The horses and the men in black running at night are just like the characters in the storyteller's stories, they are both non-returning guests in the world.

At this time, a crow flapped its wings and landed on the roof of a restaurant in front of them. It stood quietly on the eaves and watched Chen Ji and Yunyang speed past, motionless, as if it was the building itself.

The horned beast of the building.

The crow's feathers reflect the luster under the moonlight, as if covered with a layer of silver gauze, quiet and mysterious.

Hey, crow?

Chen Ji turned back to look at the eaves corner, only to find that the crow was already flapping its wings, not knowing where it was going.

He was sure that he had seen this crow in the backyard of the medical clinic. The way he looked at him seemed to come from a superior person.

When he saw the crow, he thought it was an illusion caused by high nervousness, but now that he saw the crow again, Chen Ji no longer thought so. The mystery of this world was far beyond his imagination.

He thought for a moment and asked Yunyang: "Master Yunyang, your Secret Service should be well-informed. Have you ever seen anyone who can control animals?"

"I haven't seen it before," Yunyang responded casually.

"Are there any people who practice Taoism? I heard that Mr. Shu told some stories about ghosts and monsters. Is this true?" Chen Ji asked.

"No."

Chen Ji fell into deep thought. He was already on the path of spiritual practice, and he was sure that there were definitely other practitioners in this world, but why had he never heard of them?

What is the reason that causes those practitioners to hide in the public and private sectors?

A tearing sound.

Yunyang turned around and saw Chen Ji tearing off the hem of his robe and tying it around his face.

"What are you doing? You work openly and honestly for our Secret Service. You don't need to hide your head and show your tail," Yunyang said disdainfully.

Chen Ji responded casually: "Master Yunyang, I am just a small person, it is always right to be cautious. And you have to protect my identity, otherwise the Liu family will retaliate against me, and no one will help me earn credit in the future."

Yunyang thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case: "Then you should cover your face more carefully...hehe!"

He suddenly tightened the reins, causing the horse to stop suddenly on the dim street.

Chen Ji glanced around and saw dozens of people standing on horseback opposite them.

This group of people were clad in raincoats and bamboo hats, and each of them had a long knife hanging across their waist, with murderous intent coming towards them.

The leader raised his head and glanced at Chen Ji. Chen Ji saw in the shadow under the bamboo hat, the middle-aged man's gaze was like a knife, which made his cheek hurt.

"Who are these people?" Chen Ji asked in a low voice on horseback.

"People from the 'Chief of Punishment Division'," Yunyang responded, tightening the reins and loudly shouting: "Commander Lin is so tired, he must have traveled from Jinling with the Yulong Guards day and night."

The middle-aged man said calmly: "You and Jiaotu have made such a big mistake. I will escort you two back to the capital and listen to the instructions of the Prime Minister."

"A trick?" Yun Yang sneered, "Jiaotu and I came to Luo City to arrest Jing Chao's spies. What's wrong?"

The middle-aged man said solemnly: "You arrested the Liu family, but you couldn't produce strong evidence to convict them. Now that the life of the Liu family is hanging by a thread, this matter cannot be forgotten."

Yun Yang calmly said: "Bright Rabbit and I have already found the evidence. We didn't bring it out because we wanted to take a long time to catch the big fish and didn't want to alert the snake. Lin Chaoqing, if you hear the slightest hint of trouble, you want to arrest us and hinder the investigation. Are you?

Isn’t he a spy placed by Jing Chao in the Criminal Division?”

"It's full of nonsense," Lin Chaoqing said dismissively: "I, the Chief of the Criminal Division, have the responsibility to supervise all officials, and your Secret Intelligence Division is within my supervisory authority. I advise you to stop struggling in vain and follow me back to Beijing!"

Yunyang said solemnly: "Lin Chaoqing, if you want to arrest me, at least wait until Mr. Liu is dead."

Lin Chaoqing had a taciturn character and was no longer willing to talk nonsense: "Arrest them."

