Volume 1: The Rise of the Western Regions Chapter 86 The Afterhand
After Hongjiang, Lian Gongzi and the others left completely, a crisp sound came from the depths of the small building, and then the entire small building collapsed, and the smoke and dust flew in all directions.
Zhao Rang hurriedly helped Yuan Mingkong to exit the courtyard, and asked the deputy shopkeeper to completely seal this cross-courtyard, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
There should be a secret passage to other places secretly built by Shen Liushu in the small building, but now with the collapse, all of them are buried underneath. Characters like Hongjiang and Liangongzi will not be left to Zhao to give them a chance.
When he returned to the previous room, Yuan Mingkong's state eased a little, the pain was not as strong as before, he could completely overcome it with his willpower, and his speech was much smoother.
He sat on the chair and closed his eyes for a moment to breathe, regained a little energy, and then said to Zhao Rang:
"Just come and see!"
Immediately, Yuan Mingkong took Zhao Rang out from a side door in the main hall, passed through an extremely secret open-air dark alley, and came to the door of an independent house.
This house is completely independent of the surroundings, and there is no contact with anyone, and only the dark alley that Fang Cai Zhao Rang walked through can reach here.
Zhao Rang looked back and found that if he didn't know that there was a house in it, he probably wouldn't have gotten in at all, and he suddenly became very interested in the purpose of this house.
"Shen Liushu repaired, the mason who was in charge of arranging the shopkeeper when repairing, but he didn't know what to do with it after repairing. He said that Shen Liushu often came here in the middle of the night and did not light the lamp. ”
Yuan Mingkong explained.
Zhao Rang nodded thoughtfully.
Shen Liushu has been operating here for a long time, and it is normal to make some strange places. Zhao Rang couldn't understand why Yuan Mingkong brought himself here.
"Let's go, let's go inside!"
The room had no windows, only a door made of steel poured in one piece. Zhao Rang looked at the material and found that it was very similar to the coffin shop built by the shadow guard in the shack area, Shen Liushu seemed to have made a lot of money for this house!
Yuan Mingkong opened the door with both hands, and Zhao Rang went in to see that the room was full of fifty or sixty people. In front of everyone there was a small table with a stack of neatly cut papers, and they were writing hard.
Only a few people looked up after hearing Zhao Rang and Yuan Mingkong's movements, and most of them were preoccupied with the record, and they turned a deaf ear to the others.
Such a quiet and solemn atmosphere made Zhao Rang even breathe involuntarily lighter and calmer. He tiptoed to the side of a person, and saw that what he was writing turned out to be the account book that Shen Liushu had put in the coffin and had handed over!
"This ......"
Zhao Rang couldn't help but exclaim!
Yuan Mingkong hurriedly beckoned him and motioned for him to go out and talk.
The two walked outside the house and closed the stainless steel door again, and Zhao Rang asked:
"How do they know? Could it be that it is now back? ”
Yuan Mingkong smiled and nodded.
Shen Liushu's account books, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is his lifeblood. The things recorded in this can not only be used as evidence of his crime of fornicating with the Western Regions, but in turn, it can also expose the other party's secrets, which is why Hong Jiang is so cautious.
Even if he listened to Ye Sanniang's advice and dispelled the murderous intent of the four of them, he had to take away the account books. Otherwise, these things would fall into the hands of Zhao and let them, and sooner or later they would be able to study what they wanted to do thoroughly.
Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. As long as they understand their purpose, they will be able to anticipate the enemy's opportunities everywhere and take the initiative. When Shen Liushu's small building where Shen Liushu was under house arrest had just changed, and Zhao Rang and Ye Sanniang went to investigate, Yuan Mingkong had a bad premonition, feeling that no matter what happened, it must be for the account.
So he hurriedly called the deputy shopkeeper and asked him to call as many guys as there were in the semicolon, put down all the work at hand, and come over immediately.
In less than a cup of tea, the dozens of guys were all assembled. These guys are all proficient in money matters, and they have no problem recording and checking the ledger. There are also a few people who are naturally sensitive to numbers and have never missed an account!
Yuan Mingkong organized these people and split the account books in the coffin, about three people in one account, and asked them to remember them all in their minds as quickly as possible!
Remember, write it down for a while, and if it is correct, you will be rewarded with three thousand taels of silver. If you don't remember it, or write it down for a while, make a mistake, and can't check it, chop off two fingers!
This combination of grace and power, with both the stimulation of money and the threat of blood, stunned these guys! After coming back to his senses, he immediately took the account book and began to memorize it like crazy.
"Brother, you don't know that scene!"
Yuan Mingkong said as he spoke, unable to hold back his smile and laughed.
"Shen Liushu, this bastard, uses poems and songs with numbers for bookkeeping...... The dozens of people who were piled up in the house to carry the account books sounded like a academy! It's really laughing at me, hahahaha! ”
Zhao Rang also laughed.
In particular, Yuan Mingkong mentioned the academy.
