"Who is it!" The watchman turned around and shouted towards the door. At this time, an idea came to his mind that someone was playing tricks on him.
After he shouted, the knocking on the door suddenly stopped again.
The dark room was immersed in deathly silence, and the night watcher could even hear his own heartbeat.
He stepped forward, ready to open the door suddenly when there was a knock on the door and catch the guy teasing him.
The watchman stood quietly in front of the door, rolled up his sleeves, and put his hands on the door latch.
After waiting for a moment, the knock on the door rang again.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Before the knocking on the door ended, the watchman immediately pulled the door latch and pushed the door open.
As soon as the door opened, there was a gust of cold wind passing by. There was nothing outside the door.
The watchman felt more and more weird. He opened the door after hearing three knocks on the door. How could it be...!
Three people and four ghosts! He suddenly remembered this saying, which made his back feel even colder. Looking at the dark sky outside, he was so scared that he quickly closed the door.
At this time, he felt more and more fear in his heart. Before the two demon hunters came to find him, he huddled in the bed, terrified, and kept wondering when the daily knock on the door would sound.
But when the two people reported their identities, he became much bolder. The Demon Slayer Division specializes in dealing with this matter.
Just when he thought that these ghosts, fearing the Demon Slayer Division, would never come again, the knock on the door sounded again.
The watchman dared to bolt the door and stared at the door fiercely.
After a while, the knock on the door rang again, which frightened him even more, "Who! Who are you? You must know that people from the Demon Slayer Division will be here soon!"
The knocking on the door has stopped!
The watchman was in a panic and was a little overwhelmed. He could only keep mumbling, "The people from the Demon Slayer Division will be here soon. If you can, don't leave."
The knocking soon stopped again!
But after a while, the voice sounded again.
The watchman remained silent, not daring to go forward and open the door. He stood there staring at the door. Then, he exhaled heavily, and then came to the window. He wanted to open the window a little. , to see if the person standing outside the door is a human or a ghost.
He carefully came to the window, gently opened the window a little, and looked towards the door, but there was nothing behind the door!
The watchman breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to close the window, he suddenly found a pair of embroidered shoes in front of his door!
Taking advantage of the slightly bright sky outside, he saw that the shoes were covered with mud, which was very similar to the situation he saw on the street.
The watchman's heart beat even more violently, and his whole body was as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
The ghost bride is here. She has been knocking on the door these days?
The watchman swallowed deeply, quickly lowered the window, and then ran to the door to see if the door latch was locked.
But the knock on the door rang again, and he stood by the door, his whole body trembling.
"Officer!" That gloomy and sharp voice sounded in the ears, making people's hair stand on end.
The watchman took a few steps back, trembling all the time, and pointed at the door, "I'm not here! I'm not here!"
He just wanted to turn around and hide under the covers, but the moment he turned around, he was frightened and sat on the ground.
The bride was sitting at the head of his bed. She was dressed in a red phoenix robe and a red hijab as red as blood. Her long and penetrating laughter echoed in the room, "My lord, the time has come, hurry up and worship heaven and earth."
"Ah!" The watchman shouted in horror. He turned around and wanted to pull out the door latch and escape from the house, but found that he couldn't pull it out at all.
Fear made him lose his calmness, and he kept pulling at the door latch. Even if his hand was bruised by the wood, he didn't care. At this moment, he just wanted to run out of the house.
"Officer! What are you doing?"
The bride stood up, walked slowly towards the watchman by the door, and let out a sharp and cold laugh.
The watchman pounded the door harder and harder, and the expression on his face became more and more distorted. His hands were already torn to pieces, and blood was slowly flowing down the door.
"Official! Come to worship heaven and earth!"
The watchman cried, "Don't come here!"
The bride, dressed in red and wearing a red hijab, stood beside the watchman, reached out and grabbed his shoulder, and pulled the watchman toward the house, "Today is our big day, don't miss the time. "
Black and sharp slender nails touched the skin of the shoulder, and blood suddenly gushed out.
"Ah!" The watchman screamed.
Li Huaiyun and Liu Pingzhong rushed to the street where the accident happened. On the way, they stopped by a vendor and drank some hot ginger tea to warm themselves up. They had been dealing with things in the underworld, and their bodies were quite frightened. If you are cold, drink something hot to dispel the cold and replenish yang.
When the two came to that street, the sky gradually became brighter. Various small vendors were pushing wooden carts or carrying burdens, which contained many vegetables and medicinal materials. The steaming heat and burning white smoke were swirling and mixed above. , busy figures can be seen everywhere.
Not long after, the whole street was filled with people coming and going, and the bustling hawking sounds continued, giving off a strong smell of fireworks.
This street is a large trade market
Li Huaiyun walked on this street, looking at the prosperous market around him, thinking that if there was unrest, these people would be displaced again.
Liu Pingzhong took a look around and said, "Perhaps we have to wait until dark before the situation will be different."
Li Huaiyun discovered that this street was connected to many alleys, and there was an alley every 100 meters.
He asked curiously, "Where do these streets go? How many horizontal and vertical are they?"
Because of this special design, it seems to be walking very far, and it also seems to be standing still.
Lieutenant General Liu Ping explained some specific conditions of the entire street, "Is it helpful?"
