Ghost City! Li Sanlang silently read it in his heart. In Luoyang, the capital of the gods, whether in the temple or hidden in the city, more or less have heard of the word "ghost market", but where is the ghost market, what is the business, but no one can say it in detail, today I heard it again from Li Ke's mouth, and I couldn't help but have doubts in my heart, so I asked: "Li Duwei, I have indeed heard of this ghost city, but what is it, I hope to give advice." ”

Li Ke habitually stroked his beard and said slowly: "This ghost market was created by the red-haired Yama, the specific location is too secret, I don't know, I went there once, but I was blindfolded by the ghost servant. ”

Li Sanlang interrupted Li Ke's narration and asked, "Why did Li Duwei go to the ghost market?" ”

Li Ke replied: "Competition! Two years ago, the red-haired Yama issued a ghost order and invited me to go to the martial arts competition, and I was obsessed with it, so I went to the appointment. ”

"And what was the result?" Chen Wuji on the side hurriedly asked.

"The contest lasted about an hour, and at first I was evenly matched, and in the end I won half a move, and since then, the red-haired Yama promised me to do one thing for me, and I can speak when I need it. ”

When everyone heard Li Ke say this, they were slightly shocked in their hearts, Li Ke's martial arts they had all seen with their own eyes, and the red-haired Yama Luo had lost half a move compared to Li Ke, so he could also be called a top master, how many capable people were hidden in this god capital that were not known? Li Sanlang thought in his heart, such a skill, is it? So he asked: "Did Captain Li go here because he thought he had something to do with the attack on the city gate?" ”

Li Ke shook his head lightly and said, "Definitely." The red-haired Yama was born with red hair and a fierce face, hence the name, and his background has never been known, but as far as I know, he will never be involved in robbery. ”

Li Sanlang then asked, "What if you are instructed by someone?" ”

Li Ke smiled lightly and replied: "Li Sicheng doesn't know, these gods live on the ground and call them "people", and those who live underground are called "ghosts", the red-haired Yama can be said to be the king of this underground world, he is not instructed by anyone, and no one can instruct him, including the imperial court. When the word "imperial court" was spoken, Li Ke's tone was slightly heavier, in order to emphasize the matter to Li Sanlang. In fact, for a person like Li Ke, the court is not the most important thing in his heart, he loves the pleasure and hatred of the rivers and lakes more, if he didn't care about his wife and children this time, he would never be so compromised.

Li Sanlang's face was cold, obviously what Li Ke said just now made him feel a little unhappy in his heart, and from his words, he could sense that he did not pay enough attention to the imperial court, but at this moment, Li Sanlang could only use him, so he had to continue to say quietly: "Then what is this red-haired Yama doing, let Li Duwei go to visit at this time." ”

Li Ke replied: "The red-haired Yama runs the entire underground order, inquires about all kinds of news, and handles things that the government can't handle, and he may have clues at this time." ”

"Doing things that the government can't handle?" Li Saburo repeated, full of doubts.

Li Ke continued: "If the entry procedures of more than 30 Khitans into the city this time are all legal, I expect that they must be their doing. In addition, like the robbery and murder outside the city, I believe he must have learned some news, and he went there next to inquire about it. ”

Hearing Li Ke say this, Li Sanlang's heart suddenly cleared, and then said: "Since this is the case, it is time to go, but will he obey your orders?" ”

Li Ke thought for a moment and replied: "The red-haired Yama has a strange temperament, and whoever asks him for advice will ask for something as a bargaining chip, and if he can't be satisfied, he won't talk about anything." I'm going because he owes the next promise before, and the red-haired Yama does what he says, so I go and give it a try, hoping to get something. ”

"Gold and silver goods, if he can tell the clues, Li Duwei will handle it myself." Li Saburo said.

Li Ke replied: "Definitely." This man is rich and rivals the country, and the gold and silver goods are of little use to him, and the things he asks for are often strange and difficult to find. ”

Li Sanlang was silent for a while, and then continued: "Then since this is the case, let Chen Wuji accompany Li Duwei to go, take care of each other, and report if there is any news." ”

Li Ke and Chen Wuji arched their hands and replied, "Oh! The two retreated.

At two o'clock, Luoyang, the capital of God, outside Yanqing Fang, next to the Luoshui River.

