This conversation lasted until the evening, and the people still did not disperse after Zhao Suixian finished talking about the art of combining spirits.
After nightfall, a small paper man crawled out of Jiang Yan's sleeves and pointed to the southwest.
In the yard of Mahuang Lane, there are often paper cranes flying around and paper figures running around the yard. Su Kou has long been accustomed to such things.
"What's going on?" Zuko asked.
"There are dead people in that direction, and not just one!"
Now is the time of midsummer when Yang Qi is increasing day by day, so some Yin evil forces will be suppressed during the day and will not spread until night.
“Go check it out!”
When the two were just about to leave Linxian Garden, there were still many scribes from Qingdu gathered together, especially where Zhou Xiaoshi was!
Several senior students surrounded him, all of them were wearing makeup, powder, and half-unbuttoned shirts. They were pouring wine and talking and laughing, and they were so happy and at ease.
The other place was more open, with several objects placed on the table. Others did not recognize them, but Jiang Yan and Su Kou knew them clearly.
"Look at my picture!" Jiang Yan said.
"Use my medicine!" Su Kou said.
The two scribes were already tumbling on the mat, tossing around. Even if someone could see the live broadcast, they didn't care at all. They were so happy and comfortable.
"I've only heard that men in Qingdu are very popular before, but now I see that the reputation is well-deserved," Su Kou said.
"I don't know who made the first move. Anyway, there was a lot of chatting, and while we were talking, we started to move."
"Originally, Minglou was a painting building, but since you got involved, Minglou has almost become a sex toy store."
It would be okay if they were just some erotic pictures. Ever since Su Kou developed several medicines that can enhance pleasure, they were immediately sought after by scribes in the Qing capital as soon as they were sold, and became a must-have medicine for conversation besides wine!
Under the cover of night, the two of them followed the direction led by the paper crane in the mountains. There was a bright moon, but they could still vaguely see the mountain road.
There is a section of road in Lingyue Mountain that is like a maze, with several peaks intersecting. There are seven or eight passages, and they are arranged in a very strange way. If it were not for the paper cranes to find the way, the two of them would not be able to do it no matter how high their cultivation level was.
Can't find the exit at all.
After walking through the maze-like mountain road, suddenly several shrill screams were heard from deep in the mountain, and the sound of wheels rolling over stone slabs was also heard on the mountain road. Jiang Yan and Su Kou hurriedly hid themselves.
Two people who looked like bodyguards were escorting a car, which was covered with mats. Even without his eyes, Jiang Qian could feel that there was a kind of sinister energy about these people. There was no doubt that they were all corpses.
"These people we just brought back are really not durable. So many people have died in just a few days," one person said.
"Our leader is ruthless. Hearing that these people are taught by Bai Yang, he will use them to death."
"They deserve it. They fell into the hands of our leader. Don't say they are just believers. Even if the Baiyang God comes to carry a basket, he will have to carry a few loads of dirt before dying."
Tilanyan? Hearing this name, Jiang Yan became vigilant. It is said that all the prisoners on death row are held here, and it is the most tightly guarded place in the entire Qing capital. Unexpectedly, they stumbled here by accident.
There was a stone on the ground at the end of the mountain road. After the two moved the stone, a pothole was revealed.
The guards threw all the corpses into the pit, blocked it with boulders, and left.
But just after they left, a strange figure appeared in front of the hole. This person hid his body in a cloak and came to the hole with a cane.
The big stone sealing the door was easily removed, and the man jumped directly into the pit.
Jiang Yan could sense that there was a very strong yin energy in this pit, and there must be a lot of corpses in it, but what was this man doing looking for these corpses?
"Are they colleagues?" Jiang Yan whispered to himself.
"What are you going to do? Do you want to follow?" Su Kou asked.
"Safety first. This person's strength and identity are unknown. What should I do if I follow him rashly and suffer a loss? It's better to find out first."
Jiang Gu said, folded a paper crane and blew on it, and the paper crane flew into the hole under the cover of night.
Jiang Yan used the paper crane to see what was going on inside the cave. The entrance to the cave was narrow, but the space became larger as one flew deeper. The end was not reached until a depth of four or five meters.
The light inside the cave was extremely dim. With the moonlight coming in from the entrance of the cave, Jiang Gu could see that the ground was densely packed with corpses.
"How many people have died here!"
Seeing such a quantity, Jiang Yan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Then there was a rustling sound inside the cave, as if something was crawling.
With the faint light, Jiang Yan looked around but couldn't find the penetration of the sound. Besides, there was nothing else in the hole except the corpse. However, the mysterious man who came in just now disappeared inexplicably!
"The person who entered the cave just now has disappeared."
"No way. Is there another exit from the hole where the body is hidden?"
"No, follow up and have a look."
The paper crane searched the entire pothole several times, and found that the person just now had indeed disappeared.
Jiang Yan and Su Kou entered the pit one after another. It was midsummer now, and as soon as they entered, they smelled a stench emanating from the corpses.
As soon as he landed, Zuko almost jumped up. He had just stepped on the head of a corpse.
Jiang Gu used paper cranes to absorb the yin energy of these corpses, which was very important for his other identity as a papermaker. The thin sound that had just appeared once again reached his ears.
"Did you hear any noise?" Jiang Yan asked.
"I heard it, but besides corpses, what else is there?"
"Just look for it."
But the light in this underground pit was too poor, so Su Kou poured some powder from a small medicine bottle and threw it into the air.
These powders are like fireflies, emitting a milky white light.
"For this little powder, you have to give me at least ten thousand taels," Su Kou said.
"Ten thousand taels? Do you think I am that kind of person?" Jiang Yan asked back.
"Forget it, find it quickly, this light won't last long."
Su Kou sighed, thinking that apart from buying wine and paint, Jiang Yan mostly had nothing to do with anything else, so asking for money from him would be a fool's errand.
Jiang Yan lowered his head to look for them, but he found that these corpses had been thrown down at some point and were already stiff.
Finally, Jiang Gu saw a red bug on the forehead of a corpse, trying to get into the man's head from the eyeball.
"Zuko, look at this..."
After seeing the insect, Su Kou took three steps at a time and came to Jiang Yan's side. His face became unusually solemn, and he magically took out a thin leather glove and put it on his hand.
At first he thought he was just a little bug, but Jiang Yan had never seen him be so cautious. Looking at his expression, Jiang Yan knew that Su Kou must know something.