At the same time, within Ping'an Ancient Town.

This is the new urban area of ​​the ancient town, which is a tourist area later invested and built by Zhongzhou City.

Feng Quan was left alone in this new city. Yang Jian asked him not to set foot in the old city because he was worried that there were some weird things in the old city to avoid encountering unpredictable dangers.

He also noticed something was wrong in the old city.

So he did not object to Yang Jian's suggestion.

"Everyone's signal has disappeared." Feng Quan found a special hotel to stay in. He paid attention to the changes in several people's signals through his satellite positioning mobile phone.

Just before.

Everyone's signal disappeared, including Yang Jian's personal mobile phone.

He stood by the window and looked.

The old part of Taiping Ancient Town is dark and gloomy.

Although street lights are also installed, the street lights there seem to be particularly dim. It seems that the lamp tubes are aging and the power supply is insufficient, and they cannot illuminate the entire street as well as here. This situation is especially obvious after dark.

But ordinary people will definitely not notice this change.

"There is indeed danger over there." Feng Quan thought to himself.

But right now.

Suddenly.

He heard some movement from the corridor outside the door. It was the sound of someone dragging something heavy across the corridor and heading downstairs.

Feng Quan didn't care at first.

But when the sound came to the stairs, he suddenly turned and looked in the direction of the sound.

Years of experience told him that the sound was not caused by dragging an object, but by someone dragging a corpse and the corpse's feet landing on the steps.

Immediately.

He opened the door and walked over with a solemn expression, holding a shovel covered with mud in his hand.

A light mist drifted inexplicably between the corridors.

soon.

Feng Quan came to the stairs. He saw two corpses wrapped in sheets. The corpses had just died and were still very fresh. The arms of the corpses exposed outside the sheets had the same skin color as normal people. There was no difference. Even the skin on the corpses

There is still body temperature left, and it has not completely cooled down.

The person who dragged the body was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing hotel work clothes and looked like a cleaner.

"Sorry, there's some garbage that needs to be hauled down for disposal. I hope I didn't disturb you."

The middle-aged man raised his head, looked at Feng Quan on the stairs, and showed a simple and apologetic smile.

The smile is slightly stiff.

It's very unnatural, but I can't tell what is wrong.

"Shouldn't the person report the death as soon as possible?" Feng Quan's face was gloomy as he stared at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man did not speak, but continued to drag the two corpses wrapped in sheets downstairs.

"If there is no person in charge in Zhongzhou City, I am the person in charge here. You can report the case to me. If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I have the right to take you down."

Feng Quan identified himself and took out his ID.

But the middle-aged man seemed not to hear and kept walking.

"In that case, then..."

Before he finished speaking, thick fog instantly enveloped the corridor. Then, next to the middle-aged man, a shovel covered in mud suddenly slammed down and hit the man's head directly.

A normal person would be killed by such a slap, or would at least be in a coma.

The middle-aged man dragging the body stumbled and fell to the ground, and there was no movement immediately.

Feng Quan walked out of the thick fog. He picked up the middle-aged man and planned to bury the guy first. After all, this was an unstable factor and should not be taken carelessly.

"So light?"

However, when he picked it up, this middle-aged man wearing hotel work clothes did not have the weight of a normal adult, but was light and airy.

Turn around and take a look.

Feng Quan's expression suddenly changed slightly.

This is not a living person at all, but a paper figure burned as a sacrifice to the dead.

"What did Liu San do?" Feng Quan immediately thought of the paper man Liu San.

However, he didn't wait to think about it too much.

The surrounding ghostly fog was quickly dissipating, and at the same time, a slightly older voice sounded: "The servant I bought for three yuan during the discount was beaten to death by you with a shovel. It's not very good for a customer to do this."

OK, I have to pay for it."

"who?"

Feng Quan gave a low drink, and then immediately followed the direction of the sound.

He ignored the two corpses on the ground, quickly went downstairs, and then came to the lobby of the small hotel. Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly stopped.

Then he turned and looked at the counter next to him.

There was an old kerosene lamp on the counter, with a yellowish light on. A man in his sixties, wearing an old cloth cap and a face full of wrinkles, was lying there. He raised his head slightly at this moment.

