I am your natural enemy.

Chapter 423: Casting stones to ask for directions, insufficient authority (5k)

Wen Yan stood on the dark road, looking at a few Ah Piao wrapped in gray cloth. The remaining Ah Piao were basically lost the moment they fell here, and were trapped by countless local dead souls. They would do anything. No more.

Wen Yan looked at the countless dead souls in the underworld and shouted tentatively.

"Can you do me a favor? Get those guys who broke in together."

He was just giving it a try. After all, the dead souls here were basically unconscious.

But unexpectedly, after he finished shouting, the dead souls who were walking along the road gathered together and pushed aside all the new intruders.

There was an intruder who might still have some sense of consciousness. He was still struggling in the confusion. He was slapped by an old man and was slapped back.

Wen Yan was stunned for a moment. The dead old man's eyes were empty, and he obviously had no self-awareness. His temper was so explosive.

Tong Si looked at the two soul lanterns at the intersection, and then looked up at the street lights that were incompatible with the environment here and kept casting soft and warm light. He was not surprised.

Wen Yan, a living person, might know and understand, but he would never be able to empathize with it. How important the ordinary warm-colored street lamps here are to the souls of the dead here.

Without consciousness, it does not delay these dead souls and crowd out those intruders with malicious intentions.

The underworld is not something anyone can come to if they want, including the dead soul Ah Piao.

Wen Yan looked at the intruding souls that were pushed to the roadside by a large number of souls and cupped his hands.

"Thank you very much."

He fumbled in his bag and took out a jade cage. He grabbed the dead souls and stuffed them in one by one.

Soon, the warm-colored white jade sculpture quickly turned into gray, and finally turned into black. It was so gloomy and cold that you could feel a biting chill in your hand.

After the installation was completed, Wen Yan sealed up those ghosts who were obviously conscious and knew what they were doing.

Then he went up from the main intersection and went home to get some more things.

When I went to a meeting before, I didn’t bring much fighting equipment, so this time I brought all the equipment.

By the way, he picked up a few more incense sticks, and after going back to the underworld, he lit the incense with his own yang energy and held up the incense to gesture to the surroundings.

"Thank you for your help. It's just a small thing, but it's not disrespectful. Please."

He placed three handfuls of incense infused with yang energy at the intersection, so that all the dead souls passing by could inhale some. It was somewhat meaningful.

While walking on the road, he also held up a handful of incense, so that the souls who passed by could benefit from it.

After coming out of the suburbs of the capital, Wen Yan asked Feng Wei and Tong Si to go back first. He flicked the gray cloth and released the few souls he had captured before.

"Tell me, I'm in a hurry. What's your name, where are you from, what's going on, please finish it quickly. I'm not a professional interrogation expert, and I don't know much about how to interrogate, but I can tell you responsibly that I did it on the spot. I’ll beat you to pieces without even a single flaw.”

One of them, Ah Piao, had a gloomy face and sneered. The next moment, gray cloth flew over and bound him tightly.

Wen Yan took out the cell phone issued by Lieyang Bu, took a photo of the guy and kept it, then opened the match and took a photo of the guy.

Soon, an identity information was given.

This Ah Piao is still a modern person. He died more than ten years ago. When he died, there were formal procedures. This guy just happened to be replacing a new generation of ID cards. He also stayed because of a fight with someone on the street. Record.

Wen Yan continued to take pictures of several other Ah Piaos, some of whom could be identified, and some who could not. Those who could not be identified probably died earlier.

Wen Yan looked at the messages on his phone and looked at A Piao in front of him.

"He was very violent. He was so violent that he was hacked to death in the street. He was still so violent after death. It seems that he is really brave. I want to ask you one last question. Just say it. If you don't say anything, don't waste my time."

The Ah Piao didn't say anything, just sneered. Wen Yan nodded and looked at the other Ah Piao, but no one was willing to say anything.

"Okay, they are all talented people. They come out to hang out and show loyalty. That's fine."

Wen Yan dragged several Ah Piao from the suburbs of the capital towards the city.

The further they walked in, the more Piao began to feel uncomfortable.

