Antique Shop Zero: Disfigured School Beauty Becomes a Succubus to Pay Off Debts

Chapter 22 The Yamen Runners and the County Magistrate

Centered on the Jinghe Dragon King, the surrounding whiteness faded away.

Jiang Chaosheng didn't move, nor did the Jinghe Dragon King, but the distance between them instantly increased.

Their eyes met...

......

Jiang Chaosheng suddenly awoke with a start.

He looked down at the manager's notes in his hand and murmured:

"No wonder you were able to trick it into the antique shop."

They are indeed easy to fool.

The Dragon King of the Jing River actually believed his explanation without a doubt.

For the next hundred years, the Jinghe Dragon King must be at the behest of Jiang Chaosheng, controlling clouds and rain.

A hundred years later, if Jiang Chaosheng fails to find the enemy of the Jinghe Dragon King, he is willing to be annihilated.

Soul scattered and spirit dispersed...

Soul scattered my ass!

The owner's soul is bound to Antique Shop Zero, making him immortal!

At most, it's a violation of the trading rules; the owner is just cursed by Zero Antique Shop.

"Sir! You're finally awake! I was so worried!"

Jiang Chaosheng had his head tested.

Jin Meiting rubbed her eyes and stood up from the ground.

Jiang Chaosheng's eyes flickered slightly:

How long did I sleep?

Jin Meiting said:

"You've been sleeping all day."

Jiang Chaosheng's pupils contracted slightly.

Did I sleep standing up all day?

Is this the method of the Jing River Dragon King?

No wonder Li Qinglian said she almost fell into a permanent sleep.

Jiang Chaosheng was then filled with fear.

If I break up with the Jinghe Dragon King, could I also fall into a permanent slumber?

Jiang Chaosheng glanced at the dark dragon pearl.

If mere resentment can have such power, what about the Jing River Dragon King in his prime?

Why did those incredibly powerful gods fall?

Jiang Chaosheng glanced down at the manager's notes in his hand again.

How could Li Qinglian dare to leave such a dangerous thing here?

Unpurified forbidden items are like keeping a venomous snake in your home without removing its fangs.

Even though it's caged, it's still dangerous.

You might get a fatal kiss while you're admiring it.

That's insane!

Jiang Chaosheng asked:

"What time is it now?"

Jin Meiting said:

It's three o'clock in the afternoon.

Jiang Chaosheng lifted his leg and walked upstairs.

Jin Meiting quickly asked:

Where are you going?

Jiang Chaosheng:

"Eat your food, then get back to work."

Jin Meiting stared at Jiang Chaosheng in astonishment.

Was the master trapped in that state for so long looking for a way to make rain fall freely?

How amazing.....

......

Evening, South China Sea, western suburbs.

From time to time, the mournful cry of some kind of bird could be heard in the mountains and forests.

Unidentified insects in the wild began to chirp tentatively.

Short, sharp sounds, each one cutting through the increasingly heavy twilight.

Li Mingyue had been hiding in the bushes for a long time.

The camera on her chest was on.

The name on the plaque at the temple entrance has been eroded by time, and it is no longer legible.

She searched the dilapidated temple for a long time yesterday but found no valuable clues.

Today, through the files, she discovered a detail that no one else had paid attention to.

Those who went missing disappeared at night.

She told Luo Quan about her discovery.

Luo Quan scoffed at this, explaining:

Either it's because it's easier to do it at night, or it's just a coincidence.

Li Mingyue always felt that it wouldn't be that simple.

She thought the disappearance was very strange, and that nothing could be deduced from common sense.

Li Mingyue chose to come here personally after get off work to keep watch.

Sure enough, the item arrived!

She heard footsteps and quickly hid herself even deeper, looking toward the source of the sound.

Four people came into view.

The middle-aged man was wearing a suit and looked like an office worker.

The woman was dressed scantily, heavily made up, and had a nightclub vibe.

When Li Mingyue saw the other two people, her eyes slowly widened.

Those were two yamen runners.

That's right, they're the yamen runners from period movies.

They were escorting the man and woman towards the ruined temple.

Li Mingyue immediately picked up the phone, hid behind a tree, and dialed Luo Quan's number:

"Master, there's been an update! The murderer in the missing persons case has been discovered!"

