Chapter 9: The Yamen's Frightful Soul

  At night, silvery moonlight spilled over the rooftops of the government office buildings.

  Qiu Shui had been standing on the roof of the government office for half an hour, and when he saw Ah Wei threaten Jiu Shu, his teeth itched with hatred.

  Then Ah Wei took the security guards and locked Jiu Shu into the cell and closed the big door.

  "bump"

  A faint thud was heard.

  Just as Jiu Shu had lain down on the bed, he suddenly heard a voice. He was so startled that he quickly lifted up the quilt and looked out towards the corpse in the room next door. But just as he carelessly stuck his head out, he found that there was no change in the corpse. Feeling relieved, he prepared to pull his head back when he discovered that it had been caught.

  At the moment when Jiu Shu was trying hard to withdraw his head, a burst of laughter suddenly came.

  "Hmph." It turned out that Qiū Shuǐ was standing by the wall and couldn't help but laugh when she saw this scene.

  "What are you doing standing there?" Jiǔ Shū awkwardly said to Qiūshuǐ who was standing by the wall at the prison gate.

  "It's nothing, I thought I'd wait till you withdraw your head before showing up again." Qiu Shui said with a smile.

  "Why?" asked Jiu Shu with a questioning tone.

  "Am I embarrassing you?" Qiū Shuǐ said with a hint of embarrassment as he looked at Jiǔ Shū.

  "Stop messing around and help me get my head in there quickly." Jiū Shū said irritably after hearing Qiū Shuǐ's response.

  Qiu Shui stood up straight and stretched out both hands to press against Jiu Shu's head, using force to press inward.

  "Hey! Can't you use your brain for once?" Ninth Uncle slapped his forehead with both hands, helplessly saying to Qiushui.

  "Let's go, Master. But no matter what I do, don't blame me." Qiu Shui suddenly thought of the scene from the original work and said to Jiu Shu.

  "It's not your fault, hurry up." Jiū Shū said with a helpless nod.

  Qiu Shui heard Master's guarantee and immediately squatted down, stretched out both hands to grab Ninth Uncle's pants, and pulled them down with one swift motion. All that was left on Ninth Uncle were a pair of white underpants.

  "Hey! What are you doing?" Ninth Uncle hastily said.

  Qiu Shui laughed and stretched out both hands to pull at Jiu Shu's pants.

  At once Old Man Jiuh was startled and his head hastily withdrew.

  "You little scamp." Ninth Uncle's face turned red with anger as he rolled up his pants and rushed over, stretching out his hand to discipline Autumn Water.

  "Master, you once said that no matter what I did, you wouldn't blame me."

  "Did you bring anything?" Ninth Uncle asked Qiushui with a stern face.

  "Here it is," said Qiū Shuǐ after finishing speaking, squatting down to put down the bag she was carrying and taking out chicken blood, black ink, yellow talismans, and an inkstone from the bag.

  "Where's the glutinous rice?"

  Qiu Shui hehe smiled and took out a bowl from the bag, with lotus leaves still covering it. He said to Jiu Shu, "I brought some, it's still hot, Master, have some while it's hot." Qiu Shui removed the lotus leaves as he spoke.

  "You've cooked it!" Ninth Uncle stared at the cooked glutinous rice in front of him, which still had red dates inside, and asked with wide eyes.

  "I'd rather be born with glutinous rice, I'm just a useless person who can't even block the zombies around." Jiū Shū said helplessly to Qiū Shuǐ.

  "Hehe, Master, I was afraid you'd go hungry in prison, so I specially made this for you. I also brought some glutinous rice." Autumn Water said with a smile, while reaching out to grab two bags of glutinous rice from the side.

  Qiu Shui had actually taken out the glutinous rice from the spatial ring when she jumped off the roof and placed it beside her.

  Jiǔ shū yī kàn zhe, wúnài de ná chū jī xuè hēi mò tiáo yún, zhèng zhǔn bèi huà fú, tū rán wài miàn chuán lái yī zhèn jiǎo bù shēng.

