And this stone beast, after it was excavated, at the suggestion of Qin Haifeng, moved to a relatively remote suburban building, where those experts conducted research for a month.

A month later, the experts left, but instead of being transported, the stone beast was hidden by the people of the Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Bureau.

It is also recorded in this information that after a month of research, Qin Haifeng and other experts came to a conclusion that this stone beast has no connection with the so-called suppression of water monsters, but is more like an ancient sacrificial ritual in ancient times, because, when they excavated the stone beast, they also found several pieces of tortoise shells and bamboo slips.

According to the tortoise shell and the pictographic symbols on the bamboo slips, Qin Haifeng and the others came to such a judgment, because as early as three years ago, in the identification of cultural relics unearthed in other places, they also found similar tortoise shells and bamboo slips, and at that time they had already proved that it was a sacrificial ceremony.

But this stone beast, what kind of sacrificial ritual is it, these experts have searched for information in many ways, but they have not been able to find a reasonable explanation, and in the end it can only be attributed to a certain tribe or nation, after all, there are many ethnic minorities here in Sichuan, and many things are still unsolved mysteries.

Of course, there are also experts who associate this stone beast with the treasure of dedication that circulates among the people, even if this is a rhinoceros stone beast, but if it is set on the sentence "stone ox to stone drum", it is also possible.

So, the authorities formed an action group at that time, called the treasure hunting team, just to see if they could find the secret of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure on this stone beast, and this group was also headed by these experts, and then the people in Cao Xuan's department cooperated.

However, as for whether the treasure hunting team finally found the treasure and what they found, this information is not mentioned.

That's pretty much all the useful stuff on the data. There are still many detailed descriptions of the rest, but these are all skipped by Qin Yu.

Putting down the information, Qin Yu's hand unconsciously knocked on the table, falling into thought. Cao Xuan and Cheng Rongyang glanced at each other, but they were silent, not daring to disturb Qin Yu.

A moment later, Qin Yu stopped his fingers unconsciously tapping and looked at Cheng Rongyang. said: "Director Cheng, I don't know if there are any people from the Xiao family in this Cheng City, can you help me get in touch?"

"The Xiao family has some business in the city, and someone is taking care of it, but if you want to find someone from the Xiao family, ......"

"What, are you a little embarrassed?" Qin Yu asked.

"It's not that it's embarrassing, it's just that the Xiao family's business here is different from ordinary business, and it is a little taboo. Cheng Rongyang replied: "The Xiao family is doing a ghost market business. ”

"Ghost market business?" Qin Yu did have a look of surprise on his face, he knew it very well. The ghost market that Cheng Rongyang said did not refer to the kind of ghost market in the collection world.

In the metaphysical world, many people know that yin and yang are in opposition, so they have always avoided ghosts, but there is also a group of people who are keen to deal with ghosts and have their own set of rules of conduct.

"Dare to do ghost market business, this Xiao family is quite powerful. ”

Qin Yu smiled. "In other words, if we want to find the people of the Xiao family, we will have to go to the ghost market?"

"Well, the people of the Xiao family only show up in the ghost market. And tonight is the day when the ghost market is open, if you miss today, it will be half a month later, the Xiao family's ghost market will be open once every half a month, and it will only be open for one night at a time. Cheng Rongyang replied.

"In that case, let's go now. ”

"Mr. Qin. It's already night, so let's dine first. "This day was busy, all the people didn't eat, from the afternoon to the airport to pick up Qin Yu, the group was taken by Qin Haoran all over the old city, by now, the sky is already dark, but not even a bite of food.

"Okay, then let's have dinner together, I'll treat you. Qin Yu smiled, the opening of the ghost market must be after the sub-hour, but it is a little early at this time.

"How can Mr. Qin break the bank, when I get here, it is naturally me, the landlord, to entertain the east, I know that there are a few good restaurants in the city. Cheng Rongyang hurriedly said.

"Well, I'm afraid. "Qin Yu knows that now he is very strict with public entertainment, but he doesn't want Cheng Rongyang to be difficult.

"Mr. Qin, this is nothing to the director. Cao Xuan persuaded on the side, and Cheng Rongyang and Cheng Rongyang looked at each other tacitly and smiled.

It is true that the public card is very tight now, but it is also a general departmental organ, and there are still many conveniences in special departments like them, in addition, the most important point is that this time it is Mr. Qin in front of him, with the number of this Mr. Qin in the department, that is, the minister knows, I am afraid not only will not blame, maybe he will praise it.

