The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 12 No. 23

At eight o'clock in the evening, Tan Ren packed up his things and prepared to go out.He usually wears a suit and leather shoes, but now he has changed into casual clothes, and he looks much younger. It seems that he is going to an appointment.I am still a little worried. Although Tan Ren looks mysterious, in fact, he only writes about divination, feng shui, and other things. In fact, his combat effectiveness is not very strong. It is too weak to go solo. up.

The boss behind that woman is obviously a powerful person. Isn't it equivalent to going into the tiger's mouth if Tan Ren goes alone?
I decided to follow, and when I got to the side of the car, Tan Ren asked me what I meant, and I said, "Boss, I can't let you take risks alone."

Tan Ren raised his eyebrows and said, "That's right, I'm quite conscientious, but let's say it first, if something happens, there will be no salary increase."

I was overjoyed, is this a promise?He didn't say much at the moment, got into the car, and the car headed all the way to the destination.Since that place is a bit far from our area, it took more than 40 minutes to get there.

I looked at the time displayed on the car, it was exactly nine o'clock, and we arrived an hour earlier.

There are very few people on Huainan Road at this moment. After the period when the surrounding factories are handing over shifts, the surrounding residents are sleeping, and those working night shifts are working night shifts. The surrounding streets seem deserted. The hot wind blew rustlingly.

Tan Yan drove the car slowly, and the car slid slowly on the road, looking for the location of No. 23.

Soon, at an intersection, we found the house number No.18, so No. 23 should be behind it.

This is a corner. Compared with the asphalt road, the road at the corner is pure cement, the road surface is severely cracked, and the roadway is narrow. It belongs to the old-fashioned road surface where cars cannot turn around after entering.Tan Ren and I had to park the car aside and get out of the car and walk.

This area should be a part of the old buildings that have been preserved. They are all low-rise single-family old residential houses. Most of the houses are empty and uninhabited, and they look dark.Most of the surrounding street lights were also broken, only occasionally a little light could be seen from the windows, flickering in the dark, making it look extraordinarily gloomy.

I thought that the other party would meet at a teahouse or a place for a meal, but I never thought that No. 23 Huainan Road would be so desolate.

As the saying goes, when the night is dark and the wind is high, when people kill and set fire, if they meet in such a place at night, no matter how you think about it, you will feel that the person who came is not kind.Tan Ren looked at the environment, his expression became serious, and he walked forward quickly.

NO.19...

NO.20...

Number 21...

Number 22...

and many more.

Tan Ren and I stopped and looked at each other in surprise, because when we got to Gate 22, the old road had come to an end, and behind the road was a large undeveloped hill covered with weeds , Under the dim light, the branches of various shrubs stretched out with teeth and claws.

I turned around in a circle uncertainly, and there is indeed no such place as No. 23.

Facing Tan Ren's furrowed brows, I felt a little guilty, and said, could it be that I checked the address wrong?Could there be another Huainan Road?

I took out my phone and checked the time. It was 10:[-], and there were still [-] minutes left before the agreed meeting time. Is it too late for Baidu?I turned on the mobile data, intending to cram for a while, but just as I took out the phone, I heard a bang, and then, a gust of cold water poured over me from head to toe.

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People are unlucky, it's really stuffed between the teeth after drinking cold water.I looked up and saw that in the residential building next to me, an old lady was holding a water basin, her old face showed embarrassment, and she said repeatedly: "Oh, why are there still people, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

I wiped the water off my face and looked at the old Nokia that I had been with for three years. At this moment, it was dripping water. I tried to press it, but found that the screen was no longer on.

Tan Ren didn't dodge it either, she usually combed her hair very elitely, but now it's messed up by a basin of water,

I wish it wasn't footwashing water...

The old lady came downstairs in a hurry, and said I'm sorry, my old eyes were so dazed that I couldn't see the people below, and she asked us to come in and wipe it off, but our clothes were soaked and we couldn't wear them at all, so she I found my son's old clothes and changed them for us.

