The third missing person a month ago was named Qu Zhijie, the head of the Nanwei Escort Agency.

Qu Zhijie was 30 years old, a native of Dayong, and had a wife. On the night of the incident, he and the escorts had just returned to the escort agency after successfully escorting the escort, and they were ready to celebrate together.

Since they are bodyguard masters, they are all rough men. All of them are martial arts practitioners, and they drink a lot of wine.

There is no curfew in Annan Prefecture, and most of the dozen or so escorts went home after drinking until midnight. Only Qu Zhijie and the other three were left, planning to drink all night long.

When the four of them were feeling dizzy, two ghosts walked swaggering in the air accompanied by the smoke and wind, and floated into the escort agency.

The bodyguards were all martial arts practitioners. Although they had heard of Guizha's name, they were brave because of their skill and were emboldened by alcohol, so they all rushed forward to fight Guizha.

The four of them rushed forward together, but only Qu Zhijie was able to get close to Onizashi. The other three seemed to be blocked by an invisible force and could not get closer at all.

It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and it's hard for a master to fight against each other from a distance.

So even though they had martial arts skills and the courage to fight cross-border creatures, they could only watch as their leader Qu Zhijie was easily subdued and taken away by two ghosts.

Fan Zhizhou showed the portrait of Gui Cha to the three bodyguards again, and they also said that this was the case.

Next is the disappearance case that was reported two days ago.

There are two protagonists in this case, one is Mu Jiayin's newlywed husband, the aforementioned most beautiful tailor Ye Xuanlang in Annan Prefecture; the other is Ma Lei, an amateur painter known as a painting madman.

Ye Xuanlang was distraught after losing his bride. For a while, he often went to the government office to inquire about the progress of the search. Later, the government office kicked him out for causing trouble, so he stayed at the door of the government office from dawn to dusk.

Ye's mother always cried and took her son home, and tried her best to persuade him not to wait for Mu Jiayin anymore. He had already been taken away by ghosts, so he was dead, so he should marry again.

Ye Xuanlang didn't believe it at first, but he couldn't find anyone at the government office. So he remembered the local legend, saying that Annan Prefecture is the place closest to hell, and there is the entrance to hell here.

Yes, Ye Xuanlang wanted to go to hell himself for his newlywed wife. If he couldn't bring Mu Jiayin back, he would accompany his wife in hell and become a pair of desperate mandarin ducks.

How to go to hell? Ye Xuanlang tried throwing himself into a river and hanging himself. They all failed. When he was dying and struggling, he didn't see anything wrong at all.

Ye's mother saw her son's deep love and perseverance, but she didn't want her son to really seek death. So she began to seek medical treatment in a hurry. From the Taoist priests to the blind fortune tellers on the street, she asked everyone, and finally found out the location of the entrance to hell.

, found a glimmer of hope for Ye Xuanlang.

Let’s talk about that Ma Lei, a 25-year-old bachelor who makes a living by selling paintings on the street. He thinks that his talent is not appreciated. He is a horse with a thousand li, but he can’t meet his boss.

Ma Lei is good at painting landscapes. He paints all luxurious pavilions and pavilions. It was quite popular at first. After all, ordinary people have never seen any luxurious places and will never live in them in their lifetime, so they will spend a little money to buy them.

The last painting by Ma Lei is hung at home as a symbol of admiration.

But later, Ma Lei continued to paint again and again without changing the medicine, and his business disappeared.

Ma Lei's painting skills were just like that. He felt that if he wanted to continue to make money by selling paintings, he had to paint more novel things that no one had ever seen before.

That's right, Ma Lei has the idea of ​​​​eighteen levels of hell.

Isn't Annan Prefecture haunted by ghosts? Isn't it said that there is an entrance to hell? For the sake of his ideals and livelihood, Marley decided to take a risk and go into hell. If he could come back alive, he would draw a picture of hell, which would surely sell well.

Price.

But how to get to hell? Where is the entrance?

Ma Lei heard about Ye Xuanlang and went to ask him.

Since we are all desperate, risking death and resurrecting, and going to hell, we might as well go together to embolden each other.

The news that Ye Xuanlang and Ma Lei were going to hell together quickly spread throughout Annan Prefecture.

Most people think this is nonsense, a small number of people think Ye Xuanlang is flaunting the image of a love-struck man, and Ma Lei is just selling his paintings as a gimmick.

There are a dozen people who love to join in the fun and want to follow the whole process. Of course, they will not follow, they will just stay outside.

The so-called entrance to hell is a tower located on the southern border of Annan State.

This tower has a history of hundreds of years and was originally a military observation tower built when Bonan was founded.

The founding monarch of Bonan State firmly believed in the theory of netherworld and hell, and used horrific legends as a weapon to frighten soldiers, claiming that anyone who deserted or surrendered to the enemy would be cursed to the eighteenth level of hell.

Therefore, his army at that time was called the Netherworld Army, and this defensive military watchtower was also named the Netherworld Tower.

Having said that, Zhan Yaoyuan is a descendant of the founding monarch. According to his ancestors, Zhan Yaoyuan should be sent to the eighteenth level of hell. No wonder there are rumors that Zhan Yaoyuan has been targeted by the ghosts of hell.

Wait until the time comes to take his life.

The Netherworld Tower was last used ten years ago. After Bonan Kingdom was recovered by Dayong, the tower was completely useless and completely abandoned.

The Netherworld Tower is a twelve-sided, fourteen-story tall tower with a mixed structure of stone and wood. There are no windows from the first to the thirteenth floor, and the top fourteenth floor has twelve small windows.