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of fish dragon guards behind him galloped towards him.

Horseshoes trampled on the bluestone road, making a soul-stirring sound.

At this time, the sky was covered by a dark cloud, and the long street was like ink.

The faces of the Fish Dragon Guards were hidden under bamboo hats, and their eyes were hidden in terrifying shadows. When they were about to arrive in front of Yunyang, everyone pulled out their long knives from their waists in unison!

Yunyang said to Chen Ji in a deep voice: "Sit tight!"

After that, he jumped off the horse and stabbed the horse's butt with the silver needle of his finger like thunder. The horse neighed in fright and ran wildly in the other direction with traces of it!

Chen Ji had no knowledge of equestrian skills, so he could only lower his body and hug the horse's neck tightly. He looked back and saw Yun Yang, dressed in black, not retreating but advancing, striding forward to meet the dozens of mounted fish dragon guards!

boom!

The moment he met the first fish dragon guard, the fish dragon guard slashed with his sword, but before the sword fell, Yunyang had already lowered his waist, twisted his hips, and punched the horse on the head!

There was a cry of a horse, and the horse as big as a chariot was shaken by this slender punch, and fell down the long street like a collapsed mountain.

"Resisting orders and resisting arrest will be punished with an additional penalty!" Lin Chaoqing suddenly exerted his strength. He stepped on the saddle and drew his knife in mid-air. His knife was longer and heavier than the others!

When he stepped on the horse's back and exerted force, the majestic horse could not withstand the force and its knees bent.

On the other side, Yunyang jumped up when he saw this. The collision between the two in mid-air actually caused a turbulent airflow. No one could see clearly what happened, and the two were separated at the touch of a button.

Lin Chaoqing fell from the air and stood firmly on his horse. The place where the two collided left a knife mark several meters long on the bluestone road!

On the other side, Yunyang took advantage of the force of the collision and jumped up to the eaves. He caught up with the running horse like a phantom and jumped on the horse's back to escape.

On the long street, Lin Chaoqing was not in a hurry to catch up. He sat back on the horse, pressed his bamboo hat, and asked calmly: "Who is sitting behind his horse?"

"I've never seen him before, so he shouldn't be from the Secret Service."

Lin Chaoqing's words were as powerful as metal interlacing: "Check."

…

…

Chen Ji said with lingering fear: "You said before that you had never seen a practitioner...?"

Just as Yunyang was about to answer, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. He wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve: "How can you tell the world about a practitioner's affairs? You cannot tell others what you have cultivated or what state you have reached.

.”

"Why?"

Yunyang said meaningfully: "It is wonderful to practice and seek immortality, but that is just a story in a storybook. On this road, there is only life and death. I think you have a bright future, and you may really be promoted by some big shot in the future, but

Remember, if you really embark on this path, never tell others what you cultivate."

Chen Ji's heart trembled. There was a deep warning hidden in Yunyang's words. It must be the life experience that the other party had gained after going through certain things.

While he was thinking, Yunyang coughed up another mouthful of blood: "Boy, if you can't find evidence to convict the Liu family tonight, we're afraid we'll all die together."

Chen Ji said: "So the reason why you said you must find evidence tonight is because you are worried about being held accountable by the 'Chief Criminal Division'. I thought your Secret Intelligence Division was the most powerful."

"Stop talking sarcastically. The Chief of Criminal Investigations is in charge of the guard of honor in front of the emperor. These warriors are certainly powerful," Yunyang said coldly: "It's just that we all work under the Interior Minister, and our Secret Service Department raises our heads every day to fight with the Military Intelligence Department."

Come and kill, what kind of skills do they have if they check their own family members every day?"

The two of them had arrived at the gate of Zhou's mansion. Yunyang jumped off his horse first and pushed open the red lacquered door. The creaking sound sounded in the night, making people feel sad.

