Chapter 724 Antelope Leads the Way
"Minister Qiao, are you sure the person who appeared in Wulongkou was Zhou Wen?" Shen Yuchi asked with a frown as he looked at the report sent by Qiao Siyuan.
"The age and appearance have been confirmed. He is very similar to Zhou Wen." Qiao Siyuan replied respectfully.
"It's normal for young people of this age to look somewhat similar," said Shen Yuchi.
"What the Director said is true, but I still think that the young man who appeared in Wulongkou is Zhou Wen." Qiao Siyuan said.
"What's the basis?" Shen Yuchi asked.
"It's still under investigation. There's no one yet, but my intuition tells me that it's Zhou Wen." Qiao Siyuan said with certainty.
Shen Yuchi was not angry at Qiao Siyuan's seemingly irresponsible words. In fact, for people in their line of work, their intuition is sometimes very accurate.
Intuition is not simply a blind guess, but a keen sense of the rules of events developed after experiencing countless events.
"If that young man is Zhou Wen, why do you think he went to Wulongkou, and where will be his next target?" Shen Yuchi said thoughtfully.
"According to intelligence, Zhou Wen has been spotted around Luoyang from time to time recently. However, I believe this is a deception by the An family to protect Zhou Wen. Based on this, it seems Zhou Wen's purpose is more than just staying in Wulongkou for a while."
Qiao Siyuan paused, then continued, "My humble opinion is that Zhou Wen will not return to Luoyang. Judging from his current route, he should be heading north. I think he is very likely to come to the imperial capital."
"There are so many cities in the north, how do you know he will definitely come to the imperial capital?" Shen Yuchi frowned.
"I don't have any evidence yet, but it's better to make some preparations for this kind of thing," said Qiao Siyuan.
"That's true, but Zhou Wen is already a powerful figure. Even without the protection of the An family, it's not easy to touch him." Shen Yuchi said thoughtfully.
"Why don't you go and discuss it with the Xia family? Maybe they are also interested in Zhou Wen." Qiao Siyuan said.
Shen Yuchi naturally understood what Qiao Siyuan was referring to. He glanced at Qiao Siyuan and said meaningfully, "Then go to the Xia family for me and tell them about this."
"I obey your command." Qiao Siyuan ordered and left.
After Qiao Siyuan left, the woman Shen Yuchi called "Button" came out. Shen Yuchi looked at the documents and asked, "What do you think?"
"Qiao Siyuan's attention to Zhou Wen seems to exceed his attention to Wang Mingyuan's other disciples." Button said.
"You mean, he has some plans for Zhou Wen?" Shen Yuchi raised his head and looked at Button.
"I don't know. I've investigated him. Just like you said, this guy is too simple. It seems his life has nothing but work. He has no obvious personal hobbies, no wife or children, no relatives or friends, not even a lover. He doesn't eat, drink, visit prostitutes or gamble. At his age and status, it's really hard to imagine how he can do it." Button said.
"Maybe he is just a workaholic." Shen Yuchi said.
Button's red lips curled up slightly as she continued, "You could say that, but as a workaholic, he doesn't seem to be so focused on his other work."
"Then why do you think Qiao Siyuan mentioned the Xia family?" Shen Yuchi continued.
"There is no way to infer it yet, but as far as I know, in recent decades, many young geniuses who died young seemed to have a close connection with the Xia family. If the Xia family knew that Zhou Wen came to the imperial capital, perhaps you, the chief, would not have to worry about it." Button said.
"Let's take a look first." Shen Yuchi lowered his head and continued working.
Zhou Wen crossed mountains and rivers, and saw vast forests everywhere. Although the extra-dimensional storm brought great disaster to mankind, the earth was rejuvenated because of it. Unlike before, there were reinforced concrete buildings everywhere.
"What are you doing? Not that way, we should go this way." When they reached a three-way intersection, Zhou Wenben should have gone left, but the antelope actually went to the right.
The antelope didn't care about that and bit the corner of Zhou Wen's clothes and walked to the right, forcing Zhou Wen to follow.
"What's this way? Why do you have to go this way?" Zhou Wen felt a little strange. Although Antelope was very willful and cold before, he never interfered with Zhou Wen's actions.
This time, the antelope actually took the initiative to ask him to change direction, which made Zhou Wen feel a little strange.
The antelope didn't answer and just walked ahead on its own, as if it didn't hear what Zhou Wen said.
If Zhou Wen stopped and didn't move, it would come over and pull Zhou Wen, preventing him from looking back.
Zhou Wen studied the map. There used to be a highway on the right, but because there were too many dimensional areas and many forbidden creatures appeared there, it was too dangerous and had been abandoned.
Zhou Wen felt that there must be something going on, but he was also a little curious and wanted to know what the antelope was trying to do, so he simply followed the antelope.
However, Zhou Wen summoned the six wings to avoid any accidents.
The substitute talisman has not been drawn yet. When Zhou Wen had free time, he drew quite a few, but unfortunately none of them were successful. The success rate of the substitute talisman was too low.
The originally wide road was invaded by plants on both sides, and now there are many branches and roots on the road, and it is also covered with green vines.
The trees on both sides of the road were extremely tall, with their crowns crowded together, making it difficult to see the sunlight. When Zhou Wen walked on the road, it felt almost the same as walking in the woods.
As he walked, Zhou Wen suddenly felt something was wrong. There were woods everywhere around him, but in this huge forest, there was not a single bird or insect. The whole forest was eerily quiet.
Zhou Wen had expanded the range of his listening to the limit, but still did not find any animal, not even an ant.
"How could this happen?" Zhou Wen couldn't help but frown slightly, secretly alert in his heart.
The antelope was still unaware and continued walking in front. The bird stood on Zhou Wen's shoulder and looked around curiously.
"Where are you going?" Zhou Wen said to the antelope in front of him.
The antelope couldn't speak at all, and even if it could, it had no intention of answering Zhou Wen. Just as Zhou Wen was hesitating whether to follow it, the antelope suddenly left the road and dived into the grass beside it.
The grass there was dense, with many vines entwined together. The antelope disappeared immediately after it went in. Fortunately, Zhou Wen had the ability to listen carefully, so he could see clearly what was happening in the grass.
I saw the antelope crawl into the grass and keep walking inside. Soon it came to an open space.
The open space was quite strange. There were lush plants all around, but there was no grass growing in that small area, as if it had been sprayed with a strong herbicide.
(End of this chapter)
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