Chapter 145: Collusion?

"A Thousand Ghost Princesses?"

As soon as these words came out, except for Jiang Ran, everyone present looked at Liu Xiao'e in amazement.

Liu Xiao'e looked at the rotten gambler in disbelief.

Her eyes widened, she didn't expect that even if the Jade Lord died, she didn't show any flaws.

As a result, he was screamed by a bad gambler.

With this in mind, she raised her hand casually, and a stream of white powder was about to spill out, when she felt the wind was raging and rolled back.

I didn't waste anything, and I sprinkled my head and face.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Liu Xiao'e coughed again and again, and her figure staggered back.

Reaching out and taking out a bottle of elixir, he was about to open and swallow it, but a hand reached out at this time and snatched the bottle away.

"Give it back!"

Liu Xiao'e exclaimed in surprise and wanted to grab it, but there was a muffled snort in her mouth.

"Save it, use it yourself, you don't need to say what the effect is, right?"

I heard Jiang Ran laugh and say:

"Girl, don't be impatient, don't be in such a hurry to escape, if you really want to do anything to you, you have already made a move in the gambling house, and you will not be allowed to do it until now."

"You ......"

Liu Xiao'e wiped her face hard and looked up at Jiang Ran:

"What do you mean? You've seen it for a long time? ”

"It's not that hard."

Jiang Ran said softly:

"The traces of tonight's events are too obvious, forget it, let's talk as we go.

"Rotten gambler, lead the way, let's go meet the ghost king."

"Yes."

The rotten gambler agreed, and led the way first.

Jiang Ran glanced at Liu Xiao'e and made a 'please' gesture to her.

Liu Xiao'e looked at Jiang Ran, and then at everyone present, but she took a deep breath and followed behind the rotten gambler and the six dice weirdos.

Although she was so depressed that she couldn't move, her walking didn't affect her.

"Still going?"

Li Tianxin felt a little troubled, he really didn't want to stay here.

Jiang Ran smiled and said:

"Brother Li can also go out first."

"Forget it, I'll follow."

Ruan Yuqing and Luo Qingyi naturally don't need to say much.

By this time, they had no fear of the ghost palace.

Especially Luo Qingyi, he was never afraid from the beginning.

Jiang Ran said as he walked:

"At first, it was really bluffing...... The team of ghosts really doesn't seem to be alive.

"But when you really go to the Ghost King's Palace, you will find that these so-called evil ghosts are all living people pretending to be alive.

"What about the so-called 'kissing ghosts' in the first place?

"We weren't in a very secret place, let alone a bright fire.

"Then they will look around, if it is really a ghost, we don't understand this thing, and it is difficult to say whether we can see it or not.

"But if it's human...... Is there any reason not to see it?

"But if they ignore it, I'll guess...... At that time, it was just to attract the attention of us and others, right? ”

"I see."

Ruan Yuqing nodded lightly: "If you encounter such a group of strange beings on the road, you will either flee in fear, or you will inevitably catch up and find out." And their target, if it is the scorched tail on your body, will naturally investigate your personality.

"I know you're not scared, I'm going to catch up and check it out."

"And the reason why I caught up at that time was naturally because you are human beings, not ghosts."

Jiang Ran smiled: "After all, there are such obvious footprints on the ground, ghosts can't be left." ”

"Didn't you say there were no footprints on the ground?"

Li Tianxin couldn't help but ask.

"Kidding you."

Jiang Ran was a little speechless: "You didn't dare to look at the ground until the end?" ”

"I ...... What do you mean by not daring? ”

Li Tian had a heart attack and said:

"I am, believe you! Yes, I trust your judgment! I don't need to take another look at it at all! ”

"Your stiff duck is weirdly funny."

Jiang Ran continued:

"The second point is when you enter Infernal Town.

"You created a ghost atmosphere before, and you suppressed your breathing and heartbeat by means such as turtle breath exercises.

"I couldn't hear the sound of breathing, my heartbeat, let alone the sound of begging for mercy in the sedan chair.

"But when you arrived in Infernal Affairs, you suddenly began to beg for mercy and cry......

"This is to tell me that the sedan chair is a living person, as a chivalrous man, how can I abandon the living person?

