Chapter 1182: Shadow of Death
No one in this city knows who she is.
She was wearing the clothes of an ordinary woman without any special accessories. She was neither luxurious nor shabby. The most important thing was that she did not emit any spiritual energy and would not attract the attention of any cultivators who happened to pass by.
Before sunset, there will be almost no danger in this city, which is about to become the largest city in the world for mortals. The increasing number of businesses prevents people from all religions from touching the government.
The more sources of money you have, the more important it is to have a good reputation.
But when night comes, just like some mice only appear at night, the less serious business there is, the more shady and secret business there will be.
Under the cover of night, Wei Daimei did not stay in a hotel or go to some lively and noisy places in the city. She walked slowly through the streets and alleys. The seemingly aimless walk brought her to the west of the city.
The west of the city is the old city, and the houses are relatively dilapidated. There used to be a large rice market, but with the relocation of this large rice market, most of the streets and lanes in the west of the city have become depressed at an alarming rate.
Even though the new businesses were trying to save money, they looked down on the dilapidated residences in this area, so the east area of the city with its large open spaces became the busiest place.
There are now many craftsmen who make a living by hand-weaving, as well as some small gambling houses that come and go every day.
Because these small businesses are not profitable, no official officials are willing to wander around this area after nightfall. There are countless foreigners in the city. Even if someone makes a mistake here, they are rarely noticed by the official officials.
, so the west side of the city after nightfall does not have a special and scary reputation in this city.
It's just that the danger is very real to those who don't understand it.
Wei Daimei walked into an alley where two carriages could walk side by side.
This street is already very bright in the west of the city at night. At least five or six out of ten shops are still open. There are many lanterns in the whole street, and from time to time, small vendors carrying burdens pass by.
There is a cake shop in the alley, there are some shops selling flowers, and the most popular ones are small shops selling umbrellas and bamboo products.
Some bamboo utensils that are not exquisite but can be considered exquisite and flowers that look very bright at night also attract many people into this street.
Before Wei Daimei walked into this street, an eight or nine-year-old boy stopped by the cake shop. Immediately, a young man who looked like a scholar gave him half of the cake. The boy happily ate while
He was walking, but at a corner of the street, he seemed to suddenly feel sleepy, and lay down softly to sleep. An adult who looked like an ordinary farmer came over from not far away, like an adult in his family, and pulled him over
He picked it up and walked into the alley next to it without attracting anyone's attention.
In an alley next to this alley, there were three boys who were as sleepy as him.
A pharmacist carried a flagon and an iron rod, and randomly broke off the boys' hands and feet, and then used medicine and wooden boards to bend their hands and feet like branches.
Before dawn, these boys will be sent to the other side of the city, and they may never see their parents again.
At the same time, at the other end of the street facing Wei Daimei, a girl turned around and couldn't find her companion.
Her companion is from her hometown, two years older than her, and better-looking than her, especially with a very fair complexion, like freshly made tofu.
The girl shouted twice, but she thought that the fellow villager was deliberately joking with her, or that she met other acquaintances who had something to do. Because they had been to this street many times, she did not think about it elsewhere.
I thought I would wait until I saw her after I went back to talk.
But what she didn't expect was that the girl was in a curtained carriage next to her.
There was a man in the carriage, and he just pinched her fellow countryman's neck with one hand. Her fellow countryman fainted and was carried into the carriage by him.
This process took only one or two breaths. The reason why the man did it so smoothly was because he had too much experience.
In the past few months, this man has used this method to abduct more than 20 girls. Without exception, these girls have been sold to some dark brothels. Even the ones with the best fate are only sold to some foreign gangsters.
Bought by wealthy merchants, most of them would drift with the merchant ships and eventually die of illness or be thrown into a kiln on a beach somewhere.
People who can do this kind of business will feel less guilty.
The driver holding the horse beside the carriage and the man in the carriage only had imperceptible smiles on their lips when they heard the girl beside them shouting. They had already started looking for the next target.
They just gave up on the shouting girl. For them, a girl who had done too much banker work seemed too strong, especially this girl's face, which was as flat as if someone had stepped on it. It was probably even
It is sold to those kilns outside the city, and the price is not too high.
Wei Daimei, who had just walked into this street at this time, naturally attracted their attention.
Even though they had done so many businesses, when they saw Wei Daimei, the driver holding the horse beside the carriage and the man inside looking out from the gap in the curtain still had greedy light in their eyes.
This is simply the perfect prey.
In their eyes, Wei Daimei, who is dressed and looks like this, should be the wife and concubine of a certain merchant, but this merchant is not a big wealthy businessman, nor does he have much power.
But the wives and concubines of such merchants are often well-educated and may even be good at singing and dancing.
What's more, a wealthy businessman happened to come from the river outside and wanted such a decent woman.
If this is the case, wouldn’t this be God’s blessing?
Without any hesitation or communication, the coachman naturally led the horse and turned around at a side alley ahead, and then walked slowly towards Wei Daimei.
The time and pace were calculated just right. When Wei Daimei had just reached the shadow under a wooden pavilion, the carriage passing by her easily blocked the sight of pedestrians on one side, and the man in the carriage leaned out
, smiled at Wei Daimei.
His smile was gentle, like meeting an old acquaintance.
According to a normal woman's reaction, seeing him appear so suddenly with such a gentle smile, she would be a little surprised, and then start to think about who this person is and where she has seen her. It only takes this moment of reaction for this man to appear.
Enough to accomplish what he wants to do.
Because he was so skilled, the man's right hand had already been stretched out quickly when his smile just appeared.
His smile became slightly stiff at the next moment, because Wei Daimei just looked at him calmly without any unnecessary changes in her expression.
At this time, his fingers had touched Wei Daimei's neck. Although he had an indescribable ominous feeling in his heart, he naturally pressed hard towards the bloodline.
Then his body suddenly froze.
Because Wei Daimei didn't react at all.
Her eyes were still clear and she did not fall down.
He and the coachman's breath stopped.
Because at this moment, both he and the coachman saw that there seemed to be some tiny insects appearing in Wei Daimei's breath.
In her breath, a thread-like black insect seemed to appear and landed on him and the coachman.
He and the coachman opened their mouths, but they were too shocked to make any sound.
Wei Daimei didn't make any sound, she just continued walking forward.
"this……"
There was a chill all over the coachman's body. He looked at Wei Daimei's back and subconsciously wanted to whisper that this was like a ghost.
But he just said one word, and he felt as if there were countless more threads in his throat, and these threads were still running through his body.
His pupils shrank violently, and he saw the black lines on the face of the man in the carriage.
The blood vessels under the skin on his face were all bulging, and there were black lines running inside.
He looked at the man in the carriage so horribly, and the man in the carriage looked at him equally horribly.
The two people looked at each other in horror, and all their strength seemed to be drained away, and then they fell down.
Half of the man's body in the carriage was hanging on the front of the carriage like a lifeless sheepskin raft, while the coachman holding the reins fell under the horse's hooves.
Black rotten blood was constantly flowing out of the mouths and noses of the two people.
No one noticed all this in the dark night.
Wei Daimei continued to walk forward, and the faint black threads of insects appeared in her breath.
Suddenly there was an exclamation at the door of the bakery.
A scholar who was carrying several cakes suddenly fell down. His whole body was twitching, and black blood kept coming out of his mouth and nose.
The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was also heard in the courtyard not far away.
At the same time, a fat woman in the flower shop next to the cake shop also covered her throat and fell down. The black blood pouring out of her mouth was as sticky as the old sludge in the sewer.
No one noticed Wei Daimei who had walked out of this street.
Chapter completed!