The world of Taoism

Chapter 144 Gamblers
The guests were so frightened that they hid under the table, some people ran away, and the whole restaurant was in chaos.

"What a speed!" Zhu Hanjie's pupils shrank, and he was beyond shocked.

Zhou Xuan beside him was also very shocked, he only saw a figure just now.

The figure went back and forth within a third of a second, and the old man died immediately.

"This smell is a bit familiar!" He Yingning sniffled.

"Do you know the origin of the figure?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"I'm not sure, I always feel like I've seen it somewhere before." He Yingning frowned, still unable to figure out what it was.

After all, in less than a second, it is a bit too difficult for He Yingning to recognize who he is.

The passers-by who passed by were not so fast, maybe it was an illusion.

"Can you resist this move?" Zhu Hanjie looked at Zhou Xuan.

"If I pay attention in advance, I can block this move. If it is a sneak attack, I may be injured, but I will definitely not die." Zhou Xuan said to himself.

He can now smell the smell within a radius of 150 meters and hear the sound within [-] meters.

As long as there is something wrong, Zhou Xuan can instantly detect it.

"Speaking of which, who is this guy?" Zhou Xuan was also a little puzzled.

Is there any conflict between the old man and this person?So it was killed.

Zhou Xuan didn't want to care about these things. Obviously, this person's target was only the old man, and he didn't hurt innocent people. It should be a personal grievance.

"Go back, it's probably a personal grievance, just wait for the people from the relevant departments to come and deal with it."

After this incident, everyone suddenly lost the interest to chat.

Zhou Xuan got up and left, and a few tables away, Zhou Yi and others who pretended to be other customers also followed Zhou Xuan.

"Stop!" A loud shout came from behind everyone.

Zhou Xuan turned his head and saw a group of people wearing black and red police uniforms, led by a black-faced man looking at them fiercely.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Xuan turned his head and asked.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" The black-faced man sized Zhou Xuan and the others up and down, suspicious in his heart.

Most of the guests were scared to death, even those with a calm personality turned pale when they saw the scene in front of them.

Only Zhou Xuan and his group had calm expressions, and they knew there was a problem at a glance.

"Guests, eat and drink." Zhou Xuan was simple and clear.

In order to avoid unnecessary wrangling, Zhou Xuan simply took out the official documents of the court.

The rest of the people also revealed their imperial identities.

The black-faced man was dripping with cold sweat, these people were higher than his boss, so they must not be offended!
"My lords, I have offended Wang Huan so much, I hope you will forgive me a lot." The black-faced man clasped his hands and forced an ugly smile on his face.

"No need, Catcher Wang has something to do, we are the ones who interrupted you." Zhou Xuan blanked his hands, expressing that it didn't matter.

"What happened?" Fu Jian asked.

"It's like this..." Wang Butou said slowly.

Ten days ago, a murder case occurred in the Jiangnan County Mansion. The deceased were all killed by one blow. The wounds were clean and neat, with only a faint bloodstain on the neck.

Later, several murder cases occurred in succession, and the wounds were exactly the same as before.

Until now, a total of fifty or sixty murders have occurred.

"Have five or sixty people died?" Zhou Xuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, including this, there are 61 in total." Wang Butou said.

The pressure from the superiors is very high, and if this continues, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold it down anymore.

And the meaning of arresting Wang's head last time was to find someone to cover the bag at random, and keep his black hat.

Wang Butou couldn't do this kind of thing, or dare not do it.

Just find someone to top the bag, and if there is another homicide, wouldn't it be even worse?
Hearing these words, Zhou Xuan and the others fell into deep thought.

According to Wang Butou, the frequency of homicides is getting higher and higher, even seven or eight a day, which is definitely not what ordinary people do.

"Maybe it's demons and ghosts making trouble, I have to report to the superior." Fu Jian said,
"Okay, you can figure it out." Zhou Xuan nodded.

After the last two incidents, Zhou Xuan has some mistrust towards his superiors, including this mysterious Yun Tianming.

Zhou Xuan himself definitely lacked spirituality, so if he had the opportunity, he could go and search to see if he had gained any spirituality.

However, Zhou Xuan didn't want to get too involved with these people.

It feels like they are all wearing a mask, and the talisman sword is okay, like a green head, it is easier to deal with.

Not necessarily others.

After finishing speaking, Fu Jian wrote a letter and asked Catcher Wang to send someone to Jingtiansi.

Zhou Xuan and the two agreed to meet again at the Qixi Festival Lantern Festival tomorrow, and then rushed back to Zhou's house.

.........

Jiangnan County Mansion is covered with colorful lanterns.

Rows of lanterns are like long dragons, lighting up the whole city.

Boom!

Blossoming peonies are blooming in the sky.

The degree of prosperity is ten times greater than that of Wannian County, and Yangzhou is the most prosperous place in the world.

The chaos on the border does not affect this place, and it is still singing and dancing here.

Of course, prosperity always has nothing to do with the poor.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

Regardless of the prosperity and chaos, it is the common people who suffer after all.

The life of the rich is different in its own way, but most of the poor are the same.

Zhang Laoer pushed open the leaky door.

The room was simply decorated, with only one bed, two chairs, and a broken table.

Zhang Lao Er was holding a bowl of yellowed vegetable soup.

This is a great tonic, a soup made from pork bones.

Although the pig bones have been used for more than ten days, they are considered a great tonic in the eyes of the poor.

On the bed lay Zhang's second wife's wife, who was nine months pregnant.

"Come on! Let's drink the soup!" Zhang Er put the bowl on the table.

"Okay." Came the wife's weak voice.

A sallow and thin woman sat up from the bed and drank the bone soup in one gulp.

"I want to..." said the wife.

"Wait until tomorrow, tomorrow I will ask my neighbor to borrow some rice." Zhang Laoer smiled awkwardly.

There is one thing Zhang Laoer has not said.

The day before yesterday, a relative from my hometown visited and saw that his wife was pregnant and felt sorry for her, so he left two hundred copper coins for his wife to make up for.

It's a pity that Zhang's second son became addicted to gambling and couldn't help playing a few hands. In the end, he lost all his money, not even the money for his wife to buy meat.

Even if Zhang Laoer worked as a coolie at the dock, he would not be so poor.

It all stems from his love of gambling.

If it weren't for his wife's daily work to support him, Zhang's second child would have starved to death.

"But... the child in my stomach is hungry..."

"But what? You'll die from starvation? You know how to eat all day long. If it wasn't for your pregnancy, I would have already slapped you." Zhang Er Er couldn't bear it anymore, and cursed.

This bitch is nothing more than relying on her pregnancy to take the opportunity to make things difficult for herself, it seems that her skin is itchy.

"Hurry up and go to sleep, if you give birth to a loser, I will slap you to death!" Zhang Er Er cursed.

The wife was still yelling that she was hungry, and Zhang's second son was so annoyed that he slapped her with a slap.

"Eat, eat, how can I buy food for you, or eat human flesh, human flesh does not need money."

The wife let out a wail.

A horrible scene happened. I saw my wife's belly kept protruding, as if something was about to burst out.

Whoa!

The belly burst open.

In the next second, a howl resounded through the sky.

　You can't bet on a dog with a house.People told me not to gamble for one or two yuan during the Chinese New Year. No one can win a penny from me.hey-hey.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)