"Bang bang bang! Open the door and deliver takeaway to you."
Xu Tong knocked on the door for a long time, but it didn't move. It was quiet inside, and there was no sound at all.
"Boring!"
Seeing that the door refused to open, Xu Tong simply jumped up and climbed over the wall to get in. Since you don't come towards me, then I will walk towards you.
The high vermilion wall may be unattainable to others, but it is not difficult for you at all.
Point your toes, step on the wall and jump in.
After climbing over the wall and taking a closer look, I realized that this place was much larger than I thought. There were two houses behind the huge yard.
The corridors with carved dragons and paintings on the east and west wings are overgrown with weeds and look a little dilapidated, but there is nothing scary about them.
"Good guy, this yard is bigger than my house."
Looking around with the help of Qi Men's Life Eye, Xu Tong couldn't help but feel disappointed.
There was nothing. Just now I clearly saw that it was dark and ghostly.
I thought, now it’s better, the practice of Bai Shan Kou is now complete.
But when I came in, I found that there was nothing.
Those terrible yin energy disappeared without a trace, as if they didn't exist at all.
“Could it be that the way I entered the door was wrong??”
Xu Tong looked at the empty yard and couldn't help but think about it. He simply jumped over the wall again and looked behind him.
A strange scene appeared. There was so much gloom in the backyard behind me, forming a terrifying black hole, as if it penetrated into the underworld of Yama.
Just separated by a red door, it seems to be isolated from the world.
"So that's it."
Seeing this, Xu Tong understood in his heart that there was a high probability that some kind of strange formation had been arranged in this place by the masters of Qintian Prison.
All those unclean things were suppressed behind this door. The only real entrance was this door. There was nothing there if you climbed over the wall.
Rather than saying that Qin Tian Jian sealed the entire courtyard, it would be better to say that only this door was sealed.
Knowing the reason, he knocked on the door tentatively again, but unfortunately no one answered him this time.
This made him feel so depressed that he could only go back to the room and pick up a few books to kill time. At this moment, the prompts from the prop book continued to sound.
Qi Men's proficiency is rising rapidly.
Although the amount of each upgrade is very small, only one or two points of proficiency, and the highest is only three points, the reason why the amount of improvement is small.
It's because it's not difficult at all. There are too many poor people in the slums of Beijing.
It is common to not have enough clothes to cover your body and not enough food to cover your belly. In addition, the capital is extremely cold in winter.
Bodies frozen to death can be seen on the streets at any time in the severe winter, especially on snowy nights. After a heavy snowfall, it is common to find twelve corpses in a small alley less than a kilometer long.
This year, under Xu Tong's care, these people have become his main customers, because it is too easy to change their destiny.
A thick cotton coat and a bag of rice basically solve the problem of food and clothing.
Qianju and others opened a porridge shack in the east of the city and gave thick cotton-padded clothes to the common people. Baishi Tong was responsible for the publicity work.
Now everyone in the capital knows that there is a blessed immortal who is helping people survive the harsh winter.
Of course, there are still a few unlucky people who are really doomed and cannot be saved, but those are just a few scattered ones, and they don't matter.
Precisely because of its simplicity, most of them contribute only a little proficiency.
Fortunately, we can't handle the large number.
Seeing his proficiency reaching more than half, Xu Tong's mood instantly became better.
It's still early for the golden rooster to crow. Since I can't open the door now, I simply ignore him for now.
There is nothing else in this place like Qin Tian Jian, but if you want to talk about books, the amount of storage here is enough to keep people interested for a lifetime.
Moreover, the books here are not the Four Books and Five Classics, Tang poems and Song lyrics. On the contrary, the books stored here range from the Book of Changes and Bagua to mountains and rivers, geography, Feng Shui, Yin and Yang, mathematics, solar terms, it can be said that they are all available.
If other civil servants are regarded as liberal arts students, then Qintian Prison is definitely a place where science courses are pursued, and only top academics can enter.
"What a great place. No wonder Li Xi was able to plan such a big plan later."
Summoning strangers from all over the world for his own use, planning far-reaching plans, and trying to reach the sky in one step. It is obvious that Li Xi's subsequent actions must have a huge connection with his experience in Qintian Prison.
"Huh!"
At this time, he saw a roll of blueprints on the table with the words "Heavenly Secret Map of the Divine Capital" written on it.
Open it and you will see the geographical location map of City L.
In addition to the familiar Shangqing Palace and Beimang Mountain, the blurred lines on the drawing outline all the Yin-Yang Feng Shui and Bagua directions of the entire city.
There are several places marked with red pens, one of which is the Sui and Tang Botanical Gardens.
"Are these red pens..."
Xu Tong looked down and saw that there were notes underneath the drawing. The place marked with the red pen was the entrance to the ghost market in City L.
Behind the drawing is a detailed record.