  English Translation:

  Ninth Uncle looked at it, helplessly took out the chicken blood and black ink to mix evenly, just about to draw a talisman, when suddenly footsteps came from outside.

  Jiū shū gǎn jǐn shōu dìng dong xī, jiāng zhè xiē dōu fàng le dào láo fáng lǐ de qiáng jiǎo. Qiū shuǐ sì chù guān wàng le, xún zhǎo néng gòu cáng shēn de dì fāng, tū rán fā xiàn zhī yǒu wū lǐ de gāng dīng chuáng páng biān néng cáng shēn.

  Qiu Shui rushed towards the inner room and jumped onto the steel nail bed, using all her strength to leap into the bed.

  "Ding ding!" The large gate was opened and a security guard was unlocking it.

  "Captain, I reckon your keys were dropped in the prison cell when you were interrogating the prisoner." Another security team member said to Ah Wei with a flattering tone.

  "Captain, your key." A security team member handed the key to Ah Wei. It turned out that Ah Wei's key had been left on the table.

  "You're pretty good!" Ah Wei patted the shoulder of the security guard who handed him the key, praising.

  "Huh!" It turned out that Ah Wei suddenly saw that there was a lotus leaf at the door of Jiu Shu's cell, and on top of the lotus leaf were some sticky rice grains.

  A Wei sneered at the two security guards and said: "You two get out immediately, no matter who knocks on the door, don't open it."

  After the gate was locked, Ah Wei took out the pistol from his waist and walked towards Jiushu's cell door with a sly smile, saying: "Come out, I've seen you."

  "Watch out behind you!" Ninth Uncle shouted loudly at Ah Wei who was walking towards him with wide eyes.

  "Behind me, behind me is my aunt's husband... Ah!" Ah Wei said as he stretched out two fingers to probe the back, but suddenly felt his two fingers touch a hard and cold object, instantly making his hair stand on end, cold sweat dripping down, slowly turning his head.

  "Roar! Ah!"

  The zombie's roar accompanied Awei's scream.

  Jiu Shu originally saw that all the zombies behind Ah Wei had stood up, and behind Ah Wei was Lao Ye.

  Qiu Shui crouched behind the steel nail bed, and upon hearing Jiu Shu's voice, he knew that a zombie had appeared. He immediately lifted his head to take a look, and there were nine zombies in total. Moreover, all nine zombies were facing Ah Wei.

  Qiu Shui immediately jumped out and with his right hand drew the Demon-Expelling Sword from behind his back, stabbing it into the back of a zombie.

  "Hmph!"

  Only to see Autumn Water's treasured sword pierced through the zombie's body in an instant, emitting waves of white smoke.

  And Autumn Water's blow also triggered other zombies, and at once, Ren Lao Ye went to chase after Ah Wei, while the other seven zombies all came towards Autumn Water.

  Autumn water took a look at this, and was suddenly frightened. There were so many zombies that even with the treasure sword in hand, she didn't dare to be careless. She stretched out her foot and kicked away the zombie that had been pierced through, pulled out the treasure sword, and found herself surrounded by these zombies.

  Qiu Shui glanced sideways and suddenly saw the gallows behind the zombie. Qiu Shui ran forward a couple of steps, then jumped high, landing on the shoulder of another zombie. With a "whoosh", Qiu Shui swiftly drew out the treasured sword in his hand and stabbed it straight down at the head of the zombie below.

  "Whoosh!" With a single sound, Qiū Shuǐ saw the other six zombies attacking and immediately pulled out the treasured sword that was stuck in the zombie's head. Standing on the shoulders of the already dead zombie, as it fell to the ground, she used force with her feet, did a backflip, and directly jumped outside the encirclement.

  "Rooooaaaar!" The other six zombies suddenly pounced on nothing and then turned to face Akane, letting out a furious roar.