When Li Ke walked out of the gate of Long'an Division, he took Chen Wuji and rode a horse and galloped, all the way through the streets of Shendu. Shangyuan is approaching, the streets are gradually lively, the bustling crowd is endless, and the merchants from all walks of life are ready to do a big job. But Li Ke can't care so much, and the most important thing for him now is time.

Except for a short stay at a grocery store, the two of them were busy on the road, and Chen Wuji didn't have time to ask Li Ke in detail. A competition in the conference hall just now has made Chen Wuji admire Li Ke in his heart, people like Chen Wuji are generally high-spirited, and they either admire others or ignore them, obviously Li Ke belongs to the former, so at this time, all Li Ke's arrangements have nothing to question for Chen Wuji, in fact, Chen Wuji also knows in his heart that Li Sanlang asked him to follow Li Ke, in addition to taking care of him, it is nothing more than a role of surveillance, but he himself is unwilling to rely on this.

Finally arrived at the Luoshui River, this Yanqing Fang is located on the east side of the Shendu, very close to the city wall of the Shendu, but there is no city gate here, so it is relatively sparsely populated. When he arrived at the place, Chen Wuji looked around, the red-haired Yama really knew how to choose a place, although it was rarely populated, but the traffic was convenient in all directions, and the waterways were convenient.

When he was in Long'an Division just now, Li Ke said that he didn't know the specific location of the ghost market, but when he went out, Li Ke went straight here, Chen Wuji couldn't help but wonder in his heart, so he asked: "Li Duwei, this is the ghost market?" ”

Li Ke replied while leashing his horse: "I don't know where the ghost market is, but this is the contact place for departure." After saying that, he took out three candles from his bosom, one red and two white, a total of three, and it turned out that he had just stopped at the grocery store to buy them.

Not far from the two of them, there was a stone platform that seemed to be used for sacrifice, Li Ke walked over, placed the red candle in the center, placed the white candle on both sides, and blew the fire to light the candle. Chen Wuji just wanted to ask, but Li Ke signaled him to be silent, and whispered: "You will go to the ghost market with me in a while, no matter what you see, don't answer anything the other party asks you, so as not to make mistakes and cause trouble, just follow me." Chen Wuji nodded in acquiescence.

About a moment later, a small boat came rowing on the Luoshui River, and there was a man on the boat, with a strange appearance, one hand crippled, the other blind, unkempt, and dressed in a black robe. Xiaozhou slowly approached Li Ke and the others, and Chen Wuji asked in a low voice, "Who is this?" Li Ke also replied in a low voice: "Ghost servant." After answering, he motioned to Chen Wuji not to speak again.

The people on the boat looked at the candles on the stone platform, then at Li Ke, and said, "Sacrifice to the gods, sacrifice to the ghosts?" ”

"Sacrifice to the ghosts!"

"Why do you sacrifice ghosts with red candles!"

"Red Candle with Yama!"

"The sacrificer is clean!"

"Clean!"

"How many people are clean?"

"Two!"

At this point, the people on the boat motioned for Li Ke and the two to get on the boat, and Chen Wuji was confused when he heard the conversation between Li Ke and the ghost servant, but he could roughly judge that the ghost servant should be preparing to take the two to the ghost market, Chen Wuji didn't say a word, and quickly followed Li Ke on the boat. The ghost servant handed the two of them two pieces of black cloth and said, "Do you know the rules?" Li Ke took the black cloth and replied, "I know." Chen Wuji took the black cloth, but I don't know what it meant, I saw Li Ke blindfolded with a black cloth, only to understand, so he also blindfolded himself, but did some hands and feet, leaving a slit under the black cloth, but this matter was clearly seen by the ghost servant, Chen Wuji suddenly felt a blow in the back of the neck, did not react at once, was knocked unconscious, the ghost servant whispered to Li Ke: "People who come don't understand the rules." Li Ke was helpless, sighed softly, and the boat began to sail off the shore and set off slowly.

