New and dark light years

Chapter 280 Injustice

The entire brothel was filled with laughter.

Ding Yingqiu grabbed Zhao Xiaohu's ear and dragged him away from the place.

Zhao Xiaohu was extremely embarrassed, his face visibly red, but he dared not resist.

There's no way around it. Although visiting brothels isn't a serious crime in this era, being caught red-handed by your fiancé is definitely not a good idea.

"Gently, Sister Qiu, gently..."

Watching the two drag each other away, Li Lin and the three members of the Bai family, uncle and nephew, felt quite helpless.

It seems that Zhao Xiaohu will be unable to go out for the foreseeable future.

Then Bai Zhiwei looked at his nephew, who was practically his own son, with some reproach and said, "Look at you, you've corrupted him."

"What does this have to do with me!" Bai Bufan said with a wronged expression. "I only go to brothels once every two or three months. Xiao Hu goes to brothels whenever he has money and time. I'm far inferior to him."

Bai Zhiwei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Xiao Hu is so young, but he's already quite the ladies' man. He'll definitely have many concubines in the future."

Then the two looked at Li Lin.

Li Lin already has one wife and one concubine on the surface, and he keeps two large ghosts at home... so in total, he has four women.

But the two of them only glanced at Li Lin's face before nodding.

Some people do things that seem outrageous, but are actually quite reasonable.

Once most of the people in the brothel had left, the madam came up and asked, "Sir, has something happened here?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "I sensed something strange was forming here, so I came to take a look."

"what……"

The madam was an old woman who must have worked in this brothel before. She still looked charming, but if you got close, you could see that even thick makeup couldn't hide the dense wrinkles on her face.

She said, somewhat surprised, "That can't be right."

Strange things are a very common phenomenon in this world.

Even those who have never seen it would not deny its existence.

They even felt extremely fearful.

Li Lin said, "We need to search and see what's going on."

"My lord, my lord," the madam said hurriedly, "How could there be any monsters coming out here? You must be mistaken."

Li Lin stared into her eyes for two breaths, then said, "Whether it's true or not... it's not up to you to decide, it's up to us Spirit Hunters to decide."

The madam instinctively stepped back; she had felt a chill run down her spine when Li Lin stared at her.

It looked as if a white tiger was about to pounce and crush her skull.

Bai Zhiwei exclaimed in amazement, "County Commandant, you've really mastered the White Tiger somersault stance!"

Bai Bufan was also very surprised.

To have mastered a martial art so commonly found in the martial arts world to this extent is beyond what can be described by the word 'talent' alone.

"It's just that the martial arts style suits my mindset better," Li Lin said with a smile.

He then took out a mask from his pocket and put it on.

The mask given by the Tree Fairy is really very useful.

Just by scanning the area, I could already see the black smoke billowing from the windows.

It's right in the backyard.

Li Lin beckoned, and the three of them walked through the hall to the backyard, where they stood in front of a well.

The madam followed, looking somewhat nervous: "Sir, this is just a dry well that has been abandoned for many years."

Li Lin didn't say anything.

At this moment, Bai Bufan went over and opened the cover on the dry well.

It was very dark inside; you couldn't see anything.

Bai Zhiwei was very experienced; he blew on a tinderbox, lit it, and threw it down.

The madam's face turned extremely ugly.

Using the light from the falling fire, Li Lin and his two companions saw the scene inside the dry well.

A pile of bones!
Bai Zhiwei sighed: "It's not surprising... Many women who are unwilling to degrade their bodies are left to starve or be beaten to death, which is quite normal."

Bai Bufan's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant.

Li Lin turned to look at the madam.

At this moment, the madam had already turned around and was trying to run away. But then, with two sharp 'crack' sounds, two iron pellets struck the backs of her legs, causing her to fall to the ground with a loud scream.

Li Lin continued looking at the dry well and said, "It's not just a simple accumulation of resentment; there's something inside."

"I'll go down and take a look," Bai Bufan volunteered.

There was nothing that could be done about it, after all, one of them was his elder and the other was an 'official'.

It was impossible to let the two of them do such hard and dirty work, so I, as the younger generation, had to go down.

Bai Bufan used his lightness technique to go down, then picked up something inside, and then used the protruding rocks on the well wall as a foothold to jump out.

At this moment, he held a black earthenware jar in his hand.

There was a talisman pasted on the lid of the jar.

Li Lin also understands talismans. Although he doesn't know many talisman techniques, his theoretical knowledge is quite good.

He looked at it for a while, and suddenly a prompt appeared in his field of vision.

'Successfully analyzed the talisman paper... Soul-Suppressing Talisman obtained.'

'Successfully analyzed the talisman paper... Obtained the Soul Nourishing Talisman.'

Is there two different spells on one talisman?

Li Lin looked up; the sun was blazing. He then slammed the jar down.

The jar fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

The three of them took a few steps back almost simultaneously.

The moment the jar shattered, a plume of black smoke emerged from it.

Then the black mist condensed and formed a face.

Just as it was about to fly away, it rolled on the spot and let out a miserable cry.

The screams were sharp and piercing, filled with deep terror.

The bright sun restrained most of the strange creatures that had no physical form.

Under the sunlight, the black mist gradually dissipated. It tried to leave, but it seemed to be fixed in place by something and could not move.

The wisp of mist struggled for about half an incense stick's time before disappearing.

Then, with a tinkling sound, a golden phoenix hairpin fell from the sky.

Li Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, walked over, and picked up the golden phoenix hairpin.

Then it was discovered that... small characters were engraved on the hairpin.

'Made by the Imperial Mint of the Capital.'

Things from the capital?
The design and craftsmanship of this golden phoenix hairpin are indeed exquisite.

Moreover, Li Lin remembered something. About a year ago, when he was still a novice spirit hunter, he killed two female ghosts in succession in Shangtikou Village.

One is a ghost that calls for souls, and the other is the 'embroiderer'.

When the embroiderer's soul disappeared, a silver hairpin fell to the ground.

Could it have been done by the same prisoner? Or by the same group?

Li Lin pondered for a moment, then said to Bai Zhiwei, "The matter is settled. Next, it's the yamen runners' turn. Thank you both."

Bai Zhiwei cupped his hands in greeting: "County Commandant, you're too kind. It's just my duty."

With the Spirit Hunters gone, it's time for human affairs to take their place.

Regardless, the numerous skeletons in this dry well warrant an investigation.

Not long after, the brothel was shut down.

As the person who discovered the scene, Li Lin naturally stayed behind.

And as a county constable, his job was to handle these kinds of matters.

Several constables arrived with dozens of yamen runners and quickly searched the entire brothel.

Soon, more sordid things were discovered.

The constables also discovered several imprisoned women in a secret room.

They were subjected to inhuman torture.

Looking at the madam and her gang of thugs, Li Lin said to the two constables beside him, "These are just accomplices. Find out who owns the brothel and take them directly to the county office for imprisonment."

(End of this chapter)