In the end, under the leadership of Cheng Rongyang, Qin Yu and his entourage left the hotel and went to the restaurant to eat, however, Qin Haoran did not leave the hotel on the grounds that he was tired and needed to rest, of course, Qin Haoran did not leave, and Cao Xuan could only leave four of his subordinates to watch and accompany Qin Haoran to enjoy the hotel's takeaway food.

After being full of wine and food, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, Cheng Rongyang, Qin Yu and Cao Xuan, the three of them got into a car and went to the ghost market, they couldn't bring too many people, so they could only have Cheng Rongyang drive in person, and Cao Xuan sat in the co-pilot, and Qin Yu sat alone in the back.

The car drove along the city to the suburbs, and gradually entered a very deserted road under the neon lights of the busy traffic.

An hour later, Cheng Rongyang stopped the car, because in the middle of the road ahead, there was an accident, and a large truck was in the middle of the road, blocking the road to the south.

"Got into a car accident? Looks like it's going to take a detour. Cao Xuan looked at the situation in front of him and said.

"Detour, no. Cheng Rongyang smiled, the lights flashed seven times in a row for the truck on the opposite side, and then turned on the red light of the danger alarm, which lasted for more than a minute, and then turned off all the lights.

"Lao Cheng, what are you doing here?" Cao Xuan asked with some puzzlement.

"This so-called car accident was caused by the people of the Xiao family, and the road to the south is to the location of the ghost market, and every time the ghost market is about to open, the people of the Xiao family will cause the so-called car accident here, just to prevent unrelated people from entering. Cheng Rongyang explained.

"Then these are the people of the Xiao family, let's just contact the Xiao family directly. Cao Xuan looked at the few people under the truck in front and said.

"These people are only the outermost ones, I'm afraid they haven't seen anyone from the Xiao family themselves, but they just take money to do things, and the people of the Xiao family will only appear in the ghost market. ”

And when Cheng Rongyang explained this, the truck on the opposite side started, slowly moved a position, just enough for the car to pass, Cheng Rongyang started the car and drove directly over.

After Cao Xuan drove into the forked road, he glanced back at the rear, and sure enough, the truck returned to its original position and blocked the intersection.

On the road after that, there were several similar road blockages, in addition to the so-called car accidents, there were even big stones in the middle of the road, but after Cheng Rongyang turned on the lights in the previous order, these obstacles all disappeared.

"Lao Cheng, is this the passage code given by the Xiao family?" Cao Xuan asked.

"Well, because the ghost market opens, there will be a lot of people who come to watch, and in addition, there are many people who want to find the Xiao family, so this is the secret code announced by the Xiao family, but even if it is announced to the public, there will be no more than twenty people in the entire Sichuan who know this code. ”

Cheng Rongyang said this with a look of pride, but it made Qin Yu in the back row shake his head slightly, Cheng Rongyang represents the official power, but because he got the code to go to the ghost city, he is proud, so it can be seen how powerful the Xiao family is in the territory of Sichuan.

In the end, the car stopped in a small village, the time at this time was already close to midnight, Qin Yu and the three got out of the car, fortunately, the stars in the night sky today were not blocked much, with the help of the starlight, they could barely see the road ahead.

Of course, barely referring to Cao Xuan and Cheng Rongyang, for Qin Yu, there was not much difference between this night and day, and his eyes were quickly attracted by the scene on the road at the entrance of the village in front.

On the road at the entrance of the village, the entire ground was covered with talismans on both sides, and only in the middle was a width of about ten people walking together, extending deep into the village.

In addition, the red lantern hanging above the two flags at the entrance of the village is also particularly eye-catching, as if it is a monster hidden in the dark, only revealing the red eyes, and a gloomy aura spreads.

Cao Xuan and Cheng Rongyang couldn't help but shudder, and Cao Xuan opened his mouth and asked, "Is this a ghost market?"

"I haven't arrived yet, the ghost market is in the village, there is still a distance of about one kilometer, and the Xiao family is at the innermost end of the ghost market, after we go in for a while, we can see, but don't say anything, just go straight to the innermost, until you see the people of the Xiao family." Cheng Rongyang whispered.

Ghost City, he came once, that was when he was in charge of the original handover, the other party brought him over, after that time, he couldn't sleep well for a week, and every time he thought about it, he had palpitations.

And at this moment, he repeated what the person in charge had told him again.

Cheng Rongyang himself didn't know what the consequences would be if he spoke in the ghost market, but he would rather never know, because this ghost market was too infiltrating. (To be continued.) )