Chapter 145.

“Thousand Silk Ghost Consort?”

As soon as these words were uttered, all the people present, except Jiang Ran, looked at Liu Xiaoe in dismay.

Liu Xiaoe, on the other hand, looked at the Rotten Gambler with disbelief.

Her eyes were round, she didn’t expect that even when Prince Jade died, she hadn’t revealed any flaws.

As a result, she was called out by the rotten gambler.

The thought of this, she casually raised her hand, a white powder was about to be sprinkled out, then felt the gusts of wind, rewinding and back.

It didn’t go to waste at all, spreading herself head to face.

“Cough cough cough ……”

Liu Xiao’e coughed repeatedly, her body stumbling backward.

Reaching out, she took out a bottle of elixir and was about to open it and swallow it, but a hand probed in at that moment and casually snatched the bottle away.

“Give it back to me!”

Liu Xiaoe exclaimed, wanting to grab it, yet a muffled grunt came out of her mouth.

“Save it, you used the Mourning Spirit Scatter yourself, you shouldn’t need me to tell you what effect it has, right?”

Just heard Jiang Ran laugh:

“girl a little calm, do not have to be in such a hurry to escape, if you really want to do to you how, just now in the middle of the gambling house will have already struck, will not allow you to the present.”

“You ……”

Liu Xiaoe wiped her face fiercely and looked up at Jiang Ran:

“What do you mean? You’ve already seen it?”

“It’s actually not difficult.”

Jiang Ran said softly:

“The traces of tonight’s events are too obvious, forget it, let’s just talk about it as we walk.

“Rotten Gambler, lead the way, let’s go meet the Ghost King.”

“Yes.”

Rotten Gambling Ghost agreed and led the way first.

Jiang Ran glanced at that Liu Xiaoe and made a ‘please’ gesture to her.

Liu Xiaoe glanced at Jiang Ran and then at the people present, in the end, she took a deep breath and followed behind the Rotten Gambler as well as those six dice freaks.

Although she had been hit by the Mourning Spirit Dispersal and couldn’t move her hands, walking wasn’t affected.

“Still going?”

Li Tianxin then felt a little disturbed, he was really unwilling to stay here.

Jiang Ran then smiled and said:

“Brother Li can also go out first.”

“Forget it, I’d better follow.”

Ruan Yuqing and Luo Qingyi naturally didn’t need to say much.

By this point they no longer had any fear of this Ghost King Palace.

Especially Luo Qingyi, he hadn’t been afraid from the start.

Jiang Ran spoke as he walked:

“At the beginning of the bar, it is indeed quite bluffing …… the ghosts receiving the bride’s team really seems as if they are not living people.

“But when you really arrive within the Ghost King’s Palace, you will realize that these so-called evil ghosts are all living people in disguise.

“Then what happened to those so-called ‘bride-accepting ghosts’ in the beginning?

“The place where we were at that time was not how hidden, not to mention there was a brightly shining fire.

“That will they look around, if it is really a ghost, this thing we do not understand, it is difficult to see.

“But if it is a person …… there is no reason not to see?

“In favor of them to ignore this, then I have a guess …… at that time that stop, just to attract the attention of us, right?”

“So it is.”

Ruan Yuqing nodded gently, “When one encounters such a group of odd existences on the road, they will either flee in fear or will inevitably catch up to find out what is going on. And if their target is originally the scorched tail on you, they will naturally investigate your person.

“Knowing that you wouldn’t be afraid, you would definitely catch up to check it out.”

“And my reason for catching up at that time, naturally, was also because, you are human and not a ghost.”

Jiang Ran laughed: “After all, that ground so obvious footprints, ghosts are not left down.”

“Didn’t you say at the time that there were no footprints on the ground?”

Li Tianxin couldn’t help but ask.

“Just kidding.”

Jiang Ran was a bit speechless, “So you’ve been to the end, you didn’t dare to look at the ground ah?”

“What do I …… mean by didn’t dare?”

Li Tianxin said with a terse neck:

“I that is, believe you! Yes, I was trusting your judgment! There’s no need for me to take another look at it at all!”

“This dead duck’s mouth look of yours is oddly amusing.”

Jiang Ran then continued:

“The second point is when you entered Infernal Town.

“You previously created a ghostly atmosphere and suppressed your breathing and heartbeat with a means like Turtle Breath Kung Fu.

“So that I could not hear the sound of breathing and heartbeat in the sedan chair, let alone the sound of begging for mercy.

