"Master Pei, look at this stone pavilion, why is it so similar to when we first met, you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Lin ......"

Pei Wuyi smiled and nodded, "It's indeed very similar." And similar pavilions are everywhere. ”

Pei Wuxian guided Yu Qingfeng to look at other paintings, and there were similar stone pavilions in the paintings, as well as more buildings that Yu Qingfeng was very familiar with.

Lin Ming simply said, "These are the scenes in the palace, I think, it should be Chunhua Palace." ”

Yu Qingfeng slapped his forehead and blamed himself for his sluggishness:

"I'll just say I'll find the clue myself. Ma Lei would rather raise someone else's son than spend a lot of money to marry a little widow, and he did not hesitate to risk going to the Netherworld Tower for this. That's because he knows that he can't be a father in his life, and marrying a daughter-in-law can pick up a dead father's son for nothing, that's really earned. ”

At this moment, there was the sound of rustling footsteps outside the courtyard gate.

The four of them looked back, and an aunt about fifty years old was looking in.

As soon as the aunt saw the four of them, she turned around and was about to flee.

Can Yu Qingfeng let her escape? Hurry to catch up.

"Auntie, auntie, don't go, we're not bad people. We came to Ma Lei to buy paintings. ”

Yu Qingfeng and the others just chased them out, that is, a few seconds away, and the aunt disappeared outside the courtyard gate.

Pei Wunu pointed to the courtyard next to him with his eyes.

The aunt must be Ma Lei's neighbor.

"Auntie, I just want to ask you about this Ma Lei. If you help, my son-in-law will be rewarded. Yu Qingfeng said in a very amiable tone after knocking on the door.

When the aunt heard "reward", she opened the door through a small gap.

Yu Qingfeng hurriedly took out the broken silver.

The aunt instantly took the broken silver, "Ask." ”

"Ma Lei is a foreigner, right? Six years ago? ”

The aunt shook her head.

Yu Qingfeng was so disappointed, and she had to find Pei Wuyi for reimbursement for the broken silver just now.

As a result, the aunt said, "Seven years ago." ”

Yu Qingfeng slapped his forehead, it's the New Year, isn't it seven years ago.

Pei Wuyi asked calmly, "What about Wen Miaozi?" Is it a local? ”

"No, she came to Annan Prefecture alone a year ago, saying that her husband died of illness, and her mother-in-law robbed her son and drove her out. Where she came from, I hadn't heard. ”

Dead soldiers! Wen Miaozi is definitely a female dead man!

"Where is Wen Miaozi's house?"

The aunt gave an address, which is very remote and most suitable for destroying corpses.

The four of them found a corner, discussed together, and soon reached a consensus: on the premise of not arousing Wen Miaozi's vigilance, take Ma Lei away to protect him, and pretend not to know that Wen Miaozi is a dead man, and secretly monitor.

Wen Miaozi's home is isolated on the edge of Annan Prefecture. When they arrived, the gate was closed, and there were two men in the doorway who seemed to be trying to climb over the wall to get in.

Judging by the dress of these two people, they should not be the class who are willing to spend money to buy a hell map. So their purpose couldn't be more obvious - to prostitute for nothing.

"Ma Lei is inside?" Pei Wuyi asked the two who were arguing over who was arguing below.

The four people who came to see the two of them were dressed up and unconsciously respectful.

"Inside, we all heard a voice inside just now, and it was Ma Lei."

"Is Wen Miaozi here?" Lin Ming asked.

"No, the little widow went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables. You're here to buy paintings? ”

"Yes, in addition to buying paintings, we also want to ask Ma Lei to go back and paint us a few more pictures of hell."

Yu Qingfeng pretended to be a middleman, saw a business opportunity, and wanted to mass produce and resell. The reason why I told these two people was so that they could pass on the message to Wen Miaozi.

Ma Lei, who was inside, seemed to hear the sound of talking outside, and ran towards the gate quickly.

A small crack opened in the door, revealing a pair of sneaky little eyes, surveying the four of them.

Soon, Ma Lei confirmed that the four guests were indeed rich people by dressing up, and the financiers who could make a lot of money with him were busy opening the door to welcome the guests, and by the way, he sent the two men who wanted to climb the wall.

"You are Ma Lei?" Pei Wuyi took out a lofty posture.

"Yes, yes, I am. Who are the four of you? Ma Lei nodded and bowed, extremely flattering.

"We came from Suzhou to run the art garden. By chance, I heard that you have a picture of hell in your hand. Yu Qingfeng improvise.

"Yes, yes. I have, I've been to hell and seen it with my own eyes. Don't believe me, you ask the locals? Ma Lei hurriedly grabbed the two men who were watching the excitement that he had just wanted to send away.

The two real men nodded and testified.

"In this way, you, the painter of hell that you have seen with your own eyes, are more precious than the picture of hell in your hand." Yu Qingfeng showed interest in Ma Lei, "How much can you earn by selling a painting?" Interested in working with us? ”

Ma Lei's eyes lit up, and he nodded like pounded garlic, "How to cooperate?" ”

Yu Qingfeng glanced at the two men who were watching the excitement, and made a "please" gesture to Ma Lei, "This is not a place to talk, how about going back to the inn with us to talk in detail?" ”

Ma Lei hesitated.