The protection level in the capital city is the highest. Guys like them who are not authorized and have bad auras themselves will feel more uncomfortable the closer they get. If they reach the large area of ​​​​the headquarters of the Lieyang Department, they will not even have the ability to stand there alive. .

Wen Yan didn't go far when he received a call.

"Wen Yan, where did this happen? If anything happens, just let me know directly." The chief secretary's tone was a little tired.

Before dawn, he was woken up by a phone call. He didn't know where Wen Yan got so energetic. He stayed up all night and ran out of the city. Now he was dragging a few dead souls with him from the suburbs to the city.

"I'm sorry, I was attacked by Ah Piao, and I'm going to take him back now."

"Were you attacked? Is there such a bold A'Piao near the capital?" The secretary was a little shocked.

"In the underworld."

"Ah?" The big secret was even more confused. You stayed up late at night and stayed up all night to go to hell?
"During the day, Lao Li asked me to do something. I couldn't sleep, so I went early to do it. I didn't expect it to end up like this."

Wen Yan didn't explain clearly what was going on, and the chief secretary didn't ask in detail. He changed his mind and said immediately.

"Then wait a moment. If you take a few Ah Piao like this and walk towards the city, they will have to dissipate when they reach the Fourth Ring Road at most."

"okay."

After Wen Yan waited for a few minutes, he saw a car parked in front of him. Several field workers on duty got out of the car, took out their equipment with ease, and took in these Ah Piao.

"It's late at night and I have to trouble my brothers."

"No trouble, no trouble. If you still have this kind of thing, just call me. It's convenient." The leading captain had a big beard. When he smiled, his beard seemed to be shaking, giving him a special sense of joy.

They were originally on patrol, and when they received a call that there was a mission here, a few A Piao, who were attacking experts from the Lieyang Department, immediately stepped on the accelerator and rushed over. Unexpectedly, after coming over, they got the merit for nothing.

"My name is Cui Yan, Expert Wen. Can you add me as a friend and leave your contact information?"

"Don't call me an expert. It's too awkward. Just call me Wen Yan."

Wen Yan took out his mobile phone and added a friend. Cui Yan was all smiles.

"Brother Wen is so polite. If you need anything, just call and say hello. In this capital city, it's difficult to catch some Ah Piao. This time I heard that the chief secretaries were all awake, so I specially ordered him to come down. "

"I didn't know the cameras in Beijing were so good. There are special cameras in the suburbs. I didn't go far when the call came. I was really embarrassed."

While walking on the road, Wen Yan chatted with the field workers, but they were all picking their feet.

Even if they patrol for a month, they may not be able to see the two Ah Piao, and there will be even fewer troubles, and if they do, they can't solve them.

Even though the welfare benefits are good here in the capital, there is no chance to earn merits at all. Those who are a little ambitious want to go to the Lieyang Department elsewhere.

At least there are various small cases to accumulate experience and slowly accumulate merits.

There is a Piao in the local area, but they can't cause any trouble. They are completely incomparable to Guanzhong County.

This time, I got some merit for nothing, and everyone was very happy.

Arriving at the headquarters, Wen Yan watched as the Ah Piao were sent to detention for interrogation.

This time, he had no intention of hiding it at all, so he threw these A Piao over and treated them as if they were asking for directions.

Back at his place, Wen Yan took out his phone and tapped the screen.

In the corner of the phone, a black box image popped up.

"I said, you paint."

"Ok."

"A lantern, as a whole, should be an octagonal lantern. The light is dim yellow, and it is a bit like the prop palace lanterns in movies and TV series. There are some patterns on it, which are very blurry and cannot be seen clearly."

The black box immediately generated a version of the picture for Wen Yan to choose.

Wen Yan chose one of them.

"A little more like this."

After tinkering with it for a few minutes, Wen Yan looked at the last picture and saw that it already had nine images, but it was only the appearance.

"That's probably what it looks like. Let's see if there's anything matching in the records."

After a few seconds, the black box answered and then listed three pictures.

"The highest matching degree is only 45% similar."

One is a rare object collected by the Lieyang Department. The light of the lantern can illuminate things that ordinary people such as A Piao cannot see, so that ordinary people can see them.

One is related to a previously closed case, and the lantern is an exhibit.

