On the door of a mansion, there is a pear wood plaque with three characters written in Qin seal - Night Detective Division.
During the Qin Dynasty, the country was governed by prefectures and counties, and each county established a night surveillance office. In addition to eradicating local evil spirits, the most important thing was to supervise all officials.
"Deng Deng Deng!"
A girl with bright eyes, white teeth, and exquisite facial features, wearing a green skirt, stepped on the stone stairs and ran towards the pavilion on the rockery in the mansion, looking extremely anxious.
She held a small brass lamp in her hand, which was engraved with a small beast, two horns, covered with yellow scales, and a lamp core in its mouth. It was almost exactly the same as the one in Liang Ping'an's hand.
As the girl ran desperately, the lights flickered and looked like they might go out at any moment.
"I am Liang Waner, and I want to see Sister Ji! My cousin went to Xiaoshan Village to take the night watchman assessment today, and now his soul lamp is about to go out!"
The girl ran and shouted.
Because, there were two maids standing in front of the pavilion.
One of them is wearing a black skirt, the other is wearing a white skirt, with thin eyebrows painted on their faces, pink rouge on their faces, and lips as small as cherries.
The two maids each held a lamp, which was used as a walking lamp when they were on the road. The inside was made of bamboo strips, and the outside was covered with translucent white paper. Each had two large characters written on it, one saying "black" and the other "white".
"Let Wan'er come up."
A clear voice came from the pavilion, as soft and sweet as a lark.
Liang Wan'er didn't wait for the two maids to respond, and immediately rushed forward to protect the soul lamp. The two maids also moved out of the way when Liang Wan'er was about to collide.
"Sister Ji, save my cousin, he is dying!"
"Put the lamp on the desk."
"good!"
Liang Waner carefully placed the soul lamp on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion, then took three steps back and looked nervously at a girl wearing a black and white dress behind the stone table.
The lights flickered.
A face so beautiful that it makes people's hearts tremble is looming under the light.
The beauty of a girl is not the kind of frost that is aloof and repels people thousands of miles away, but a peerless beauty that seems to have fallen into the world.
Her eyebrows were long and slender, as gentle and soft as water, and the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, revealing a spiritual wisdom like a fox.
Two different styles, perfectly blended together, coupled with a touch of nobility in the expression, can be called flashy but not arrogant, charming but not coquettish.
She is Ji Ruxue!
The youngest great chess player in Da Qin!
Ji Ruxue stood up slowly and waved her hand lightly on the stone table.
Silver-white threads immediately flew on the stone table.
The silk threads were as thin as hair and as long as green willows. They were constantly criss-crossing as they danced, and soon they appeared into a three-foot square chessboard.
Then, her right hand reached out towards the chessboard, and a white piece appeared on her two slender white fingers.
"Snapped!"
Baizi falls.
Set in the Tianyuan position of the mold plate.
At the same time, four black stones appeared on all sides of the white stone, tightly surrounding the white stone.
"Huh? A small night watchman assessment turned out to be a deadly situation where four ghosts surrounded and killed him." Ji Ruxue's slender eyebrows frowned slightly.
"Ah? Sister Ji, please save my cousin, please!" Liang Waner was about to kneel down.
"Wan'er, you and I, sisters, don't have to do this." Ji Ruxue raised her right hand slightly again, and Liang Waner, who had not yet knelt down, stood up involuntarily.
"Sister Ji!" Liang Waner's eyes turned red.
"Wan'er, don't be anxious, why don't you think about your cousin's funeral first." Ji Ruxue raised the corners of her mouth slightly, her chest was proud, and she was as charming as a peerless enchantress.
"???" Liang Wan'er.
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Jiang Chaoge could guess that the old man would go to the Tutu Temple for two reasons. First, A Li's expression of joy; second, the old man tied Liang Ping'an's body too tightly.
However, he could not guess the old man's real purpose of pushing Liang Ping'an's body to the Tutu Temple.
If you just want to hide the corpse, the mountains and wilderness are obviously more suitable. There is no need to walk the five-mile mountain road.
Moreover, the Earth Temple is not a good place to hide corpses.
In this era, people believe in gods.
There are people who offer incense and worship in the Tutu Temple, and there are even some passers-by who stay overnight in the Tutu Temple and hide their bodies in the Tutu Temple, where they can be easily discovered.
So, what's the reason why the old man didn't bring Liang Ping'an's body here?
"Grandpa, village chief, we are going home!"
"Go home?" Liang Ping'an suddenly woke up and seemed to notice the Earth Temple in front of him: "What place is this? Earth Temple? Why did you bring me here?!"
The old man didn't answer, and the two Ah Li held hands and skipped towards the Tutu Temple.
Jiang Chaoge continued to observe from behind.
The Earth Temple in front of us was obviously not built recently, because the walls were already a bit old and there were many holes on them, which were formed after the bluestone had been exposed to wind and sun for many years.
The door of Tutu Temple is painted with red paint, but a lot of the paint has peeled off, and there are even a few knife marks and two muddy footprints on it.
The old man pushed the wheelbarrow to the entrance of the temple.
Then, he quickly removed Liang Ping'an's body from the wheelbarrow with very skillful movements.
After untying Liang Pingan, he carried Liang Pingan's body on his back and walked towards the temple step by step with a steady pace.
One of them, Ah Li, walked up to Jiang Chaoge at this moment and said, "Brother, this is the Earth Temple I told you about. Brother, do you want to stay here for the night?"
"I'm not staying overnight, I'm just passing by, taking a look and leaving." Jiang Chaoge shook his head.
"Brother is such a good person!" A Li grinned.
"..."
Liang Ping'an seemed to see some problems, and immediately shouted: "I'm not staying overnight, I'm just passing by, can you let me go?"
"Bad guy!" A Li glared at Liang Pingan: "You just entered the earthen house, and you also looked at me with a mirror and stabbed me with a sword, huh!"
After saying that, Ali entered the Earth Temple again.
Liang Ping'an was obviously feeling a little uncomfortable. He wanted to go up and fight for his life, but there was only one life... and he knew A Li's strength very well.
Jiang Chaoge did not enter the Tutu Temple immediately.
Because, he had a vague feeling that there seemed to be something terrible in the Earth Temple. This was not just an intuition, but the Yin Qi in this Earth Temple was very heavy!
Those who are pure yin without yang are ghosts; those who are pure yang without yin are immortals; those who are mixed with yin and yang are humans.
This is not only the difference between ghosts, immortals, and humans, but it is also the cultivation route of ghosts, immortals, and humans. If ghosts want to become stronger, they can only continuously absorb Yin Qi.
"Senior, I have told you everything in the notes, why haven't you saved me yet?" Liang Ping'an seemed to place his only hope on Jiang Chaoge.
"I didn't say I wanted to save you." Jiang Chaoge blinked his blank eyes and pointed at A Li who entered the Earth Temple: "Have you forgotten? She and I are in the same group."
"..."
Liang Ping'an was stunned, but immediately whispered: "I know that senior and she are not the same group. Senior's cultivation is unfathomable, how can he associate with ghosts? If my guess is right, senior is looking for an opportunity to take action.
Right?"
He's actually a little clever guy?
Jiang Chaoge remained silent. It didn't matter whether he was part of a group or not. What mattered was that he wanted to read Liang Ping'an's memory.
Therefore, he ignored Liang Ping'an again, but slowly approached the temple door through the faint moonlight and looked into the temple.