I don't know how long it took, a basin of water woke up Chen Wuji, and Chen Wuji, who woke up, quickly stood up, rubbed his eyes and wiped them, and looked around cautiously, Li Ke stood beside him. Now the two of them are in the same room, the room is not big, the candlelight is dim, but the luxury of the surrounding furnishings makes Chen Wuji secretly speechless, although he has never been to the palace, but he thinks that the luxury of the palace is no more than this. All the furnishings in the house are made of gold, the floor should be made of fine sandalwood, and the house exudes a special smell of spices, which should come from the Western Regions, and the taste is different from that of the gods. The patterns on the wall are exquisitely painted, the characters are lifelike, and it is a pity that the content of the painting is mostly hell, which makes people feel depressed, and it is the ghost servant in front of him who just woke him up, and the basin in his hand is made of gold. Seeing this, Chen Wuji finally understood why Li Kehui in the Long'an Division just now said to Li Sanlang that gold and silver goods were of little use to the red-haired Yama.

In addition to the ghost servants in front of him, there were more than a dozen ghost servants standing around, most of them dressed in the same way, each with a broken body, and each holding a blade. At this moment, there was a strange laughter from the apse, and as the laughter came out of the apse, and it was this person who made the laughter, and he walked to the golden seat in the center of the room and sat down. This man is tall, with a steady walk, with a golden belt of hair, a red hair, and a pale face, although he is smiling at this time, but his face is majestic and vicious, which makes people shudder, and he is wearing a red round-necked robe, on which is embroidered with a dragon bone pattern with gold wire, which is very strange, needless to say, this person is the red-haired Yama.

After the red-haired Yama sat down, the surrounding ghost servants knelt on the ground in unison, and the red-haired Yama stopped laughing weirdly and said, "Li Gong, you are finally here!" "The voice is strong, the breath is powerful, and from the voice, you know that you are a person with deep internal strength.

Li Ke bowed with both hands and said, "Li visited the red-haired Yama, I haven't seen you for many years, and Li came this time... ”

Before Li Ke finished speaking, the red-haired Yama Luo preemptively said, "I naturally know what you are doing here. But unfortunately, I can't tell you the answer you want, I don't want to provoke the people behind this matter, and I hope that Li Gong will forgive me! ”

Hearing him say this, Li Ke was shocked, it was not that the red-haired Yama knew the purpose of his trip, he had hands and eyes to the sky, if he wanted to know about the affairs of the inner courtyard of the imperial city, he also had a way, so Li Ke had already known what he was doing. What really shocked Li Ke was that the red-haired Yama didn't want to provoke the person behind this, you must know that the red-haired Yama was very rare in terms of martial arts and strength, and even he was afraid of the person, so who was this person? Li Ke knew that if the red-haired Yama didn't want to say something, it would be difficult to beg him, but no matter what, he still had to give it a try, thinking of this, Li Ke said slowly: "You still owe me a promise, can you return it at this time." ”

The red-haired Yama suddenly let out a weird laugh, and after a long time, he said: "I knew that Guild Li would say this, I have always been honest, I can tell you another piece of news to help you investigate the case, I can still afford to provoke this person, I don't know what Gong Li wants?" ”

Although Li Ke only saw the red-haired Yama for the second time, he still understood his temperament, and the things he refused to say were really difficult to find, and the things he was willing to say must be beneficial, so he replied: "In this case, please also ask Yama to teach you!" ”

Seeing this, Chen Wuji on the side suddenly became a little anxious, and was about to speak, but Li Ke hurriedly glanced at him and stopped him.

Seeing that Li Ke agreed, the red-haired Yama said: "The killer who killed Li Zheng and the high priest in Datongfang is a Turk named Keduo, who is one of the best masters in Turkic, and is now temporarily hiding in Ningrenfang. ”

Li Ke thought in his heart, this red-haired Yama is really to the point, and he really knows everything he wants, although this information is not directly telling him the culprit of the city gate robbery, but it is a clue, and it is not worth the trip, so he said: "Li X thank you, then who is this Keduo instructed by, and what is the real purpose?" ”

The red-haired Yama laughed weirdly again, and said, "Gong Li, this is the second or third question for you. No, we can't. ”

Chen Wuji, who was on the side, finally couldn't hold it back anymore and blurted out: "We can exchange information with you." ”

The red-haired Yama laughed even louder and said, "Change? What are you going to trade with me? What I want is not easy! ”

Chen Wuji is also straight, and then said: "What do you want? You said! ”

The red-haired Yama put away his laughter and said slowly, "Xuan Lingzi, you should know, right? ”

Every Shangyuan Festival, the gods will gather all the singers in the West City to compete, the head can enter the palace to face the saint, in the palace Shangyuan Palace banquet performance, this Xuan Lingzi is the best of this singer, for two consecutive years to take the lead, this year if there is no accident, it should be her again, this person in the gods can be said to be a household name, at this time the red-haired Yama mentioned her, I don't know what it means. Chen Wuji replied: "Xuan Lingzi, I know, what's wrong?" ”

