The lights were dim, the lanterns were floating, and the red umbrella was swaying in the wind. The old woman was holding a red hundred-yuan bill messy in the wind. She looked at the backs of Zhang Miao and Tang Yun, and then looked at the money in her hands. The corners of the old woman's mouth twitched, and she felt a little bit nervous.
burst.
"I was careless and didn't realize that these two guys were ordinary people."
The old woman looked very helpless, holding a hundred dollar bill, and was silent for a long time.
"Are all ordinary people these days so ferocious? They are infected with this level of supernatural beings and yet they are still alive."
The old woman felt very complicated. She looked at the two people leaving and didn't say anything about the wrong money you gave her.
This is a ghost market, where you pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. Once the transaction is completed, there will be no returns or exchanges.
This is one of the few rules in the ghost market. No one can disobey it, and no one dares to disobey it because they are afraid of death.
"Oh, forget it, it's my fault that the old woman is old and her eyesight doesn't work so well, it's no one else's fault."
The old woman sighed helplessly and put away the one hundred yuan, her eyes full of regret.
Staring at the backs of Zhang Miao and Tang Yun, his gray eyes were filled with sympathy. Things in the ghost market cannot be bought back with real money.
In the ghost market, there are rules of the ghost market. One of the rules is that both buyers and sellers must use ghost money for transactions. If one of them does not use ghost money, but uses real money, such as Zhang Miao and Tang Yun.
Then their fate will be death. Supernatural items and ghosts are not something ordinary people can control.
Those who dare to buy are those who are very confident in their own strength. They dare to buy only when they are sure that they can suppress it. Otherwise, who would risk their lives to buy something that they cannot handle?
People who understand will use ghost money, people who don’t understand...
The old woman sighed and sat on the chair, her eyes full of regret and heartache. She lost nearly a hundred yuan this time.
"Forget it, this is a lesson. The old lady should just pay more attention next time. This time, the little girl's supernatural power was too strong. The old lady didn't notice it, and she doesn't know where she got it from. She is so powerful.
"
The old woman groaned in her heart and shook her head. She no longer thought about these things. Some things had already happened, so there was no need to pursue the truth.
"I hope... this little guy can survive. Those nails are not that easy to control. The other colors are okay, the red ones... haha..."
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On the street, Zhang Miao and Tang Yun were whispering happily. They were saying that they got a big deal today. The manicure with this kind of workmanship was so cheap. It only cost a hundred yuan.
"Zhang Miao, we really made a lot of money today. A manicure with this kind of work only costs so little." Tang Yun held Zhang Miao's hand with a smile on her face, very excited.
"Indeed, we got a big bargain today. The old lady just now probably doesn't know how much a manicure with this kind of workmanship is worth, otherwise she wouldn't have sold it for more than ten or thirty yuan."
"If she knew how much these manicures were worth, she would regret it to death."
Zhang Miao said with a smile in his eyes, and his words were very complacent.
Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Tang Yun suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She looked at Zhang Miao and asked uncertainly:
"Zhang Miao, do you think it's not good for us to do this? The old lady seems to be quite young, wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to take advantage of her like this?"
"Oh, what's inappropriate? I've confirmed the price she set herself. She paid for it with one hand and delivered it with the other hand. We didn't force her to sell it to us."
Zhang Miao didn't care at all about Tang Yun's words. This kind of thing was originally a consensual thing. She didn't know how to sell it so cheaply. Who could blame her?
This is originally a fight and a fight...
After hearing this, Tang Yun still felt a little sorry, but now that the matter was over, she had nothing to say. Zhang Miao was right. This kind of thing was done consensually, and they did not force the old woman to sell it.
Give it to them.
In addition, when they bought it before, they also asked the old lady, and the old lady told them with certainty that it was the price.
"Well, that's true. It's the truth. Unfortunately, if I hadn't been afraid that the old lady would suddenly regret not selling it, I might have bought a few more sets."
"Yes, there are still so many at the stall. We should have bought a few more sets just now. Unfortunately, if we go back now, the old lady probably won't sell them to us."
This is actually nonsense. If the old woman doesn't kill them when she sees them, she can be considered worthy of them.
The two were walking on the street, chatting animatedly. The red umbrellas in the sky moved with the wind, and the lanterns hanging on the locust trees shone with a strange green light.
The surrounding area slowly began to quiet down. As Zhang Miao and Tang Yun moved forward, the vendors on the street became sparse, and the sounds on the street also disappeared, as if they had entered a strange world.
Regarding the changes happening around them, the two of them did not notice anything unusual. They still walked forward with smiles and walked past a stall. The owner of the stall was an old man in his sixties. The old man looked up at the people passing by his stall.
Two people.
His eyes flickered, and he stared in front of the two of them. It was a piece of vague darkness, and the streets there were shrouded in clouds. The old man's eyes were a little wary, and he was also a little confused.
Looking at the two people walking into the ghost land, the old man shook his head. He was not paying attention to these things. It had nothing to do with him. He just kept his mind high. Don't meddle in other people's business, lest he suffer unreasonable disasters.
