Chapter 9: Workshop

The box suddenly became quiet.

The vengeful spirits were afraid of the spell Cao Shuzheng had just thrown and dared not continue to pounce.

The people in the box almost dropped their jaws because of someone’s vest that suddenly fell.

This person is really silent, but he will make a big splash.

He has been silent, but he always shows his extraordinary presence at critical moments.

And now his casual words made Cao Shuzheng drop the incense in his hand to the ground.

What is more desperate than having no hope?

It is that the rescuers came but did not save him.

The master he was looking for had already arrived and had been watching coldly.

“You… why?”

Why didn’t I save you?” As if he understood the confusion and despair in Cao Shuzheng’s eyes, Yin Chi twisted the incense with his fingers and said with confusion: “Did I say I would save you?”

Cao Shuzheng breathed quickly and said: “You clearly told me that if I encountered a crisis, as long as I lit this incense, you would come…”

Isn’t I here?” Yin Chi said unusually calmly.

Cao Shuzheng opened his mouth several times, but couldn’t utter a word.

Fang Wenrui stared blankly, and closed his mouth for a long time, and said in surprise: “What do you mean? Are you the master invited by the restaurant owner?”

Yin Chi smiled and said, “Why? Don’t you look like him?”

Fang Wenrui looked him up and down, thinking: How on earth is he like him?

The master he imagined should have a goatee, a long robe, and a peach wood sword in his hand, looking like a majestic uncle.

The person in front of him has a delicate face, elegant demeanor, and extraordinary temperament.

Even if he is not energetic enough to be a social elite, he is still a pretty boy who is loved by everyone. Such a person is actually a charlatan by profession?

It seems that he is not a charlatan, he still has some real skills.

But Master Fang still felt very explosive.

Then as a master, don’t you stop these things from harming people?”

Although this person has not taken action yet, what if he wants to save the restaurant owner in the end? In any case, the person was invited by the restaurant owner.

He was so angry with the restaurant owner that his teeth were itching!

My mission is to find out the truth of the matter. I have written down everything from the beginning to now.”

Yin Chi dispelled his doubts and said, As for the victim, that is not within my business scope.”

As soon as he said this, Cao Shuzheng couldn’t help but shudder.

Fang Wenrui’s eyes lit up, “You wrote it down? Then did you also write down what we just said? Can it be used as evidence in the court trial?”

This kid thinks long-term.

But Yin Chi nodded as he wished.

“Really?” Fang Wenrui: “Then we are family.”

As he said this, he excitedly nudged Fang Qi with his elbow and said, “Family.”

Fang Qi frowned and looked at him with a silly look.

Fang Wenrui: “…”

He was puzzled and asked: “What…what happened?”

Fang Qi glanced at the person opposite him, then turned his head away and said: “Nothing.”

As if he felt that turning his head away was not enough, he paused for a while, and even turned his body to the side. Originally, the two of them were facing each other on one side of the door frame, but now Fang Qi was facing Yin Chi sideways.

Fang Wenrui looked puzzled, not knowing what was wrong with him again.

In fact, the reason is very simple.

Since Yin Chi is a master and has accepted the mission, he must be a member of the Xuanmen, that is, from those families who calculate Feng Shui and exorcise ghosts.

And Fang Qi is now a ghost catcher.

In a sense, the Xuanmen’s exorcism of ghosts is consistent with the goal of the underworld, but even if the goal is the same, the essence of a ghost catcher is still a ghost. I guess no ghost would like the Xuanmen’s methods of exorcising ghosts.

What’s more, not all the people in Xuanmen are righteous people who get rid of harm for the people.

There are also people who take money to cover up crimes for others and deceive the underworld.

They even keep up with the times and invent a lot of instruments and equipment that can block the communication detection of the underworld and are specifically aimed at ghost messengers.

In order to deal with this situation, there are special ghost messengers like Fang Qi who can return to life as human beings.

