Chapter 155 Robbery and Frame-up

Tu Lanxun asked directly: "Who is your leader?"

The ghost covered his cheek and said, "It's me..."

Is it him? That's easy.

Tu Lanxun grabbed the toothless ghost by the collar and rounded up all the other ghosts that had invaded the street. Terrified people fled in all directions, and Tu Lanxun had no choice but to stand on the roof of a car and yell, "Stop! Stand still!"

This shout really worked, or perhaps it was because the powerful Tu Lanxun was mistaken for the ghost king by everyone, so under the complicated gazes of the surrounding ghosts, most of those who were fleeing stopped and looked at Tu Lanxun.

"Are you the only ghosts who came to invade Lucheng today?" Tu Lanxun asked the toothless ghost in a low voice.

The toothless ghost shook his head fiercely: "Not only that, there are also teams of our size!"

Tu Lanxun's heart sank. Lucheng was ablaze. If he let these people go, they might become food for others the moment they left the street.

"Can the other ghosts here listen to you?" Tu Lanxun asked coldly.

The toothless ghost sensed a hint of danger and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes! I am the cousin, uncle, and brother of all the ghosts here. They all listen to me. If my soul dies, they will no longer be qualified to return to their hometown and will all become lonely ghosts... I am the son of the clan leader of our place... Please don't kill me..."

Unexpectedly, the clan leader's son was so afraid of death. Tu Lanxun looked at this toothless second-generation and said, "Okay, then you tell them to do as I say..."

After a few words were spoken to avoid being noticed, the toothless ghost's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded repeatedly, flattering him, "You are truly shrewd and calculating, and you have a deep mind!"

Tu Lanxun felt that this guy who didn't speak Mandarin very well seemed to use idioms poorly, but the sincerity on his face was brighter than a street lamp, so he couldn't blame him for anything.

Then, the toothless ghost shouted a few words to the ghosts along the way. The expressions of those ghosts who had just been ferocious froze, and they looked at Tu Lanxun with strangeness, fear, anger, and even sadness...

Tu Lanxun couldn't understand the dialect the toothless ghost was yelling, so he tilted his head and asked suspiciously, "Did you tell them what I told you to do?"

She arranged for the toothless ghost to tell those ghosts: she is a friend, not an enemy, and she is here to lead them to a safe place, where they will no longer have to work for the Kingdom of Heaven Group. She asked these ghosts to protect the living people and follow her to the development zone.

Not too complicated, right? Did the Toothless Ghost sneak some ulterior motive into this?

The toothless ghost scratched his head and said, "I was afraid they wouldn't believe me, so I went a little too far."

"How is it excessive?" Tu Lanxun couldn't help asking while being bathed in the ghosts' gazes.

The Toothless Ghost was embarrassed. "I told them you were the queen of a nearby land, and that you had just decided to choose your friends from among us—friends in our hometown also mean engaged spouses. And now you want us to be taken back to your territory, treated to good food and drink, and we will collectively protect and obey you with our lives."

"This is too long!" Tu Lanxun took a breath, "Where did you get so many plots?"

The toothless ghost said innocently: "These are your original words. There are many possible translations..."

"They even believe in words like 'Queen'!"

"What's so strange? My mother is the clan leader, and in our local dialect she is also called the queen." The toothless ghost bowed slightly. If it weren't for the broken tooth that let in the residual wind, he would really look like an alien prince.

But in short, these ghosts were temporarily recruited into Tu Lanxun's service as "defeated soldiers" and "poor men waiting to be captured." Some gave her an arrogant look and stood aloof from a distance; but others were kind, even curious, and mumbled a few words, mostly introducing themselves and their specialties.

"How many teams of ghost armies from the Kingdom of Heaven Group are there nearby? Now that they have occupied the streets they are responsible for, will they take the initiative to expand outward? What do your orders say?" Tu Lanxun asked.

The Toothless Ghost answered one by one, "Yes. The ones to the east and west are relatively close, while the ones to the south and north are relatively far away. Our orders were to remain where we are and not to leave unless ordered to do so by higher-ups."

This means that in addition to the street ghosts, the Kingdom of Heaven Group has other people.

If she left with the Toothless Ghost, the inspectors from the Kingdom of Heaven Group would soon discover something was wrong here.

"Leave a few reliable ghosts here to guard them and keep them at bay for two hours." Tu Lanxun said, "You take the rest and follow me."

Although the toothless ghost couldn't fight, his words were very effective among his tribe. He quickly made arrangements and even flattered him, "You are so smart and cunning. The Heavenly Kingdom Group has always thought that we are barbarians with poor brains who don't understand or obey orders. I'll let the people who stayed behind tell them that we're going out shopping..."

Tu Lanxun then drove back to the development zone. With the Toothless Ghost's guidance, he managed to avoid the most dangerous areas. Lucheng had become a ghost playground, and the living had fled. Fortunately, the remaining ghost teams had only received orders to occupy the land and had little interest in hunting down the living.

Therefore, apart from rescuing a few living people who were being chased and tortured by some perverted ghosts along the way, Tu Lanxun did not encounter too many obstacles. Even the evil ghosts that bumped into him were put into the octopus cage.

Wen Chong's call finally got through. After hearing Tu Lanxun's situation, Wen Chong breathed a sigh of relief on the other end: "Okay, I'll take people to the road you mentioned right away."

