When they arrived at Yichun Garden, Lord Turtle placed Zhou Shi on the first floor. He wanted to go upstairs to report, but was stopped by Zhou Shi.
"Just say that an old acquaintance named Yu came to find her."
Mr. Turtle didn't know Zhou Shi's name, so he answered and went upstairs. Zhou Shi looked around, then picked a chair to sit on, and his nose was filled with the familiar fragrance.
"It is said that when I came to pick up Mr. Hu the night before yesterday, I happened to meet someone from the government who came to investigate the case. It seems that nothing was found, otherwise Yichun Garden would have been sealed long ago.
"Oh, it's a good thing it's sealed. The prodigal son won't come and cause trouble for me..."
Zhou Shi just had no choice but to reveal his relationship with the old witch. The main reason was that his false identity as "Yu Changren" would be revealed.
However, Xu Baocai's matter has come to an end anyway. People from the government came to search the day before yesterday, so the old witch didn't dare to take advantage of it to make trouble. Moreover, Zhou Shi was also worried that she and the unscrupulous Luo Ziqing really thought of herself as Yu Changren and brought trouble to him.
Please take this opportunity to clarify your identity.
After a while, the turtle king came downstairs, bowed to Zhou, and said:
"Our boss invites you to come up and speak."
Mr. Turtle took him to the third floor, pointed to a door on the right, and said:
"Just go in by yourself."
Zhou Shi waited for Mr. Turtle to come downstairs, then opened the door and walked in.
This room is quite narrow and the furnishings are much simpler. It seems to be the place where the boss does business. To his surprise, there are bookcases on both sides of the room. It really doesn't look like a place in a brothel.
The old witch was sitting behind the desk, and the candlelight reflected her face in a gloomy way.
"It is indeed you, Mr. Yu."
Zhou Shi heard the thorniness in her words and was not anxious. He just cupped his hands and said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a few days. How have you been lately?"
The old witch put her hand on the desk, and the pupils in her eyes gradually became narrower.
"Oh, why, the official Yaxing went to Fengde Building to become the shopkeeper?"
Zhou Shi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Please forgive me, if I hadn't taken this step that day, how would I still be alive?"
"Okay, they say foxes are smart, but you have deceived the fox." The old witch leaned back and said, "Forget it, the matter of guaranteeing wealth is over. What do you want from me today?"
Seeing that she did not make things difficult for Xu Baocai, Zhou Shi thought to himself that she was not that unreasonable.
That old witch is so smart. She knows that her control is in Zhou Shi's hands. If she really breaks up with him, she will be the one who suffers after all. And Xu Baocai really didn't turn into a resentful spirit and come back to trouble her. In addition, Zhou Shi's
Based on her ability, she guessed that this kid was probably a member of the underworld and was not easy to mess with.
"Haha, I'm not afraid of your ridicule. My man owes you money and has been detained. I would like to ask you to be accommodating and let the boy go and let me go back and discipline him properly."
Zhou Shi deliberately did not mention that the one being detained was his boss, but this little trick could not fool the old witch. She narrowed her eyes and said:
"He is your son?"
"Uh, no."
"Your relatives?"
"No."
"I didn't expect you to be a chivalrous person. A person who is neither a relative nor an acquaintance is detained in a brothel. Such a shameful thing is worthy of your standing up for him. I really admire you."
Seeing that he couldn't hide it from her, Zhou Shi had to apologize and said with a smile:
"To be honest, that boy is the son of my old employer. My old employer is kind to me, so of course I have to show my face. Please look at my face and let him go."
"Oh, is your old club in good health?"
Zhou Shi's heart sank and he said: "I just left a few days ago."
"My condolences. So, that guy is your boss now?"
"...Yes."
"Oh, he should be the one who summoned you?"
Zhou Shi tried his best to avoid his relationship with Zhu Benshan during the conversation, in order to make the old witch think that he came to ask for his release out of morality rather than an order from above. He only asked her not to save face and ask him for money.
But this little trick was immediately discovered by the old witch.
"...Yes."
"That's easy, as long as you pay off your boss's debt."
"Hahahaha...I didn't bring any money."
The old witch looked at him coldly and said, "Are you treating me like a monkey?"
