Regardless of the origin of the iron abacus, what puzzles Zhou Shi the most is why some rewards come with memory fragments while others do not.
Recall that Hu Gongzun, Huo Zhezi, "Stele Hands" and "Yin Bing Zhen Lu" were all awakened together with a memory, but these equally weird and extraordinary treasures such as Golden Thread Fishing, Shark Tears and Xuwang Fan were not. p>
An Rudao was present in those memories, so he speculated that the iron abacus was left by An Rudao, but what happened to those treasures without memories?
It wasn't until he saw shopkeeper Zhou's hidden memories in the "Abi Hell" that Zhou Shi found the answer.
Budu handed the Buddhist beads to shopkeeper Zhou Da in order to lure him to the ruined temple and use the eyeless Buddha statue that had been prepared to turn him into a ghost.
This is the first time Budu has used the "Gods and Buddhas to close their eyes" experiment. A person who has been kicked out, his parents are dead, and has no one to rely on is an ideal experimental subject. Moreover, shopkeeper Zhou has worked in a restaurant all his life, so he may become a vicious ghost.
Later, you can gain abilities similar to those of the walking horse.
The fact was just as he thought. Shopkeeper Zhou Da came to the ruined temple under the "prompt" of the Buddhist beads, but the iron abacus he carried with him helped him avoid disaster.
When the plan failed, Budu decided to make good use of this iron abacus, replacing several abacus beads with the Buddhist beads on his body, and filled Zhou Shi, who was lodged in one of the abacus beads, into Shopkeeper Zhou's body.
So my time travel was planned by Budu? But... Zhou Shi didn’t think that Budu had this kind of magical power, otherwise he wouldn’t have been defeated by him.
Maybe it wasn't not Dudu, but someone who was secretly helping him... Lu Yan? He was the most suspicious. He had no reason to help me. After all, I didn't provide him with many clues about the corpse-carrying man... Maybe, he helped me just because
What purpose are you using me to achieve, the purpose of allowing me to travel to this world...
After much thought, Zhou Shi decided to put away the rewards in the iron abacus first. After all, this time was the reward for settling Budu's dead account. Who knows whether Budu might have hidden some backhand in it.
Having made up his mind, he took out a white candle from under the bed, lit it, and threw a note into the fire.
The flames instantly rose up and enveloped Zhou Shi. After a moment, he fell into darkness.
"Senior Lu?"
Lu Yan's voice came from the darkness: "Has my matter in Jiangdu been resolved?"
"Yes..." Zhou Shi recounted the process of defeating Budu through Lu Yan's original "Viewing in Fire".
This time, he did not shy away from the specialness of Iron Abacus and honestly explained the origin of "The Yin Soldier Formation".
The method of recruiting Yin soldiers was created by An Rudao and has been lost for hundreds of years. Without the "Yin Bing Formation Strategy", Zhou Shi would not have been able to subdue the dignified elephant, and lying would be meaningless.
Of course, the fact that he was a time traveler was top secret, and he did not show this trump card to Lu Yan.
"Well, when we first met in Jiangdu Prison, I saw that you have some unusual treasures in you, but you are a fool. Yes, you didn't fool me with stupid lies.
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Zhou Shi breathed a sigh of relief and then said: "The string of Buddhist beads that Budu carried contains the memory of An Rudao, the master who sent the corpse. It may be used as information about the corpse."
"Hmm... let's count it as half at most. If I help you this time, it means we don't owe each other anything."
"Thank you, Senior Lu, but I still have a few questions to ask."
"Speak."
"Why do you think Budu gave An Rudao's treasure to me? Is it just so that I could use the "Yin Soldier Formation" to conquer the Yin Soldiers and then be used by him? In that case, why didn't he learn the methods of the Yin Soldiers himself?
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The treasure in the beads can give Zhou Zhi the power to fight Budu within a few months. If Budu uses it himself, he will definitely become one of the best in the world.
"I thought you had a bright mind. Doesn't this mean that you can't open the prayer beads without crossing yourself? Could it be that the prayer beads can be left by An Rudao, but your iron abacus cannot?"
"You mean...this iron abacus is also An Rudao's legacy?"
With Lu Yan's confirmation, Zhou Shi was sure that his guess was correct.
In this case, the identity of Mr. Zhu’s family is a bit suspicious...
"Senior, I will take Fengde Tower to the capital next. If senior can find my place, I will be on call."
But whether he will run away after arriving depends on the situation... Zhou Zhen added in his mind.
"Well, maybe there will be a chance soon..." Lu Yan said with a smile.
"Also, do you think Budu will arrange a back-up in the Buddhist beads...that is, the abacus beads in the iron abacus now? Is it possible that as soon as I enter my memory, he will jump out and give me a knife or something..."