Related to a ghost market, there once was a ghost market. When it opened, a lantern would be hung at the entrance.

There was no match, but Wen Yan looked at the last lantern. Apart from the fact that they were both octagonal lanterns, there were not many similarities in other places.

But when Wen Yan saw this lantern, he felt that the style and feel were somewhat similar. "Where did this last lantern come from?"

"There used to be a ghost market, a living ghost market that only dealt with all kinds of shady things, but it was patronized by Ah Piao. Later, something happened and disappeared. This lantern was the one that would be hung in the ghost market when it opened. Sign at the entrance.”

Wen Yan had heard this story before. Since then, the ghost market has been specifically referred to as the Rakshasa ghost market, and no one dares to use this name for the ghost market of living people anymore. It is honestly called the black market.

In the past, there was a black market and a ghost market, which were calculated separately.

Black markets are generally dangerous and illegal, or things that step on the edge of the law repeatedly, but the sales inside are really like a market, waiting for customers to come.

However, ghost markets are generally very secretive, with hidden locations, and they rarely set up stalls in the venue to wait for someone to take advantage of them. From sellers to buyers, everyone wants to hide themselves tightly, and they dare to sell any ghost thing in there, and basically Nothing can be legally bought or sold.

The most typical place where China's local ghost god of wealth appears is in the ghost market.

"Send me the information on that closed ghost market."

"Do you want all the associated information?"

"Yes."

"Your permissions are insufficient to view all data."

"Huh?" Wen Yan was stunned and suddenly became energetic.

He had heard this story before, but at that time, he only regarded it as a related part.

I didn't expect it, I never expected it.

I actually found something crucial in a place like this.

Wen Yan couldn't help but laugh. He was now at the headquarters of the Lieyang Department.

He doesn't have enough authority. Doesn't this mean someone has enough authority?
Now that he was a relevant party, and he was attacked by Ah Piao, and the Ghost God of Wealth was involved, he had absolutely enough reasons to go directly to the head of the headquarters to ask for permission.

I looked at the time and said, wait until dawn.

He continued to ask about the black box.

"Is the lantern in the ghost market in the Lieyang Department?"

"No, just similar photos."

"Is there any record of the origin of this lantern?"

"There is no direct record...please wait."

Wen Yan was about to go to bed when news came from the black box.

"I found out that this lantern is purely handmade, and the related techniques are difficult and the processing of related materials is also very troublesome. I found the following places where these techniques may be mastered. The following list is sorted from high to low likelihood."

Black Box lists a long list with a brief introduction, like a public account.

There are a dozen options in total, and this is the first time Wen Yan knows that there are more than a dozen in a place called the Land of Lanterns.

There are more than a dozen places, from the vicinity of the capital to the northeast, from Guanzhong County to Tianfu County, and then to Nanwu County.

The black box couldn't distinguish some things that couldn't be quantified, but it gave Wen Yan reference pictures.

Wen Yan looked at a few and paid attention to three of them, one in Tianfu County, one in Guanzhong County, and one in Nanwu County.

Wen Yan didn't know much about techniques, but purely based on comparison and feeling, these three places were the most likely. In addition, he carefully read the detailed description and compared the techniques and material selection. These three places were still the most likely. .

Although they are both called the hometown of lanterns, the skills, styles and cores that can be passed down are very different.

For example, in some places in the north, what they are good at is making red lanterns. That kind of technique and materials are actually not suitable for octagonal lanterns.

Seeing this, Wen Yan put away his phone and took a nap while it was still dark.

He didn't care about the few Ah Piao who were taken away. He was sleeping soundly now. It was others who should be panicking.

To be honest, he hoped that some bold guy would silence or let go of those Ah Piao at this time.

This makes things simpler.

Wen Yan quickly fell asleep. On his phone, a black box icon quietly retreated from the screen and disappeared.

Wen Yan was right, it was others who should panic.

Wen Yan arrogantly dragged several Ah Piao into the capital, and was directly caught on camera. Even though it was not yet dawn, there were already many people who knew about this.

In a small mountain village in the northeast, a middle-aged man was holding a mobile phone and sweating profusely.

"Yes, I don't know either. How could I know? I thought some goddess was asking Mi, how could I possibly know that someone is summoning souls in the underworld.

