Luo Ziqing's face has returned to normal, but the pair of animal ears and the tail on the back have not been put away. She smiled and said: "It's really interesting. What is this thing made of? It's so strong..."<
/p>
As she spoke, she moved her fingers again, and Jin Si Diao immediately reacted to the movements of her fingers and lifted Zhou Shi away.
"Ah——"
"Ugh! Sorry..."
The gold wire fishing can amplify the user's hand movements and respond to it. If you are caught by it all the time, you will at least fall to death!
Zhou Shi hurriedly touched the fishing hook on his body, but found that he couldn't find it.
"No, the hook is too small. If you don't keep an eye on it, you can't take it off..."
Zhou Shi used to put it directly back into the iron abacus, but now that it is in Luo Ziqing's hands, he can only activate the iron abacus's storage function by taking it back to his own hands first.
"Then, what should we do?"
Zhou Shi rubbed his arm, which was still throbbing and aching, and said, "Just give me something from your body, so that the golden wire fishing will pick up an object from my body, and the hook will naturally loosen.
”
"Okay, let me take a look..." Luo Ziqing touched his body again, took out half a steamed bun, and said, "Is this okay? I'm planning to eat it at night..."
Isn’t that sour? Zhou Zhi silently complained in his heart. After taking the half-load of steamed buns, a small black shadow flew out from his back and fell into Luo Ziqing’s hand.
"Hey, this is..."
Luo Ziqing brought his face up to take a closer look, but as soon as he saw it clearly, he immediately shook it away.
"Bug!"
Insects? Zhou Shi was stunned, and quickly squatted on the ground, picked up the things she threw away and took a closer look.
This is indeed a two-inch-long bug, and the circular stripes on its body are clearly visible under the moonlight.
"Why are there bugs on my body? The bugs that crawled on me just now?" Zhou Shi thought of this, and suddenly felt a chill in his back. "No, the bugs that crawled on my body cannot be regarded as my belongings and will not be sensed by the golden wire fishing.
...Is this bug growing in my body?"
Moreover, chasing corpses belongs to the Gu sect, and the special skill of the Gu sect is of course the poison...
Zhou Shi immediately stood up and rushed towards the place where the braided corpse was blown away.
Sure enough, bricks and tiles were scattered all over the floor around the wall where the gap was shot, but there was no sign of the braided corpse!
"Damn it, you actually ran away while I was entangled in the gold wire fishing... This guy was the only one who came into contact with me just now. It must have poisoned me!"
This corpse was not commanded by Wu Zhaokun, so it must have run back to find its owner.
We have no choice but to resolve Xu Ling'er's case first.
Zhou Shi walked past Luo Ziqing lightly and said:
"Let's go and pay a visit to the prefect of Jiangdu."
He knocked twice on the door of the main room and then kicked the door open.
"Excuse me, Lord Prefect."
Passing around the screen painted with wind, moon, pine and crane, what comes into view is a whole wall of porcelain calligraphy and paintings and a well-decorated bed.
Zhou Shi looked around, but did not find Wu Zhaokun, and the huge bed was empty.
He smiled, walked to the bed, and said softly:
"Master Prefect, is this not very honorable?"
A hand stretched out from under the bed, then an arm, then half of the body... Wu Zhaokun, a third-grade official from Jiangdu Prefecture, crawled out from under the bed tremblingly.
He stood up slowly and sat by the bed, not looking at the faces of Zhou Shi and Luo Ziqing.
Although his whole body was shaking like chaff, he still tried his best to maintain his dignity.
"My conditions remain unchanged. If you two are willing to leave, I will pretend that nothing happened tonight. If you two like the things in this yard, Wu is willing to give them to you."
Zhou Shi smiled and shook his head, saying that he was worthy of being a high-ranking official, and his psychological quality was still good. Even in this situation, he could still negotiate terms calmly.
"I don't want your things. How did Xu Ling'er die?"
Wu Zhaokun was startled, and reflexively wanted to raise his head, but immediately lowered his head.
"Xu Ling'er? Who are you to her?"
