"I think so! Is it a human being...... Not ordinary people! Xiong Keding swallowed back the ghost word, Zhou Dalang tabooed this ghost word, although he didn't say it, but he still felt that the number of ghosts was greater than that of people.

"Are you and Second Brother Fan still on a day's errands today?" Zhou Rui turned to ask about the messenger.

"One day, yesterday, the eldest master of the Yuan family confessed, saying that he wanted to be open-minded, what should be done, the prince and the fourth master should go to Taixue and go to Taixue, Taixue, everyone arrived yesterday, from morning to night, no one left early, never so neat." Xiong Keding laughed a few times, "The fourth master is careful, and he should be careful, Lao Fan and I are afraid that we will have to work hard these days." The hour is almost up, Lao Fan and I are gone, alas, the matter is not too late. ”

Xiong Keding said as he stood up, got dressed, packed up, and went out with Fan Botao.

Yu Shu kicked his shoes, followed behind and closed the courtyard door and came back, poured a pot of wine to warm it, "Da Lang, just listen to me, no matter how important things are, it will not be too late on this day or two, you look at the situation in front of you, we will forget about our bad luck, we will ask for it, but this matter will definitely affect the palace...... Let's not mention the palace, Xiong Da and Lao Fan will definitely have to be affected by us, this is not good. ”

"I know, if you're not afraid of causing everyone, why don't you have to think about it?" Zhou Rui poured a glass of wine and looked gloomy.

"I knew you were a safe man." Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, warmed the wine, and sat down next to Zhou Rui, "I have inquired about the water ghosts, and I have also found a few water ghosts who have said that they are okay to probe and talk." The first one, saying that it is the water ghosts in the capital, are all prepared by the yamen, and it is common to take private work, but in the end, it is the people in the yamen. ”

Yu Shu put down his voice to warn, "Also, the water ghost takes over the job, it's very expensive, forget it, we can't afford it." Let's talk about this after a while, and wait for the New Year's ......."

"Can't wait." Zhou Rui interrupted Yu Shu's words, "She's ...... now." I don't know how, she must be in a hurry, otherwise, she wouldn't let Yushu run back that trip, she ......" Zhou Rui stood up and paced back and forth anxiously, "No!" We can't wait! ”

"Can't wait? So what can be done? Now it's not a matter of whether you can wait, but ......" Yu Shu was speechless.

"I'm water-based." Zhou Rui said in a low voice, Yu Shu was stunned at first, and then jumped up, "What do you want to do?" You are crazy? These are nine cold days...... This is the capital! How much colder than our Yangzhou? The river is frozen! You don't want to live anymore? Lose your marbles? ”

"This is the best, the garden behind the Li Mansion has long been deserted, and it is cold this day, these days...... It just so happens that tonight, you come with me and watch a little bit for me in the water pavilion. Zhou Rui didn't seem to hear Yu Shu's words, and thought about it himself.

"I said, you're crazy!" Yu Shu jumped up and pointed to the tip of Zhou Rui's nose, Zhou Rui leaned back, "Then what do you say?" ”

"What to do? Don't do it! Yu Shu's face was angry, "This is nine cold days, what are you fishing?" She didn't feel good when she said this to you! I'm telling you, I can't help but say this, that's a demon...... It's a ghost! She didn't come back from the dead, she was possessed by wild ghosts! I'll tell you......"

"If you don't go, forget it." Zhou Rui's brows frowned slightly and loosened, and he turned around and walked out.

"You're back!" Yu Shu grabbed Zhou Rui back, "You are a ghost...... You sit down first, you listen to me......"

"First, she's not a ghost, let alone a wild ghost, she's a little unusual, but she's the same as you and me, a human body, and second, if it's you who entrusts me, I'll do the same, not because she's like this." Zhou Rui interrupted Yu Shu's words with a serious expression.

Yu Shu's heart was hot at what he said, "I don't ...... You sit down first, even if you want to go down and touch it yourself, we have to think of a foolproof plan first, at least buy a fish skin suit first, and first have to find a doctor to ask, how to drive away the cold...... Find a water ghost and ask, if you go at night, let alone the bottom of the water, you can't see anything on the water...... Look at it, how many things are there, and you can't rush them. ”

"Buy a few catties of burning knives to drive away the cold, fish skin clothes don't need to be used, I can't get used to wearing them, but it's cumbersome, I have inquired about the lake in Lifu, it's not deep, I'll go and wipe it tonight, if I can't stand it, I'll come up immediately, you can rest assured, if I die, what she entrusted me will not be able to do."

Zhou Rui is simple and clear, the more he prepares for this, the more things he does, there is nothing to prepare, when he is at home, he often takes cold showers in winter to exercise his physique, the capital is colder, but he thinks he can hold on.

Yu Shu sighed, patted his head and thought about how to drive Zhou Rui away, thinking about it, except for stewing a big pot of thick mutton soup at night and bringing a few catties of burning knives, nothing else could come up with a good way.

After dinner in the evening, Yu Shu discussed a book with Zhou Rui under the pretext of living with him, holding a thick cloak of the stove, and when he arrived in Zhou Rui's courtyard, the two of them quietly slipped out, stuck to the root of the wall, and slipped into the back garden of Li's house.

The entire Li family is like a frightened bird at this time, and the back garden is even more deserted.

Yu Shu and Zhou Rui took off their cloaks from their heads, covered their heads and faces, and only showed their two eyes to see the road, like ghosts, and went straight to the warm pavilion in the lake.

Zhou Rui found the leeward place of the warm pavilion, took off his clothes a few times, handed it to Yu Shu to hold, took the burning knife, raised his head and drank half a bottle, grabbed the railing of the warm pavilion with both hands, and turned into the lake mixed with ice cubes.

Yu Shu squatted on the edge of the warm pavilion with his clothes, looking at the ice cubes in the water that glowed brightly from time to time under the starlight, shivering one after another, it was not that he was cold, he was cold for Zhou Dalang.

Zhou Rui relied on the heat on his body, and the half bottle of burning knife, went down to the water, held his breath, and immediately dived down with the pillar of the warm pavilion, the lake water was much colder than he expected, and one night later, maybe he would freeze before he dived to the end.

The lake water in winter is very clear, as if there is starlight penetrating to the bottom of the lake, the silt at the bottom of the lake is not thick, Zhou Rui did not dare to step on the silt first, as soon as the mud came up, nothing could be seen clearly in the lake.

I didn't see anything around this pillar, Zhou Rui grabbed a pillar next to him, and grabbed another one, in front of this one, it was a much thicker main column, Zhou Rui held the main pillar with both hands, and went down the main column, at the junction of the lake and the silt, a finger-thick iron chain, one end was put on the main column, Zhou Rui hurriedly pulled up the chain, and a small black two-inch square iron box jumped out of the silt.

Zhou Rui couldn't hold back his breath anymore, lost the iron box, kicked the pillar, and jumped out of the water.

"You're still alive!" Yu Shu cried, lay on the ground, and reached out to fish Zhou Rui, Zhou Rui trembled, shook his head, and supported himself with both hands.