Li Maicheng They flew in the air at night, flew and flew, left this Lonely Soul Ridge, and came to a small town at the foot of the nearby mountain, only to see that there was a family near the hillside, with a yard at home, and a few earthen houses.

Li Maicheng knocked on the door of the house, and then the lights came on, and an old man came out to open the door, he put on his clothes and said, "Little brother, it's so late, what's the matter with the few of you?"

Li Maicheng said: "Old man, we are passing by here and want to rest at your house for one night, I have two silver taels for you." ”

Then Li Maicheng gave a small piece of silver and handed it to the old man.

The old man took the silver tael and said, "There are two clean houses in my side room, so you can live there." ”

The old man then took Li Maicheng and them to stay, and after a night at dawn, the old man made some food and called Li Maicheng for them to get up and eat.

Li Maicheng was woken up in a haze, rubbed his eyes, then washed his face and ate breakfast.

I saw that there were sweet potato cakes, steamed buns, pancakes, fried potatoes, spicy cabbage, and millet porridge on the table.

Li Maicheng drank millet porridge and ate pancakes and asked the old man, "Old uncle, do you know the Lonely Soul Ridge in the nearby valley." ”

The old man thought for a while, and said with a sigh: "Lonely Soul Ridge, the people of Changxun Town, who doesn't know, there are often haunted there, and people are often missing. ”

Li Maicheng heard this and said, "Then are the people in this government still investigating?"

The old man shook his head and said, "Who dares, that Lonely Soul Ridge, we locals don't dare to go there easily, and only the merchants who pass by to do business, because they don't know the danger there, so there are many people passing by there." ”

Li Maicheng said: "That old uncle, do you know the arrester who investigated the disappearance of the people in the Lonely Soul Ridge. ”

The old man sighed and said, "If you go to the yamen in this Changxun town, you may meet those fast hunters who are investigating the Lonely Soul Ridge. ”

Li Maicheng replied: "Okay, then let's go after dinner." ”

After Li Maicheng and the others finished eating, they said goodbye to the old man.

When I came to Changxun Town, I saw that on the street, people came and went, there were a lot of food sellers, jugglers, and some merchants from the Western Regions who led camels.

Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian walked on the street, looking for the yamen in the town. As he walked, Li Maicheng saw a courtyard with a stone lion at the door in front of him, and a red lantern hung at the door.

I saw that the plaque of the gate was written with the words "Changxun Yamen", Li Maicheng saw those words, and then said to Zhou Xiaotian: "Xiaotian, I'm afraid this is the yamen, let's go in and ask about the situation." ”

Then Li Maicheng, Bai Ruoxue, and Zhou Xiaotian entered the yamen, and Su Chengxuan beat the big drum at the yamen, and the sound of the drum spread throughout the yamen.

At this time, several arresters came, and one of the leading catchers said: "Dare to ask all brothers, what is the matter with coming to the Yamen to complain?"

Li Maicheng then said to Na Yu: "In Xia Li Maicheng, these four are my junior brothers and sisters, we passed by the Haoyue Inn in Lonely Soul Ridge yesterday, and more than a dozen brothers are missing, so we came to report to the official." ”

When the head catcher heard the lonely soul ridge, he said in surprise: "Lonely soul ridge, it is haunted there, we have received a lot of reports of missing people before, and we have not found the missing people until now." ”

Li Maicheng said, "I want to ask if you have sent someone to the Lonely Soul Ridge to investigate?"

The catcher said: "I have been there a few times, I went to the Haoyue Inn during the day, it was empty, there were no clues, and finally I sent someone to go to the Haoyue Inn at night, but I went to three or four waves of fishing and disappeared, and I have not come back yet." ”

Li Maicheng said: "May I ask the surname of Lord Catcher." ”

The head catcher said: "In Xia Liu Tuoze, he is the chief catcher here." This strange thing in Lonely Soul Ridge, but for several years, few people have come back alive, you actually went there yesterday and ran back, it's really shocking. ”

Li Maicheng said: "I won't tell you, the five of us are all cultivators with strong martial arts, you see my junior brother Su Chengxuan has horns on his head, he is actually a dragon clan, a dragon." ”

When Liu Zhutou heard this, he was frightened, and said, "Are the five of you all monsters?"

Li Maicheng said: "Liu Zhutou, don't panic, we are cultivators, and we will do things to protect the common people, kill demons and eliminate demons, and will not harm you." ”

Liu Zhutou gradually stopped panicking when he heard this, and said: "It's not a secret, we have taken a good look at the Haoyue Inn, and we have also checked some clues. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Let's listen, the five of us are willing to help you investigate the case, so that we can give the people an explanation." ”

Liu Zhutou said: "Brother Maicheng, we learned that the Haoyue Inn is only open at night, and it is empty during the day, and not only you have come back alive, there is a good man in the North Street of Changxun Town, he also came back alive, and he went to the Haoyue Inn many times at night, and the next day was fine, and he came back safe and sound." ”

Li Maicheng said: "That good man, can he have kung fu spells, what is it called, or he himself is with the Haoyue Inn." ”

Liu Zhutou said: "That hero is an ordinary person, he doesn't have much kung fu, his name is Lin Yufang, I'll take you to his house to ask about the situation in a while." ”

Li Maicheng felt very strange when he heard this, and then said: "Liu Zhutou, then you can take a few of us to ask Lin Yufang now, maybe he knows the secret of the Haoyue Inn." ”

Liu Zhutou said: "Okay, then I'll take four catchers with me and take you to see Lin Yufang." ”

Then Liu Zhutou led Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian out of the Changxun Yamen and walked to the North Street of Changxun Town.