Zhang Miao and Tang Yun were walking on the street laughing and smiling. The surrounding area had become empty at some point. There were no stalls, no shops, no pedestrians chatting, and no roar of cars.
As long as the lanterns hanging on the trees and the red umbrellas floating in the air are twinkling, it seems to be a quiet place.
Zhang Miao and Tang Yun were chatting and laughing, but slowly they realized that something was wrong. The surroundings were too quiet, unbelievably quiet.
Zhang Miao stopped, turned around and looked around in confusion, frowning:
"Tang Yun, are we going to the wrong place? There is no one setting up a stall here, not even a shop."
"No way? It's not like we've never been here before, how could we go wrong?"
Tang Yun didn't believe it. She scanned the surrounding area and recognized it. It was indeed a familiar street and she was on the right track.
Zhang Miao also recognized that this street was no different from the one they usually walked on. It was the way back.
But this was a road he often walked, but Zhang Miao felt something was wrong. It was too quiet and unconventional.
Logically speaking, they haven't left the night market yet, so they should still be able to hear the noise coming from the night market. Even if they can't hear clearly from a distance, it's not like there's no sound at all.
Something was obviously wrong. Zhang Miao was a little nervous. He looked around with a somewhat uneasy expression. The green lantern gave off an eerie light, which made Zhang Miao feel a sense of coldness.
"Tang Yun, do you feel something is wrong? It's a little too quiet around here. We haven't left the night market yet. How could we not hear any sound? Normally, even if we leave the night market, the sound of car horns will be heard.
It should beep once or twice."
"Look, from just now to now, we haven't even heard a car's horn. Do you think we are in the wrong place?"
After hearing Zhang Miao's words, Tang Yun finally came to his senses, her expression suddenly changed, and she began to feel uneasy. She looked around and started to feel something was wrong with everything she looked at.
"Zhang Miao, you, don't...scare me. When you say that, why do you feel like we have bumped into a ghost?"
Tang Yun looked at the lanterns emitting dim light and began to stutter when speaking.
"No, don't talk nonsense. How can we encounter ghosts? We haven't left the night market yet. There are so many people here and the yang energy is so strong. How can there be ghosts? Aren't ghosts afraid of crowded places?"
"How could it appear here, and even if there is a ghost, why didn't you find others, just the two of us? Are we so easy to bully?"
Zhang Miao swallowed, pulled Tang Yun back, and said comforting words while retreating.
Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Tang Yun also reacted. What Zhang Miao said was very reasonable. Ghosts are afraid of crowded places and would not appear here at all.
Isn’t that what is said on the Internet and on TV? Since they dare to say this, there must be a basis for it. If there is no basis for it, isn’t it a lie?
"Zhang Miao, you, what you said should be right. We probably didn't bump into ghosts, but I thought too much." Tang Yun said uneasily.
"Well, let's get out of here quickly. Something is wrong here. There's no one there. I wonder if this place just opened. Otherwise, why would we be the only two here?"
"Let's leave quickly. There is no one here. If someone wants to do something bad to us, we can't even ask for help."
Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Tang Yun nodded subconsciously and turned back with Zhang Miao with a look of fear on her face.
But the moment they turned around and went back, the surroundings suddenly darkened. Darkness enveloped the entire street. Except for the lanterns hanging on the trees that were still emitting light, there was no other light.
"Ah!" x2
Zhang Miao and Tang Yun were frightened by this sudden change. Two sharp female voices rang out in the darkness and lasted for a while before stopping.
I don't know how long it took, but the surroundings were still silent. After the initial panic, Zhang Miao and Tang Yun also calmed down.
With the help of the lanterns on the locust tree, they found that there was nothing unusual around them. Except that the surroundings became dark, nothing happened.
"Zhang Miao, what, what happened? Why is it so dark today?" Tang Yun said with a trembling voice, deep panic radiating from his body.
"You ask me, I, I ask who to go to, who knows what happened, it was fine just now, how did it become like this now."
"We didn't do anything. Why did this happen?"
Zhang Miao and Tang Yun were close to each other, looking at the darkness around them with panicked expressions, as if a man-eating evil spirit would jump out of there at any moment.
"Zhang Miao, could it be that we really bumped into a ghost? Otherwise, how could we encounter such a thing? But we didn't do anything immoral, so how could we bump into a ghost?"
"It was said on TV that ghosts always look for the person who killed them? Why are they looking for us?"
Tang Yun said with a cry, obviously frightened.
When Zhang Miao heard Tang Yun's words, the hairs on his body stood up, and his face became extremely pale. Looking at the darkness surging around him and the drifting mist, he said tremblingly:
"No, don't talk nonsense. How is this possible? There are no ghosts in this world. If there are no ghosts, how can we collide with ghosts?"
"You, you have obviously watched too many movies about these things, and you subconsciously feel that there are ghosts in this world. There are no ghosts in this world at all."
"This is something that experts have confirmed. They say that ghosts are just psychological suggestions of oneself. If you are exposed to psychological suggestions for a long time, you will have hallucinations and see the ghost in your mouth."