The red-haired Yama said in a deep voice, "It's good to know. I heard that this Xuan Lingzi is both excellent in color and art, in addition to a good voice, his dancing skills are also excellent! I want her tongue, hands, and feet to be treasured in my ghost market, so that I can see them every day, and I must be very lucky, and if so, I will answer the second and third questions you have just asked. ”

Chen Wuji never expected that he would make such a request, and it was extremely difficult for him to do this, so he said angrily: "This thing can't be replaced, can it be replaced with something else?" ”

The red-haired Yama laughed again, and said word by word: "I will never negotiate the price of what I ask for, if I can't do it, then I can't help it!" ”

Chen Wuji was about to answer, but Li Ke replied first: "Although the investigation and handling of this case is very important, Li Mou only does things in accordance with the word chivalry, and if he hurts her life in order to investigate the case, it will greatly violate the way of chivalry, and Li will never do anything about it!" Say goodbye! "I'm about to leave.

The red-haired Yama stood up, walked into the two Li Ke, and said slowly: "Li Gong, it is really chivalrous, I will give you a major clue for free today-Kule Duotina." ”

Chen Wuji was listening, he didn't know what he meant at all, but Li Ke couldn't help but have a sudden change in his face when he heard it, and unconsciously took a step back, although Chen Wuji and Li Ke had known each other for a short time, but in his eyes, Li Ke was the kind of person who was confident and Taishan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, how could this short sentence make him like this. How did Chen Wuji know that Li Ke had lived in the Western Regions since he was a child, and he could understand what this "Kule Duotina" meant, which was the most vicious spell in the Western Regions, meaning "bone-eating beast", could it be that the gods would face a major calamity? Li Kegang thought of this, and couldn't help but lose his color.

Li Ke slowed down for a moment, and then asked, "When?" Where? ”

The red-haired Yama waved his hand and said coldly: "This matter also affects my ghost market to a greater or lesser extent, but it is not my responsibility to stop it in the end, I can only say it here, and the rest depends on the creation of this divine capital!" ”

Although Li Ke was unwilling, he also knew that once the red-haired Yama opened his mouth, it would be useless to entangle him, and he also knew that what the red-haired Yama said was by no means groundless, and the most important thing at the moment was to investigate the case quickly, he never thought that a simple robbery and murder case would evolve into such a crisis, but he had no clue what this crisis was for a while! The only thing to do now is to seize the time and get closer to the truth as soon as possible. So Li Ke bowed his hand and was about to leave.

The red-haired Yama continued: "Gong Li can go first, but this friend of yours has broken the rules, I'm afraid he can't go like this, right?" ”

Chen Wuji knew that the red-haired Yama was referring to the blindfolded peeking when he came, so he said: "One person does things and one person is responsible, you say, how to deal with it?" ”

"Good! Readily! According to the rules, peeking at the ghost market passers-by will gouge out a pair of eyes! Ghost servant, torture! The red-haired Yama shouted.

Chen Wuji originally thought that it was nothing more than a beating, but he didn't expect it to be an eye-gouging, if this eye was gouged, what should he do for the rest of his life, he was about to speak, Li Ke preemptively said: "Today, the gods are in a catastrophe, and I hope that the red-haired Yan Luo will be gracious, let it go for the time being, and wait for the crisis to be resolved!" ”

The red-haired Yama laughed: "Rules are rules, and they must not be broken, not to mention that the gods can't survive this catastrophe, I can't wait for the crisis to be resolved." But now that Lee has spoken openly, I still have to keep a little thin. As soon as the words fell, I saw the red-haired Yama's cuffs tremble, and suddenly there was a short sword in his hand, which was a sword in his sleeve, the red-haired Yama waved his hand at Chen Wuji, what happened in front of him was too fast, Li Ke reacted and wanted to stop it, but it was too late, Chen Wuji didn't even react, the two fingers of his left hand had been cut off, and the blood flowed straight out, Chen Wuji was also a man, at this moment, he actually endured the severe pain, and did not shout, Li Ke hurriedly tore a cloth from his body to stop the bleeding and bandage Chen Wuji. Chen Wuji endured it as beads of sweat the size of beans poured out.

