Infinite flow: The non-African's partner is the European emperor

The news of the haunting scared the others, but some people couldn't resist their curiosity and joined in the gossip.

Passerby No. 1 was not stingy and told everything he knew.

The time-honored brand he mentioned is the most famous century-old brand making lanterns in Shengjing City.

Their lanterns are all prepared for the ladies and young ladies of high-ranking officials and nobles.

The old shop owner is over seventy years old and has two apprentices, one of whom he adopted and the other is his biological son.

Both apprentices were very talented and took over the business in the store at an early age.

The old shop owner was asked to make a lantern this time because a nobleman asked him to make one. But he and his apprentice were burned to death along with the lanterns before they were finished.

On the night of the fire, neighbors heard intermittent cries of a woman.

It was late at night, and the sound was coming and going, which was very scary. It was like a ghost.

Moreover, when people from the government office came to investigate, they found that the fire in the lantern shop was very strange. It did not affect the houses nearby at all, as if it had been arranged in advance.

On the second night after the store was burned down, the neighbor’s grandfather got up to go to the bathroom. When he was near the ruins next door, he heard the woman’s crying again. It was even more terrifying than the one he heard the day before, and he fainted. If his son hadn’t discovered it early, he would have died of fright.

But not everyone can hear the woman's screams at night, but it happens every few days.

The government sent people to investigate, but they found nothing unusual. No strange sounds were heard for two days after that, so they had no choice but to give up.

The voices of passers-by became quieter and the topics they talked about became more and more off-topic.

Xie Fei interrupted and asked, "Excuse me, where is that lantern shop?"

A passerby pointed him in a direction through the window and explained, "It's at the entrance of Zhiliao Alley in the north of the city. It's easy to find. The burned ruins have not been dealt with yet."

Xie Fei cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, big brother."

His action seemed quite professional, which made Zhou Xing unable to help but take another look.

Xie Fei whispered: "I learned this from TV."

Zhou Xing was silent.

They stayed for a while, but didn't hear any useful information, so they got up and went to the lantern shop.

【Team Channel】

【Xie Fei: Did you gain anything? 】

【Chen Xuan: I don’t have any here.】

[Jiang Zhi: I have something to say. Because a well-known lantern shop was burned down, the owner quickly moved to another shop. That shop is a rival of the one that was burned down.]

【Xie Fei: Come to the entrance of Zhiliao Alley in the north of the city.】

They agreed to meet at the entrance of the alley. When Xie Fei found the place, Chen Xuan and Jiang Zhi were almost there.

They briefly recounted the story they heard in the teahouse.

Chen Xuan touched his chin and said, "Is it possible that this fire is related to another shop? After all, they are competitors, and after all, their family is the biggest beneficiary right now."

Jiang Zhi had a different opinion: "We came here to look for the female ghost's human skin lantern. Maybe it was really done by the female ghost."

She nudged Chen Xuan with her shoulder and asked him to go to the ruins to see if there were any ghost spirits or resentments. If there were, the truth would be very obvious.

The ruins of the lantern shop were just at the corner of the alley. Chen Xuan just took a look and fell silent.

Xie Fei noticed his expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Xuan frowned and said, "It's a bit strange, there is only ghost energy here, but no resentment."

Logically speaking, a ghost that has killed someone would definitely carry resentment, but there is no resentment here, just a faint, negligible ghost aura.

"That must have been done by a human." Xie Fei walked to the ruins and observed them carefully.

Zhou Xing walked to the other side.

The beams there had not yet been completely burned to ashes, and some strange marks could be seen.

"Only two people died." Zhou Xing picked up something and dug up the ashes in front of him. He said coldly, "But the people in the teahouse said there were three people."

Xie Fei and the others came closer and saw the burn marks on the ground clearly. They could vaguely see human figures. There were indeed only two of them, huddled together.

"The man who made lanterns..." Xie Fei had a strange guess, combined with the woman's crying and screaming, and the lanterns made of human skin.

Zhou Xing knew what he was going to say, and it was obvious that they were thinking the same thing.

He threw away what he was holding, took out a handkerchief, and wiped it slowly. "The man who made the human skin lantern might be the one who survived, or the one who witnessed the murder."

Chen Xuan touched his stupid head and whispered, "So we have to find that man first?"

Xie Fei: "Well, after all, he was the one who made the lantern and took it away. If we want to know the whereabouts of the lantern, it's better to start from him."

Jiang Zhi asked: "Then how do we find him?"

Xie Fei pointed to the sky and said casually: "Wait until midnight."

They found a nearby tea stall and sat there until the moon reached its highest point.

The moonlight was like water, quietly sprinkling on the ground, like a layer of gauze, gently covering the whole world. The noisy crowd gradually dispersed, and the streets gradually became quiet. Without the embellishment of bright lanterns, everything became dim.

No one is sure whether the man will come back here.

While they were waiting, they met other players and casually greeted them. No one asked for clues, and even if they wanted to ask indirectly, everyone was vague.

"Let's go." When Xie Fei saw a player walking to the ruins of the lantern shop, he was sure that the player would not appear again. If he appeared again, he would be walking into a trap.

