Chapter 108: Taking words from the fire, letters from prison
"This is it..." Zhou Shi suddenly bounced off the wall and looked around.
"Brother Ruan and I tracked down this place that day. We saw no one in the room and were worried that she had set an ambush, so we had to retreat. After I went back, I thought about it and felt that there might be traces of that woman in this house, so
Let’s investigate. Hiding in the countryside is not an option anyway. Why don’t I investigate it myself and clear my name as soon as possible.”
Zhou Shi had told him before that the woman might have used the Earth Escape Technique in the Thief Sect to escape. By the way, the demon group operating around Jiangdu also told him, so it is no wonder that Yu Heng put the woman and Yichunyuan together.
The corpse fraud cases are linked together.
"So, have you discovered anything?"
"Yes, shopkeeper Zhou, please take a look."
Yu Heng led him to the dilapidated kang, pointed to the stove, and said: "There are two candles hidden here. One is burned until only the oil is left, and the other is half burned. It should be the woman, or
Left behind by her accomplices."
Zhou Shi leaned over and took a look, keeping an eye on Yu Heng. He did see two red candles, one long and one short.
This thing is not something that poor people should have in their homes, and the wax is dusty, but the two candles are not stained with much dust, and are much newer than the few other furnishings in the room.
Two candles, one burned out, the other was half burned and then extinguished. Is it for lighting, or...
What are you waiting for?
He reached into the stove, dug through the ashes for a while, and pulled out two pieces of yellow paper.
Candles, yellow paper...
Zhou Shi thought of the ability of the horse walkers and his team - picking words from the fire!
"The number of people in the demon group is unknown. If we want to separate, we need a convenient means of communication. We can do this by picking words from the fire!"
Are there rogues among the demons who teach their skills to others?
Zhou Shi looked at the candle in his hand and an idea came to his mind.
"It may not be big, but it doesn't hurt to give it a try..."
He put away the candle and said to Heng: "I will keep this thing first and show it to someone who knows how to look at it when I go back. Do you have a place to live? If not, come to Fengde Building..."
"No, no, it's safer to live in an alley like this."
Zhou Shi originally wanted Yu Heng to stay under her nose so that she could keep an eye on him, but she couldn't let him discover her suspicions, so she didn't force it.
"Do you think they will come here again?" Yu Heng asked.
Zhou Shi pondered for a while and said: "It's possible. The demon obviously uses this place as a transit station..."
"What?"
Zhou Shi accidentally said a modern word, and Zhou Shi quickly changed his words: "I just use this place as a post station. Yesterday, there was a coachman..."
He told Yu Heng the story of the coachman, but omitted the source of the story. According to the rules of the underworld, the corpse buryer did not ask more questions, but said: "Is that man also a monster?"
"It's very possible. If you think about it, you escaped here after following the woman who sold her body to bury her father, and the sick man also came here in a car. They may have made an agreement that as long as they are caught or injured, they will
Get away from here."
"Well, that makes sense..." Yu Heng nodded and said, "Then as long as I stay here, won't I be able to catch them all in one fell swoop?"
Why is this corpse buryer so stupid... Zhou Shi said helplessly: "Since this place has been exposed, they will definitely abandon this place..."
When he said this, he paused suddenly. Yes, it is said that this place was already exposed when Ruan Hunxiong and Yu Heng followed them here. Why does the sick man still come here?
Doesn't he know that this place has been exposed? No, don't they have the ability to pick words from the fire...
Yu Heng did not notice his abnormality and showed a look of regret.
"In short, if you want to stay in Jiangdu, you must be careful everywhere, especially avoid the docks, where there are the most officers and soldiers. If you have difficulties in food and clothing, you can come to Fengde Tower."
"Okay, thank you Brother Zhou."
After bidding farewell to Yu Heng, Zhou Shi left the alley and walked back to Fengde Building.
"This trip is worthwhile. Go back quickly and see if it will be as I thought."
When he returned to Fengde Building, there was still some time before lunch. He rushed into his room, tapped on the wall three times, paused for a while, and tapped four more times.
"What?"
The sound coming from the wall startled him. The sound was low and majestic, more like a bell than a human voice, making people weak in the knees!
"Mr. Mo, can you come out for a moment?"
The secret door opened, and Mr. Mo walked out of the secret room and said unhappily: "What do you want me to do? Didn't you tell me not to disturb me in Baitiao?"
Mr. Mo's voice returned to normal, and Zhou Shi apologized and said, "I have something important to ask you."
Mr. Mo jumped on the kang with one leg, sat down, and said: "Speak."
"You said before that there are two ways to pick up words in the fire. One is to imagine the other person's appearance when sending the words, and the words will be sent to the fire in front of the other person; the second is to give the candle you made to the other person. In this way
Words can be sent to the flame of this candle, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Zhou Shi took out the candle from his pocket and said, "What will happen if the other party does not light the candle after sending the message using the second method?"
"What else can be done? No matter which method is used, the words sent will only appear when the other party accepts them."
After getting a satisfactory answer, Zhou Shi took the flint from the bedside and lit the long candle he had just retrieved.
He wiped the tissue paper on his neck, placed it above the flames, and recited a mantra.
Sure enough, a few lines of words slowly appeared on the yellow paper!
"Hey, what are you doing?" Mr. Mo asked with strange eyes.
Zhou Shi took the paper back from the fire, blew out the candle, and looked at the paper against the sun. He saw what was written on it:
The things have been collected, and the food is okay, but the wine is not good. It has been noisy in the prison recently, and it is difficult to sleep. I hope to move the cell. Will the censor come? Wu Zhaokun is going crazy, and we can't delay it any longer. We should take action as soon as possible.
In prison?
In prison? Is this a letter sent from prison?
Zhou Shi had a lot of thoughts in his mind and slowly sorted out the clues.
"Hey, let me ask you something, what is this?"
He handed the paper to Mr. Mo. After reading it, Mr. Mo said, "These are words taken out of the fire? What's going on?"
Zhou Shi finished telling what happened after meeting Yu Heng in the alley today, and added: "There should be some rogues among the monsters, and this letter should have been sent by their accomplices from prison."
Zhao Xuan is right to worry, they have indeed infiltrated into the prison...
"There are also colleagues involved in it..." Mr. Mo read the words again and said, "Wu Zhaokun was mentioned above, and he really had an affair with the demon."
We can no longer delay, we should plan as soon as possible.
"No, it's not just an affair." Zhou Shi said in a deep voice, "According to the letter, they want to rob the prison and rescue Wu Zhaokun!"