With their base outside and that street inside, they also provided a base for the Tourism Administration's counterattack. Tu Lanxun couldn't interfere with the rest of the situation. She only cared about how her friends at the convenience store were doing.

The deserted development zone caused the alien ghosts trapped behind the car to exclaim in amazement, praising the "Queen's" domain for being so modern, clean, and spacious. From a distance, Tu Lanxun could see the convenience store entrance surrounded by a massive wall of people, with occasional shouts emanating from within.

"Open the door! Open the door!"

“Let us in!”

“This place has been requisitioned!”

"We are all ghosts, don't refuse a toast and then drink a forfeit!"

"We are so hungry, please, we want to eat!"

The ghosts swarmed like a mob of rioting villains, their voices urgent and rough. One even stretched out its claws and slammed the glass, leaving behind bloody handprints. However, fearing the several larger ghosts inside the convenience store, no one dared to actually break in.

There were also some ghosts of community residents that Tu Lanxun knew standing around. Some were giving advice or even warnings to the evil ghosts, but most were just watching worriedly from afar.

Seeing no signs of the convenience store being breached, Tu Lanxun breathed a sigh of relief. He also understood the origins of this group of ghosts. The composition of these ghosts was complex: some were wild ghosts instigated by unknown sources, some were likely members of the Heavenly Kingdom, trying to take advantage of the situation, and some were locals, likely mixed in to prevent a sudden attack.

"Hello." Tu Lanxun's voice suddenly sounded behind the ghosts.

When they hurriedly turned around and saw Tu Lanxun, several ghosts screamed, "Oh my god! A living person! A living person!"

Tu Lanxun pointed at the flashing Fourth Treaty shielding device on the roof, and the community spies in the ghost group immediately whispered, "That's the device issued to us. With it, the Fourth Treaty won't harm us."

"I've heard of that, but the situation under Treaty IV is very different now..."

"Our Boss Tu is different! She has a special physique that doesn't trigger the Fourth Treaty!" The Spy Ghost patted his chest and said, "Otherwise, how could she open a shop here? Would the ghosts here dare to come and buy things?"

The ghosts not sent by the Heavenly Kingdom Group thought about it and thought it made sense. One of them called out, "Boss Tu, we've heard a lot about you! We've been hungry for so long and would like to go into your shop and have something to eat. What do you say?"

These ghosts are undoubtedly the poorest ghosts in the ghost community. Their faces show poverty, and they are not as good as Liu Maosheng and other ghosts who can produce gold. So instead of saying "eat something", it is better to say "eat something for free".

Tu Lanxun smiled slightly: "Okay."

The ghosts were in an uproar, and the few ghosts who had been so self-righteous before also became puzzled, not to mention the evil ghosts from heaven who looked even uglier.

No one thinks that a living person who has the ability to protect the ghost community would allow these ghost bandits to eat and drink for free. Is she really that weak?

Moreover, the original intention of the Heavenly Kingdom Group's spies was to provoke a conflict between the ghost bandits and the convenience store, forcing both sides to fight on the spot. Only in this way could they take advantage of the situation to capture Tu Lanxun and seize the development zone.

Who knew she would agree so readily?

"Okay!" the spy lurking among the ghosts shouted, "Then keep your word. Let us eat and drink as much as we can. If we run out of food, we'll eat you!"

This was a statement that even the ghosts and bandits found unreasonable, but no one refuted it.

Tu Lanxun looked at that man as if he were a savior. He was waiting for someone like him to show up!

"You're so brave!"

Tu Lanxun's face suddenly turned cold, and an indistinct black shadow suddenly appeared from behind him, striking the reckless spy like lightning. The ghost only let out a half-sound, the rest of the sound being strangled in its throat, and then its entire body was squeezed into a thin strip and thrown to the ground like a live fish.

The one who made the move was N. But N had no intention of showing up, so after getting rid of this troublemaker, he disappeared into Tu Lanxun's pocket.

Tu Lanxun walked over and looked at the spy ghost who had lost half his soul. He laughed and said, "I wanted to hire the friends here and give them a place to live and food to eat, but you are so reckless that you insist on pushing them into a dead end."

After saying that, Tu Lanxun turned over the ghost's pocket, revealing a lot of miscellaneous items inside, including scattered gold particles, some communicators, key chains and other small gadgets.

Tu Lanxun picked up the light green keychain, glanced at it casually, and snorted coldly: "Does anyone know where this person is from? Is he a local?"

A talkative ghost quickly replied, "He's from Western Province. When we were alive, we were college classmates at Western Province University. After graduation, I returned to Eastern Province and he stayed in Western Province. I didn't expect to meet him in Lucheng this time, so I ended up going with him."

Tu Lanxun raised the keychain, then put it away. "See? It says, 'Lucheng Experimental Primary School, Grade 3, Class 3.' I won't mention the name."

"What does this mean?"

"What do you mean? How could he, a man from Daxi Province who studied and worked there, have a keychain of a Lucheng elementary school student in his arms? Unless... he has some illicit hobby, or has already committed murder on a child victim. This is his hidden trophy."

Ghosts generally do not sympathize with the living, but with the exception of young children and the elderly. Almost half of the ghosts here had children in their lifetime.

So their eyes when they looked at the spies of the Kingdom of Heaven Group suddenly became ferocious.