“But when arrived in the infernal town, you suddenly began to beg for mercy crying ……

“This was an attempt to tell me that what was in the sedan chair was a living person, and that as a jianghu warrior, I could not abandon the living?

“So, what really made me suspicious was the moment the palanquin entered Infernal Town.

“But at that time, I wasn’t sure.

“But when Miss Ruan and I stepped out of the wall of enchanted ghosts and saw you in the depths of this Ghost King’s Palace, this suspicion was completely deepened.”

“At that time, what did I do?”

Liu Xiaoe frowned slightly, “At that time, I didn’t do anything to be right ……”

Ruan Yuqing also looked at Jiang Ran.

At that time, Liu Xiaoe not only did not do anything, but her acting skills were very on point.

Crying with pear blossoms, when she came down from the sedan chair, the weak legged look was even more into the picture.

“But those ‘ghosts’ that carried the sedan chair for her are gone.”

Jiang Ran said softly:

“When following this sedan chair, I once noticed that these ones who carried the sedan chair for her, beating gongs and drums.

“It really didn’t look like living people.

“They were odd looking, with neat movements and stiff joints.

“As I thought about it, it seemed to me that they were like organ puppets that had been wound up and acted according to a fixed pattern.

“Or a kind of walking corpse that has been manipulated.

“Without a unified will, how is it possible to be this neat and tidy?

“But when Miss Ruan and I found Miss Liu in the Ghost King’s Palace, they had all disappeared.

“And my guess as to their identities, whichever point I hit.

“that all must be controlled by someone behind the scenes.

“Why did the person who controlled them, withdraw them, but alone care about the bride they took captive?”

“Wait!”

Li Tianxin suddenly spoke:

“It’s not right here.”

“Oh?”

Jiang Ran smiled, “You’ve actually grown a brain, tell me, where is it wrong?”

“You said that those …… inhuman ghosts are manipulated.

“In that case, initially that stop, they can not see the fire, is not also reasonable?”

Li Tianxin said, “Wouldn’t that mean that the point you initially suspected is untenable?”

“…… I suddenly feel that if you sit in the living room and look out, at best you can only see the threshold of the living room, right?”

“What do you mean?”

Li Tianxin froze, then her face sank:

“Are you saying that I’m rat-faced?”

“Suddenly becoming smart again.”

Jiang Ran nodded frankly:

“Since it’s being manipulated, the ones who stopped and wanted to attract our attention were naturally not those so-called ‘ghosts’, but the people who manipulated these ‘ghosts’.

“Nothing will change as far as its outcome is concerned.”

Li Tianxin thought for a moment and nodded:

“It’s somewhat reasonable …… But at that time, besides these two possibilities, there was a third possibility, right?

“There was no one controlling them, they were ghosts, and after they delivered the bride to the place, they put down the sedan chair, and then they dispersed individually.”

“That’s right.”

Jiang Ran glanced at Li Tianxin with some surprise:

“You’ve really grown a brain this time, congratulations.

“So, I was only deepening my suspicions at that time, I didn’t dare to be sure yet.

“After all, all kinds of possibilities are there, categorically can not be traced from one-sided clues, go to a person to define.

“Just that time I also reasonable precautions, for example, will willow girl from the sedan chair to help out when I use the knife sheath.

“Lest I accidentally catch myself.”

“Then you’re truly certain that I have a problem with the Hooker Gambling House?”

Liu Xiaoe looked at Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran nodded:

“It’s not the first time we’ve heard the name Jade Prince.

“When we first entered the gambling house, someone had said that you were the new bride captured by the Jade Prince.

“But when the Jade Prince broke into the Hooker Gambling House, everyone was looking at him …… but you.

“Since you knew you were captured by him and wanted to be included in the room.

“Now that you see the rightful owner, even subconsciously, you will want to take a look, what kind of person will this be?

“But you …… always bowed your head and did not even look.

“You an ordinary girl in an ordinary people’s home, but the fixation is deeper than many famous chivalry.

“Is this reasonable?”

“…… Then at that time, why didn’t you break me down?”

Liu Xiaoe frowned.

Jiang Ran glanced at the rotten gambler:

“Because it wasn’t too necessary …… When I knew you had a problem, I probably guessed the specifics.

“It was later confirmed by the Rotten Gambler as well.

“You lured me to this Ghost King Palace for no other reason than for the scorched-tailed zither.

“While you painstakingly put on a show, you were preparing to send me to these various evil ghosts, so that they could each seize the Jiao Tail with their own skill.

“And I also happened to take this opportunity to get acquainted with the various masters within the Ghost King’s Palace, and incidentally to save my scattered companions.

