I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 10 The escaped person, the hidden ghost!
"That Tian guy is indeed suspicious." On the way to find Master Qian, Zhang Rui explained seriously, "I am close friends with the county lieutenant Shen Yuan. Brother Shen has been very competent in punishing evildoers in Fuchun County for several years and is deeply loved by the people. However, his whole family ended up with a miserable end. With just a few words, Tian wanted to throw all the blame on a painted-skin ghost. How can I let him be so rampant? Even if he has a great background and I can't afford to offend him, I have to seek some justice for Brother Shen."

"I just never thought," Zhang Rui looked around with a sad face, "it turned out to be like this. I have harmed the people of Fuchun."

"Haha, Lord Zhang is a man of character!" Li Yu clapped his hands and laughed, "What our Great Jin lacks is a man of character like Lord Zhang. Otherwise, everyone else is just a nobody and it's not a blessing for the court. Lord Zhang, don't blame yourself. After all, you wouldn't have thought that Tian was so crazy that he actually brought things from the painting market."

"I will never reconcile with that old villain!" Zhang Rui was filled with righteous indignation, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, you must get out as soon as possible. You are of noble status. If you get hurt here, I will be held responsible for your death!"

Everyone: "."

Murong Yunji couldn't help but roll her eyes at Zhang Rui. This kid was quite thick-skinned despite being so young. However, it was only people like him who could make it in the world.

"I would like to go out. Does Lord Zhang have any way?" Li Yu looked at the other party with a smile.

"What can I do when I come here for the first time? If Master Qian hadn't given me some advice at the beginning, I and my poor niece would have been dead long ago." Zhang Rui sighed.

Everyone looked at the so-called poor niece and their faces twitched slightly.

But to be honest, if Eunuch Qin hadn't said that she was an unparalleled master, it would be hard to tell from the surface.

"Your Highness, we are almost at the end." The guard walking in front turned around and pointed ahead.

Upon hearing this, several people looked in the direction the guard pointed, which was the end of the night market, a dark place without any fire, and also the direction to exit the city.

"Are you sure?" Li Yu frowned.

"Judging from the tracking traces, the person who escaped went in this direction." The guard said with certainty.

Li Yu touched his chin when he heard that. He was confident in his men's tracking skills, but he was very confused. According to the guards, there were no signs of fighting when they reached the bright side of the night market. It was speculated that Master Qian must have witnessed his entire family being killed, and fled in grief when he failed to save his family. Later, when he reached the bright side of the night market, the Painted Skin Ghosts dared not to chase him anymore and gave up. But Master Qian had already escaped the pursuit of the evil ghosts, so why did he leave the night market alone?
Could it be that he was just trying to find a way out?
Why not wait until daytime? Wouldn't that be safer?
If we follow his trail now, can we find a way out? But what if there is an ambush?
The darkness of the world in the painting still made him feel a little embarrassed. Even with Eunuch Qin guarding him, he didn't want to take the risk.

"What did Lord Zhang say?" Li Yu turned and looked at Zhang Rui.

Zhang Rui was stunned and thought: Why are you asking me?
But after thinking for a while, he said, "It is a bit unreasonable for Master Qian to flee the night market in such a hurry. I do not recommend continuing to chase him. At least wait until dawn."

"The road will be different after daybreak!" Xia Xuezhou said anxiously, "After entering this painting market, we are actually no longer in Fuchun County. After daybreak, the road outside may not be the same as it is now. It will be difficult to track him down again."

"Really?" Li Yu was a little surprised and looked at a middle-aged warlock in the team.

The sorcerer frowned but shook his head: "Your Highness, I know very little about the painting market."

Zhang Rui looked at him strangely: "Master Xia, where did you get this statement from?"

"Master Qian told me so." Xia Xuezhou said quickly.

"Is that so?" Zhang Rui pinched his fingers habitually, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Highness, I still stick to my previous point of view. It is too dangerous outside the night market. It is safer to wait until dawn in this night market."

"What if I insist on going?" Li Yu looked at Zhang Rui and smiled.

"Then I'm sorry that I can't accompany Your Highness." Zhang Rui bowed and said helplessly, "It's not that I'm afraid of death, but my family is still in danger. The miserable situation of Master Qian's family is really shocking to me. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"I see." Li Yu nodded. "Master Zhang, don't be so persistent. It is human nature to protect your family. I will take people out to look for it first. If we find a way out, I will send someone back to inform you."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhang Rui was touched and said, "I am so worthy of your kindness. Please take care of yourself, Your Highness!"

