Nightmare Apostle

As soon as Yang Xiao finished speaking, a discordant voice shouted, "Hey! Who are you?"

Looking around, there was a dark-skinned woman standing outside the tattered wall. The right half of her face was burned by fire, and she looked very fierce.

"We are looking for someone, please know..."

"I don't know, let's go, let's go!" The woman's attitude was very bad. She was about to come in and chase them away. "I'm warning you, no matter how much money Qiu Dianzi owes you for drinks, you are not allowed to touch anything here. He can You still owe me two denarii!”

Qiu Dianzi...I guess this is the name of Mr. Yi. Taking out broken silver in a place like this might cause trouble. Yang Xiao smiled and took out a few copper plates.

Sure enough, the woman's attitude changed immediately after seeing the copper plate. Yang Xiao stepped forward and put the copper plate into the woman's hand, "We are not here to ask for a debt. One of our friends has an old relationship with Qiu Dianzi and asked us to pay him." He asked me where he is now."

The woman put away the copper plate with a smile on her face, and glanced at Yang Xiao's chest a few times, where she took out the copper plate, "Hey, where else can Qiu Dianzi be? He must be buying wine on credit at the wine shop in the back alley!"

Following the woman's guidance, the two of them came to the depths of the alley. Unexpectedly, it was more lively than the entrance to the alley outside, but it was also obviously much more chaotic. Some rooms were close together, and the sounds of dice, bets, and men were inside. Wild laughter and vicious curses were mixed together, this area was a gambling house.

Looking further, there are some more remote houses gathered in the south. Each room has its door closed. There are some gorgeous women sitting on the stone benches outside. There are also older people soliciting customers by the wall. It seems that this is prostitute.

On the right side of the alley, there are some restaurants with flags, and there are more wine shops with red broken flags.

Just when a gust of wind blows, you can smell the strong aroma of wine.

Su Tingting originally thought that she would be able to find Master Yi when she found the wine shop, but she never expected that there would be so many people asking for a drink here.

Shirtless and barefooted, dirty and full of obscenities, a group of these people gathered at the door of the wine shop, noisily and playfully scolded the aggressive lady boss, all because they wanted the lady boss to give them a bowl on credit. Liquor, he said that he would pay back double the money he earned.

But the proprietress holding the wine spoon didn't know the virtues of this group of people. She put her hands on her hips and didn't give them any good looks. After a few words, she almost overturned the ancestral graves of these naughty people.

Su Tingting had never seen this battle before, and for a moment she was afraid to move. Yang Xiao patted her arm and lowered his voice: "Don't be afraid, follow me closely."

The two came to a deserted small wine shop. Yang Xiao came to the counter, shook out dozens of copper coins, bought a pot of good wine recommended by the shopkeeper, and asked for a torn handkerchief, folded it a few times, and covered it. Su Tingting's face.

After the two of them walked out, Su Tingting hurriedly asked: "Why didn't you ask the boss just now who is Qiu Dianzi? How can we find it ourselves?"

Yang Xiao gave her a calm look, raised his chin, and told her to look away from the people squatting behind the rogues begging for drinks, "He is the person we are looking for."

Su Tingting was stunned for a moment. The man was short in stature, as if he was squatting there watching the excitement, and his face could not be seen, only half of his profile. "Do you know what he looks like?"

"I don't know, but I know he is an old water ghost." After Yang Xiao left a sentence, he asked Su Tingting to stand outside the shop where he bought wine, and walked over with the newly bought bottle of wine in his arms.

After getting close, he imitated the man's behavior and squatted next to him. Without saying anything, he just took out the wine bottle and shook it, and the man's eyes straightened.

Yang Xiao got closer and confirmed that this dark and thin old man must be Mr. Yi's son-in-law. The exposed calf on the right side of his trousers was embroidered with fish and dragon patterns. This thing can ward off evil spirits and also suppress life. It is not dare to do ordinary work. Touch this thing.

Using this jug of wine to seduce the old man to a place with few people, Yang Xiao explained his purpose, "Master Yi, we have come to ask you something."

When the old man who was holding the wine bottle and savoring the wine heard the words "Yi son-in-law", his eyes instantly condensed. Su Tingting shivered for no reason. The old man who looked decadent just now seemed to be a different person.

"Who are you?" The old man grasped the wine bottle tightly, "I have never mentioned these three words, Mr. Yi, to anyone here. How do you know?"

"Recommended by a friend." Yang Xiao didn't have time to talk nonsense with him and took out a piece of silver directly from his arms, "We are here to ask you a few questions. If you tell the truth, I will take care of your month's drinking money, and Absolute confidentiality."

"Okay." Mr. Yi son-in-law agreed simply. His slightly cloudy eyes gave Yang Xiao the feeling that he had already seen through his path.

Yang Xiao couldn't help but become vigilant, "Do you know what I want to ask?"

Mr. Yi looked at Yang Xiao and Su Tingting up and down, "What else could the two town visitors have come to me for? It must be related to the shipwreck case 10 years ago."

After saying that, Mr. Yi put his hands behind his back and walked towards the depths of the alley. "Come with me. It seems you have a way to deal with that thing."

"Wait!" Yang Xiao stopped him and said with a smile: "Old senior, let's go to your residence. It's convenient there."

Mr. Yi turned around with a strange smile on his face, "Young man, I didn't expect you to be quite alert. Why are you worried that I will harm you, old man?"

"That's not true, it's just that there are friends waiting for us outside, and we also take people's money to help them eliminate disasters." Yang Xiao said naturally.

This place is unfamiliar to people. Who knows if this Yi-son-in-law will suddenly attack them. Moreover, this Yi-son-in-law's left wrist has not moved much, and his wrist has always maintained a strange sense of stiffness. Yang Xiao once I have seen in a book about monsters that some veteran water ghosts will use dried fish intestines to tie clam knives under their wrists. This is considered the most popular weapon of the water ghosts.

But Mr. Yi just nodded and sat down on the floor. Slowly, his mood changed, as if he had returned to that rainy night again, "To be honest, I'm very happy that you can find me. That matter bothered me 10 I haven’t been in the water for years.”

"You don't care who found us?" Yang Xiao asked.

"I don't care, and don't tell me. The more you know, the more dangerous it is. I just need to know that you are specialized in dealing with this kind of thing and have the ability to solve it. That's enough. If this matter is not dealt with, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it." It’s hard to live for another few years.”

As he spoke, Mr. Yi stretched out his legs and slowly pulled up his trousers. The next second, both Yang Xiao and Su Tingting were stunned. They saw that the dark green fish and dragon pattern tattooed on the scales were covered with 5 extremely clear lines. , black and blue scratches.

The most important thing is that the scratches look very fresh, and you can directly see the squirming flesh and blood inside, as if they happened just yesterday.