Chapter 164

On the eternal night of the State Bridge, strings of red lanterns sway under the eaves stretching out to the market, and every broken roof tile and broken floor tile will be restored in the second night during the endless Shangyuan Festival.

Du Zhengyi hurriedly walked on the street market of Zhouqiao, he was very familiar with this place, and further down there was a big willow tree on the side of the road, and there was a well under the tree, where the managers of the Zhouqiao grass market would gather in a circle from time to time. But tonight it was quiet here, Du Zhengyi walked around the well square, only a few new faces walked by, and they didn't have much interest in him, and no one looked at him much.

Further on, you will pass a shop selling illegal drugs, some of which will stimulate the mage's brain for a short time, instantly increasing their energy. And interestingly, hundreds of years ago it was just a place to sell herbs and some mineral powders, but as humans began to develop science, everything was very different.

Human chemistry and medicine continue to develop, and the ability to develop new drugs has also advanced unprecedentedly, although the development of new drugs always has its own purpose, but the research and development process inevitably produces a large number of by-products, and mages pick and choose among them, and as a result, enrich their own library of prohibited drugs.

Of the 33 shops in Qiaocao City, some of them have become outdated and empty, and some of them are not as good as they used to be. There are also shops, such as the pet store not far from the pharmacy, which is best never found by Roach. Du Zheng glanced into the store, some of the strange creatures, although they were not big, they looked stranger than Qiqi, and they were as big as Luo Qi.

Du Zhengyi walked through the market as fast as he could, but he never found any trace of the woman, so he quickened his pace and went straight to the casino at the end of the market. If she can still be found, the most likely place is there, and most people who come to the state bridge will use the casino as their last stop.

The further you walked in, the fewer people came to the market, and the closer you got to the casino, there were more people. Du Zhengyi tried not to attract attention, the casino seemed to absorb the feng shui of the commercial street, the closer to the casino, the more deserted the business of the shops, and the people in the vicinity either wanted to go to the casino or just came out drunk.

Du Zhengyi let a few drunks go and observed the surroundings of the casino. The grand ancient building of the casino stands at the head of the bridge by the river, carrying a huge red lantern with the word "gambling" written in ink. In fact, ordinary mages are not so good at gambling, but the mages who come and go here are also a small number of restless people among the mages.

Du Zhengyi has been there before, and it is a stricter sandbox that firmly restricts the use of magic, otherwise the casino would not be a casino, and it would completely and completely turn into a mage drawing war.

But today, Du Zhengyi slowed down as soon as he approached the casino, and his attention was attracted by a store next to the casino. The shop was dark at the moment, with no lights under the eaves, and it looked like it was closed, but the door was open. Under the eaves in the corner, a thin man in a robe leaned against the wall and smoked, the silver stripes on his coat glittering faintly in the dim light.

Du Zhengyi stopped completely, quietly observing him, his face facing the other direction, looking at the door of the casino. The lights of the casino next door fell on his face, and Du Zheng recognized him as Dai Wei who was looking for fault in the tavern. At the moment, he looked decadent and bored, and the only bit of energy was in those eyes looking at the casino. But he can still lean against such a corner, which shows that he is waiting for someone. Either that, or it's letting off steam.

Du Zhengyi recalled what the shop behind Dai Wei used to sell, and it seemed that the last time he came here, it was still open. He remembered that it was an antique weapon shop, and the greatest value of antique weapons was to provide weapon prototypes with mages, in addition to a little collection value. Du Zheng glanced at Dai Wei, he was still facing the casino, and now was a good opportunity, he could walk in and see if the woman was inside.

Du Zhengyi didn't hesitate any longer, Dai Wei might turn around and see him at any time, if he shouted, at least the people in the room would be prepared. Du Zhengyi walked into the door of the store silently, the store was quiet, Du Zhengyi touched the small table at the door, and there was no dust in the tentacles. It should have been open all the time, and buying and selling antique weapons has always been a stable business, especially on the black market.

Du Zhengyi's night vision is good, and with a little light outside, he can roughly see the outlines of the items in the house. There is a door on the wall in front of the left that leads to the inner room of the shop, and the door is hidden.

He silently walked through the room and pushed the door open. There was no breath behind the door, and a staircase led upstairs.

He looked up the stairs and saw a flickering candle on the second floor. He immediately understood that the windows on the second floor must have been sealed, so he didn't see any light from the outside just now.

Du Zhengyi gently pressed the stairs, and it was this old-fashioned wooden staircase, which was similar to the house in the ancient town, and Luo Qi could step on it every day when he ran up and down. Now if he wanted to go up, he would have to use silencing magic, but he couldn't figure out if that kind of sneaky magic was also banned in the sandbox of the state bridge.

At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from upstairs, and Du Zhengyi hurriedly stopped his movements and listened intently.

The woman's voice was like a whisper, and even if Du Zhengyi's hearing was good, he couldn't hear what she was saying. But the strange thing is that she seems to be talking to someone, and she will stop for a while after saying a few words, but Du Zhengyi can't hear the voice of another person. Du Zheng pondered for a while, and suddenly thought that it would be embarrassing if she was on the phone, and then secretly scolded himself for being infected by Luo Qi with a stupid disease.

Du Zhengyi didn't hesitate any longer, he stepped on the stairs, luckily silenced his voice, and slowly approached the door of the second floor step by step.

On the second floor was a spacious room, and as soon as he went upstairs, he saw the short-haired woman dressed in black, sitting on a sofa with a red candle lit on a small table beside her.

There was no living breath in the house except her.

There was no wind in the house, but the curtains hanging from the sealed windows were swaying. Du Zheng was stunned, and then his headache flare-up violently, one of his hands gripping the railing of the stairs tightly, and the sharp pain made his body shake.

He stared at the windless curtains in the room, he knew what else was in the room, his heart was beating wildly, he knew what he had encountered, his deep consciousness remembering the familiar fear. This fear came from three years ago, and his life has never been the same since.