The sky quickly turned dark and it was night.
That night, Qin Shaoyou, Qin Qiaoer and others did not leave the royal city.
They stayed at the patrol camp in the royal city on the grounds of "investigating rumors and ghosts" and "searching for rumor spreaders."
It looks like they are serving their duties faithfully and staying up late and working overtime.
But in fact, those who broke their legs running outside were all the barbarians, and their real purpose of staying in the royal city was to watch a big show and assess the strength of both sides at close range.
The time soon came late into the night.
The Qingtang Royal City was exceptionally quiet at night.
Apart from the sound of the watchman and the scraping and clashing of the armor of the patrolling soldiers, there was almost no other sound audible on the street.
In Beicheng District, where high-ranking officials and nobles live, there was even silence.
Even watchmen and soldiers patrolling the city have to slow down their steps and breathe more slowly when they come to this area.
He was afraid of disturbing the rest of the nobles and causing death for himself.
It's midnight in a blink of an eye.
Two watchmen carried lanterns and came to Beicheng District.
When one hits the clapper, the sound is two slow and one fast, making the sound: "Winter - winter, winter".
The other one, after his companion finished playing the clapper, looked towards the gloomy mansions on both sides of the road and shouted in a suitable voice: "Everything is safe."
The sound of two slow bangs and one fast one, as well as the shouting of 'safe and sound', means that it is now the third watch.
After his companion finished shouting, the watchman who played the clapper glanced at a group of patrol battalion soldiers passing by them, and couldn't help but whisper: "Tonight, there are more soldiers patrolling the city than in the past. A lot..."
The companion glanced back and made sure that the soldiers from the patrol camp were far away, then he lowered his voice and said, "My brother-in-law is in the patrol camp. He said what happened last night made the seventh prince very angry. He ordered the patrol camp to conduct a thorough investigation and also ordered Arrest and torture everyone who spreads this rumor.”
"So that's it. I asked you why there are so many soldiers patrolling the city tonight."
Another watchman suddenly realized it, and then he couldn't restrain his curiosity and whispered: "Tell me, what the ghost and god told in the dream last night was a rumor? Is the Seventh Prince a human or a ghost?"
"Shh!"
His companion hurriedly covered his mouth and scolded in a low voice: "Are you desperate for your life? If you discuss this matter with me, if others hear it, we will both be put in prison and tortured!"
He stretched out his hand and pointed towards the left front.
"How dare you talk nonsense without looking at where this place is?"
The watchman looked along his companion's hand and saw a large mansion standing under the night sky.
Two lanterns were hung at the vermilion door. Although the pale light dispelled the darkness, it illuminated the vermilion door, but it brought another sense of gloominess, as if it was a bloody mouth that could open at any time. They will all rob people and devour them.
Outside the courtyard gate, there are two stone lions standing. They seem to be living creatures. Their eyes move from time to time and they make a rustling sound.
The watchman immediately recognized that this large mansion was the Seventh Prince's Mansion.
No wonder my companions were so nervous. …
He was afraid that someone from the Seventh Prince's Palace would overhear their discussion.
"I was busy doing the watch, and I didn't notice that I was here." The watchman smiled sarcastically, and was about to say something else to ease the awkward and tense atmosphere at the moment.
Suddenly, a bone-chilling wind blew through.
The two of them shivered, and the lanterns they were holding were extinguished at this moment.
The faces of the two watchmen instantly turned pale.
"The first watch is people, the second watch is hot, the third watch is ghosts... this and this, isn't it haunted?"
"For no reason, the dark wind came out of nowhere and blew out the lanterns. This is not like a normal night wind. Could it be that a ghost blows out the lanterns?"
The two watchmen looked at each other and ran away, hoping to go to the road ahead to find the soldiers on patrol to report the situation and seek protection from them.
Although behind them there was a group of soldiers patrolling the city who had just passed by, the two watchmen knew very well that it was impossible to turn back when fighting at night, especially when it was most likely to be haunted. The two fires on my shoulders were blown out by ghosts.
They didn't dare to shout loudly.
Firstly, he was afraid of attracting the attention of monsters and being targeted by dirty things.
Secondly, I was afraid that if it was just a false alarm and there was no demon, and I yelled and disturbed the nobles nearby, the consequences would be worse than being targeted by the demon.
At the same time, inside the Seventh Prince's Mansion.
Behind the house where the servants lived, there was a garbage dump.
What is piled here is from the palace, because all kinds of garbage generated in daily life are often transported out of the city by special personnel at dawn, or burned, or abandoned in the mountains.
A smashed clay sculpture head was also in this garbage dump.
It is the head of the statue of the Ghost King of Yama.
This morning, after Batu got the clay sculpture head, he rushed to the Seventh Prince's Mansion without stopping and presented it to the old Qingtang King who occupied Rikander's body. He received a lot of praise and rewards, which made Batu feel at ease. few.
After the old King Qingtang got the clay sculpture head, he immediately ordered that all the witch temples in Qingtang that were dedicated to the Ghost King Yama be destroyed.
At the same time, he asked the wild gods around him to use this head to find the Ghost King of Yama and find some clues from it.
He also ordered Qin Shaoyou and other patrol camp commanders to investigate the Black Lotus Sect while also investigating the Ghost King of Yama.
As for the clay sculpture head of Yama Ghost King, it was smashed to pieces by the angry old King Qingtang himself.
However, at this moment, wisps of black ghostly aura emerged from the shattered clay sculpture head.
These ghostly spirits are like tentacles, quickly reaching towards the houses where people live.
The thick courtyard wall could not block these ghostly tentacles at all, and was penetrated directly by them.
The ghostly tentacles were like a swarm of snakes, wrapping around the sleeping servant.
Either through the mouth or through the dung door, it got into the bodies of the servants.
The servant's body shriveled up very quickly.
The ghostly tentacles were like pipes, sucking up the flesh and blood of the servants in an instant and delivering them to the smashed clay head in the garbage dump.
The red flesh and blood glued the broken clay head of Yama Ghost King back together.
Not only that, these sticky lake-shaped flesh and blood squirmed quickly, growing strange bodies, hands and feet.
It was at this moment that the wild gods who were guarding the old Qingtang King all sensed the presence of the Ghost King Yama.
"A demon has broken into the palace!"
"Come and live!"
"Which demon is so bold that he dares to break into the mansion guarded by this god?"
One by one, sharp or cold voices suddenly sounded in the palace.
Black shadows flew out from the side of Old Qingtang King and headed straight towards the garbage dump in the palace.
At the same time, the three faces glued together by flesh and blood on the clay sculpture head of Yama Ghost King all opened their mouths and shouted loudly in three different tones: "Give me back my treasure!"
Human faces also appeared on the squirming body and limbs of Yama Ghost King.
Their expressions were either painful or ferocious, and following the three faces on the clay sculpture heads, they shouted together: "Give me back my baby...Give me back my baby!"
Hearing these strange shouts, Old Qingtang King's expression suddenly changed.
He originally wanted to follow to check the situation, but at this moment he stopped and trembled to himself: "Is it Lao Qi? He came back to ask for my body?!"
