to save people," Changsheng said. "This matter is a long story. Recently, the imperial court is rectifying the administration of officials. Yushitai has sent inspection envoys to various major states and counties. Yushitai's arrests are not enough. I went to Dali Temple a few days ago. During the banquet, Yang Shuyun mentioned that Dali Temple was searching for the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty. I was worried that Tian Zhengong was also arrested, so I went with him to see the female supervisor. Who would have thought that an assassin would rob the prison? There are three people who robbed the prison, and Tian Zhenyong is one of them."
Chang Sheng paused for a moment before continuing, "That night I felt that the woman looked a bit like her, but I didn't dare to confirm, so I didn't take them down. As a result, Mayumi Tian came to the door the next day, and I asked her why she broke into prison to save her. She didn’t say anything about the person, and I didn’t dig into it, so I invited her to have a meal. Later, I heard from Yu Yi that they broke into the Dali Temple prison again that night, but they couldn’t rescue the person.”
"Who is Yu Yi?" the visitor asked.
"A nun was originally a police officer of Dali Temple," Changsheng said. "Dali Temple sent her to investigate the assassination of Prince Hong. She found out that the matter was related to me but did not report it. Later, when I became powerful, I transferred her. When she came to Yushitai, her old acquaintances were all in Dali Temple and she often went back. On the night of the incident, she happened to go to see Zhang Ziyan to reminisce about the past."
"Those who are not of my race must have different minds. You, a senior sister, have no law and can rob people of prison and hurt others. You must keep a distance from her." The visitor warned.
"Actually, she doesn't need to be jailed at all," Changsheng said. "If she tells me the truth, I can directly ask Dali Temple to release her. It's the Japanese ronin who invaded the border, not these envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty. It doesn't matter if the court arrests them. reason."
The visitor nodded slowly.
At this moment, someone outside reported that there were officials from the three departments asking to see him.
Hearing this, Changsheng turned around and looked at the person who came, "In order to rectify the officialdom, many officials need to be arrested. In the past few days, there are always people coming to ask for mercy. Uncle, please sit down for a while, and I will go meet him."
The visitor nodded, "Go ahead."
Changsheng opened the door and felt relieved when he came outside. He was very lucky that someone could come to see him at this time, because he needed time to think about the details.
Datou had been sent out by him before, presumably on Datou's request. Yang Kai was about to come to the backyard to help him feed the horses, and the two of them walked out of the corridor to meet.
Chang Sheng glanced back to make sure that the man had not followed, and whispered to Yang Kai, "Go to Taiping Inn immediately and find Song Cai, the shopkeeper on the third floor, and ask him to prepare eight old Taoist magical artifacts. Don’t prepare too much, it’s just for everyone in the Beggar Clan.”
Yang Kai nodded, turned and left.
Changsheng came to the lobby to talk to the officials of the Third Division. He didn't take anything he said to heart. He was constantly weighing and weighing in his mind. This person was undoubtedly sent by the Japanese to confirm whether he knew about the dragon vein map. If this person was If you take it, the opponent may guess that the dragon vein map has been leaked, and Takeda Mayumi will be in danger immediately.
This person cannot be caught, let alone killed. She must be allowed to escape unscathed.
She couldn't be allowed to return empty-handed, so she had to take away eight Taoist magical artifacts, because this person had previously offered to deliver the magical artifacts to the eight Purple Qi masters who were escorting the Ni family.
After clearing his thoughts, Changsheng drove away the officials from the Third Division and returned to the room where he was...
