This martial artist just wants to be an official

Chapter 236 Anzi
Ming Xiu plank road, dark crossing Chencang.

Lu Yuanzhi naturally knew that he would not be able to find time to investigate the merchant ship.

The reason for provoking Lu Qifeng was actually just to let him investigate the case separately.

Lu Yuanzhi must not let him know about the case he was investigating in private.

This was entrusted by Duke Ji before he left, so naturally it could not be known to outsiders.

"You two, I won't give it away when we get here."

Apparently the boatman was also aware of the dangers of the ghost market in Hangzhou. After taking the two of them through an undercurrent, he placed them next to a huge rock.

"Go along the reef for half a mile and you will find a shallow water. Crossing the shallow water is the entrance to the ghost market."

The old boatman confessed, took their money, and rowed away.

Naturally, there are boatmen on the reef who pick up people from the ghost market and go to the city.

Following the instructions of the old boatman, the two of them crossed the shallow water, and what they saw was a dilapidated scene.

A cloth that looks to be of a certain age has the word "Old Market" written crookedly on it.

Seeing this dilapidated place, Lu Yuanzhi's heart moved slightly.

"I'm afraid this place is not an easy place to get along with."

Lu Qifeng's face showed a trace of solemnity. He had been an official for several years, and his vision was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people. He could see the danger of this place at a glance.

Lu Yuanzhi looked inside the ghost market and indeed found many people in strange costumes, but he could tell with just a glance that these people were just pretending.

Even the weird and scary looks are not enough to hide the twilight look on their bodies.

Another thing he couldn't figure out was that although these people didn't seem to be a threat, many of them had their weapons clearly exposed. From just one entrance, he could imagine what kind of lawlessness there would be inside. Fanatic...

"What? General Lu is afraid?"

Lu Yuanzhi pretended to be relaxed, but at this time he also started to use a teasing tone to provoke the general.

Lu Qifeng glanced at the late people, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a slight hint of contempt in his expression:

"Of course the people at the entrance are not afraid, but if you go further in, I may not be able to control it. But Lu has never been afraid of anything in his life. How can he care about this small corner of the place?"

"Haha, since you're not afraid, then just go with me."

Lu Yuanzhi gently tightened the narrow black knife on his crotch.

This sword was refined by the Imperial Master himself in the Kewu Division that day. Lu Yuanzhi once relied on its sharp edge to break through the Buddha's Great Success Wheel Wheel Golden Body. Now that he is holding it in his hand, he feels confident.

"go!"

Lu Qifeng did his part and walked directly in front of Lu Yuan.

Looking at Lu Qifeng's menacing back, Lu Yuanzhi chuckled and hurried to follow.

Ghost market, in this daylight, there are not many pedestrians.

It can be seen that it is not yet the time when there are many people in the ghost market.

The people on the street are all "ghosts" who look exaggerated but have no complexion.

The movements of these people were as if they had been rehearsed, and they all walked without much strength. Although their clothes were different, they all had wooden plaques of the same shape hanging around their waists...

The person who walked towards Lu Yuanzhi was an old woman who looked very old. The old woman walked slowly, her face was numb, and her hair was full of silver. After seeing the two handsome men, Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Qifeng, she smiled solemnly at them.

When he smiled, the wrinkles on his face showed criss-crossing lines, revealing the two rows of big yellow teeth, which looked a bit scary.

Gee.

If it were dark night, this old woman could scare children to tears just by her smile.

"My guest is in the market during the day, but what's the important matter?"

Just when the two were about to move forward, the old woman suddenly stood in front of them, her voice was hoarse, her smile was gloomy, and she seemed to be chewing something hard to swallow...

Lu Yuanzhi didn't speak. Lu Qifeng beside him looked at the old woman with a cold look on his face and said:

"Why do I need to tell you something important?"

Obviously, after entering such a strange and strange place for the first time, Lu Qifeng was naturally wary.

He observed that although this old woman looked strange on the outside, she was walking without force. Although she did not know her true identity, she was not afraid of any conflict between this person and him.

"Ha ha."

The old woman showed her big yellow teeth and smiled gloomily. She didn't care about the hostility in Lu Qifeng's mouth. She looked at Lu Yuanzhi, who seemed to be more talkative, and said:
"At first glance, you two are newcomers to this ghost market. You don't know much about the distribution of the ghost market, right?"

