Ren Qing's eyes felt swollen, and he fell into darkness.
He couldn't close his eyes at all, he could only feel the heavy footsteps approaching gradually, and they were coming from the direction he was looking at.
Just when the being in the darkness is about to approach.
"Send someone..."
Ren Qing's body was pushed, and all the strangeness disappeared.
He opened his eyes and found that things around him had slowed down. It was as if he could see the lines on the wings of the flies that were attracted by the smell of blood.
Two lines of tears slowly flowed from Ren Qing's eyes, making his face look even more terrifying.
Li Mian and the two took a few steps back. They leaned against the wall. They wanted to retreat but they didn't have the slightest strength. They had to keep calling for Ren Qing.
It took a few breaths for Ren Qing to come back to his senses. Although he had already started learning the "Objectless Method" by consuming his lifespan, it would still take some time to master it.
【Ren Qing】
[Age: seventeen]
[Shouyuan: five years and eighty-three days]
[Skill: Eyeless Method]
Moreover, after he mastered the "Wumu Method", there seemed to be some changes in his mind. The details will have to wait until he returns to the Yamen.
"The blood just rushed to the brain, and the wind and sand caused the eyes to be sore."
Ren Qing casually found an excuse, and the Li brothers didn't ask any more questions. Instead, they took the initiative to do more physical work.
People die violently every day in Sanxiang City, and fire workers are inevitably exposed to them, so the one person Bai Yi dares not offend the most is the government officials in charge of him.
Otherwise, if something really happens, I don’t know how I will die.
They finished cleaning up the bookstore, leaving only large areas of dried blood stains inside. Next came the duties of Zaoli.
The bookstore door is sealed with a seal.
Ren Qing led the Li brothers out of the alley, and they walked towards the open space where the corpses were stored, carrying large and small bags.
Xiao Wu had been waiting for a long time and was walking around in circles anxiously.
The body next to him was placed in the most conspicuous place in the morning market, and the linen used to wrap it was soaked with blood.
"Brother Qing...send someone, you are here."
Xiao Wu shouted with relief. At his age, it was indeed difficult to look after a corpse on a deserted street.
"Let's go. We've been busy all morning. We can have a good rest when we get back to the Yamen."
Ren Qing's brows are no longer frowning. Now that he is on the right track, the pressure from Shouyuan is naturally reduced.
The four of them walked through the street while talking and returned to the lively place.
Several detectives holding knives stood not far away. Seeing that the body had been disposed of, they nodded with Ren Qing and left.
The police officers in the yamen are mainly responsible for patrolling the streets and do not have to come into contact with the corpses of tragic victims, so the pyrotechnics are inevitably envious.
However, Yamen service is passed down from generation to generation. Usually it is passed down from father to eldest son, and the responsibilities cannot be changed easily.
For example, Ren Qing's predecessor actually came from a village a hundred miles northwest of Sanxiang City, called Bazi Village.
It turned out that he had an older brother who passed away unexpectedly more than half a year after inheriting his late father's position as a government servant.
With no other choice, my predecessor could not give up the iron job that had been passed down from generation to generation, so he had to go to the Yamen in Sanxiang City to report, but he soon followed in his footsteps.
The former mother and sister should still be living in Bazi Village's home now, and Ren Qing would also send some money every month.
Ren Qing had no impression of this, but he pieced together a general outline from Xiao Wu, and there were not many opportunities to meet, so he was not worried about being recognized.
The four of them passed through the western district of the city and arrived at the center of Sanxiang City, where the Yamen is located.
The main gate has red walls and blue tiles, and a plaque reading "Sanxiang County Department" hangs on the door. Government officials are constantly coming in and out of the door.
As a town where hundreds of thousands of people live, the scale of the Yamen far exceeds imagination.
The area alone is estimated to be tens of thousands of square meters, with 254 houses in it. The main gate is divided into four doors: east, west, north and south, and the area is also divided into four areas.
Each area has the same buildings and there is no intersection on weekdays.
Jailer's Hall, Prisoner's Hall, Fireworks Hall, Zaoli Hall, Cell, Kitchen, Magistrate's House, Immortal Buddha Temple, Public Inquisition Hall, Martial Arts Training Ground, Sibu Zhai...
As a government official in Chengxi District, Ren Qing can only go through the west main gate, so he has never been to other areas so far.
"finally reached……"
Xiao Wu rubbed his wrist, showing some fatigue on his face.
After the body died, it was as heavy as a stone. Even if four people took turns to carry it, they would be exhausted, let alone other debris.
The Li brothers didn't complain, but their expressions relaxed.
"Let's go."
Ren Qing sighed helplessly, there were only so many people under his command, otherwise there would be no need to do rough work.
After entering the Yamen, there are many plaques hanging everywhere with clear aspirations, such as mirrors hanging high, as clear as pure water and so on.
After passing through the path paved with west sandstone, we arrived at Huo Gong Hall.
The location of the fire hall is slightly remote, and there are several wells in the courtyard. The main reason is that the furnaces are often burned and kept as far away from people as possible.
There are three fire halls in Yamen West District, each with two blocks of fire workers.
Twelve rooms are spread out side by side, with a morgue at the end and a stove near the corner.
The stove is made entirely of iron and looks like a hollow gourd. Its ingenious design allows it to burn for seven or eight hours after adding wood.
However, Ren Qing's pyrotechnics hall and another batch of pyrotechnics from Hexing Street were temporarily transferred outside the city. It seemed that a certain village was infected with the plague.
The Li brothers placed the body of the bookstore owner in the morgue, where there were dozens of corpses, all of which were pyrotechnics that died with cunning smiles.
The furnace can burn three bodies at the same time, but Qing Yiyi was appointed before, so the bodies had no time to burn, and now they are somewhat putrid.
The new corpses can only wait a few days.
"You are ready to turn on the stove, I will go to the room to rest for a while."
Ren Qing gave the three of them a few words of advice and then returned to the side room.
The Li brothers began to move the corpses and light firewood, while Xiao Wu went to the kitchen to get some food. After all, it was already noon.
Ren Qing sat cross-legged on the bed, activated the information flow and closed his eyes at the same time.
He felt that the information in the "Objectless Dharma" began to converge, and then merged a little, forming an illusory seed.
When consciousness touches the seed, it immediately takes root and sprouts.
Three buds grew from the seeds, and the pattern on the leaves looked like a strange eye.
When Ren Qing was puzzled, text with information appeared on the buds, accompanied by annotations.
[One-Eyed Man: Seeing Through Illusions]
[Hundred Eyes: Creating Illusions]
[Those with double pupils: predict the enemy first]
He was stunned for a moment, and then noticed that each paragraph of text represented a young leaf.
[Whether you choose to branch and have one eye, your life span will be consumed for 1 year]
Ren Qing tried the other two types and found that the lifespan consumed by a person with hundreds of eyes and a person with one eye was 1 year, but the life span consumed by a person with double eyes was 1 year and 6 months.
He hesitated for a moment and then chose to cancel the information flow.
"Objectless Method" is extremely weird in nature, and uncontrollable situations may occur after choosing a branch.
Therefore, before Ren Qing understands the power system of this world, it is unwise to spend a year of his life on adventure.