“But after that, I won the rotten gambler over, and your role was minimal.

“If I call out your identity, once you get excited and try to run away, it will be quite troublesome to turn around and try to catch you back.

“Also want to let you walk with me for a while, less will have to spend some more words.

“Therefore, anyway, you also like to act, that will accompany you to act a little good.

“Just didn’t expect, I didn’t call out your identity, as soon as I went out, I let the rotten gambler call out.”

“…… It’s my subordinate’s own fault, please punish my master.”

The Rotten Gambling Ghost turned back and knelt on the ground.

Jiang Ran waved his hand:

“It’s just a small matter. …… Moreover, since it’s now been said and done, I’m a bit curious.

“What exactly are you guys doing here?

“Wanting Jiao Tail and also luring me to the Ghost King Palace, why don’t you swarm me and kill me to get Jiao Tail is the right thing to do, right?

“As a result, lured me to the gambling house, the next should not be the restaurant …… oh.”

When he said here, he saw a restaurant appeared in front of him.

“Pin Xin Restaurant?”

Jiang Ran nodded, “It just doesn’t seem to be open.”

Rotten Gambler, on the other hand, looked at his nose:

“There’s a bloody odor.”

At a glance, there was more than just a bloody odor.

The blood was flowing out from the closed portal.

Li Tianxin hurriedly said:

“This is where I escaped from.”

Jiang Ran glanced at him and nodded slightly.

Luo Qingyi was about to go forward to check, but was pulled back by Jiang Ran: “Rotten gambler, see what’s happening within this restaurant?”

“Yes.”

Rotten Gambling Ghost agreed and immediately flew to the door of the restaurant, reaching out and pushing, the corpse-strewn scene within the restaurant was immediately presented in front of everyone.

“Dead …… all dead.”

The Rotten Gambler’s brows were tightly locked, and Liu Xiao’e’s face also changed slightly.

“They are, killing each other.”

Ruan Yuqing just swept a glance and already saw the situation clearly, “This …… doesn’t make sense ah, the burnt tail qin is still on you, what is the point of them killing each other here? Even if the spoils are divided unevenly, there must be dirty to be divided before ah.”

The Rotten Gambler, on the other hand, had already rushed inside the restaurant, going up and down in a circle.

When he came out, he didn’t look good:

“The ghost cook is dead, he ate half of his …… stomach to burst.”

The amount of information in this sentence was a bit large.

Jiang Ran blinked his eyes and was a bit unable to react for a moment:

“What?”

A person ate half of himself, which doesn’t live to die of pain, bleed to death, and finally die when his stomach bursts?

Ruan Yuqing then asked:

“Why did he eat himself?”

“This ……”

The rotten gambler shook his head, “I don’t know.”

What kind of questions are these?

Jiang Ran then laughed:

“There are quite a lot of ancient and weird things, first, the Jade King performed a great transformation of a living ghost in front of the big guys for no reason.

“Followed by another ghost cook, performing a handful of eating oneself ……

“I’m kind of looking forward to what else is going to happen next.

“Where’s the next stop? A wine shop? Or a green house? Eating, drinking, whoring and gambling …… These four doors are too familiar to me.”

Li Tianxin’s lips opened and closed, as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed it back.

“Prince Jade is the head of the green house.”

Rotten Gambler said, “Further on then it says Yellow Springs Wine Shop, and the one in charge is Quan Laoqi.”

“Let’s go then.”

Jiang Ran gave a greeting, and the crowd continued onward.

Only while walking, Jiang Ran looked at Li Tianxin:

“When you escaped, did you really make a big kill?”

“Just a casual remark.”

Li Tianxin shook his head, “But I don’t know exactly how they died.”

“Is that so?”

Jiang Ran said after a moment of contemplation:

“Don’t you think that today’s events are somewhat similar to those words you once told me?”

“Which words?”

Li Tianxin subconsciously asked.

He saw Jiang Ran quietly looking at him and suddenly smiled:

“You once said that there is nothing more treacherous under the sky than the Devil Cult.

“The people of the Devil Cult have weird and bizarre methods that can compel people’s hearts.

“They can make a great warrior of the world destroy his own family in a few words.

“Then I wonder, can you let a master suddenly kill himself in front of people in a few words?

“Or maybe suddenly have a big appetite and want to eat himself?”

“This ……”

Li Tianxin froze, then his eyes lit up:

“Are you saying that there are demonic sect demons mixed into this room?”

