Chapter 23: Zhang's Wife's Memories
Under the guidance of Zhao Dayong, Shi Cheng and Wu Tianshi soon found the door of the two masked men named Yu Wu.
"Thank you, brother, for showing the way. I don't know where that Sun Jin lives? Shi Cheng asked.
"Sun Jin's house lives very close, and the fourth person on the left side of the intersection on the east side turns to the right."
"Thank you, brother, for your advice." Shi Cheng said with a smile, and put the five hundred yuan in Zhao Dayong's hand as promised.
Zhao Dayong looked at the ten coins in his hand, and he was also dazzled. He patted his chest and said, "If you want to find someone around here in the future, just ask me Zhao Dayong." But Mr. Shi, are you really sure that these two people cheated you out of your money? These two grandsons are usually idle, and they don't look like they can do business at all. ”
"Oh, brother, you don't know about this." Shi Cheng had a distressed expression on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "Some people are just bastards on the surface, and I don't know how many people have been harmed behind the scenes." ”
"That's right." Zhao Dayong nodded, frowned and said: "I used to think it was strange, these two grandsons don't do anything during the day, take a nap in the morning, and go to a small casino near my house in the afternoon. I didn't expect it to be like this. ”
After speaking, Zhao Dayong took a sip in the direction of the five gates.
"Thank you brother this time, you go and get busy with you, I'm going to find these two grandsons to settle the score!"
"Okay, then sir, you'd better be careful, don't make trouble, it's not worth the lawsuit for these two." Zhao Dayong glanced at Shi Cheng with some concern, and left after a few more words.
"This Redwood City is a simple city." Wu Tianshi sighed, turned his head to Shi Cheng and asked, "Speaking of Daoyou, which play are you playing?" When did you have a grudge with two market spillers? ”
"Go in and talk."
Shi Cheng didn't directly answer Wu Tianshi's doubts, he walked to the door, suddenly kicked the door, and yelled: "Straight lady thief!" You have the ability to cheat me out of money, do you have the courage to open the door! ”
The wooden door was slammed by him, and under the cover of the kicking action, Shi Cheng secretly lucked his true qi in his hand and quietly cut the door lock through the air.
After doing all this, he looked at the heads of several people who were looking here at the intersection, kicked the door open, and shouted, "Go, follow me to the government to see the official!" After that, he rushed in with Wu Tianshi.
Shi Cheng glanced around the courtyard, and rushed into the house with an arrow step, Wu Tianshi also hurriedly followed Shi Cheng into the house, but the whole room was empty.
"Fellow Daoist, which one are you singing?" Wu Tianshi asked helplessly. He looked at Shi Cheng, but found that Shi Cheng's eyes were extremely serious.
"Someone has already come." Shi Cheng said lightly.
The furniture in the house had clearly been moved, and there were a few fresh footprints in the courtyard, apparently not long after the people who had come to visit the house before Shi Cheng.
"Fellow Daoist, even if you want to collect debts, you don't have to be so excited." Wu Tianshi muttered: "Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the official, but where is the owner of this house?" ”
"Sun Jin's house doesn't have to go anymore, it should be the same as here. In addition, there are no owners in these two houses anymore. Shi Cheng turned his head to look at Wu Tianshi, "The two of them have already died at my hands." ”
In Wu Tianshi's surprised gaze, Shi Cheng told him what happened at Zhang Erhei's house last night.
"These bastards!" Wu Tianshi angrily slammed the table beside him.
"Although I don't see any clues in Yu Wu's home, one of my conjectures has been verified. Hehe, there are only a handful of places in Redwood City that recruit night workers. Shi Cheng sneered.
After saying this, he turned around and looked at the sun, and said, "It's almost time, Zhang Erhei should have finished selling the pie and went home." I'm confident in the medicine I prescribed, and Zhang Erhei's wife should be able to recount to us what she saw that day. Wu Daoyou, let's go to the west of the city, I hope this trip can answer more of my doubts. ”
After the two came out of Yu Wu's house, they went straight to Zhang Erhei's house. Soon, the two arrived at their destination.
Shi Cheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, the wooden door was opened. Zhang Erhei poked his head out carefully, and when he saw that it was Shi Cheng and Wu Tianshi, he said happily: "It turns out to be two benevolent dukes, please come in, please come in!" ”
"Brother, did what happened last night scare you?" Shi Cheng said with a smile, and he walked into the courtyard with Wu Tianshi.
"Engong, you know, I almost lost my life last night." Zhang Erhei sighed.
"Did you tell your wife about last night?"
"I didn't tell her this, I don't want Ah Xiu to be scared of other things."
