Pushing the Three Thousand Worlds

Chapter 198 The Ghosts of Xingqing City ([-] words)

a few days later.

The sun was high and there was no cloud in the sky.

At a tea shed by the roadside, Li Qiu paid the bill after eating and took out a map.

According to the map, his next destination is Xingqing City, one of the big cities in Gongzhou.

"I should be able to collect some red gold from there."

Li Qiu pondered.

Along the way, he passed through some small towns, and there were no houses collecting red gold artifacts in them.

A piece of pure gold utensils must weigh at least two, and when converted into gold, it is thousands of taels of gold.

For ordinary wealthy businessmen, princes and nobles, it is not impossible to collect thousands of taels of gold.

But if thousands of taels of gold are turned into an utensil or cast into gold bars, and placed or stored at home, this kind of handwriting is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Li Qiu put away the map, got on his horse, and followed the official road to Xingqing City.

Several hours later, on the smooth and spacious official road.

When he was about to reach Xingqing City, Li Qiu frowned slightly, and suddenly stopped the horse.

Warriors not only have eyesight and hearing far superior to ordinary people, but also the sense of smell.

He smelled a strong smell of blood and turned his head to look around.

Not far from the official road, there is a quiet small village.

Such a strong smell of blood cannot be produced by the villagers killing pigs and sheep, at least it must be a massacre.

Li Qiu's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately thought whether there were ghosts haunting and killing people in the village.

He turned his horse's head, got off the official road, and headed for the village.

Before entering the village and seeing the scene inside the village, Li Qiu concluded that something must have happened to the village.

Because it was too quiet, there was no sound in the village, and it was dead silent, as if there was no one in the village.

And this is the time when every household should cook and eat, but there is no wisp of cooking smoke over the village.

From the outside, the sleepy village didn't look like it was abandoned, so something must have happened.

Li Qiu rode his horse into the village and checked it out.

More than a hundred villagers were all killed, their bodies were shattered, and the scene was extremely bloody. Judging from the single clothes on the murdered villagers, they should have been raided late at night.

An extremely familiar scene, just like the Zhangjia Village that was massacred in the middle of the night that day.

The same is true of villages that have been attacked by ghosts.

There are very few Yin ghosts like Cao Shao who attack the village during the day, just like there are lunatics among the living. Cao Shao's madness is equivalent to the lunatics among Yin ghosts.

The corpse was already stiff, and there were corpse spots, which also proved that the village was slaughtered last night.

"There are ghosts near Xingqing City, and I don't know if Xingqing City knows about it."

Li Qiu's expression moved slightly, and he planned to go to Xingqing City to inquire about it.

In his eyes, the ghost is the source of power, and the source of power represents strength. How could he miss it when he finally ran into the ghost, so he happened to collect red gold in the city by the way.

Riding in front of Xingqing City, Li Qiu looked up.

The blue-black city wall is extremely tall, and above the city gate are the three characters of Xingqing City flying with dragons and phoenixes.

There are many street stalls in Xingqing City, and there are many pedestrians. It is much more prosperous and lively than Shangjiang City.

Li Qiu led his horse along the street when he suddenly heard a cry.

"He was beheaded at the intersection!"

"Beheaded?"

"Go and see the decapitation!"

For a while, the crowd was crowded, rushing towards the street entrance, all of them had a novel look, ready to see the excitement.

Li Qiu led the horse, and also went towards the intersection, when he arrived at the intersection, a large group of people had already gathered there, waiting to watch the excitement.

He sighed a little, and had to say that it is human nature to love to watch the excitement, and even bloody and terrifying things like beheading can attract so many people.

The supervisor was wearing a splendid official uniform, and he was sitting behind the desk with his eyes closed. There were soldiers maintaining order at the scene, holding long guns to prevent people from crowding forward, and containing the rushing crowd like a gate.

After a while, the supervisor opened his eyes, glanced at the sun casually, picked up the Xingmu on the table, and slapped it on the table, making a loud sound.

"It's noon, bring someone in prison!"

The soldiers shouted for silence, telling the noisy crowd to quiet down, and looked curiously at the place where the prisoner who was about to be beheaded came out.

Li Qiu had no interest in watching people beheaded, so he led his horse and prepared to go to another street to find a restaurant for dinner.

But when the prisoner was brought out, he stopped.

A death row prisoner in prison uniform with unkempt hair and heavy iron shackles on his hands and feet was escorted out by two men in iron armor dressed like ordinary soldiers.

Li Qiu's eyes moved slightly.

