Zhou Shi originally just wanted to borrow ten taels of silver to Fengdelou for emergency purposes, but Cheng Youyi showed amazing generosity and got a large ingot of more than twenty taels of silver.
"Shopkeeper Cheng, what are you doing?"
"Don't refuse. My son's life will cost more than this. You can just use it."
Zhou Shi knew in his heart that that big piece of silver was of no use at all on weekdays. It was obviously life-saving money that Cheng Youyi's family kept at the bottom of the box. How could he be embarrassed to take it? In the end, he asked him to pack a bag of broken silver and spent some time on it.
Convince him to accept the IOU.
"Originally, we, Fengde House, owe money to the sauce shop. How can we owe more and more money?"
Cheng Youyi held Zhou Shi's hand and held it in for a long time, unable to speak.
"Thank you for your kindness, Shopkeeper Zhou. If you may be of use to me in the future, please feel free to say so."
He sent Zhou Shi out of the alley and watched Zhou Shi leave.
"This is righteous. Isn't it quite 'righteous' at this time? Why are you usually so sarcastic... But the business world is not good, and he was beaten like this."
Zhou Shi shook his head, thinking that the rewards from Xiaosi and Iron Abacus were waiting for me, so he quickly quickened his pace.
Just as he turned a corner, a wall blocked his path.
Weird, you went the wrong way? You obviously took this road when you came here?
He wanted to turn around, but found that there seemed to be roots under his feet, making him unable to move!
"Not good!"
He quickly touched the iron abacus, but felt a chill on his shoulders and something hard pressed against his neck.
"Don't move, or your head will move!"
A deep voice threatened from behind.
Zhou Shi gritted his teeth, this is the truth!
"What I ask, what you say, no lies! I ask you, where are you from?"
People with accents from around Jiangdu, male, over thirty years old, not necessarily coming for me... Zhou Shi could only analyze this information.
"I just came out of a shopkeeper's house."
"Which shopkeeper, please tell me clearly!"
The chill on his neck became even heavier. Zhou Shi didn't want to bring danger to Shopkeeper Cheng, so he could only deal with it:
"I don't know, he didn't tell me."
"Humph, don't try to play tricks! What does he want from you?"
"Someone in his house has something dirty. I'll go and show him."
"Driven away?"
"Yes."
"How to do it? Let's learn from reality!"
Zhou Shi's brain was spinning so fast that he could neither tell the truth nor make the other party suspicious...
"Use yin fire to burn the evil spirit to death."
The voice paused for a while, as if thinking about the truth and falsehood.
Suddenly, a force came to snatch the iron abacus in Zhou Shi's hand, but he blocked it like a life-saving straw, preventing the other party from succeeding.
"Ahem, let's go to hell."
Zhou Shi was shocked and recalled the formula Mr. Mo said.
"Chuanliu Naihe Bridge."
He suddenly felt a lightness in his body and the pressure on his shoulders disappeared.
"It's okay, turn around."
Zhou Shi turned around and saw a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer. Although the sun had set, he still wore a straw hat on his head.
"Maybe you are too..." Zhou Shi remained alert and did not continue.
The man didn't say anything, he just pointed at the iron abacus in Zhou Shi's hand and said:
"Are you the big shopkeeper hired by Mr. Mo?"
"Do you know Mr. Mo?"
"Of course, he is a well-known figure in our industry..." The man said coldly, "My name is Ruan Hunxiong, and this is the letter I wrote to Mr. Mo."
Zhou Shi was surprised and said: "Is it about the poison master?"
"Not bad."
Ruan Hunxiong... Zhou Shi quickly reported his name.
"Senior Ruan, may I ask who you were just now..."
"I received news that someone in Jiang Ducheng's family was sexually assaulted, so the cleaners hurried over and placed talismans around the house to ward off evil spirits. When I looked up, the house was filled with fire..."
Zhou Shi's heart sank, and he thought he was going to quit!
