"My aunt was arrested of her own volition, what the hell is going on?"

Luo Fan sighed, "Here's how it ......"

Nearly two months ago, Luo Fan and his party safely crossed the Eight Heat Volcano with the help of Miao Lan, and after leaving the influence range of the volcano, they arranged the teleportation array all the way like the previous half a year, hoping to arrive at Shifan Mountain as soon as possible.

But before the days were settled, they noticed that something was wrong.

There is always an inexplicable sense of depression when they pass through some remote towns or villages, and almost everywhere they go, they will find that there are local people doing funerals, as few as one or two, and as many as a dozen households.

This Changyue country has been smooth in the past hundred years, and there has been no large-scale plague or natural disaster, if one or two funerals are done occasionally, maybe Luo Fan and others will not feel anything unusual, birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable things for mortals.

However, every time they passed through a village or town, they encountered funeral services, and sometimes there would be a situation where the streets were not spacious and crowded with funeral processions, which had to make Luo Fan and them begin to wonder.

Finally in a small town called Fengqi hundreds of miles away from Puqiu City, Luo Fan could no longer suppress the bad premonition in his heart, and after many inquiries, he learned why so many people were doing funerals along the way.

It's just a matter of not inquiring, and after inquiring, Luo Fan's heart was even more turbulent.

According to the corpse keepers in Yizhuang in Fengqi Town, those who died were both men and women, but all of them were young and middle-aged, and two of them were buried two days before Luo Fan and others arrived in Fengqi Town.

The reason why those two people are mentioned is because those two people suddenly fell unconscious more than ten years ago, and their families took them to visit the famous Langzhong around Fengqi Town, and they couldn't see why.

Later, some people said that maybe these two people were in some evil and needed to invite Taoist priests to do it, so the two families worked together to pay for it, and successively invited many Taoist priests to open the altar, and the money was cheated away a lot, but the two people still showed no signs of awakening.

Because both of them still have a breath of air, their families have to keep watch over them, hoping that one day a miracle will happen and they will suddenly wake up.

It's a pity that miracles are usually rare, but bad news always comes inadvertently, and now, more than ten years after the two people fell into a coma, that is, a few months ago, someone in the town fell into such a coma.

And it wasn't until a few days before Luo Fan went to inquire that those who had been unconscious suddenly began to die one after another, and it is said that before they died, their faces were extremely hideous, as if they had suffered endless pain and torture before finally swallowing that breath.

"In this way, those people in the villages and towns where you passed by before who were holding funerals also died like this?" After listening to Luo Fan's narration, Cang Wunian couldn't help frowning and asked.

"Well, I went to other places and inquired, and found that the cause of death of those people was the same. Luo Fan nodded solemnly.

"That'...... Will that aunt be like this......" Hua Chengcheng looked at Aunt Hui, who was placed by them on the fox fur peacefully, and her voice couldn't help but tremble a little.

Luo Fan's face became even more gloomy, "If you don't want to find a way, maybe ...... She'd die like that, too. ”

Hearing Luo Fan say this, the tears of the painting fell instantly, and he cried: "Why, senior Luo Fan, why did you agree to let your aunt take this risk before? Auntie's mana is not very strong, how can you put your aunt in such a dangerous situation?"

Luo Fan sighed deeply and said guiltily: "This is indeed my fault. The main reason is that while we are exploring the cause of the mysterious death of these people, we also accidentally discover a shocking secret in this Changyue country. It turned out that as early as half a year ago, the king of the Changyue Kingdom secretly issued a directive, promising heavy benefits to the officials of various cities and counties, requiring them to search for virgins with beautiful appearance and fairy roots among the people, and once they found such a woman, they should report it in time, and at the same time, the person who reported it could also be added to the official rank.

"But the king gave a death order, and the people were not to be made aware of it, and when such a woman was found, he had to think of a way not to arouse suspicion among the people around them, and then the great master of the Changyue kingdom would personally go to that place to pick people, and if he liked them, take them away.

"And just before we arrived in Puqiu City, Changyue Kingdom had already collected forty-eight such women in the market. According to our guess, this last place should be crucial, otherwise such a big country would not be able to find such a woman.

"After thinking about it, I think these two things must be related, and the spearhead is even the great master who has spread the word of the people to the gods. That's why Aunt Hui volunteered to become the forty-ninth woman, ambushed among them, and saw what tricks the national teacher wanted to play. ”

"So several of you have hidden your cultivation, only Huigu alone did not hide his mana at all, so he entered the imperial capital in a grand manner, attracting the attention of the national teacher, and then they sent troops to arrest Huigu and put you under house arrest. Ji Zi'an said lightly.

