kingnovel Chapter 366: The Palace Maids Are Not to Be Tried With 7
Chapter 366: The Palace Maids Are Not to Be Tried With 7
Zhang Xintong ate with relish, and Lu Yunling didn't expect that she didn't dislike it at all. Less than a day after they started investigating the case together, Lu Yunling had already changed his opinion of Zhang Xintong.
She was meticulous and methodical in her investigations, quickly grasping the key points and solving cases swiftly. Although she was a woman, she was not at all pretentious, riding as fast as he did, not minding the dirtiness of autopsies, and willing to eat at roadside stalls. This Xia Shaoqing was suitable to be his partner, and they could get along like brothers in the future.
Zhang Xintong didn’t know what Lu Yunling was thinking. If she knew, she would probably lose control and beat Lu Yunling up.
She treated him as her future husband, but he treated her as a brother.
After eating the wontons, the two returned to Dali Temple. There was a place to rest in Dali Temple. They had to wait until the time came before going to the ghost market.
It was only the first day they met, and Lu Yunling had that kind of personality, so Zhang Xintong didn't communicate with him.
Zhang Xintong used her consciousness to prepare useful things in the space. She packed a few sachets with the medicinal powder that the poisonous insects were afraid of.
These sachets were all bought by Zhang Xintong. She is good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing and making clothes, but she is not good at embroidery.
Zhang Xintong's embroidery skills are not as good as those of the children here. She has never embroidered sachets or other things.
In addition to the sachets, Zhang Xintong also prepared sleeping pills, swords, and silenced pistols. Although she had never been to the ghost market, she knew it was very dangerous.
Lu Yunling's weapon was a silver spear, and Zhang Xintong held a sword.
After the three of them gathered, Zhang Xintong gave each of them a sachet to prevent them from being infected by other people's poisonous insects.
Here, a woman giving a man a sachet is a token of affection. Lu Yunling's eyes changed when he looked at Zhang Xintong, and he firmly refused the sachet.
Zhang Xintong was furious when she realized what was happening, and he didn't want her sachet. If she wasn't afraid that Lu Yunling would be poisoned, she would definitely not give it to him.
"The sachet contains special medicinal powder that will keep the poisonous insects away. Are you sure you don't want it?"
When Lu Yunling heard this, he took the sachet and put it on himself.
At the hour of Xu, under the guidance of Shopkeeper Li, the three entered the ghost market.
The ghost market boasts a myriad of bizarre stalls. There are vendors selling ancient antiques, fortune tellers, elixirs, and a variety of bizarre entertainment. Furthermore, there are performances featuring various demonic creatures, including half-human, half-beast, and thousand-year-old demons, which are both eerie and captivating, yet captivating.
The one selling Gu worms in the ghost market was a tavern proprietress. She was coquettish and beautiful, an exotic beauty. She didn't sell her Gu worms to just anyone; it all depended on her mood. She would only trade with someone if they had something she wanted.
In the tavern, a drinking competition is held every ten days. Whoever drinks the most will have the opportunity to stay overnight.
I heard from people who have stayed there that the feeling is so intoxicating that you can’t stop.
Today happens to be the day of a drinking competition, and there are a lot of customers in the store, all of them men.
"Shopkeeper Li, please go back! It's not appropriate for you to go in here tonight."
"Thank you, sir. I'll go back now."
Zhang Xintong changed into men's clothes before coming. Xia He was not short, so people would not recognize her as a woman at first glance.
The ghost market is different from the outside world. There are no laws here, and people are not afraid of officials. If they knew that Zhang Xintong and Lu Yunling were officials, they would kill them.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The two of them went into the pub and sat down.
The wine made by the flirtatious proprietress is very intoxicating, and no one can finish a whole jar. In every competition, the one who can drink most of the jar will win.
In order to investigate the case, the two naturally had to get close to the proprietress. As Lu Yunling was a man, it was impossible for him to let Zhang Xintong go, so he signed up for the drinking competition.
Lu Yunling couldn't drink much and passed out before he had even had two bowls.
Zhang Xintong......
Zhang Xintong had no choice but to go up on her own. The wine in the tavern was particularly fragrant, without any poison or insects in it. Although Zhang Xintong didn't notice anything unusual, she didn't drink it, and smuggled it all into the space.
Zhang Xintong didn't drink, so she naturally won the game. The proprietress sent Zhang Xintong upstairs. Zhang Xintong pretended to be drunk and insisted that Lu Yunling go with her, otherwise she would not go upstairs.
I don’t know what the boss lady was thinking, but she actually agreed.
The people in the pub laughed and talked dirty.
"The boss lady is a woman and two men, please don't be too busy."
"Who am I? Eight or ten people are no problem to me."
Laughing in the pub
After Zhang Xintong and Lu Yunling were sent to the destination, the tavern waiter left.
Lu Yunling was still drunk, so Zhang Xintong gave him a sobering pill and began to investigate the situation in the house.
Zhang Xintong didn't expect Lu Yunling to suddenly stand up and jump out of the second-floor window to the backyard. It was too late for Zhang Xintong to pull him back, so she could only jump in after him.
Lu Yunling quickly ran into a big tree and disappeared.
Zhang Xintong......
Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many. What is going on?
Zhang Xintong had no choice but to run in.
After Zhang Xintong entered, she quickly pulled Lu Yunling to her side.
Zhang Xintong heard an old voice roaring
"I want to absorb essence, why did a woman come in?"
The tavern proprietress seemed to have sensed something and left the tavern lobby in a coquettish manner.
People in the tavern
"Madam boss, are you impatient?"
"These two are so handsome today, the boss lady is itching."
"Hahahahaha"
The tavern owner came to the big tree and the tree began to shake violently.
The tavern proprietress and the big tree are both tree demons. They have been practicing together and are a pair of sisters. The proprietress has already cultivated into a human form, but the tree has not.
The tree demon cultivates by sucking the essence of men. The men who won the drinking contest will enter the big tree, have intercourse with the tree demon, and have their essence sucked away by the tree demon.
The tavern owner's eyes were sharp
"Sister, you can deal with those two as you please. You don't need to release them this time."
"Okay, sister, I think that guy is good-looking and has a good body. I can suck his ass off this time."
"Well, whatever you want"
The tavern owner said this and returned to the tavern lobby.
Zhang Xintong wanted to go out, but the entrance she had just come in through was gone.
An enticing fragrance suddenly wafted around Zhang Xintong and Lu Yunling. The smell was the same as the smell of the wine just now, and it was particularly fragrant.
A wild and coquettish woman appeared in front of Zhang Xintong and Lu Yunling.
There was a red light flashing in the eyes of the wild and coquettish woman. Zhang Xintong could clearly feel that Lu Yunling's body was restless. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he looked like he was about to explode and die.
Lu Yunling was attracted by the scent, but Zhang Xintong didn't feel anything. It seems that the scent only works on men.
The wild and coquettish woman spoke
"Don't come over yet, do you want to die?"
Lu Yunling didn't move, and the woman sneered
"You have a strong will. What if I like you more?"
Zhang Xintong couldn't find the exit. Seeing that Lu Yunling was in a bad state, as if he had been drugged, she fed him an antidote and put him into the space.
After seeing Lu Yunling disappear, the woman finally turned her attention to Zhang Xintong.
"You actually have a treasure. Hand it over and I'll leave you with an intact body."
Zhang Xintong imitated her and sneered
"That's a nice thought, but you're dreaming!"