Guanyue understood the implication of her words and said: "Zhi County Cheng indeed followed the woman to the Luoxi River repeatedly, but as soon as she got close to it, a large thick fog would rise, and the woman disappeared after a short time."
This is also the reason why Cheng Zhixian has been unable to do anything about the 'Fox Fairy'.
However, Cheng Zhixian is an idiot. If he doesn't believe in the Fox Fairy, he won't believe it. No matter how powerful the magic is, he won't believe it. Since he has no other choice, he will look for someone from above. There will always be someone capable of breaking through the obstacles.
So, the newly appointed Sicheng, the punishment chief, was moved here.
Guanyue paused for a moment and then said: "The fog will not disperse until the sun comes out."
By then, all ghosts will be gone, let alone people.
Yun Qi: "Didn't you say you saw Tong Xiuzhen drowning in the river with your own eyes?"
Guanyue: "No, they only heard the sound of falling into the river. After the fog cleared, they couldn't find it. It was like the world had evaporated. But later, Cheng Zhixian laid an ambush in advance, and they did see a woman being seduced into the Luoxi River. Jump."
"Can't catch it?"
"cannot."
Yun Qi looked at Lu Anran, "Maybe you can find out the reason?"
Lu Anran pursed her lips and said, "You won't know until you go."
Guanyue said from the side: "Your Majesty, Magistrate Cheng asked if you can pay homage to your Crown Prince."
Yun Qi squinted at him, "I'm here to catch the Fox Immortal. What do you think this bad old man is doing?"
Mo Yan geared up, "They say vixens are all beauties. If you tell me whether he is a boy or a girl, will it seduce me?"
Guanyue hesitated and said: "Men, women don't have to find so many wives."
"Oh, what's the use of having too many wives?"
"Making a furnace cauldron, dual cultivation."
"Isn't that just Acacia!"
The more the two of them talked, the more they talked, and Yun Qi suddenly felt a little embarrassed to have these two around him.
Unexpectedly, Lu Anran's clear and calm voice said, "Refining Qi in a furnace is not essence."
The other three people were immediately horrified, was this still a woman?
—
As soon as midnight arrived, news came from the county government that the fox fairy had another dream.
This time the person designated was a woman. Mo Yan smiled strangely and said, "This fox fairy has quite mixed tastes."
Ever since the Fox Fairy descended from heaven, no one dared to openly watch the excitement on the street, even if they knew they were sending people to the Luoxi River at this time every day. It was unknown whether there were people who secretly opened the windows.
So at this time, there was only a ray of light in the sky, the streets were deserted, the spring breeze was still cold, and everywhere it blew was deserted.
However, tonight there was a carriage parked in the dark alley to the right of Tongxi Inn. It was not until he saw the woman carrying the fox fairy Xina passing by that she followed it.
Yunqi opened a corner of the carriage curtain. The morning glow had not yet risen, and the sky and earth were dark. I could only vaguely see a few people moving things in front of me, but I couldn't see the details clearly.
"Why is there still a sedan to carry?"
This time it was not Mo Yan who was driving the carriage. Because the Fox Fairy was so mysterious, Yun Qi asked Guan Yue and Mo Yan to follow each other secretly. The carriage was too noisy to avoid disturbing the enemy, so they were asked to mark the road and follow at the end.
So I specially hired a yamen servant from the county office to drive the car.
"Sir." The county magistrate had said that the people here were visitors from the royal capital with noble status, so the Yamen servant greeted him respectfully before replying: "Originally, there were none. Later, there were several people who worshiped the Fox Fairy. They brought the two from the Empress Temple. Please come out with a sedan chair, specially used to send off the new wife of the Fox Fairy."
When he said it was polite to ask him to come out, Yun Qi mumbled, "It couldn't have been pulled out directly from under the statue of the empress, right?"
The yamen servant smiled awkwardly and couldn't help but speak for Magistrate Cheng: "This... no one worships the Empress Temple now. It has been idle for many years. Besides, the temple was built by the common people raising money. It is really difficult for the magistrate to arrest people for questioning. "
Lu Anran could only sigh that the Buddhist temple had declined to this point.
Who says that people dare not deceive gods? When we first kowtowed to the Buddha and asked for prayers, we were filled with piety. Now, with the help of the fox fairy, we are knocking down the statues of gods. It is still the people who are humiliating the temple.
Therefore, faith does not lie in gods and Buddhas, but in the human heart.
The carriage stopped and walked all the way to the Luoxi River. When there were no more markers ahead, Guanyue jumped down from a tree.
"Your Majesty, there is heavy fog ahead, Mo Yan is still following."
Yun Qi asked the government officials to drive the carriage to the back and find a secluded place to hide. Then he asked Guan Yue, "Have all the people sent by Magistrate Cheng arrived?"
"Yes, ambush on the bank of Luoxi River in advance."
Yunqi nodded: "Let's go."
After half a cup of tea, a thick fog blocked the way.
The fog is thick and heavy, connecting the sky and the earth, hazy like a huge cocoon, trapping people in a small space, covering it so tightly that nothing can be seen in the front, back, left, or right.
"There's no smell, it's not caused by drugs." Lu Anran said after observing.
Yun Qi's black eyes moved slightly, and he curled his lips and smiled softly: "Of course, this is a formation."
Lu Anran looked up, disturbed by the fog, and Yunqi's face was quite blurry, "The prince still knows the formation."
"I know a thing or two." Yun Qi walked a few steps, and it was okay to watch the moon. He had a special method in the dark and would not lose track of her. However, Lu Anran's walking was a bit difficult.
Yun Qi raised his wide sleeves towards her and said, "Hold on."
Lu Anran hesitated, then stretched out his hand to grab Yunqi's thousand-dollar brocade sleeve, "What formation is this?"
