Handbook of Nonhuman Research

The place where they ate was not far from the ancient palace, Yan Jun took Zhao Wugou to finish the meal, and strolled slowly to the west wall of the ancient palace, just in time to see Lililuo's lantern lit up.

The ghost market has just opened.

The first stall is full of miscellaneous goods, such as pocket watches full of Western style, detailed and vivid cursive paintings, colorful export porcelain and so on.Zhao Wugou glanced at it, and saw that there were all sorts of miscellaneous objects, which seemed to be nearly 200 years old.

The second one sells broken porcelain pieces, and they put them in seven or eight tinplate biscuit boxes, with the lids standing on the side, and the names of Ru kiln, Ge kiln, Ding kiln and other major kilns are written with oil-based pens. It is divided into boxes according to the kiln mouth.

One of the two old men is holding a magnifying glass and the other is playing a flashlight. They are flipping through a piece of blue porcelain with relish, chanting jargon such as 'saving beads and gathering balls', 'gold wire and iron wire'.

Some bosses are still busy placing goods outside, and the booths are already full of people, for fear that others will pick up the good goods when it is too late.

"Are they here to collect antiques or look for medicinal materials?" Zhao Wugou, who was wandering among the crowd, glanced at the nearby stalls, and recalled the things he saw last time. That's it.

If you want to gather spiritual energy to form an array, the best choice should be jade.

Yan Jun shook his head, "It is said that recently, a small number of pills with strange effects have flowed to the human world through the ghost market."

"You mean, they're here to sell medicine?" Zhao Wugou, who was looking for a jade stall, was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Yan Jun, "Are they selling medicine made for Duke Dong? Do you want to make money secretly or try?" medicine?"

Yan Jun rubbed the dragon's blood wrench in his hand, with a helpless expression on his face, "Without the specific flow of those medicines, we can't be sure yet."

"This kind of medicine will definitely not be sold on the bright side." Zhao Wugou frowned and looked at the stall owner who was enthusiastically selling medicinal materials not far away. If he didn't know the sales channels, it would be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"Don't worry, we have a guide." Yan Jun raised his jaw, motioning Zhao Wugou to look forward.

I saw Bai Ze and a man covered from head to toe striding over from the other side.That black hat, black sunglasses, black mask, and black leather boots, from head to toe, was a luxury brand guy, even though he didn't show any skin, he was inexplicably familiar to Zhao Wugou.

Who else could it be if it wasn't the hugely popular star Wu Yi?

"There are still 10 minutes to start, you guys came just in time." Ku Gai, who was black from head to toe, dangled three willow leaves in his hand and stuffed them into Zhao Wugou's hand.

Confused, Zhao Wugou looked at the pieces curiously, and only after receiving them did he realize that they were not real willow leaves, but a jade pendant carved from thin jasper. Disguise real ones. "What's this?"

"Ticket for Palace Wall Willow." Even though he couldn't see the expression of a certain fox under the mask of sunglasses, Zhao Wugou still felt that the other party gave him a blank look.

What the hell is Palace Wall Willow?Zhao Wugou felt that he didn't get the answer, but fell into even greater doubts.

"The palace wall willow is the inner market in the ghost market. It is mainly used to trade some valuable and rare items that are hard to find in the human world. It is named after the thousand-year-old willow tree that opened the entrance next to the palace wall." Bai Ze pointed The thick old tree about a hundred meters away from them explained at the right time.

"Where did the news about banned drugs come from?" Zhao Wugou instantly understood Yan Jun's previous words.

"Well, we are investigating the clues of the evil way of refining medicine this time, and Wu Yi remembered that he had seen something similar in it before." Bai Ze's voice was originally not loud, but now it was deliberately lowered.

"It's almost time, let's go in!" Wu Yi's tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Compared with those who want to check clues, its purpose is more inclined to shopping.Just finished recording a new album, it's time to use the 'buy, buy, buy' method to relax!I don't know if there is anything good today! ! !

Although the willow tree did not reach the towering level, it was not too much. It took about four or five people to surround the trunk, and the canopy extended hundreds of meters.Within 30 to [-] meters of the main trunk, there are intertwined roots and many branches, so no one sets up a stall there.