"So, what really made me suspicious was the moment the sedan chair entered Infernal Town.

"But at that time, I wasn't sure.

"But when Miss Ruan and I walked out of the Enchanted Ghost Wall and saw you in the depths of this Ghost King's Palace, this suspicion was completely deepened."

"What did I do then?"

Liu Xiao'e frowned slightly: "At that time, I didn't do anything to ......"

Ruan Yuqing also looked at Jiang Ran.

At that time, Liu Xiao'e not only didn't do anything, but her acting skills were very good.

The crying pear blossoms brought rain, and when they got down from the sedan chair, the appearance of soft legs was even more intriguing.

"However, the 'ghosts' who carried her sedan chair are gone."

Jiang Ran said softly:

"When I followed this sedan chair, I once noticed that these people who carried the sedan chair for her beat gongs and drums.

"It doesn't really look like a living person.

"They look weird, their movements are uniform, and their joints are stiff.

"I thought about it, and I thought they were like puppets that had been wound up and acted in a fixed pattern.

"Or a kind of manipulative walking dead.

"Without a unified will, how can it be so uniform?

"But when Miss Ruan and I found Miss Liu in the Ghost King's Palace, they all disappeared.

"And my guess about their identity, no matter which point it is.

"Somebody has to be behind it.

"Why did those who controlled them take them away, and leave the bride whom they have taken captive?"

"Wait!"

Li Tianxin suddenly spoke:

"That's not right here."

"Oh?"

Jiang Ran smiled: "You actually have a brain, let's listen to it, what's wrong?" ”

"You say that...... Those who are not human or ghost, they are all manipulated by others.

"Isn't it reasonable that they can't see the light of the fire when they stop at first?"

Li Tianxin said: "Doesn't that mean that the point you suspected at the beginning is untenable? ”

“…… I suddenly feel like you sit in the living room and look out, at best you can only see the threshold of the living room, right? ”

"What do you mean?"

Li Tianxin was stunned, and then his face sank:

"You mean I'm blind?"

"Suddenly I'm smarter again."

Jiang Ran nodded calmly:

"Since it is manipulated by people, it is naturally not the so-called 'ghosts' who stop and want to attract our attention, but the people who manipulate these 'ghosts'.

"As a result, nothing will change."

Li Tian thought for a moment and nodded:

"That makes sense...... But at that time, in addition to these two possibilities, there was a third possibility.

"No one controls them, they are ghosts, and when they send the bride to the place, they put down the sedan chair, and then they disperse."

"That's right."

Jiang Ran glanced at Li Tianxin with some surprise:

"You've really got a brain this time, congratulations.

"So, I just deepened my suspicions at the time, and I wasn't sure yet.

"After all, there are all kinds of possibilities, and you can't define a person from one-sided clues.

"It's just that at that time, I also took reasonable precautions, for example, when I helped Miss Liu out of the sedan chair, I used a scabbard.

"Lest you accidentally get on the road."

"Then are you really sure I have a problem, is it at the Soul Gambling House?"

Liu Xiao'e looked at Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran nodded:

"It's not the first time we've heard the name Jade Wangye.

"When I first entered the gambling house, someone said that you are the bride captured by the Jade Prince.

"But when the Jade Lord broke into the Soul Gambling House, everyone was watching him...... You're the only one who doesn't.

"Since you know that you have been captured by him, you want to be included in the room.

"Now that I see the main master, even subconsciously, I will want to take a look, what kind of person will this be?

"But you...... Always keep your head down and don't look at it.

"You are an ordinary girl in an ordinary family, but your concentration is deeper than that of many famous and decent knights.

"Is that reasonable?"

“…… Then why didn't you demolish me at that time? ”

Liu Xiao'e frowned.

Jiang Ran glanced at the rotten gambler:

"Because I don't need it anymore...... When I knew you had a problem, I guessed the situation.

It was later confirmed by rotten gamblers.

"You brought me to this ghost palace just for the sake of Jiaoweiqin.

"You've worked hard to prepare to send me to these various evil spirits, so that they can snatch Jiaowei according to their abilities.

"And I just happened to take this opportunity to get to know the masters in the Ghost King's Palace, and save my scattered companions by the way.