Yun Qi seemed to be identifying something. He walked on the ground while measuring, and said: "The formation of the sun, moon and stars."
Lu Anran: "..."
The clouds stopped, and the mist floated around. Looking up at the sky, the black eyes were deep and sharp, as if they penetrated the fog barriers and reached the sky.
"Just kidding, I don't know what this formation is called, but it is modeled after the Hetu Mountain and Sea Formation."
Lu Anran had no experience with the battle method at all, but the first time she encountered it was during the assessment in Jixia Palace. It seemed that there were people in the Jixia Palace who were quite proficient in the battle method.
She didn't know it, but it turned out that Yun Qi was also involved in it, and her estimation of him rose a lot.
"The river map is originally a star map. In the sky, it is represented by three walls and twenty-eight constellations. On the ground, it is formed into green dragon, white tiger, red bird, Xuanwu, and Mingtang. This formation imitates the layout of ancient mountains and rivers, encompassing all aspects of the star map. It is simple and easy, but also changes. endless."
Yun Qi explained briefly, and Lu Anran immediately understood: "All dharmas in life are unified, and illusions arise and die."
"That's exactly what it means."
"Your Majesty, do you have a way to solve it?"
Yun Qi showed a confident smile and said, "It's a small trick." He spat out, "If it's fake, it's fake."
Listening to the back and forth between the two, Guanyue felt that she was superfluous, but she was also surprised by the tacit understanding between the two.
—
Mo Yan didn't know what was happening on the other side of the fog. He secretly followed the two people's sedan forward. He walked in the fog for who knows how long, but he clearly heard the footsteps still ahead. After he stopped, he found that the person didn't know where to go. Where.
Mo Yan didn't know that there was a formation here, but he also wondered how the two people carrying the sedan could identify the direction in the thick fog.
The sky was round and the place was completely blank, with only the sound of his own footsteps and breathing.
"No, there's a weird tone." Mo Yan picked his ears, but he couldn't hear it clearly. The sound was intermittent, sometimes high, sometimes low. "Where did such an unpleasant tune come from? It feels like he's going to die at any moment."
Regarding the people around Yun Qi, Su Ji has the ability to coordinate, Guanyue is pragmatic and steady, and as for Mo Yan...
He was lying on the ground at this moment, closing his eyes and placing his ears directly against the ground, listening to the thin and weak sound spreading in his ears, slowly guiding him in one direction.
Mo Yan's temperament is unstable, but he is not really stupid after all, and he has good ears. Since the fog is thick in front of him, he can't tell the direction of Lao Shizi's ghost place, so he can only listen with his ears.
Furthermore, there was a sudden and strange sound in the barren mountains and wilderness, making it difficult for him not to get close to the 'Fox Fairy'.
Because of this, Mo Yan, who had no idea that he was trapped in the formation, broke through the formation like a blind cat slaying a mouse and walked out of the fog.
However, it also shows from the side that the person who casts the formation is really a half-hearted person in this way.
Mo Yan's eyes suddenly opened up one moment, and he said happily: "It's out." The next moment, he stepped on the air and fell directly.
When he fell into the river, Mo Yan later realized that he was a landlubber from the north and couldn't swim at all!
The river was surging forward, and I struggled a few times with my bare hands before sinking slowly like a weight.
After two lifetimes, Mo Yan heard a clear voice in his daze: "Why did you send me a boy-in-law?"
Mo Yan, who had just managed to hold on for a breath without fainting, was so angry that he fainted due to these words.
—
Lu Anran watched Yun Qi determine the location, move a few stones, count with her fingers, and move a tree trunk aside, and something magical happened to her.
In an instant, the fog dissipated and the world became clear.
Yunqi stood with his hands behind his hands, and the morning sun rose from the east. A faint orange halo shone on his body, and he had a relaxed and elegant temperament, like an expert in the world.
But Lu Anran still didn't understand, "How the prince can see through the formation."
"The essence of the formation lies in gathering, confusing you with chaos and blinding your eyes. Breaking the formation lies in the original mind."
"The mind is not deceived, so it sees through appearances?"
Yunqi raised his eyebrows: "You can teach me."
Without the thick fog, the sky is getting brighter and the surrounding environment is clear at a glance.
The green mountains on both sides are connected, and a big river flows through the middle.
When the tide is high, the water rushes against the river bank, and the waves bloom, splashing white wolf foam, and then roaring forward with the waves.
"There is no one." Guanyue quickly checked the surroundings with Qinggong and came back to report: "There is no one within five miles, and there is no sign of anyone living."
Yun Qi was not in a hurry and just said: "Let's go further and have a look."
The total length of the Luoxi River is more than 100 kilometers, passing through seven counties and countless villages. It travels in a large circle at the outermost edge of Yi County and rushes towards Xu County.
Chengzhi County is in a difficult situation. The land here is vast and remote, and no one knows where the 'Fox Fairy' is hiding. It is absolutely impossible to find it one by one with manpower.
"The mark made by Mo Yan." After walking for a while, Guan Yue squatted on the bank of the river and said.
After comparing it, Lu Anran said: "Judging from the height and the movement of the strokes, he was in the water at the time."
"Impossible, he doesn't know how to swim." Guanyue didn't reject Lu Anran, but his consciousness reacted first, "It's over, he won't drown, right?"
At this moment, Lu Anran deeply realized the 'brotherly love' between Guan Yue and Mo Yan.
Yun Qi waved his hand: "Jump down."
Guanyue felt that the eldest son of his family was joking with his life, but he still jumped. Almost at the same time as he jumped, a sound seemed to fall from the sky.
"The Great Fox Immortal lives in this treasured land, whoever is not smart enough to break into it!"