People who visit the ghost market, if they are not afraid of trouble, will go around the old tree in a big circle, and if they are afraid of trouble, they will bend back and forth through the middle of the branches.

Zhao Wugou and the others followed Wu Yi, circled a few times among the branches, and suddenly a red-lacquered gate with bronze door nails appeared in front of them.

Using ancient trees as a cover for the entrance of the enchantment, the guy who founded this inner city is really talented.Looking at the gate, Zhao Wugou curled his lips.

Wu Yi stretched out his hand to pat the door knocker, and a door nail was removed. Wu Yi put the two willow leaves in his hand in the hole exposed by the door nail and shook them.A few seconds later, the door opened silently with a gap of about [-] to [-] centimeters, and Wu Yi dragged Bai Ze and walked in.

Zhao Wugou followed the same pattern and held up the three willow leaves in his hand in front of the cave entrance, followed Yan Jun and Qin Jian into the gate.

As soon as he entered the door, the leaf in his hand turned into three green bamboo hats with veils, revealing a sense of gloom under the palace lantern.Although I can understand that this is to help everyone who enters the inner city hide their appearance, but who chose this color?

Afterwards, the corner of someone's mouth twitched as he watched Wu Yi skillfully put that thing on his head.

Zhao Wugou: ……………

Is this telling me to wear a cuckold for myself?

Seeing that everyone covered their faces with hats without any psychological barriers, Zhao Wugou had no choice but to ignore the colors awkwardly, and put them on as the Romans did.

In front of you is a straight and wide green brick avenue, and at the end of the road is a three-story palace with red eaves and green tiles.On the blue plaque in front of the hall, there are five golden lacquered characters, Guose Tianxianglou.

Looking at the illuminated hexagonal palace lanterns on both sides of the road, Zhao Wugou suddenly had the feeling of entering an ancient palace separated by a wall.

At the entrance of the palace, there was a young official dressed in green clothes and soap hat, who was dressed as a palace official. When he saw the green gauze hats on the heads of Wu Yi, Zhao Wugou and others, he led them straight to the top floor.

Stepping into the threshold, a messy aura rushed over.If it is said that most of the ghost markets outside are still people walking around, while in the inner city, most of them are monsters.

The layout of the hall is a back-shaped hollow layout. The outer periphery of the first floor is scattered seats, the outer seating area of ​​the second floor is separated by a screen, similar to booths, and the outer periphery of the third floor is all private rooms.In the middle of the three-story building is a floating rectangular platform covered with a red velvet tablecloth.

'Agate Emerald', 'Jade Contains Gold', 'Coral Terrace', 'Yingluo Jewelry'... After passing through several jeweled names one after another, the little official finally stopped in front of a private room called 'Crown World Black Jade' and put They let them in.

There are all kinds of tea, food and water points in the house. The little official pointed to the long square platform floating outside the window and introduced, "The inner city will officially start in 10 minutes. After the water platform starts, it will bypass all the seats. If you look If you want to buy items on the middle flow table, you can press the green button. After the round is over, if there are multiple bidders, the owner has the right to choose the buyer freely. If you have items you want to trade, you can press the red button on the window, Then put the description of the item and the expected price on the empty water table.  …”

It still needs to be introduced, and Wu Yi waved his hand to interrupt it, "I am a VIP, and I am familiar with the process, so I don't need to introduce it."

They came to buy things and had nothing to sell.

The little official respectfully gave a deep salute, and after it arranged to exit the door properly, Yan Jun pinched a barrier, and the third watch and the fourth watch appeared in the air.

"How much does the owner of this store like jewelry?" San Geng complained, "Each private room is named after jewelry!"

"That's not jewelry." Zhao Wugou couldn't wait to take off his 'green hat', and heaved a sigh of relief.Yan Jun and Qin Jian also took off their hats after him.Anyway, in the box, no one else can see it.

"It's not jewelry?" VIP user Wu Yi turned to look at Bai Ze suspiciously, what is it if it's not jewelry?

