Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Qiqiao Linglong Lock

Yang Ju returned to the post house, and went back to his room with all the soldiers to rest.In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard the wind of clothes passing by outside the window. The martial arts practitioners were already alert, and hurriedly put on their clothes, grabbed the sword, and did not leave the door. One step jumped out of the window, but saw four or five Stepping away, a masked man in black leaped lightly and went across the courtyard wall. Yang Ju shouted: "Who is that!"At this time, the other soldiers in the courtyard had already woken up and rushed out of the room. Vice-General Wang saw the general chasing the man in black, without thinking too much, he immediately rushed out of the post house, and saw two figures in front of him in the cold moon. Color jumps up and down, flickering, not long after, the street and houses are left behind, gradually reaching the desolate suburb of the city.Vice-General Wang saw from a distance that there was a dark forest in front of him, but Yang Ju and the man in black were nowhere to be seen. He was crying secretly in his heart, and listened intently. There seemed to be the sound of running water. Banging and shouting sounds came from the southeast, followed the sound, and it turned out that there was a river beach in the open area of ​​the forest, and there were many strange rocks on the river beach. Yang Ju was fighting with the man in black. Well, even though Yang Ju is a veteran in the battlefield, he couldn't use his skills in this chaotic pile of rocks, and he couldn't gain half of the advantage. Vice-General Wang was horrified, and was about to rush to help when he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from behind, and instinctively turned to the right As soon as he dodged, he saw a sword tip piercing through his left shoulder blade. Before he could think about it, his body was hit by a strong force, and he flew forward like a kite with a broken string, and landed on the ground.

When Vice General Wang opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a room, and thought: Am I still dead?Just when he wanted to move, he found that there was no strength in his body, only a pain in his shoulder blade, which made him grunt, and when he turned around, the wound had been bandaged completely. "Sir, he's awake." Then I saw a fat old man approaching the couch, his face was kind, his eyes were slightly narrowed, but the light of wisdom could not be concealed.While checking the pulse of Deputy General Wang, he said: "Although the injury is not serious, it is good that the sergeant is in good health, and he will recover for a few more days. It is expected that there will be no serious problems."

"How does this master know that I'm a member of the army?" Vice General Wang blurted out and asked, but there seemed to be something important in his mind, he couldn't think of it for a while, and he felt very dizzy. "You were found lying at the gate of the post house this morning. Although you were not wearing a military uniform, you can't hide your old and new wounds from me. What's more, since you woke up, you kept calling out 'General Yang' from time to time. The general is General Yang Ju?" "Exactly." At this moment, Deputy General Wang recalled the fight in the forest, feeling a little bad in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Wang Qian is General Yang's deputy general. How is General Yang? Oh, I don't know how this old man is." What is your name? Thank you for your help!"

Di Chun laughed beside him and said, "My lord is Lord Di, Inspector of Ningzhou. Your lord was going to visit General Yang at the inn today. Unexpectedly, he didn't see the general, but he rescued you on the way." Di Renjie smiled and said: "What happened last night, who injured you to this point, and where General Yang is now, please tell me carefully." When Deputy General Wang heard that the general was missing, he was anxious: "I'm afraid General Yang is in danger." Immediately, he told Di Renjie about the fact that General Yang found the man in black at the post station last night, chased him to the river beach, and was injured.

"I remember being hit by a strong force and falling into the pile of rocks. My life was over, but the sound of fighting was extremely fierce in my ears. Suddenly it sounded like General Yang's muffled groan, or something like A heavy object fell into the river, and the surroundings became quiet. I was shocked and anxious, but I couldn't move my body, not to mention stepping forward to help, even turning my head to look. stand up." "Have you seen the face of the man in black?" "The man in black who fought with General Yang was always masked, and the man who wounded me from behind never even saw the corner of his clothes." Vice-General Wang carefully recalled the scene at that time, recalling another incident, and said: Before he lost consciousness, he seemed to hear the man in black talking to the other person intermittently, such as 'something seems to be gone', or something like 'seven exquisite locks', etc., but then he didn't know it, and he didn't know how to lie down in the posthouse door."

"Hmm." Di Renjie was thoughtful, and saw that he looked tired after being seriously injured, and that was all he could remember, so he let him rest in the mansion and don't worry too much, while ordering Li Yuanfang to take people there according to Vice General Wang's instructions. He Tan checked, and asked Di Chun to make the medicine according to the prescription without mentioning it. In the study room, Di Renjie took out the gold-plated Tara statue and examined it carefully. Sure enough, he found a circle of thin seams on the lotus seat. In the decoration, seven small holes are found hidden under the roots of the petals. It is difficult to find this detail unless the Buddha is held at an angle above the line of sight.

"Sure enough, there is another mystery." Di Chun said: "Could this be the 'Qiqiao Linglong Lock'?" While he was talking, Li Yuanfang had returned from the river beach to report: "My lord, there are indeed traces of fierce fighting on the river beach outside the Dongxiao Forest. The water plants are messy and the gravel is everywhere, but there is no trace of General Yang. It is early spring, the ice and snow in the river have melted, and the water is flowing. If it really fell into the water after being injured, it might have rushed downstream." "Well," Di Renjie sighed softly, "Yuan Fang, send someone to continue searching along the river."

Then he fell into thinking again: "It's just what is the mystery in this Buddha statue, and how can the 'Qiqiao Linglong lock' be explained?" "Master, if there is such a lock, we don't have the key now, and I'm afraid only a thief can open it." Di Chun said. Di Renjie's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he looked at Li Yuanfang, only to see that Li Yuanfang was also looking at him. "That's right, when it comes to lockpicking skills, I'm afraid no one in the world can match him."