This...isn't this a disease?
who? Gentle words? Which gentle words? "

"Have your brain been kicked by a donkey? How can you be gentle?" A roar came from the phone.

"Oh, my God, is this guy so reckless? He's so sick. How could I have imagined it? I just watched someone summon spirits. If it doesn't work once, I'll do it again. How can I bear it? I didn't know it would be like this. Don't You scolded me, what’s the use of scolding me, what should I do now?”

"You asked me, I asked who is going! Several Ah Piao were caught!
Wen Yan also had no idea. He took those Ah Piao directly into the capital, where he was caught on camera and triggered the alarm.

Now those Ah Piao have entered the Lieyang Department headquarters!
Do you think you are brainless? If you eat pig brains every day, you are almost turning into pig brains! "

"Ah...then...then...what should I do?"

"Now, immediately, right away, get out of here, whether it's north or south, anyway, get out of here. If you can't get away, then die immediately. Die completely now. Don't leave any body behind. Don't implicate anyone else." "

"But, I am already dead in the records. The death certificate has been issued and cremated in the records. How can I run away? What if I am photographed..."

"Before dawn, if you are still in China, I will go over and kill you myself!"

There was a bang and the phone was hung up. From the sound, it seemed that the phone had been dropped.

The middle-aged man was sweating. He had gotten into a big trouble this time. He had never heard of anyone in his life who dared to summon spirits in the place where the A-piao gathered. Isn't this just looking for trouble and death?

As for the underworld, it is extremely dangerous in itself, and it is also the place where the dead souls gather the most.

Calling souls in such a place simply did not exist in his cognition.

Those released A Piao may be a big threat if put in other places, but if put in the underworld, it is equivalent to drowning a river with a basin of water.

The middle-aged man quickly pulled out a box from under the bed, which contained cash and documents.

Fortunately, he had been prepared beforehand. He had already faked his death, and the death certificate had been issued. Now he was not afraid of anyone finding out about him.

He quickly took out a human leather mask, put it on his face, put on a leather hat, surrounded his face, and drove away quickly.

On the other side, some people in the capital could not sleep.

The leader of the Li family appeared in the headquarters of the Lieyang Department before dawn.

He was holding a thermos cup and sitting on a cold bench. From here, through the glass at the corridor door, he could see the corridor inside and part of the interrogation room door.

Even at night, the headquarters of the Lieyang Department is crowded with people coming and going in a hurry.

Someone saw Lao Li sitting here and came over to ask.

Lao Li held the thermos cup, took a sip, spit out the tea leaves, and replied leisurely.

"I can't sleep. Come here and feel the atmosphere here. When you go back, you can teach the younger generations and they will learn from you."

The visitor glanced in the direction that Lao Li had been looking and smiled bitterly.

"This is the headquarters..."

"What do you want to say? I'm just sitting here. If you're not welcome or it's not acceptable, then I'll get out now."

"Okay, please sit down..." The visitor did not dare to say more and quickly retreated.

Wen Yan brought Ah Piao to Beijing without any cover-up, and now he knows everything that needs to be known.

Lao Li heard that Wen Yan left the city overnight and went to the underworld. He was attacked by Ah Piao on the way to the underworld. He brought the attacked Ah Piao back. He immediately woke up, washed his face, made two phone calls, and sat down directly. Wait here.

It's not like it hasn't happened before in the Lieyang Department. Someone linked up with the suspect, especially A Piao, who entered the Lieyang Department and disappeared inside. This kind of thing also happened.

Of course Lao Li knew what Wen Yan was doing in Mingtu, and he also knew under what circumstances A Piao could inexplicably go to Mingtu to attack Wen Yan.

What else can there be besides summoning spirits?
He was just a doctor on a dead horse, and he really didn't know what to do. Hearing Wen Yan talk about it at the meeting, he got excited and shamelessly asked Wen Yan for help.

Unexpectedly, Wen Yan had to go to help him without sleeping that night, and almost fell into trouble.

If he now pretends that he doesn't know anything and doesn't care about anything, is he still a human being?

Lao Li didn't say anything, he just sat here on the cold bench and squatted here to watch.

(End of this chapter)