Wei Fushen walked around Shangyong City, dug a deep hole under a big tree in the southeast of the city, buried the square inch talisman, and carefully restored it to its original appearance. After cleaning everything, he patted the dirt on his hands.
, walked towards the city gate.
It was his first time to come to Shangyong, and this city didn't give him a very good feeling. He always felt indescribably awkward.
He has been to Yingdu, Xinzheng, Shangqiu, Xiangcheng, Pengcheng, Yangzhou... and even Yutou City. All other cities are square and square, but Shangyong is not.
It is a round city and has no crenels.
Wei Fuchen originally planned to climb over the city wall at night, but he didn't find the familiar crenels, so he didn't dare to climb over without permission. Who knows what strange things he would encounter after going up?
So he could only enter through the city gate in broad daylight, but something strange happened again. Almost all other cities had gates facing north, south, and east. Even if there were no gates, there were at least two gates, but Shangyong only had one.
It was a gate, and he didn't know if it could be called a city gate. When he entered, he looked up and saw the hanging city gate above. He looked at the sharp iron points pointing downwards and suddenly shuddered.
He knew that this kind of gate must be controlled by a powerful magic circle. If the gate fell from above when he was escaping, he might be trapped into a honeycomb.
For an experienced thief, his first impression of this city was not very good.
He had to resolve the matter as soon as possible and leave here as soon as possible. Wei Fuchen secretly told himself. Based on this vigilance, he changed his action plan.
The original plan to go into Yongren Hall at night and use cruel methods to force the alchemist surnamed Shen to make alchemy for him was abandoned. Instead, the plan was to sneak in secretly and kidnap the alchemist.
Of course, the spiritual materials and elixirs should also be taken away with them.
In short, we cannot delay in the city. After being kidnapped from the city, if the alchemist surnamed Shen understands and makes elixirs for himself, I will not be able to spare his life. Otherwise, I will not blame myself for being ruthless. After spending so many years in the cultivation world, I have suffered a lot.
Fellow Taoists praise him and he is known as the "big thief" in the world. Such a majestic nickname is not for nothing. Can you be kind and soft-hearted?
After asking passers-by, I walked around in the crooked and crowded streets and finally entered Beifang.
As soon as he entered the entrance of the square, Wei Fuchen felt a long shadow flickering above his head. He sneered in his heart. He flipped his wrist and flicked his empty finger upwards. The long shadow was immediately broken by him. When he picked it up, it was half a bamboo pole.
On one end of the bamboo pole was a piece of women's obscene clothing.
Wei Fushen stood still holding the pole. When he looked up, he saw a woman peeking out from the window of the second-floor attic next to her. She was wearing heavy makeup, her fleshy cheeks turned red.
At first glance, this person was in his fifties, and he was dressed so coquettishly. He pointed at Wei Fuchen with one hand on his hips and the other with his eyes wide open: "Thief, steal my obscene clothes..."
Wei Fuchen was speechless, knowing that he couldn't afford to deal with this kind of person, so he threw the bamboo pole and the obscene clothes into the window. Just as the woman was about to curse, more than a dozen ant-nosed coins flew up and were piled neatly under the window lattice, and she suddenly stopped talking.
, snorted coldly: "Be careful next time!"
Wei Fushen did not protest and continued to move forward in silence. He came to the front of Yongren Hall and took a few glances at the gate. He immediately understood the surrounding situation clearly.
Sure enough, there are guards guarding you.
He did not reveal his whereabouts, but continued to move forward. He saw two women sitting under the eaves of the door - aunts again. They came forward and bent down to talk. They introduced themselves and said they were merchants from the wild lands in the south. They wanted to
Stay for a few days and ask where you can stay.
The two ladies pointed to the opposite side: "Old Zhang's family."
While he was talking, his pouted buttocks were bumped by several children who were running by. The children staggered, fell and gnawed in the mud, and then ran away in a slapstick manner.
The two ladies cursed angrily: "You little bastards, you are so rampant, why don't you slow down..."
Wei Fuchen didn't want to get into trouble, so he waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter..."
But the aunt ignored him and continued: "I have a bump and I have to go to Yongrentang for consultation. Who pays for it? Are you, a foreigner, willing?"
Wei Fushen: "..."
I came diagonally across the street and knocked on the door of the Zhang family that the two aunts had mentioned. The Zhang family was indeed willing to stay overnight, with food and accommodation included for thirty bucks a day, but the house was too small and there was no separate side yard for rent. Wei Fushen was also
Agreed - at least I have a single room, just be careful when working at night.
After settling on a place to stay, Wei Fushen began to formally check out the place. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no curfew in the evening, he started walking along the Benjia of Benfang. When he saw a hidden corner of the mud wall, he swayed, hid inside, and looked around.
Xiang Yongrentang, stretched out his hand and touched his waist...
Touch again...
Touch again...
Hmm? Where’s the Jade Compass?
The jade compass is not a treasure, it is just an ordinary object used by Wei Fushen to measure direction and distance. If there is anything precious about it, it is that it is small in size and is micro-carved into a jade plaque. It is usually hung around the waist.
, just for convenience of use.
Although this thing is not a magic weapon, it was of great help to Wei Fushen. Last year in Xiangcheng, the house he borrowed was far away from Taozhai. The reason why he could open the tunnel accurately was because of this.
Where did it go?
Wei Fuden searched all over himself but couldn't find it, so he hurried back to the cabin where he was staying, rummaged through the bed and under the bed, and then sat down slumped.
In a daze, he recalled carefully, but his impression was a bit blurry. Did he forget to bring it from Shuangjian Cave? Or did he accidentally drop it when he was killing the mountain wolf? Or was he caught on a branch while on the way?
The knot is broken?
When can I get a valuable storage artifact?
Although he was a little depressed, Wei Fuchen did not give up because of this. After so many years of experience as a thief, he couldn't be stuck without a compass. When he was young, didn't he go through the world with bare hands?
I went out again and came to the place I had just chosen. I carefully recalled the skills my master taught me back then. I straightened my arms, gave a thumbs up in the direction of Yongrentang, and started to calculate the distance and direction with reference to the reflection of the setting sun.
In a small courtyard diagonally across from him, an aunt was observing his every move through the crack in the door: "He stretched out his arms, like this... squinting his eyes..."
Behind the aunt were several other aunts, the old man from the Zhang family, and several children chasing each other in the yard.
"What is this?"
"Is this piece of jade a magic weapon?"
"It should be so, they are all incomprehensible words..."
"You didn't hold your fart in well. Look at his sly look. He looks exactly like that boy from Yong Shisan's family. Didn't that boy get caught by Tingsi for stealing? He hasn't come out yet."
"What's coming out? Don't you know? All the prisoners in the temple have been sent to the army!"
"Old man Zhang, this guy keeps reaching out and gesticulating at Yongrentang. Come and have a look. Isn't he staying at your house? What is in his package?"
"It's not like I asked him to live there. Chief Xunjia said that anyone who comes to stay with me in the past few days will be arranged to come to my house... The package only contains ant nose money, an iron ruler, and a strange torn bag...
…”
"Iron ruler? I'm afraid it's a murder weapon! The pocket must be filled with valuables."
"He's still gesticulating with that guy... Third aunt, go ask Commander Xunjia. This little thief is acting suspiciously. I'm afraid he should report it to the official!"
"Gouzi, go ask Commander A to come!"
Thanks to Xinxitang and poefisher for the reward, and thanks to fellow Taoists for their monthly tickets and recommended tickets.