"That's right. I nodded.

At this time, Jiu'er suddenly interjected: "Could it be his trap? ”

There is indeed such a possibility, I am slightly groaning, with the insidious and indifferent nature of the powerful people, it should not be surprising to do such a thing.

Qing Yunzi also nodded in agreement with Jiu'er's conjecture: "It's completely possible." ”

Time passed in our discussions, and in the end, we decided to go to the powerful people, because the other party had seized our death hole, and in this case we could not refuse at all.

It's a very remote place, and we can't use the police or other foreign aid, and the only thing we can do is on our own. Because this trip may be dangerous, Jiu'er didn't go with us, and Qingyunzi originally asked me not to go, but considering that my identity as a ghost doctor might be able to help, I decided to take me with me.

When I set off, Qing Yunzi took out a white talisman for me, which was a little larger than the paper talisman he usually used, and Qing Yunzi explained that it was a fire talisman he had made, and I was asked to use it in case of emergency.

I asked him how to use it, he said to tear it open and throw it out, as soon as I thought that the power of this white talisman should not be small, and the operation was simple, I hurriedly asked him to give me a few more, Qingyunzi gave me a white look angrily, saying that this kind of white talisman is complicated to make, and it can't be given more.

It didn't take long for us to see the residence of the powerful people, compared to other residents, his residence can be said to be very wide, and before we could get closer, an old man standing at the door saw our door and hurriedly greeted us: "The two of you are here to find Lord Quan?"

"Yes," we nodded, and Qingyunzi asked as she looked at the old man, "Where is your adult?"

"Your Excellency is waiting for you in the inner room," the old man looked respectful, and he leaned over and made a gesture of please, "Two, please." ”

Qingyunzi and I glanced at each other, and with the guidance of the old man, we came to the door of a house, and the old man knocked lightly on the door: "My lord, they have arrived." ”

"Okay, let them in. An indifferent voice came from the room.

When the old man heard this, he raised his hand and gently pushed open the door, and then retreated. The furnishings in the room were not luxurious or elaborate by modern standards, but they were unique in this place, and the magnate was sitting on a large wooden chaise longue, studying a black bead in his hand, and when he saw us enter, he got up from his chair, and his attitude was not arrogant at all.

"Lord Quan," Qing Yunzi looked at the powerful people, his voice was slightly low, "It's so late, you brought us here, I don't know if you want to talk to us about something?"

"Isn't this the god?" the powerful people raised the corners of their mouths meaningfully, pointing to the bench beside them, "Don't worry, sit down first, let's talk slowly." ”

"Lord Quan can sit down and chat slowly, but my life and death are unknown, I really don't feel like this, if you have anything to say, right?" Qingyunzi still stood in place and said bluntly.

But the magnates did not answer, but turned to one of the people in the room and ordered, "Let them bring the people." ”

After a while, I saw Cheng Qi's whole body tied with ropes, and his mouth was stuffed with a black cloth, and he was escorted in from outside the door.

"Cheng Qiao!" I shouted, and subconsciously walked towards him.

Cheng Qian struggled slightly, and his mouth made a whimpering sound, as if he wanted to say something to me, but soon, a person blocked in front of me, blocking my sight.

I subconsciously raised my head and met an extremely old face, and the powerful people were looking at me condescendingly, with an indifferent expression.

"Let's talk about it first. ”

After he finished speaking expressionlessly, he waved his hand at the two subordinates who were pressing Cheng Qi, and the two of them understood, and roughly picked up Cheng Qian and left the room.

The magnates sat back in the rocking chair, I clenched my fists, and sat down on the bench with Qingyunzi. After we sat down, the magnates did not speak immediately, for a while, the room fell into a strange silence, I glanced at the magnates without a trace, his face was indifferent, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"This kind of posture," I secretly lined in my heart, "it seems that this powerful people came to us, not to prevent future troubles, but to really have something to do with business, or to say that it is more accurate to ask for something, and his behavior is to raise his own bargaining chips." ”

I turned my head and glanced at Qingyunzi, and each other showed a hint of a meaningful smile, and remained silent tacitly.

After a moment, the powerful people finally opened their mouths to break the silence: "I wonder what the two of you think of our place?"

"This place is so desolate and lonely. "It's not a good place because it's sparsely populated, materially scarce, and there's a kind of vulgarity that has no scientific basis at all." ”

The magnates were not angry, but their wrinkled faces showed a rare smile: "Actually, a long time ago, this place was not as desolate as it is now, and at that time there were many people living in this place, and the population was twice as large as it is now. ”

"Oh?" Qingyunzi leaned forward slightly, a little interested, "Could it be that something has changed to cause this situation?"

"Yes, I don't know when a strange phenomenon suddenly happened in this place, and people died every few days. The powerful people showed a reminiscing expression, and their tone was a little sad.

"Is there such a thing?" Qing Yunzi was slightly surprised, and then asked, "It seems that this place is lonely because of this, so have you found out the cause of these people's deaths?"

"I checked, but I didn't have a clue. The magnates shook their heads, "These people did not die of illness, nor did they have external injuries, the way of death is particularly strange, and they have only one characteristic of the same, that is, when they are found after death, the whole person is only skin and bones, as if the flesh and blood inside have been sucked away by something." ”

Hearing this, I felt a faint chill on my body, it seems that this place is not ordinary, but in this case, what is the purpose of the powerful people talking to us about this?

"Lord Quan, if I had been here earlier, I could have helped you take a look, but there is no point in talking about this now, isn't it back to normal here now?" I looked at the powerful people and asked.

The voice of the magnate gradually became serious: "There is a reason for this, and this reason is not only what makes this place better, but also the focus of my talk to you tonight. ”

"Oh, what's that?"