Chapter 160: The ghost bride enters the battle, and Agent Zhao comes to the door
Halfway through saying this, Zhou Shi felt that something was wrong, especially when facing a "lady" wearing a wedding dress.
"...Become my dark soldier?"
He went on to explain: "I can make a three-part agreement with you. As long as I find a way for you to enter reincarnation and find out the reason why you became a ghost, I will let you go immediately. Maybe I can avenge you... Anyway
, if you want, just nod."
Xiao Lin nodded almost without hesitation.
Zhou Shi is overjoyed, she is such a "reasonable" girl.
"Then, let's start quickly, don't move."
He took out Mr. Hu, dipped his hand into some Yin wine, and drew a big circle on the ground, wrapping himself and Xiao Lin in it.
This is the first step recorded in the "Yin Soldier Formation Strategy", which is to wrap the Yin soldiers and casters in Yin Qi, and Yin wine happens to be a substance with strong Yin Qi.
Then, recite the mantra: "Yin soldiers use the way, strangers avoid it."
The originally chaotic Yin Qi turned into a whirlpool, enveloping him and Xiao Lin.
The last step——
"The ghost bride enters the battle!"
In an instant, the vortex of Yin energy in the room disappeared completely, as if it had all been sucked into Zhou Shi's body.
Zhou Shi felt even worse. The yin energy entered his body, causing his limbs to become paralyzed and his internal organs to twitch.
After the discomfort subsided, he pressed his temples and whispered:
"Is this successful? Part of the Yin Soldier has been connected to my human soul, and I can actually feel her existence..."
He looked at the ghost bride beside him and said softly: "Xiao Lin, step back first."
Yin soldiers are invisible, and if there is no order, they will not be visible to ordinary people.
"Phew, now she doesn't have to stay in the white candle."
At the same time, as the master of the Yin soldiers, Zhou Shi also knew Xiaolin’s abilities:
In addition to the soul-stirring scream that all ghosts possess, the Ghost Bride can also instantly take away the eyes of those who see her true form, extend her wedding dress, constrain the enemy's movements and obscure the enemy's sight.
"The last ability is similar to that of the lady in red. There is indeed a connection between the two of them..."
He sat on the kang for a while, and then several more knocks on the door came.
"Who?"
"I, Xiaosi, the shopkeeper, Mr. Zhao is looking for you."
Zhao Xuan and Zhou Shi quickly stood up, checked their clothes, and trotted to the private room on the second floor to meet the guests.
"Mr. Zhao, what brought you here?" He was unsure when he said this. After all, as long as he saw her, something bad would happen.
"I have good news. The Wu Zhaokun case has been resolved."
"Finally..." Zhou Shi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately became tense again, "What about the bad news?"
Zhao Xuan said in a dissatisfied tone: "Why, there will be bad news when I come here?"
Zhou Shi’s expression said it all.
"This is the bad news, listen to me - the result of the imperial examination fraud case was that 20 invigilators were mainly responsible, and 11 of them were beheaded. Both Wu Zhaokun and Yu Zicai were responsible for the oversight, and each was fined a year's salary and relocated.
Being the governor of Sanwu, he was probably demoted two ranks. One of them was sent back to his hometown to be kind and care for his whole life."
"This... is so light? Doesn't this put the blame on the people below?"
"That's enough. These twenty invigilators are the actual people in charge. They all received money from Yu Zicai, so it won't be a loss if they are cut off. As for Wu Zhaokun and Yu Zicai, I didn't expect to be able to cut them off." Zhao Xuan sighed, "
These two old foxes have left too many behinds. Even without their cronies in the court, it would be difficult to convict them of death based on the current evidence."
Zhou Shi gritted his teeth. Although they were attempted crimes, Wu Zhaokun was the murderer who killed Xu Ling'er and was also in cahoots with the demon. It was hard for him to let him live.
"Wu Zhaokun is still in prison?"
"You want to kill him?"
Zhou Shi was startled and secretly cursed himself for being too impulsive and revealing his intentions on his face.
But Zhao Xuan didn't care. She said: "Okay, if you really want to go, I can even arrange for the jailer not to work tonight. It's a pity that you are late."
"Why, Wu Zhaokun is dead?"
"Not so lucky, he disappeared."
"Being rescued?"
