Ling'an Lane is a famous haunted alley in Xicheng.

A few years ago, Dilu Xizuo killed more than half of the people in the alley, and Ling'an Alley was frequently rumored to be haunted, and many people had seen mutated corpses haunting it.

Over time, Ling'an Lane has become a place where no living person can approach.

Even during the day, people passed by in a hurry and did not dare to stay for a moment.

Even more so at night, no one dares to approach. The deathly silent alley is like a predatory monster that will devour people at any time.

"Hey! Hey! The big ghosts and the little ghosts are sitting in a row. Everything is fine."

"The second watch is here, the cold wave is coming, turn off the lights and close the doors."

Not far from Ling'an Lane, the old watchman of Xicheng banged his bamboo banger and patrolled along the street.

Lao Bangzi’s real name is Chen Laoer.

Watchman is an ancestral business passed down from Chen Laoer's family. Like the officer on duty at the crematorium, he is a junior official.

From father to son, from son to grandson, from generation to generation.

Unlike other three-city watchmen who prefer to use watchgongs, Chen Laoer prefers to use bamboo bangs.

The gong is made of copper, and its sound can travel far. It can scare away wild cats and dogs when encountering them. The bamboo gong is worse, the sound is muffled, and it does not have this effect.

But Chen Laoer has only used bamboo sticks since his ancestors, believing that this bamboo stick can turn disaster into good luck and has protected the Chen family for several generations.

Therefore, the Chen family also has an ancestral nickname called "Lao Bangzi".

No matter who takes over, everyone is called Lao Bangzi.

Yesterday Lao Bangzi died, and today Lao Bangzi takes over.

At first glance, I thought it was Lao Bangzi who faked the corpse, but it was actually a father and son.

Back to business.

When Lao Bangzi came to the entrance of Ling'an Lane, his heart couldn't help but lift.

This place is ominous, and there are zombies haunting it. Old Bangzi once saw one with his own eyes.

quiet.

It was eerily quiet.

The whole alley was dark in winter, without any light or sound.

The old Bangzi looked at his nose and heart with his eyes and nose, and passed quickly by tapping his bamboo stick.

"Boom!"

"ah!!"

"ah!@"

But at this moment, two shrill screams suddenly came from the depths of Ling'an Lane.

The old man was so frightened that his hair stood on end.

As far as he knew, no one lived in Ling'an Lane at all.

Why are there screams coming from inside?

Is it a human or a ghost?

"ah!!"

"Ah~~"

This was not over yet, the screams continued one after another.

Something flew out from the depths of the alley and made a sharp whistle.

There was a fire in the depths of the alley, spreading at an extremely fast speed. In almost a few breaths, a fire was ignited that reached into the sky.

Lao Bangzi has never seen such fire.

The color of the fire is light red, and even across an entire alley, you can still feel its scorching heat.

And there was no black smoke visible above the flames.

Lao Bangzi did not dare to stay on the street, so he hurriedly ran into an abandoned house not far away, climbed up to the beam, turned off the lights, and observed silently.

This is Lao Bangzi's "refuge". Almost every few hundred steps along the patrol route, Lao Bangzi will look for such a refuge in advance.

Once danger occurs, you can avoid it in time to avoid improvising.

Relying on this trick, Lao Bangzi avoided Di Lu's rebellion several times and was able to survive.

As soon as we hid here, we heard footsteps coming from deep in the alley.

Stumbling and breathing rapidly, Lao Bangzi could clearly hear the vibrato in a person's throat when he was extremely nervous.

A man stumbled out of the alley, slipped and fell to the ground.

By the light of the fire, Lao Bangzi could vaguely see that there were only a few rat tail-like braids left on the back of his bare head.

It’s Di Lu!

Di Lu looked into the alley and stepped back, wailing out of fear.

The next moment, something shot out of the alley with a "whoosh" sound, and pinned him to the wall.

Gravel and blood flew together, and the person was as light as a piece of rag.

Di Lu twitched twice and lowered his head.

A vague figure walked out of the alley, came to Di Lu, reached out and pulled out the thing that shot Di Lu to death, dragged Di Lu's body, and returned to the alley.

A long trail of blood extended from the base of the wall and disappeared into the alley.

Old Bangzi was so frightened that he didn't dare to express his anger, and his mind was almost blank.

This scene was so terrifying. Di Lu, who was as ferocious as a ghost and a god, was nailed to the wall alive, with no power to resist.

Lao Bangzi did not dare to stay longer, so he hurriedly got off the beam and left through the back door, running to the Xicheng Military and Horse Department to report the news.

That night, he became the only witness.

The raging fire naturally attracted the attention of the Feiyu Guards and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.

The whistle sound came, and the elite Feiyu Guards led the soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division towards Ling'an Lane.

The fire soared into the sky, lighting up almost half of the West City.

Fifty percent of the soldiers from the Army and Horse Division carried water and extinguished the fire under the command of Feiyu Guards.

A strange thing happened. No matter how much the fire was poured out, it would never be extinguished, or even lose momentum.

I worked hard for a while without any results, and in the end I could only watch the huge house turn into ashes little by little.

The fire burned for a whole night, until everything that could be reduced to ashes was burned, and then it was slowly extinguished.

When it was dawn, Feiyu Guard Commander Shen Lian led two thousand households to inspect the ruins.

Nothing was left, only human bones that could not be burned were left in the ruins.

But there is no need for the Feiyu Guards to identify them, because there are witnesses. All the Feiyu Guards have to do is count the number and see how many Dilu died that night.

"Commander, two lords of Qianhu, based on the pattern of the unburned weapons and armor fragments at the scene, we can be sure that the deceased is Dilu Xizuo who is lurking in the capital."

"Preliminary investigation shows that the weapon used by the perpetrator should be a blunt weapon, which is extremely powerful and can crush both the person and the weapon."

"This is a fragment of a weapon taken from the wall. Please take a look at it with the commander and the two lords of Qianhu."

A Baihu official who investigated the scene reported and presented the evidence on a pallet.

On it are broken blade tips, broken maces, fragments of breast shields, tines of meteor hammers, and broken hammer heads.

"This is such a strong force!" Yu Wenjing's face changed slightly.

"Even the head of the hammer was cracked." Ji Chengliang was also shocked.

"What's this person's fighting style like?" Shen Lian frowned slightly.

The surveyor Bai Hu hesitated for a moment and said: "Judging from the various clues we have so far, this person does not seem to show any skill in fighting. It seems that he is all about defeating ten with one force, which is... brute force."

Shen Lian pondered for a moment and said: "Continue the investigation and sort out the characteristics of the perpetrator as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!