Marrying a wife and a concubine together? Wouldn't it be better to divorce and become the queen

Xie Yu thought that if she ignored the rumors, they would not have a bad impact on her.

However, she still underestimated the pressure of public opinion. After Emperor Xia Ming explained the matter to her, he said nothing, but he could not stand the ministers in the court holding on to the matter.

Speaking of which, the rumors affected the reputation of the Huaibei royal family, but the fourth princess' mother was the eldest princess of Daxia. She was in the capital, gave birth to an illegitimate daughter with a minister of another country, and raised her in the Huaibei royal family. This was also a huge scandal for the Daxia royal family!

In the palace, the ministers demanded that Emperor Xia Ming conduct a thorough investigation and that Xie Yu come out to give an explanation. Xie Yu was impeached by the censors several times and was forced to go to the court to deal with the matter, which gave her a headache.

Xie Yu was in constant trouble, but Feng Qingluan got a moment of peace.

There is a clue in the investigation of Snake Man's case.

One day, Jiang Qu came back to report that he had heard that the snake seller would trade with two gangsters at the ghost market tomorrow.

In the venomous snake case, the last witness was this snake man. He finally showed up, and Xie Jin demanded that he must be caught.

Therefore, after Jiang Qu sent a message back, Xie Jin decided to go to the Ghost Market himself to capture the Snake Master.

Feng Qingluan's injuries have not yet fully recovered. Facing the snake keeper who raises countless poisonous snakes, she has to be careful of accidents. She can detoxify him and go along with him.

The next day, a group of people left the capital and went to Chuan'an Village outside the city.

The Ghost Market is located in Chuan'an Village. It is a place where all kinds of people gather and it is where all kinds of people from all walks of life gather.

The group dressed up simply before entering the ghost market.

As night falls, the dim lights of the Ghost Market light up, and various people wearing cloaks, night clothes, and carrying swords and cold weapons on their shoulders appear on the streets of the Ghost Market.

These people are rough and unruly, their behavior is wild, each of them looks ferocious and murderous, and their hands are stained with deaths.

The place where the Snake Man wanted to trade was at the Evil Cave Inn. Feng Qingluan and others went in early and pretended to be guests to order food and drinks.

As guests arrived in the lobby one after another, two burly men came in carrying weapons and sat down in the most secluded corner of the inn.

Jiang Qu gave Xie Jin a look, indicating that these two people were the ones who wanted to do business with Snake Old Man.

A quarter of an hour later, a short, hunchbacked, thin old man wearing a gray, shabby coat and leaning on a cane came in from outside.

Jiang Qu's eyes became sharper and his expression changed. Feng Qingluan guessed that this person must be the Snake Old Man.

The old man was holding a bag in his hand, and there seemed to be a living thing wriggling inside it. After he walked into the lobby, his vigilant little eyes quickly looked at everyone in the hall.

He walked step by step towards the corner where the two big men were, leaning on a crutch, and the crutch made a regular "rustling" sound on the floor.

The old man sat down opposite the burly man, threw the bag of living creatures on the table, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Two red-crowned bellies, one thousand taels."

The strong man looked at the bag and said with a smile:

"Okay, add a bottle of poison and it's a deal."

The old man's small eyes under the brim of his hat stared at him sinisterly:

“That wasn’t included in the previous deal.”

The strong man stroked his beard:

"Now, we are also working for others, so we have to take some money from them."

He looked at the snake man's clothes and sneered:

"You are dressed in rags, and you probably need this money to improve your life. I am kind enough to give you the poison and I will give you the money."

The snake elder looked into his eyes and laughed:

"Then the old man has to thank you. Wait, I'll get the poison."

He took it out from his wide sleeves, and the two strong men thought they would be able to get the goods soon.

Unexpectedly, the snake man did not take out the poison. Instead, he made a strange noise from his mouth, took out a scimitar and cut open the pocket on the table!

Two red-crowned venomous snakes flew out of the bag with a "whoosh" and accurately attacked the nose of the strong man opposite!

The strong man was bitten unexpectedly and let out a shrill scream. Then his body twitched, and he died with foam at the mouth and his eyes wide open.

The companion was killed, and the other one drew out a big knife!

One step slower!

Another snake shot at his knife-arm and bit him hard. The big man fell to the ground and died soon after.

After killing people, the two poisonous snakes quickly returned to the snake owner's pocket.

Seeing this scene, Feng Qingluan was shocked!

This guy not only sells snakes, he’s also a snake trainer!

She had heard the strange sound coming out of his mouth before from a snake trainer who had robbed the red-mortar monkey. What was the relationship between the snake trainer and that man?

A murder happened in the corner, but none of the guests dining in the lobby cared and continued eating and drinking as if nothing had happened.

The snake man took out silver bills from the two dead men and placed one on the table as payment for today's meal. Then he hunched over, put the two snakes in his clothes and walked towards the door of the inn.

This person is extremely dangerous!

Feng Qingluan looked at Xie Jin, signaling him not to act rashly.

Who knows how many poisonous snakes are hidden under the opponent's cloak. If he attacks you by surprise, your fate will be the same as those two people!

If you want to capture him alive, you can only launch a surprise attack, and you have to hit him with one strike!

Xie Jin understood what Feng Qingluan meant. When Snake Old Man was about to walk out of the inn, Xie Jin narrowed his eyes slightly and threw two hidden weapons at Snake Old Man's back!

The Snake Man was very sensitive, as if he had eyes on his back. He could even sense the hidden weapons thrown by Xie Jin. He raised his arms and waved his sleeves, and his wide robe knocked the two hidden weapons away!

Xie Jin's attack was just a sleight of hand. The moment Snake Man's robe fell, Xie Jin's figure had appeared in front of him!

Snake's heart trembled. He had met a master!

He quickly dodged and let go of the bag in his hand, and two red-crowned bellies attacked Xie Jin like small cannonballs!

The long sword flashed, and the two snakes were cut off by Xie Jin!

Snake Man knew that he was no match for Xie Jin, so he didn’t want to fight any longer and tried to break through the door and escape when Xie Jin was killing the poisonous snake!

Jiang Qu had arrived at the door and blocked his way!

There was a vicious flash in the Snake Man's eyes. He drew out his walking stick, which was a sharp blade with a bloodthirsty cold light. He fought with Jiang Qu with agility and reaction beyond his age!

Not only that, during the battle, the snake elder whistled, and in an instant, countless poisonous snakes flew out from under his sleeves and shot towards Xie Jin and Jiang Qu!

These are extremely poisonous snakes, and one bite from them can kill you instantly!

In order to escape, the snake man released all the poisons he was carrying!

Seeing that Feng Qingluan hadn't moved, he seized the opportunity and shot several poisonous snakes at her!

Feng Qingluan narrowed her eyes, and silver needles flew out from her palm to fight back. After killing several snakes, there was still one that attacked her feet!

"careful!"

Xie Jin turned around and walked towards Feng Qingluan, killing the poisonous snake with one sword!

Jiang Qu was also entangled by a poisonous snake. In just a moment, the snake broke through the window and escaped to the street outside!

Jiang Qu immediately chased after him!

Just as he rushed to the window, a red-crowned snake came towards him. He braked suddenly, but inertia prevented his body from reacting and he was about to be bitten by the snake!

"call out!"

A dagger flew from the side and hit the snake, knocking it out and nailing it to the opposite pillar.

Jiang Qu looked to the side and saw a girl in blue clothes withdrew her hand, glanced at Jiang Qu, turned around and chased in the direction the snake man fled!

Jiang Qu frowned. Who is this person?

Actually saved him?

Without thinking too much, Jiang Qu quickly chased outside!