Detective Ghost Empress

Chapter 496: Solved the case

The two soldiers looked at one another before turning to look at Liu Hui Ying. The one on the right pursed his lips before explaining what happened the night of the incident.

On the night of the incident.

They were heading towards the financial department with Liu Yu Yan. It was a dark night with clouds fluttering in front of the moon causing the path covered with snow to be filled with darkness. Because it was cold there was no one on the street but they had the responsibility for bringing the money to the financial department, thus even though it was cold, they had to do their job.

' Isn't it too cold tonight?' One of the soldiers spoke up while sitting on the horse, with the rein in his hands. He had been patrolling in the night for a while but for some reason, it was a bit too cold tonight. ' The weather should be getting warmer instead of getting colder.'

' Maybe it rained somewhere,' his friend said with a slight shiver. It was indeed too cold and this chill seemed really weird. A bad premonition rose in the heart of the man who was speaking, though he could not pinpoint what was wrong, he did feel that something was wrong.

' I guess,' the man who first spoke nodded. Though he did feel that there was some sort of evil vibe coming from the surroundings, the man tried to calm his heart down. After all what kind of evil could be hiding in the open path? They had deliberately chosen this path because there were no alleys or dark corners on it.

Unless the person knew how to go invisible, there was no way they would be able to hide!

The soldiers however started to feel more and more icky, the more they walked on the path the more they thought that they were walking towards something dangerous.

However, they continued riding towards the finance department as they wanted to be done with this job. The sooner they handed the box with the golden taels to the one who was in charge of the department the sooner they would be able to get away from the cold and chilly winds that were blowing against their bodies.

Despite being clad in these fur coats and jackets the weather was too cold for them to not shiver.

As the group arrived at the port, they knew that they were close they were about to arrive at the finance department, they just needed to ride for another half an hour. However as soon as they arrived at the port, the mist surrounding the port suddenly got thicker than it was—-it became so dense that the soldiers could not even see what was in front of them.

' What is going on?' One of the soldiers exclaimed worriedly. Was this thing normal? It was not normal at all! How could there be mist so thick that he could not even see who was right next to him

' I t..think it's a ghost,' a soldier who was rather young could not help but state with a stuttering voice. He had heard stories from his grandmother that when a ghost was near them, the temperature around their surroundings fell to unmeasurable degrees.

As he thought about how this was because of a ghost, the soldier could not help but shiver in fright. Something was wrong! He knew something was wrong!

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' Come on lad, you are thinking too much,' One of the higher-ranking soldiers barked as he looked at the young man who was trembling with fright. He did not believe in ghosts and whatnot, he rolled his eyes and then stated, ' I bet the mist is thick here because of the ocean. There is no such thing as ghosts and spirits, you are scaring yourself.' After speaking the elderly soldier charged ahead.

A few of the soldiers agreed with what the elderly soldiers said but at the same time, there were a few who believed that there was something wrong with what was happening around them. After all, how could the weather suddenly go so cold and chilling just because they arrived at the harbour?

Though the team of soldiers were uneasy they still nudged their soldiers to walk closer to Liu Yu Yan who was leading them. However, as they approached Liu Yu Yan, they realized that the man had stopped and was now looking at the shadow that they could see behind the mist.

' Who is that?' The elderly soldier who claimed that there were no ghosts earlier, asked in a loud voice. He unsheathed his dagger and then aimed it at the shadow. ' I am warning you, we are armed! If you do not stand aside then do not blame us for being ruthless.'

However, the shadow did not move. The elderly man turned to look at Liu Yu Yan who nodded. They were ordered to deliver the money securely to the finance department how could they take unnecessary risks? Even if this person was a commoner, they have to deal ruthlessly with them! It was better to be cautious than being stabbed in the back!

The elderly man raised his hand and then threw his dagger at the shadow, he was sure that his aim was perfect and the dagger was aimed right at the thigh of the man who stood in the mist while hiding from them.

However, a second later he heard a low thunk as if the dagger had fallen on the ground.

' How is that possible? My aim is best in the team! I have never failed in taking aim!' The elderly man thought while eyeing the shadow. However, his eyes widened a second later, as the shadow moved forward.

….

" It was a ghost… the ghost of a bandit," the soldier finished speaking with a tremor. " I do not remember anything else other than seeing that ghost… when I and the rest of the team members woke up the ghost was gone."

" You do not remember how you fainted?" Liu Hui Ying questioned the soldiers. The two of them exchanged a glance and then shook their heads.

" No, we don't we just remember seeing that ghost and nothing else."

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