Chapter 1 Late Night

Late at night, there was a noise outside. I opened the door, and a person covered in blood fell down.

This plot often appears in wuxia novels, and usually, the kind-hearted family who opens the door to save someone will suffer misfortune because of it.

The most typical example is that snowy night when Yang Kang's mother saved Wanyan Honglie.

Boss Zhou has always been someone who hates trouble.

Since you're seriously injured,

don't linger in pain, and don't painstakingly tell a tragic story while covered in blood.

Since we met,

I'll just send you on your way to relieve you of your suffering.

Yingying always obeyed the boss's orders, so she unhesitatingly raised her fist and smashed it down on the woman's head!

The woman's body trembled,

drawing a strange and exaggerated arc as she dodged Yingying's punch. Then, like a snake, she spread onto the wall, finally sticking her back to the ceiling, face down, staring at Zhou Ze.

Whoosh!

Sitting in his armchair, Boss Zhou felt that the woman's movements were really smooth and flowing,

directly killing those yoga teachers or fitness coaches in terms of body position development.

"Where's Constable Chen?"

the woman asked sharply.

Judging from her energetic appearance,

where was the appearance of being seriously injured and dying earlier?

Who is Constable Chen?

Zhou Ze frowned slightly.

Yingying turned around, jumped up without any politeness, and was very fast. Although the woman subconsciously dodged, Yingying still grabbed her ankle.

"Bang!"

Yingying violently threw the woman down, smashing her onto the floor.

The woman's body bounced after landing,

a dagger appeared in her left palm. Like a watersnake, she took advantage of the situation to entangle Yingying, while simultaneously sending the dagger straight towards Yingying's chest!

"Crack!"

"Bang!"

The dagger pierced Yingying's clothes, but failed to pierce Yingying's skin. After being nourished by the boss for countless days and nights, the female zombie's physique became increasingly powerful.

However,

the woman was still punched by Yingying, sending her flying out, smashing into the bathtub. The bathtub shattered, and all the water inside that hadn't had time to drain poured out, dripping all over the floor with a crash.

Sitting in the armchair, Zhou Ze raised his feet in time,

whoosh,

his cotton slippers didn't get wet.

The woman staggered, unable to stand up, and could only barely support herself on the ground with her hands, looking up, staring at Zhou Ze:

"Is this a black-eat-black situation?"

Black-eat-black?

Boss Zhou never disliked this kind of cunning term,

as well as phrases like "better a dead Daoist than a poor one".

If the benefits are sufficient, Boss Zhou still likes and is willing to do it.

But I just arrived in Lijiang today. Before that, I was doing good deeds outside the border,

how could I have the time to do black-eat-black with you?

Yingying rubbed her chest, her face a little pale. Obviously, although the previous dagger didn't cause substantial damage to her body, she was still a little uncomfortable from the force.

Immediately,

Yingying's hair began to turn white,

her eyes were as still as an ancient well,

as if she had become a different person,

and she instantly appeared in front of the woman.

The woman was about to make a move, but Yingying quickly grabbed her neck.

"Crack!"

Without hesitation,

she twisted it off!

The female zombie only acted all soft and "yīnyīnyīn" in front of her own boss,

but when facing outsiders,

her temper could not be considered good.

However,

although her neck was broken,

the woman's head, which was already tilted to the side, suddenly opened its eyes again,

sharp silver needles instantly pierced out of the flesh on her hands and feet,

as if she was a spider,

using her hands and feet as tentacles,

directly stabbing towards Yingying.

"Coffee!"

In an instant,

five black mists directly locked the woman's limbs and chest,

forcibly dragging her away from Yingying.

Zhou Ze, sitting in his armchair, was spreading out his palms, his fingertips slightly shaking, and five black fingernails shone in the light.

"Where's Constable Chen? I'm not convinced!"

a cracking sound came from the woman's neck,

the neck that had been twisted off by Yingying actually returned to normal,

and she could still continue to scream!

Zhou Ze clenched his fingers,

the black mist dissipated,

and the woman fell to the ground.

"You seem to have the wrong person. I don't know any Constable Chen."

Zhou Ze remembered a constable whose surname seemed to be Gu, and he seemed to have been killed by him.

"How is that possible? I came here following the coordinate instructions on the ghost messenger's badge. Constable Chen has already set up an array at the agreed location waiting…"

As the woman spoke,

her gaze,

fell on the token on the coffee table in front of Zhou Ze,

and then,

her whole face changed,

staring at Zhou Ze,

she climbed up from the ground,

in disbelief, she said:

"Are you a constable from out of town?"

"Pa!"

Yingying, standing behind the woman, kicked the woman's knee,

and the woman groaned and knelt down again.

"Kneel when you talk to my boss!"

Yingying scolded.

"So, I got the wrong person? The location is wrong?"

Zhou Ze picked up his token again,

and only then did he realize that there was a circle on the belly of the token's Pixiu (a mythical Chinese creature), and he pressed it with his finger, using a little force.

"Buzz!"

The gold on the token faded away,

turning into a black, simple, and unremarkable appearance.

Uh,

this token can also come with a switch function?

