SARS breaks out

  The carman looked at Zhen Mingsu with a mixture of awe and fear, who had just beaten the drunkard to a pulp, finishing off with a kick and spitting on his face while cursing "You don't know shame". He was fifty years old, having driven for over twenty years and seen countless people, but he had never met a young man like Zhen Mingsu before - seemingly weak and refined, yet fighting like a thug.

  This young man's way of hitting people was very particular, neither would it put the other person in mortal danger, nor would it make them beg for mercy with unbearable pain.

  He appeared calm on the surface, but you could feel a terrible storm brewing inside him. This drunkard was unlucky enough to extort him at this time, and as a result, he didn't even get one or two silver coins, but instead got a good beating.

  When Zhen Ming came out of the broken house again, he was holding another middle-aged man who was tied up like a rice dumpling by his hair, pulling him out of the house and dragging him to the back of the carriage, kicking him into the carriage compartment.

  ……

  The anxious charioteer urged on his horses as they galloped along the deserted streets of Luoyang.

  In the carriage behind him, Zhen Ming was questioning a middle-aged man who was tied up like a rice dumpling.

  Zhen Ming's method of torture was also unique, holding that small object emitting colorful light to the mouth of the person being interrogated. Every time the opponent deliberately concealed or lied, the small object would emit a burst of purple arc electricity.

  The middle-aged man who was tied up would let out a scream from his mouth, as if he had been stung by something.

  It only took a dozen or so minutes for Zhen Ming to grasp all the things he wanted to know, including how this old swindler called "Yan Ye" had set up a scam to cheat Old Man Song out of all his property and even pawned off his daughter-in-law.

  The cart driver had lived for more than half his life and had seen many fresh things, but such a strange method of torture and forced confession he had never seen before.

  Following Zhēn Mìng Kǔ's instructions, he drove up to the entrance of a pig farm.

  Zhen Ming angrily took back his phone, put it in his pocket, stood up, and with one kick, he kicked "Yan Ye" into the pigpen, causing the other person to wail continuously.

  "Tonight you'll have to spend the night here, I'll come back and let you out after I've found Zhang's wife and brought her back."

  Yan San was frightened and repeatedly begged for mercy.

  Judging from his tone, it seemed that if he couldn't find Zhang's wife back, he would make him stay in this pigsty for the rest of his life.

  Unfortunately, Zhenming was ruthless and didn't listen to his pleas for mercy. She casually picked up a dirty rag from the ground, stuffed it into his mouth, and tied a rope around his mouth, leaving him unable to make any sound except for some muffled humming noises through his nose.

  After doing all this, Zhen Ming kicked him into the pigpen with one foot and then left Zhang's courtyard. He walked quickly to the horse-drawn carriage and said to the coachman: "Go to Chengbei City God Temple as fast as you can."

  ……

  The City God Temple in the north of Luoyang is a long-abandoned temple, where incense has been cut off and has become a shelter for some hooligans and vagrants.

  Every night someone sets fire and burns something here.

  A quarrel broke out from the ruined temple.

  "What are you all living on! Can't even keep an eye on a woman! Li Ye gave us a chance to make a living, but you've ruined it! Do you know how much she's worth? In two days, Li Ye will come for her, if we can't hand her over, you're all waiting to be buried alive by Li Ye!"

  "Stop arguing, now Li Ye's wanted person has escaped, we can't get rid of the relationship. How did she escape? Weren't her hands and feet all tied up?"

  A moment of silence in the ruined temple.

  "You must have come up with some wicked idea again and done something to her! I've told you a thousand times not to bully her!"

  "This can't be blamed on us, those women we caught before, weren't they all tasted by the brothers first before being handed over? Besides, such a top-quality beauty is not someone you can easily come across, anyone who sees her will be moved."

  "What's the point of saying all this now? Which direction did she run off in?"

  "We just went out to buy wine and meat, leaving Er Dan alone. This Er Dan is also to blame, he just wanted to satisfy his desires, but instead he untied the rope, saying it was more comfortable, as a result, she kicked him hard and he fainted, the woman also took advantage of the situation and ran away. If Master Pei investigates this further, we will all be held responsible!"

  "These two eggs are still rolling around there, this time the two eggs became zero eggs."

  "What's with the dawdling? Hurry up and search everywhere!"

  Among the noise, a group of people came out of the broken temple one after another. A rapid horseshoe sound came from afar, and a horse carriage flew quickly from far to near, stopping in front of the broken temple.

  Zhen Ming got down from the carriage with a bitter face.

  "Which one is the leopard?"

  The first one eyed the young man with a strange scar on his face and an ominous look in his eyes, "Who are you, what do you want from Brother Leopard?"

  "Are you from the Yanbang Luo River Branch?" Zhen Ming asked bitterly.

  "What's up, old man? What brings you to our place?"

  Zhen Ming was furious and walked up to him, punching him right in the face...

  ……

  A group of salt workers lay scattered and crippled in front of the City God Temple, their joints dislocated and wailing in agony.

  The cart driver had seen too many strange things on this young man's body tonight, so he was no longer surprised by some of Zhenming's weird actions.

  After extorting the desired information from those little rascals at the City God Temple, Zhen Ming bitterly pulled out a piece of women's intimate clothing from his pocket and placed it on the glowing object. He fiddled with it for a while, as if the object was a hunting dog that could sniff out the scent on the undergarment, letting it carefully sniff the smell on the underwear.

  Then, holding onto the glowing small object, he gestured in the air and indicated which direction to go.

  It's as if the small glowing box in his hand could tell him which direction the person he was looking for had gone.

  The carriage went out of the north gate of Luoyang City and continued for a few miles. Suddenly, Zhen Mingxu asked the driver to stop the carriage, shouldered a package, gave him two taels of silver, got off alone, turned in one direction, and headed towards a rugged mountain path.

  The cart driver originally wanted to tell him that the direction he was heading was Mangshan, where there were chaotic tombs, and strange things often happened, it was a place where wild beasts and grave robbers roamed. But thinking again, if we talk about strangeness, I'm afraid this young man has surpassed them all, maybe the ghosts of Mangshan would even take a detour when they see him.

  Thinking of this, he didn't stop him from speaking, weighed the three or two silver coins in his hand, and drove away with a satisfied smile on his face.

  ……

  Zhen Ming followed the small path north of the city, following the direction indicated by the "Electronic Military Dog" on the screen, tracking Zhang's lingering scent.

  Fortunately it was evening and there were few people on the mountain road, so Zhang's scent did not receive too much interference.

  At last he saw the familiar farmhouse, but there was no light in it, and apparently everyone inside had fallen asleep.

  He walked to the farmhouse door, knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened. It was an old couple. Although the light was poor, the couple still recognized him and warmly invited him in.

  Zhen Ming explained the reason to them and asked if they had seen Zhang's wife. The couple nodded repeatedly.

  The two of them were returning from the fields at sunset when they saw Zhang's wife, looking lost and disheveled. They thought they had mistaken her for someone else and called out to her from a distance, but she ran away even faster, tripping and falling along the way, getting covered in mud, and then scrambling up again to continue running forward.

  "We two old folks are also getting on in years, how can we keep up with a young girl? We could only watch as she ran into the woods, running towards Mount Meng..."

  Zhen Ming hastily asked: "Which direction is Mangshan in? How long has it been?"

  "This afternoon is gone, she should have entered Mangshan by now. She's a young woman traveling alone with nothing to protect herself. If she encounters wild beasts at night, it would be unbearable... hopefully nothing happens..."

  The couple pointed in a general direction with their fingers, and Zhenming hastily thanked them before rushing towards Mount Meng.