Chapter 107 The most dangerous place is also the safest place
"This is..."
"Dead, that's right."
Zhou Shi’s quick answer helped Yinhun skip the stage of not knowing why and crying.
"How could it be? I remember that I was pulling a car..."
"Go on, tell your story."
From the ghost's narration, Zhou Shi roughly understood what happened before its death.
This man is a cart puller in Jiangdu City, but he has made some modifications to his cart so that it can pull people and goods, so the business is pretty good.
Yesterday at noon, he was driving a car in the city to solicit customers, and was stopped by a man in thick clothes.
This man wrapped himself tightly. Normally, given the current temperature, he wouldn’t need to wear a jacket even in the early morning, but this man not only wrapped himself in a cotton-padded jacket, but also wore a hat to cover his face.
The driver thought the man was suffering from some illness and hesitated to accept the business, but the other party took out the money and offered a price so high that it was almost equal to half of his monthly income, making him unable to refuse.
The man didn't say anything, but gave the coachman a simple map with the destination marked on it, and the coachman walked towards it.
When he first set out on the journey, he felt something strange. This man looked tall and strong, but he was as light as a woman. However, he didn't think much about it, thinking that maybe the man was just wearing thick clothes and he was not actually big.
, got sick again, so I lost a lot of weight.
The car turned into an alley and reached the place marked on the map. The coachman was also a kind man. The guests gave him a lot of money, so he naturally had to be more attentive. When he got off the car, he even gave the man a hand to prevent him from being unable to stand due to illness.
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As soon as he put his hand on the man's arm, there was a "ding" sound, and something fell from the man's body. The driver reflexively leaned over to help him pick it up, but his eyesight went dark, his vision slanted, and he was gone before he fell to the ground.
breath.
Wake up again...
"...That's it." The coachman ended his story with a fairly standard ending.
In this case, the man in strange clothes should be the murderer... Is this considered murder and silence? Is the man covering his whereabouts?
Zhou Shi sorted it out quickly and asked: "What other wishes do you have, I can help you fulfill them. This is the last thing you can do in this world, you have to think clearly."
The coachman opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He lowered his head and thought for a while before saying:
"I have no parents or children, so I have nothing to worry about. I just have some money hidden in my cart. Can you get it for me?"
"That money is of no use to you."
"I know...but that money is usually picked out from between my teeth. It is also my only thought. It would be a pity to throw it away. Can you please..."
Zhou Shi sighed and said, "Okay, tell me where you died."
A broken truck has little value, but it is not easy to destroy. Considering the murderer's physical condition, it is probably impossible to take it away, so there is a high possibility that the truck will be left where it is.
"I'll go take a look, but if I really can't find it, there's nothing I can do."
The curse of the iron abacus, the demon group lurking in the dark, the mysterious river monster, the unsolved imperial examination fraud case... He has a mountain of troubles piled up on him, and he really doesn't want to add to it and investigate this mess.
The murder of the coachman.
The next morning, Zhou Shi followed the driver's description to find the place where he died, planning to rush back to Fengde Building before lunch.
"When you see Rongfa Pawnshop, turn left and walk under a big poplar tree...it's right in front of you."
Zhou Shi turned into a secluded alley, and sure enough, a cart with chairs on it appeared at the end of the alley.
"It's really useless and was taken away!"
He hurried forward and carefully inspected the modified cart. He had to admit that the driver was really ingenious. He actually installed a foldable chair on the cart, which did not affect the loading and allowed people to
Sit comfortably.
The chair was not folded up at this time, but it seemed that the murderer had not moved the cart.
According to what the coachman said, he found a box under the folded chair and took out some broken money.
Two small silver dimes and a handful of copper coins add up to about one tael.
Zhou Shi weighed the scraps of money in his hands and sighed, this coachman had been busy all his life, and the things he was thinking about even before he died were just this little thing...
While he was sighing, a man walked out of a private house in the alley and happened to bump into Zhou Shi.
When the man saw someone in the alley, he obviously panicked, but immediately regained his composure and strode towards the entrance of the alley.
Although it was only a glance, Zhou Shi, as a restaurant manager, has an extraordinary sensitivity to people's faces, and he immediately remembered who this person was.
He quickly caught up and whispered: "Mr. Yu!"
The man was startled, his feet sank and he was about to run away, but was caught by Zhou Shi.
"Mr. Yu, it's me, Zhou Shi from Fengde Tower!"
This person is no one else, but Yu Heng, the person who buried the body, the number one suspect in the Yichunyuan corpse fraud case!
At this time, he was more haggard than when he first came to Fengde Building. The beard on his face had grown a lot, his hair had become disheveled, and his body was stained with dust and stains, but he was still recognized by Zhou Shi at a glance.<
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"Shopkeeper Zhou?" Yu Heng was shocked, "Why are you here?"
"I should also be asking you, why did you come to the city again?" Although there was no house in the alley, Zhou Shi still lowered his voice cautiously, "Now the city is full of people from the yamen!"<
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"I know, it's a lot of effort to get into the city this time..."
Zhou Shi looked at his dress and felt angry and funny: This guy looked like he had rolled through a pile of coal, he was too conspicuous on the street! Is this because he was afraid that the government would not find him?
"Let's go in and talk." Yu Heng pulled him to a private house at the end of the alley.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Shi said quickly: "You have to get out of the city before dark. Now there is a strict curfew in Jiangdu City, and you have no place to live, so you have to be caught!"
"I know, I know..." Yu Heng leaned against the wall and said, "Do you think I want to enter the city? Isn't there no way!"
"How to say it?"
"I am a corpse buryer, and I also do some work at funerals, funerals, sutras, and prayers. But since the incident in Yichun Garden, all funerals must be reported to the Yamen. Especially those who are invited to handle funerals.
I need to leave my name, address, even fingerprints, and physical features. How can I do business with this? As early as when the people from the Yamen asked me to dispose of the body of Yichunyuan, they had my portrait, and then a pair..." Zhou Shi couldn't help but secretly sigh that Zhao Xuan was so thorough in his actions and had made plans early.
"Not only that, my portrait has been posted at the entrance of the village. Fortunately, I am not familiar with the people in the village, so I ran out before the people from the government came to investigate door to door... But where can I run? I don't know
Dare to do business, I have had no income for more than two months..."
"Then what are you doing in the city? It's too dangerous!"
"Think about it, since the Yamen have dispersed their people to the countryside, won't there be fewer 'thunders' in the city? So..."
...It really belongs to you. To be honest, there are still some empty houses like this in the city, and people from the yamen will not come here to check.
Zhou Shi hesitated for a moment, should he take down Yu Heng now, or go back and report it to Zhao Xuan? He had never believed that the person who buried the body really had nothing to do with Yichunyuan's corpse fraud.
"It's too risky. There might be walking corpses around him. When the time comes to attack him, I may not be able to withstand it... And I'm not familiar with the methods of the corpse buryers, so it's easy to fall into the trap. Even if I go back to find Zhao Xuan, wait for her
Bringing someone here will have to be done in the afternoon. If I withdraw now, he will definitely arouse his suspicion..."
After much thought, Zhou Shi decided to stabilize Yu Heng first and look for an opportunity to escape.
"Are you hungry, Mr. Yu? I'll go back and get some food and bedding..."
"No, no, I'm not here to stay, but to investigate."
"Investigation?"
"Yes. Do you remember the woman that Brother Ruan and I met who sold her body to bury her father?"
Yu Heng drew a circle with his finger and said, "This is where she disappeared."