Longhe County has a unique geographical location, with the Xuan River running to the south and Phoenix Mountain to the north. It is also a hub connecting the inside and outside of the pass. With the thoroughfare dock connected to Zhonghuan Prefecture, it has been a place where merchants from all over the world have gathered since ancient times.
There are many docks in the river port, and naturally there are a group of laborers. In the fish market, there are also fishermen and boatmen who come from all over to sell fishermen...
Over time, people from all walks of life gradually gathered together, and with the help of idle men running errands in the market, Three Gangs and Nine Societies was born in this mixed environment.
In addition to gangs, there are also some scoundrels and lazy people who do not work on weekdays. They love to fight bravely, form cliques and groups, cause troubles, and are also tyrants among the people.
These people are not gang members. They are commonly called "green skins" in the market. To put it bluntly, they are a group of gangsters and hooligans.
Wu San is one of them. He is regarded as a typical figure among "green skins" and is nicknamed "Wu the Bold".
No. Wu the Bold is bold, not to mention heartless, shameless and shameless. He does not have a serious job. He usually does some loan lending and loan collection work for some gangs, and occasionally makes a guest appearance to collect protection fees.
Wu San has never learned any boxing or kicking skills, so he doesn't rely on any skills to collect protection money.
He usually carries a sharp knife with him, but when he goes to someone else's shop, he sticks the knife on the table, and then starts having sex with the shopkeeper or the waiter, getting close to him.
Finally, Wu San will tell the shopkeeper, brother, I came to your boss to ask for money. Brother, will you give it to me?
The shopkeeper saw that he had a knife, but he was kind-hearted and most of them were reluctant to give it to him.
Wu San immediately became fierce, changed his face, and said, "You don't want to give it, okay, okay!"
The next second, he stabbed himself in the thigh with a knife.
At the sight of blood, the shopkeeper or waiter's face immediately turned pale with fright.
Wu San sneered and slashed his face again. The blood was dripping and it looked scary.
"If you don't give it, then my life will depend on this!"
Most of the time, when it comes to this point, the owner of the shop has no choice but to do it. He is afraid of blood, bad luck, and going to court if something goes wrong. In the end, he can only spend some money to settle the matter.
A green man like Wu San can win over most merchants with his strong hands. Those who are not afraid of trouble will also have his employers behind them, that is, Three Gangs and Nine Societies's powerful methods. As the saying goes, "A strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake." If you want to do business in Longhe County, you will naturally not be able to get around this obstacle.
Wu San is also a well-known figure among the young men of Longhe County, and he can be regarded as a moderate "smart guy". In addition to his reputation as "bold", everyone knows that he is extremely addicted to gambling.
When he had some money, he would go to the gambling house to gamble, and when he lost, he would borrow money. Wu San's family originally had a little money, but he squandered it all. His parents were angry to death, and his wife could only do sewing, sewing, and washing to run the family.
But not long after, Wu San lost money in the gambling house, so he simply pawned his wife out and raised some more gambling funds to continue squandering.
On this day, the little money he had pawned for his wife was all lost in gambling. He was so angry that he used the last remaining money to buy a bottle of wine and lay down by the stone bridge to enjoy the cool weather and drink.
When the sky turned dark, Wu San got very drunk and slept beside the bluestone of the stone bridge. Halfway through his sleep, he heard someone calling his name.
"You are that Wu San, Wu the Bold."
A figure wearing a black robe and black boots was looking down at him.
"I've heard about you. It's said that you are the bravest in Longhe County?"
"What kind of birdman are you?"
Wu San rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"What do you want from your grandpa?"
"You are so brave, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
The man in black robe was not angry and said with a smile, "You follow me to a place. If you can stay there all night, the fifty taels of silver here will be yours."
I don't know when there was a money bag in his hand. The man opened the money bag, revealing the white money inside.
Wu San seemed to be dazzled by the silver, and his eyes widened.
"When you say bet, do you mean you bet that I will go somewhere with you and stay there for one night?"
"That's right."
"Is there anything so cheap in this world?"
"Of course not."