"But then I won the bad gambler, and your role is minimal.

"If your identity is revealed, you will be excited, you will want to run, and it will be quite troublesome to turn around and want to catch it.

"I want you to come with me, and I'll have to spend a little more time.

"So, if you like acting anyway, I'll play with you.

"It's just that I didn't expect that I didn't reveal your identity, and as soon as I went out, I let the rotten gambler break it."

“…… It was the subordinates who made their own decisions, and asked the master to punish them. ”

The rotten gambler turned around and fell to his knees.

Jiang Ran waved his hand:

"It's just a small thing...... And, now that I've said it, I'm a little curious.

"What the hell are you doing here?

"If you want Jiaowei, you also attracted me to the Ghost King's Palace, why don't you rush up and kill me to take Jiaowei, right?

"As a result, I was led to a gambling house, and the next thing should be a restaurant...... Oh. ”

As he said this, he saw a restaurant appear in front of him.

"Pinxin Restaurant?"

Jiang Ran nodded: "It's just that it doesn't seem to be open." ”

The rotten gambler glanced at his nose:

"There's blood."

Take a look at the situation, how much more is it blood?

The blood flowed out of the closed portal.

Li Tianxin hurriedly said:

"That's where I got out."

Jiang Ran glanced at him and nodded slightly.

Luo Qingyi was about to step forward to check, but was stopped by Jiang Ran: "Bad gambler, look at what happened in this restaurant?" ”

"Yes."

The rotten gambler agreed, and immediately flew to the door of the restaurant, stretched out his hand and pushed, and the scene of corpses in the restaurant was suddenly presented in front of everyone.

"Dead...... All are dead. ”

The rotten gambler frowned, and Liu Xiao'e's face also changed slightly.

"They are, cannibalism."

Ruan Yuqing just glanced at it, and she already saw the situation clearly: "This ...... It doesn't make sense, Jiao Weiqin is still on you, what are they killing each other? Even if the spoils are unevenly divided, there has to be dirty to share. ”

The bad gambler had already rushed into the restaurant, up and down.

When he came out, he didn't look good:

"The ghost cook died, and he ate half of himself...... My stomach is bursting. ”

This sentence is a bit informative.

Jiang Ran blinked, and he couldn't react for a while:

"What?"

A person eats half of himself, doesn't he die of pain, bleeding to death, and finally died when his stomach burst?

Ruan Yuqing asked:

"Why did he eat himself?"

"This ......"

The rotten gambler shook his head: "I don't know. ”

What is this called?

Jiang Ran smiled:

"There are a lot of weird things in Guli, first of all, the Jade Lord performed a big change ghost in front of the big guy for no reason.

Immediately after that, there was another ghost cook, who performed a self-eating ......

"I'm looking forward to what will happen next.

"What's next? Distillery? Or is it a green house? Eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling...... I'm all too familiar with these four doors. ”

Li Tianxin's lips twitched, as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back.

"The Jade Lord is the head of the Qinglou."

The rotten gambler said: "Further on, we will talk about Huangquan Distillery, and the person in charge is Quan Laoqi. ”

"Let's go, then."

Jiang Ran said hello, and everyone continued to move forward.

Just as he walked, Jiang Ran looked at Li Tianxin:

"When you escaped, did you really kill all sides?"

"Just talking."

Li Tianxin shook his head: "But I don't know how they died." ”

"Really?"

Jiang Ran pondered for a moment and said:

"Don't you think that today's events are somewhat similar to what you said to me?"

"Which words?"

Li Tianxin subconsciously asked.

Seeing Jiang Ran looking at him quietly, he suddenly smiled:

"You once said that the most treacherous thing in the world is the Demon Sect.

"The people of the Demon Cult have strange and bizarre methods, and they can deceive people's hearts.

"In just a few words, let a hero destroy himself.

"Then I don't know, can you let a master suddenly commit suicide in front of people in just a few words?

"Or maybe you suddenly have a big appetite and want to eat yourself?"

"This ......"

Li Tianxin was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up:

"You mean, there's a demon cult demon who has infiltrated here?"