While wiping my hair, I looked at the layout of the room. It was very simple and the furniture was very old. There were a lot of graffiti on the walls, drawing things like Ultraman.Sensing my gaze, the old lady also looked at the paintings on the wall and said, "It was drawn by my grandson."

I didn’t hear anything else after I came in. It seemed that the old lady lived alone, so I asked, “You are so old, do you live alone?” This place is an industrial area, and the surrounding facilities are not perfect, so it’s not really suitable for living. .

The old lady probably hasn't chatted with anyone for a long time, and she made us hot tea while chatting, to the effect that she has lived here for most of her life and is reluctant to leave. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and young people nowadays don't like to talk to old people. They live together, so they live alone. Fortunately, their children are filial, and they often come to visit. Unfortunately, this area will be demolished soon.

It seems that the old lady is quite happy to live here. After brushing my hair, I remembered what happened on the 23rd, so I asked the old lady. The old lady's surname is Xia, and she is still in good shape.After I finished asking, Mrs. Xia thought about it and said, "Number 23... Oh." She suddenly realized, and immediately asked us: "You are looking for No. 23, are you here to find someone? It was called many years ago, why don’t you come during the day?”

I thought to myself that it wasn't that perverted woman who made an appointment at night, but it seemed that Mrs. Xia knew about such a place, so I asked, "Why didn't we see the house?"

Mrs. Xia said: "Did you see that mound? There used to be no mounds, it was a flat land, and the soil that was piled up into the hills was dug out during development, and they were all piled up here, so it was blocked. You turned over This is the mound, but is it not good to go at night? If you are in a hurry, you can stay with me for one night and go tomorrow morning."

I looked at Mrs. Xia's kind face, and was moved. People these days are very defensive, how can a stranger let someone stay at home.On the contrary, these uneducated old people don't have much heart, so I said: "I won't bother you, we will leave when we finish."

Since we wanted to climb the hill, we borrowed two flashlights from Mrs. Xia, and the two of us began to browse the hill.

Man is really a fragile and great life. An unarmed man can be poisoned to death by poisonous snakes, bitten to death by wolves, and trampled to death by cattle and sheep. Once he returns to the natural environment, he becomes extremely powerless. .But at the same time, the wisdom possessed by people endows them with the ability to move mountains and fill seas.

Shenzhen is located on the coast. It was originally a place surrounded by mountains. At first, the aborigines of Shenzhen lived on a small piece of land. It has been transformed into what it is now, a flat river.

If Granny Xia hadn’t told us about the so-called hill in front of us, I would hardly have imagined that it was piled up by people, because it is really huge.

Tan Ren and I climbed over the hills in the dark, and I felt like I was going to be murdered for money, so I said, "You said, she arranged us in such a remote place, wouldn't I want……"

Tan Ren said: "She wants to kill you, and she can do it thousands of miles away."

I was choked by his words. Indeed, that woman seems to be able to manipulate the worms in my stomach, and make me die in pain and come back through the phone. Does it take so much trouble to kill me?But the problem is, the person she wants to kill is not me at all, I am just unlucky, and it is almost Tan Ren who she really wants to murder.

Thinking about it this way, I said it directly: "... Are you armed with a weapon? Boss, besides divination and geomantic omen, do you know anything else? Those people in the movie, don't they all have unique skills and are very good at fighting?" ?"

Tan Ren wiped the sweat from his forehead and told me to shut up, and if I talk nonsense, my salary will be deducted.

Well, it’s fine to deduct anything, don’t deduct wages, I touched my nose and decided not to ask any more questions.Unexpectedly, at this moment, a shrill cry suddenly came from the dark forest.

"Alas……!!!"

The sound didn't sound like a person, nor like a cat or dog, but like the cry of some unknown animal.

This area is close to the nature reserve. The management of the nature reserve in Shenzhen is very good, and some rare wild animals can indeed be found from time to time.

However, this voice is too strange, why does it sound so creepy?It's like the hissing of some animal when it is in danger, it makes people's ears sore.

(End of this chapter)