  Autumn water turned back to take a look, only to see the remaining six zombies pounced over. Rushing forward for two steps, both hands grabbed the pole on the execution frame, exerting force at the waist, and pressing down with both arms, instantly jumping up, with both feet standing on top of the execution frame. At this time, the zombies had already surrounded them, seeing the six zombies jump up, their hands grasping towards Autumn Water's feet.

  Time was running out, Autumn Water quickly flipped over to the back of a zombie and instantly pulled out the treasure sword in her hand, stabbing it into the back of one of the zombies. "Puchi!" In an instant, she stabbed from the back to the chest.

  "Roar!" The remaining zombies grabbed at nothing and turned their heads to charge towards Qiū Shuǐ, who was furious. Qiū Shuǐ directly stretched out a foot and with a "bang", kicked the zombie that had been pierced through, sending it crashing into the body of the zombie on the left. Instantly, the zombies behind were also knocked to the ground. And Qiū Shuǐ's left hand reached into his bosom and pulled out a handful of glutinous rice, scattering it towards the zombies.

  Only to see that the glutinous rice sprinkled on the zombies, crackling and popping, emitting white smoke and exploding. Autumn water held the treasure sword with both hands, and with a forceful swing of her arms, she chopped towards the nearest zombie's skull, "Plop", directly cutting off one of the zombies' heads.

  "Help!" Suddenly, a cry for help came, and Qiū Shuǐ turned her head to see à Wēi shouting "Save me!" while Réng Lǎo Yé grabbed both of à Wēi's hands from behind.

  Qiu Shui looked at Ah Wei crying and shouting, while the four zombies behind him let out a burst of shrill howls and ran towards Qiu Shui. Qiu Shui gritted his teeth, his right hand's veins bulging, and with a loud "whoosh", he thrust his treasured sword backwards, piercing two zombies at once. Suddenly, a string of sugar gourds appeared.

  Qiu Shui turned her head and picked up a branding iron with the character "jian" (meaning "treachery") from the charcoal basin in her right hand, and ran towards Ah Wei.

  "A Wei, crouch down!" Qiu Shui shouted while running towards A Wei.

  A Wei saw Qiu Shui holding a branding iron with the character for "treachery" on it and running towards him, shouting loudly. As soon as he heard this, A Wei's conditioned reflex made him squat down forcefully. "Sizzle!" "Ah!" A Wei's loud shout accompanied the savory aroma that filled the air.

  At the moment when Ah Wei was about to squat down, Qiu Shui took the soldering iron and stabbed it towards Ren Lao Ye. However, just as Ah Wei squatted down, he suddenly bounced back up, and in the instant that his hands were unable to catch him, the soldering iron in Qiu Shui's hand directly seared onto Ah Wei's chest.

  As for why Ah Wei jumped up, it was because of the fight just now, things in the cell were scattered all over the place. Just as Ah Wei crouched down, there happened to be a wooden bucket underneath him, and when he crouched down with force, his butt landed right on top of the bucket handle...

  Qiu Shui took one look at this, and directly threw away the soldering iron in his hand, shouting "Duck!" while Qiu Shui himself leaped into the air and kicked a sweeping leg towards Lao Ye's head.

  "Bang!" With a loud crash, Lao Ye was directly swept aside by this heavy blow.

  A Wei ran straight to the gate after leaving Lao Ye.

  "Bang bang... Open the door!" Ah Wei pounded on the large gate while shouting for the people outside to open it.

  "Whoever is calling at the door, I won't look." A voice of a security guard came from outside.

  Upon hearing this voice, Ah Wei's anger suddenly surged, and he said: "I am your captain, Ah Wei! Open the door quickly! Hurry up!"

  "Ka-chunk!" After the large gate was opened, the security guard outside was about to unlock the inner iron gate when he suddenly saw the corpse inside the gate come back to life. He was so frightened that his hair stood on end and his hat fell off, and then he actually closed the gate again.

  "Hey! What are you doing? Ah!" Awei cried out helplessly after seeing the gate being closed.