Queen's Detective

The resentment was boiling, the ghostly spirit was soaring to the sky, accompanied by gusts of gloomy wind.There is a chill on the back of your neck, as if a ghost blew in your ear, and you reached out to touch it, and your hands were salty and wet.

The Crescent Moon Lake at this moment reminds me of the cauldron where evil spirits are cooked in the underworld. When the bull's head and horse's face opened, it was still a long opera, "The soul is gone--"

"Ding ding... ding ding..." While the fire was cooking slowly, the little ghost next to him rang the bell and danced.

Be careful of evil spirits.

In the evening, Wu Tuo's words echoed in his ears again, and Ling Ding couldn't help thinking—could it be because they didn't offer sacrifices that the evil spirits really came to them?

"Everyone, don't go near the lake, I'll go to the Empress Hall to have a look." Yan Sanbai's Qinggong is good, and after a few ups and downs, he arrived outside the Empress Hall.

There was someone guarding outside the empress hall, it was the little man who scolded the most during the day.At this moment, he was also looking in the direction of the lake with a face of surprise, and when he saw Yan Sanbai coming, he quickly gestured to him.

Yan Sanbai carefully concealed his figure, and quietly landed beside him.The little man moved his position so that it was convenient for Yan Sanbai to look inside, but Yan Sanbai only took one look, and his expression became quite strange.The little man was suspicious, and hurriedly poked his head to look, his expression froze immediately.

empty!There is no one in the entire Empress Hall!

"How is it possible?!" The little man's face was full of disbelief, he just glanced at Crescent Moon Lake, why did the kung fu man disappear after such a short while? !

Thinking of this, Yan Sanbai pushed the window decisively and went in.

There are still many fresh footprints left on the ground, Wu Tuo and the others were here just now, this is certainly true.But what about people now?There was not even a rag left in the empty hall, except for the footprints on the ground, there seemed to be nothing to prove that Wu Tuo and the others had been there.

Is there any secret passage here?

However, during the daytime search, nothing abnormal was found. Moreover, to complete the transfer in such a short period of time without hiding the information from the elites of the surrounding army, the secret passage must be large enough.

Where will it be?

Yan Sanbai stood in the center, looking around, but at this moment the camel bell stopped suddenly, Yan Sanbai turned around quickly, and saw that the boiling lake gradually calmed down and returned to calm.

Before he had time to think about how this was related to the disappearance of Wu Tuo and others, exclamations came from not far away, Yan Sanbai rushed out to look, and saw this quiet and strange building, suddenly——alive!

Lights came on one after another, Yuquan Pavilion, Thunder God Terrace, Bodhisattva Hall, Yaowang Cave, those dark and dark places where there were no people before, gradually lit up, with faint figures, laughter and voices. Weeping came out of it.At this moment, the entire Crescent Moon Lake was brightly lit, the ghost energy dissipated, and the underworld returned to the human world again.

The soldiers brought by Wen Yang were stunned, all this was too weird, as if one moment it was a barren place, and the next moment a tall building was pulled up, everything in front of them was dizzying and incomprehensible.

"Oh, hello, mother, this is hell!" The little soldier looked from side to side, pulling his hair from time to time, unable to stop for a moment.

In the night wind, Li Yan squatted on the top of Crescent Lake—the roof of the main building, overlooking the oasis that suddenly came alive.

One after another the windows were pushed open, and all kinds of people walked out of the vermilion doors, looking at clothes, horse thieves, caravans, everything that one expects to find.

Looking up, the moon has climbed to the highest sky. Tonight is a crescent moon, but the sky is clear.

Yan Sanbai came to Li Yan and stood still, "They seem to be preparing to open the market."

The sound of gongs and drums was sounded, and people who came out of various buildings moved out tables and chairs by the side of the road, and some directly spread a blanket on the ground, and all the boxes in their hands were packed up.The Dragon Palace is on the far side, but it is quite quiet.

"Ghost market?" Li Yan suddenly smiled, sounding very interested.

"Go down and have a look?" Yan Sanbai suggested.

"Right on my mind."

The two jumped down one after the other, and everyone gathered around to discuss.

Over there, let's call it a ghost market for the time being. The people in the ghost market have not noticed the situation here, so Yan Sanbai and others still have time to react.

"Isn't this really haunted?" Lone Ding looked at the lights that were close at hand, but felt more and more eerie.Crescent Lake suddenly changed, Wu Tuo and his subordinates disappeared, but so many people appeared out of nowhere, it was not a ghost or something.

Brother Ying glanced at him, "Have you ever seen ghosts with shadows?"

Touching his nose alone, Yan Sanbai smiled, "How about this, my lord and I will go over to have a look, you stay here and don't go anywhere, be prepared to retreat at any time, if there is any change, immediately sound an arrow to notify."

"No." Wen Yang said firmly, "I will go with you."

Wen Yang was ordered to come to escort them, the ghost market is so weird, how can they rest assured that they will be in danger.But Yan Sanbai also has his own considerations, he and Li Yan have the highest martial arts, so they can get out of anything, and since Wen Yang is in charge here, there must be no problem.But Wen Yang insisted, so the two-person trip turned into a three-person trip, and the Dragon King Palace was left alone to sit in charge. If there was anything to do, there would always be time to pull the arrow.

Moreover, all the frontier soldiers were brave and good at fighting, so Yan Sanbai felt that he was worrying too much.

