The sky has completely fallen, the pedestrians on the street have dispersed, and the people in the gambling houses have gradually disappeared, with only three or four people left.
Lao Tong came out and shook his head: "No, after asking around, they all said they had never seen it."
"Will something happen?" Zhi Changle was a little uneasy, "He is the most punctual and would not do this."
Lao Tong said nothing, equally uneasy, and looked at Xia Zhaoyi.
The girl was wearing a cloak and was quietly looking at the casino. Her snow-white face seemed to glow in the night.
"Ah Li," Lao Tong said, "How about we go back first, it's cold."
"Do you believe in gambling?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"What?"
Xia Zhaoyi raised his head, faced the lantern hanging behind Lao Tong, and said with a smile: "How about a bet?"
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle looked at each other and asked, "How about betting?"
Xia Zhaoyi took out two coins from his sleeves.
It's not right to call it a coin. The shape is too strange, like gold leaf or a knife.
"What is this?" Zhi Changle asked.
"A turtle coin made of evergreen cast iron." Xia Zhaoyi replied, looking up at the gambling house, and then threw it upward.
The coin landed on the ground, pointing southeast.
Xia Zhaoyi picked up the coin, pinched it lightly with his fingers, arranged the numbers according to the hexagrams, and said: "Let's go, two hundred and sixty-seven feet to the southeast."
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle were confused.
But the girl had already taken steps, and they quickly followed.
"This thing is not accurate," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile as he walked, "But I said it was a bet. I didn't have a clue, so I took a gamble."
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle nodded: "...Oh."
"However," Zhi Changle added hurriedly, "Ah Li will be whatever she says. Maybe Ah Li will bet on the right thing!"
"Keep your voice down!" Lao Tong shouted immediately.
Zhi Changle reacted and called out Ah Li's name again, then raised his hand to give himself another mouthful.
Keep walking southeast, there are many streets to go around, but the general direction remains the same.
There were almost no people at this point. The wind was blowing very hard on the street, the lanterns were swaying along the street, and we even encountered a Jingzhao escort patrolling the streets.
But the further you go to the southeast, the more you can hear a noise.
"It's strange," Lao Tong said, "There are still people playing gongs and drums at this hour?"
"There are still cries," Zhi Changle said, "Someone must have died."
When they arrived at the place Xia Zhaoyi mentioned, they did not see Pang Yi, but across the open space across the stone steps, the cries became increasingly miserable.
"Whose family has died? They cried like this so late at night, and the neighbors didn't even come out to talk about it," Lao Tong scolded.
"The deceased is the most important, so there's nothing much to say about it," Zhi Changle continued, "It's just this crying sound, it's really weird."
"That's weird." Xia Zhaoyi looked over there.
"What?" Lao Tong asked.
"Let's go take a look." Xia Zhaoyi said and walked forward.
There is a small courtyard above, which is brightly lit. There are many people in the courtyard crying, wearing sackcloth and mourning, and there are people nearby holding gongs and drums, beating them from time to time.
"...Oh, Shopkeeper Liu, you just left like that. It's such an injustice for you to leave!"
"Shopkeeper Liu, you go well, your whole family goes well, I will burn paper money for you. If you go slowly, tell us what you want to eat, and I will burn it for you."
"Shopkeeper Liu, your wine is delicious. Where can I buy it in the future? Your food is also very good. What should I do if I want to eat it in the future?"
"Shopkeeper Liu, Shopkeeper Liu! I'll burn paper money for you! Wow, you died so miserably!"
…
Everyone had finished crying, there were no tears at all, and the crying was accompanied by a very long drawn-out singing voice. In addition, the words were almost finished, which sounded very weird.
Seeing two strong men and a little girl walking down the steps, a short middle-aged man immediately ran over to the door of the yard and said with a smile: "Girl, are you two gentlemen passing by?"
Lao Tong was curious: "What are you doing? Are you going to let no one sleep at night?"
"Sleep, sleep, sleep, of course," the middle-aged man said with a smile, and took out a few small red envelopes and handed them over, "Come on, little girl, I'll give this to you."
Xia Zhaoyi reached out and took it.
The middle-aged man handed it to Lao Tong and Zhi Changle again: "You two, this is for you. I'm passing by to say hello. Good luck, good luck!"
Xia Zhaoyi opened the small red envelope and found ten copper coins inside.
Ten copper coins is not a small amount.
"Hey, it's fun." Zhi Changle looked at Lao Tong and Xia Zhaoyi.
Xia Zhaoyi looked back at the building on the opposite side of the courtyard. It looked familiar. After a moment of recollection, she suddenly smiled: "Is this Li Dongyan's home?"
"Huh? What Li Dongyan is, I don't know." The middle-aged man waved his hands and said.
Xia Zhaoyi looked back and said with a smile: "Okay, you don't know, and neither do I."
"Hey, little girl, go home and sleep. Have sweet dreams and good luck." The middle-aged man said.
"Thank you," Xia Zhaoyi said, raising his head and saying to Lao Tong and Zhi Changle, "Let's go."
After they left, the middle-aged man ran back again.
Lao Tong looked back and asked strangely: "Ah Li, what's going on? Why did you give us money?"
"Everyone in the neighborhood should have received money. It must be much more than ours," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "except for General Li's home."
"Why is this?"
"It's a long story. When I get back, I'll tell you about the things I'm wanted for." Xia Zhaoyi said.
She took out the coin again and threw it upward, but the coin fell again.
Xia Zhaoyi looked to the east and said, "Let's go over there. If we can't find it, just go back to the inn and think of a solution tomorrow."
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle nodded: "Okay."
………………
The wind became stronger and stronger, passing between two adjacent houses, whistling like a knife.
The shadow of the moon was messy due to the shaking of the branches, illuminating the bloodstains on the ground.
There was a set of bloody footprints pointing outwards, and at the end of the footprints was a pair of randomly abandoned shoes.
However, the owner of the shoes was not completely out of danger. He hid in the darkness and listened carefully to what was going on outside.
There were people outside hiding in the darkness, listening to his movements with their ears pricked up.
One stick of incense, two sticks of incense, three sticks of incense...
After a long time, the owner of the shoes finally got up from the darkness, gasped for air, and walked outside.
Pang Yi did not follow immediately. He carefully wiped off the blood that oozed from the wound on his face. He counted to twenty in his heart before getting up and following.
But God's calculations are not as good as those of man.
"There are corpses here!" A voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"There are three corpses! They are all men!" someone else shouted.
"Call someone quickly!"
"A body was found here!"
…
There is a group of patrol guards coming from the front, and the patrol guards who heard the noise in the distance will also come over in the shortest possible time.
Pang Yi frowned, looking at the man in front of him who was about to disappear, and had to hide to the other side.