He looked at Feng Quan.

The two looked at each other.

One was solemn and cautious, and the other had a bit of a smile, as if he was saying hello.

"An old resident of Taiping Ancient Town?" Feng Quan immediately deduced some information when he saw this person's dress.

"That shovel of yours is very unusual. It actually killed my servant with one blow. It's not easy."

The man said, "How are you going to compensate me? This is an old thing that I have used for decades. Every piece of it is broken, and I don't have any extra money to buy more."

"Who are you?" Feng Quan held the shovel, and the lights in the lobby flickered.

Thick fog gradually appeared, and soon, the door next to it was completely shrouded in thick fog, and then disappeared from sight.

Everything around was blocked by thick fog, but the light was still flickering near the kerosene lamp at the front desk of the hotel. The thick fog could not get closer, as if it was blocked by an invisible supernatural force.

"I am the owner of this hotel. You can call me Boss Liu."

After saying that, the man grinned and felt a little proud.

It seems that being a boss makes him very happy and proud.

"Boss Liu?"

Feng Quan knew as soon as he heard that this was an unimportant fake name, he asked: "Are you also a ghost controller?"

"Ghost controller? I'm not, don't talk nonsense, I'm a serious businessman." Boss Liu quickly shook his head in denial.

"How can there be supernatural things if you are not a ghost controller?" Feng Quan said.

"I bought it with money and it was handed down from my ancestors." Boss Liu said: "But you, you are young and look like you are neither a human nor a ghost. You are not afraid of scaring others when you go out."

"Did you kill those two people upstairs?" Feng Quan did not answer his question.

Boss Liu strongly denied it: "Nonsense, I am doing a serious business, how could I kill people and kill customers? I don't know whether they were lucky or unlucky, but they accidentally entered the ghost street and took away the things from the ghost street."

, Of course, you have to pay a heavy price. During the day, I originally wanted to refuse the two of them to stay, but the business in the store has not been very good recently, so I made an exception and agreed."

"I didn't expect them to die so quickly. I thought they would die after a few days. It seems like they took something terrible."

Feng Quan's eyes moved: "Ghost Street? Where is that place?"

"Taiping Town Ghost Street is a very famous place, but you don't know about it? Oh, by the way, you're not a local, so it's normal that you don't know. Speaking of ghost streets, it's an amazing place. There are all kinds of weird things there.

Sell....."

Speaking of this, Boss Liu sighed: "It's a pity that time has changed, and the bustling ghost streets that used to be bustling and bustling have also become dilapidated and declined. Sure enough, this era no longer belongs to them. Fortunately, I changed my career quickly and opened a hotel. I can make a profit in a year."

I have over a million, and I can retire in a few years. I hope I can collect enough money to buy a coffin before I die. I heard that cremation is popular recently, and I don’t know if the coffin shop will close down due to poor business.

.”

Feng Quan paid attention to several pieces of information.

Ghost street, coffin shop, saving money to buy a coffin...

"You are indeed not simple. You know many things. Do you know about Ghost Lake?" Feng Quan said.

When the ghost lake was mentioned, Boss Liu's expression immediately changed.

It was no longer so relaxed, but rather gloomy.

But soon, Boss Liu squinted his eyes and smiled again: "You pay first. As long as you have money, you can ask anything. I know."

"How much."

Feng Quan said: "Give me the number and I can transfer it to you."

He also has the power to mobilize Dachang City's operational funds, which can easily reach several hundred million.

"I want that thing."

Boss Liu pointed to the shovel in Feng Quan's hand: "You can tell at first glance that it is an old item. It is very valuable. Maybe it can be sold for dozens of yuan."

"Do you think I will give it to you?"

Feng Quan said: "And by taking this thing, you provoked a captain. Do you still want to live in peace and security?"

"It's so serious."

Boss Liu waved his hand and said: "Forget it, forget it, the captain sounds like a big shot. I, a small boss, can't afford to offend him. Just give me three or four yuan for a favor. I won't be too little."

He rubbed his fingers, his meaning was obvious.
To be continued...