Jiang Ran said after thinking for a moment:

“It should be, after all, apart from the means of the Demon Sect, there don’t seem to be many others who are able to do this ……

“Moreover, you have also experienced the bewitching ghost wall.

“That ghostly drawing-like mesmerizing order can actually give birth to hallucinations.

“This, too, seems to have the style of a demonic sect.”

Li Tianxin pondered slightly and nodded, saying:

“In that case, it seems that this place really cannot be left, and we have to investigate it properly before making a decision.”

“That’s exactly the point.”

Jiang Ran smiled faintly and turned away, talking to Ruan Yuqing again.

Li Tianxin’s expression, which was still slightly smiling, abruptly tightened when Jiang Ran couldn’t see him.

Between raising his eyes, they were more or less sad.

After that, after walking forward for a while, he was surprised to see a wine shop.

Just before arriving at the door of the wine shop, Jiang Ran gulped.

As a pure wine gourmand, there was really no resistance to this Yellow Spring Wine Shop.

Following the smell, he walked in.

Examining all around, after a moment, he picked up a wine altar and slapped open the sealing clay:

“This …… this must be at least thirty years old, right?

“And it’s just sitting here?”

He flipped open a wine bowl and casually poured a bowl, only to feel that the wine was drawn and clustered like amber, it was really wonderful.

But after hesitating for a long time, he sighed in the end and did not drink the wine down.

Instead, he looked around:

“Where is Quan Laoqi?”

The rotten gambler also followed into the wine shop, and he treated the wine as if it was nothing.

There was none in the hall, so the side went to the inner hall to look around.

Jiang Ran and Ruan Yuqing and the others, on the other hand, casually scrutinized and surveyed the place, while Liu Xiaoe sat on the side to rest her feet with a heavy heart.

A few moments later, Rotten Gambler walked out from the inner hall:

“Quan Laoqi is not in this wine shop.”

“What?”

Liu Xiaoe looked up at Rotten Gambler:

“He has never left this wine shop.

“Moreover, this night was meant to be a good time to take the Jiao Tail on each person’s own merits.

“In his case, he would have waited here to drink with Jiang Ran.

“Now …… but where did it go?”

“Jade Prince ghost cook, died inexplicably.

“Quan Laoqi is nowhere to be found ……

“This place is not far from Lord Ghost King’s royal palace, could he have discovered something, so he went to report to Lord Ghost King?”

Rotten Gambler opened his mouth to speculate.

Liu Xiaoe frowned, “I, I have one thing, I don’t know if I should say it or not ……”

Rotten Gambling Ghost glanced at Jiang Ran, who smiled:

“But there’s no harm in saying it.”

“Actually …… about Jiao Tail as well as this night’s matter, it wasn’t my prince who initially brought it up.”

Liu Xiaoe slowly opened her mouth and said:

“A few days ago, I went to the king’s room to serve the bed.

“But I saw that within the room, there was another man …… This man and the king, like glue.

“That was the first time I saw this person, his bedtime kung fu is simply not as good as ……”

“Wait ……”

Jiang Ran pulled out his ears, “This end can be skipped over, dirty ears.”

The rotten gambler also hastened to chortle:

“Prince Yu’s meat and vegetables are not taboo, such obscenities, don’t mention them again.”

“In short …… what the king knows, about the burnt tail qin, in fact, all know from that person’s mouth.

“Then the king only rose up to discuss this night’s matter with you.

“It’s a pity that I’m not clear about the identity of this person. And in the latter part of that night, the king asked me to leave first …… he wanted to be alone with that person ……

“Since then, I have never seen this person again.

“I guess he is not from our Ghost King Palace.

“Because this matter involves colluding with outsiders, I have never dared to mention it.

“But tonight the king suddenly killed himself in the Ghost Hook Gambling Center …… Ghost Cook ate himself.

“Even Quan Laoqi is nowhere to be found.

“I suspect that this might be their doing.”

Jiang Ran’s first reaction after hearing this was to look at Li Tianxin instead.

Li Tianxin’s eyes were also filled with suspicion:

“What are you looking at me for!”

“Nothing, just looking around.”

Jiang Ran gently shook his head and suddenly smiled:

“It feels like this …… thing is starting to get interesting.”

When he looked at Ruan Yuqing again, he realized that the woman was jaw-dropping.

It was as if she had been greatly shocked.

When she saw Jiang Ran looking at her, she whispered:

“I had thought that this was something that only appeared in talking books……. I didn’t realize that someone would really have this broken sleeve fetish.”

When she was in the Water Moon Sword Sect, she really did read some strange talk books every day.