Jiang Ran thought for a moment and said:

"It should be, after all, apart from the means of the Demon Sect, there don't seem to be many others who can do this......

"And you've been through the Wall of Ecstasy.

"That ghost-like fascination order can make people hallucinate.

"At this point, it seems that there is also a style of demon cult."

Li Tianxin groaned slightly, nodded and said:

"In this way, it really can't leave this place, and we have to investigate it carefully before making a decision."

"That's exactly what happened."

Jiang Ran smiled slightly, turned around, and talked to Ruan Yuqing again.

Li Tianxin originally had a slight smile on his face, but when Jiang Ran couldn't see him, he suddenly retracted.

When I raised my eyes, there was some sadness in my eyes.

After that, I walked a little further, and sure enough, I saw a winery.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the winery, Jiang Ran swallowed his saliva.

As a pure glutton, there is really no resistance to this Huangquan winery.

I walked in with the taste.

After a while, he picked up a wine jar and patted the mud:

"This ...... This must be at least thirty years old, right?

"That's it?"

He opened a wine bowl and poured a bowl casually, only to feel that the wine was drawn and like amber, which was really wonderful.

But after hesitating for a long time, he sighed and did not drink the wine.

Instead, I looked around:

"Where is Quan Laoqi?"

The gambler followed him into the winery, and he ignored the wines as if they were nothing.

There is no one in the hall, so go to the inner hall to go around.

Jiang Ran, Ruan Yuqing and others looked at it casually, and Liu Xiao'e sat on the side with a heavy heart.

A moment later, the rotten gambler walked out of the inner hall:

"Quan Laoqi is not in this winery."

"What?"

Liu Xiao'e looked up at the rotten gambler:

"He's never been half a step away from this winery.

"Moreover, tonight was supposed to be good, and each should take the tail according to his ability.

"If he says that, he should be waiting here to drink with Jiang Ran.

"Today...... But where did it go? ”

"The Jade King is a ghost cook, and his death is inexplicable.

"Quan Laoqi is nowhere to be found......

"It's not far from the Ghost King's palace, could it be that he found something, so he went to report it to the Ghost King?"

The rotten gambler opened his mouth to speculate.

Liu Xiao'e frowned: "I, I have one thing, I don't know if I should say it......

The rotten gambler glanced at Jiang Ran, and Jiang Ran smiled:

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Actually...... Regarding Jiaowei and tonight's matter, it was not my lord who originally brought it up. ”

Liu Xiao'e said slowly:

"A few days ago, I went to sleep in the prince's room.

But he saw another man in the room...... This person and the prince are like glue.

"That was the first time I've seen this guy, and he's not as good as ...... on his bed."

"Wait......"

Jiang Ran plucked out his ears: "This end can be skipped over, dirty ears." ”

The rotten gambler also hurriedly scolded:

"The Jade King is not taboo in meat and vegetarian food, such filthy things, don't mention it again."

"Anyway...... Everything the prince knew, about Jiao Weiqin, actually knew it from that person's mouth.

"Then the prince got up and consulted with you about tonight.

"It's a pity that I don't know the identity of this person. And in the second half of that night, the prince asked me to leave first...... He was to be alone with the man......

"I haven't seen this guy since.

"I'm guessing he's not from our Ghost King's Palace.

"Because this matter involves collusion with outsiders, I have never dared to mention it.

"But tonight, the prince suddenly committed suicide in the Soul Hook Gambling House...... The ghost cook ate himself by himself.

"Even Quan Laoqi is nowhere to be found.

"I suspect they may have done it."

After Jiang Ran heard this, his first reaction was to glance at Li Tianxin.

Li Tianxin's eyes were also full of doubts:

"See what I'm doing!?"

"Nothing, just take a look."

Jiang Ran shook his head lightly, and suddenly smiled:

"Feel it...... It seems to be starting to get interesting. ”

looked at Ruan Yuqing again, and found that this woman was dumbfounded.

It seems to have been a big shock.

Seeing Jiang Ran looking at her, he whispered:

"I thought it would only happen in a book...... I didn't expect that someone would really have this habit of breaking sleeves. ”

When she was in the Water Moon Sword Sect, she really read some strange scripts every day.

(End of chapter)