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Chapter 184 Goodbye Zhumeng

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    Songfengling is located more than 20 miles northwest of Guyang County, with a radius of only five or six miles. It is divided into front ridge, middle ridge and back ridge, sandwiched between two ravines.  Although Lingzi is not big, it is far away from official roads and has dense forests, so it has always been inaccessible.

    It was already late at night when Zhao Ran and others arrived. After entering the mountain, they lit up lanterns and torches. Under the guidance of the Zuo brothers, they soon arrived at the entrance of the ravine between Zhongling and Houling.

    The first thing I saw was a carriage. The horse had been dead for a long time, and the body of the coachman was placed on the shaft of the carriage. It looked like the clothes were the daily clothes worn by Taoist fire workers.

    In the open space next to a few bushes, five people fell to death. Four of them had the same short-sleeved Taoist uniforms as Fangtang's inspector. This was the martial arts uniform provided by the Taoist sect for martial arts practitioners like Fangtang. In the middle lay an old man.  Taoist priest, Zhao Ran held his breath and stepped forward to turn the body over. He saw that this old Taoist was indeed as the Zuo brothers said. He looked seventy or eighty years old, but after a second look, he seemed to be in his fifties or sixties.

    When they first saw it, Zhao Ran and Zhao Zhixing were shocked. The old man's face was pale, with many wrinkles and wrinkles. His body was limp and curled up into a ball, as if the whole person's energy and energy had been sucked out of his body. He lay there.  What's here is just an empty shell.

    Zhao Ran's heart was pounding. He stared at the old Tao's wrinkled and folded face under the firelight. His heart suddenly sank. He felt weak and his mind was empty. He sat down next to the corpse in a daze.  daze.

    After a long time, Zhao Zhixing on the side just recovered from the fright and said to Zhao Ran: "It seems to be Zhang Supervisor"

    Zhao Ran nodded subconsciously, looking straight at the corpse, and his mind was instantly confused.

    Zhao Zhixing added: "I met him once in December last year but why is Zhang Supervisor so old?"

    Zhao Ran nodded and shook his head.  After a long time, as if he woke up from a dream, he stood up and strode towards the Zuo brothers. He grabbed the Zuo brothers by the collar and shouted in a low voice: "What exactly happened? Please tell me again. There must be no words."  Missed!" He roared at Guan Er again: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and search separately, look carefully! Don't let go of any clues!"

    Counting from the time of the incident, three or four hours had passed by the time Zhao Ran and others rushed to the scene. Guan Er and others dispersed to look for him. Where is the trace of the "bald monk"?  Zhao Ran was unwilling to give in. He rode a donkey and circled around the area, but still found nothing. He had no choice but to turn around temporarily and guard the scene where Zhang Jianyuan was assassinated.

    Song Supervisor Yuan and County Magistrate Kong arrived when it was getting dark. At the same time, they also came with senior officials from various Taoist monasteries and county government officials who heard the news.  Seeing this scene in front of them, everyone was shocked. Many people couldn't believe that such a thing could happen in broad daylight.

    Accompanying Magistrate Kong were the prison guards of Guyang County Prison. After carefully examining the body of Zhang Jianyuan, two extremely experienced officers shook their heads in unison, and then apologized to Magistrate Kong and Song Jianyuan.  , saying that the cause of Zhang Jianyuan's death should be caused by some kind of magic, so the monks from the pavilion still need to send someone to verify it before confirming it.

    The scene of the crime was covered by Taoist sects and government officials. The inner circle was inspected and monitored by Wujiyuan, while the outside was surrounded by the county government's third class officers.  In addition to being vigilant, they also organized personnel to search for traces of the case and also checked passers-by around Songfengling.

    With such an appalling case, the on-site meeting on Qingmiaoqian reform planned to be held at the Charity Hall was of course unable to proceed. The meeting was postponed indefinitely, and all Taoist sects and officials in Long'an Prefecture began to fully investigate the case.

    After the inquiry, the Taoist sect responded immediately. Three monks sent by Huayun Pavilion rushed to Songfengling the next afternoon. When Zhao Ran saw the three people who came, two of them actually knew each other.  The leader was Master Liang Tengxian, who was the one who went to Wuji Courtyard to pick up Zhu Zhimeng at the end of the previous year. Naturally, he was accompanied by two disciples of Master Liang. One was his old acquaintance Zhu Zhimeng, and the other was named Zhu Zhimeng.  Gan Zhilu.

    Counting it all together, it has been almost two years since I last saw Zhu Zhimeng.  Two years ago, Zhao Ran met Zhu Zhimeng for the first time at the Bijia Mountain Yazhu. At that time, Zhu Zhimeng was depressed because his pursuit of Zhou Yumo was rejected again.  After that, the two entered the Wuji Academy Sutra Hall in the same period. During their one-year classmates, they competed with each other in study, monthly exams and annual exams because of Zhou Yumo. Then they broke off contact with Zhu Zhimeng when he entered the Huayun Hall to practice Taoism.

    After all, they had lived together under the same roof, and there was no hatred between them. After meeting, they both felt like meeting old friends. They looked at each other and smiled, and started talking.