"Don't worry, Budu is dead."
With Lu Yan's guarantee, Zhou Shi decided to receive the Iron Abacus reward immediately.
"Contact me again when you arrive in the capital, and I will take you to a good place then." Lu Yan said, turning off the fire viewing.
Good place... Then I have to be very prepared. Zhou Shi thought gloomily, and with a slight thought, a ghost that looked like a monk stood in front of him.
When he broke free from hell, he immediately used the method of resurrecting the dead to summon his soul through Budu's body and took him as a Yin soldier.
Budu's soul was severely damaged in the battle, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul. His strength cannot be compared with that of the eight-armed arhat-like ghost Budu, but coupled with Xiao Lin who is one with the lady in red, it is enough to make Zhou
Real strength has reached a new level.
By the way, Xiao Lin... thinking of this, Zhou Shi opened the copy of the lady in red and summoned the ghost bride.
The crimson wedding dress filled the whole room with red light, and her long hair, as black as night, slanted down from the red hijab and hung to the ground. A pair of slender jade hands were folded on the lower abdomen, holding them in an elegant manner.
It may not be appropriate to call her a ghost bride now, because under the crimson wedding dress there are no bones, but plump and warm flesh... Bah, bah, bah, what am I thinking!
Xiao Lin saluted him and said, "I have met my benefactor."
"No, no, no, please, let's call you Shopkeeper Zhou." Zhou Shi felt uncomfortable and said.
After merging with the replica of the lady in red, Xiaolin is no longer an empty shell that turned into a ghost, but has recovered the memories of his life. This posture is the product of the fusion.
Inviting the soul into the corpse is really powerful. Zhou Zhi knew this method from the memory of killing Aunt Mei.
"Shopkeeper Zhou, thank you for saving me."
"What did I save you for?" Zhou Shi said with a bitter smile.
"If it weren't for you, I would have turned into a ferocious ghost. Driven by that monk, I would have killed countless innocent people."
You are also one of the "innocent people"... Zhou Shi thought bitterly and asked:
"What are your plans? If you want to reincarnate again, I can send you on your way."
To his surprise, Xiao Lin shook his head firmly.
"Even if there is an afterlife, I will probably be sold by my parents to a family I don't know, and I will die violently without knowing when and where... I would rather follow the shopkeeper."
Zhou Shi sighed: "Okay, you can change your mind at any time. Is there anything you want to do? I can take you around in Jiangdu, but in the capital, where experts gather, you can't be so casual."
"Yes. I think..." Xiao Lin bit his lower lip and said, "I want to go home and see."
Zhou Shi was speechless, hoping to use his silence to tell her the fact that her family, probably, were all killed by Budu.
The master who arranged a shady marriage for Mr. Zhang's son just refused to marry him, and he was probably responsible for Mr. Zhang's death. Naturally, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better.
"...Even so, at least let me go home and take a look, let my parents go on their way first, don't worry about me..."
Zhou Shi nodded heavily and said, "Okay, we'll go tomorrow."
Outside the house, the guys were cleaning the courtyard under the leadership of Agui, preparing to welcome Shopkeeper Meng who came to take over the land.
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"So the official statement is that the White Lotus Sect gathered in Jiangdu to incite a mob and smashed things up everywhere in the city..."
"Not bad."
On a branch in the moonlight, inside the Jiangdu Yamen, Zhao Xuan listened to the imperial envoy Shen Sanshan's handling of the Jiangdu incident.
Liu Gongmao, the censor responsible for handling the Wu Zhaokun case, stood aside with an expressionless face.
"In this case, the imperial court can legitimately send more troops to Jiangdu City, restore Jiangdu's status as a military town, and prevent this kind of thing from happening again..." Zhao Xuan said thoughtfully.
"These are not things you should consider." Shen Sanshan pulled out a stack of documents from his arms with a livid face and opened it, "I brought the order issued by the Ministry of Punishment. Gold Medal Detective Zhao Xuan listens to the order——"
Zhao Xuan's expression remained unchanged, and she looked past Shen Sanshan to the two rows of armored soldiers standing behind him.
"Zhao Xuan, a gold-medal detective from the Ministry of Punishment, performed poorly in the investigation of the corpse hiding case in Yichunyuan. He secretly arrested Wu Zhaokun, the prefect of Jiangdu without the court's order, and tortured Wu Zhaokun without permission. He was punished for several crimes. He ordered the Minister of Punishment, Shen Sanshan, to arrest him. He was brought to justice and went to Beijing to await trial."
Shen Sanshan sighed, folded the documents, and said: "It is hard to disobey an official's errand. Zhao Xuan, hand over the gold medal and come with us."