On the street, people kept walking out of their houses holding lanterns. Some people who had seen ghosts with their own eyes were already trembling with fear.
Someone from the government soon came out to comfort them, and even the Imperial City Division was alarmed. After learning that a ghost had appeared, the government naturally did not believe it, but at this time the whole city was alarmed, and they did not dare to take any action easily. , and had no choice but to let the people take to the streets. After all, this matter was too interfering and could easily cause chaos. This is the capital.
At this time, a team of Imperial City Secretaries happened to arrive near the inn where Li Daoyi was staying, which was the street where Li San saw the ghost.
"Everyone knows, sir, this man Li San is a watchman. It is said that he was the first to see a ghost." A sergeant dragged the shivering Li San to an officer in armor.
"When did you see the ghost?" the officer asked.
"Come back, sir, just after the third watch, I saw a female ghost dressed in white." Li San stammered.
The officer frowned. He had always scorned rumors of ghosts and gods, but now that there were so many witnesses in Lin'an, it was very suspicious.
"Could it be that the Jianghu people are playing tricks on themselves?" the officer secretly thought.
"ah…"
At this moment, Li San suddenly collapsed on the ground, yelled and backed away, looking at the sky with fear.
"Huh?" The officer was confused for a moment, then raised his head to look at the sky, his pupils suddenly shrinking.
I saw a white figure appearing in the air more than ten meters high, with disheveled hair. The most important thing was that the white figure was surrounded by black aura, and a gloomy feeling came to my face.
"What, what is this?" The surrounding sergeants also screamed in alarm, and stepped back one by one after seeing this horrific scene.
"Pretend to be a ghost." The officer shouted loudly.
"Whoosh." Then he pulled out the knife from his waist and threw it towards the figure in the air at an extremely fast speed. This officer turned out to be an innate strong man.
However, the next scene shocked everyone. They saw that the knife penetrated the opponent first, as if passing through a pool of water, which was extremely strange.
"Jie Jie Jie..." The ghost in the sky let out bursts of creepy laughter.
Soon there were countless screams all around, ghosts appeared again in many places, and the whole Lin'an instantly fell into chaos.
"Giggle..." The female ghost laughed sinisterly a few times, and then flew away elsewhere.
"Follow me." the officer said quickly. After saying that, he jumped onto the roof next to him and chased in the direction where the female ghost left.
The sergeants had no choice but to follow him, leaving Li San alone trembling in place.
"Imperial City Division? It's almost the same as Jin Yiwei." In the yard, Li Daoyi sighed as he looked at the officer leaping away into the distance.
That night, the whole Lin'an fell into a sleepless state. News of ghosts harming people kept coming. The chaos lasted until dawn and gradually subsided. At this time, in addition to the people from the Imperial City Division, the palace also sent a large number of forbidden troops to maintain order and comfort. common people.
The sun gradually rose, and the people bathed in the sunshine felt a little relieved.
Several eunuchs hurriedly walked out of the palace and kept looking for something on the street. They first found Mr. Douzhi of the Imperial City Division on a street.
"Chen Douzhi, Chen Douzhi." shouted a eunuch in his teens.
"Eunuch Li, why are you here?"
But I saw Eunuch Li take out a yellow scroll from his arms.
"Chen Ting accepts the order."
Chen Douzhi, along with the surrounding sergeants and people, knelt down one after another.
Eunuch Li opened the imperial edict and read.
"Imperative: I know that Chen Ting, the Imperial City Secretary, has found out that Lin'an is haunted. All the government offices in Lin'an have cooperated with each other and done a good job to appease and deal with the aftermath. I now allow you to act in an expedient manner. I appreciate this."
"I accept the edict and thank you for your kindness." After saying this, Chen Ting stood up and took the imperial edict.
(PS: The imperial edict of Fengtian Chengyun began in the Ming Dynasty. The imperial edicts before the Song Dynasty were very concise and clear, and most of them were written by the emperor himself.)
"Master Chen, the official didn't sleep all night last night. Do you have any clues now?"
"Well, to be honest, I'm totally confused. These rumors about ghosts and gods have always been just rumors. I didn't expect so many strange things to happen last night." Chen Ting sighed.
"I heard someone died?"
Chen Ting looked a little ugly, but still nodded.
"More than a dozen died."
"Oh!" Eunuch Li breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. There were not many people.
"Your Majesty said that if necessary, you can ask for help from charlatans and sorcerers." At this time, Eunuch Li whispered.
Chen Ting hesitated when he heard this, but still did not refute. He has never had a good impression of Jianghu people.
At this moment, a little boy was eating a bunch of candied haws and holding a big carp in his hand. He passed by a few people leisurely and immediately caught the eyes of Chen Ting and Eunuch Li.
The two then looked at each other with a strange expression. Why did they just mention the charlatan and a child dressed as a Taoist priest appeared in front of them.
Seeing the child walking away, Chen Ting quickly gave his men a look.
Several soldiers quickly ran forward and stopped the man.
Yang Guo was eating candied haws happily, when he was suddenly startled by the soldiers who jumped out in front of him.
"Why are you stopping me?" Yang Guo asked doubtfully.
"Little brother, don't be afraid, we adults have something to ask you," the soldier said.
