Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Haunted House
Speaking of Boss Zhao, when the Liaodong earthquake occurred, he didn't bring anything out except for the two gold cakes that Wu Mian gave him. Later, he made a comeback in Liaoxi County, and he completely relied on these two pieces of gold cakes. It's just that there is only one of the original two gold cakes left, and it can't be said that Wu Mian couldn't pay the money he pressed the cabinet at the beginning.
How big Wu Mian's ability is, Boss Zhao doesn't know very well. But he also knew that Wu Mian was at least the master who had killed the tiger, and just now he could make the fat cook fly out with a random finger. Such a person can't be provoked, even if he really asks the officials who came to the government to help, don't talk about how much money is spent on favors. And in the end, I don't know who the unlucky one is.
Unexpectedly, after entering the back hall, the best mood is not to return. As soon as this old guy heard that Wu Mian knew the owner of this restaurant, the bitter gourd face that had been prepared for a long time instantly unfolded, looked at Boss Zhao with a smile, turned his face to look at Wu Mian, and said knowingly: "Are you in a foreign land?" Look, I'll just say. There is no harm in recognizing a few more fellows, who is embarrassed to pay the debt when they see you starving? By the way, how do you pay back the interest you set at the beginning? ”
After saying these few words, Boss Zhao's face became even more bitter, and he smiled at Wu Mian reluctantly, and said, "Little brother, I haven't seen you in the past few years, but you haven't changed at all." Actually, the two pieces of gold cakes you put here for me were buried under the old house during the earthquake at the beginning of the year. If you don't bother, you can go to the shop where you bought the meat in the first place. The gold cake is buried under the shop, look carefully to ensure that you can find ......"
When Boss Zhao spoke, Wu Mian didn't seem to hear it, he dipped his fingers in the tea soup and drew a map on the table crookedly. After finishing the painting, Wu Mian glanced up at Boss Zhao and said, "Look where this is, if you can see it, you owe me two pieces of gold cake—"
Boss Zhao looked forward to Wu Mian and said: "You owe me two gold cakes - you don't have to pay them back" There is what Wu Mian said: "You owe me two gold cakes - let you delay for a few more months"
It is better to delay for a few months than to pay back the money immediately, Boss Zhao tilted his head and stared at this map for a long time, although he has been in Liaoxi County for half a year, but he has been nesting in this restaurant all day. I really don't know much about the terrain outside. After watching it for a long time, he didn't say why, and finally called the local guy hired in the store to help, and the guy looked at it a few times and said, "Huh? Right in the middle of Crossroads...... Isn't this the county guard's house? ”
was reminded by the guy, and Boss Zhao immediately understood: "Yes, this is the county guard's mansion." But then again, why are you two asking about this? ”
Wu Mian ignored him, and after knowing the answer he wanted to know, he reached out and wiped the tea and soup stains on the table. The old guy grinned and replied instead of Wu Mian: "How did we first get here, we want to go to the county guard mansion to try our luck and see if we can find a reason." It doesn't matter if you make money or not, as long as you can give your mouth to eat, you'll be content."
Unexpectedly, just after saying that he would not return, Boss Zhao and the guy shouted almost at the same time: "Can't go, it's haunted ...... there."
The haunting of the county guard's mansion has been heard in the streets and alleys of the entire Liaoxi County. Even a newcomer like Boss Zhao can say that the head is the way. The incident happened half a year ago, that is, at the beginning of the earthquake in Liaodong County, a murder suddenly occurred in the mansion of the county guard of Liaoxi County.
The accident was caused by a watchman in the county guard's house, and when he was found in the changing shed the next morning, his body had disappeared without a trace, leaving only a lone head that had been casually thrown on the ground. The way the husband died was so surprising that in a moment, there was an initial version of the haunted story in the county guard's house.
More than a month after this incident, the case has never been solved. Just when people began to forget about the tragic death, a second murder occurred, this time by a servant in the county guard's house. The location of the crime was not the previous shed, but in the kitchen without the slightest correspondence.