"Old lady, I won't argue with you anymore. Our Fengde Building is having difficulty with turnover and business is not doing well. We really can't get any cash..."
In fact, twenty-five taels can still be taken out, but once it is taken out, Fengde Building will be closed down.
"Please, for the sake of our acquaintance, please be accommodating. My boss will definitely be able to pay back the money next month...or else, you can give my boss a good beating or vent your anger!"
The old witch coughed and said: "It's not impossible to let him go. As long as you do me a favor."
Zhou Shi quickly said: "You give your orders."
"What are you ordering? I don't even know what your name is! What kind of person are you in and what kind of affairs are you in charge of?"
Of course she wasn't asking about Zhou Shi's career.
"It was my fault that I lied to you before. I'll tell you the truth next week, it's true, I'm just a walk-on."
"Traitor?" The old witch was surprised.
She had previously guessed that Zhou Shi was a man from the underworld, mainly because she had seen how powerful Mr. Hu was and thought he was just someone who picked up corpses and happened to pick up some treasure.
Who would have thought that he was actually a wanderer walking the yin and yang!
No wonder he can take care of the ghosts and prevent Xu Baocai from turning into a ghost and coming back for revenge...
"It turns out that Master Zhouma is here, and he is disrespectful and disrespectful." The old witch stood up and saluted, and said, "My name is Hu Shu, and my fellow tribesmen call me Mrs. Hu."
"Old Mrs. Hu." Zhou Shi nodded. After announcing his home, Hu Shu was obviously much more polite, "May I ask what you want to order me to do?"
"Well, I can't say I gave you an order. It's just that something happened in my Yichun Garden. I want you to help me find out what's going on."
"Please tell me."
"That's it - officers and soldiers came to search my place the day before yesterday. They dug up the land in the backyard and found more than 40 corpses underground!"
"Ah?" Zhou Shi took half a step back.
"Please don't think too much. If this is indeed related to me, the government would have arrested me long ago." Mrs. Hu said sternly, "I only came to Jiangdu last month and bought Yichun Garden.
And those bodies have been buried underground for at least half a year."
"What did the officials say?"
"Confirm that this matter has nothing to do with me, remove the bodies in batches, and ask for our cooperation."
Zhou Shi waited for a moment, thinking she hadn't finished speaking yet.
"Then what?"
"No more."
"No more?"
There were more than forty corpses of unknown origin. Such a big case was enough to shock the court, but it was handled so lightly?
"I also feel strange. There must be something wrong here."
Zhou Shi thought for a while and said with some embarrassment: "You want me to check this? This is a bit..."
"No, I just want to ask you to help me see if there is anything dirty in Yichun Garden. After all, there are so many corpses of unknown origin. I am not a person in the vagina, so I can't see the door. In addition, I want to ask you to help me.
Pay attention to what's going on with the government. Don't rush to refuse. Being able to understand so well that a gold medal police officer from the Ministry of Punishment must have something to do with the government. Please do me this favor."
When Mrs. Hu said this, it was hard for Zhou Shi to refuse, not to mention that he still owed money to her.
Moreover, this matter is indeed strange... I'd better go back and ask Mr. Mo first.
"Will our conversation just now be heard by others?"
The turtle man is in the shop, not to mention the girls in the brothel.
"Don't worry, the entire Yichun Garden is within my illusion. If I don't want others to hear it, others won't be able to hear it."
"I understand. Then I'll go back and prepare and come back tomorrow afternoon."
"I'm waiting for you."
"Then, can my boss..."
"Of course, but he drank a lot at noon and won't wake up for a while. Would you like to carry him back or let him sober up here with us?"
Zhou Shixin said he wanted me to carry him? I wanted to use him as a skateboard to slide back!
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."
Mrs. Hu sent him to the first floor and said, "I really need you to pay more attention to the matter of Yichunyuan."
"Where, where..."
Zhou Shi said goodbye to Mrs. Hu and walked back to Fengde Building.
"The identity of this robber is really not that easy to use. Look at how quickly Mrs. Hu has changed!"
He thought proudly, completely unaware of the shadow beside him.
"Keep walking, don't shout."
Zhou Shi's back felt cold, and he felt a hard object pressing against his waist, causing slight pain.