They walked through rows of pavilions and streets, and finally came to Lin Yufang's house.

I saw that Lin Yufang's house had a compound, and when he entered the compound, Lin Yufang was drinking wine in the courtyard, looking drunk.

Li Maicheng saw Lin Yufang and said to him: "Lin Yufang, I heard that you have been to the Haoyue Inn several times at night, and you have come back safe and sound every time. ”

Lin Yufang said while drinking wine: "Yes, what's wrong." ”

Liu Zhutou scolded Lin Yufang: "Lin Yufang, you answer well, otherwise you will be arrested and sent to prison as a fellow party of Haoyue Inn and convicted of a capital crime." ”

Lin Yufang obediently said, "I have been to the Haoyue Inn a few times, but every time I wake up the next day, the inn is empty, and everyone else is gone except me. ”

Li Maicheng heard this and said, "Lin Yufang, what can you see at night, what strange sounds do you hear. ”

Lin Yufang said: "I slept very deeply, and I didn't notice anything abnormal. ”

Li Maicheng then asked, "Then what have you been to the Haoyue Inn many times?"

Lin Yufang took a sip of the wine, and then said thoughtfully: "I'll go there to see someone." ”

As soon as Li Maicheng heard a clue, he asked, "Who are you going to see, say your name." ”

Lin Yufang said: "I'll go to see Huang Xuezhen, the shopkeeper of the Haoyue Inn. ”

When Li Maicheng heard this, he said angrily: "You are really in the same party as them, tell me where their nest is." ”

Lin Yufang said: "I'm not their comrade, I just know Huang Xuezhen, and I don't know their lair." ”

Li Maicheng then asked: "How do you know Huang Xuezhen, is it just because you often go to Haoyue Inn, are you familiar?"

Lin Yufang said: "It's not for this reason, I won't tell you anything, that Huang Xuezhen looks very similar to the girl I once loved, Zhou Ruoyu, she looks exactly the same, but Zhou Ruoyu died of liver disease three years ago." ”

Li Maicheng heard this and said: "And this strange thing, the shopkeeper of the Haoyue Inn is exactly the same as your beloved, so were you married at that time?" ”

Lin Yufang said: "I didn't get married, I planned to get married, but she suddenly died." Later, I was very depressed, last year I went to Lonely Soul Ridge to play, and then I stayed at the Haoyue Inn that night, and I was stunned to see Huang Xuezhen. They actually look exactly the same. Then I stayed for one night and woke up the next day and the Bright Moon Inn was empty. Then I went to the Haoyue Inn many times at night, and she Huang Xuezhen was there. I asked her why your shop was empty during the day, and she said that we only do business at night, and the other inns left early in the morning, and the guys at our inn also went home in the morning, so the inn was empty during the day. ”

Li Maicheng was very strange when he heard this, and asked casually: "Lin Yufang, then you can go with us, let's go to the Haoyue Inn again tonight, and we will stay in the same room with you at night, and see why you are safe every time you go to the hotel." ”

Lin Yufang said, "Okay, I'll go with you tonight." ”

At this time, Liu Zhutou said: "Okay, I'll take the four of us to the Haoyue Inn to investigate." ”

Then Li Maicheng, Lin Yufang, Liu Zhutou, Zhou Xiaotian, and Su Chengxuan set off on the mountain road to the Lonely Soul Ridge, and they climbed over the mountains, tired and sweating profusely. By the time I walked to the Lonely Soul Ridge, it was already dark, and the mountains and forests were full of wolf howls and bird calls, and in the Lonely Soul Ridge, the Haoyue Inn was still open.

Li Maicheng saw the shining starlight of the Haoyue Inn, the wine flag fluttering in the wind, a few of them walked to the inn, and they arrived at the Haoyue Inn, as soon as they arrived at the door of the inn, Huang Xuezhen, the shopkeeper, came out to greet with a smile, and saw Li Maicheng, Liu Zhutou, Lin Yufang and a few of them coming, and their faces became serious.

Huang Xuezhen said to them: "A few guest officers, this Haoyue Inn is full tonight, you should find another place, you can go down the mountain to Changxun Town, there is a place to stay." ”

Li Maicheng angrily pulled out the Shadow Sword and said sharply: "Bold Huang Xuezhen, quickly hand over my master and the brothers of my mission, otherwise you will be demolished this Haoyue Inn." ”

Huang Xuezhen said fearlessly: "Guest officer, you can't be untrustworthy, I didn't snatch your master and your brothers. They left early this morning. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Huang Xuezhen, you are talking nonsense, the five of us came yesterday, but knowing what happened to the inn last night, it was simply hell, there were so many evil ghosts with dispersed heads, attacking us, and snatching my master and them away." ”

Huang Xuezhen said: "Guest officer, a little wrong, you can ask Lin Yufang, this guest officer, he is a frequent visitor to our place." ”

Lin Yufang said: "Xuezhen, I have also told you many times, you look like my former lover Zhou Ruoyu, it is exactly the same, the reason why I come often is because when I see you, it is like seeing her, it can remind me of many beautiful moments with her." ”

At this time, Huang Xuezhen said: "Don't say much, the guest room is really full, you can find another place, I have to go into the inn to greet the guests." ”

Then Huang Xuezhen turned around and entered the Haoyue Inn.