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Chapter 29: Complaints and Complaints

Xu Baocai, a wealthy businessman from Bashu, followed his fleet down the river, and one of the cargoes his ships carried was...

"Three thousand fox skins."

Zhou Shi suddenly felt enlightened.

No wonder...

"Three thousand fox skins! Three thousand lives of my people! Of course I will avenge my people!" the old witch said through gritted teeth. Her face still retained the characteristics of a beast, so it looked even more ferocious. "I am on him.

After discovering the fox's hair, he immediately adjusted the fragrance in Yichun Garden to make him suffer the pain of suffocation before dying!

"But this is not enough! I will kill all his fleet, and then slowly torture his family to death to avenge my people!"

Listening to the old witch's extremely cruel speech, Zhou Shi could not refute.

If what she said is true, then Xu Baocai has a blood feud with her, and there seems to be no problem in killing people to pay for their lives...

"There is a wrongdoer and a debtor. If you want to kill him for revenge, forget it. What does this have to do with his men or his family? Don't harm innocent people!"

Luo Ziqing, who had been watching, also spoke: "Yes, mother-in-law, you have committed too many crimes, which will damage your cultivation and never become an immortal!"

"What do you know! My parents, sister, brother-in-law, and the whole family were killed by hunters, and I was the only one who escaped with Ziqing! Only others are allowed to kill me, but I am not allowed to kill him? This is

What’s the point?”

"The person who killed you wasn't Xu Baocai?"

"If there were no people like him in the fur business, how could my family be killed?"

Zhou Shi has a clever mouth, but can't find a reason to argue.

"Aren't you a gold medal catcher? Well, I'm an old man, you can kill or cut her into pieces as you wish. But this matter is my own control and has nothing to do with Ziqing. Let her go and I will capture her without mercy."

Zhou Shi knocked on his head. He was just pretending to be Yu Changren, so he couldn't really bring the old witch back to the Yamen to await trial. Moreover, how would this monster be judged? Who would judge?

"Ahem, are those three thousand fox skins all from intelligent foxes?"

"Huh, what? Your human babies are not smarter than foxes, so does it not break the law to kill babies?"

"So, I won't care about you killing Xu Baocai. But you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately under any circumstances. It is natural and right for people to wear clothes just like you want revenge."

This passage couldn't even convince Zhou Shi himself... This is really an outrageous world.

Forget it, it’s better to do less than to do more. I’m not a police officer, so why do I care so much?

"I can turn a blind eye to the fact that you killed Xu Baocai, but I will never kill anyone in the future, otherwise the court will send people to kill you!"

The old witch stared, obviously unconvinced, but she was afraid of "Yu Changren's" strength and did not dare to complain anymore.

She thought that killing Xu Baocai was seamless. He was a wealthy businessman with a family and a good reputation. He would definitely not let outsiders know that he came to visit the brothel. Who would have thought that he died in Yichun Garden? But in just one day, the imperial court's gold medal

The police came to the door, which showed that the government's information was far better than he thought.

In this case, her plan to go to Bashu to seek revenge will be ruined. Maybe she will be caught quickly before she even gets on the road.

Cultivation is not easy. If the court no longer pursues her case, it will be the best ending for her.

Seeing this, Luo Ziqing bowed deeply to Zhou Shi and said, "Thank you for letting my aunt go!"

"What about Xu Baocai's body? I want to return it to his family."

The old witch's tone became calmer. She held her belly and said slowly: "No. 7 Guangyi Hutong in the west of the city is a small courtyard with a peach tree growing in it. The fat man is buried on the left side of the peach tree.



Zhou Shi nodded. He knew that the old witch would definitely not want to go with him, so he made a "please" gesture and said:

"You can go back."

Luo Ziqing supported the old witch and got into the reeds.

Zhou Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and his body that had been forced to stand upright softened.

"This trip was not easy. There were fights and debates, which made my mouth dry."

He slowly crawled through the reeds and found the street. He was surprised to find that he was on the southern edge of Jiangdu City, beyond the lake and outside the city.

"Yichun Garden is not close to here. Luo Ziqing flew for a while and arrived, and the old witch followed closely behind with wounds all over her body... It seems that monsters are also a major force in this world and should not be underestimated...

Huh?"

Zhou Shi paused suddenly and looked at the street intersection in front of him, where a group of people holding white lanterns were walking past.

This team of about twenty people lined up in two lines and walked quietly on the street late at night. The end of the team carried a large coffin.

"Funeral person?"

Zhou Shi stopped about twenty steps away from the team and waited until they passed by before continuing westward. In less than an hour, he arrived at No. 7 Guangyi Hutong.

