The strange case of the demon book

?After the end of today's errand, Huo Wen took Shitong home.After passing the vegetable market on the way, Huo Wen bought vegetables and went back to cook.Shi Tong is very well-behaved, silently doing what he can.When Huo Wencai was cooking, he helped to light the fire, and he also knew how to set up tables and chairs for Huo Wencai to serve his meals.

The two sat down to eat, and Huo Wen only cooked a few home-cooked dishes.Neither of them are picky people, so they ate the meal with relish.After eating and drinking enough to pack up, the two sat in the small yard to enjoy the cool air: "Shitong, do you want to do anything in the past?"

Shi Tong lowered his head.

"Have you ever thought about the future? It is impossible for you to beg for a lifetime. Could it be that you want Keke to beg for a lifetime with you?" Huo Wencai's words made Shitong raise his head, and he whispered: "I want to do business , but...but there's no money...and I can't leave cocoa alone."

Ke Ke is his younger brother. They originally lived in a village near the city of Guangzhou.His father used to be a schoolteacher. Later, during the [-] years, the robbers killed all the family members. In order to survive, he came to Guangzhou City to beg for food with cocoa in his arms.

Huo Wencai felt distressed after hearing what Shitong said.

Shi Tong can read and write, and at the age of 12, he can earn a living by himself without begging.But in order to take care of Ke Ke, he can only beg while taking care of Ke Ke.

As he talked, the grievance and strength he had been feeling all along collapsed in front of Huo Wencai.Tears fell from his eyes.Huo Wencai embraces Shitong.

"Woooooooo..."

All these years of pressure on Shitong collapsed at this moment.He burst into tears, crying out all his grievances.

Huo Wencai gently stroked Shitong and comforted him softly.

After crying enough, Shitong left Huo Wencai's arms embarrassingly.Huo Wencai touched Shitong's head and smiled: "Shitong is very good, if you have anything to do, come to Brother Huo.

"Thank you, Brother Huo." Shitong said sobbingly.

So the topic returned to the main topic, and Huo Wen said to Shitong: "Shitong, I will take you to sell and write things. If Keke, I can carry it on my back for a while."

The cocoa problem still needs to be solved, but there is no better solution yet.In the evening, he and Shitong can go to the flower boat to sell rouge and gouache, and cocoa can be placed at Ma Wenrui's place, but once Ma Wenrui's business gets busy, he may not be able to take care of Cocoa, and he will not be at ease, so this is a compromise. .

Right now it can only be like this, if there is enough money to afford to open a shop, this is the biggest guarantee for the two brothers.The road is taken step by step, so don't rush.

"Is it really possible?" Shitong's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Huo Wencai smiled and reached out to touch Shitong's little head.

"Thank you Brother Huo! Thank you Brother Huo!" Shitong said excitedly.

"Silly boy..." Huo Wencai rubbed Shitong's head.

When the bell tower sounded at nine o'clock in the evening, Huo Wencai and Shitong packed themselves and went upstairs to sleep.

Huo Wencai rested his hand on his forehead: Ever since he came to Guangzhou, things happened one after another...

The next day, Huo Wencai got up early, and Shi Tong woke up with a start, so Huo Wencai had to take him with him.At five o'clock in the morning, people wake up sparsely and start a hard day.When it was close to six o'clock, the hawkers began to sell breakfast, so Huo Wencai and the three of them went to the hawker stall to have breakfast.Regarding what happened today, Ma Wenrui said, "Should I tell the captain about that?"

Huo Wen only said: "No, I'll tell Brother Wei."

"it is good."

It's not that he doesn't believe in Yu Xian, but it's too troublesome to explain, and Yu Xian may not believe it.But for Wei Zong, Huo Wen didn't know whether Wei Zong believed it or not. At least Wei Zong never stopped him but supported him.

That's why Huo Wen went to Wei Zong's office in the police department, and told Wei Zong that the child's disappearance was related to those things, and told him that he and Zhang Jue might find the child back tonight.

"Zhang Jue..." Wei Zong wiped the sword in his hand. This sword has followed him through life and death several times.A sword that has eaten human blood is extremely sharp.

"Go. I will arrange someone to meet you later." Wei Zong said.

"Yes!"

Back in Taiping Street, Huo Wen saw Zhang Jue going out from a distance, as if he was going to a restaurant for morning tea.Huo Wencai followed.

"Patroll Huo." Zhang Jue had a smile on his face.

"Zhang Jue, I found a place." Huo Wencai said.

"Yeah. Find a bucket of lime and prepare it." Zhang Jue said.

"Row."

"How many children are missing?" Zhang Jue asked.

"Eighteen children." Huo Wencai said.

"Find me eighteen stools." Zhang Jue said.

"Okay." Huo Wen didn't know what Zhang Jue was going to do, but he knew that Zhang Jue had his own plans, and these plans might be the key to saving the child.

"Do you want to go in?" Zhang Jue pointed to the restaurant and said.

"No, I've eaten. I still have to patrol, so I'm leaving first. I'll prepare things for you." Huo Wencai said.

"it is good."

After the two parties bid farewell, Zhang Jue went to the restaurant for morning tea before Huo Wen went back to prepare the things Zhang Jue needed.

