If Belfast's hundreds of streets were labeled, Rum Quarter would undoubtedly be included in the "dirty and chaotic" label.
The Rum District is close to the coastline, probably in the third and fourth rows. As its name suggests, the entire street is mostly filled with bars, such as strip bars or gigolo bars. At the same time, because of the relatively low prices, it is often a
Some recreational areas for civilians and sailors.
And similarly, this kind of place often breeds darkness, such as gangs and hoodlums.
Rum Row, Broken Finger Apartments.
Door 33 on the second floor, the wooden door was knocked.
A burst of chaotic footsteps approached from behind the door, the door opened with a click, and the strong smell of alcohol hit his face.
"Who are you?"
The strong man who opened the door looked at Lu Li and saw that he didn't look like an ordinary person, so he asked in confusion.
Behind the strong man, several gangsters who were as skinny as Oliver staggered over and looked at Lu Li up and down with unkind eyes.
Anna and the others couldn't see behind Lu Li.
Looking inside the house, a few gas lamps illuminated the room. It was dirty and full of debris and garbage, which fit the saying: garbage and garbage live together.
The strong man moved to block Lu Li's sight.
After a brief silence, Lu Li told Marcus about his organization: "I am an exorcist for a healthy and happy every day. I am here to understand some situations. Are you the client?"
"Oh~ come in." The strong man suddenly understood and stepped aside to get out of the way.
Lu Li and Anna entered the door and passed by the strong man. The latter shivered unconsciously and felt cold for no reason.
"What a fucking evil door..." He habitually looked into the corridor and the strong man closed the security door.
Passing by several people, the strong smell of sweat, tobacco and alcohol made Lu Li frown slightly. Out of professionalism, he said nothing and walked to the fairly spacious living room.
"I didn't see a ghost." Anna walked around the room and whispered into Lu Li's ear.
"The ghost is not here."
Lu Li spoke, answered Anna again, and then spoke to the five people. His eyes swept over their faces: "The commission said there were three people."
"I called two people. If there were more people, the ghost wouldn't dare to come out." The strong man crossed his shoulders and looked at Lu Li with a stern look: "What do you mean the ghost is not here?"
"literal meaning."
"Hey, you are the one we invited to exorcise demons. Hurry up and do your work!" shouted a gangster behind him.
"Are you being attacked by a ghost now?" Lu Li asked calmly.
"What?" The little gangster was stunned, looked at each other and shook his head: "No."
Lu Li looked away and looked at the strong man who seemed to be their leader: "So are there any other questions?"
The subtext is that if the ghost is here, nothing will happen to you.
That's what he said, but Lu Li's attitude made this group of gangsters hanging out on Rum Street very unhappy. The young man's mouth twitched, and he rushed forward and grabbed Lu Li's collar as if he was irritated. He raised his head with a cruel look on his face and spat out
Smell of alcohol: “What the hell are you doing——”
Two gangsters behind were picking up stools and wine bottles and were about to get closer. Suddenly, the voice of the companion who was the first to rush up and grab Lu Li's collar suddenly stopped, and then he raised his hands tremblingly: "Yes, I'm sorry!"
He slowly retreated and distanced himself. As the young man stepped aside, the people behind him saw Lu Li's palm touching his waist and the gun holster on his waist.
and a flintlock musket in its holster.
The strong man froze and immediately wanted to turn around and run away.
"I can forgive you if you don't cause trouble anymore." Lu Li's hands did not leave his waist. "So can we continue?"
"Okay, okay..." The gangster retreated to his companion with a cold sweat on his head.
Dang clang——
The stool in his hand fell, and the other young man looked down at the wine bottle in his hand, hiding it behind his back in embarrassment.
"I don't want to cause trouble. So it's good for you and me to solve the problem as soon as possible." Lu Li's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end. He gently smoothed the wrinkles in his tie and collar.
"Tell me the whole story."
The strong man looked at Lu Li fearfully and pushed away the trouble-making subordinate: "My little brother is not very sensible and disturbed this exorcist. Here's what happened..."
The strong man briefly described the contents of the commission.
Roughly speaking, they met a pretty street girl when they went home a few nights ago. Naturally, these people would not let the street girl go, but when they brought her home, they realized that they were in big trouble: This
It's a ghost.
From that night on, this ghost haunted them. In order to solve the problem, they turned to other gangsters for help. As a result, they were discovered by Marcus, who was wandering around like a ghost. He then took the initiative to contact them. They did not know how to accept the commission and set the order.
A commission fee of 200 shillings was placed.
"When was the last time that ghost appeared?"
"Last night... By the way, that ghost doesn't seem to appear during the day."
"Understood, I didn't find it in the room right now, so I'll come back after dark."
"Ah, okay, please." The strong man couldn't wait to send Lu Li to the corridor.
Click——
After closing the door, the five gangsters let out a long sigh of relief.
What follows is the anger caused by the humiliation of being scared away.
The gangster who was forced back by Lu Li had a ferocious look on his face: "This bastard...does he think he is a noble? Boss, this guy has a gun. We can call the police and ask the police to arrest this guy!"
"Let you call the police, let you call the police, let you call the police!"
The angry man raised his fist and hit his younger brother, beating him and scolding him: "You idiot from the countryside! Have you forgotten who you are and what we have done!"
The younger brother ran away holding his head, and the others also held their heads and ran away.
After venting his anger, the strong man gasped and pointed to the younger brothers: "Tell you, pay attention to me lately and don't go out to cause trouble, you know? I'm asking you, do you know, you know, you know, you know!"
Speaking of fire, the strong man started beating, kicking and chasing him, causing the younger brother to run away with his head in his hands, shouting again and again.
"I know, I know……"
…
"These people are not good people at first glance."
Coming out of the apartment, Anna muttered.
"This is normal. Not all clients are on the side of justice, and the purpose of entrustment is not purely self-protection." The story of the Anna adults who died before Lu Li taught them to leave the ivory tower.
Anna guessed: "Is it possible that they killed someone at sea and that person turned into a ghost and came back for revenge?"
"It's very likely." Lu Li replied.
"Then you..." Anna was stunned and didn't understand why Lu Li still accepted the mission.
Lu Li tilted his head slightly unnoticeably, scanning behind him with his dark eyes, and replied: "Exorcists are like lawyers. What they pursue and believe in is not justice, but rules."
"So you were invited by those bastards to kill me..."
At this moment, an eerie and low female voice sounded from behind Lu Li.