The Zhou Mansion has been cleaned, the table has been straightened, and the chairs have been raised, as if more than ten people had never died here.

Yunyang stood in the courtyard and turned to look at Chen Ji, saying in a solemn voice: "We don't have much time. I've placed my bet on you. I hope you won't disappoint me. Tell me, what did you find in the Zhou Mansion earlier?"

Chen Ji walked straight to the main room of Zhou Mansion: "Where are all Zhou Chengyi's books collected?"

"Everything is here."

Chen Ji stood in front of the bookshelf, quickly taking down the books one by one and looking through them.

Seeing that he was focused, Yunyang walked out of the main room and took out a shadow figure in a deserted place. He bit open his index finger and dotted its eyes with blood.

The shadow puppet came to life, with a strange smile on his face, staggered onto the courtyard wall, and ran towards the east.

He returned to the main room and saw that Chen Ji finally picked out two books: "The clues should be in these two books."

Yunyang took the book and looked through it, only to find that the contents of the two books were exactly the same: "Both books are the eighth chapter of the Commentary on the Four Books Chapters and Sentences, "The Second Chapter of Weizheng". One of them should be Zhou Chengyi himself

It was copied, I have seen his handwriting."

The common methods of book circulation in this era included buying and selling, borrowing, copying, as well as robbery and theft.

Printed books were monopolized by aristocratic families and were expensive, so borrowing and copying them was a common practice.

But here's the problem, Zhou Chengyi is not short of money.

Chen Ji pointed to a wall of hundreds of books and said: "As a county magistrate, Zhou Chengyi looks clean on the surface, but he secretly keeps women outside his house and has more than ten servants. How can he copy books by himself? I guess

, every time Zhou Chengyi borrows and returns a book, it is his way of passing on information. This book that has just been copied has not yet been returned, so there should be secrets in it that he wants to pass on."

Yunyang looked at Chen Ji with a strange expression: "These books were the first thing you checked last time. You discovered this clue at that time. Why didn't you speak on the spot to save your life and instead continued to look for other clues?"

Chen Ji said: "There is nothing wrong with having more information that can save lives. Moreover, there is only a quarter of an hour. Although I know there is something wrong with it, I can't guarantee whether I can decipher the code of the Military Intelligence Department in a quarter of an hour."

That night, although Chen Ji was scared, he never panicked. His trump card was like the broken piece of porcelain he always held in his hand, which he never let go of.

Yunyang sat on the chair tiredly: "Are you sure now?"

"If there are two hours left, it should be okay," Chen Ji said firmly.

Before they finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves sounded outside Zhou's mansion. They looked up and saw Jiaotu dismounting with more than ten spies. She handed the reins to one of the spies and walked quickly towards the mansion:

"Close the door! On my way back, I found Liu Jiazheng rushing here with open arms. There are a lot of people!"

Yunyang was surprised: "What are they going to do?"

Jiaotu said solemnly: "Mr. Liu is dead."

Yunyang looked at Jiaotu in shock: "The old man of the Liu family is dead?! Chen Ji, isn't your master gone? His medical skills are not very good!"

Inside the room, Jiaotu said solemnly: "He died an hour ago. The Liu family is in a state of excitement right now."

"Damn it," Yunyang rubbed his face with both hands: "We are too damn unlucky, it's obviously his own health problem, how can he blame us? Why did this shit basin fall on my head?

Already?!"

Jiaotu said: "Two of my spies are missing. They may have been killed by them in the chaos. Among these people are the 'executive officers' raised by the Liu family."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves and footsteps came from outside again. The Liu family came very quickly and in a hurry!

Someone shouted loudly: "They arrested the young members of my Liu family and sent them to prison without evidence. They made the old man die in anger. We must give an explanation today!"

"Yes, you must give us an explanation!"

Amid the roar of people and the restless firelight, Yunyang looked at Chen Ji with a strange expression: "Now, I'm afraid you only have a quarter of an hour."
Chapter completed!