The wind howled, first raising the dust outside the Howling Wind City, and then whistling into the city, through the streets and alleys.

The mansion was quiet, and under the soft light emitted by the centipede beads in the car, Lai Yueqi's expression was solemn.

She frowned slightly, and there was always a not-so-good premonition lingering in her heart.

Although this trip was to treat her, he also secretly came to investigate the reselling and smuggling of rare minerals on the Howling Wind Plain.

It stands to reason that few ghosts know about this. Moreover, the question asked by Xiao Fuling did not involve the slightest resale and smuggling of minerals, but it still made Yu Langguan suddenly nervous.

It seems that from somewhere, there has been news leaked.

Officer Yu Lang was so vigilant, he must have received some secret letter or something like that in advance. As for the shopkeeper he mentioned, it is not known.

However, this ghost called the shopkeeper must be the high-ranking or the leader of these ghosts who smuggle and resell minerals.

If you want to catch this ghost, the best way is to stabilize Yu Langguan first. In any case, don't completely expose the secret actions of their group of ghosts for the time being.

Even if the news is leaked, it is denied on this basis.

But such secrets can be leaked, and Lai Yueqi is a little uneasy.

In the past Nine Shadows Kingdom, it was impossible for such a confidential incident to be leaked in the slightest.

Of course, it's not a fuss to have these problems now, but it is a hundred reluctant for Lai Yueqi to make Xiao Fuling's situation very dangerous.

Xiao Fuling thought about it, and also felt that what Lai Yueqi said was good, and the more stable she was, the more stable she was.

After stabilizing Yu Langguan, they could find out the ins and outs of the whole thing.

At this moment, the voice of the accompanying sergeant came from outside the door of the car: "Lord Weng, Mrs. Lai, Lord Thrush of the County City God asks to see you." ”。

After Xiao Fuling and Lai Yueqi glanced at each other, Xiao Fuling shouted outside the car door, "Please Lord Thrush." ”。

"No. The sergeant answered, and pushed the door open.

Thrush stepped onto the car, and the doors slammed shut. She stood still in front of Xiao Fuling and Lai Yueqi, and after bowing respectfully, she bowed slightly to the one-armed Fan Jinhong, who brought her a stool.

"I really shouldn't bother in the middle of the night, but there is one thing that can only be told to Lord Weng and Mrs. Lai in private. Before Xiao Fuling could ask, the thrush had already spoken, telling the purpose of coming here tonight......

After the banquet was dispersed, Yu Langguan and his colleagues hurriedly greeted each other, and then left the mansion in a hurry.

He was always worried about this night, and there was already information that Xiao Lingling escorted Lai Yueqi to seek medical treatment, but it was just a pretense. In fact, Xiao Fuling was secretly here to investigate the resale of minerals to Qingqiu Fox Country. This point was already secretly known to Yu Langguan.

It's just mentioned in the intelligence, and it's not sure that the purpose of Xiao Fuling's trip is to secretly investigate the resale of minerals, which makes Yu Langguan a little uneasy. In addition, Xiao Fuling asked about the landfill of the mine at the banquet, which made him even more worried.

Yu Langguan also participated in the illegal trade of reselling minerals, and profited from it, allowing his family to live a rich and prosperous life.

Once Xiao Fuling really came to investigate this matter, Yu Langguan would not be able to get out of it. That would be a catastrophe that would not be complete under the nest, at least for Yu Langguan, it would be a disaster.

In addition, the Nine Shadows Kingdom's punishment of traitors who eat inside and outside is extremely cruel, and Yu Langguan is even more terrified.

He also knows Xiao Fuling's methods, this master is not very old, and Xiao Shizhu's true biography is deep. During the period of imprisonment, several officials in the Nine Shadows Kingdom were investigated and deceived by this little lord within half a month just because they resold feather arrows, and they found out the ins and outs clearly.

The next step was to behead the public, and the ghost heads of those ghost officials were hung high above the city gate to set an example.

If the resale of this rare mineral is really investigated by Xiao Fuling, then Yu Langguan's head will not be saved.

The more he thought about these things, the more frightened he became, and as he walked, he suddenly had the idea of quitting the thief ship.

But now he has fallen into a deep depression, and even if he quits now, he will be found out one day. When the time comes, he will also be a ghost.

Yu Langguan stood still in the dimly lit street of Howling Wind City, staring blankly at the stone lantern pavilion not far ahead, in the opposite stone lantern pavilion on the side of the street, the green light emitted by the flames, and sighed helplessly.

At this time, in the dead of night, there was only Yu Langguan himself and the dim lights on this street, and the howling wind. When his sigh sounded in the street, in the darkness of the alley beside him, a hoarse voice suddenly came: "What is Yu Langguan sighing about?"

This sudden sound of questioning made Yu Langguan startled.

In a panic, he fled and looked away, and all he saw was the light emitted by the roadside light booth, and the darkness could not be illuminated.

But then Yu Langguan, who calmed down, recognized the voice with his memory, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he said to the dark alley: "It's the second child, don't scare me in the middle of the night, okay? Although we are ghosts, if you scare me so suddenly, you will still scare me to death." ”。

In the tone, there was a lot of displeasure.

In the dark, the ghost called the second child by Yu Langguan never came out of the darkness, but just smiled in the darkness in the alley.

Under the windy night sky, this small sound was also eerie.