"Yes, after they caught Aunt Hui, they issued an imperial list, saying that forty-nine 'Heavenly Saints' had been recruited, and they were going to hold a 'Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony' on the day of the winter solstice. You don't have to think much to know that this sacrifice to the sky is fake, and the national teacher has an ulterior motive to be true.

"The Oiran election they held tonight was actually to force us to make a move, but I didn't expect that I hadn't taken action yet, and you guys were one step ahead of me. Luo Fan nodded and looked at the three of them.

"I see. I was still wondering why I set up the first night of the Oiran and sell the Oiran at a high price if it was a requirement that these women were virgins, and it turned out to be just a bait...... "Hua Allure suddenly said.

Then she looked at Cang Wunian again, and said with some displeasure: "Brother Wunian, did you guess this a long time ago, so you let Qing quit to offend Wen Xun at a high price?"

Cang Wunian shrugged his shoulders, "I'm not too sure, but I know that no matter who wins the highest price tonight, Senior Luo Fan will definitely make a move." Since we are gone, can't we grasp this place in our own hands?"

Hua Chengcheng pouted, "It's good, I just don't like the mysterious appearance of the two of you." As she spoke, her expression darkened a little, "It's just that I didn't expect them to do something to my aunt after all, no wonder they dared to really put my aunt on that painting boat." ”

"Senior Luo Fan has been lurking in Puqiu City for more than a month, have you found out anything about the origin of that Ziqing guest?" Qing Ci suddenly asked.

Luo Fan shook his head, "I'm ashamed to say that this Ziqingke's mana is more powerful than I imagined, I thought about sneaking into his mansion to find out who he is, but I found that the prohibition outside his mansion cannot be broken by my own strength, if I forcibly break in, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Aunt Hui." ”

Hearing Luo Fan say this, several people couldn't help but fall silent.

After a long time, Qing Ci sighed secretly, "Hey, if it weren't for my excessive mana consumption today, we would have been able to visit the National Master's Mansion at night, but it's a pity ......"

"I think this Ziqingke's technique is a bit familiar...... Ji Zi'an whispered as if talking to himself.

"Familiar?" everyone subconsciously asked.

Ji Zi'an frowned, and shook his head as if he had overturned some of his conclusions, "I'm not sure, I always feel that there is something I can't understand." Tell me more about what happened to you tonight. ”

Qing Ci nodded, and detailed them tonight from passing through the surveillance ban outside the city gate to when they entered Tianxi Village, met the Huo family brothers and sisters in Tianxi Village, and then participated in the gambling game, won the highest price of the Oiran first night bid, and finally arrived at the painting boat, met Aunt Hui, and fought with Wen Xun, fortunately Luo Fan appeared in time They were able to leave Wen Xun behind, and finally returned to the outside of the city.

When mentioning the Huo family brothers and sisters, An Ruyue's heart was obviously sour, with the woman's intuition, she guessed that Huo Shudie must have thought a little about Qingci, but she hadn't noticed it yet.

However, seeing Qing Ci's attitude towards the woman, it didn't seem to be very attentive, so An Ruyue suppressed the trace of jealousy in her heart.

But when she heard Qing Ci say that she was fighting with Wen Xun, her heart suddenly pinched again, she had already guessed that when Kun sent them to the Luo River this morning, the dark clouds and lightning in the sky and the raging and tumbling river must be related to Qing Ci, and he helped them reach their destination in more than an hour with his own strength during the seven-day voyage, what kind of terrifying cultivation can only do.

As a result, not only did he not give himself much time to breathe, but he risked his life to rescue Aunt Hui. If that Wen Xun is a little more powerful, and it happens that Luo Fan is a little late, Qing Ci may be in danger tonight.

Thinking of this, An Ruyue's eyes instantly turned red, this man really doesn't know how to take good care of himself, every time he is a hero alone, no matter how good the foundation is, he can't help such a toss.

The more An Ruyue thought about it, the more distressed she became, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, so she reached out and pinched Qing Ci's waist fiercely.

"Oops!" Qing Ci, who was concentrating on speaking, was completely unprepared, and was suddenly gasped in pain by An Ruyue.

"Yue'er, what are you pinching me for?" Qing Ci rubbed his pinched waist and asked inexplicably.