According to the cook that day: "When the dishes I made that day were about to come out of the pot, I was chatting with Xiao Anzi very well, and Xiao Anzi suddenly stopped talking. I looked back and saw that Xiao Anzi's half-stretched body was gone, and he was standing on the ground spurting blood......"
After that, the county guard began to kill people non-stop. At first, one died in ten days, and then one was unlucky in three or five days. Just recently, one or several dead bodies have been brought out every day.
When the first day of death, the county keeper moved with his family to live elsewhere. However, other cadres, such as slaves and maids, miscellaneous servants, etc., were all to be guarded in the county guard mansion, and even sent a thousand soldiers with strong bows and crossbows to surround the county guard mansion. In addition to carrying the dead out at regular intervals every day, as long as a living person dared to come out of it, he was shot on the spot.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer living people in the county guard's mansion, at this time, the county guard made another unbelievable decision. He sent officers and soldiers to bring out all the felons held in the prison, and put these prisoners in the county guard's mansion, and after that day, the dead people who were brought out again were mixed with the corpses of these criminals.
Since then, every time a certain number of people have died in the county guard's house, the prisoners in the prison will be pulled in to fill in the number. Until last month, the prison in Liaoxi County was empty. It didn't take long for news to begin to spread among the victims of the disaster in Liaodong outside the city.
After listening to Boss Zhao's words, Gui Fu and Wu Mian glanced at each other. Then, he bared his teeth at Boss Zhao and said, "The county guard has the official spirit to protect it, and it is so fierce, you still dare to stay in this city." Aren't you afraid that hungry ghosts will come to your door? ”
Boss Zhao scratched his scalp, and he also looked like he couldn't figure it out, and said, "Don't mention it, this matter is evil here." When we were in Liaodong County a few years ago, it was a mess for hundreds of miles. The towns farther away from Liaoxi County were shocked to the point of collapse of houses, but even this Liaoxi County did not shake down a single tile. There was also a great drought last year, and the entire Great Qin Dynasty was affected, and Liaodong was almost the same if there was no harvest. Only this Liaodong County has a few light rains from time to time in a radius of dozens of miles. After autumn, the ground is full of yellow and clear wheat, and my eyes are red when I see it, if it weren't for the layer of skin that was dressed in the pavilion at that time, it was a bit taboo. I would have brought someone to rob it a long time ago. That's why after the disaster, we all came to Liaoxi County."
Speaking of this, Boss Zhao paused, and after taking a sigh of relief, he continued: "Don't look at the fierce trouble in the county guard's mansion, but as long as you leave the gate of the county guard's mansion, there will be nothing." Otherwise, there are 1,800 soldiers standing at the door, why is there nothing to do? ”
Listening to what Boss Zhao said, the eyes of the non-returnable have narrowed into a line. He smiled at Wu Mian, but didn't speak, just turned his head to the center of Liaoxi County. According to common sense, it should be the approximate location of the county warden's office.
Seeing that the old man and the young didn't speak, Boss Zhao was a little unsure. He didn't understand what they meant. After hesitating for a moment, he laughed dryly and said, "The two of you didn't eat well just now, so I will mix a few dishes, and there is really a jar of good wine in the store." Let's talk while drinking, and we'll talk about it after we've had enough to eat."
As soon as Boss Zhao finished speaking, he saw Wu Mian suddenly turn around, and said to him in a bit of a daze: "I don't want the golden cake......
The sudden joy made Boss Zhao a little unacceptable for a while, he suspected that he had heard it wrong, his eyes widened, and he said to Wu Mian: "What did you say?" What's not to want anymore? ”
"I don't want the golden cake, but there is a condition—" Wu Mian said here, pausing. He tilted his chin to the Gui Yi and said, "You get him into the county guard's mansion, as long as his people enter it." The golden cake you owe me is yours."