Chapter 244: Dead End
On that day, Elder Haoran came out of the Jiuli Palace, he did not go back to Haoran Mansion, but went to another place in Jiuli, Yancheng.
Yancheng is hundreds of kilometers away from Jiuli City, and the city here is obviously much smaller than Jiuli City, but the layout of the city is almost the same as that of Jiuli City, and the folk customs are also the same.
Don't look at Yancheng is not big, but here is full of people, lively, Elder Haoran rode a horse to Yancheng, and walked around Yancheng for a while, he looked around, as if he was looking for something.
Next to an alley in the downtown area, Elder Haoran stayed next to a stall selling antiques and groceries, and the stall owner was a plainly dressed, dusty-faced, ordinary person.
The stall owner saw the dark shadow passing by him, lowered his head and said indifferently while sorting out the goods on his beach: "Boss, do you want to buy something?"
Elder Haoran said, "I'm going to buy you a road." ”
Hearing this, the stall owner stopped what he was doing, his face did not change, and he still did not look up, as if he was deliberately avoiding something.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all. ”
"You, don't pretend to be confused with me, well, let me explain one more thing, I want to buy you a Huangquan Road that is also in the underworld. ”
When the stall owner heard this, his eyebrows immediately jumped, and he said, "It turns out that you are going to the Netherworld, so I will take you there." ”
The stall owner raised his head, and when he saw Elder Haoran's malicious smile, his face immediately sank, as if he had seen a ghost, he was taken aback, and then completely ignored what he was on the stall, and ran into the alley behind him.
Elder Haoran looked at the stall owner who was fleeing, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing an expression of contempt for the stall owner's inadequacy, and shook his head.
Looking at the stall owner who disappeared around the corner, Elder Haoran immediately flew up and came to the three-way intersection in the alley, standing and waiting for the panicked stall owner to throw himself into the net.
The stall owner kept looking back while running, and found that Elder Haoran hadn't caught up, so he slowed down and said stupidly: "It seems that I got rid of him completely, but I didn't expect that he was such a difficult master, fortunately there is this labyrinthine alley, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten rid of him so easily." ”
"Lu Ming, are you sure that you have gotten rid of me?" a voice came from Lu Ming's front.
Lu Ming looked up and looked forward, not knowing when Elder Haoran was already leaning against the corner of the intersection in front of him.
Seeing Elder Haoran, Lu Ming showed helplessness, he immediately turned his head and began to run desperately in the other direction.
But no matter how desperately Lu Ming ran forward, Elder Haoran always blocked his way in front of him in advance.
In the end, Lu Ming, who was tired and panting, and was almost in collapse, stopped helplessly in front of Elder Haoran.
Elder Haoran smiled: "You obviously know that this is useless, you can't escape from the palm of my hand." But you
Or do you want to do such a wasteful and meaningless thing, why do you bother?"
"What do you want, why do you always follow me? In order to avoid you, I have already left Jiuli City, but I didn't expect you to chase me to this Yan City again, do you want anyone to live. ”
"Of course I want you to live, and at the same time, I also want all the people of the Jiuli clan to live, I think, you should know, why did I come to you, I don't need to say more, otherwise, you wouldn't have left Jiuli City secretly. ”
"It's not impossible for me to take you to the Yin Ghost City, but you have to tell me first, how did you find me?"
Elder Haoran smiled and said, "I didn't expect that your curiosity is still very strong. Well, I'll satisfy this curiosity of yours. After returning from the Ghost City, I expected that there would be some places where I needed your help in the future, so I sent someone to monitor and follow you. ”
"So your every move is right under my nose?"
Elder Haoran said very proudly: "Yes, including when did you leave Jiuli City and come to Yan City, what are you doing when you come to Yan City?" ”
"It seems that you have taken great pains to find me today. I have another question, this alley is so complicated, how come you know my escape route every time, and wait in front of me accurately, blocking my way?"
"It seems that this is the reason why you can only be a guide, with a simple mind and developed limbs. ”
Lu Ming said with some annoyance: "You are squeezing and mocking me like this, I will not be your guide, and I will not take you to bully people like this." ”
"Okay, okay, I won't make fun of you anymore, before I got in touch with you, I saw you put the stall next to this well-developed alley, I knew what your idea was, so before I contacted you, I carefully explained the pattern of this and the alley, so every time I saw your escape direction, I knew where you had to go, and where I was waiting for you to throw yourself into the net, understand?"
"Hey, I didn't expect that I was planted in your hands like this, it seems that I am not wronged at all, but blame the enemy for being too cunning. Are you sure you're going to go to Ghost City?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I work so hard with you, would I be full of food and support. What's more, for the sake of the people of the entire Jiuli clan, I must also go through this experience. ”
"The answer to the question you want this time is quite a lot, have you brought enough coins? You know, in the Yin Ghost City, you can't do anything without money. ”
Elder Haoran patted the money bag on his waist, and said confidently: "You can rest assured, isn't it money, as long as I get the answer I want, the money is enough." ”
Lu Ming looked at the small money bag hanging on Elder Haoran's waist, and said in disbelief: "Just your small money bag, how many shell coins can it hold?" Don't be kidding, you know the rules of the Yin Ghost Market, if you don't bring enough money, and I lead you into the Yin Ghost City, I will lose my position as a passerby, maybe I will lose my life, I don't think my life is long, don't harm me." ”
"Hmph, I think you are a dog and look down on people, you only know coin shells, don't you know, there are more valuable things in this world than currency shells, don't look at this inconspicuous thing on my waist, he is worth thousands of currency shells. ”
"Blow, you can blow it, anyway, you don't have to pay taxes to brag, just this little thing on your waist can be worth thousands of coins, you are a three-year-old doll, you don't sprinkle peppercorns in the grave dam - a ghost." ”
Listening to Lu Ming's words, Elder Haoran said unconvinced: "It seems that if I don't let you open your eyes today, you won't lead me to the Yin Ghost City, and you will treat me as a person who only runs trains with his mouth full of mouths for a day." ”
Elder Haoran took his money bag from his waist, opened a hole, handed it to Lu Ming's eyes, and said, "Do you see it, just with this thing, can it be worth thousands of coins." ”
Lu Ming opened through the opening of the money bag handed over by Elder Haoran, saw the golden pearls shining inside, and said in surprise: "My good man, this is a thousand-year-old gold powder pearl, this kind of pearl is extremely rare, only thousands of years of gold powder shells can produce this kind of gold powder pearls with excellent quality, and a gold powder shell only produces one in a lifetime, so there is a proverb in the world that 'gold pearls come out, powder shells die', elder, your this thing is more than tens of millions of coins, it is simply priceless." ”
Elder Haoran took back the money bag, hung it back on his waist, and said, "Okay, now, you can take me to the Yin Ghost City with confidence." ”
Lu Ming said with a flattering face: "As long as you have money, go to the Yin Ghost Market, no problem." Lu Ming stared at the money bag on Elder Haoran's waist, his eyes flashed with golden light, and he said meaningfully: "It's just ......"
Elder Haoran saw his thoughts from Lu Ming's eyes that flashed with a desire for money, and Elder Haoran scolded in his heart: "This guy who forgets his righteousness, I think this guy was born the day before. ”
Elder Haoran said, "As long as I get the answer I want in Yin Ghost City, the contents of this bag are indispensable for you." ”
After hearing this, Lu Ming's eyebrows fluttered, and he said happily: "Okay, Elder, you wait for me here for a while, and I will go to prepare a carriage for you and provide you with the best service." ”
"I think you're in the service of money. ”
Lu Ming grinned, remained silent by default, and left to prepare the frame.