So, because I had been keeping it turned on all the time,

it caused the female ghost messenger's navigation to have a problem,

and directed her to me?

Zhou Ze put down the token, licked his lips, and said:

"Sorry, I just became a constable, and there are many things I don't understand yet."

Sorry, I just changed my phone, and I don't understand many new features yet.

In fact, Lawyer An should know, but he probably didn't think it was a big deal, so he didn't say anything, it's equivalent to carrying a pager with him.

It wasn't negligence, it's just that he never thought of this, just like Lawyer An and Zhou Ze only knew at the moment before they left hell that their boss actually didn't understand the simple spell to lock onto a body and return to life.

The woman knelt on the floor,

her eyes constantly flashing,

and then,

as if she thought of something,

she shouted to Zhou Ze:

"Run!!!"

………………

Xu Qinglang was wandering alone in the ancient city, originally wanting to go to a bar to listen to music, but as he walked past one bar entrance after another, he stopped that thought.

He only felt that this rare leisure and comfort

would be ruined by the noise, which would be a pity.

Several famous ancient cities in the country have a heavy commercial atmosphere. There's really nothing to see. The original good atmosphere of the cobblestone road and ancient walls is matched with modern shops, always giving people a sense of incongruity.

After wandering for a while, Xu Qinglang came out. At the exit, there was a Grandma's Spareribs restaurant, which was a famous chain store locally.

Xu Qinglang walked in, found an empty table and sat down,

ordered a spareribs pot, ordered a few side dishes,

thought for a while,

the boss was probably too lazy to come out, and Lawyer An was not free, so he didn't call anyone,

so he ordered two bottles of "Wind Flower Snow Moon" beer,

to drink alone.

The beer came before the dishes,

poured a glass and took a sip.

After pondering for a while,

Xu Qinglang ordered two more bottles of "Snowflake" from the waiter.

When he drank the third glass of wine,

the pot came,

with cabbage on top,

and cured spareribs underneath.

Xu Qinglang first ate the cabbage, thinking it was very refreshing, flavorful, and good with rice.

He picked up a sparerib, took a bite, and Old Xu frowned slightly.

He was from Tongcheng, and the taste of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area was not light, but more particular about a "fresh" taste. People there prefer to use fewer ingredients to bring out the taste of the ingredients themselves.

Old Xu really couldn't get used to this kind of cured flavor, nor could he get used to smoked meat.

So, in the bookstore, although he often changed the menu, he actually did it according to his own taste, and didn't force himself to try to make very authentic and characteristic flavors.

He ordered rice,

and ate half a bowl of rice with the cabbage.

Xu Qinglang put down his chopsticks and lit a cigarette.

It was already dark,

but the ancient city was still brightly lit,

the distant mountain scenery was faintly visible, bringing a kind of both graceful and unrestrained beauty.

He reached out,

and touched his chest,

it seemed like a long, long time since he had been so relaxed and leisurely.

Exhaling a smoke ring,

Xu Qinglang suddenly liked this place. Of course, even if he liked it, he didn't necessarily have to live here permanently, otherwise, he would only slowly destroy this feeling of liking with time, making it unrecognizably ugly, which would be unbeautiful.

"Dong dong dong dong!!!!!"

"Dong dong dong dong!!!!!"

The sound of galloping horses,

Xu Qinglang was a little surprised,

was it possible to ride horses wildly in Lijiang at night?

Moreover, it didn't feel like just a few horses, but many horses galloping.

The sound was getting closer and closer,

and the momentum was getting stronger and stronger.

Xu Qinglang slowly stood up,

but surprisingly found that the other customers and waiters in the restaurant seemed indifferent.

It didn't seem to be because they were "used to it", but rather because they simply didn't hear it.

Xu Qinglang walked to the entrance of the restaurant,

"One hundred and seventy-eight, sir."

the front desk waiter shouted while chasing after him,

thinking that Xu Qinglang wanted to skip out on the bill.

At this time,

in Xu Qinglang's sight,

appeared a group of knights wearing old armor,

the places where these knights' armor didn't cover were all bones, and even spider webs could be seen on the warhorses.

It was a very strange scene,

a densely populated ancient city commercial district,

suddenly a group of undead knights appeared.

Xu Qinglang immediately turned around, not looking at them, but went to the counter to pay the bill.

After a while, this group of knights didn't seem to notice Xu Qinglang's strangeness, and went into the ancient city along the exit that Xu Qinglang had walked out of before.

After paying the bill,

Xu Qinglang walked towards that side,

the passing tourists were still as usual. They shouldn't be able to see or feel that a cavalry composed of the dead had just passed by them, or even rolled over them.

Xu Qinglang could see that a few people had blue eyebrows, which meant they had encountered something evil, and they would probably have bad luck or get sick.

After turning a corner in the ancient city,

Xu Qinglang saw that the group of undead knights were actually parked outside the guesthouse where he was staying,

"Woo woo woo woo!!!!!"

the knights let out a long howl,

and then,

they all picked up the big nets at their waists and threw them towards the guesthouse building,

and in an instant,

black nets completely covered the entire guesthouse,

as if isolating it.

One of the knights, whose armor color was different from the others, drew his rusty broadsword:

"Kill!"