The Bandit’s Strategy

[Chapter 95 What is the White Shadow] Master Wen personally went out

"This..." Seeing Wen Liunian straight out the door, the innkeeper was anxious. He originally wanted to chase him out, but was caught by Zhao Yue, "It's okay."

"It's better to call people back soon." The boss stamped his feet. "It's really haunted outside." These people in the world don't listen to persuasion.

The wind was whizzing outside, and Wen Liunian looked around, and saw that although it was just dinner time, the doors of every household were closed, and there were very few lanterns. It was silent and abnormally quiet.

"Is it cold?" Zhao Yue asked, "I'm still sick, don't blow too much cool breeze."

"It's okay." Wen Liunian said, "I want to walk around the city."

Zhao Yue nodded and stretched out his hand to help him fix his cloak: "It looks like the sky is going to rain, so you will go back later. If you want to know what happened, I will come out later and take a look."

Wen Liunian held hands with him and walked slowly along the street together, walking from the east to the west, nothing happened all the way, not to mention haunted, not even a wild cat.

"Ah, you two are back." The boss was still waiting behind the counter, and he was obviously relieved to see the two entering the door.

"Isn't it haunted?" Wen Liunian said, "I haven't seen it."

The boss was dumbfounded. Who is this, dare you to run out to hit ghosts?

"What the **** is going on?" Wen Liunian frowned slightly.

The other party was obviously a well-known person, and looked at his unbelief, the boss simply lowered his throat and said, "Actually, the town was quite peaceful before. In the past year or so, ghosts and shadows were often floating in the middle of the night."

"What kind of ghost?" Wen Liunian asked.

"Wearing white clothes, my tongue was dragged three feet long." The boss said, "I haven't seen it. The kid from Aunt Li's house in the east came out in the middle of the night to relieve him. He just hit the ghost and floated past the eaves. He was scared of hysteria on the spot. It took a full half a year to get over."

"How many people have seen ghosts in total?" Wen Liunian asked again.

"The bits and pieces add up, there have been more than a dozen times." The boss said, "The government has also sent people to investigate, but even the government officials have almost been captured. Later, the expert was invited from outside, but he was caught that night. The demon wind has set off a gossip array, and the Taoism is too deep to provoke it."

"Other than that, are there other actions that disturb the people?" Wen Liunian said.

"It doesn't disturb the people." The boss shook his head and said with lingering fear. "But even if it doesn't disturb the people, it's scary enough. I don't know when I will leave."

"My lord." The secret guard came over and called, "It's time to eat."

"Let's go, eat something first." The dark guard patted him on the shoulder. "Then talk about other things."

"Yeah." Wen Liunian nodded, still thinking about haunting the city, absent-minded even when eating.

"Why do you have such a bad appetite." Zhou Dingtian frowned upon seeing this, "Still uncomfortable?"

Wen Liunian held a shredded radish in his mouth and looked at the plate in a daze.

Zhou Dingtian shook his hand in front of him.

"Huh?" Wen Liunian finally found his soul.

"What are you thinking about again?" Zhou Dingtian was dissatisfied.

"I just heard the innkeeper say that this city is haunted." Wen Liunian put down the bun in his hand.

"Haunted?" As soon as the word came out, the rest of the people on the table were naturally attracted.

"It is said that since more than a year ago, the city has started to be white, but there has been no disturbance to the people." Wen Liunian said, "I just went out and encountered nothing."

"It's really a ghost if you can meet it." Zhou Mubai said, "80% of them are people with ulterior motives pretending to be gods in the dark. This time we know that we have already arrived in the city, and we should not dare to come out."

"For more than a year, what is the purpose?" Wen Liunian still couldn't figure it out.

"I'm afraid I will ask the person who pretends to be a ghost." Zhou Mubai said, "But as you said at the beginning, there is no such thing in this world that will happen for no reason, no matter how bland or weird it looks, inside. The root cause will always be found."

"Yaojia Town should be under the jurisdiction of Sifang City." Wen Liunian said, "I want to meet local officials."

"Good." Zhao Yue nodded.

Zhou Dingtian glared at him and said what he knew!

"But I have to rest for one more day." Zhao Yue handed him a small bowl of steamed eggs with minced meat, "At least wait until he gets better."

Wen Liunian bowed his head and ate steamed eggs obediently.

"Haunted." Shang Yunze touched his chin and glanced at the little nerd beside him.

"What are you looking at?" Mu Qingshan looked at him.

