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Chapter 138
"I think so! He's a human being... not an ordinary person!" Xiong Keding swallowed back the word "ghost". Zhou Dalang was taboo with this word "ghost". Although he didn't say it, he still felt that that person was more likely to be a ghost than a human.

"You and Brother Fan are still on a one-day errand today?" Zhou Rui asked about the errand.

"One day, yesterday, the elder of the Yuan family confessed that he wanted to be open-minded, and he could do whatever he wanted. The eldest son and the fourth master should go to the Imperial Academy or the Imperial Academy. In the Imperial Academy, everyone arrived yesterday. From morning to night, there is no one who leaves early, and it has never been so neat." Xiong Keding laughed a few times, "Si Ye is careful, and he should be more careful. They all have to work hard. It's almost time, Lao Fan and I left, alas, it's a matter of time, so hurry up."

As Xiong Keding spoke, he stood up, put on his clothes, packed them up, and went out with Fan Botao.

Yu Shu kicked his shoes, followed behind and closed the courtyard door, and came back, poured a jug of wine and warmed it, "Dalang, just listen to me, no matter how important things are, it won't be too late in a day or two, you see Looking at the situation in front of us, let us be unlucky, we asked for it, but this matter must implicate the Wangfu...Let’s not mention the Wangfu, Xiong Da and Lao Fan must also be implicated by us, this is not acceptable."

"I know, if you're not afraid of hurting everyone, why bother thinking about it?" Zhou Rui poured a glass of wine with a gloomy look on his face.

"I knew you were a safe person." Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, warmed up the wine, and sat next to Zhou Rui, "I have inquired about the water ghosts, and I also found a few water ghost detectives who said they were okay. Let’s talk. The first one is that the water ghosts in the capital are all registered with the yamen, and it is common for them to take private jobs, but after all, they are from the yamen.”

Yu Shu raised his voice as a warning, "Also, water ghosts are very expensive to pick up jobs. Forget it, we can't afford it. Let's talk about this matter after a while, after the New Year..."

"I can't wait." Zhou Rui interrupted Yu Shu, "She...don't know what to do now, she must be very anxious, otherwise, she wouldn't let Yushu come back that trip, she..." Zhou Rui stood up , pacing back and forth anxiously, "No! This matter can't wait!"

"Can't wait? What can we do? It's not a question of whether we can wait, but..." Yu Shu was speechless.

"I can swim." Zhou Rui said in a low voice, Yu Shu was startled for a moment, and then jumped up, "What do you want to do? Are you crazy? It's been nine cold days... This is the capital city! It's much colder than our Yangzhou ?The river is frozen! You don’t want to live anymore? Are you crazy?”

"This is best. The garden behind the Li Mansion has been deserted for a long time. It's cold today. These days... it's just right. Just tonight, you go with me and help me keep an eye on it in the water pavilion." Zhou Rui It seemed that he didn't hear Yu Shu's words and was minding his own business.

"I said, you're crazy!" Yu Shu jumped up and pointed at the tip of Zhou Rui's nose. Zhou Rui leaned back, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"What to do? Don't do it!" Yu Shu said with an angry look on his face, "What are you going to get in these nine cold days? She has no good intentions when she says this to you! I tell you, I have to say this, then It’s just a demon... a ghost! She’s not resurrected from the dead, she’s possessed by a wild ghost! Let me tell you..."

"It's fine if you don't go." Zhou Rui frowned slightly and then let go, then turned and walked out.

"Come back!" Yu Shu grabbed Zhou Rui and said, "You are so obsessed... Sit down first and listen to me..."

"First, she is not a ghost, let alone a wild ghost. She is a bit unusual, but she is the same as you and me. She has a human body. Second, if you were the one who entrusted me to me, I would do the same thing. It is not because of her. Like this." Zhou Rui interrupted Yu Shu with a serious expression.

Yu Shu's heart was boiling with what he said, "I don't... Sit down first. Even if you want to go down and touch it yourself, we have to think of a perfect plan first. At least buy a fish skin suit first. Ask a doctor how to ward off the cold... ask a water ghost, if you go there at night, you won't be able to see anything above the water, not to mention the bottom... Look, there are so many things to do, we can't rush this matter."

"Buying a few catties of burning knives can keep the cold away. I don't need fish skin clothes. I'm not used to wearing them, but it's cumbersome. I've inquired about the lake in Li's residence. It's not too deep. I'll go clean it tonight. If I can't stand it, I'll be up right away, don't worry, if I die, the things she entrusted won't be accomplished."

Zhou Rui is simple and clear, the more he prepares for this matter, the more things he has to do, and there is nothing to prepare for. When he is at home, he often takes cold showers in winter to exercise his body. The capital is colder, but he thinks he can survive.

Yu Shu sighed and patted his head, thinking about how to keep Zhou Rui away from the cold. After much deliberation, he couldn't think of anything other than simmering a large pot of thick mutton soup at night and bringing a few kilograms of roasting knives. good idea.

After dinner in the evening, Yu Shu used the excuse of staying with Zhou Rui to discuss a book. He hugged the stove and a thick cloak, and arrived at Zhou Rui's courtyard. At the appointed time, the two of them quietly slipped out, pressed against the wall, and slipped into the back garden of Li's house.

The entire Li family is as frightened as a bird at the moment, and the back garden is even more deserted.

Yu Shu and Zhou Rui took the cloaks off their heads, covered their heads and faces, and only showed their two eyes to look at the road. Like ghosts, they went straight to the Nuan Pavilion in the lake.

Zhou Rui found the lee of the Nuan Pavilion, took off his clothes a few times, and handed it to Yu Shu to hold him. He took the burning knife, raised his head and drank half a bottle, grabbed the railing of the Nuan Pavilion with both hands, and fell into the icy lake.

Yu Shu hugged his clothes and squatted beside the Nuan Pavilion, looking at the ice in the water that shone brightly from time to time under the starlight, shivering one after another. It was not that he was cold, but that he was cold for Zhou Dalang.

Zhou Rui relied on the heat on his body and the half-bottle of burning knives to get into the water. Holding his breath, he held on to the pillars of the Nuan Pavilion and immediately dived down. The lake was much colder than he expected. One night later, maybe he wouldn't wait. He dived to the bottom, and he froze.

The lake water in winter is very clear, as if starlight penetrates to the bottom of the lake. The mud at the bottom of the lake is not thick. Zhou Rui did not dare to step on the mud first. Once the mud comes up, nothing in the lake can be seen clearly.

Nothing was seen around this pillar. Zhou Rui grabbed another pillar next to it and grabbed another one. In front of this one was a much thicker main pillar. Zhou Rui hugged the main pillar with both hands and moved along. Going down the main pillar, at the junction of the lake water and the mud, an iron chain as thick as a finger was placed on the main pillar. Zhou Rui hurriedly pulled up the iron chain, and a small black iron box two inches square was pulled out from Jump out of the mud.

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

"You're still alive!" Yu Shu lay on the ground crying, and reached out to grab Zhou Rui. Zhou Rui was shaking all over, shook his head, and supported himself up with his hands.

(End of this chapter)