"Officer Yu Lang, your information was sent out in a very timely manner, and the shopkeeper is very satisfied, but there are still things for you to do. When the aftermath of laughter echoed in the wind, the ghost who had never shown up in the alley said: "The shopkeeper's discovery, your worries are not unreasonable, and I have recently found the ghost doctor who is about to treat Lai Yueqi, that is, the ghost who knows a lot of ins and outs of our business." Judging from the information you sent, this ghost doctor should tell Lai Yueqi or Xiao Lingling everything when he goes to the doctor. It is your task to get rid of this scourge. After all this, by the beginning of next year, you will be able to divide an extra 30,000 silver per year. ”。

"What?" Yu Langguan, who was suddenly stunned in the night wind, turned his head and continued to look in the direction where the voice came from, his eyes slowly widened.

The panicked look spread out in Lang Guan's slightly trembling eyes.

Murder in the Nine Shadows Country is also not allowed, and the punishment is second only to treason. What's more, such a big mistake was only recently discovered, and Yu Langguan was so frightened that he soon broke out in a cold sweat.

After a while, he took a step forward and stood at the mouth of the alley, opened his lips, and said in a deep voice into the darkness of the alley in front of him: "Why did there be such a big mistake?

At the same time, I suddenly remembered that at today's banquet, Xiao Fuling was very curious about the matter of filling the mine.

"It's come to this, and it's useless to say more. In the darkness, the ghost who had never appeared said leisurely: "You go and kill this ghost, and everything will be safe." ”。

It seems that in his opinion, the matter is as simple as that.

There's nothing to fuss about at all.

"Does the thrush know this?" Under the night wind, Yu Langguan did not rush to agree, but asked: "Commander of the city defense army, does the local county Sima know about these things?"

What Yu Langguan feared was that if the thrush and the local military commanders knew about these things, it would be too late.

Even if you kill that ghost doctor, nothing will help.

"I don't know, so I can make amends. The ghost in the dark said this sentence in an affirmative tone, so that Yu Langguan's heart fell to the ground.

Then, in the darkness of the alley, a knife wrapped in a black cloth was thrown.

"This is a knife privately created by the shopkeeper, even if the ghost doctor is dead, the ghosts will not be able to find a trace. ”

"And the shopkeeper said that you are familiar with the route time of the ghosts and sergeants patrolling the city, and it is only fitting for you to destroy the mouth. There will be no omission. The ghost who had been hiding in the dark, when he said this, Yu Langguan's eyes flashed with fierce light, he bent down and picked up the knife, and skillfully put the black cloth wrapped outside on his face, covering his mouth and nose, revealing only a pair of indifferent eyes.

Since the county Taishou and the county Sima, as well as the commander of the city defense army in the city, these ghosts who swore allegiance to Xiao Shizhu and the Nine Shadows Kingdom did not know about the ghost doctor, then Yu Langguan could go to kill without any scruples.

After tying the black cloth on his face, he clenched the long knife in both hands and pulled it away to look at it.

When the blade came out of its sheath and the cold light flashed, Yu Langguan suddenly admired this ghost doctor who was about to be killed by him.

Not only did he secretly learn about their business, but he was quite patient. It wasn't until the ghost mother issued a notice that the ghost doctor lured Xiao Fuling and Lai Yueqi under the pretext of curing the disease.

If it weren't for Yu Langguan's superiors who found out in time, then this ghost doctor who was definitely a disaster for Yu Langguan and their party of gangsters, I don't know what kind of basket he would poke out?

After Yu Langguan put the knife into the sheath, when he put the knife that was no more than two feet long into his arms, in the dimness of the alley, there was a sudden sound of snapping fingers.

With this crisp snap of his fingers, when the silence of the night was broken, several black-clothed killers walked out of the houses around Yu Langguan.

These tall, short, fat and thin ghosts all wore black scarves on their heads and black cloths covering their mouths and noses on their faces. It was in the dead of night that they quietly appeared, but some of them quickly stood in the roadside lantern pavilion, emitting a dim lamp, and could not be illuminated in the dim light.

In an instant, it became one with the darkness.

"In order to make sure that nothing goes wrong, the shopkeeper has found you a few capable helpers. At this time, the ghost in the alley said this sentence again, and stepped back.

Soon, the vague outline of his body was also invisible, and gradually disappeared from Yu Langguan's sight.

That Yu Langguan didn't say a word, and the dozen or so helpers around him were also silent. Soon, Yu Langguan also walked quickly into the darkness under the house on the street, merging with the darkness under the night.

The ghosts who live on this street have been sleeping soundly for a long time, and they are ignorant of what is happening outside this house. Not to mention, at night, a deadly squad outside their house had already assembled and was about to go somewhere in the city, setting off a silent bloody storm.

Yu Langguan, who was hiding in the dark, looked around to make sure that there were no ghosts in front of or behind the street, and he didn't dare to be careless, he was close to the wall, in the dark shadow under the corner, leading his helpers, and slowly walked towards the way he came.

As long as he can not show his stuffing, as long as he can save his ghost life, he can't think much about anything, and he will definitely do it.

Since this ghost doctor is so in the way, it really has to kill his mouth. Yu Langguan knew that a dead man could only keep a secret if he couldn't speak, and the same was true for dead ghosts.

In the howling night wind, he took his mute helpers and walked away cautiously.