It probably means that L City is a place that has been fought over by military strategists since ancient times. Too many wars have caused countless ghosts under the city to be reincarnated. Among them, there are still a few ghost kings who have established themselves, and from then on they listen to the underworld and do not listen to the propaganda.
It is recommended to plant a ghost tree at the two locations of Phoenix Eye and Longan in L City to suppress it.
Xu Tong searched for the location, not to mention that he actually found it. Moreover, he had passed by this place before. It was Ma Shi Street. There was indeed an old locust tree inside. The core of the tree was empty, but the ancient tree was still alive and healthy.
As for the longan…
After searching for a long time on the map, I didn't see the location of Longan.
"The good stuff belongs to me."
This is a good thing, and Xu Tong will naturally not miss it. He just throws it into the prop book, not knowing when it will be used.
I continued to rummage around and found that there were regional labels on every bookshelf.
By the way, I wonder if we can find the Yin-Yang Cave mentioned by Gao Zhuo?
Part of Grandpa Gao Zhuo's soul was lost in the Yin Yang Cave. They agreed to find it, but they didn't know much about the Yin Yang Cave. The master and Gao Zhuo mentioned part of it, but they didn't
Let’s go into details.
Since there is so much information here, why not look for it yourself to prepare for a rainy day.
According to the label, Xu Tong found a geographical map near the geographical map of western Hunan, but there was no Yin-Yang Cave marked in it.
He looked through a few more books and still couldn't find them, which made him a little disappointed, but then he thought about it, if there really was a Yin-Yang Cave, would the information be locked in the archives tantra room in the attic.
He looked at the steps leading to the corner, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of going in to take a look.
It's not that he lacks courage, but when this desire appears, a strong sense of resistance immediately emerges in his heart.
There were even fierce ripples around him. This strong feeling seemed to be the instinct of his body warning him not to try it easily. This was obviously not a good idea.
For this reason, Xu Tong even made a fortune telling, and the result was a lucky draw.
Seeing this, he had to give up the idea for the time being and wait to see if there was a chance to go up.
When the golden rooster crowed, it was already about six o'clock in the morning.
At this time, the ministers had not yet gone to court, but the eunuchs in the palace had already begun to open the doors one after another.
Li Xi walked in carrying a food box.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xu Tong holding a volume of books and looking attentively. He smiled and said, "Brother Ma didn't sleep last night??"
As he spoke, he opened the food box and took out a bowl of still warm tofu puffs and two fried dough sticks.
"I know you have a big appetite, so you can make do with these things first. When the adults go to court later, it's time for us to change shifts."
Xu Tong didn't care. He picked up the bowl and took two bites, then pointed to the top of his head: "I want to go in and see if there is any way?"
Li Xi's expression changed slightly, and he quickly motioned for him to silence.
He whispered: "Brother Ma, this is no joke. Everything above is confidential, and there are even some things. Who knows who will die. What are you doing up there?"
"I want to check some information, but I searched all over this place last night and couldn't find it."
Li Xi was startled when he heard this, and looked at Xu Tong with a deep look. Unexpectedly, Xu Tong said with an indifferent expression: "Don't look at me like that. I'm here just for these information, otherwise I would go to such trouble here?"
Li Xi thought about it and said, "But Brother Ma, there's really nothing we can do about it, let alone you, even Master Jianzheng can't do it."
It turns out that the entire attic is made of fine iron. It contains not only the mechanisms and talismans left by the previous generations of eunuchs, but also two keys to open the door.
There is one key for the chief prison officer, and the three deputy prison guards take turns holding the other key. However, Qin Tian Prison is not liked by the Long Live Lord, so the two vacant prison guards have not been filled, so the key should be Yang Gongjing's.
On hand.
Both of them must carry these two keys with them at all times. Once they are lost, they will be in big trouble.
So if you want to go upstairs, you won't even be able to get in unless you arrest the two supervisors and take away their keys.
After hearing Li Xi's explanation, Xu Tong was helpless.
The two chatted for a while, but as they watched the sun gradually rise, the adults who were going down to court had not yet appeared.
"It's strange. At this point, the adults should have gone to court long ago??"
Li Xi looked in the direction of the inner palace and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Ministers often go to court at four o'clock in the morning. They should go down to court at dawn in the morning, and then they start to perform their duties after going to court.
But isn’t it a little slow today??
The two waited for a while, thinking that there might be some new policy in the court today, but while they were waiting, Xu Tong's ears twitched slightly.
Put down the book in your hand and look sideways in the direction of the door.
I heard footsteps getting closer and closer, but the footsteps were not from the ministers, but more like a large group of people rushing towards this direction.
"Bang!" The courtyard door of Qintian Prison was kicked open.
I saw a group of guards walking in with knives in hand. The leader of the army was still stained with blood on his face. He walked in and looked at Xu Tong and Li Xi.
After sizing up Xu Tong, he pointed the knife at him: "He is Ma Hongwen, catch him alive!"