Volume 6, Long Huangtian Collapse, Chapter 142, Tracking
After Su Ling said this, she slowly walked over from behind.
The head guard glanced at Su Ling and felt a little unfamiliar. He was about to speak when he saw Tan Jing glare at him several times. His heart suddenly thought that this man must be a son of an official, so he quickly lowered his head.
Dare you say anything more.
Su Ling walked closer, bared his teeth at the 20 or 30-year-old man, then raised his fists at the scar-faced man and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Let me take a look at the two newly brought boxes. If there are no problems, what will happen next?"
There will be no inspection..."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Tan Jing with a smile, as if asking for his opinion.
Tan Jing didn't know what kind of medicine Su Ling was selling in his gourd, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Cao..." As soon as he opened his mouth, he knew that he had made a mistake.
Even Su Ling and Guo Baiyi's expressions changed slightly.
Fortunately, Tan Jing immediately changed his words and said: "Master Cao... you are right, you are right."
Su Ling then nodded with a smile and walked to the two cargo boxes. He was not in a hurry to open them. He just walked around the two boxes a few times and suddenly stared at the scarred face with a smile.
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The scarred face was a little out of control, and his face was a little ugly, and he said: "Check the boxes and goods, not me, why are you staring at me?"
Su Ling chuckled and said, "I just want to ask this brother, what exactly is in this box?"
He still had a smile on his face.
Scarface was stunned for a moment, and then said dissatisfiedly: "As I said earlier, these boxes are full of tea leaves...what else can there be?"
"Oh! Tea leaves, I understand..." After Su Ling finished speaking, he turned around twice more and then slowly squatted down next to the cargo box, smiling at the scarred face.
He looked out of the corner of his eye and saw that the twenty or thirty followers behind the scar-faced man had unnatural expressions on their faces, and they all stretched their right hands toward their waists.
Su Ling saw it in his eyes, but his heart was calm and steady.
"What kind of tea?" Su Ling raised his head and asked the scar-faced man.
"Tea is tea, what else is tea?" Scarface didn't understand this nonsense.
Su Ling smiled and said as if to show off: "You see, this brother doesn't drink tea very much. He is from Xinyang, where there are Taiping Monkey King all over the mountains and plains. This one should be Taiping Monkey King."
The scarred face was startled at first, then pretended to be surprised, nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, I am a rough man, I don't care about the tea, I just want to drink the taste, it's the Taiping Monkey King..."
...Hehe, hehe!”
Su Ling nodded and suddenly said jokingly: "Oh, it's really Taiping Houkui. This is a good thing. I like to drink it the most. Why don't you sell me a box and I'll pay now?"
How about it saves you the trouble of running away and reduces some of the burden..."
As he spoke, he looked at the scarred face with a smile that seemed intentional.
Scarface was suffocated again, but said in a deep voice: "We are just delivering goods. Where to send the goods and how many boxes there are are all agreed in advance. We don't dare to sell them privately... You
If you want to drink tea, just go to the tea shop and buy it."
Su Ling nodded suddenly and said, "That's right."
He suddenly looked regretful, sighed, and said in a much louder voice: "Oh, it's such a pity that I can't buy a box and take it back on the spot..."
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his palms and patted the tea box vigorously. He seemed to be quite regretful that he could not buy the tea leaves all over the ground.
"Bang bang—bang bang—" a heavy and somewhat muffled sound came out.
The tea box also trembled a few times.
Su Ling was as careful as a hair and calmly noticed that as the tea box vibrated, there seemed to be some gray powder on the edge seal.
He had doubts in his mind, but he just kept them in mind.
When Scarface saw him patting the tea box, his expression turned extremely ugly, and he was about to say something to stop him.
But he saw Su Ling actually stood up, dusted off his hands, smiled at the scarred face and said: "Since it's all tea leaves, this brother won't sell me, come on, it can't be wrong anyway, I think
No more investigation, just let it go..."
The scarred face and the 20-30-year-old man behind him relaxed, and the hands that reached into their waists slowly lowered their hands.
Su Ling then turned to Tan Jing and smiled: "Master Tan, what do you think?"
Tan Jing had some monks who were twenty-two feet tall, and Su Ling asked them to investigate them. But when they were actually investigated, the matter was done so hastily.