The one who was about to be beheaded was actually a warrior, and it seemed that he was a warrior with considerable strength.

The death row prisoner was kicked hard at the knees by two men in iron armor, and he knelt down heavily on the ground.

The death row prisoner looked angry and wanted to struggle to stand up from the ground, but was held down by the two.

"I don't accept it, I was wronged!"

The condemned prisoner's hair fluttered, and he shouted angrily, with a terrifying aura emanating from his body, like a mad beast.

The spectators felt as if they were being pressed by a boulder on their chests, and they couldn't breathe, their hands and feet were weak, their faces were pale, and their eyes were terrified.

Li Qiu's eyes were fixed. This death row prisoner who was forced to kneel on the ground and was about to be beheaded was at least in the bone-building stage.

He was a little curious as to what crime a bone-building warrior had committed to be beheaded here.

"To shut up!"

The supervisor's face turned pale, and he patted Xingmu hard.

"You evil thief, because you coveted the property of Li Yuanwai's family, you killed Li Yuanwai's family in the city. The evidence is solid, and you dare to be wronged!"

"I haven't done it. You forged the evidence. I have never seen Li Yuanwai. You framed me and wanted to kill me. You dog officials, I will fight with you..."

The prisoner on death row was furious and wanted to make trouble, but was firmly held down by two powerful hands.

"Bold! How dare you frame this official!"

The supervisor shouted angrily, and then said respectfully to the two armored men holding the prisoner.

"My lords, this villain is like a mad dog biting people at the end of his life, please let him shut up."

The two can easily hold down a bone-building stage warrior, so they are naturally bone-building stage warriors.

They served in the army, and they were Zhaowu Duwei. From the fourth-rank officials, their official positions were higher than the supervisors sitting behind the table.

Just because they had to stand on the stage to restrain the death row prisoners at the bone-building stage, they looked like two ordinary soldiers.

When the two listened to the supervisor's request, a stern light flashed in their eyes. They grabbed the shoulder of the condemned prisoner with one hand, and clenched into fists with the other, and punched the prisoner's mouth fiercely.

Bang bang bang!
After a sound like bombardment on the cowhide, the condemned prisoner was beaten until his teeth fell out, his mouth was full of blood, and he could no longer speak a word.

"well!"

The onlookers applauded seeing the death row inmates being beaten so badly.

Li Qiu watched from the side, frowning slightly, feeling a little strange.

The wronged anger on the death row prisoner's face didn't seem to be faked.

But he felt something was wrong, and he didn't get to the bottom of it. This matter had nothing to do with him. Even if the death row prisoner was wronged, he didn't have time to meddle in that matter.

"It's [-]:[-] noon, execution!"

Following the supervisor's loud shout, the thrown command arrow fell to the ground.

The death row prisoner's head was chopped off, blood was splashed on the ground, and the expression of anger and unwillingness froze on the death row prisoner's face.

"Beheaded!" "Killed!"

Among the onlookers, some shouted excitedly, while others shouted in horror.

Not everyone can bear such a bloody and terrifying scene.

Li Qiu led his horse away from the execution ground, came to a restaurant, went up to the second floor and ordered a table of food, before the food was served, he inquired about ghosts in the restaurant.

Through inquiries, it was learned that the people of Xingqing City had known the existence of that ghost for a long time.

A few years ago, that Yin ghost had already appeared, occasionally appearing to kill people and massacre the village, but Xingqing City has not been able to eradicate it, mainly because of that Yin ghost surreptitiously.

If you can't find it, why kill it!

Two years ago, General Yang Wu, who was in charge of all military affairs in Xingqing City, even dispatched all the soldiers of the city to search Xingqing City and the villages and forests near Xingqing City carefully. The traces of ghosts can only be ignored in the end.

Fortunately, although the ghost was weird, it didn't seem to be fierce, and it rarely slaughtered the village.

However, a few days ago, the situation changed. I don't know if it was because of the drastic change in temperament of the ghost, or another ghost appeared near Xingqing City.

In just a few days, several villages near Xingqing City were murdered by evil ghosts, and hundreds of people died tragically.

General Jiang Hongda of Xingqing City Yangwu was furious, saying that this time he must kill that ghost!

Xiao Er served several dishes one after another, and when the food and wine were ready, Li Qiu began to eat with his chopsticks, thinking about the news he had heard about the ghost while eating.

Judging from the number of people killed by that ghost over the years, its strength should not be too strong.