Although Fang Qi is not as irreconcilable with the forces of Xuanmen as other ghost messengers, it is impossible to say how much he likes the people in Xuanmen.

It was just a chance meeting, so let’s go our separate ways after the matter is over.

He didn’t notice that when he turned sideways, Yin Chi showed a slightly distressed look on his face.

He looked at Cao Shuzheng and said, “Now your life-saving talisman is gone, can you tell me?”

Cao Shuzheng sat on the ground in despair and did not respond.

Even if you don’t think about yourself, you should think about your son, right?” Yin Chi spoke after Fang Qi, “Aren’t you curious about where he is now?

Maybe you can also think about what good things you have fed your son over the years?

The things accompanying him now should be no less than what you have here, right?”

When Cao Jing was mentioned, the expression on Cao Shuzheng’s face finally changed.

Oh, Cao Jing!

His son was also in the restaurant today, saying that he was going to entertain a very prestigious classmate of his.

He can’t be in trouble!

Cao Shuzheng stood up and gathered his spirits, but he was still like an eggplant hit by frost, “I… I’ll take you there.”

Seeing him like this, Fang Wenrui rolled his eyes unceremoniously, “Wouldn’t it be better to do this earlier?”

The vengeful spirits who were staring at Cao Shuzheng saw that he was about to run away and their furs became angry. The hairless ones also began to grin and roared at them in anger.

It was unknown what Fang Qi exchanged with them through eyes. After a moment of stalemate, the vengeful spirits actually made way in an orderly manner, leaving Young Master Fang stunned.

Then what should we do?

Someone under the table suddenly spoke up, and it seemed that he wanted to go out with them, but he was glared at by the vengeful spirits and immediately shrank back.

Fang Qi looked at several obviously well-known figures under the table. The existence of these people deeply interpreted the nine words: No trade, no harm.

There was even a person who Fang Wenrui had seen at a charity dinner he and his father attended. He had a kind face, but he didn’t expect that he was also sanctimonious.

Fang Wenrui looked at them with disdain.

No one cared about their emotions, and Fang Qi turned around and left. Only Fang Wenrui walked at the end and closed the door of the box again:

Humph, I can’t scare you to death!

Several people went downstairs and stood under the light again. Fang Wenrui felt that his breathing was much smoother.

He looked at the two people walking in front of him, and suddenly followed them curiously, asking Fang Qi: “Hey, are you in the same line of work as him? He is a master, what are you?”

Fang Qi: “Ghost.”

Fang Wenrui: “???”

Cao Shuzheng took Fang Qi and the others to a place that looked like a warehouse, the kind of storage land decorated in a furniture market.

In the dark night, the empty factory and unloading yard stood quietly, and the thick fog submerged almost half of the place.

From the outside, the warehouse was empty, and the sound of water drops could be vaguely heard.

Tick-tock… Tick-tock…

This is it.” Cao Shuzheng said tiredly.

He had limped all the way here. He had already exhausted his physical strength in the box.

The distance from the restaurant to this warehouse was not close, and he was already holding on because he didn’t lie down directly.

Because he was not allowed to lie down.

Several people stood in front of the warehouse at the same time. Fang Wenrui asked in confusion, “This place looks quite dry, how can there be a sound of water?”

Although there was fog, this fog was obviously not normal water fog, and it was not humid at all.

The other two were not surprised by the mismatch between the environment and the sound.

It is obvious that the source of the vengeful spirits cannot be a clean place.

The vengeful spirits that appeared in the restaurant have all been on the table. Before that, they need a place for the alienation of corpses.

Where do the corpses come from? There is only the place where the restaurant handles the ingredients.

Ordinary ingredients can be processed directly in the restaurant, but those extraordinary ingredients that are not convenient to be seen and cannot be seen by people need a place to process them.

So there is only one reason for the strange sound.

This is not a dry factory, but a large slaughterhouse.” Yin Chi’s voice was leisurely, but his breath was not very stable.