However, he understood that Su Ling was a subordinate of Cao Cao. Even if Su Ling was a minor official, there would still be a military advisor standing behind him to offer him wine.
Tan Jing quickly nodded with a smile and said: "You are right, you are right, then let it go, let it go!"
As he spoke, he waved his hands to the officers, who then left.
Upon seeing this, Scarface quickly asked the four big men behind him to move the two newly moved cargo boxes back, and then said with a smile: "This young man likes to drink tea, but that is easy to handle. Next time you are here."
, if I come back, I can prepare some extra and give them to you for free."
Su Ling hummed a few times and waved to indicate that they could leave.
The scar-faced man waved his hand behind him and said loudly: "Brothers, work harder and be more careful. Let's rest after delivering the goods!"
Twenty or thirty men from behind responded, and this group of people moved boxes and carts, walked past the pier, and headed towards Longtai City.
After the group of people disappeared into the sea of people, Guo Baiyi immediately came over and said anxiously: "Brother Su Ling, why did you let them go? Just when you said you wanted to check, their hair and color changed. This cargo box
There’s really a problem here!”
Su Ling smiled lightly and nodded and said: "Brother in white, how could I not know that I deliberately deceived him just now? This tea is also from Taiping Monkey King, so he expressed his wish. But brother in white, you have drunk a lot of tea, you know that there is
What kind of tea is called Houkui's?"
Su Ling secretly thought that Taiping Houkui was a famous tea in Anhui in his time and space, and there would definitely not be such a thing in this time and space.
Sure enough, Guo Baiyi nodded and said: "I have indeed never heard of such a kind of tea. Moreover, they brought the goods as collateral and didn't even know what kind of tea it was. This is unreasonable!"
Su Ling nodded and said: "I patted the box on purpose just now, and I already knew that it could contain anything, but it definitely doesn't contain tea!"
"Oh? Why is Brother Su Ling so sure?" Guo Baiyi said in surprise.
"Hmph, how light is the tea? Even if it is compacted and filled, it is much lighter than ordinary heavy goods. You don't need to open the box and pat it with your hands. Because of the weight of the tea itself, the box emits
The sound is crisper compared to heavy goods, but I just patted the box twice and found that the sound made by the box was extremely dull..." Su Ling snorted twice and said firmly.
Guo Baiyi's eyes lit up and he said anxiously: "Sure enough, sure enough, when you took the shot just now, I also heard that the sound was indeed very dull. It seems that it must have been loaded with something heavy..."
Su Ling nodded and said: "I patted the box and it vibrated. I found that there was fine gray powder seeping out from the cracks in the box, so it must not be tea in it!"
Guo Baiyi nodded and then asked curiously: "Then why didn't you stop them just now and let them go?"
Su Ling smiled and said: "Twenty or thirty of them are all burly and strong men. If they really want to take action, how can they be our opponents with only seven or eight servants? Moreover, most of the water transport terminals are ordinary people who are unarmed. If they are injured,
Without them, this matter will become even more troublesome."
Guo Baiyi nodded and said: "Brother Su is still thoughtful, but if we let them go in vain, our clues will be broken again..."
Su Ling sneered: "How can we let them go so cheaply? Brother in white, please come over here!"
Guo Baiyi hurriedly walked up to Su Ling and whispered: "Brother, what do you have to say?"
Su Ling lowered his voice and said: "I observed carefully on the way to the water transport terminal just now. There are three forked roads in total, two of which lead to Zhuque Street. I expected that there are many of them with such big goals.
I will definitely not choose these two roads. The other one is to bypass Zhuque Street.
, those who go out of the North Gate and enter Longtai Mountain, I think, if nothing else happens, they should take this road. I will follow them later. The big brother in white quickly went to the Shadow Division to find Mr. Boning and asked him to bring some hard work.
Go out of the north gate and look for me in the mountains. Remember to be quick! If you are late, I will be in danger..."
Guo Baiyi looked solemn and said: "Okay, I will take care of this matter. But brothers, please be careful. Once you are unable to handle it, leave quickly. We are considering the long term!"
Su Ling nodded, suddenly rolled up his sleeves, shook his arm towards Guo Baiyi and said, "Brother Baiyi, look at my bracelet."