"Are you afraid?" Shang Yunze asked.

Mu Qingshan said: "I'm not afraid!"

Of course, I am not afraid to force it out in front of everyone. In fact, after eating and returning to the house, he immediately stuck behind Shang Yunze, like a small tail.

"Called Xianggong." Shang Yunze said, "Otherwise I will go to sleep next door."

"No!" Mu Qingshan kicked him.

Shang Yunze bitterly: "Why do you always hit me?"

Because of you rascal! Mu Qingshan pulled his sleeve: "I want to sleep."

The man was still sick, Shang Yunze had to admit his fate, called hot water to wipe his body, put on a thick coat and stuffed it into the bed: "Would you like to take some tranquilizer?"

"No more." Mu Qingshan shrank comfortably in the bed, his face flushed.

"Really a little ancestor." Shang Yunze squeezed his nose.

Mu Qingshan hugged his waist and languidly nudged.

"Go to sleep." Shang Yunze said, "You don't have to hurry tomorrow, you can sleep in."

Mu Qingshan dragged his shirt and stayed asleep!

"Good." Shang Yunze stuffed his hand into the bed.

Mu Qingshan kicked him, then turned around and wrapped most of the quilt away.

Shang Yunze was amused, so he leaned forward and put his arm around the person: "Want to do something bad?"

"No." Mu Qingshan mumbled.

Shang Yunze pulled the person over, lowered his head and bit his lips: "Little idiot, you are still sick."

"I know." Mu Qingshan flushed.

"Then let's hurry up." Shang Yunze unbuttoned his clothes.

"Yeah." It's... so good.

And Master Wen in the next room obviously didn't have any fragrant | lingering mood at this time. After washing up, he leaned on the bedside and was full of haunted things.

"Close your eyes." Zhao Yue held his cheek.

Wen Liunian said: "Are you afraid of ghosts?"

"I'm afraid you won't have a good rest." Zhao Yue pulled the quilt to wrap the person up, "If this goes on, I won't let you intervene in this matter anymore."

"Aren't you curious?" Wen Liunian rubbed his nose, "not only me, but also godfather and Lord Shangbao, must also have doubts about this matter." Maybe you will still be awake at night, it is better to go out together. Discuss it?

As soon as this thought came up, there was an ambiguous whisper next door, very short and eager.

The soundproofing effect of the tattered inn is naturally not very good.

Wen Liunian:...

"There is still someone next door." Shang Yunze laughed lowly, "Be good, forbearance."

Mu Qingshan bit the back of his hand and stared at him with red eyes.

Wen Liunian honestly wrapped it in the quilt and covered his head by the way.

I heard nothing.

This head finally coaxed people to sleep. In the inn kitchen on the other side, the dark guards were forming a circle, happily digging out the sweet potatoes from the charcoal fire. Being able to pull out the sugar silk, in the cold rainy night, is simply not a daughter.

"Does the second master want to eat?" The dark guard greeted warmly.

"No, thank you." Lu Zhui said, "it's already late."

"Eat if you are hungry, it has nothing to do with whether it is late." This sentence is really very reasonable. Each of the dark guards stood up with two sweet potatoes. "

"Out for a stroll?" Lu Chai frowned slightly.

The dark guards filed out with joy, haunting, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join in the fun!

There was fine rain in the sky, and there was silence all around. The dark guard wandered around four or five laps with great grin. He still didn’t hit anything. It was inevitable that he felt empty and lonely, so he squatted together under the eaves of a family and peeled the sweet potatoes, ready to go back after eating. .

There was a cry of a little baby in the room, and then there was a noise of turning things over. The host was probably awakened, so he murmured a few words of dissatisfaction, but the woman turned out to be a violent temper, even if the man was not in the same position. It is used, even the door is not good enough. If it hadn't been for the loss of the tiger in the home, the son would have fallen asleep in his arms long ago.

After the quarrel, the little baby's cries became louder and louder, and the woman became more aggressive. The man had to argue for a word or two at the beginning, but at the end he lost his momentum and kept fainting and explaining that he hadn't really gone out for a drink the day before yesterday. , Has been staying in the house, and it is said that it might be where it fell, otherwise, whose thief would put the jewelry in the cabinet and don't want it, just take a rag tiger?

Marriage is really terrible...The guard tweeted, and knocked on the door: "Hey!"

"Ah!" The people in the room were obviously taken aback, and fell silent in an instant. After a long time, they heard the man tremblingly ask, "Who?"