But Li Qiu was a little puzzled, how did it escape Xingqing City's repeated searches, did it have a special hiding place?
And why did the Yin ghost not show much bloodthirsty in the past, and became uncharacteristically crazy in recent days, killing several villages in a row.

Could it be that another Yin ghost has come near Xingqing City?
Li Qiu was full of doubts in his heart, and planned to inquire about Chi Jin after dinner, then find an inn to stay temporarily, stay in Xingqing City for a while, and search for the ghost while collecting Chi Jin.

As for the ghost, Li Qiu didn't force it, and planned to leave Xingqing City if he couldn't find it within half a month.

After all, Xing Qingcheng searched for so many times, but he couldn't find any trace of the Yin ghost. It is unlikely that he will find it as soon as he arrives.

Li Qiu was eating, and suddenly there was another person across the table.

Li Qiu frowned slightly, raised his head and looked at the person in front of him.

Wearing brocade clothes, with ordinary appearance and medium build, judging by his imposing manner, he should have practiced martial arts.

"Are you asking about ghosts just now?"

The person opposite asked with a frown.

"Yes." Li Qiu replied with his eyes moving slightly.

"May I ask what advice you have?"

"I dare not take advice, but I have some advice here, it depends on whether you can listen to it."

The warrior in brocade clothes looked serious and waved his hands.

Li Qiu frowned: "Your Excellency, please tell me."

"You should be from another place!"

"I advise you not to inquire about the ghosts in Xingqing City. The water here is too deep, and it is easy to lose your life if you are not careful."

"Looking at your young age, you should be thinking of finding that ghost, beheading it, and acting as a hero."

"Let's not talk about your strength, whether you can kill that Yin ghost after you find it, even if you find that Yin ghost and kill it, you will die!"

"In short, I advise you to get rid of this thought."

The warrior in brocade clothes waved his hand and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, can you speak more clearly."

Li Qiu frowned.

He felt that this warrior in brocade clothes did not threaten him with malice, but came to remind him kindly.

It seems that the reason why this ghost of Xingqingcheng has not been found and killed for several years is because there are other inside stories.

And this brocade-clothed warrior knows the inside story.

The brocade-clothed warrior was stopped by Li Qiu, with a look of impatience on his face.

"I just warned you because you are young and your good life has just begun, and I can't bear you to die in Xingqing City. As for whether you can listen to it or not, it's up to you."

"Finally, let me remind you again, if you insist on beheading that ghost again, the death row prisoner who was decapitated at the street at noon today will be a lesson for you!"

Li Qiu's face changed slightly, he remembered that death row prisoner shouted that he was wronged.

It seems that this warrior in brocade clothes really knows a lot.

The warrior in brocade walked past Li Qiu, Li Qiu's eyes moved slightly, and he grabbed the wrist of the warrior in lightning, and twisted it forcefully.

The warrior in brocade clothes was directly dragged to the ground, his arm was tightly grasped, he tried to break free, but Li Qiu's hand was motionless, as if cast from fine steel.

The warrior in brocade clothes suddenly realized that Li Qiu's strength was far superior to his. He raised his head with a look of shock.

"I didn't expect that I actually reminded a genius, but I am troubled."

Li Qiu let go of his hand and helped the brocade-clothed warrior up.

"Your Excellency kindly reminded me, I am very grateful, but I want to know more about this ghost."

This time Jinyi Warrior did not refuse again, he saw that if Li Qiu didn't hear what he wanted to know, he might not give up.

With a bitter expression on his face, the warrior in brocade clothes returned to the other side of the table and sat down.

He also warned others not to meddle in their own business, but he got himself into trouble because of his meddling.

"If you have anything you want to know, just ask, I know everything I can say, I just ask you to let me go after asking, and don't tell others that I told you."

The warrior in brocade clothes drooped his brows and said dejectedly.

He felt that Li Qiu seemed to be determined to kill this ghost, and he might be implicated if something happened.

Li Qiu's expression moved slightly, and he said.

"I have a lot to ask, and it's too troublesome to ask. Why don't you just say what you know, and tell me everything about Xingqing City, the ghost."

"can."

The brocade-clothed warrior groaned for a while, and said.

"Actually, there is no secret about our ghost in Xingqing City, at least it is not a secret to some warriors in the city, but ordinary people in Xingqing City don't know about it.

"Then there are people like you from other places..."

"You should have learned something about this ghost from the guests of the restaurant, so I will tell you something that ordinary people in Xingqing City don't know..."

　I'm a bit stuck, I only have [-] words today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)