Looking for you in reincarnation

Chapter 223 Officials come to visit

"Husband, which joker card is better, yours or Zhao Laoxie's?" She looked at Ning Ji curiously.

As he combed her hair, he said, "As for the texture of the ghost card, the black jade one is naturally better, but the strength of the ghost inside is not certain. However, judging from the last time I saw it, his thing is not very good either."

"Oh." She also remembered that when she was in the Yanchuan City Inn, Zhao Laoxie used a ghost to cheat. She just felt that something was wrong at the time, but she really couldn't see the ability of the ghost. However, Ning Ji said it was not very good, so it must be not very good.

She asked some more questions about the joker cards, and after they had washed up, they went out.

The weather today is not very good. It is a cloudy day that blocks out the sun.

Walking out of the inn and looking at the gloomy sky, she inexplicably liked it. At least it was not so hot and there was no glaring sunlight.

Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through her mind, but in an instant, the strange thought disappeared, so fast that she couldn't catch it.

She frowned slightly and thought about it, but couldn't remember it for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Ning Ji saw her frowning and thought she was not feeling well.

She shook her head. "It's okay. Let's go."

"Okay." Ning Ji held her hand and slowed down his pace.

The two walked slowly on the street and saw some dried blood stains on the ground, extending all the way and very conspicuous.

Some passersby looked at the bloodstains on the ground and talked about it, while those who knew the inside story whispered about what happened last night.

In response, both of them remained calm and just looked around to see if there were any good noodle shops nearby.

As they looked around, the two sensitive people discovered that there were more people following them today.

In this case, we need to be more cautious about eating. We cannot go to some of the better restaurants. After all, we don’t know whether those restaurants are owned by the Zhao or Ou family. It would be bad if we were tricked.

Finally, the two chose a roadside stall and had a bite to eat.

It seems that it is not advisable to stay in this small town for long.

The two planned to leave here today.

However, while eating, I heard some strange things happening outside the city, and many people were talking about it.

Zhaojiazhuang is haunted.

"Hey, have you heard? A wealthy man's farm outside the city has been plagued by evil spirits. Oh my, I heard everyone in the farm has died. It's so tragic. Now the farm is surrounded by ghosts and it's so scary."

"Which manor is this? Which rich master is this?"

"Zhaojiazhuang is six miles west of the city. It's not far away. I just came in from outside the city. That place is really scary. We all took a detour and didn't dare to get close. There are many Taoists exorcising evil spirits nearby right now, and it's making quite a commotion."

"So it's true. Yesterday, someone said that the village outside the city was haunted and many people died. I thought it was just a fabrication, but I didn't expect it to be so serious."

"What evil did that master do to deserve such revenge?"

"Hey, what you're saying is that being harmed by evil spirits means you've done something wrong. A while ago, that Zhuangjia Town was wiped out by evil spirits, but those who died were all innocent people. They weren't persecuted for doing something wrong."

"By the way, the strange phenomena in Zhaojiazhuang are somewhat similar to those in Zhuangjia Town. I heard that ghost fog is everywhere even in broad daylight."

"Why are there so many evil spirits harming people lately? Last night, someone in the city was possessed and started hacking people. Could it be that someone was infected by a ghost from outside the city and entered the city?"

"Who knows? But it's better not to go out at night. Evil spirits are too rampant now. Those self-proclaimed Taoists are just empty names. They haven't been able to eliminate the evil spirits for so long."

"Hey~ You're so bold to say that. Be careful what you say."

"Humph~ You don't have the ability and you won't let people say it? Last month, my second uncle's house was invaded by a wild ghost. I hired a Taoist priest to exorcise the ghost and spent almost all my wealth. In the end, the ghost escaped and my second uncle's family was killed. It's really hateful, and they won't even return the money."

"Which Taoist priest did your second uncle hire? He's not a swindler, is he?"

"Humph~ You don't know that I'm a Taoist named Wang..."

……

A group of people were talking at once, and the topic was getting more and more off-topic. Si He listened carefully for a while and then concentrated on eating.

Although I was a little surprised to hear that the entire Zhao family villa was killed by that thing, but when I thought about Zhuangjia Town, I didn’t find it strange.

After all, the Yin-Gathering Stone is the source of the disaster in Zhuangjia Town and can turn the entire town into a ghost town.

The Zhao family deserved what they had done, but it's a pity for those innocent people who suffered so much.

Now that things have become so serious, she and Ning Ji don't need to bother looking for it, so they can just go straight out of the city.

However, according to these people, there are many Taoists gathered there at this time, so there is no need to rush to get the things back.

Thinking of this, she looked up at Ning Ji and saw him put a few pieces of braised beef slices into her bowl with a faint smile on his lips. He seemed not to hear the conversation around him and only paid attention to her eating. "Eat."

Seeing that he was in no hurry to get the thing back, she didn't think about it anymore. She just nodded and started eating seriously.

After finishing their meal and returning to the inn, Si He asked Ning Ji about his plan. After all, he originally wanted to go out of the city to retrieve his things and then leave. But in the current situation, with so many Taoists outside Zhaojiazhuang, it would not be easy to get them back immediately.

"Let's go out of the city and take a look first," he said.

"it is good."

It would be better to take a look at the situation first. She also wanted to see what Zhaojiazhuang had become.

Just as the two of them packed up their things, there was a knock on the door.

Knock knock knock — —

At this time, someone came...

Ning Ji walked to open the door with a calm expression. Si He frowned slightly, stared at the direction of the door, and listened attentively to the movements outside the door. It seemed that a lot of people had come!

When the door opened, Ning Ji saw a group of officials standing outside with serious expressions.

"Ding Xi?" the leading officer asked coldly.

Ding Xi is Ning Ji's fake identity in Beisha Country, but when he made this fake household registration, he did it perfectly. Normally, no clues can be found unless household registration evidence is found from Dayan Country. But now that the two countries are at war, there is no way to find out.

"Yes." Ning Ji said lightly.

"Someone has filed a complaint with the government, alleging you are involved in a murder case. Please come with us."

The neighboring officers spoke in a firm tone and were on high alert, ready to attack if anyone disobeyed. The group of subordinate officers behind them all held long swords and looked like they were ready to arrest people at any time.

"Murder? What murder?" Ning Ji sneered.

"Someone has filed a complaint, claiming that the madman who attacked people on the street last night was instigated by you to kill people, so you have to come with us and investigate thoroughly."

The chief officer had a cold face and spoke with great confidence, now he was a little impatient.