The lights are brilliant, the crowds are crowded, and it is just in time for the Hundred Ghost Festival, and the market at night is naturally bustling. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoLegend has it that every year July is the month of ghosts, and July 15 is the festival of ghosts. On this day, the spirits of the underworld will wander around, and some of them will wander to the yang world. But this is just a legend after all, and people have long since turned their initial fears into the joys they are today. Every Halloween, people put on all kinds of masks and go to the market, watch performances, buy things, even if it's just to have a lively time. Zhao Bangqing was wearing a white fox mask that covered his face, simple and clean, and his weak body was almost overwhelmed by the surging crowd.

Looking back at Kyoto, it's the third day.

Zhao Bangqing is fifteen years old, naturally curious and adventurous. She is the concubine of the Zhao family, the third in line, with a brother and a sister at the top, and a younger brother who is still breastfeeding. I heard from the family that her mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her, and she only saw a portrait of her mother. Danfeng eyes, cherry mouth, ice muscles and jade bones, like a fairy from the sky. And except for the pair of aura-filled Danfeng eyes, she didn't inherit anything else. is 1.6 meters tall, his skin is indeed snow-white, but he doesn't have his mother's fairy aura no matter how he looks at it, but fortunately, he barely has a slight appearance. I remember that when she was one year old and caught Zhou, she was actually the guard who crawled to the door, and reached out to grab the sword on the guard's waist, which startled everyone. The older she gets, the more she likes to run around like a wild child. The family treated her well, and at first they would lecture her, but then they slowly accepted her character, and as long as they didn't cause trouble, they went with her.

Three days ago, there was a murder in Kyoto, which was very bizarre. Zhao Bangqing's father, Zhao Zhixu, is a well-known case-solving talent, although he is only a local official, he is recognized as being no less capable than officials of the previous dynasty. After this bizarre incident, Zhao Zhixu soon received a holy decree from above, announcing that he would enter Beijing to solve the case, and because of the great difficulty, he was given a month. If the case can be solved, the promotion bounty will be given, and if not, the official will be cut and repatriated.

Zhao Bangqing was coming back from outside at the time, and she overheard the incident behind the front door, so she pestered her father to take her to Kyoto. If she didn't agree, she would threaten to tell the whole family, Zhao Zhixu didn't want the whole family to know about it, so she had to take her to Kyoto with her, telling her family that she needed to go to Kyoto for a month on business, and the entourage only brought two guards and an assistant. As soon as they arrived in Kyoto, they were picked up and checked into the prime minister's house, where the death occurred, and of course they stayed in the guest room.

Zhao Bangqing heard the maid say that it would be Halloween in two days, and the market in Kyoto must be very lively, so he found a satisfactory mask and ran out. She also knows that now that the house is busy jumping up and down, she has been used to it since she was a child, and no one will notice her.

Zhao Bangqing wandered around with the flow of people, and suddenly a trace of sword light caught her eyes, and then disappeared again. She searched in the direction where the sword light appeared, and there was indeed a short sword hidden under a wide sleeve, which occasionally revealed as the sword-wielder moved. The dagger was very distinctive, not made of copper and iron, but of wood. It's just that there is a small piece of very bright metal on the side of the rapier head, like some very sharp metal. There was no embellishment on the entire sword except for a clear black gem in the center of the hilt. Following the sword, the sword was held by a handsome boy, wearing a simple green mask, a green robe, and a cloth bag hanging from his waist. Zhao Bangqing became interested for a while, and entered the crowded market with a knife, which was by no means idle, so he decided to follow and have a look.

Zhao Bangqing followed the man through the crowd, and after a long time, he finally left the noisy crowd and entered the empty street. People have gone to the market, so the streets are very empty, and only the light of the moon makes it possible to see the road. Zhao Bangqing found out that the man had been following a woman. The woman was nothing special except for her appearance, and her curiosity was raised again.

Finally, the woman stopped, and the two people behind her also stopped.