The red-haired Yan Luo said sharply: "Today, for the sake of Li Gong's face, two fingers for a pair of eyeballs for you, if there is a next time, I will not be spared!" Drop-off! ”

Li Ke and the others were blindfolded again, and a moment later, the two returned to the Luoshui River.

Where the ghost market is, they don't know; What is the crisis that Shendu is about to face right now? They don't know, all they know is the one - Kuledotina!

Seeing the ghost servant rowing far away, Chen Wuji whispered to Li Ke: "Captain Li, just now I blindfolded and carefully estimated it, we first walked south, turned twice on the left and right in the middle, and rowed south for a while, and rowed east for half a moment, and finally went north to this place. If we do the opposite, we should be able to find the specific location of the ghost market, and we will go back now to mobilize troops, surround the ghost market, seize the red-haired Hades, and force him to confess what he knows. ”

Li Kewan didn't expect that Chen Wuji could endure the severe pain and be able to distinguish the location of the ghost market so clearly, in fact, Li Ke also has this ability, but he knows the result of doing so, he sighed and said: "It's not a secret, I roughly judged the location of the ghost market to be consistent with you, but this matter is not appropriate." It is rumored that the ghost market is a huge underground labyrinth, and if there is no one to lead the way, there will be heavy casualties, and by the time we find our way to the red-haired Yama, I am afraid that he will have disappeared long ago. ”

Chen Wuji continued: "Then we will tie up a ghost servant to lead the way, and answer to the red-haired Yama in the shortest possible time." ”

Li Ke waved his hand and said: "It's useless, the ghost servants are all dead soldiers, you have also seen it, they are all crippled people, outsiders don't know, and they think they are the black hands of the red-haired Yama, in fact, the ghost servants are poor children, they have been adopted by him since they were young, and the depth of their feelings is not to be betrayed, it is said that they are highly poisonous in their mouths, and they will commit suicide immediately once they are captured." Besides, with the means of the red-haired Yama, it is very likely that he will sneak directly into Ziwei Palace, and use the emperor's life to blackmail us, maybe he has the ability to do it. ”

Hearing about sneaking into the palace, Chen Wuji couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, he thought of the Khitan people committing suicide on the spot yesterday, and he also knew how firm the will of the dead man was, so he shook his head helplessly, and said: "For now, let's go back to Long'an Division to report first, and then let's do it!" ”

Li Ke nodded, and the two rode away.

Two moments later, Li Ke and the others returned to Long'an Division, the horses were bumpy, and the blood stains on Chen Wuji's body were stained with a large area, and as soon as they entered the gate, they provoked the tiger roaring guard on duty to cast a surprised gaze, could it be that these two experienced a fierce battle? The two of them didn't care, and walked straight to the council chamber, hoping to discuss the next course of action as soon as possible. But just as he was about to enter the conference hall, Chen Wuji suddenly remembered something in his heart, and hurriedly said to Li Ke: "It's not good, I forgot to confirm with the red-haired Yama just now that the thirty Khitans entered the city or not. ”

Li Ke paused for a moment and replied, "No. He must have done it. ”

Chen Wuji continued to ask, "Why? ”

Li Ke replied: "In this place of Shendu, go through the procedures for thirty Khitans to enter the city at once, and the official position is at least four grades or above, but the officials with official positions above the fourth rank are afraid of causing trouble, even if they are tempted by heavy profits, they will never handle it for the Khitans, and this matter must be formed by his hands." Moreover, he can accurately inform us of the murderer of Li Zheng and the high priest, indicating that he must know the ins and outs of this matter, so there is no doubt that he is in charge of this matter. ”

As soon as Li Ke said this, Chen Wuji nodded yes, and the doubts in his heart were solved, but another doubt inevitably rose, and then asked: "Then why is he willing to tell you about the Turkic Keduo?" I don't think it's as simple as he owes you a favor. ”

Li Ke replied: "I also feel strange about this matter, but there are only two possibilities, one is that he really kept his promise, returned my favor, and did not let me entangle the culprit behind the city gate robbery; Another reason I think is that this Keduo may have done something unfavorable to him, at least some of his actions disgusted him, so he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, but in any way, with the clue of Keduo, we are worth the trip. ”

Li Ke remembered that spell again, in fact, what he really cared about at the moment was this matter! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but quicken his pace again and entered the council chamber.