From time to time, the autumn wind blows through the Netherworld Cave.
There was a candle burning in a stone room, unmoved at all.
The furnishings in the stone chamber are a bit simple, but there are many places that cannot be reached by candlelight.
There is a vague painting hanging on the wall. The light is weak and the whole painting cannot be seen clearly. Only a pair of eyes are clearly visible.
These eyes have low inner corners and high outer corners, just like the hanging eyes specially worn by actors when singing Peking Opera.
The whites of his eyes were agate yellow, as if they were glowing with a faint green light.
This is just a painting, but judging from these eyes alone, the painted thing is no different from a living thing - these are the eyes of a wolf.
It is conceivable that this painting depicts a wolf.
As we all know, wolves are ferocious beasts and live in packs.
Wolves always live in groups and symbolize the team. What about the lone wolf?
There are generally two possibilities for a wolf being left alone: either all its companions are dead or injured, or it is forced to live alone after failing to win the title of wolf king.
A lone wolf hunts alone, risking his own life for survival and food.
The lone wolf is also extremely tolerant and will not attack rashly if he is not absolutely sure.
Is Ye Shang, the owner of the stone chamber, a lone wolf?
Nightmare hasn't gone to bed yet.
Some people seem to never want to spend time sleeping, but Nightmare is not a sleepless person. In addition to drinking, he also closes his eyes and rests most of the time.
At this moment, Ye Shang still hadn't closed his eyes, so he was naturally drinking.
There is a pot of wine in his left hand, and a piece of paper in his right hand.
The note listed the news related to Yan Hui's inn in the past half month.
There is also a piece of paper on the table, which lists Jiang Chengzi's whereabouts during the past seven days.
Nightmare did not deliberately order people to keep an eye on Jiang Chengzi's movements in secret. These were just daily records he asked for from the Ghost Hall before half a cup of tea.
After reading the information on the note, I finished my wine.
Nightmare stood up and walked towards the stone room.
Not long after, he had arrived at the door of another stone room.
This stone room is much brighter, but not necessarily spacious. There are tables and chairs, and the rest are just four walls.
Ye Shang walked into the stone room, and there was already a person inside.
Nightmare did not stop at this person, but looked at the extra ball on the ground.
The ball was wrapped several layers of linen, and there were still some uneven spots. It seemed that it was not a round ball. Judging from the size, it was exactly the size of an average human head.
And the heavily wrapped linen cloth can also be seen in patches of black and red.
The people in the room seemed to have noticed Ye Shang's arrival at this moment, and were about to lean down to untie the package, but were stopped by Ye Shang.
"sit."
While talking, Nightmare had withdrawn his gaze and sat in the chair.
The person in the room did as he was told and at the same time took off his hood, revealing his youthful face.
This person is none other than Jiang Chengzi, also known as Jiang Yichen.
Only then did Ye Shang take a look at the young man.
The young man's eyes were bloodshot, his eye sockets were black, and his hair was disheveled. The black clothes could cover up his embarrassment, but it could not hide the exhaustion coming from his body.
"Is this the woman in black who broke into the Grip of Hades seven days ago?" Nightmare raised his chin slightly, with the tip of his chin facing the package on the ground.
Jiang Yichen said: "Yes."
Nightmare said: "Your speed is faster than I expected."
Jiang Yichen said: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."
Ye Shang said: "I heard that you borrowed a sword before you went out."
Jiang Yichen said: "Yes."
Nightmare raised his eyes but did not speak, but the meaning was obvious, he was asking "Where did the sword go?"
Jiang Yichen said: "The sword is broken."
Ye Shang was a little surprised and said, "Oh? The sword that can break your hand must be a master, or that person has a sharp weapon in his hand."
He suddenly smiled, looked at the package on the ground again, and said, "But that yellow-haired girl is obviously not a master, and she doesn't have any sharp weapons in her hands."
Jiang Yichen said: "Her head was chopped off by me with my sword."
Ye Shang said: "So, someone wants to avenge her?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Yes."
Ye Shang asked: "Who is he?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Her companion is from Tingyuge."
Ye Shang said: "In other words, this woman comes from Tingyu Pavilion."
Jiang Yichen said: "Tingyuge, Liandie."