"Sir?" Yang Guo turned around in confusion and saw Chen Ting and the eunuch walking over.
"What a handsome boy." The two couldn't help but praise in their hearts.
"Why are you calling me?" Yang Guo was not afraid of life at all.
"Little brother, are you a Taoist priest?" Chen Ting asked.
Yang Guo rolled his eyes, he didn't know if he was a Taoist priest, but then he thought, if the master is a Taoist priest, then he must be a Taoist priest too.
"Yes, I am a Taoist priest."
"May I ask which fairy mountain you are from?"
"Fairy Mountain? No, I am with my master." Yang Guo shook his head.
There was a hint of disappointment in the eyes of the two of them, and they felt that this was probably just someone from an unknown Taoist temple.
"Are you okay? It's okay. I'm leaving. You're still waiting for me to buy some!" After Yang Guo said that, he turned around and left. At this time, there were two soldiers blocking him behind him. He only saw a little step and turned away easily. Two people.
"Huh?" Chen Ting suddenly stared at him, this kid actually knows martial arts.
"Wait a minute, little Taoist priest." Chen Ting couldn't help shouting.
Yang Guo immediately stopped and turned around suspiciously.
"What are you doing again?"
"Do you know martial arts?"
Yang Guo immediately raised his head proudly.
"That's right, I am a third-rate warrior. Master said that I can reach the second-rate level in three months at most."
"Eunuch Li, this boy is not simple. I think we should go take a look." Chen Ting whispered.
"Mr. Chen, you make your own decision. The Za family will return to the palace first." After saying that, Eunuch Li glanced at Yang Guo and left with his men.
"Little Taoist Priest, do you know about the haunting in the capital last night?" Chen Ting continued to ask.
"Tch, what's the big deal? It's just a ghost." Yang Guo said disdainfully. He has even seen Yue Fei, let alone a mere ghost.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Chen Ting's eyes suddenly lit up.
In the small courtyard of the inn, the commotion outside did not disturb the people inside at all. Li Daoyi was quietly drinking tea, and Dongfang Bubai was embroidering something. There was no trace that this was once the leader of a sect.
"It's true. I said I wanted to buy a fish, but why did I go so long?"
Mu Nianci stood at the door and kept looking outside.
"Don't worry, this kid is a ghost, he will be fine." Dongfang Bubai comforted him.
"Hey, I'm back." Mu Nianci said at this time.
"Oh, Guo'er seems to be followed by many officers." Mu Nianci exclaimed immediately.
"Officer?" Dongfang Bubai stopped the needlework in his hand.
"Don't be nervous, he's from the Imperial City Division." At this time, Li Daoyi said softly.
"Mom, I'm back." Yang Guo saw his mother standing at the door and trotted over quickly.
"You kid, you are playful again." Mu Nianci said angrily.
"No, mother, this master has something to do with Master." Yang Guo said quickly.
"Madam, I know Chen Ting from the Imperial City Department. I have something to ask you to see the Taoist here." Chen Ting cupped his hands and said.
"Let him come in!" At this time, Li Daoyi's voice came, as if it was ringing in his ears.
"Master." Chen Ting was shocked.
"Sir, please come in," Mu Nianci said.
"You guys wait outside." Chen Ting told his men, and then followed the mother and son into the small courtyard.
"So young." This was Li Daoyi's first impression of Chen Ting.
"Good style." Li Daoyi's celestial demeanor made his eyes light up.
"Excellent, Chen Ting."
"I know, the Imperial City Director knows, Master Chen, are you here because of what happened last night?" Li Daoyi continued.
When Chen Ting heard this, he quickly cupped his hands.
"Exactly, don't you know the taboo of your name?"
"This is Li Daoyi."
"I've met Daochang Li." Chen Ting said hurriedly.
Li Dao nodded, stood up, walked slowly to Yang Guo's side, and gently stroked his little head.
"Alas, the murderous calamity is coming, hundreds of ghosts are walking at night, and the world is in catastrophe." Li Daoyi sighed slightly.
"Taoist Priest, how do you say this?" Chen Ting asked hurriedly.
"The appearance of ghosts and gods means that a natural disaster is about to come and your safety will be in danger."
"A natural disaster?"
"Well, the door of hell is wide open, and the ghosts of injustice appear in the world. There is revenge, and there is injustice for injustice. Last night was just the beginning. If my prediction is good, someone should be dead, right?" Li Daoyi said.
"Yes, a total of eighteen people died." Chen Ting said quickly.
"Damn it."
"..." Chen Ting was stunned.
"You might as well investigate the background of these people. They must be worthy of death."
"Taoist Priest, is there any way to stop it?" Chen Ting nodded and then asked.
"Why stop it? They are all worthy of death." Li Daoyi asked.
"But, didn't you say that Lin'an is in danger?" Chen Ting asked hurriedly.
"There are no eggs left under the overturned nest, and the building will collapse. This is destiny. The floods are surging, and not a single wave is innocent."
Chen Ting was horrified when he heard this. He seemed to have heard something.
At this moment, the sunlight that originally shone on the small courtyard gradually disappeared, and dark clouds appeared in the sky. The dark clouds pressed over the city, and an inexplicable panic appeared in Chen Ting's heart.