Zhou Shi smiled and said: "It's the relationship between the customer and the store. You haven't answered my question yet."
"Xu Ling'er..." Wu Zhaokun seemed to be thinking that if these two people were just here to avenge Xu Ling'er, maybe he could omit some things...
But Zhou Shi saw through his mind at a glance.
"Let's start with how you and Xu Ling'er met. Don't think about telling half and hiding half." He said coldly, "If you can't answer my question, I don't mind asking for the truth in a less honorable way." Wu Zhaokun sighed and started talking about himself and Xu Linger from the beginning.
Xu Ling'er's parents were originally from a wealthy family. She learned music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, and she was polite and generous in dealing with others. Unfortunately, a plague took away her parents, and her family's business quickly declined, and it was soon time to sell off her property to pay off her debts.
The situation was such that she was helpless and was attracted by the madam Wang, who took her to live in that house.
Although the madam was successful in the skin and meat industry, she was not satisfied with it. She was always thinking about opening up a relationship. Unfortunately, those officials could not see the girls from brothels, so she found another way to find the daughters of those wealthy families.
, train them to become the lovers of the officials.
Sure enough, Xu Ling'er, whom she was optimistic about, was spotted by Wu Zhaokun, the newly appointed prefect of Jiangdu, and became his lover.
Wu Zhaokun's father-in-law was the Minister of Rites of the current dynasty and a veteran of the two dynasties. He promised one of his daughters to Wu Zhaokun just to get a son-in-law who was a Jinshi. Of course, Wu Zhaokun and his wife had no relationship, and they each took what they needed. Compared to the cold wife
, Wu Zhaokun is even more attracted to the reasonable, charming Xu Ling'er.
Six months ago, Wu Zhaokun worked hard for many days to help his father-in-law handle a matter, and finally got the chance to spend time with Xu Ling'er. In the end, he got drunk and said some things that he shouldn't have said...
"Wait." Zhou Shi interrupted him, "Speak clearly."
Wu Zhaokun said slowly: "It was Taishan's seventieth birthday. Some of his old friends wanted to be friends with officials and businessmen who wanted to send gifts to the capital and asked me to transfer them in Jiangdu. In order to avoid suspicion, I had to handle this in secret.
Something."
"Then you killed Xu Ling'er?"
"No, I was just impatient and said some cruel words, trying to shut her mouth. Unexpectedly, the woman started to make a fuss and cried and wanted to throw herself into the well. I was confused for a moment, she was angry for a moment, and she really died in the well.
..."
Gifts that need to be sealed are probably not as simple as avoiding the suspicion of giving or receiving bribes... But after all, his father-in-law is in a high position and has been in the officialdom for decades, so it is normal to be cautious.
"Keep talking."
"Well, since Ling'er is dead, it's too late to say anything. But that house is where I hide my belongings and cannot be searched. Looking at her body, I was fascinated and thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone. I would have
During my years, I had learned a bit of the magic of using corpses to raise ghosts, so I separated her body and helped me look after my family property..."
Zhou Shi looked coldly at Wu Zhaokun, who looked distressed, and felt that although he couldn't believe everything he said, he couldn't seem to find any flaws.
He used the house where his lover lived as a treasury and stored the money he had embezzled in a well designed well. In this way, even if someone found out that he often went in and out of the house and launched an investigation, they would only be able to find out that he had a sweetheart.
It is equivalent to providing a layer of cover for his small treasury.
Feeding ghosts with corpses is also consistent with what Zhou Shi saw in the underground corridor.
"You also made those two walking corpses? You are quite capable."
"No, I bought that. There are many people in western Hunan who buy walking corpses to look after their homes and homes. I also asked someone to buy two of them just in case something unexpected happens. Unfortunately, they are no match for the skills of the two of them..." p>
No, he's lying! That long-braided corpse clearly didn't obey his orders!
Zhou Zhi thought about it in his mind and made up his mind.
He smiled and said: "Thank you, Lord Magistrate, for telling me. I'm sorry to disturb you tonight. I hope you can take my leave."