Volume 3 Winter Solstice Chapter 10: Po Xun
Taoist Qingyang greeted Sun Yu and Jiang You and walked in front of Tang Butian. When he was about to speak, Tang Butian said first: "The technical department extracted the characteristic points of the statue."
Taoist Qingyang's expression turned serious.
"They collected official and private videos taken during the Luotian Dajiao ceremony, entered features for search and comparison, and found that in addition to the Thunder Altar, the layout of the Shunxing Altar and the Auspicious Altar was also problematic."
"Does anyone on the mountain know?" asked Taoist Qingyang.
"You are the person in charge of the Luotian Grand Ceremony at Baihe Temple."
Taoist Qingyang bowed and clasped his fists, saluting towards Tang Butian from bottom to top, "Thank you, Monk Tang."
After standing up straight, he continued, "Baiheguan and Teke have been cooperating for more than ten years..."
"Two girls from Tangjiang University are missing," Tang Butian interrupted Taoist Qingyang, "Spiritual fluctuations were detected in the rental house. I need you to help the Special Operations Department find them."
Taoist Qingyang said tactfully, "We need their birth dates and horoscopes."
Tang Butian opened the drawer of her desk, found a piece of paper, took out a pen, quickly wrote two lines, and handed it to Taoist Qingyang, "This is the date of birth on their birth certificates."
"I need a quiet place."
"good."
Tang Butian took Taoist Qingyang out of the office.
After the door was closed, Sun Yu took out two cans of herbal tea from the box under the desk. He handed one to Jiang You, "The last time Taoist Qingyang left, I ran into him at the stairs. He looked very unhappy. I thought he would not come."
Jiang You unfastened the ring, "We have a good leader. I guess I will come to the company often in the future. I have to buy a box of Coke and put it in the office. In winter, it would be better to buy Xiangpiaopiao. The red bean flavored one has a little less sugar, and it tastes quite good when brewed."
"I haven't tried it. There are milk tea shops everywhere on the street now. I don't understand. Is milk tea really that delicious?"
"Fat, sugar, and caffeine, these three things mixed together, I can't refuse anyway," Jiang You took out his mobile phone and opened Taobao, "Quitting caffeine is harder than quitting smoking. I think someone recommended Assam milk tea powder," Jiang You put Coke and three or four kinds of milk tea into the shopping cart, "Will the courier security guards here collect it for me , or do I have to go and get it myself?"
"You can leave my phone here. I'll get it for you when we get there."
"Excuse me, I'll buy some snacks to store..."
Sun Yu pulled his chair closer to Jiang You's position and asked, "What happened at Luo Tian Da Jiao?"
"An evil spirit has sneaked in to steal the incense."
"Evil God?"
"It's a general term for evil spirits. Haven't you read a lot of case files? "
"Oh, many parts are vague, so I have to rely on my imagination to fill in the blanks. Didn't Taoist Qingyang notice it?"
"No, I went there that day too and found a statue on Laojin Mountain."
"What kind?"
"It's hard to describe. He looks quite kind. Have you heard what the devil king, Po Xun, said? There are many articles about it online."
"Which one?"
"When your Dharma ends, I will have my disciples sneak into your Buddhist monastic community, wear your robes, and destroy your Dharma. They will misinterpret your scriptures and destroy your precepts in order to achieve the goals that I cannot achieve with force today..."
"I have seen it before. So this evil god is mixed in with the gods of Taoism?"
"That's about right. Taoist Qingyang didn't dare to investigate, but he had to. He wanted to put the blame on our Special Operations Department, but was kicked back by Tang Butian. He must be worried recently. Stealing incense is a small matter, but confusing beliefs is a big deal."
Sun Yu nodded, "I understand now. What will happen if this evil god really gets in?"
"How would I know?" Jiang You took a sip of herbal tea. "Master Qingyang said that he had been working with the Special Operations Group for more than ten years. Given his age, he might know something about the Special Operations Group's past. I have to talk to Tang Butian about it."
He opened WeChat.
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Tang Butian took Taoist Qingyang to the small conference room.
Taoist Qingyang took out yellow paper, cinnabar .
Draw talismans and chant spells.
Write down the birth dates of both persons.
Light the talisman.
Tang Butian stood by the door, quietly watching Taoist Qingyang cast a spell. Her cell phone vibrated and she took it out.
Jiang You: Taoist Qingyang may recognize former employees of the Special Operations Department.
Tang Butian pursed her lips and put her phone back into her bag.
The green smoke gradually faded away and floated out of the window. Taoist Qingyang opened his eyes and counted with his fingers.
After a while he said, "It's in the south, very vague and erratic."
"South?"
"In the south, near the mountains."
"I see."
“Tang…”
"Call me Xiao Tang."
"Xiao Tang," Taoist Qingyang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you going back to the mountain for the New Year?"
"No," Tang Butian took two steps forward and asked, "Did the Special Operations Department have a lot of people in the past?"
"You mean ..."
"Thirteen years ago."
"Yes, at that time, the Special Branch was part of the public security system, but it had an independent team. At that time, I was not the head of Baihe Temple yet. It's all in the past now."
"Are the employees from that time still in Tangjiang?"
"Why are you asking that?"
"Special Operations is short of people."
“Xiao Tang, in the past thirteen years, the person in charge of the Special Operations Department in Tangjiang City has been someone from the mountain. This is an agreement between the mountain and the government, and it was also one of the conditions set by Zhuang Zekun at the time. The mountain didn’t want to get too deeply involved, so…” Taoist Qingyang glanced at Tang Butian, “So in the past thirteen years, the people who went down the mountain only trained for a year or two before returning. Five years ago, Zhuang Zekun came back from the mountain, and we originally thought that he would take back the Special Operations Department. Unexpectedly, he had a handle on the mountain and asked the mountain to give him someone…”
Taoist Qingyang sighed, "I shouldn't have told you these things..."
"How do you know that?"
"I also pieced it together slowly by listening to a few words here and there."
"So, Zhong Yan was replaced by me?"
"When you return to the mountain..."
"Where are they?" Tang Butian interrupted Taoist Qingyang again.
"Xiao Tang, I don't know what Zhuang Zekun said to you. You grew up in the mountains, and the mountains are your home."
"He's better than me."
"I'll tell you what I know."
"Thanks."
Tang Butian and Qingyang Taoist returned to the Special Operations Department's office. After opening the door, Tang Butian said, "Let's go now. Sun Yu, you drive."
The car drove south.
Taoist Qingyang sat in the co-pilot seat, calculating and directing the way for Sun Yu.
Jiang You and Tang Butian sat in the back seat.
"South, are they still near Tangjiang University?" Jiang You opened the map on his phone. "There is a botanical garden near the mountains, about five or six kilometers away from the university. There is a small dirt slope inside, which can be considered a mountain. I don't know how long they have been missing. People will freeze to death in this weather. "
We got off the bus at the entrance of the botanical garden.
After they showed their credentials, the director of the botanical garden received them and the car drove into the botanical garden.
"It's nearby." Taoist Qingyang calculated again.