After Huo Wencai returned to the red room, he told Ma Wenrui what Zhang Jue needed.Ma Wenrui pondered for a while: "Who the hell is Master Zhang's..."

Act as soon as you say action, Ma Wenrui is responsible for finding lime powder.Huo Wencai took Shitong to look for a stool.Because it was not too difficult to find, the three of them quickly prepared the things.When they piled up all the things outside the red house, Zhang Jue appeared in front of the red house.

"Master Zhang." Ma Wenrui greeted carelessly.

"Horse patrol."

"Zhang Jue, everything is ready." Huo Wencai said.Shi Tong saw Zhang Jue nervously hiding behind Huo Wencai.

"En." Zhang Jue sat down, took out a delicate knife from his pocket, and cut his own hand, staining the knife with blood.

"Zhang Jue!" Huo Wencai frowned!

"It's okay." Zhang Jue said.

Immediately Zhang Jue then turned the stool over, and used that delicate knife to carve on the stool.

After carving a stool, Ma Wenrui picked it up and took a look: "It's a talisman, Master Zhang still understands talismans."

"Understood."

"It seems that we can catch the ghost thing that kidnapped the child." Ma Wenrui became confident, that kind of unclean thing can only be suppressed by Taoism and Buddhism.This talisman looks like something from Taoism, and Zhang Jue's surname is Zhang. I don't know if Zhang Jue is the Taoist Zhang.

Eighteen stools were quickly carved, and Zhang Jue stood up.Huo Wencai grabbed Zhang Jue's hand, and the blood on the arm cut by Zhang Jue had stopped.Seeing that there was nothing serious, Huo Wen felt relieved.

"Find two children for me to take there tonight."

"No problem, young master Zhang, don't worry, take care of us." Ma Wenrui patted his chest to assure him.

"Well, I'll be there at seven o'clock in the evening." Zhang Jue left after saying that.

For finding children, it is easy to find.There are quite a lot of beggars in Guangzhou City, and Ma Wenrui, who knows Guangzhou City very well, immediately found two dirty children.Ma Wenrui gave a few copper coins to the two children and said to them: "Hey, I will give you these copper coins. Uncle will take you to a place to play games at night, and I will give you another money after it is over."

"Okay." The two dirty children nodded desperately.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the time to come.

When the time agreed with Zhang Jue arrived, Zhang Jue really appeared in front of the red house.Zhang Jue said that he would only lime the stool and go to the empty yard with the two children.Huo Wencai borrowed a bento box and divided the eighteen stools into two, then strung them together and carried them on a pole.And Ma Wenrui carried the bucket of quicklime, and the three children followed closely behind them and went to the mansion of the same crew.

After arriving at the mansion, Shitong pushed the door open, and Huo Wencai and Ma Wenrui put down the stool and the bucket of lime.

"How do I use this?" Ma Wenrui asked.

"Arrange the eighteen stools in a circle, and then sprinkle lime on the open space in the yard." Zhang Jue said.

So Huo Wencai and Ma Wenrui placed eighteen stools in the middle of the yard to form a circle.Then sprinkle lime all over every corner of the yard.

After the completion, the sky gradually darkened. Zhang Jue saw that the sky was almost dark, so he pasted a yellow talisman on the front yard of the mansion. Then Huo Wen opened his mouth wide in surprise and saw a woman in a late Qing Dynasty costume appearing in front of him. The woman looked at Zhang Jue in horror and then knelt down to Zhang Jue.But Zhang Jue continued to stick the yellow talisman in the front yard as if he didn't see her.The woman kowtowed to Zhang Jue with a grateful expression on her face.Huo Wen only looked at Ma Wenrui and the others again, but they didn't see this woman.

Huo Wencai still couldn't hold back and whispered in Zhang Jue's ear, "There's a female ghost over there."

"Ah."

"Is she the 'person' who abducted the child?"

"No. She is the owner of this house and has been here for many years." Zhang Jue said.

Huo Wencai suddenly remembered that Shitong had said that a concubine had died in this house before. Later, Shitong and the others used this reason to scare away all the people who thought about this house.

It turned out that the rumor was not false.But there is a real ghost, he guessed it wasn't Shitong who scared away the idea of ​​this house, but the real female ghost scared her away, it's just that Shitong and Keke didn't know it.Thinking of this, Huo Wen couldn't help asking worriedly: "Zhang Jue, will this ghost kill Shi Tong and his two brothers?"

"No. If you don't want those two children to live here, you would have forced them out of this house by means. This female ghost is not an evil ghost." Zhang Jue explained to Huo Wencai.

"But why did he kneel to you?" Huo Wencai watched the woman float to Shitong's side and wait motionlessly, his eyes were full of tenderness.

A smile curled up on the corner of Zhang Jue's lips: "I don't know, maybe you can ask her."

wrong!Zhang Jue definitely knew, but he just didn't want to say it.Huo Wencai said in his heart, but Zhang absolutely didn't want to say it, and it was hard for him to ask.Seeing that the female ghost was harmless, Huo Wencai, like Zhang Jue, pretended not to see her existence.