Ye Shang asked: "Why did she come?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Testing."
Ye Shang asked: "What are you testing for?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Test the truth and verify the authenticity of a piece of news."
After hearing this, Ye Shang seemed to know what kind of news this would be, and asked: "How did she learn about this news, or rather, they?"
Jiang Yichen said: "They captured several people from the Sihai Gang and extracted them from their mouths."
"Interesting." Ye Shang smiled slightly and stared at the lights on the wall with a particularly intriguing expression, "Is their stronghold the Yanhui Inn?"
Jiang Yichen was not surprised at all when he heard that Ye Shang pointed out Yan Hui Inn directly. The news about Lian Die's stay at Yan Hui Inn was obtained by Ye Mu and Xun Xiang. They were both from Gui Er Hall, so Ye Shang could naturally get the information from Gui Er.
Please be informed of the relevant information.
Therefore, Ye Shang was just asking questions knowingly. Jiang Yichen said: "Yes."
Ye Shang continued: "I heard that the first night you went to Jianglin Town, you went back to the inn at night?"
Jiang Yichen had no intention of concealing anything and said bluntly: "Yes."
Ye Shang asked: "Why are you so anxious?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Because there is a guest who just checked in in the morning, I guess they will find a time to meet up. Usually in the dead of night, people are plotting big things. Time is running out, so I have to go."
Ye Shang said: "It is indeed a smart choice. However, it seems that you stayed for a long time after going in, but you only came out at dawn?"
Jiang Yichen had already expected that Ye Shang would dig a trap here to lure him into the trap, so he said calmly: "After I sneaked in, I eavesdropped for an hour and then I was discovered."
"Then you still have a chance to escape?" Ye Shang narrowed his eyes and, while speaking, he put his hands on the table and slowly moved his face towards Jiang Yichen.
This was the first time Jiang Yichen was so close to Ye Shang. The cross scar on his left face connected to the corner of his mouth stood out clearly under the light.
You can also vaguely smell some alcohol coming from his nose.
Nightmare now looked more like a beast that was keeping an eye on its prey and was ready to strike. To be precise, he looked like a wolf!
As he is called "Wolf Judge" in Netherworld Cult.
The pupils in the slits of the eyes suddenly shrank, like the eyes of a lone wolf, with unstoppable penetrating power and insight into people's hearts.
The pupils in the wolf's eyes are getting smaller and smaller, and the black tint is eerie and creepy.
Jiang Yichen no longer dared to look at him and turned his head away, fearing that two deadly poisonous needles would fly out of the wolf's eyes.
Suddenly an autumn wind rushed into the stone room, and Jiang Yichen was finally able to take a breath of fresh air. Soon he found a chill coming from behind, and it turned out that his clothes had been soaked with cold sweat.
Nightmare withdrew his body from the table and said, "That night, you didn't succeed at all?"
"Success" naturally refers to cutting off Liandie's head.
Before he could regain his composure, Jiang Yichen was unable to speak for a moment, so he shook his head.
Ye Shang said again: "And you can still escape from being surrounded by several people from Tingyu Pavilion?"
Jiang Yichen nodded again.
Ye Shang asked one question after another: "Then how did you chop off that girl's head?"
"Wait." Jiang Yichen tried his best to squeeze out the word between his teeth.
Ye Shang said meaningfully: "Wait? Waited for six days until Tingyu Pavilion made another move, and that girl happened to be alone?"
Jiang Yichen nodded and said: "Four days."
Ye Shang said: "Two more days?"
Jiang Yichen said: "Use it to escape."
After a moment of silence, Ye Shang said, "Okay, come with me."
Jiang Yichen was startled when he heard this and didn't know why.
Ye Shang said: "I never break my promise."
Jiang Yichen thought about it in his mind and finally understood the meaning of Night Shang.
He did find out Liandie's identity and purpose, and brought her head back.
Ye Shang did not continue to interrogate him for more details, which was expected by him. After all, compared to what he said, he believed that Night Shang could analyze the more detailed process from the information he obtained from the Ghost Hall.
However, before everything he said has been verified, and even Liandie's identity is only his family's opinion, Ye Shang wants to teach him the "Yin Feng Kung"?