The blind fortune teller said that there were heavy casualties in the war ten years ago. Legend has it that the ghosts of Zhan's relatives who were betrayed by Zhan Yaoyuan, the soldiers of Bonan Kingdom, and the innocent people who died tragically due to the war are still lingering in the Netherworld Tower.

Earlier, someone did not believe in evil and entered the Netherworld Tower. It was obviously a fourteenth floor Netherworld Tower, but everyone who came out of it insisted that the number of floors was different. They said fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, ten.

There are people on the eighth floor. Everyone swears by it.

It is said that the man on the 18th floor fell seriously ill after returning from the Netherworld Tower, and then immediately fled Annan Prefecture. As for whether he left Annan Prefecture alive and how far he went, no one knows.

From then on, no one dared to step into the Netherworld Tower.

It is precisely because of this that the blind fortune teller said uncertainly. He guessed that if there is really an entrance to hell in Annan Prefecture, it should be in the Netherworld Tower.

Two nights ago, a dozen onlookers who joined in the fun paid for a drink for Ye Xuanlang and Ma Lei at a restaurant next to the city gate to embolden them to see them off.

After drinking, the two of them faced the cheering spectators, no longer hesitating and timid, and without any way out, they headed straight for the Netherworld Tower.

The door of the tower was unlocked, so Ye Xuanlang and Ma Lei each carried an oil lamp and stepped in side by side.

More than a dozen spectators stood guard outside the tower gate, watching helplessly as they entered what seemed like another world. Their blurry figures were quickly swallowed up by the unknown darkness as two small bright spots became fainter.

During this period, they did not dare to get too close to the tower door. A few feet away, they could vaguely hear the strange wind sound coming from the tower door, which seemed to be mixed with the screams of people. These sounds together made up

The ghosts cry and the wolves howl.

The encirclement was getting bigger and bigger, and they were getting farther and farther away from the tower gate. They were afraid that some monsters would suddenly come out from inside, so they could escape in time.

These people stayed outside the tower for two hours until Ma Lei climbed out of the tower door.

At first, under the reflection of the moonlight, they vaguely saw something crawling out, and they were so frightened that they ran away.

Ma Lei shouted for help. Only then did they dare to carefully get closer and check. It turned out that it was Ma Lei who came out in a really embarrassed state.

Ma Lei had several bloody marks on his body that looked like he had been scratched by sharp nails. His face was gray and bloodless. He used his last strength to say a word and then fainted.

Ma Lei said: "I've been to hell."

Everyone wanted to ask him where Ye Xuanlang was, but there was no reply.

Ma Lei fell asleep at home for five or six hours before waking up. These people finally had the opportunity to ask again.

After Ma Lei woke up, his face was still full of fear. When he recalled what happened in the tower, his whole body shivered. He cried bitterly and answered:

"Ye Xuanlang met Mu Jiayin in hell. I asked him to escape with me, but he insisted on taking Mu Jiayin with him. As a result, Ye Xuanlang was caught by ghosts, and I was almost caught. I tried my best

With all my strength, I crawled out of hell."

Everyone asked Ma Lei again what hell is like.

As soon as Ma Lei heard this, he quickly drove everyone away and said as he was driving: "Don't disturb me, I want to draw it. I must draw it right now while my memory is deep!"

Ye Xuanlang's mother waited for her son at home for a day and a night, and then went to the Netherworld Tower to look for her son.

The neighbors tried their best to stop her, and Ye Mu couldn't afford it.

After listening to Fan Zhizhou's story, Yu Qingfeng first suspected Ma Lei.

Could it be that Ma Lei was willing to kill Ye Xuanlang in order to make a lot of money by selling paintings as a gimmick?

"Didn't anyone go into the Netherworld Tower to look for Ye Xuanlang?" Lian Shurong asked Fan Zhizhou.

Fan Zhizhou looked embarrassed, "The lower official had sent the government officials to check, but... the arrester came back to report, and none of the government officials dared to enter the tower. The arrester suspected that the Netherworld Tower was the secret gathering place of the Bonan Society. If there weren't someone inside,

The mechanism is an ambush. We don’t have enough manpower, so going in would be like throwing yourself into a trap."

"Then you won't go in?" Pei Wuyan asked disdainfully.

"Of course not. In the past two days, I have been discussing with General Wei to prepare enough manpower and weapons. Maybe I can take down Bonanhui in one fell swoop..."

Lin Ming sneered, "Master Fan, you ask General Wei of the former Bonan Kingdom to borrow someone to destroy the Bonan Society who wants to restore the country. I guess General Wei must have made many excuses, saying that he needs a long-term plan, right?"

Fan Zhizhou was embarrassed, "Yes, General Wei said that he needs to discuss this matter with King Xiaonan before making a decision. When I just greeted you all, I asked General Wei, and he said that he hadn't had time to report Xiaonan yet.

Where is the king?"

Yu Qingfeng came up with another very conventional guess: Could it be that Zhan Yaoyuan is the founder and chief helmsman of the Bonan Society? General Wei is also a member of the Bonan Society? That's why they have been reluctant to send troops into the Netherworld Tower to search?

Yes, Zhan Yaoyuan is indeed a traitor, but this does not conflict with his desire to restore the country.

Firstly, if the merits and demerits are balanced, and if you find a historian to write it down carefully, maybe you can still be remembered in history; secondly, is Zhan Yaoyuan's ultimate goal of betraying the country just to become a vassal king? Wouldn't it be better to be a restored monarch? Very good

Maybe betrayal is just one part of his strategy.
Chapter completed!