Guo Baiyi looked around and saw a bracelet on Su Ling's wrist. He didn't know what it was made of, but it had some silver-gray dark light, but it looked very solid.
Su Ling whispered: "There are many forked roads in Longtai Mountain. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, so it may be difficult for you to find them. I will mark them along the road, just an arrow pointing in one direction. You have to make it clear to Brother Boning and ask them to carefully follow the road.
Look!"
Guo Baiyi nodded, secretly admiring Su Ling's thoughtfulness.
Su Ling then lowered his voice, glanced at Tan Jing and said: "Brother in white, that person almost made a mistake just now, but he has always given me the impression of being very shrewd, why would he do such a thing?"
Mistake, could it be intentional?
No? After I leave, you find Mr. Boning. You divide your troops into two groups. One group searches for my traces, and the other group captures Tan Jing and sends him to the Shadow Judge for first trial. If it is really an honest mistake, it will not be too late to let him go.
It’s better to be cautious!”
Guo Baiyi also nodded to express his understanding.
Su Ling stretched as if nothing had happened, walked up to Tan Jing, patted his shoulder and said, "I'm really tired now, so I'll go back first. Brother Tan, take care!"
Speaking calmly, Shi Shiran walked towards the crowd outside the pier.
Su Ling walked a little further, then stepped on his feet and chased the group of people in the direction he had determined to be at top speed.
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Not far from the water transport terminal, there is a two-story restaurant. At this time, a man in white has been sitting there. The large window in front of him is completely open. From the big window, everyone at the water transport terminal can have a panoramic view of every move.
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The man in white was dressed in a plain white gauze, with a white gauze covering his face, and a big cloak on his head, so his appearance could not be clearly seen.
Beside his table, there was a long sword of faint blue with an ancient scabbard.
In the middle of the hilt, there are two beautiful small characters: Tinghe.
The man in white faced the big window, half leaning on the edge of the window, holding a bottle of wine in his right hand, sipping it gently.
He suddenly saw Su Ling leaving the pier, and then he took two more sips of wine, put the wine on the table with a clang, took out a few coins, threw them on the table, and picked up the blue long sword.
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While the white gauze clothes were swaying lightly, the person had already left the restaurant and was heading in the direction of Su Ling. His figure was swaying lightly and disappeared in an instant.
Su Ling arrived at the fork in the road not long after. In front of him were three forks in the north, south and east. He no longer hesitated and chased towards the north fork in the road at top speed.
On the road to the north, there were far fewer pedestrians than on the other two roads. Su Ling moved forward at high speed, but in a short time, he had already traveled a long distance. There were even fewer people on the street, and he couldn't see anyone for a long time.
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While Su Ling was walking, he suddenly heard a faint voice coming from afar: "Brothers, please be careful. The boy on the pier is a little weird. We must not make any mistakes this time and delay our climb to the peak."
We all have to lose our minds about things, hurry up, and hurry up!"
Someone replied: "Boss, you must be more careful. That guy is alone and seems to be just a scholar. He really found something, but he can still stand up to us with a knife? Dare you catch up?"
Just kill him..."
Someone else said: "Let's just hurry up and hurry up, but this box is too heavy. In this cold weather, brothers are covered in sweat and exhausted..."
Then I heard the first person say angrily: "You guys are talented people. Each one is better than the other when eating, but you can't even do this little work? What is in the box? If you don't want to die, stop asking.
Hurry up and finish this trip. You can go hug the little lady in the brothel and have fun..."
Su Ling paused, trying to keep the sound of his footsteps as quiet as possible. He ducked into an alley and hid, looking forward.
But far ahead, I saw a group of people escorting several large carts of goods, walking quickly.
He recognized at a glance that the leader was the scarred one.
Su Ling felt relieved now. It seemed that his analysis was correct. Their destination was indeed Longtai Mountain.
Su Ling tried his best to make no noise with his movements, keeping a subtle distance from them, and staying far away.
But they saw this group of people walking very fast, and after a while, they arrived at the gate of the North City.
The sergeant guarding the North City Gate stopped them and hastily checked the boxes in front. When he saw that they were all tea leaves, he waved them off.
After they left the North City Gate, Su Ling slowly followed them and left the North City.