"Chen Xuan, look for the ghost energy nearby and follow it." Zhou Xing suddenly spoke.

Xie Fei suddenly realized it, patted his forehead and said: "I am so stupid, my brother is really awesome."

Chen Xuan turned around before he found some traces of ghost energy. He followed them intermittently and stopped in front of a house's gate.

And the ghost energy was cut off here.

"Knock, knock, knock." Xie Fei knocked on the door politely, but after a long while he didn't hear any sound from inside, so he was afraid that there was no one inside.

I pushed the door hard but there was no response.

Xie Fei glanced at the wall next to him, stretched his neck, and said faintly: "The only way is to climb over the wall."

Such a small thing as climbing over the wall is easy for these people.

After climbing over the wall, I found that this was an abandoned yard. The weeds in the yard were half a person tall, and there were some rotten wooden racks.

Xie Fei asked: "Are there any traces left?"

Chen Xuan blinked and looked around. There was indeed ghostly aura, but he couldn't find its source. It was as if they were deliberately led here.

"Then look around."

Since they were lured here, there must be some clues here.

Pushing open the tightly closed wooden door, the room was filled with dust and nothing could be seen.

Jiang Zhi hesitated and said, "Should we find out whose house this is?"

After checking every room in the front yard, no useful information was found.

There is a small courtyard behind the kitchen with a dead tree in it.

Xie Fei looked up and saw that there seemed to be a lantern hanging above. The oil paper on it had been torn, revealing the wooden frame inside.

"That lantern." Xie Fei pointed at the lantern on the tree and pointed to Zhou Xing.

"Yeah." Zhou Xing responded in a low voice, holding a card in his hand. When the skill card disappeared, a gust of wind wrapped around the lantern on the tree and slowly brought it down.

Xie Fei jokingly said, "Brother, how come you are so proficient in using every skill card?"

"Aren't you too."

The lantern fell to the ground in front of him.

Chen Xuan curiously plucked the broken lantern and saw the words on it. He said excitedly, "There are words on it. Could it be a clue?"

"It seems to be written here..." Jiang Zhi came over and shone the flashlight in his hand on it, "I searched for him among the crowd for hundreds of times, and when I turned around, I found him, in the dimly lit place."

Chen Xuan quickly said, "Isn't this the word for the Qingyu case that appeared in that play? It should be a clue, right?"

After all, Chen Xuan has been with the two big guys for such a long time, and he is not a fool. He can still see such simple things.

He stroked his chin and analyzed: "Could it be that he is talking about the whereabouts of that man?"

"That person is at the end of the street where the lights are dim. Perhaps that person is the one we are looking for..."

"Lantern Festival." Jiang Zhi also figured it out and said in surprise, "When I was investigating, I saw a tree full of lanterns at the end of the bridge. It was probably the brightest place. Could it be that the place where the lights are dim is the one you are talking about?"

Xie Fei nodded slightly and said, "Then let's go and take a look."

"Huh?" Chen Xuan didn't expect that Xie Fei actually agreed with his analysis.

Xie Fei patted him on the shoulder and praised: "Very good analysis."

Chen Xuan's old face turned red and he touched his face uncomfortably.

As they walked out, Xie Fei said seriously, "We don't want people who only know how to suck up to others in our team."

Chen Xuan and Jiang Zhi's faces suddenly changed. After carefully pondering the meaning of Xie Fei's words, they looked at each other, as if they understood something.

Jiang Zhi asked: "Brother Fei, do you have any guesses?"

Xie Fei nodded and said bluntly: "With the emergence of the union and the team, we are no longer a simple PVE. Starting from the capture of the Linshui dungeon, PVP modes should appear one after another. By then, we will face many players. When the crisis comes, I may not be able to take care of you."

Chen Xuan nodded: "I understand what Brother Fei means."

Xie Fei asked curiously again: "How did you get to the first copy?"

He had never asked this question before.

Jiang Zhi said without any modesty: "Because I am cute, a beautiful sister took the initiative to take me through the customs. She is really amazing."

Chen Xuan scratched his cheek, looking a little embarrassed, and said, "It can only be said that it was a coincidence. Half of the players who played with me died at the beginning of the game. I hid while looking for the boss, and then traded the boss to other players, and together with them, we won the victory."

Xie Fei asked curiously: "Have you ever thought about teaming up with them from the beginning? After all, after teaming up, you can't attack your teammates and you can share points."

Chen Xuan nodded: "Yes, but I have seen the faces of those people, they are not good people."

Xie Fei: "Then shouldn't we form a team?"

Chen Xuan: "But what I'm thinking is that if they get injured while fighting the boss, I might be able to pick up a few more heads."

Jiang Zhi was curious about his behavior and asked, "What happened next? Didn't you join forces with them in the end?"

Chen Xuan shook his head: "Actually I don't want to join forces, but I can't beat the boss, so I might as well exchange more with them and get some points."

After he finished speaking, he added silently: "Actually, they are quite stupid. They didn't expect that they could get the key directly from me by killing me. In fact, if they realized that they could do this, I would be dead for sure."

This kid has some brains.