Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 25 Luoyang Ghost Market
"You said that Mr. Meng even arranged spies in this case? He also got a secret report?" Ling Changfeng, who had arrived late, was looking at the county magistrate Qin opposite him with a puzzled expression, and said After finishing the arrangement of Mencius Yan today, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

Xiaolan on the side hugged Xiaoyu, and was also curious about the spies. After all, my young master has rarely shown such a surprised expression. She wanted to ask, but when she saw County Magistrate Qin here, she only thought about it. After thinking about it, he didn't speak.

Seeing that Ling Changfeng was also full of doubts about this matter, County Magistrate Qin continued, "Your Majesty is very doubtful about this matter. Since Lord Ling doesn't know about it, I'm afraid there must be a reason."

Ling Changfeng nodded, knowing that County Magistrate Qin was questioning him.But he didn't answer, just pondered for a moment and said: "For the time being, no matter where Master Meng got the news from, our first priority should be to find the rosin production place to ask."

County Magistrate Qin replied: "At this moment, Ye Duwei has sent people to visit all the big and small rosin workshops in the city, but there is no news yet."

Ling Changfeng smiled, pondered for a moment and said: "If I were the murderer, I wouldn't buy rosin in various workshops in the city...I should go to the ghost market!"

After Xiaolan was listening, she immediately asked curiously: "Master, where is this ghost city? Could it be that there are really ghosts in this world?"

Ling Changfeng simply explained: "This ghost market is also called a night market. It is a place where some vendors sell their goods at night. Of course, because it is not allowed by the government, people there call it a ghost market. Tonight we Let’s go over there to find out.”

Although County Magistrate Qin also knew about the "ghost market", he had never been there. He didn't know how dangerous it was, so he immediately asked, "Master Ling, do you want to be accompanied by an official?"

Ling Changfeng waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't have to worry, and just asked him to help prepare two sets of casual clothes, two masks, and some pot ashes.Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Qin went out to let his servants arrange it.

Xiao Lan asked puzzledly: "Master, why do you want pot ashes?"

Ling Changfeng pointed to Xiaoyu, and said with a smile: "We have to change clothes, Xiaoyu has no choice but to paint it black."

Seeing that the two were looking at her, Xiaoyu felt hairy, and immediately called out "meow meow".

After a while, County Magistrate Qin came in with something, put it down, and left.

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Taobao in the ghost market, the reason why the ghost market is mysterious, there are three strange things:
One is that the ghost market closes in the middle of the night, disperses when the cock crows, and comes and goes without a trace;
The second is that there are everything sold in the ghost market, regardless of category, and there are no neat rules. Whoever comes to the stall early will occupy the land first:
The third is that the rare and rare treasures in the ghost market are misunderstood. There are not only improper sources, but also rare goods that can be lived.

This is why people are curious about ghost markets and like to shop for treasures here.

There is also an unwritten rule "three don't ask" when visiting the ghost market: you can't ask the source of the object, you can't ask the purpose of the object, and you can't ask the seller's origin.

In addition to this, there is a rule that when buyers and sellers negotiate prices, others are not allowed to intervene, otherwise it will be ridiculed.

据说，为了避免旁人插话，鬼市有一套自己的“黑话”，在这里很少听到平常所说的数字，而是用一些别的音替代。比如：“捏、夹、早、长、拐、挠、挑、康、汪、海。”便代表我们平时所说的1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10。

At midnight, in the dead of night.

The Fangshi in the west of Luoyang City has been closed for a long time, but at this moment, there are two people dressed in coarse linen, one tall and one short, walking slowly on the street.Both of them wore a mask with green faces and fangs on their faces, which was quite intrusive.The short man was holding a pitch-black kitten in his hands, and the whereabouts of the two seemed quite mysterious.

After a while, they came to a remote alley, and the tall man held an iron rod in his hand, and tapped once hard, lightly three times, and knocked on a stone slab on the ground of the alley quite regularly. is empty!
After a while, a question came from the ground: "Thousands of lights illuminate the blue clouds."

The tall man immediately replied: "There are a lot of red-sleeve customers." After speaking, he tapped three times with the iron rod in his hand, and then knocked hard again.

After a while, the people inside did not respond.The short man was about to ask, but was gently held back by the speaker.Signal it to wait a little longer.

I saw the stone slab slowly opened, revealing a dark hole.The entrance of the cave is extremely narrow, and a stone ladder is built to extend to the depths of the ground. The stone ladder can only allow a man to pass sideways.

At this time, a man with a mask of an evil spirit held a candle, signaling the people on the ground to come in.If someone who is not familiar with this place sees such a terrifying scene in the middle of the night, he will probably scream.

The tall one led, followed by the short one, and the two outside followed the person holding the candle to the depths of the ground.The stone slab at the entrance of the cave creaked and returned to its original state.From the ground, there is no abnormality at all.

After about a cup of tea, the field of vision suddenly widened, and a wide round hall appeared in front of the two of them. Around the hall, there were cave dwellings covered by wooden doors. The hollow is connected to the outside world, and it is estimated to be about ten meters high.

At this time, many people were talking about business, without exception, they were all wearing hideous masks and coarse linen shirts.When communicating, he also spoke in a low voice, for fear of being guessed based on a clue.

After Xiaolan came in, she took a breath behind the mask and found that although the air was mixed with the smell of underground moisture, it was not stuffy. Instead, she felt a cool breeze coming from it. The ventilation design here must be very good.I don't know who spent so much effort building this Luoyang Ghost City.

Needless to say, the two who came in were Ling Changfeng and Xiaolan, and the black kitten was Xiaoyu dyed with pot ash.In the afternoon, the two of them spent a lot of effort and several dried fishes to complete the dyeing event.

Xiaolan came here for the first time and was very interested in everything.I saw that although the stalls around were scattered, and the stalls were not too big, they were filled with weird things.

So he begged his young master to take him around, Ling Changfeng nodded helplessly, explained the rules of the ghost market to Xiaolan softly, and then took him around.

Looking at a small booth in front of him, but there were some very rare jewelry necklaces on it, Xiao Lan immediately signaled Ling Changfeng to go and have a look.

Ling Changfeng whispered in his ear: "These jewelry necklaces are probably stolen from the tomb in all likelihood. Are you sure you want to go and check?"

After Xiaolan heard it, she felt a chill on her back. She only felt that after wearing it, the owner of the tomb would come to find her in the middle of the night. She shook her head desperately, and hurriedly dragged her young master to the next booth.

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(End of this chapter)