The Apprentice is Too Diligent and the Master is a Bit Lazy

The bloated man was sweating profusely, and the thought of taking the lead in the charge just now disappeared without a trace, as if a basin of ice water had been poured on his little head.

The wonderful woman in the bed didn't dare to move, because she couldn't move.

She felt a powerful spiritual pressure enveloped herself, her heart seemed to be stagnant, and she almost spit out all kinds of liquids.

Li Xu crossed his legs and looked at the man on the couch coldly:

"I told you to talk, why are you staring blankly, looking for smoke."

Faced with such a strong oppressive force, the bloated man wanted to jump up and run, but his body couldn't control himself. He felt that the atmosphere in the room was getting more and more solemn, so he could only speak tremblingly:

"I said, in fact, I was also hired to find something, a lost cowhide."

"After my investigation, I found that the cowhide fell on a child. The child found the skin kept being pulled and thought it was fun, so he took it with him. Later, the child was abducted by human traffickers."

"Half a month ago, the den of human traffickers was breached, and it was learned that the cowhide was taken away by three ascetics who went out, and the three ascetics were also issued arrest warrants. Other ascetics have been chasing them, and they ran around. Later, the cowhide was lost, and it was finally heard that it fell into her hands."

The bloated man glanced at Daxie.

"I'm tired of chasing the cowhide. It almost broke my mentality. I think something will go wrong again. I don't plan to go out and hire another person to get the cowhide. This is what happened."

"The process is really tortuous." The man with the severed hand complained.

"I see."

At this moment, Li Xu remembered that the three ascetics chased Daxie to the academy and said that they wanted to peel Daxie's skin.

At that time, Li Xu thought it was the fox fur of Pa Daxie, but now that he thinks about it, it might refer to the cowhide.

Daxie said, "Master, I didn't pick up the cowhide, I just met those three ascetics."

"Xiao Dawei, think about it carefully, did any unusual things happen during the process of meeting the three practitioners?"

"let me see."

Dajue frowned, and said after a while, "It seems that there is such a thing, but it's not the cowhide he said. At that time, the bridge broke down, and I fell into the river. I was hit by a dried fungus as soon as I ran ashore. I think it's The food that can be eaten is put in the storage ring, and then three ascetics chased me and said they would peel my skin."

"That is to say, my apprentice didn't pick up the cowhide at all, and you all want to kill him."

Li Xu stood up with a calm face: "Anyway, thank you for your patience in solving my doubts. I don't have any gifts to give you, so I will send you on your way."

The man with the severed hand looked terrified: "Can you let me go..."

"cannot."

"Then I will fight with you."

The man with the severed hand gritted his teeth and tried his best to strike.

Li Xu punched out, and the man with the severed hand died immediately.

Just now Li Xu interrupted the man with his hand and inadvertently removed the pressure of spiritual power. The bloated man jumped out of the bed and tried to escape by jumping out of the window, but was turned into ashes by Li Xu's flame, not even the ashes remained.

The woman on the bed shivered under the quilt, slowly poked out a face, tremblingly said:

"Don't kill me, I'm not with them, I'm Miss Shan Nalou."

Li Xu saw a strange indescribable white thing on the woman's face.

This... sticky stuff was running across her face.

"I really know how to play!"

Li Xu was stunned for a moment, smiled, turned the dead man with severed hand into ashes, and took Daxie away from here, leaving the small town of Funon.

...

Return to Taixu Academy.

Li Xu found that Daxie was looking through things.

"Xiao Daxie, what are you looking for?"

"Master, I thought about it on the way back. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that there was something wrong. They spent so much effort to find the cowhide, which shows that it is very important."

"I know, but this has nothing to do with us. You didn't pick up the cowhide. I guess the three ascetics saw that you were the only one around, and thought you picked up the cowhide. In fact, you didn't pick up the cowhide."

Daxie shook her head and said, "I kept thinking on the way, maybe I really picked it up, and the dried fungus might be cowhide."

"How could dried fungus be cowhide?" Li Xu felt that the apprentice's thinking was very clear.

"Master, you rarely walk in Daozhou. Maybe you don't know that there is a place in Daozhou called Miaodou. Miaodou is good at Gu and poison, and makes strange things. To write, the cowhide and pigskin are processed by some kind of poison to turn them into a pen, or a small stone, which is easy to carry and unobtrusive. I suspect that the cowhide will be inadvertently weathered or exposed to the sun. into dried fungus."

"Is there still such an operation?" Li Xu gasped.

"I have a kind-hearted aunt who was gluttonous and poisoned. I still asked people from Miaodou to rescue her, so I have some understanding. Master, wait for me, it will take a little time."

Li Xu saw Dajue move bags of dried fungus out of the storage ring.

She moved out five big bags.

Dajue crossed her hips and panted, "Master, I thought not to waste it, so I casually put the piece of dried fungus that hit my face into the bag."

"How did you buy so many dried fungus? When will you find these five big bags?"

"At that time, on the way to Yuyang County, I met a vendor who sold dry goods. He said buy three and get two free. Hehe, it was the first time I heard that there was a good thing about buying three and getting two free. I bought it without thinking."

"It's a fool like you who cheated, and you are the only one who is fooled."

"Master, just watch, I can find it soon."

She searched and searched for half an hour, but couldn't find it, so she had to wake up Li Xu who was sleeping:

"Master, the dried fungus all look the same, and you can't find them at all."

Li Xu opened his misty eyes and said:

"Of course the dried fungus all look the same. I thought you had a unique skill to find them out. You should wake me up earlier. I wonder if there is a better way."

After Li Xu finished speaking, he closed his eyes and remained motionless.

Dajue thought that the master had fallen asleep again. Suddenly, the master opened his eyes and asked:

"What is the method of restoring dried fungus into cowhide?"

"Water, I understand."

Dajue quickly brought some wooden barrels, poured the dried fungus into the barrels, and poured water into them.

After about a stick of incense, Daxie excitedly handed the cowhide to the master.

"Master, I finally found it."

Li Xu took the cowhide, looked at it, and said: "This cowhide is tough, but there is nothing on it."

"Master, come with me."

Dajue took off the cowhide, ran to the kitchen, put the cowhide into the pot, added water, turned on the fire, and poured vinegar into the pot.

Li Xu smiled: "Xiao Daxie, why don't you put some chili and green onion."

Daxie rolled her eyes: "Master, don't make trouble, this is Miaodou's little trick to hide characters, and you will know the beauty of it later."

Li Xu shook his head, and said to himself: "What kind of Miaodou's little trick of hiding characters, if you guess correctly, it uses the principle of 'displaying characters on white paper'."

However, there is no need to explain the acid-base neutralization chemical reaction to Xiao Dachen.

Soon the pot will be hot.

"Almost ready."

Daxie took the cowhide out of the pot and handed it to Master Li Xu.

Li Xu took it, and the words on the cowhide were clearly displayed.

"September 13th, Yuyang County, Dean Qinglian, 亼."

At the end of this sentence is drawn a quirky pattern, with a closed one under the herringbone.

Isn't this the "亼" pattern of the thief?