Chapter 104: Exploring the Ghost Xianglou
The night in Gantian City is beautiful, but under such a beautiful night view, Lin Mo knew that there were many dirty things buried in Gantian City at this moment. Perhaps someone was doing flesh and blood business in a corner, and there were also human trafficking activities.
Even Lin Mo is powerless to do anything about these things. Lin Mo knows that no matter how he does these things, it will still happen, and there will always be no place for the sun to shine.
That place is dark.
Under the lights, Lin Mo, led by Han Qianyue, walked through the crowded streets and entered the remote and dim alley without lights. Wild cats and bats often floated out in the alleys.
Stepping on the snow, Lin Mo tightened the snow quilt and cloak on his body, crossed his hands and walked slowly in his sleeves. Han Qianyue beside him was bathed in the moonlight, and his whole body looked even more out of the world.
The atmosphere was very quiet. I noticed that I was being looked at by Lin Mo. Han Qianyue felt that his heartbeat seemed to be speeding up. In order to cover up this throbbing, Han Qianyue spoke and broke the rare silence.
"Sect Master Lin doesn't want to ask where to go? Are you afraid that the little girl will ambush someone and kill you?"
Lin Mo withdrew his gaze, looked up at the Dongyue in the cold night sky, and a wicked smile appeared in his mouth, and sighed: "It would be great if that was true. I was still afraid that Master Han would fall in love with him and could not bear to kill him."
Lin Mo said this to tease Han Qianyue. Of course, he was also telling Han Qianyue that he would not be soft-hearted to himself due to what happened in the past few days. After all, the two of them were opponents with different positions.
Lin Mo belongs to Yan State, while Han Qianyue is in Chu State and is also the future queen of Chu State. Yan and Chu have unresolved mortal enemies. Yan Baiyu's father Wang Yanlin's death is the driving force behind the scenes. After all, the two countries have to fight each other.
Although Lin Mo didn't know what Han Qianyue had plans, he knew clearly that Han Qianyue came to the imperial capital to destroy his big actions and found a suitable plan to kill him.
Only by killing yourself can the Chu army successfully move northward, break through the largest pass in Jianyang Pass, pass through the Xuanyan Plain, which is thousands of miles long, and finally aim at the imperial capital.
Seeing that Lin Mo actually dared to tease her, Han Qianyue was going to get angry, so she twisted Lin Mo's ear and taught her a lesson, but she immediately understood the meaning behind Lin Mo's words.
Yes, although the two are now getting along like friends and have different positions, one day they will eventually have to fight each other, unless, as Lin Mo joked, marry him by himself, Yuezong will move all the way to the north.
But is this possible? No, I am afraid that the people of Yuezong are about to take action, and the army of Chu has surrounded Yuehua Mountain where Yuezong is located. In that way, Yuezong's sisters will lose too much, and she, Han Qianyue, cannot afford it.
Thinking of this, Han Qianyue couldn't help feeling sad. In order not to let Lin Mo see his sadness, she immediately calmed down and said with a smile: "Sect Master Lin is such a joke. How could a little girl fall in love with you? If it's time to kill you, the little girl will do it herself."
Han Qianyue didn't reply to Lin Mo's plan, looked at the end of the darkness and asked, "I wonder if Master Lin has been in the imperial capital for so long, have he heard of Guixiang Tower?"
"Gixiang Tower? Never heard of it." Lin Mo heard the name for the first time, and was a little curious: "What does this Gixiang Tower do? Are we going to this Gixiang Tower now?"
Han Qianyue nodded and then talked about some things about Guixiang Tower: "When it comes to Guixiang Tower, there must be a period of history, which is similar to the time when this imperial capital is known. Guixiang Tower is..."
It turned out that in the place where the imperial capital Gantian City was first built, in order to prevent the flooding of the Hanjiang River surrounding the capital and then flooding the capital, the Ministry of Works at that time built twelve gaps for flooding around the capital.
These gutters were dug high and deep, like eight canyons. However, with more than two hundred years, these twelve gutters have almost been filled with mud, stenched, and have long lost their original flood discharge function.
Later, these gaps were sent by the Ministry of Works to fill them up and trees were planted. The stench was gone, and it was also shaded by green trees. However, these twelve silt-filled gutters were only landfilled eleven.
The unfilled gulf was in the west of the imperial capital. This gulf was dug out and some things were built in the gulf, and Guixiang Tower was in it.
This place is extremely remote and few people know it. Over time, it becomes a place where dirt is hidden. At night, it is even more lively and people are rampant.
There are robbers selling stolen goods, human traffickers selling people, and the most vicious murderers. In short, there are all kinds of scumbags and scum.
Hearing this, Lin Mo became confused and asked Han Qianyue: "What's going on with this Guixiang Tower? Why is Master Han taking him down there?"
Han Qianyue replied: "In that place, there are many women who have been abducted or kidnapped. Before selling them, the human traffickers started a business of flesh and blood to squeeze out their last little value."