The group of old scholars in Dawei Academy are all mysterious people? Two words, clear high! Four self-confidence, no words, money! Tongbao Qianzhuang, as the largest ticket number of Dawei, actually opened a academy inside, if these words are heard by those old scholars, they have to blow their beards and stare at their eyes, and their faces can be crooked!
"It's still your brain that you have a quick brain, and you come up with such a trick!"
Jokes aside, these guys are top-notch at bookkeeping speed. Even if some people make some small mistakes, as long as most of the others are right, they can also correct the mistakes through post-accounting, and finally restore all these account books perfectly.
"What about the most critical one? It's the one that the four thousand people who flew in the clouds took out, and the cover was stained with blood! ”
Zhao Rang suddenly asked.
This account book is a must-have thing for Hongjiang, and it is also what Shen Liushu values the most. Zhao also let them discover the whereabouts of the 500,000 arrows they had been searching for, as well as the amount of gold and silver lost by the Taoists of Baihe Mountain.
Yuan Mingkong pointed to his head and replied:
"Don't worry, it's all here!"
Seeing that the account books could be properly restored, Zhao Rang was also completely relieved. However, he saw that Yuan Mingkong did not look happy, and couldn't help asking:
"Is there anything else in those books?"
Yuan Mingkong sighed solemnly, took out an envelope from the placket of his coat and handed it to Zhao Rang, and said:
"See for yourself."
The envelope was made of oiled paper and was thick, but there was no seal. There were three pieces of stationery inside, but they were only two and a half pages full, and there was no letterhead or letterhead.
"This is from the account books?"
Zhao Rang hadn't had time to carefully inspect the coffin at that time, knowing that he would definitely miss something.
"Not from the coffin, from the blood-stained book!"
Zhao Rang asked rhetorically:
"In the books?"
He looked through the account book with his own hands, but found no entrainment.
Such a thick envelope, if it was sandwiched in that account book, Zhao Ran would not have found it.
"Do you remember that the other account books in the coffin are all thread-bound, but this one is blood-stained, which is bound with paste?"
After Yuan Mingkong reminded him of this, Zhao Rang was a little impressed.
The envelope was rolled into a very thin roll, which was hidden in the spine of the account book. It was when I was reading and reciting it repeatedly, and I accidentally made a big effort and broke the paste on the spine of the book, and the letter fell out. ”
Zhao Rang took out the letter paper from the envelope and read it in one go, and then the previous excitement was swept away.
This is Shen Liushu's handwritten letter.
Although it is a letter, the content is more like a diary.
In many places, because the ledger has been contaminated with blood, the handwriting is a little blurry and I can't see it clearly, but I can still read what Shen Liushu wrote.
On the first piece of paper, there is a repeated mention of something called "Tsutenmaru".
According to Shen Liushu's account, he and Hong Jiang did know each other in the brothel of the Qinglou, but at that time he didn't know Hong Jiang's true identity, but he was the protector of the Ruined God Sect, and he was in a high position. Later, under the coaxing of Hongjiang, Shen Liushu ate the supreme treasure medicine refined by the so-called Ruined God Sect - "Tongtian Pill".
At the beginning, every time he finished eating, Shen Liushu felt refreshed and relaxed, and then fell into a sweet dream. For the first time, he slept for three days and three nights, had many bizarre dreams, and when he woke up, he felt that his whole body was fluttering, as if he could really "reach the sky".
This comfort lasted for more than half a month, and Shen Liushu gradually realized that something was wrong.
Every time after the effect of the "Tsuten Pill", he felt extremely depressed, and then his whole body went weak and his eyes lost concentration. No matter how simple things are, they need to react for a long time, and almost half of their ability is lost. Later, this situation became more and more serious, Shen Liushu not only had hallucinations, but also felt pain and itching all over his body, hot and cold, and no place was comfortable......
It was only at this time that Hong Jiang revealed his true face and confessed his identity to him, telling Shen Liushu that the "Tongtian Pill" was not a elixir that led to heavenly bliss at all, but a contract to sell himself.
"Tsutenmaru" turned out to be a mysterious stone found in the sea of gold and silver by the Cult of the Ruined God. Grinding this stone into powder, then making it into pills, and giving it to people, within half a month, this person will do anything to get the "Tongtian Pill". Even if he kills his mother, he won't frown!
It can make people live a happy life, but once they have experienced this happiness, they will know that the price of this happiness can only end in death.
It's a pity that he found out too late...... At this time, Shen Liushu was no longer inseparable from this "Tongtian Pill" at all, and from one pill a day at the beginning, it increased to five or six pills a day to ensure that he was always in a comfortable state.
On the last page, Shen Liushu recorded in detail the origin of the "Tongtian Pill". It was like a warning to those who were lucky enough to see the letter, and it was like atonement for their sins.
Seeing the end, Zhao Rang was also embarrassed...... Unexpectedly, Shen Liushu was controlled by a small pill, and life was worse than death.
"If you want me to say, he deserves it!"
Ximen Dazhuang came over at some point, and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, as if he felt disgusted when he said the three words Shen Liushu.