I brought a hidden camera; please connect and share it using the station's computer.

Luo Quan:

"What? Don't make any rash moves! I'm coming right now!"

Li Mingyue:

"Okay, I'll be right here..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Mingyue felt a chilling cold.

She turned her head blankly, looked up, and her eyes gradually filled with fear.

Two constables, who were escorting a man and a woman, somehow arrived in front of the tree where they were hiding.

The constable's face was ashen, like a zombie, as he stared at her blankly.

......

In the courtyard.

The two rows of Vajra statues are broken.

Some have become corrupted in their eyes, some have lost their shoulders, and some have lost their heads.

The night grew deeper and deeper, much like the hideous ghosts in a dilapidated temple.

In the center of those Vajra statues, there was a broken wooden table.

An elderly man dressed in the style of a county magistrate from ancient times sat in a chair.

Eight yamen runners, each wielding a stern-handling stick, stood on either side with their heads bowed.

Li Mingyue was restrained by a yamen runner at the temple gate.

She watched this scene with trepidation.

I was in a daze for a moment.

The eerie atmosphere, the terrifying characters...

If it's not in an immersive murder mystery game, then it must be in the underworld, right?

The magistrate slammed his gavel down and shouted sternly:

"Those in the courtroom can be punished and made aware of their crimes!"

The couple kneeling in the center of the courtyard were then startled awake.

The woman let out a terrified scream:

"Where am I?! Who are you?!"

The man said angrily:

"You dare kidnap me? Do you even know who I am?!"

The magistrate snorted coldly through his nostrils:

"Roaring in the courtroom, each of them shall receive ten strokes of the cane!"

Two constables came out from both sides, pinned the man and woman to the ground, and two other constables raised their stern-striking sticks and slammed them hard on the backs of the man and woman!

"ah!!"

"This is abuse!"

"No, no! Stop hitting me! Ah!"

......

The screams were especially chilling in the quiet, gloomy, dilapidated temple.

Li Mingyue's heart felt like it was going to jump out of her chest.

She was just a young girl who had just graduated from university; where had she ever seen such a terrifying and bizarre scene?

With a determined heart, she bit down hard on the tip of her tongue.

The pain restored her short-circuited brain to its normal function.

"Could we have run into a group of perverts conducting underground trials?"

Li Mingyue's eyes suddenly saw something, and her pupils contracted sharply!

Because these yamen runners and county magistrates could not possibly be human!

In the moonlight, they cast no shadows!

Li Mingyue felt like her brain was about to short-circuit again.

She was a staunch materialist born in the technological age and scoffed at the idea of ​​ghosts and gods.

However, everything in front of him shattered his worldview!

No wonder the police couldn't find any clues; it turns out the killer wasn't human at all, but a group of vengeful ghosts!

She thought of the three mysterious deaths on Handafu Street.

Could it be... the work of ghosts or monsters?

Suddenly, she heard the magistrate speak and looked over.

The magistrate stared at the two men and women, whose skin was torn and bleeding, and said coldly:

"Do you know your crime!"

The man lay on the ground, barely alive, and weakly said:

"Who are you? Who sent you? I have money, I have lots of money!"

The magistrate's face instantly contorted into a ferocious grimace, his eyes blazing with eerie, ghostly fire.

"Good, good! Bribing this upright official in court!"

Do you think I, a paragon of justice, am someone who will be remembered with infamy for eternity?!

Come on! Take him out and tear him to pieces!

Two constables, upon receiving the order, grabbed the man's limp body and dragged him to the temple entrance.

It was less than two meters away from Li Mingyue.

The constable swung his disciplinary rod and smashed it down on the man's head.

The next second, red and white splattered everywhere!

A few drops of blood landed on Li Mingyue's face.

Her bright red skin, like winter plum blossoms, made Li Mingyue's face appear even paler.

The truly terrifying and sinister parts are yet to come.

Several constables standing at the door surrounded the man's corpse, reached into it, and pulled out blurry clumps of flesh, which they then devoured.

Li Mingyue bent over, about to vomit, and could no longer stand steadily.

The constables who were controlling her lifted her up roughly.

Li Mingyue looked up in horror at the constable, and saw the constable staring greedily at the flesh and blood on the ground.

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