It’s unmistakable, this is the sound made by the beads hitting each other!
There is actually the sound of abacus in this underground place that is so thick with gloom that it is almost hard to breathe - someone is actually dialing the abacus in this prison?
The weight of the iron abacus behind his back suddenly became apparent. Zhou Shi suddenly thought of the divination he had asked before, saying that there were clues to unraveling the curse of the iron abacus in Jiangdu Prison...
After careful consideration, he chose to deviate from the gold wire fishing route and head towards the place where the abacus sound came from.
The voice became clearer and clearer, and the Yin Qi surrounding him became heavier and heavier. Even Zhou Shi, as a person in the Yin Gate, whose resistance to Yin Qi is far higher than ordinary people, felt uncomfortable.
"If you are in such a dark atmosphere as the A-shaped cell, you will probably die within a few days. What kind of prisoner needs to be detained here?"
Following the guidance of the sound of the abacus, Zhou Shi finally stopped in front of a cell. He used yin fire to illuminate the sign on the cell door——
Number three.
In the cell, a man sat cross-legged, with his back to the cell door.
But Zhou Shi could see an abacus lying across his lap, making a faint sound.
With his heart beating fast, Zhou Shi came here in a hurry as if he was holding a life-saving straw. It wasn't until he stood in front of Room No. 3 that he realized that his behavior was very reckless: What if this is a trap? People who can stay in this kind of yin energy for a long time
,How much strength does it have? Is it worthy of trust?
Before the people in the cell noticed him, Zhou Shi reached for the iron abacus behind his back, intending to take out the yellow beam pillow...
"What a coincidence that I met my colleagues here."
Zhou Shi was startled and took half a step back.
"What are you afraid of? With this iron fence blocking you, what can I do to you?"
Judging from the voice of this person, he is probably a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He has a calm breath and speaks with some accent. I can't tell where he is from...
"Don't worry, everyone here is half dead and can't hear our conversation at all."
Zhou Shi thought quickly and considered all the possibilities in his mind before speaking:
"When you say 'fellow', you mean..."
Sensing that the other party was not simple, he used honorifics.
"Of course it's a walk-on."
"You too..."
"Haha, that's interesting." The man smiled, but suddenly stopped. After a moment of silence, he said, "Using an iron abacus to settle the living accounts? You really don't know how to live or die. Even I don't dare to do that."<
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"How do you know?" Zhou Shi was shocked. The man revealed his problem without even turning his head!
"Well, a lot of life has been lost... Haha, it's a miracle that you are still alive. Thank you for your fate."
Zhou Shi swallowed a gulp of saliva. In fact, the original shopkeeper Zhou had been killed by the iron abacus and died in the ruined temple. Only then did Zhou Shi from another world travel through time.
"Senior, do you have a way to break this curse?"
The man almost didn't think and blurted out: "What are you going to give in exchange?"
"Change..."
"We horse dealers are meant to settle accounts, and we have to calculate our purchase expenses clearly." The man said with a half-smile, "You're not going to let me save your life in vain, are you?"
"Then, you speak first."
Obviously the other party was prepared. "Find me someone."
"Who?"
"He is called the 'Corpse Man' in the underworld."
"Where is it? What are its characteristics?"
"I don't know."
"..."
Zhou Shi was speechless for a moment and only gave him an unexplained nickname. Where did he come from?
"I know it's hard to find, so I won't force him. I'll just let it happen. But if you have any clues about him, please contact me immediately."
Well, if that's the case, maybe it's not too harsh... No, let's ask more clearly.
"Senior, can I ask you why you are looking for this person?"
"It's not a big deal. This person is an old friend of mine. I just want to know where he is."
It's unlikely to be true... Zhou Shi thought so and asked, "Then how can I contact you?"
"Have you learned how to pick up characters from the fire? Just say "Lv Yan" when sending the characters, and I will receive them."
Lu Yan... Zhou Shi wrote it down and then said: "I promise you. Now, I need a way to break the curse of the iron abacus."
"Well, this method is not difficult. Using an iron abacus to calculate the accounts of the living will deduct the yang life. As long as you do the opposite, using a wooden abacus to calculate the accounts of the dead can reverse the yin and yang and break the curse of the iron abacus."
Zhou Shi's first reaction was that this method is really simple, but when he thought about it, he realized that it was wrong:
Mr. Mo once said that only an iron abacus can settle the accounts of the dead. How can you use an ordinary wooden abacus? Moreover, it is also an act of reversing yin and yang. Using an iron abacus to settle accounts of the living will shorten your life span. Who knows that using a wooden abacus to settle the accounts of the dead will?
What are the side effects...
Now he understands why Lu Yan's conditions are so loose, because this method is also as difficult as climbing to the sky, and is not even as feasible as the merit algorithm!
Taking this opportunity, Zhou Shi asked tentatively: "Senior Lu, please use the merit algorithm to calculate your own merit. If the merit is greater than the fault, can you break the curse of the iron abacus?"
"Haha, this is really a good idea..." Lu Yan chuckled, "This is probably equivalent to asking a tiger to eat the lion that is chasing you, which is very dangerous. And I think the merit algorithm can only recover some of the ones that have been eliminated.
Lifespan, it is impossible to completely break the curse."
Sure enough... Zhou Shi took a deep breath and then asked: "There was a rogue from a hundred years ago. He liked to wear clothes embroidered with phoenixes and collected many treasures contaminated with Yin energy. Do you know him?" p>
This is the issue he is most concerned about besides the curse of the iron abacus: who is the first owner of the iron abacus!
"I do know a person whose clothes are very similar to your description..." Lu Yan pondered for a while and said, "Do you remember the 'corpse-carrying man' I just told you?"
"Remember, it's him?"
"No, no, no, it's his master. I remember that his master liked to wear clothes embroidered with phoenix patterns."
"May I ask when he was from?"
"If he were still alive, he would be probably a hundred years old."
The years are not right, but the clothes are similar... Zhou Shi was a little disappointed, but he still kept this information in his heart.
"You have a lot of questions. Tell them all." Lu Yan said with a smile.
"Last question, I came in to find Wu Zhaokun, the prefect of Jiangdu who was imprisoned a few days ago. He should be on this floor. Do you know where he is?"
"Wait a moment..." Lu Yan was silent for a moment and said, "Room B, number 2, go left."
"Thank you. I'll take my leave then." Zhou Shi was about to leave, but suddenly stopped, "Senior, if you want to come out, all the guards in the prison will be fascinated, so why not take advantage of the moment..."
"No, no need. I'll leave right away."
Let's leave now... It seems that this senior is confident enough to leave here. Presumably, Lu Yan's strength is unknown, but he knows so many things, so he must have powerful means. This kind of place will definitely not be able to imprison him.<
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"Well, seniors, take care, and juniors will take the first step."
Zhou Shi walked quickly towards Room B, Room 2, so fast that he almost tripped over a person lying on the ground.
"Hey, He Shouxin is here!"
He Shouxin was half leaning against the wall, unconscious, still holding the food box taken out from Fengde Building in his arms.
"It's really hard to stay in a place like this. I passed out without even touching the dish..." Zhou Shi smacked his lips and leaned over to pick up the gold fish hook on the food box.
He groped for a while, but found nothing.
Hmm?
The hook fell off? No way!
Zhou Shi confirmed that the gold wire on his finger was still fishing vigorously, and it was obvious that the other end was still hooked on the target.
Could it be...
His heart tightened, and he quickly took the food box in his hand and found that it was not Fengdelou's food box at all!
Was someone swapped?
At this moment, it was as if a pinch of pepper penetrated into the nose, and the fragrance in the air suddenly became more spicy.