"Well, you don't have to be too nervous, their eyes will gradually focus on me from now on. Today I have come to your wife to inquire about something, and after this day I will not come to you again, lest I draw the fire upon you. But don't worry, you don't have to worry about the safety of your family of three in the future. Shi Chengzheng said.
"That'...... Wouldn't you be in danger? Otherwise, it's better to report to the official. Zhang Erhei was a little worried about Shi Cheng's safety.
"I'm afraid they won't come to the door." Shi Cheng smiled and said disapprehantly, "Take me to see your wife first." ”
"Hey, okay!"
After entering the house, Shi Cheng and Wu Tianshi saw Zhang Wang who was lying on the bed. Although Zhang Wang still looked a little tired, his complexion was obviously much better than the day before yesterday.
"Two graces." She saw Shi Cheng and Wu Tianshi coming in, and hurriedly got up and wanted to get out of bed and salute.
"Sister-in-law doesn't need to be so polite, just take a good rest." Wu Tianshi hurriedly stepped forward and stopped Zhang Wang, who wanted to get out of bed.
"Engong, your medicine is a real spirit, it's only been two days, and Ah Xiu's spirit has recovered to such a level." Zhang Erhei looked very happy.
"It's just a small thing." After speaking, Shi Cheng turned his head to look at Zhang Wang's and said gently: "Sister-in-law, I have some very important things to ask you, I think you can probably guess what I want to ask, right?" ”
Zhang Wang's body trembled slightly, but he still nodded seriously.
"Okay, you take this tranquilizer first." Seeing that Zhang Wang's family took the Tranquility Pill, Shi Cheng continued to ask, "What did you see before you fell into a coma in Baifu that day?" ”
Zhang Wangshi struggled to compose, and after she suppressed the fear in her heart, she began to slowly recount her experience of that night to the crowd......
"That night, after all the laundry, I wanted to go home, but it was getting late, so I was going to sleep in the laundry room as I usually did when it was late. But just as I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly heard something moving in the storeroom. ”
"Although Bai Fu is reluctant to let us talk to outsiders, I want to tell you about it, and it should be no problem. To tell you the truth, almost half a month ago, Baifu suddenly had a ghost! ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Wang glanced at Shi Cheng, and she was a little surprised to find that Shi Cheng didn't seem surprised.
She continued, "A family member was killed by that goblin. But at that time, the noble master, the chief housekeeper of the White Mansion, privately strictly ordered those of us who worked not to spread the word. It seems that the Bai family had a big deal during that time, and people wanted to come to the door to talk about business with the Bai family, and the noble master didn't want more people to know that the house was haunted. During that time, this matter was finally suppressed, but just two days before I hit the ghost, another guard in the Bai family was killed by a ghost. I ran a lot of houses in those two days, and I was alone in the room that night, so I was really scared when I heard the sound. ”
"But the clothes room and the storeroom are very close, and I really don't feel at ease if I don't go to see it. After hesitating for a while, I dared to go to the storeroom. Somehow, the gate of the courtyard where the storehouse was located was guarded, but there was no one there that day. I walked to the gate of the courtyard and found some light coming from the crack in the door of the storeroom. ”
"The Bai family's treasury is the Bai family's important land, and it is said that there are a lot of rare treasures in it, so it is usually locked, but that night it was so strange that there was not even a guard at the gate of the courtyard. I walked boldly again, and when I was about a foot away from the door, I suddenly smelled a strange smell, a bit like a damp herb. I was about to look closer into the crack in the door when I suddenly felt a cold wind blow down my neck. I turned my head and saw that it was a ...... There are no ghosts with long faces, oh my! Speaking of this, Zhang Wang lowered his head and covered his head, unwilling to think about it anymore.
"Sister-in-law, how did you escape later? Still impressed? Shi Cheng asked.
Zhang Erhei said: "That's the case, Engong. Fortunately, the eldest lady of the Bai family passed by that day, and when she saw the ghost's back, she asked who was there, but the ghost left immediately after hearing her inquiry. ”
"I only learned this from other servants when I woke up, and I was ...... I'm seeing that...... After the ghost, he passed out. Zhang Wangshi hugged his body tightly in fear, "Brother Erhei, we also have to find time to thank the eldest lady, if she hadn't happened to pass by there that day, my life might have been sent there." ”
Shi Cheng quietly listened to Zhang Wang's account of her experience that night. After pondering for a moment, he raised his head and asked Zhang Wang's family, "Sister-in-law, you just said that nearly half a month ago, a family member of Baifu was killed by a ghost?" ”