"In the end, this is actually just your hallucination. There are no ghosts in this world!"
When Tang Yun heard Zhang Miao's lie, she was already half convinced. But suddenly, Tang Yun shrank, looked in one direction and swallowed:
"Zhang, Zhang Miao, are you sure there are no ghosts in this world?"
"I'm sure there must be no ghosts in this world. The reason why we encountered this situation is probably due to a large-scale power outage. These lanterns are the best proof."
"Because they do not use electricity to emit light, they will not be affected. And if you look at the shops around you, are they extinguished because there is no electricity supply?"
Zhang Miao gritted her teeth and forced herself to find a reason, but looking at her pale face, it was obvious that she didn't believe it.
Although it made sense, Tang Yun couldn't believe it at all. Instead of relaxing because of Zhang Miao's words, she was even more frightened:
"Zhang, Zhang Miao, look over there."
As he spoke, Tang Yun raised his hand tremblingly and pointed in one direction, his expression full of fear.
Hearing Tang Yun's words, Zhang Miao subconsciously looked in the direction of her finger. With just one glance, she froze in place. The hole in her head was enlarged violently. If she hadn't been leaning against Tang Yun, she might have collapsed directly on the ground.
Even in the darkness where they couldn't even see their fingers, they saw a black figure holding a big knife standing there, looking quietly at this side, and an extremely strange feeling appeared in the hearts of the two of them. This seemed not to be a human being, but It's a ghost!
Zhang Xianguang held the blood-stained sword, looked at the two Li Gui women standing under the locust tree, and frowned:
"Are these two people affected by the bride's puzzle to this extent? They never realized that there was a problem with their logic?"
Staring at the woman named Zhang Miao, Zhang Xianguang had some guesses in his mind:
"Has this woman been in contact with Lin Qian? It seems that she must have been, otherwise she wouldn't have been affected like this by the bride's nails, and it would have also affected the people around her."
"What a lucky woman. She had close contact with Lin Qian and she didn't die..."
Zhang Xianguang narrowed his eyes slightly. Both women had to die here. They came into contact with Lin Qian, and they were also affected by the bride's ghost nails. If they don't kill him, there will be a lot of trouble. If he is not careful, the puzzle pieces on He Yuelian's body will appear.
It may be transferred to this woman instantly.
After all, He Yuelian has never been in contact with Lin Qian. Even if he has the same appearance as the bride, he is not the first choice target of the bride's puzzle.
Because He Yuelian has never controlled even one bridal puzzle, it is impossible for her to control it.
Thinking of this, a coldness appeared in Zhang Xianguang's eyes. He was too lazy to talk nonsense to these two women. Ordinary people would just die if they died. There was nothing to be sorry for.
So, Zhang Xianguang raised the blood-stained sword in his hand and slashed Zhang Miao and Zhang diagonally.
It was just a knife, an ordinary knife, nothing strange happened, it was very peaceful, but within a moment, there was a plop, and the upper bodies of Zhang Miao and Tang Yun fell to the ground.
There was no blood flowing out, the wound was clean and smooth, and if you looked closely, you could see that the internal organs inside were still beating slightly.
Zhang Xianguang walked forward expressionlessly and pulled off the ten nails that automatically grew on Zhang Miao's hands. If he hadn't been fast enough just now, Zhang Miao might have controlled this thing.
Looking at the ten blood-red nails in his hand, Zhang Xianguang's eyes flashed. He lowered his head and looked at the two people who were still staring at death. He turned around and left without saying anything.
Go back and prepare a plan. It can be completed in up to seven days. By then, Gui Hua has a 98% chance of pulling it out of Lin Qian.
As for why it’s not 100%, I’ll leave two points for the Cunning Bride... so that she can have random convulsions.
A winding path appeared, Zhang Xianguang walked into it, and walked quickly towards the ghost post office. He was lucky today. Lin Qian was not in Dajiang City, otherwise he would not have gone so smoothly.
As Zhang Xianguang left, the surrounding darkness quickly receded, the neon lights flashed, the noise reappeared, and the surroundings returned to normal.
An old woman wearing reading glasses stood quietly at the edge of the darkness. After the darkness completely disappeared, the old woman walked slowly to the bodies of Zhang Miao and Tang Yun, and reached out to pick up the remaining ghost nails.
The expression on the old woman's face was very calm. She stared at the two bodies, shook her head, turned and left:
"Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. He is not strong enough. If he holds something like this, he is looking for death. Even if he does not die in the hands of others today, he will die in the hands of a vicious ghost."
After leaving these words, the old woman disappeared at the corner of the street. The bodies of Zhang Miao and Tang Yun were reflected by the green lanterns. A green spark appeared on the two bodies. In an instant, the bodies disappeared.
not see.
The corpse disappeared and the surroundings returned to silence, no different from usual, as if nothing had ever happened here.
The ghost market is still running normally. Today, many ordinary people who are infected with the supernatural will be attracted here. Those who are lucky will become ghost controllers, while those who are unlucky will die without any corpses, and they will all become food for lanterns.
This is the ghost market, which exists not only for trading, but also for cleaning up...