The man in black robe smiled, "I can tell you that that place is haunted. Do you Wu the Bold dare to go?"
"Haunted?"
Wu San snorted coldly and said with ridicule, "I'm not even afraid of the King of Heaven, let alone being haunted?"
"Okay, then we've settled."
The man in black robe grinned and said solemnly, "But remember, once you agree to me, you will never go back on your promise midway."
"Humph."
Wu San snorted disdainfully.
"I, Wu San, have always said what I say and what I say means what I say... But you have to give me the money first."
"Okay."
The man in black robe threw the money bag to him and pointed to the back, where a sedan appeared out of nowhere.
"Master Wu, please!"
Wu San yawned and looked around blankly, his eyes sizing up this house for a long time.
This should be a two-story pavilion. There is a wooden ladder that leads directly to the second floor. There is no window around it. The four walls are decorated with large brocades, calligraphy and paintings, and screens. There is no bed here, only an octagonal table and a chair.
There are some pastries, a kettle, and stoneware cups on the table.
Wu San poured himself a glass of water, feeling that there was something strangely inconsistent here.
But he couldn't tell exactly where the problem was. He just glanced at the entrance door subconsciously.
The iron-wood door was closed tightly. The man in black robe said before leaving that the door would be locked and would not be opened until daytime.
"This group of people didn't trick me into coming here just to be trapped in this house, right?"
Wu San is not afraid of ghosts, but now he is secretly grumbling and regretting it.
If the other party has malicious intentions and deceives him into this house and harms him, who should he talk to to reason with him?
"It's not that big of a deal! I'll give you fifty taels of silver if you ask for it. Besides, I, Wu San, am a pauper. What does the other party want?"
Wu San stared at the lamps on the lampstand on the table, feeling more and more suspicious. He vaguely noticed something and took out a sharp knife from his arms.
I thought to myself that no matter what the man in black robe wanted to do, he had a knife in his hand, so he couldn't be afraid of him.
The lights are as bright as beans.
Time passed by like this bit by bit.
Wu San was a little sleepy. He hid the sharp knife in his arms and was about to lie on the table and take a nap. Suddenly, he heard some kind of movement.
At this moment, Wu the Bold opened his eyes, stood up straight suddenly, and took out the sharp knife from his arms. You must know that there are no windows in this house, the door is locked, and there are no outsiders in the whole attic. Where did this sound come from.
Hiss...
Vaguely, the sound seemed to come from behind, it was the sound of fabric being rubbed.
Wu San turned around, holding the knife in his hand, and walked towards the direction of the sound. There was a wall there.
The wall was blocked by a piece of hanging brocade. He grabbed hard and pulled off the brocade, causing the boy's hole to shrink suddenly.
"W-what is this?"
Wu San took a few steps back. He wanted to escape, but found that his legs could not move.
"My legs?"
He looked down and found that his feet wearing straw sandals seemed to have melted, and his five toes were like rotten mud.
Wu San screamed and slid to the ground. He held down his legs, and his legs became like this. He didn't feel any pain, just numbness, as if the intuition of his legs had completely disappeared.
He suddenly glanced at his palm, and screamed again. His hand was twisted, melted, and had long lost its original shape.
Too bad!
It's over!
Wu San's mind was also confused. He felt that his bones had become soft, and his body fell to the ground involuntarily. Then, his whole body dissolved and collapsed at an extraordinary speed, turning into a pile of liquid things.
This weird thing was slowly absorbed by the ground and turned into a shadow that resembled a lake. The shadow moved its limbs and slowly slid from the ground to the wall. Soon, it came to the wall and gradually emerged as an outline.
The person's face, facial features, nose, eyebrows, and eyes slowly appeared, and then Wu San's entire body also appeared on the wall. The clothes on his body, the sharp knife in his hand, and the money bag containing silver on his belt all seemed to be drawn out by an invisible pen.
In the end, Wu San became one of the dozens of faces on the wall, juxtaposed with other portraits.
This strange scene in the room was clearly seen and completely recorded by a glass bead-like eye hidden on the beam.