Volume 3: The Case of Hundred Ghosts at Night Chapter 86: Buying a Head
Soon, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong came to the so-called Treasure Pavilion.
This treasure pavilion is magnificently built, with a five-story building that is brightly lit, making it very eye-catching in this eerie ghost market.
And right next to the Zhenbao Pavilion, there is a small small house. The small house is so dark that it seems like it does not exist next to the magnificent Zhenbao Pavilion.
Taking Xu Shizhong to the small house, Duan Ming gently knocked on the door.
After a while, the door opened with a creak, revealing an old face inside.
"What are you doing?" came an old and hoarse voice. The old man was an old woman. The position of one eye was a black hole, which looked very empty.
"Buying something." Duan Ming was not frightened by the old woman's face, but replied calmly.
"Go shopping next door." The old woman said and was about to close the door, but was stopped by Duan Ming.
"The thing I want to buy is not available next door. The old man guarding the door said that only your house sells it." Duan Ming said.
"What is it?" As she spoke, the old woman took out a mask from her arms and put it on her face.
"Human heads, heads that have not been hacked by swords or fire, nor flooded or burned by fire." Duan Ming replied.
"..." Staring closely at Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong, after pondering for a long time, the old woman opened the door: "Come in."
"No matter what you see or hear, don't make a sound." Before entering, Duan Ming whispered to Xu Shizhong.
Although Xu Shizhong didn't understand why Duan Ming said this, he nodded.
Soon, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong walked into the dark room. The old woman lit a candle, and the dim candlelight illuminated the room.
"Hiss!" After seeing the surrounding situation clearly through the candlelight, Xu Shizhong suddenly took a breath of cold air.
I saw that this room was not big, but it was surrounded by bottles and jars filled with organs such as eyeballs, severed hands, and hearts.
Duan Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. When the old man asked him to come here, he was prepared for it, so his reaction was much better than Xu Shizhong's.
After all, although he had never entered such a room in his previous life, there were still many on TV.
In addition, Duan Ming has always been dealing with corpses, so there is no disturbance in his heart.
"Haha..." The old woman looked at Xu Shizhong and smiled softly.
"Why are you laughing!" Xu Shizhong frowned when he heard the laughter.
"This guest has seen the world." The old woman ignored Xu Shizhong's words, but looked at Duan Ming and said, "I believe you are here to buy things sincerely."
Then the old woman came to the cabinet nearby and took out a wooden box from the cabinet.
"What you want is here, fresh." the old woman said.
"Thank you." Duan Ming took the box and opened it. A strong smell of blood hit his face.
"This thing has just been delivered and has not been processed yet. Otherwise, even our store may not have the head you want." The old woman continued.
"So old?" Duan Ming looked at the head in the box. It looked like he was about forty-five or six years old.
"Too old?" The old woman frowned slightly.
"Is there anything else?" Duan Ming sighed and asked.
"The one that meets your requirements is gone." The old woman shook her head.
"What about the close call? As long as he wasn't injured by a sword." Duan Ming sighed.
"Well, there is indeed one." The old woman thought for a moment and took Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong to the room inside. They saw rows of jars placed in the room, and these jars contained human heads one after another.
"The goods here are quite complete." Duan Ming nodded, looking over the heads of these people one by one.
Suddenly, Duan Ming's eyes lit up, and he suddenly discovered a familiar person among these people.
The watchman in Nancheng——Xu Hansan, Xu Laizi!
"Let's see, this head, and the head I just looked at, are both for sale." Duan Ming said calmly: "You can make a price."
"All?" The old woman narrowed her eyes slightly. This person definitely didn't come just to buy heads.
But the ghost market has its own rules. Just like what the old man said before, Duan Ming's purpose in buying the head has nothing to do with her.
After thinking for a moment, the old woman said: "This is a rare thing. Since the two distinguished guests sincerely want it, let's give it five taels of silver."
"Okay." Duan Ming nodded.
"I'm talking about five taels of silver per head." The old woman said. She saw Duan Ming's purpose and spoke without any scruples.
"No problem." Duan Ming waved his hand to Xu Shizhong: "Pay the money."
"Oh." Xu Shizhong without any hesitation took out ten taels of silver and put it in the old woman's hand.
"This..." The old woman narrowed her eyes slightly and was about to speak, but was directly interrupted by Duan Ming.
"Old man, the ghost market has the rules of the ghost market. You set the price, I pay, and you deliver the goods. It's reasonable and reasonable." Duan Ming said solemnly: "But if you want to slaughter a fat sheep, you have to think carefully."
"Haha, where is this distinguished guest?" The old woman's eyes changed slightly: "The old woman is just worried that you will be in trouble if you take these two pieces of goods out like this, so I want to ask if you need to deal with them."
"No need." Duan Ming replied with a smile.
Then he and Xu Shizhong left holding each other's heads.
Looking at Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong's leaving figures, the old woman pondered slightly.
"Mom..." At this moment, a wall slowly opened, and three or four young and strong men walked out of it.
These men looked ferocious, each holding a knife in their hands, and asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't you just..."
"He is right, the ghost market has its own rules." The old woman said solemnly: "These two are not simple characters. If we cannot keep them, we will not be able to continue to stay in the ghost market."
"But among us, who can live in that sunshine?" The old woman sighed deeply.
"Then what are they doing with two heads?" a big man asked doubtfully.
"So, you have to use your brains more, otherwise what will you do if I die?" The old woman glanced at the big man and sighed deeply: "What is the biggest case in Linyang City now?"
"You mean, the case of Hundred Ghosts at Night?" The big man thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "They are here to investigate this case? So, they are from the Mirror Division?"
"That's right." The old woman nodded: "It's so fast. The Mirror Division has only been here in Linyang City for a long time, and it has already found this place. Hehe... it must be interesting..."