"I thought so too." Zhao Xuan shrugged, suddenly put her arms on the table, stared into Zhou Shi's eyes seriously, and said, "Who rescued him?"
You don’t need to think about this to know, of course it’s a demon... No, Zhao Xuan doesn’t know the relationship between Wu Zhaokun and the demon!
"People from the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce? With their financial resources, it should be easy to hire experts to rob the prison, right?" Zhou Shi answered using his strong psychological quality, with nothing unusual on his face.
Zhao Xuan seemed a little disappointed. She leaned back and said, "The government will investigate along this line. Wu Zhaokun's disappearance cannot be covered up by court transactions. I think they will handle the case seriously."
She casually mentioned: "Don't you want to know how Yu Heng is doing?"
Zhou Shi's mind didn't hesitate at all, and he immediately responded: "Who is Yu Heng?"
"The corpse buryer who came back on the same boat with you that day."
"Ah? Is he the one who buried the corpse?" Zhou Shi showed surprise appropriately, "What a coincidence?"
"You don't know who he is?"
"I don't know. I just took a boat with him. I didn't expect..."
After Yu Heng was arrested as soon as he landed ashore, Zhao Xuan's people hurriedly took him away without questioning Ruan Hunxiong and others carefully. They casually made up their identities and got by.
Zhao Xuan sighed and said: "He has got rid of the suspicion, and the Yichunyuan corpse case will continue to be investigated."
Zhou Shi breathed a sigh of relief, chatted with her for a few more words, exchanged some ideas, and then sent her away.
"It's a good thing that Yu Heng is free of charge, so that I won't be involved..."
As a result, when he just came downstairs, he saw Yu Heng standing by the counter wearing brand new clothes.
Yu——Heng——
Why do you always appear in places you shouldn't!
The corpse buryer was digging at the counter in boredom. When he heard the footsteps, he raised his eyes and happened to meet the two people coming downstairs.
When Zhao Xuan and his eyes met, Zhou Shi was keenly aware that Zhao Xuan's fists were clenched.
But Yu Heng was very enthusiastic. After the momentary surprise passed, he immediately raised his hands and cupped his fists and said: "Mr. Zhao, long time no see!"
Zhao Xuan sneered and said, "Yes, I haven't seen you for a full hour."
It seems that she came to confront Zhao Zhoushi just after finishing his interrogation.
"Haha, not seeing you for one day is like three autumns! Did Mr. Zhao come to have tea?"
"No, I'm here to eat. See you later."
"See you later, see you later!"
After Zhao Xuan strode away, Zhou Shi sat down at the table with him.
"Mr. Yu, are you looking for me?" Zhou Shi's face turned ugly. On the one hand, it was because Yu Heng finally got away with it and went to Fengde Building to easily arouse suspicion again. On the other hand, he thought about the fact that he was about to lose fifty taels.
Money and a month's worth of food.
"Hey, why don't we go up and chat?" Yu Heng pointed to the stairs Zhou Shi and Zhao Xuan just walked down.
"Everyone is resting now and there is no one in the front hall. Let's talk."
"Oh, that's what I said..." Yu Heng rubbed the air with three fingers.
"Here are fifty taels of silver, take it."
"Oh, it's so refreshing - huh?" Yu Heng turned the ingot of silver over his face happily, his expression instantly solidified, "Official, official silver?"
"Yes, it's exactly fifty taels, absolutely no moisture."
Yu Heng looked shocked. How could an ordinary restaurant have official silver? Could it be Shopkeeper Zhou Jie...
No, Agent Zhao came to him as soon as he finished the interrogation, and the two seemed to have known each other for a long time. Could it be that Fengdelou was actually the government's spy...
No matter which guess is made, it can echo Shopkeeper Zhou’s astonishing strength, which is incredible.
He put the fifty taels of silver in his pocket, thinking that he was a member of the government anyway, so he would just find a way to exchange it later.
Zhou Shi saw that he accepted the official silver without hesitation, and was also puzzled. It was a crime to spend this thing, and recasting it would be an added crime. Could it be that Yu Heng had a way to exchange it for the civilian bank...
"Then I'll accept it, and there's the second thing."
"Please speak."
"Go up and talk?"
"It's dirty and no one takes care of it. Let's just say it here."
"Okay." Yu Heng nodded and said with a smile, "Let's go rob the tomb."