Chapter 79: Choking Their Necks
Zhou Yunshu had given all the instructions to Du Mazi, Manager Liang, Yan Shilei and others. Now only Wei Zhong and Du Laoer were left.
Zhou Yunshu didn't plan to go find Du Laoer herself. Since Wei Zhong was there, she let Wei Zhong run errands. After all, Wei Zhong had the best martial arts.
After finishing copying in the evening, Zhou Yunshu, who was trusted by Uncle He, helped him to classify and organize the account books copied in the past two days.
Coincidentally, the names of all the account books here can almost be linked to the surnames of the dignitaries who went to select the Saint today. Zhou Yunshu reasonably suspected that these account books were actually used by the Red Lotus Cult to threaten them and make them do things for the Red Lotus Cult.
These account books must be very important to the dignitaries from Luzhou, Jinzhou and even Nanzhou who sent people from thousands of miles away to this unknown Wolong Mountain.
Zhou Yunshu had just closed the box full of account books when a Red Lotus messenger came running outside and urged Uncle He to go to the Temple of the Holy Mother.
Uncle He looked at the boxes on the ground and said to Zhou Yunshu, "Put them in the library first. We'll need them for the dinner party tomorrow."
"yes."
After Uncle He left, Zhou Yunshu directed the six Red Lotus Envoys beside her to carry the boxes and walk towards the library.
Following Zhou Yunshu's instructions, the six Red Lotus Envoys moved the boxes to the second floor of the library, put them down, and then turned and went downstairs.
After Zhou Yunshu could no longer see them, she directly put all the boxes in front of her into her own space, not worrying at all about the consequences of Uncle He discovering that the account book was missing.
He is extremely busy now and probably won't come to check until tomorrow's dinner. However, the Red Lotus Church will be so lively at tomorrow's dinner that he won't be able to find his way around.
By the time he thought of himself, she had already left with Wu Gui and the others.
After Zhou Yunshu finished her work, she walked downstairs leisurely, then pointed at the Red Lotus Envoy outside the door and asked them to close the door of the library.
After finishing these things, Zhou Yunshu did not return to Ginkgo Garden to continue copying, but returned to her own yard to take a rest.
Anyway, Uncle He was too busy to take care of her. When others couldn't find her, they just thought that Uncle He asked her to do something, so she went back to sleep with peace of mind.
There are important things to do in the evening, so of course I need to get enough rest.
Zhou Yunshu slept until dark. When she woke up, there was only a candlelight in the room. It seemed that Wei Zhong and Qingfeng already knew she was back.
As expected, when Zhou Yunshu got up and pushed open the bedroom door, she saw Qingfeng sitting on a chair outside, and Wei Zhong sitting behind a tray.
He looked at Zhou Yunshu who had just woken up and smiled, "Mr. Zhou, I've prepared dinner for you."
If their princess doesn't get up again, he will have to find a way to heat up the food.
"Thanks."
The dinner Wei Zhong prepared for her was still rich, with a bowl of white rice and a bowl of green stem porridge as the main dishes; the side dishes included shredded chicken with bean sprouts, pearl fish balls, mapo tofu and a salted duck egg.
Zhou Yunshu peeled the salted duck egg and placed it on the rice. With a press of chopsticks, the golden oil flowed over the egg white and into the rice.
After Zhou Yunshu mixed it evenly, she ate while telling Wei Zhong what he and Du Laoer needed to do in the next two days.
Wei Zhong frowned when he heard Zhou Yunshu's plan for him, "I want to be by your side to protect you."
"But I don't trust anyone else with this matter."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Wei Zhong seriously and said, "Don't think that only a few insignificant people from the wealthy families of Luzhou, Jinzhou, and Nanzhou came this time. This also shows that these account books are very important to them."
"Think about it, if it really was the head of the family or the heir who came, wouldn't that be telling everyone that the Red Lotus Cult has something on them?"
Wei Zhong lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.
"I'm sure you've all seen the account books. They're full of the private accounts of these aristocratic families. Getting hold of them is like strangling the necks of these families. And strangling their necks means you can make them do whatever you want, just like the Red Lotus Mother right now."
Zhou Yunshu's subsequent words could almost be said to be gradually inducing Wei Zhong about how important these account books were to Ji Sheng.
Wei Zhong had actually been persuaded by Zhou Yunshu, but he was still a little hesitant. "What about you?"
"I've been feeling unwell lately, so I won't hold you back. I'll be waiting for you in the courtyard where Zheng Qianshi first took us. If there's any chaos on the mountain, we can go down together!"
Wei Zhong hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Now that everything was arranged, Wei Zhong immediately set out to find Du Laoer. After he left, Zhou Yunshu glanced at Qingfeng, who put down the teacup in his hand and walked into the yard.
Apart from the faint voices of men talking next door in the yard, he did not see Wei Zhong again.
After Zhou Yunshu finished her dinner slowly, she asked Qingfeng, "Is there any incense that can help you sleep?"
Qingfeng nodded.
"Light it up when he comes back."
"yes."
As soon as the hour of Hai arrived, Wei Zhong's snoring could be heard outside, and Qingfeng's breathing became heavier.
There was no other way. In order to avoid Wei Zhong's suspicion, Qingfeng himself could not act rashly. The best way was to get caught in the trap with him.
After hearing the sound of their sleeping, Zhou Yunshu walked to the window and took out the cotton plug from her nose. Then she changed into a black gown, avoided the patrol, and walked towards the back mountain in the night.
Before midnight, Zhou Yunshu met Wu Gui outside Eighteen Caves, but there was someone traveling with Wu Gui whom Zhou Yunshu had not expected.
When she saw the little one clinging tightly to Wu Gui, she wanted to ask Wu Gui if he was joking.
"Are you serious?"
Wu Gui put An Sheng down from his arms and explained to Zhou Yunshu, "I brought An Sheng here for a reason. He's the only one who remembers the way to the Eighteen Caves."
Then she added, "The whole way."
An Sheng held Wu Gui's hand tightly, and her clear but timid eyes carefully looked at Zhou Yunshu who was standing opposite her.
"But he is..."
"Ansheng can't speak."
Zhou Yunshu was silent. She had met Ansheng several times, but she had never seen him talk to her.
"Alright." Zhou Yunshu compromised and looked at Wu Gui and said, "Where should we enter from?"
There are more than a dozen Red Lotus Envoys guarding the entrance of the Eighteen Caves. It is said that no one will be allowed to step into the Eighteen Caves unless the Red Lotus Mother leads people in person.
"There's a hole we can just crawl into."
It was really just right. If Zhou Yunshu had gained five more pounds, she might have been stuck at the entrance of the cave. Moreover, the cave was covered by long vines and there was a cliff next to it. No wonder it had not been discovered before.
The three of them climbed into the dark cave and walked for almost a quarter of an hour under Ansheng's guidance before they saw a little light.
When Zhou Yunshu saw the light, she subconsciously stopped, but An Sheng seemed not to notice and walked forward holding Wu Gui's hand. Zhou Yunshu followed behind with a frown.
Fortunately, although there was light ahead, there was no one there, and not even a single footstep could be heard.
Zhou Yunshu looked at An Sheng, who continued to move forward without hesitation even when facing three cave entrances, and was already surprised at his memory.
Especially after she and Wu Gui walked for about two quarters of an hour under An Sheng's guidance and arrived at a spacious cave filled with various boxes, Zhou Yunshu had a new understanding of An Sheng's memory.
He is smarter than he thinks.
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