    "Junior brothers"

    "Junior Brother Zhao"

     Smiling again, Zhu Zhimeng said: "I heard that you were promoted to Fang Master? It has been less than two years, and you have gone from being a Taoist boy in the Sutra Hall to being a Jing Master, and then to being a deacon. Junior Brother Zhao is really doing something extraordinary."  Well, what did Junior Brother say about me back then? A 'learning expert', well, no matter how I look at it, I think that Junior Brother Zhao, you are a 'Promotion Expert'!"

    "Junior brothers, please don't laugh at me. How can we ordinary people be as free as you monks? No matter how fast we are promoted, we are still just ordinary people By the way, how is your practice, junior brothers?"

    Zhu Zhimeng shook his head: "I have not yet entered the rank of Taoist priest."

    "So, you have been conferred the rank of Taoist priest? When did it happen?"

    "At the end of spring this year."

    "In just a few months of the year, I have entered the right path of cultivation. All the junior disciples are really very talented! I wonder when can I become a Taoist priest?"

    "I have just become a Taoist priest, and my realm has not yet been stabilized. I dare not expect to be a Taoist priest yet. Master said that if there is no chance, it will take me two years at the earliest."

    Zhao Ran comforted him: "It's already very fast. I heard from Zhuo Tengyun and Zhuo Tengyi that it took them more than two years to enter the realm of Taoist priests, and three years to become a Taoist priest"

    Zhu Zhimeng¡¯s eyes jumped: ¡°Do you know Uncle Da Zhuo and Xiao Zhuo?¡±

    Zhao Ran explained: "After you left, you met two Master Zhuo uncles by chance and helped them catch monsters. Now that I am the leader of the party, I am in charge of detecting monsters, so I  I have had more interactions with the two of them. By the way, why are you here to investigate this case? Shouldn't it be Daomen Xingxing who comes forward for this kind of thing?"

    "The two uncles from the Zhuo family went to Songfanwei to look for medicinal materials for the Huayun Pavilion, and the matter was not trivial, so the pavilion asked the master to come down."

    "I see."

    The two chatted for a while. Over there, Master Liang had already finished greeting everyone. Zhu Zhimeng quickly greeted Zhao Ran and followed him.

    Master Liang led two disciples, Zhu Zhimeng and Gan Zhilu, into the scene of the crime. Zhao Ran followed the crowd and watched.  Master Liang first carefully inspected the body, and then ordered Zhu Zhimeng to play a talisman.  The talisman floated in the air for a few weeks before exploding and turning into flying ash.  Others can't see the doorway, but Zhao Ran can see it very clearly.  An invisible wave of air swept past, sweeping through the entire scene, and a fleeting white light collided with several corpses.  This white light is the essence of Buddhist magic power, which is called "light" or "nature" in Buddhism, just like the "Qi" absorbed in the Taoist practice.

    This time, Zhao Ran¡¯s inference was finally confirmed. It was indeed a Buddhist monk!

    When Zhao Ran first saw the corpses of Zhang Jianyuan and others, the reason why he was distracted was because their faces after death looked very familiar. The appearance of their energy and spirit being exhausted and their appearance aging instantly made Zhao Ran feel dazed for a while.

    Zhao Ran once fought with Monk Zhishen from Gaorichang Temple in the small temple outside Bayan Har Mountain. At that time, Monk Zhishen was corroded by the fearful Buddha statue, and his face was the same as that of Zhang Jianyuan, but he had great magical power.  , forced himself to escape and avoid misfortune, but Zhang Jianyuan obviously did not have this ability, so he died.

    Master Liang did not take any follow-up actions. He just asked people to maintain the scene, and then took two disciples to choose a quiet place nearby, meditated and waited. It was said that they were waiting for someone.  So everyone had to continue to wait patiently.

    Zhu Zhimeng sat quietly beside Master Liang for an hour, then stood up and walked towards Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran joked: "Juniors are still the same as before, skipping class again."

    Zhu Zhimeng laughed and said: "What are you skipping class? Master has said that the most important thing in practice is the mind. Whenever you feel like it, one hour should be treated as ten hours. If the mind is not there, ten hours will not be lower than one hour. I am not in the mood to practice today.  Of course there is no need to force yourself into meditation.¡±

    "What? Are you in a bad mood?"

    "It's not Well, Junior Brother Zhao, let me ask you a question."

    "Speaking."

    "I wonder have you still contacted Senior Sister Zhou? Has she written to you?"

    "Don't you always call her 'Wenxiu girl'? Why did you change your name?"

    Zhu Zhimeng scratched his forehead: "She didn't allow me to call him Senior Sister Zhou, otherwise she would ignore me in the future"

    Zhao Ran is helpless. This guy has been on the threshold of spiritual practice for two years, but he is still so persistent. In terms of love, it is really admirable.  Now Zhao Ran had no intention of quarreling with him, so he didn't hide anything and directly told Zhu Zhimeng that he and Zhou Yumo had not exchanged letters for two years.  (A great pie-in-the-sky event, a cool mobile phone is waiting for you! Follow it~ Click on the Chinese official account (add friends on WeChat - add official account - enter qdread) and participate now! Everyone will win a prize, follow now  qdread WeChat public account!)

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