When Lu Yuanzhi heard what the old woman said, his heart moved slightly, and he looked at her calmly and said:

"Indeed, I was about to ask a question."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

The old woman's head suddenly dropped. When she raised her head again, the sinister aura on her face was no longer there. Instead, she looked like the kind grandmother next door, and her voice became much softer:
"The first rule of the ghost market is to avoid talking to strangers when doing business. If you have any questions, you can ask for a fee."

……

oh, I see!
The corner of Lu Yuanzhi's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything offensive about this statement. Instead, he glanced at Lu Qifeng with a smile.

"See what I do?"

Lu Qifeng looked at Lu Yuanzhi with an incomprehensible expression.

"My little brother was nervous when he went out and didn't bring his money bag..."

Lu Yuanzhi shrugged helplessly.

"It's just a penny, yes!"

Lu Qifeng naturally did not forget his pride as a member of a wealthy family. He casually took out a penny from his pocket, no more or no less. He measured the weight and after feeling that there was nothing wrong, he threw it to the old woman in front of him.

When the old woman saw that the customer she had caught so casually was so generous, her scary yellow teeth tightened a lot. She took the money and slowly put it into her pocket. She tried her best to reduce the wrinkles on her face.

"First question, if you want to find out some secrets, do you know where to go? Who to look for?"

When Lu Yuanzhi saw someone paying the bill, he was not unfamiliar at the moment and asked his question directly.

"Huajifang, if you look for the haunted house of all things, someone will tell you with money."

The old woman answered the question without any ambiguity and spoke extremely clearly.

"Oh……"

Lu Yuanzhi nodded meaningfully.

It seems that there is indeed something fishy about this place.

If the prediction is correct, this ghost market should not look like a place where people often come and go. Since it is a world of its own in the southwest of Hangzhou, it must be a large secret room. If you go to the Huajifang Wanshi Haunted House later and find out what you want If you know the news, there must be someone behind the scenes here...

"Second question, I see people coming and going, and everyone has a wooden sign around their waist. What is this wooden sign used for?"

Lu Yuanzhi glanced at the wooden sign that read "Old Ghost" on the old woman's waist.

"Haha, please understand that this is the household registration of the ghost market."

The old woman just explained a little bit and obviously didn't want to say more about this issue.

Lu Yuanzhi nodded lightly, and then didn't ask any more questions.

He could see that he couldn't find any other useful information for him from this old woman.

"gone."

Lu Yuanzhi took Lu Qifeng and left the place directly.

"Just leave like this?"

Lu Qifeng looked at Lu Yuanzhi in surprise: "How can you ask such a thing for only one penny?"

Apparently, he was dissatisfied with spending a penny on such an issue.

"Ha ha."

Lu Yuanzhi chuckled and said, "Brother Lu, do you still want to ask for some shocking news?"

"At least ask where there is a place to eat!"

Lu Qifeng muttered a few words and followed Lu Yuanzhi to the address mentioned by the old woman without saying anything else.

The two didn't walk long before they came to a building that looked strange. .

"Tsk."

When Lu Yuanzhi saw the wooden house, there was a hint of shock in his eyes.

Damn it, are you sure the people living in this thing can give me useful information?

Although the wooden house occupies a large area, there are worn-out bricks and tiles on the roof, and there are several large holes that look like they were kicked by someone...

Obviously not very reliable.

"General Lu, let's just say goodbye. You and I each have to do our own thing."

After Lu Yuanzhi saw this house that looked unreliable, he bravely chose to go in. "?"

Seeing Lu Yuanzhi walking in openly, Lu Qifeng felt like he had been tricked by the old woman just now.

But the matter has come to this, and even if we go back the same way, we may not be able to find the old woman...

"Forget it, I'll go in and take a look too..."

……

After Lu Yuanzhi entered the wooden house, he could see that it occupied a very large area. Although the appearance was shabby, when he entered, he found that the environment inside the house was much cleaner than outside.

The reason why the four characters "Wanshi Haunted House" are not on the outside is...

When he walked inside, he discovered that a much newer house had been built inside...

It turned out that I was playing matryoshka dolls with myself here...

The corner of Lu Yuanzhi's mouth twitched slightly.

"anyone there?"

Lu Yuanzhi knocked on the door.

"Squeak."

The door opened the next moment.

Lu Yuanzhi looked sideways and found that the room inside was much smaller than the one outside, but it had many layers. There seemed to be about ten or twenty private rooms in each small room.

"A martial artist should be in charge, and a person in the imperial court should be in charge."