Li Huaiyun nodded slightly, "I understand the general situation, but I still need to go there in person to learn more."
"Why do you want to know about this road?"
"I want to determine whether there is a possibility of hiding corpses in this street. The brides who disappeared all lived in the nearby area, and the ghost bride also committed evil in this street. So the place where the resentment is generated must be in the street cycle area.
He looked at the alleys, which were basically surrounded by high walls. Some alleys could be seen all the way to the end, and some were winding and connected to other streets.
Li Huaiyun and Liu Pingzhong walked slowly among the crowd, observing their surroundings carefully.
He deliberately chose a deep alley and walked a short distance into it. He saw old and simple walls, bumpy roads, and the walls close to the ground were covered with moss.
Liu Pingzhong saw that he was getting deeper and deeper, "Where are you going?"
"I just used the aura technique and saw a gray breath filling the alley. I wanted to take a walk inside! See what it is?"
Liu Pingzhong looked puzzled, "This...could it be that the ghost would come out during the day, when the yang energy is at its strongest?"
"That's not impossible."
"Absolutely impossible! Excessive yang energy can make ghosts fly away. They can only come out at night when the yin energy is heavy."
"Then what if the layout of this street is arranged in a way that gathers shade!"
this...! Liu Pingzhong was speechless for a moment. He had never thought about this aspect at all, but he didn't expect this guy to think of it at this level.
He looked deep into the alley, "Even so, we all carry the tokens of the Demon Slayer Division, and there is no response."
Li Huaiyun explained, "That means that this ghost not only blocks its own breath!"
"It's like a certain type of animal that covers up its own remaining scent! This is also similar in my previous cases."
Liu Pingzhong asked, "In what way?"
"A jade carving made of special material! It can shield its own breath,"
"No wonder, our people have been looking for this ghost for a long time, but can't find anything, and let her continue to kill several people."
"With the jade sculpture here, even the demon-slaying commander's card didn't respond. That's why I was able to leave under heavy siege and you couldn't find it at all."
"This is a method of the man in black robe!"
Liu Pingzhong frowned in thought.
Li Huaiyun stood at the entrance of the alley, looking at the crowds of people walking back and forth on the street. The shouts and quarrels were all mixed together, making it extremely noisy!
This ghost has a jade sculpture with a shielding aura, and it has escaped the demon hunter's control, which means that all the actions are known!
It’s about changing the direction of the investigation!
Li Huaiyun once again activated the Qi-gazing Technique, and the entire scene in his sight was covered with a gray outline. The gray aura deep in the alley was thicker and tinged with blood.
The aura is constantly swirling and changing, and its shape is inexplicable. There is definitely something wrong deep in this alley!
Li Huaiyun asked, "So is this street like this on weekdays? Is there anything else special about it?"
"There are vendors on both sides of this street. Basically, people from northern Kyoto sell food and vegetables here. If you want to say it's special, it's nothing special!"
"At most, there was a murder case here. A butcher sold meat, and his whole family was wiped out. The whereabouts of the murderer are still unknown! The scene was so bloody that it made people wonder if it was the work of ordinary people!"
"How to say?"
“The butcher’s family was dragged to the slaughterhouse, and then the murderer brutally cut them into pieces and hung them on hooks.
Hearing this, Li Huaiyun's scalp felt numb, "This murderer is too cruel!"
At this time, Liu Pingzhong let out a burst of weird laughter, which made Li Huaiyun feel quite inexplicable.
"Master Liu, why are you laughing!"
"Do you know what kind of business that place does now?"
Li Huaiyun thought about it in his mind for a while, "According to what the helmsman said, that place could be used as a slaughterhouse again!"
"I found you...!" Liu Pingzhong's eyes were full of appreciation. It would be a great pity that this person did not win the Iron Painting Pavilion!
"You're so smart! I can't hide anything from you!"
"Master Liu has made things very clear!"
Li Huaiyun asked again, "What about the case of the missing bride that is rumored on the street?"
"This is strange to say!" Liu Pingzhong stroked his chin, his face deeply wrinkled.
"In the past few years, many brides have disappeared. They are residents in this area, and they all disappeared on their wedding night!"
"Because the groom was also drunk, it wasn't until dawn that he discovered that the bride had disappeared. Only then did he report to the official."
"At first, we thought it was flower-picking thieves, or mountain bandits pretending to be civilians. The palace specifically pointed out this and ordered the elimination of mountain bandits near Kyoto."
"But disappearance cases still happen! No one else living on this street dares to get married, and no one dares to marry their daughter here!"
Li Huaiyun asked, "Then this never happened again?"
"I don't know why? After that, it never happened again!" Liu Pingzhong also shook his head in confusion, "Until recently, the so-called ghost bride appeared on this street!"
"Everyone who wanders around this street late at night or watches the night watch has a chance to encounter him, but we, the Demon Slayer Division, can't find him!"
Li Huaiyun paced back and forth in the alley, feeling that there must be some connection between the things involved.
"Master Liu, have you ever thought about this hypothesis? Since the death of the butcher's family, no more brides have disappeared!"
Liu Pingzhong suddenly came to his senses. He patted his head hard and said, "What you said is absolutely correct! According to the time of the incident, the two cases are indeed related in this way."