After the arrangements were made, the three of them went to the edge of the ghost city and knocked out a person before returning. They took off their clothes and changed them, and then walked in with a natural expression.The people here haven't noticed any outsiders at all, anyway, candles are lit everywhere, there are people's shadows, and no one has time to pay attention to other people.

The three of them walked all the way, and saw that the situation here was actually not as beautiful as what they saw outside.Most of the people sitting on the ground and setting up stalls came and went with wounds on their bodies, and some people even had blood on most of their bodies, and they just came out with dirty bandages.

A faint smell of blood radiated between walking around, and the traded items were also stained with blood and mud. Some things looked very old, like antiques.Yan Sanbai even saw a whole box of gold, and a one-eyed horse thief was sitting next to the box, offering a reward for wound medicine.

There is not necessarily joy on the faces of these people, some faces are numb, some even show deep pain, some are sitting on a lot of gold and silver treasures and laughing and showing their yellow teeth, some horse thieves are sitting together and drinking heavily, The wild and triumphant laughter resounded.

Just looking at it like this, it is really hard to imagine what these people have experienced.

Moreover, among the large group of horse thieves, there are also Zhongyuan's caravan mixed in.They are obviously more friendly, and they act in a low-key manner, and their voices are deliberately lowered, but the strange thing is that none of the horse thieves had any conflicts with them.

Their eyes were undisguisedly greedy, sticking out their tongues to lick the blood on the tip of the knife, releasing their killing intent without hesitation, but no one did it.Everything seems to have reached a strange harmony.

While walking, Li Yan was suddenly attracted by something, pulled Yan Sanbai, and stopped in front of a stall.He squatted down and picked up an old round coin from the stall.

"How do you sell this?" Li Yan asked the boss.

The boss was a lone horse thief, his eyes were covered by his messy hair, Li Yan didn't even see if he raised his eyes, so he heard him say: "100 taels of gold."

"Hey." Li Yan was about to scold him for stealing money, when suddenly, his neck felt cold.Looking down, there was a machete resting on his neck.

Yo, this is interesting.

Li Yan patted his clothes and stood up, and the knife followed him.The man with the knife raised his eyebrows, and was very dissatisfied with Li Yan's act of being so bold and not taking him seriously.

He didn't know that Li Yan relied entirely on Yan Sanbai to be by his side, so he was confident.

Yan Sanbai secretly blocked Wen Yang's knife that was about to be unsheathed, and shook his head.

The one who put the knife on Li Yan's neck was a horse thief in animal clothes, with thick arms and intricate scars on his bronze-colored skin.

"New here?" The horse thief sniffed vigorously, "You don't smell like blood."

As soon as the words came out, everyone around immediately looked over, even the owner of the stall suddenly raised his head, revealing his eyes covered by greasy hair.

Yan Sanbai secretly thought something was wrong, never would he have thought that his identity would be exposed for such absurd reasons.

Li Yandan raised her phoenix eyes, "So what?"

"So what?" The horse thief sneered, "You must have never offered sacrifices, have you sneaked into the ghost city without the ghost king's permission, I will immediately throw you into the Crescent Moon Lake to sacrifice to the lake!"

"Sacrifice to the lake! Sacrifice to the lake!" The rest of the people raised their knives and shouted, and the momentum became louder and louder. Countless people gathered, and the three of Li Yan tightly surrounded them.

But they still didn't act immediately, Li Yan suddenly smiled, his words were teasing, his eyes lowered slightly, and he looked down at him, "This Crescent Lake...is it your turn to make the decision?"

That leisurely tone was full of inborn nobility, "Even the ghost king's father will give me three points when he sees me, so what kind of onion are you?"

Li Yan's aura was too strong, and his tone was too confident, even if he gambled on his status as the first or second ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would have to scare even a small horse thief.

"Who are you?" The horse thief asked sharply.

"Why should I tell you? Bring the person in charge here to see me."

"Ghost King? Then you have to go to the underworld to find him." The horse thief didn't take the bait. Although he had already hesitated, he was not stupid. "Killing is forbidden here, and I won't kill you. How about it, you three, choose one out Go to the lake."

"What if I say no?" Li Yan quietly gestured to Yan Sanbai, ready to break out at any time. These horse thieves don't seem to like negotiation very much.

"If you don't want to," the horse thief grinned, "then all three of you have to die."

Li Yan couldn't help sighing. In fact, most of the time, he was always smiling and compassionate like Maitreya Buddha, but there were always people who would go against it.

However, just when he was about to make a move, Li Yan felt Yan Sanbai secretly squeeze his palm.The tacit understanding for a long time made him understand what he meant in an instant. Although he was puzzled, he still suppressed it.

When Zhou Wei's people heard Li Yan sigh, they thought he had resigned to his fate, and laughed a lot, especially the one who put the knife on Li Yan's neck, more and more convinced that Li Yan was just bluffing.

However, just as he stepped forward and stretched out the tiger's claws towards Li Yan, a white and slender hand suddenly stretched out from the side and firmly grasped his wrist.

"Wait a minute." The warm and clear voice was like the crescent moon hanging high in the night sky at this moment.

"Let go!" The horse thief was furious, and turned to catch Yan Sanbai, but suddenly a letter appeared in Yan Sanbai's hand, with a gentle and harmless smile, "here is a letter written by the ghost king, it is He personally invited us here, if you don’t believe me, you can take a look.”

"Don't think I don't know what you're up to—" The horse thief sneered nonchalantly, but when his eyes glanced over the signature on the envelope inadvertently, he stopped again.

Xiao Yun.