The roads outside Beicheng are all covered with yellow soil.
The official road is not smooth to begin with. In addition to the snow a few days ago, the snow has melted in the past few days, making the road extremely muddy and difficult to navigate. The muddy water and the ice and snow that have not yet completely melted have blocked the twenty or thirty people.
speed.
The scar-faced man cursed several times about the broken road, and then urged the crowd to work harder. Once they entered the mountain, the road would be easier to walk.
Su Ling waited until they were far away, then came to a half-dead Sophora japonica tree by the roadside, took off the bracelet, drew an arrow on the trunk pointing in the direction of Longtai Mountain, and deepened it a few times.
Then he put on the bracelet and continued to walk forward with the group of people wearing it from a distance.
Not long after, the vast and endless Longtai Mountains appeared in front of us.
Perhaps it's because Cangshan Mountain has a higher terrain and the Ancient Wood Wolf Forest. As soon as we reached the foot of the mountain, we felt that it was already much colder than Longtai City.
The mountain road extending up the mountain has clear distinctions. It was a yellow-brown muddy road at first, and soon it was covered with snow that had not melted at all.
From a distance, the mountain road is winding and circling, like a big white snake with no visible head or tail, slowly climbing up the mountainside and among the mountains.
The dead trees beside the mountain road are all upside down with ice edges.
Those twenty or thirty people were walking slowly on the snow-covered mountain road, their wheels squeaking rhythmically, breaking the deep tranquility of Longtai Mountain.
Several unknown birds that were not afraid of the cold and were lying on the dead branches were startled by the creaking sound, and suddenly they all flew up together, washing away the snow on the dead branches in waves of snow.
Su Ling slowed down a little again. For one thing, the Longtai Mountains were like a frozen world of snow. His heart and lungs were not feeling well after breathing in the cold air. He kept forcing himself not to cough up, but he still couldn't avoid it.
He coughed twice, and if he followed him too close, they might notice him.
Secondly, the mountains were full of snow, and the cargo on the car was extremely heavy. The wheels rolled on the snow, leaving several clearly visible ruts, which made it easier for Su Ling to track them.
Su Ling had made a lot of marks with his bracelet since he was at the bottom of the mountain. He thought that once Boning came looking for it, he would definitely be able to find it.
As Su Ling was walking, she suddenly felt something moving behind her, as if someone was following her.
His heart tightened, and he pretended to continue walking forward, then suddenly turned back.
Behind me, there was wind, cold snow, and a vast expanse of white. There was no sign of any human beings there.
Su Ling shook his head, thinking that he was a little suspicious.
Only then did he feel at ease and follow the path forward with all his strength.
After walking for another step, Su Ling looked down and suddenly discovered again that there were specks of something sprinkled all the way in the snow, extending straight along the mountain road.
Huh? Su Ling's heart moved, and she leaned down, pinched a handful of the speckled things, and put them in her hands. She felt that they looked very familiar.
Isn't this the gray powder that shook out when he patted the box at the dock?
He felt that this powder must be a little unusual, so he brought the gray powder to the tip of his nose and kissed it.
There was an indescribable smell. It wasn't very exciting, but it wasn't pleasant either.
But Su Ling felt that this smell was very familiar. She seemed to have smelled it a long, long time ago.
What the hell is this?
Su Ling was puzzled, but he didn't dare to delay any longer. He was afraid that if he delayed for a long time, the group of people would lose him again, so he stood up and looked far into the distance.
But far ahead, I saw that the figures of dozens of people had become blurry.
Just like a group of small black dots slowly crawling on a mountain of white snow.
Su Ling swayed and followed him again.
After Su Ling disappeared for less than ten breaths, Su Ling stood on the snowy mountain road.
Suddenly a white shadow flickered, and among the white gauze clothes floating, a person appeared for the first time silently.
The blue sword in his hand was shining with a faint brilliance.
He raised his head, and from the white gauze of his mask, two eyes shot out faintly.
He paused for a while, then picked up the gray powder on the ground like Su Ling did, rubbed it in his palm for a moment, and then raised it, and the powder was blown away by the cold wind.
He didn't waste any more time, and a ray of white light disappeared into the vast snow-capped mountains again.