Then just listen to the same speech outside the door.

"Wang Dagui."

"Li Wugou."

"Full of gold and silver."

"Shangguanyun."

"Xuanyuan Nine Heavens"

...

Walking in the arena, there must be so many colorful pseudonym names.

The man sat down on the ground.

I didn't hear anything too clearly.

"Since you are married, you must take good care of each other. You, a man, care about these trivialities with your own wife. How can you get it out?" The secret guard persuaded with all his heart, "My son often said that the most important thing is to be happy if you are alive. , If you are unhappy... Brother, are you listening to me?" Why don't you open the door to make a cup of tea.

The man trembled and crawled under the table, not giving the mascot any face.

Although he was not warmly received, the dark guard did his best to persuade him for a long time, until the man cried and promised that he would not quarrel with his wife again, and then left with satisfaction, leaving a place with sweet potato skins.

As a person in the rivers and lakes, it is touching to be so kind to the people. If the lord Shen knows, maybe he will send a pennant to the Palace of Chasing Shadows.

When the surroundings regained quietness, a white figure also stood up from the corner, and quickly floated to the wall, before disappearing into the night.

Yaojia Town is smaller than Boundless City. Although there are usually caravans, I have never seen so many people in the rivers and lakes at the same time, so it is inevitable that I have a little more curiosity, even the business of drinking tea on the first floor of the inn. That's a lot better.

As always, the dark guard was beaming, chatting while eating melon seeds, and soon became one with the people-because Wen Liunian was ordered by the emperor to go to the royal city, he did not deliberately conceal his identity.

When it was time for dinner, all the people in the city were saying that the people living in the inn in the city were all great people. There were not only the warriors of the rivers and lakes, but also the imperial officials. I heard that they would be high officials in the future.

Nothing in this world can spread faster than rumors, so that at noon the next day, before Wen Liunian went to find the county magistrate in Sifang City, he had already come to the door for convenience.

"I have seen Master Wen." The other party's name was Shi Feng, who was about 30 years old, and brought people in to worship.

"My lord, what are you doing." Wen Liunian was stunned, "I have resigned as the prefect of Cang'er Prefecture, and now I am a commoner."

"It's only temporarily leaving office. When I arrive in the city, the future is definitely bright." Shi Feng stood up from the ground with a smile on his face, "Why don't you say anything in advance, it is better to live directly in the government office, which is more convenient than here."

"I didn't want to bother, but now that the adults are here, I really have something to ask." Wen Liunian said, "The city is haunted recently. Does the lord know about this?"

"The way of nature." Shi Feng nodded hurriedly, "Not only did he know that, he had also thoroughly checked it several times, but he always returned to no avail."

Wen Liunian frowned, and returned to no avail, how proud he was.

"Really there is nothing unusual in this city?" Wen Liunian said again, "It's just that there are more ghosts floating around?"

"Yes, the lower officials are also wondering." Shi Feng said, "I planned to go outside to invite a master to catch the demon, but later discovered that the ghost is not harmful to the people, so I put it aside for the time being."

Looking at this county magistrate with a smile on his face, he is obviously an old fried dough stick who is mixed in the officialdom. Most of these people do not seek merit but seek no demerits. It cannot be said that there is no merit, but obviously it is not the type that Wen Liunian likes. I probably couldn't ask anything, and simply said directly, "Do you have free time, my lord?"

"Yes, there are, naturally." Shi Feng nodded hurriedly. After the nod, he felt that as a parent official, too much idleness seemed to be a good thing, so he said again, "It's still a bit busy, sir?"

"I want you to ask a case one day." Wen Liunian said.

Shi Feng wondered slightly: "Ask one day?" What does it mean.

In fact, it stands to reason that Wen Liunian has resigned now, even if he is still the prefect of Cang'er Prefecture, he can't control Sifang City, let alone ask Shi Feng to ask the case. But probably it’s been too long with the people chasing the shadow palace, so even when it comes to this kind of unreasonable remarks, it is full of confidence, quite a bit of official power in it-plus a circle of people in the surrounding rivers and lakes. Shi Feng felt that apart from agreeing, he seemed to have no second option.

"Very good." Wen Liunian nodded, "I have worked hard, Lord."

"Where do you want to ask, what case?" Shi Feng asked cautiously.

Wen Liunian called Zhao Yue and whispered a few words in his ear.

So that afternoon, a temporary public hall was set up outside, and a big announcement was posted at the gate of the city-the county magistrate is going to catch ghosts himself.