He didn’t know when he stood beside Fang Qi, leaned his body slightly and leaned on his arm, and whispered, “I walked too far and I am a little exhausted. Can you lend it to me?”

Fang Qi was puzzled. After looking at him, he withdrew his shoulder without hesitation, “Go in and take a look.”

So ruthless.

Fang Wenrui saw him looking at Fang Qi’s back while leaning his body, thinking about Fang Qi’s attitude towards him, and felt a sense of sympathy, so he felt a little reluctant and stepped forward and said, “How about I help you?”

Yin Chi looked at him sideways, slowly stood up, and smiled, “Thank you, no need.”

Cao Shu, who really needed help at this time, was watching them turn a blind eye, and wanted to jump up and give them a few big punches.

In the end, he could only drag his seriously injured body and follow in awkwardly.

The deeper he walked into the factory, the more he understood the meaning of “slaughterhouse” in Yin Chi’s mouth – it was worthy of the name.

The first thing he inhaled into his nose was a nauseating smell of blood, or a mixture of clean water and chemicals, which should be the blood that had been washed.

Deep in the factory was a well-equipped meat production workshop. From the location of the workshop, it can be seen that the process of animals being skinned, slaughtered and frozen.

On both sides of the slaughterhouse, there were hangings of slaughtered animal carcasses, which were large and small, and strange in shape. In the dense fog, they looked weird and terrifying.

Fang Wenrui swallowed his throat involuntarily, raised his phone and took a few photos of the evidence while trembling.

However, Fang Qi walked straight in as if he didn’t see the bodies, and shuttled between the thick fog and the pile of bodies.

His eyes passed over the animal bodies one by one, and his brows gradually frowned as he looked.

Since this is the source of the resentful spirits, there should be a lot of resentment here.

But whether it is this warehouse or the hanging animal bodies, the resentment they feel has almost approached zero since they arrived here.

Fang Qi couldn’t help but ask: “When was the last time you killed someone?”

Cao Shuzheng was already in a state of fear, and he didn’t dare to approach the workshop where the animal bodies were hung. He whispered: “Just… yesterday.”

“Where are the bodies?”

“In another workshop.”

Yin Chi said sarcastically: “It’s quite large.”

Cao Shuzheng: “…”

The few of them quickly changed to another workshop. Like the previous workshop, there were animal bodies hanging, but the ones here were obviously fresher.

Strangely, there was still nothing unusual.

The ground was clean, without even a trace of blood.

The dead animal bodies hanging on the hooks also showed no signs of being mutated.

Could it be that the source of infection is not actually here?

But the processing workshop here is the only place where the illegal ingredients in the restaurant can be concentrated. If the mutated place is not here, then where else can it be?

Fang Qi thought, he was used to relaxing his body when thinking. There was a door frame next to him, and he subconsciously wanted to lean against it, but a hand pressed against the door frame before him.

When he leaned against it, he leaned directly on the back of the man’s hand.

The man’s fingers were clearly jointed and slightly raised, and Fang Qi frowned immediately.

It was very uncomfortable.

He did not stand up, but turned his head in dissatisfaction, and warned with his eyes: This is the position I like.

Yin Chi smiled at his gaze, his eyes curved into a beautiful arc, and said: “I just want to remind you that this place is dirty.”

Fang Qi thought that it was dirty, and he didn’t have problems like mysophobia.

When he looked back, he was stunned.

The area covered by Yin Shi’s hand was indeed dirty.

To be more precise, it was burned.

A burnt mark spread outward from the door handle. Next to it was a tiled wall. Although it had been cleaned, there were still traces of burns left.

Such a large area of ​​burn marks?

Fang Qi looked at Cao Shuzheng and asked, “Has the workshop here caught fire?”

He asked casually, but Cao Shuzheng’s face suddenly changed drastically and looked at him with a horrified look.

Fang Qi was suspicious.

Such a big reaction… Has someone died in this workshop?