"Oh, it is indeed a peach tree. This old witch is really impeccable in her work. She buried the corpse under the peach tree to prevent her from turning into a corpse due to resentment and coming back to trouble her. Moreover, the tree will absorb the nutrients of the corpse, and after ten

After eight years, there is no evidence whatsoever."

He touched the ground to the left of the peach tree with his hand. Sure enough, the ground was only hard on the surface, but it was loose underneath, and it had obviously been disturbed.

Without tools, he had no choice but to pull directly with his hands. Fortunately, the soil was loose and he quickly touched something.

It was a bloated corpse wrapped in white cloth.

Zhou Shi digs out the body, pushes the soil back, carries the body and runs towards Fengde Building.

"Good guy, stealing corpses in Jiangdu City in the middle of the night, if someone sees this..."

By the time he arrived in front of Fengde Building, Zhou Shi was exhausted.

As promised, Zhou Shi imitated two cat meows, and the door opened in response.

"Have you checked it out?" asked Mr. Mo standing behind the door.

"Huchi - yes. Xu, where is Xu Baocai?"

"I'm here!" The wealthy businessman stood up from the table and raised his hand.

The third quarter of Mao hour has passed, and all the ghosts except the wealthy businessman have dispersed.

"Then you guys chat, I'll go take a nap first." Mr. Mo said, limping towards the backyard. Living people can't see the ghost, but they can see him. If any of the waiters who wake up early see the shopkeeper,

It's okay to talk to yourself in the air, but it will be troublesome if you see Mo Laoke.

Zhou Shi slowly placed the body on the ground, sat at the same table as the wealthy businessman, and told the whole story.

After hearing this, Treasurer Xu Bao sighed.

"I died so unjustly, at the hands of two foxes?"

"Those two foxes have great reputations. Do you really have fox skins on your boat?"

"Yes... of course there are not as many as three thousand. I was bragging to Luo Ziqing that day..."

Zhou Shi sighed and said: "Your body is here, how can I give it to your family?"

Xu Baocai thought for a while and said: "I still have to entrust my fleet. Well, but how to explain to them..."

"Don't worry, I have my own method. Just tell me how to prove that you and I are the same."

"Oh, this is easy to handle. Please bring me pen and ink."

Zhou Shi frowned and said, "Didn't I say that words written by the dead cannot be seen by the living?"

"I know, so I'll draw a few symbols and you write them down. Remember, just draw them and show them to my shopkeeper."

"What to do with handwriting?"

"This is just a code, there is no handwriting."

This is a good idea...

Zhou Shi took a pen and paper from the counter and handed it to Xu Baocai.

"I have started to draw, please be sure to pay attention."

Xu Baocai gestured in the air with his fingers, and Zhou Shi imitated his movements and started writing. After a while, there were five symbols on the paper torn from the account book.

These symbols are composed of strokes of Chinese characters. At first glance, they look like characters, but they are actually some self-created symbols.

"This is an internal secret code for members of our chamber of commerce. In principle, it can only be memorized and used for identification purposes within the chamber of commerce, and cannot be shared externally. This means taking my body home."

Zhou Shi picked up the paper, read it again and again, and tried to remember the words on it in his mind.

"Uh, your code can even indicate collecting corpses?"

"Yeah..." Xu Baocai sighed and said, "As the saying goes: 'Where there are many bandits, there will be many merchants.' Merchants are found in poor places, so the chamber of commerce will treat each other with sincerity."

Businessmen in the feudal era were different from modern businessmen. They were at the end of the Four Peoples Period and were restricted everywhere. Moreover, in ancient times when transportation and information were underdeveloped, doing business was a life-threatening business.

"But how do you plan to explain my death? If possible, please help me conceal my death in Yichun Garden..."

Hey, you dare to go and don’t dare to admit it?

Zhou Shi put away the piece of paper with the mark on it and said, "Don't worry, I will do it without anyone noticing."

Xu Baocai nodded, stood up, patted his body, and said with a bitter smile: "Sure enough, money is something external to the body. Now I don't have any money on me. It's really ridiculous."

Zhou Shi shrugged and poured a glass of Yin wine for the wealthy man.

"I'll treat you to a drink and hit the road."

Xu Baocai was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, as a thank you gift, please remember that secret code. If you want to deal with the Chamber of Commerce in the future, the first two 'words' will definitely be useful. But please do not spread it to others."

He drank it all in one gulp, smacked his lips, and said, "Well, compared with the wines from the Western Regions, the Fuzijia produced in the North is not inferior. Shopkeeper, I'm leaving."

Xu Baocai passed through the door panel and disappeared.

A bead on the iron abacus rotated slightly. Zhou Shi looked at the sky. It was still about half an hour before everyone got up, and there was Mr. Mo in the room...

Just go to the front hall and see what rewards Iron Abacus gives this time.

He gently moved the beads——

A woman appeared in front of me.


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