Lin Ming took out a silver ingot, "You can leave the silver and leave a letter for your family to inform you of your whereabouts." ”

Seeing that Qian Xian's eyes were open, Ma Lei instinctively took the silver, and looked at the two men vigilantly.

"We just want to see the hell map, we're not thieves!" The two hurriedly expressed their position.

"Don't worry, we are also witnesses, and if the money is lost, these two will not be able to escape. If we are not good at you, these two are also witnesses, and we will not be able to escape. How is it? ”

Yu Qingfeng had to dispel Ma Lei's concerns and take him away. It's not easy to see a living witness, you have to take it.

"Okay, you guys come in first and wait for me for a while, I'll leave a note, so as not to worry Miaozi."

The four of them entered the courtyard gate and looked around. In the yard there are vegetable plots, vegetable cellars, firewood and wood-splitting axes.

Yu Qingfeng guessed that Wen Miaozi, as a dead soldier, must have thought of many ways to complete the task. You can kill Ma Lei, bury him under the vegetable field, and throw him into the vegetable cellar, or hack him to death with a wood-splitting axe and burn the body with firewood.

Thinking of this, Yu Qingfeng went to look at Ma Lei, who was grinning and writing a note to Wen Miaozi in the house, and only felt extremely pitiful.

The reason why Wen Miaozi didn't do it for a long time was probably because she wanted to confirm whether Ma Lei was the eunuch of Chunhua Palace she was looking for; Second, she also wants to get out of the way, and wants to plan a perfect murder plan, or a blame plan.

Wen Miaozi is a dead soldier, but she is also a person, she has the desire to survive, she doesn't want to sacrifice herself to complete the task, just like Zhou Lang before, since she is using the case to kill people, she naturally wants to get out of the way.

For Wen Miaozi, the opportunity to get out of the house was delivered to the door by herself, and that was the local ghost errand case.

As long as Ma Lei is also taken away by the ghost like those three people, won't Wen Miaozi be able to get out of the way?

As long as Ma Lei is killed, his head is in a different place, the body is disposed of, and his head is taken back to restore her life, she will be able to retreat with her whole body.

But how can you get the ghost to take Ma Lei away? Wen Miaozi didn't know how to choose a victim, she could only take the initiative to make Ma Lei a victim.

The method is to kill people with a knife, using love and marriage and the eldest son who picked up in vain as bait to tempt Ma Lei, a painting idiot, to go to the legendary Hell Entrance Nether Tower.

If Ma Lei dies inside, she will go to collect the corpse, and take the head back to restore her life.

If Ma Lei came out alive, it didn't matter, since Ma Lei was a person who had been to hell once, Wen Miaozi only had a high credibility as long as she claimed to have witnessed the ghost mission take Ma Lei away. In this way, it is a hitchhike on the ghost errand.

The worst possibility is that Ma Lei disappears into the Netherworld Tower, and there is no one alive or dead.

Wen Miaozi should be like Yu Qingfeng, she doesn't believe in any ghosts and gods at all, and she doesn't believe that the Netherworld Tower is the entrance to hell, so she doesn't believe that Ma Lei will disappear into the tower.

Even if this is true, Wen Miaozi, a dead man, would be confident enough if he had martial arts to be able to enter the tower to retrieve Ma Lei's body.

In any case, Ma Lei must be taken away before dark tonight, otherwise this unlucky ghost will definitely become the fifth missing person in Wen Miaozi's mouth to be sent for his life tonight.

"Alright, let's go." Ma Lei was full of interest and walked towards them with cheerful steps.

When he set off for Wen Miaozi's house, Pei Wuxian had already sent a guard beside him to open three rooms in the inn in the city first, pretending to be the residence of these tourists from Suzhou, and then put Ma Lei under house arrest.

Ma Lei must not be brought back to the Xiaonan Palace, or for that reason, Qi Yao, Zhan Yaoyuan, Fan Zhizhou and General Wei are all suspected.

Ma Lei is a crippled man, unable to refuse the attraction of his family, the temptation of a beautiful wife and a son picked up for nothing, just as he can't refuse the business opportunity sent to the door. He urgently needs a bride price of 50 taels, but he needs a worry-free life for a family of three in the future.

Yu Qingfeng was very sympathetic to Ma Lei. Maybe he knew that his paintings, even if they were processed and covered up, they would let the people in the palace see the clues and suspect their identity. But he just loves to paint, and he just wants to turn his love into a career.

Maybe he knew that he should be wary of the stranger who suddenly appeared beside him, but after he met Wen Miaozi, he still sank into it and was carried away by love.

If he had confessed his flaws to Wen Miaozi, and Wen Miaozi said that he did not dislike it, then he would definitely not miss such a woman, a beloved who might bring him happiness for the rest of his life.

Yu Qingfeng made up his mind that no matter what, Ma Lei had to be kept alive, and they had to take him back to Dali Temple to protect him.

Returning to the inn by carriage, the four of them pretended to be familiar with the road, but in fact, under the guidance of the guards, they took Ma Lei into an unfamiliar guest room.

"Ma Lei, we hope that there is not just one Hell map, but a total of eighteen Hell Maps, eighteen Hell Maps that can be pieced together to show a panoramic view of Hell . In this way, there must be collectors who will collect all eighteen drawings at a high price to form a complete picture of hell. ”

Yu Qingfeng tried her best to paint a picture of a bright future for Ma Lei.