"I don't know what Childe has been following me for a long time, what is the so-called?" The woman spoke.

"I don't want to stay in the underworld, I have to come up to bring disaster to the world, what do you think I am looking for you?"

"Oh, Hades. Let's follow our girl out and judge us. My fifth lady outside Zhang Yuanwai in the east of the city, surnamed Lu. Find a lively day during the festival today, come out and have a look. I don't know this son, but he has been following me, and I have to say that I am a ghost. My maid was also designed away by them, I am a woman, I have no power to restrain the chicken, I don't know what kind of wishful thinking this son plays. The woman spoke again.

Zhao Bangqing realized that under his clumsy tracking skills, his traces had already been revealed, and he was really embarrassed to follow people for no reason. But then she looked at the woman, ordinary, indeed not like a ghost, and the man did not know where he came from, and did not know whether it was good or bad, so she said, "Why are you a man embarrassed a woman!"

"You don't have to worry about this." The man squinted at this sentence, and directly raised the sword in his hand and stabbed at Mrs. Lu.

"I've got this in mind!" Zhao Bangqing likes to meddle the most, and it is even more incumbent on him to be said like this. As he spoke, he rushed over, grabbed Mrs. Lu's hand, turned around and ran.

The man's sword pierced into the air, and when he saw Zhao Bangqing pulling Mrs. Lu to run, he chased after him. I don't know what method I used, but I jumped in front of them and blocked the way. Zhao Bangqing saw that he couldn't outrun him, so he stood in front of Mrs. Lu and shouted at the man: "If you want to move him, I'll try to move him first."

The man ignored Zhao Bangqing and stabbed his sword straight at Mrs. Lu behind Zhao Bangqing. At this time, Mrs. Lu was already shocked, and Zhao Wanqing quickly reached out to fight the sword. Since it was a wooden sword, she didn't scruple about it. The moment Zhao Bangqing touched the sword, the blade of the sword turned, and the sharp metal cut a small hole in Zhao Bangqing's hand.

Seeing this, the man stopped moving, as if he was a little sorry. Zhao Wanqing didn't care about the wound on his hand, and when he saw that the man didn't move, he wanted to run away again, so he took Mrs. Lu's hand again. As soon as her hand touched Mrs. Lu's hand, Mrs. Lu screamed. Zhao Bangqing saw that the blood on his hands was stained on Mrs. Lu's hands, and Mrs. Lu's hands began to spread and festered from the bloodstained place.

"How so?" Zhao Bangqing was a little flustered, and looked at Mrs. Lu who was suffering with inexplicable guilt.

"This skin is useless." The man sighed and whispered.

At this time, the ulceration on Mrs. Lu's body quickly spread to half of her body. Zhao Wanqing stood in a daze.

The man took out a round bottle from the bag around his waist, with a large body and a small mouth. Zhao Bangqing was puzzled how such a big thing could fit into that small bag. I saw the man stabbing Mrs. Lu with a sword, and Mrs. Lu screamed. Zhao Wanqing was terrified, the strange thing was that Mrs. Lu didn't leave a little blood, and the sword seemed to penetrate her head. The man picked up the bottle, and Mrs. Lu turned into a point of light and entered the bottle.

Zhao Bangsheng was shocked by everything in front of her, both curious and full of doubts, at this time she just looked at the man blankly.

The man was a little uncomfortable by Zhao Bangqing, so he said, "Don't look at it, I know you are very confused." Let me ask you, if there is a dangerous but interesting organization, but it must be kept secret, and now you have the opportunity to join us, would you like to? ”

Zhao Bangqing seemed to have some clue when he was asked like this, maybe in this world, in addition to the world told by adults, there is really a mysterious latitude like the one recorded in the mythological books, so he is more interested.

"Yes!" Zhao Bangqing replied without hesitation.

"Okay, you come with me." The man paced, and Zhao Bangqing followed.

On the empty streets, the figures of the two gradually disappeared into the darkness.