Just like that, the two of them said goodbye reluctantly, which made Murong Yunji feel sick. However, she waited until the group of people left before asking, "Why don't you join them?"

"The Painted Skins in this Painting Market have begun to avoid me, and I have to guard you, so I can't concentrate on hunting. If I follow them, with their protection, and in the dark wilderness, I will grow faster."

"Do you think that everyone out there is free to chop down?" Zhang Rui rolled his eyes. "First of all, that group of people is not safe. Without you, the so-called Third Prince is more dangerous than those painted-skin ghosts. Second, it's very dangerous out there. These painted-skin ghosts can communicate with each other. If you break the rules and hunt ghosts with ghosts, you will alert some very scary things. We have to escape before those things notice you. Third, that Xia guy is lying!"

"Oh?" Murong Yunji was stunned, then said: "Indeed, I have never heard of the saying that the roads outside the painting market will change. I thought that the rules of this painting market have changed."

"That official surnamed Xia seems to be trying to curry favor with the so-called prince. Why did he lie?"

"You can't judge a person by his appearance." Zhang Rui said coldly, "He may look like a softie, but he may actually be a hungry wolf. Anyway, I don't want to get involved in this mess, but..."

He watched Li Yu and his group disappear into the darkness, then looked back at the location of Master Qian's house, and said dimly, "It's possible that Master Qian was the one who lied."

"Why do you say that?"

"When Master Qian saved me, he showed a bit of a ghostly look." Zhang Rui thought of the pair of black hairy claws that Master Qian had when he saved him.
"The Master Qian you mentioned is the Painted Skin Ghost?" Murong Yunji frowned.

"The guard was tracking traces of people." Zhang Rui thought about the guard's confident look and said quietly, "Just now everyone speculated that Master Qian escaped outside the night market. Is it possible that it was not Master Qian who escaped?"
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"Can you see clearly?"

At the night market in Fuchun County, a group of people were watching from a distance. They were none other than Master Tian and his gang. Following the marks he had made on the scroll, they quickly found the location of the county magistrate. However, they heard from the scholar that the third prince Li Yu was beside the county magistrate!

"I won't be wrong, cough cough." The scholar deliberately lowered the sound of his cough and panted, "I might be wrong about other people's breath, but not Qin Fang's!"

Several guards were stunned when they heard this, and they were silent instantly. Even Master Tian did not continue to ask. Qin Fang, the recognized first talent in the palace, a 35-year-old half-step master, the only one in the world, but few people know Qin Fang's origins. Ten years ago, Qin Fang was the head of the Xihua Tianchi Sect. He and the head's only son Du Chenxiao were the famous Tianchi twins, but ten years ago, he defected to the palace and was willing to become a eunuch.
Less than half a year later, the leader of Xihua Tianchi Sect died suddenly, and the sect was hit by internal strife and suffered heavy losses. The leader's only son, Chen Xiao, was nowhere to be found, but everyone in front of them knew that the weak scholar was Chen Xiao!

"No need to be so shy." The scholar wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth calmly and said calmly, "I will not let some personal grudges interfere with the Crown Prince's important affairs, and I am no match for him now!"

Master Tian nodded and said, "But why is Li Yu with the county magistrate? I investigated before Fuchun set up the scheme. Youzhou is located in a remote area, and there are not many children from noble families serving as officials. The county magistrate surnamed Zhang is a farmer's son with no foundation. His wife is also a merchant. When we met, his words and actions did not seem to have a foundation. Could it be that I was wrong?"

Chen Xiao frowned when he heard that. Tian Ye's judgment was basically correct. The status of merchants in Dajin was extremely low. Any educated family with a little background would not marry a merchant. Only poor scholars who had such a weak background that they didn't even have the money to go to Beijing to take the imperial examinations would make such a choice.

Could it be that he is really a person who hides himself very deeply?
"Is Li Yu also related to that group of people?" Tian Ye's voice was heavy. This was a bit troublesome.

"It's hard to say." Chen Xiao coughed lightly and said, "From the perspective of motivation, there is. After all, His Majesty dotes on Li Yu and his biological mother. The Queen has only one son, the Crown Prince. The Second Prince's biological mother is a concubine and her family background is not good. If something happens to the Crown Prince, Li Yu has a great chance."

“But judging from the method, if Li Yu is really in the same group, he shouldn’t have gotten involved in this situation himself.” Master Tian said dimly.