"The name of the peony flower." Bai Ze answered the question.

Wu Yi & Third Watch: ……………

Everyone chatted and had some refreshments, only to hear the sound of a drum outside, and the water platform outside the window started to move like a conveyor belt.

"Generally, there will be seven rounds of the water table. The first two rounds are for testing the water, and usually nothing good is put in. The fifth and seventh rounds are usually the best." Wu Yi introduced his own experience.

"Do you still remember when those medicines appeared?" Zhao Wugou asked.

"The last round." Wu Yi twisted a piece of pea yellow and put it in his mouth, "In my memory, those strange events such as corpse nectarine lanterns, yangqi dew, and Yuyan pills usually appear in the last round. .”

A certain fox who kept saying that there was nothing good in the first two rounds made seven bids within 3 minutes.It clearly interprets the literal meaning of being rich and self-willed.

Zhao Wugou rubbed his nose, this guy's VIP qualification was undoubtedly obtained by real money.

There are all kinds of items on the water table, such as a whole string of emerald green necklaces, jade belt buckles with dirt bite marks, small gold-plated Buddha statues and so on.

Seeing the "Cursive Script Poetry Posts" on the stage, Zhao Wugou suddenly remembered the two rubbing posts he bought last time.

It seemed, it seemed, that the two inscriptions that were supposed to be given to the 'fiancé' were still gathering dust in the cabinet of the room he and Wang Xuan rented to this day.

What's wrong?Yan Jun raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Zhao Wugou blinked his eyes, it's okay, nothing happened.

Yan Jun:? ? ?

When the two of them were 'talking about each other', Yan Jun's expression changed slightly, and he looked out the window coldly.

"what!"

"Flesh!"

Half a second later, Wu Yi and Qin Jian spoke out almost simultaneously.

"Yes, human blood." The nine-tailed fox wrinkled its nose.

not good!Zhao Wugou frowned, maybe something happened to the person they were looking for?

Yan Jun winked, and Qin Jian flew out immediately, rushing towards the diagonal box.

The four small officials in charge of serving the third floor stood at the four corners of the back-shaped corridor.One of them was very close to the box. Seeing that Qin Jian was about to break through the door, it hurried forward to stop it. Feeling the powerful aura on Qin Jian's body, it shrank back half a step. "Hey, guest, you can't... you can't go in."

The little official suppressed his trembling before he finished speaking.

"Okay, I won't go in, so you go in and have a look." Qin Jian stood at the door with his long sword in his arms, and raised his chin towards the inside of the box.

"Me?" The little official was about to refuse, but seeing Qin Jian's appearance, if he didn't come in, the other party would break in. After weighing it up, he had no choice but to knock on the door bravely, "Guest, someone wants to see you, can you?" Is it?"

It knocked twice, and there was still a dead silence inside the door.

Smelling the faint smell of blood coming from the crack of the door, the petty official couldn't help but change his face. He pushed open the door and saw that the person inside the room was nailed to the wall with a bamboo chopstick, and died of exhalation.

Qin Jian looked at the bamboo chopsticks nailed to the throat of the deceased. The tail was covered with gold, which was the kind provided in the private room.

The room was empty, except for the original things in the private room, there was nothing, only a cup of tea on the table.

"Did he bring anything?" Qin Jian walked a few more steps in and picked up a piece of porcelain the size of a fingernail from under the table leg.

"I originally brought a handbag." The little official scratched the back of his neck in disbelief, not knowing where the things went.He suddenly remembered that he should report to the boss, and ran out quickly.

Qin Jian returned to the house and reported the situation to Yan Jun and Zhao Wugou.

"It should be a thin-necked porcelain bottle, the kind usually used to hold medicine." Bai Ze took a look at the porcelain piece.

"Murder to silence." Zhao Wugou lowered his eyes, were they discovered when they came in just now?Or is the other party starting to clean up the door in order to avoid leaving tell?

"Escaped? So, isn't our work wasted today?" Wu Yi yawned.

"I can't escape." Zhao Wugou looked out of the window coldly, "In the world, no one can get away unscathed after killing someone under Yan Jun's nose and mine."