Volume 3: The Case of the Hundred Ghosts Chapter 85: Entering the Ghost Market

Passing through the black and white people, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong continued to move forward, and a short little boy appeared before they took a few steps.

The little boy was dressed in tatters, with a mask on his face and a flower basket in his hand, several masks in the flower basket.

Seeing Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong, the little boy raised his head and raised the flower basket in his hand upward.

"Thank you." Duan Ming came to the little boy's side and said with a smile.

Duan Ming then took out two masks from the little boy's flower basket and placed five copper plates in the flower basket.

"Hee-hee." The little boy immediately laughed, snatched back the mask in Duan Ming's hand, and at the same time took out two new masks from his clothes and handed them to Duan Ming.

"You're letting us bring this?" Duan Ming smiled and took the mask.

The little boy nodded, but did not speak.

Duan Ming carefully looked at the two masks, and found that these two masks and the masks in the flower basket must have clearer stripes and more hideous styles.

On top of that, there is a faint golden "blood" on the foreheads of these two masks.

Duan Ming secretly knew in his heart, it seemed that this mask was more advanced than the previous one, in other words, it should be safer than the previous one in the ghost market.

"Thank you." Duan Ming smiled at the little boy, then handed Xu Shizhong a mask, and then brought it with him.

After Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong put on their masks, the little boy turned around and came to a dilapidated house, stretched out his hand and gently pressed it on a raised rock next to the house.

"Boom", and then I saw that the walls of the house suddenly opened to both sides like a door, revealing another world inside.

"Oops!" While talking to someone inside, an old man with a bent body turned his head to look at Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong, his gaze swept over their bodies, and finally settled on the mask on their faces.

Then the old man walked quickly to the door and said in an old voice, "Two distinguished guests, please ......."

Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong glanced at each other, nodded, and walked in.

After Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong walked into the gate, the little boy turned on the stone again, and the gate slowly closed as if it had never appeared.

"It's the first time you've come to this ghost market." The old man said with a smile as he carried Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong inside.

"That's right. Some things are not sold in the yang world, so they can only go to the underworld once. Duan Ming replied.

"That's a coincidence, there are a lot of ghost markets in the world, but if you want to say that the goods are complete, we still have the most complete ghost market in Linyang City, even if it is the capital, it can't be compared." The old man said.

"It's nature." Duan Ming said calmly: "After all, the people standing behind the ghost market in Linyang City are not simple. ”

"Hee-hee." The old man smiled and did not answer.

While speaking, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong had already gone deep into the ghost market.

This ghost market is built under the underground of Linyang City, with strong winds and ghosts, and both merchants and guests are wearing cloaks and grimace masks.

It's just that the grimace masks worn by the vast majority of people here are ordinary masks, and there are very few people like Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong who wear special masks.

And the people sold on both sides of the road in the ghost market are indeed completely different from those in the city, and they are all strange things that have never been seen before.

"I wonder what you two want to buy when you come to this ghost market?" The old man asked suddenly.

"Won't you first ask who we are?" Duan Ming asked rhetorically.

"Haha, what does the name and status of the living have to do with this underworld? Besides, even if you ask, how many people will say their real names in this ghost market? The old man shook his head: "So, don't ask, don't ask." ”

"The old man can see through it." Duan Ming nodded: "The things we want to buy are common in the world, and they are rare in the world. ”

"Oh? And something like this? Let's talk about it. The old man stopped and said in a deep voice.

"It's actually very simple, it's just a human head." Duan Ming said in a deep voice.

"Oh? Your Excellency is here to kill? The old man's voice became a little gloomy.

"Of course not, we're just here to buy heads, well, literally." Duan Ming said: "The human head I want cannot be cut by a sword, cannot be burned or flooded, and cannot have any scars on the appearance, and the broken end must be smooth and flat." ”

"Such a thing is indeed common in the world and rare in the world." The old man nodded.

"Why don't you ask us what we're buying this for?" Duan Ming asked again.

"When a guest goes to the blacksmith shop to buy a knife, the blacksmith will ask you if you want to use it to kill pigs and cut vegetables, or to kill people and sell goods?" The old man replied again: "Buying and selling is buying and selling, and the merchant only needs to think about whether he has the goods, and what does the customer have to do with the goods?" Customers also only have to think about whether they have enough money, as for where the merchant's source of goods comes from, what does it have to do with the guests? ”

"That's true." Duan Ming nodded: "Then I don't know if there is any goods I want in our ghost market?" ”

"Yes and no." The old man pointed ahead: "Turn left three streets ahead, there is a Treasure Pavilion, on the left hand side of the Treasure Pavilion, there is a small shop with no name, you can go there and ask." ”

"Thank you, old man!" Duan Ming understood what the old man meant, hugged his fist at the old man, and a small money bag fell into the old man's hands.

"What are you doing here?" The old man put away the money bag and asked with a smile.

"In the ghost market, there is no priceless thing, and the information of the old man is also very important to us." Duan Ming said: "This is a thank you to the old man. ”

"Hee-hee, hee-hee......" The old man laughed: "Someone who understands things like the two distinguished guests, less." ”

"However, this clue of mine, old man, is more than that, but is there any reason to return the money in hand." The old man pondered slightly: "In this case, the old man will send you another piece of news." ”

"Thank you, old man." Duan Ming said.

"If that small shop doesn't have the goods that the two distinguished customers want, you can also go to the hundred ghosts five blocks away here, and maybe you will get something." The old man continued.

"Thank you very much." Duan Ming thanked him again.

Then the old man left, leaving only Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong standing in place.

"This place also looks too weird." Xu Shizhong said to Duan Ming: "Also, Mr. Duan, why are you so polite with them?" ”

"A strong dragon does not suppress the head snake." Duan Ming replied with a smile: "The people in this ghost city are very deeply hidden, even if you come here to investigate thoroughly, you may not be able to find anything useful." Besides, something that can be solved with a little politeness and a little money, why bother so much? ”