Just when Lu Yuanzhi was about to ask how to operate, an inexplicable voice came into his ears.

He looked up, but found no one.

Lu Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows.

It seems there is a master hidden here...

Thinking of this, Lu Yuanzhi also put away the contempt he felt when he first arrived, and carefully looked at the surrounding environment of the wooden house.

After Lu Yuanzhi came in, Lu Qifeng also arrived shortly after.

Similarly, he naturally heard the voice Lu Yuanzhi heard just now...

It's just that the two of them made different choices. Lu Yuanzhi came to the innermost box.

"anyone there?"

"Please come in."

When Lu Yuanzhi heard that there was someone inside, he did not hesitate, opened the door of the box, and saw that the box was not big, but it was equipped with tables and chairs, and sitting opposite him was a woman wearing a mask.

When he first saw this woman, Lu Yuanzhi's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had already entered the peak level of breath gathering for a long time, and the woman in front of him clearly gave him the same feeling.

She is a martial artist.

And he is a warrior who is not weaker than himself.

Because the woman was wearing a mask, Lu Yuanzhi couldn't tell her age. Just by listening to her voice, she shouldn't be too young, probably around forty...

Just when Lu Yuanzhi was about to ask how to do it.

The woman's words made his pupils tremble.

"How many sections are there in black brocade and white jade?"

Hearing such words, Lu Yuanzhi felt a huge shock in his heart, and he said solemnly:

"There are three to five farmers and merchants."

As soon as Lu Yuanzhi finished speaking, the woman reached out and took off the mask on her face, revealing the face of a weathered old woman.

"Peiyinlang Anzi, Mrs. Xu, has met Lu Fengpei."

The woman's message also fell into Lu Yuanzhi's ears.

At this time, Lu Yuanzhi's belly was full of questions.

He looked solemnly at the woman in front of him and said via voice:
"What the hell is going on? How do you know I'm coming here? And, how do you know who I am?"

"Ji Gong said that if you want to investigate the case of the child's mysterious death, you will definitely appear here one day, but I didn't expect it to be so early. As for how to know who you are... Ever since you broke the Buddha Formation, your The portrait has already been passed down by Ji Gong to all the secret servants of Pei Yinlang."

The woman who called herself Xu Niang also sent a message to Lu Yuanzhi.

“Who is behind this haunted house?”

Lu Yuanzhi's lips moved slightly.

"It's related to Daomen."

The woman conveyed what she knew to Lu Yuanzhi without any hesitation.

"Oh……"

Lu Yuanzhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

Things got a little weird again here.

Daomen...

"So, you are an undercover agent arranged by Ji Gong?"

Lu Yuanzhi's voice transmission became more and more cautious.

"Ji Gong noticed something was wrong with this place a year ago and arranged for me to come in."

The woman answered all questions.

"so……"

Lu Yuanzhi asked, "Then do you know the purpose of my coming here?"

"do not know."

"Oh."

Lu Yuanzhi looked at the indifferent woman opposite. He didn't show any special emotions and said through the voice:

"I would like to know about the recent news behind the mysterious deaths of children in Hangzhou. Do you have any information?"

"No, my identity does not allow me to investigate this matter."

Lu Yuanzhi was not surprised when he heard this. If this girl really found out something, Ji Gong would not let him investigate.

It seems that there is no way to achieve the purpose of coming here...

The woman hesitated for a moment and continued to send a message to Lu Yuanzhi: "But I know about similar things in the five families. You can go and investigate."

"Oh?"

After hearing what the woman said, Lu Yuanzhi's expression instantly improved.

"Speak and listen to me."

……

After a while, Lu Yuanzhi memorized the address information of the five families mentioned by the woman.

"Then have you found out any other useful information about the Wanshi Haunted House?"

Lu Yuanzhi discovered that the sound transmission thing was indeed quite useful.

To put it bluntly, it’s just a private chat… and you don’t have to worry about being overheard.

After asking about the child's case, Lu Yuanzhi began to ask about information in this ghost market.

"Barely count."

The woman hesitated for a moment and said truthfully, "I don't know the people behind this house, but I have contact with some core people."

Lu Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously more interested in this:

"Who?"

"My immediate boss seems to be closely related to a company named Tongjiu."

"what?!!"

Lu Yuanzhi's face froze when he heard the name.

The next moment, his face changed drastically.

not good!

Lu Qifeng is in danger! !
(End of this chapter)