"That's what I said." Chen Xiao said with a smile, "The crime of murdering the prince, even if there is just a little suspicion, he will lose the chance to be the crown prince. He really shouldn't have entered the game himself. It seems more like he was led here by someone."

"Are there other people following Li Yu?"

"From a distance, I saw a man wearing a fifth-rank official uniform, who should be the governor of Youzhou. The others were all wearing inner guard uniforms, so I couldn't see their faces clearly. I couldn't get closer either. That one was already a half-step master, so I couldn't get close to him within ten feet."

"Sir, there is movement over there!" the guard in charge of surveillance said hurriedly.

"Let's go and take a look." The scholar put the towel into his sleeve unnoticeably, but Master Tian keenly noticed that there were a lot of bloodstains on the towel. Although Chen Xiao looked calm on the surface, he was definitely not like that in his heart, otherwise he would not have suffered internal injuries.

Thinking of this, Tian Ye felt even more depressed. The prince's power was in a passive position everywhere. Now it seemed...
"what?"

"What's going on?"

Several people followed the traces and found the heads of evil spirits scattered all over the dark alley.

"It should be that Li Yu wants to save lamp oil." Master Tian sighed as he looked at the heads scattered on the ground: "With the protection of a half-step master, he is confident."

"It wasn't Qin Fang who did it." The scholar looked closer at the head on the ground, his eyes full of wonder: "What a great swordsmanship! I haven't seen such pure swordsmanship in a long time!"

"Do you mean there are other masters besides Qin Fang?" Master Tian frowned.

Most sorcerers look down on warriors, but it must be said that powerful warriors pose a great threat to sorcerers. The one who can make Chen Xiao so impressed must be a tricky one.

"I've never heard of such a person around Li Yu. This swordsmanship." The scholar was even a little obsessed with it: "Maybe he can compete with Master Yi!"

"You're not kidding, are you?" Master Tian's eyes flashed with surprise.

Master Yi, recognized as the best swordsman in the world, one of the five great masters, and the only master outside the jurisdiction of the imperial court!

"I was talking about realm, not that he has such strength. But even so, it is still very difficult to deal with. What is the intelligence of the Prince's Mansion for? They can even miss such a person?"

Several guards were cautious and dared not say a word after hearing this. They were all intelligence scouts, but they were full of doubts. It was impossible for Li Yu to have such a person around him without leaving any traces. Where did he come from?

"This is?"

Following the traces all the way forward, we soon saw the tragic situation of Qian's mansion.

"There are many families in the painting market who don't have the nerve to open their doors, but Li Yu and his group stayed here for quite some time." Chen Xiao covered his nose, seeming to dislike the smell of blood. He looked at Tian Ye and said, "Master, you have been in Fuchun County for two days. Do you recognize this family?"

"It's the residence of Mr. Qian, the lawyer in the county government." Master Tian frowned.

"Along the way, more than half of the families in Fuchun County were killed. A mere legal advisor should not attract the attention of someone like the Third Prince. There must be something fishy, Master." Chen Xiao turned his head and looked at the field.

Tian Ye nodded slightly upon seeing this, and his pupils turned black and white in the next instant. The temperature around him suddenly dropped. The guards who knew the situation hurriedly protected Chen Xiao and slowly retreated.

Sorcerers look down on warriors, and warriors don't like sorcerers either. Most sorcerers use evil spirits to develop their own supernatural powers, and it is easy for these people to become evil spirits themselves, so the court will send warriors to monitor them at all times. Once they lose control, the warriors will take action before the other party turns into an evil spirit. Many times, large-scale evil spirit incidents break out because sorcerers lose control, and it is often these warriors who have to clean up the mess.

Master Tian raised pupil spirits, who were best at illusions, but his most miraculous power was his mediumship, which allowed him to see some information about the dead through the dead. This power was extremely useful, especially in collecting intelligence and solving unsolved cases, and was one of the reasons why Master Tian was later valued and trained by the court.

"Huh?" Master Tian was suddenly shocked, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. A look of fear appeared on his face and he retreated uncontrollably.

"Master?" Chen Xiao hurriedly tried to step forward but was stopped by several guards: "Sir, you can't!"

The spells cast by the warlock are extremely strange, and ordinary people who get close to him may easily suffer inexplicable strange attacks.

"Get out of the way!" Chen Xiao exerted all his strength and pushed several people away, but the next moment he saw Tian Da's eyes exploded, a large amount of blood gushed out, and his body began to shrink as if it had a leak!
"Grandmaster!!"

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