"The business is very big, so those human traffickers compare themselves to the largest Qinlou Chuguan and Xianglou in the imperial capital in that place, so it is known as Guixianglou. By the way, Xianglou, Sect Master Lin knows this name, right?"
Of course, Lin Mo knew that Xianglou was the predecessor of Zuishenglou. Lin Mo helped Tang Yunu take down Xianglou and began the first step for Tang Yunu to make the Chuguan career of the Qinlou.
Seeing Lin Mo nodding, Han Qianyue continued, "A few days ago, a dark butterfly in my Yue Sect disappeared. According to the last news, it is very likely to be related to Guixiang Tower, so the little woman came to ask Master Lin for your help."
"Why are you coming to me?" Lin Mo was a little confused: "The Yue Sect and the Mo Sect are both one of the three peak sects. If you want to enter Guixiang Tower to investigate things, it is enough for your own strength, right?"
Han Qianyue shook her head: "No, the water in this Guixiang Tower is deep and very turbid. Now my Yue Sect has insufficient staff in the imperial capital. My Yue Sect is full of women. It is basically impossible to enter this Guixiang Tower. And I guess there are great practitioners in the Guixiang Tower."
Lin Mo couldn't help but be shocked. He didn't expect that there would be a great practitioner in that dirty place. He immediately asked, "Is it a great swordsman? How many are there?"
Han Qianyue's face looked puzzled, she was silent for a while, and said, "Please don't know this little woman. Maybe there is a great practitioner in the semi-saint realm."
Now, Lin Mo was even more shocked. Unexpectedly, there was a great practitioner in the semi-saint realm.
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Half an hour later, Lin Mo and his group walked into the gulf shaped like a valley under the moonlight. After entering, the wind immediately blew from somewhere, with a biting chill, which made people scared.
There are many sheds made of wood and stones on both sides of the valley, which look extremely desolate, but the scene in front of Lin Mo is clear. The streets are brightly lit, and all kinds of people emitting dirty breath are wandering.
Lin Mo felt as if even the air was filled with dirty and rotten smell, dissipating this faint stench, which made Lin Mo feel very disgusting and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Under Han Qianyue's leadership, Lin Mo and his friends mingled among the dirty people and came to a wooden archway similar to the entrance. They were stopped by two shirtless men with big swords on their doorkeepers.
Looking at the two shirtless men, Lin Mo muttered in his heart. It's so awesome. He was actually naked in this winter. I'll give you 101 points for this pretending.
Looking at the situation in front of him, Lin Mo suddenly remembered the so-called ghost markets mentioned in the TV series when he was in China, which seemed to be similar to those here.
"You guys look a little bit like this. Please show your ghost certificate, otherwise you can't go in." Two bare-armed men stretched out their hands to stop Han Qianyue, Lin Mo and others, and shouted.
As he got closer, Lin Mo realized that the two men's faces were covered with flesh and old wounds. At this time, Xifeng whispered in Lin Mo's ear, saying that these two were both practitioners at the swordsman level.
Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh in his heart, good guys are all practitioners at the swordsman level, and there are indeed some tricks here.
As for the ghost certificate in the mouth of the shirtless man, Lin Mo guessed that it was something similar to a clearance document, so he had to ask Han Qianyue if there was any ghost certificate. At this time, Han Qianyue suddenly moved.
Han Qianyue's face changed, and the sword light flashed, and shedded one of the fingers of the two shirtless men in an instant. Then she put the sword back into the sheath and said coldly: "Do you still need a certificate?"
Lin Mo was stunned. Unexpectedly, Han Qianyue, who looked like an immortal, was so cruel. She cut off the other party's finger without saying a word, and immediately shivered from the bottom of her heart.
However, the next scene made Lin Mo admire the shirtless man even more. One of the two fingers was cut off and there was no pain to scream. They just changed their faces, then bit them, and retreated to the side with resentful eyes.
Lin Mo quietly gave the two shirtless men a thumbs up. Awesome, they are such awesome. I gave you one more point and it was indeed no mistake.
Although he was playing around, Lin Mo also knew that in this dirty place that the king's law could not reach, strength was the best pass, and the others were nothingness.
When Han Qianyue entered inside, she saw everyone gathering her eyes, so in order not to attract attention, she was worth taking Lin Mo and the others to a hidden place, opened the bag that Xiaoying had been carrying, and changed into men's clothes.
When Han Qianyue walked out of the darkness and looked at Han Qianyue dressed in white men's clothing, Lin Mo was shocked in an instant. I was so obedient. As expected, the beauty still couldn't hide the charm when she dressed in men's clothing.
After a moment of shock, Lin Mo shook his head and threw away the dirty things in his heart, and praised him: "What a handsome young man, I am really moved by my big man."
Listening to Lin Mo's sincere words of praise, Han Qianyue's face turned red, but it was this redness that made her even more charming, and the little girl's shyness emanated from the outside to the inside.
Xiaoying, who also changed into men's clothing, walked out from behind Han Qianyue. When she looked at Han Qianyue's shy attitude, she wanted to say something, but in the end she sighed and swallowed her words back.
Chapter completed!