"I was busy from noon to dusk, but someone jumped in first... I saw you coming out of the house, and I didn't know whether you were an enthusiastic witch or a demon who practiced sorcery, so I had to make a plan and intercept you first.
Ask for your identity. I didn’t expect you to be a fellow traveler. I offended you so much. Don’t blame me.”
I asked why the resentful spirit was so fragile. It turned out that someone had already set up an array to weaken it, so I could successfully exorcise it...
Zhou Shi smiled awkwardly and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Senior Ruan came all the way to save people, and I admire him."
He felt that he was in the wrong and was really embarrassed to accuse the other party of pretending to be a robber to scare him.
"I just used money to do things. It's a pity that I had three hundred taels of silver."
It turns out to be you!
The exorcist with the big mouth of a lion!
Ruan Hunxiong seemed to be aware of Zhou Shi's subtle psychological activities. He took out a roll of rope from his pocket, let it hang down naturally, and said:
"This Yin Zhen rope must be made of hemp grown in the mountains, soaked in the blood of a black dog for one month, and exposed to the sun for three years. During this period, it must be beaten repeatedly with an iron pestle, so that it has the ability to hurt the evil spirits.
Ability. This thing alone is worth a hundred taels. In addition to the dozens of talisman papers I laid around the house, I was busy from noon to dark..."
"Senior, stop talking, I admire you!" Zhou Shi said with a smile, "Can you elaborate on the poison master you wrote in your letter?"
"We can't finish talking in a while. Let's agree on a time to meet tomorrow and talk about it then."
"Okay, then I will accompany...please senior to dinner. It's at Fengde Building on Yuqing Street. You can find it by looking for the sign. I'll be waiting for you."
Zhou Shi was suddenly blinded by a gust of wind. When he opened his eyes again, there were only empty streets and a bright moon rising.
This senior Ruan is really a cold-blooded guy... But I don't blame him. He tried for a long time, but was cut off by others. He didn't say any good things, and even folded the book...
Zhou Shi quickened his pace and rushed towards Fengde Building with a bag of broken silver in his hands.
Liu Xiaosi was waiting at the door of Fengde Building with a lantern. When he saw the shopkeeper coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him:
"Shopkeeper, do you have the money?"
Zhou Shi handed the money to Xiaosi and said exhaustedly: "Take it, go out and buy some meat and vegetables tomorrow, not too much, just prepare a few of Fengdelou's signature dishes."
The boy shook the bag of silver and said: "This silver..."
"Shopkeeper Cheng borrowed it. Remember to ask Lao Zhao to record it in the account and pay it back together as soon as possible."
Liu Xiaosi was extremely surprised. The shopkeeper left in a hurry, and he and the accountant Lao Zhao were calculating. Did the shopkeeper go to the sauce shop to borrow money? We haven't paid back last month's money! Moreover, Cheng Youyi was carrying a bag on his front feet.
The creditor who helped ruin the situation just left, and our shopkeeper Zhou is going to borrow money? Isn't this looking for scolding?
As a result, the money was actually borrowed!
He didn't understand at all, but seeing the tired look on the shopkeeper's face, he didn't want to ask more questions, so he quickly led the shopkeeper to the room that had been prepared in advance.
After sending Liu Xiaosi away, Zhou Shi looked around and found that this was the room where Shopkeeper Zhou lived before. Even the position of the interior furnishings had not changed.
He bolted the door and lay on the bed for a while, breathing heavily against the ceiling and feeling nauseous.
"Did too many vaginal organs be used, or was the wraith spirit too powerful? It may also be that the final burning of the wraith spirit was done improperly, which caused too much damage to the body... We must be more restrained in the future."
He was surprised to find that he had stayed up late every day for the past few days, and now he had no sleep at all.
"Hey, let's take a look at the rewards from Iron Abacus first."
He turned a bead and found a thread-bound book with yellowing paper in his hand - Stele Hand.
Turning to the first page, it says:
"The first step of the monument hand - open the monument hand!"