Miao Qi Miao

Chapter 1548 Just Wandering Around

Chapter 78 Tongyang Carriage

Before Zuo Laotou's dagger could touch his throat, Nie Xiaochun gripped his wrist, "Li Po, taking his life is a bit much, don't you think?"

I shook my head slightly, "Lao Zuo, I know what you mean. You uphold the rules of Tongyang carriages, and would rather die than betray your employer."

"You also owe me a favor, which you can't ignore, so you want to end it all!"

Zuo Laotou knelt on the ground, silent, as if waiting for Nie Xiaochun to release him so he could take his own life.

I looked up at the roof, "Forget it, just pay the compensation to those people's families! And give me some hush money, then our grievances will be settled. We'll go our separate ways, never to meet again. I won't force you."

Sorcerers have their principles, and Zuo Laotou would rather die than break them. No matter how much I pressured him, it would be useless.

Nie Xiaochun released Zuo Laotou and said, "I've never seen anyone as stupid as you."

"Your employer is about to wipe out your entire family, and you're still desperately trying to protect them. Are you an idiot?"

"If they can attack your family once, they can do it again."

"Li Po believes you're a man of principle, but does your employer? They're afraid you'll leak secrets, so they'll have to kill you, kill your family!"

Zuo Laotou stared blankly at Nie Xiaochun, "I... can I really..."

Nie Xiaochun said, "Calm down and think it over."

Nie Xiaochun helped Zuo Laotou up, and at the same time, winked at Qin Xin, who took out a flute and held it in her hand.

Just as Zuo Laotou was about to turn his head to speak to me, Nie Xiaochun raised her hand and struck him on the neck, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

I looked at Nie Xiaochun, puzzled, "Why did you knock him out?"

Nie Xiaochun said, "Let Qin Xin play a tune for him, to clear his head."

"Qin Xin has a song called 'Reminiscence', which can bring back people's memories. It's perfect for Zuo Laotou right now. Once he understands his life experiences, he might change his mind."

"Don't you two listen, I don't want to see you two dogs hugging each other and crying!"

Nie Xiaochun dragged Zuo Laotou into the room and cast a soundproof barrier.

Ye Yang looked at me and said, "What if Zuo Laotou is still stubborn? What do we do?"

"Then we'll look through his accounts!" I said, "Tongyang carriages involve too many things. Whether Zuo Laotou wants to or not, I have to figure things out."

"I said I wouldn't force him, but I didn't say I wouldn't steal from him."

"Besides, Tongyang carriages are related to Lin Zhao, related to the Reincarnation Department. I'm not so generous that I'd let Zuo Laotou go because of a sense of honor."

"People in the martial world are always paranoid. If I just leave like this, Zuo Laotou will definitely be suspicious. If he checks the ledgers at his house, we'll have a chance to steal them."

"Once we have the ledgers, it will be much easier to force him to cooperate."

Ye Yang looked me up and down, "When did you become so cunning?"

"Cough, cough..." I coughed twice and said, "I learned it all from Lao Liu. That guy never teaches anything good."

Ye Yang rolled his eyes at me, but I walked out of the office with my hands behind my back, and didn't speak until I reached the parking lot. "Leng Gou, how do you think Tongyang carriages were made?"

"Living people cannot enter the Yellow Springs Road. That's been the rule between the realms of yin and yang since ancient times. How did Tongyang carriages do it?"

When sorcerers travel to the underworld, they don't go there physically, but use techniques like spirit projection to send their souls to the Yellow Springs Road. When they reach Fengdu City, they contact the ghost officers and ask them to help bring people out.

It is said that only those who have reached the Earth Immortal realm can withstand the Yin winds of the Yellow Springs Road with their physical bodies. Otherwise, entering the Yellow Springs Road is a dead end.

Ye Yang said, "The Embroidered Uniform Guard's secret files contain records of Tongyang carriages. Legend has it that their carriages were made of special wood, so people hiding inside could withstand the Yin winds of the Yellow Springs."

"As for how to make Tongyang carriages, there's no record of that."

"Wood!" I walked to the side of a minibus and knocked on it twice, "Isn't this just normal car skin? Can this stuff withstand the Yin winds of the Yellow Springs?"

Ye Yang said, "This isn't a Tongyang carriage. It should be a ghost carriage."

I walked to the back of the minibus and opened the engine cover, only to see a corpse inside that had been crushed and deformed.

When I looked down at the corpse, it suddenly opened its eyes, and blood and ferocity burst out.

As I stared into the corpse's eyes, it suddenly opened its mouth full of fangs, and a sound like a sharp scream came from its throat—a ghost sound!

Many ghosts and monsters use sound to harm people. Some use sound to confuse their prey, some directly knock people unconscious, and some take people's souls away by calling their names...

These are all called ghost sounds in the world of sorcery.

Before the other party could emit the ghost sound, I shoved the dagger into its mouth, the tip of the knife directly against its throat, "Shout! You dare to make a sound?"

"If you move your lips again, I'll drill a hole in your head right away."
The ghost was so frightened that it widened its mouth as much as possible, afraid to move at all.