Upon hearing this, Xue Mo Yin was horrified. He tried to stop Jiu Shu, but it was too late. Jiu Shu had already raised his hands and said, "I say he was killed by a fingernail."
Xue Mo Yin slapped his forehead, "We're done for."
"So that's it! But you have the longest fingernails in this village, right? And I heard that you were the one who rushed here last night, and then my uncle-in-law was murdered. So, it looks like you're the prime suspect. Come on! Seize him!" A Wei ordered his men, who immediately apprehended Jiu Shu.
Ren Ting Ting, who was standing nearby, immediately stepped in and said, "Cousin, I also want to find the killer of my father, but I hope you won't wrongly accuse anyone."
This girl was quite sensible, but this A Wei…
"Cousin, don't be fooled by appearances. Don't worry, I'll catch the killer. Take him back to the police station!"
Seeing this situation, Jiu Shu knew he was going to be locked up. He sighed and said, "I'll go with you, but can I say a few words before I leave?"
A Wei, being very magnanimous, said, "Go ahead, you can't say that Captain A Wei didn't give you a chance to say your last words."
"Qiu Sheng, come with the things later tonight and find me. I think Ren Lao Ye will turn into a zombie tonight."
He then turned to Xue Mo Yin, "Mo Yin, you and the others stay at Ren Manor with Wen Cai tonight and protect Ren Ting Ting. You have to stop Ren Lao Ye from succeeding!"
"Don't worry, Jiu Shu, we understand."
Xue Mo Yin knew that the priority was Ren Lao Ye. If he were to kill Ren Ting Ting, the situation would become even more troublesome. As for Ren Lao Ye, a newly formed zombie, even if Jiu Shu was hindered, it wouldn't be a big problem.
Therefore, the most important event tonight would be at Ren Manor.
"Are you done? Let's go!" A Wei impatiently dragged Jiu Shu away.
Xue Mo Yin looked at Hu Yi Fei, Wan Yu, and the others and said, "Everyone be careful tonight. Let's take that guy down in one shot."
"Don't worry, this is the perfect opportunity to test my Xue Ying."
Right now, the only weapon they had that could cause fatal damage to that guy was probably Hu Yi Fei's knife. "Let's do this. The three of you probably aren't used to using peachwood swords. I and Yi Fei will be the main attackers, you guys will be on the side to restrict that guy's movements."
"Understood!" Zi Qiao and the others nodded. They weren't really used to fighting with those things.
Night fell, and in the prison, Jiu Shu's hands were bound, with a piece of wood hanging from the rope.
A Wei held a burning iron brand with a large "jian (jian)" character imprinted on it. He grinned maliciously, "Tell me, how did you kill my uncle-in-law? If you don't tell me today, I'll brand this 'jian' character onto your body."
Jiu Shu looked at him as if he was an idiot. How could someone with such low intelligence become a captain? "I've told you so many times, I didn't kill your uncle-in-law!"
"Oh, you're still trying to be tough?" He then picked up the iron brand and poked it towards Jiu Shu's chest.
"Ah!"
A Wei pulled back the iron brand, revealing a piece of pigskin with a large "jian" character imprinted on it. "See, if you don't tell me the truth, next time it won't be pigskin! Come on! Take him down there and let him reflect on what he has done!"
"Yes!"
Jiu Shu was locked in a nearby cell, but he was still a little worried. He stuck his head through the iron bars, making sure everyone had left and that Ren Lao Ye's corpse hadn't changed. Then he felt relieved and tried to pull his head back in.
It was easy to get out, but difficult to get back in. He got stuck.
Qiu Sheng just arrived with the tools and couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.
"What are you looking at? Come help me!"
"Oh."
Qiu Sheng started pushing Jiu Shu's head back in, but it wouldn't budge. Jiu Shu was in pain and quickly swatted Qiu Sheng's hand away.
"Quickly think of a way, Ren Lao Ye will turn into a zombie if we delay any longer."
Qiu Sheng smirked, "Master, no matter what I do later, you can't be angry, okay?"
Jiu Shu nodded.
Seeing his master's agreement, Qiu Sheng approached with a smile, then squatted down and quickly pulled down Jiu Shu's pants.
Jiu Shu felt a chill down his spine and quickly pulled back, his head popping out. "You little rascal! You…"
"Hey, Master, you promised that you wouldn't be angry no matter what I do. You can't go back on your word."
"Humph, hand me the things."
After receiving the items, Jiu Shu immediately drew a talisman. At this moment, Ren Lao Ye stood up. Jiu Shu saw this and immediately handed the talisman to Qiu Sheng, "Quickly paste it on his forehead."
Qiu Sheng took the talisman and ran towards Ren Lao Ye. By now, Ren Lao Ye had completely turned into a zombie, so it wasn't easy to successfully paste the talisman.
After a brief struggle, Qiu Sheng successfully pasted the talisman onto Ren Lao Ye's forehead.
Although the zombie was now motionless, the sound of their fight had been pretty loud. A Wei rushed in. Jiu Shu immediately hid the items behind his back, and Qiu Sheng quickly hid behind a torture bed made of steel needles.
A Wei first checked on Jiu Shu who was locked up. Finding nothing amiss, he slowly moved towards where Ren Lao Ye was.
Ren Lao Ye, with the talisman on his forehead, was standing not far from where he had been lying. "You two, put the body back."
The two subordinates placed the body back. A Wei saw the talisman on Ren Lao Ye's forehead, and yanked it off.
He then discovered the people hiding behind him. He told his subordinates, "Go out and lock the door. Don't open it for anyone, no matter who calls."
After the door was locked, A Wei drew his gun and slowly approached Qiu Sheng's hiding place. "Bang! Bang!" Two shots rang out.
"Come out."
Qiu Sheng knew he had been discovered. He raised his hands and stood up.
At this moment, Ren Lao Ye, freed from the talisman's restraint, stood up again and slowly walked towards A Wei.
Jiu Shu, watching from his cell, was anxious. His head got stuck again in the gap.
A Wei was facing away from Ren Lao Ye, so he didn't notice anything unusual. "Alright! You two are still saying you aren't the culprits? You even came to break out of prison!"
"Behind you! Behind you!" Qiu Sheng didn't dare make any moves because he was being pointed at with a gun, so he could only anxiously warn him.
A Wei nonchalantly poked his gun behind him. "Behind me? Behind me is my uncle-in-law. You two brutally killed him."
But as he poked further, it felt like he was touching something. Looking at Qiu Sheng's expression, he finally felt something was wrong. He slowly turned his head, and his "dear" uncle-in-law was standing behind him, his mouth wide open, ready to bite his neck.
"My god! What is that?" He was terrified and quickly retreated, and unfortunately sat down on the steel needles.
"Ah!"
Qiu Sheng couldn't bear to watch this anymore. He quickly stepped in and engaged in a scuffle with the zombie.
Taking this chance, A Wei hurriedly covered his butt and hopped towards the door. "Open the door, quick."
A voice came from outside. "We've been ordered not to open the door under any circumstances."
"I'm your Captain, A Wei!"
Hearing this, the people outside started to move. Just as the last door was about to open, they also saw Ren Lao Ye running towards them. The guards were terrified and quickly shut the door again.
Things were exciting here, but Ren Manor was surprisingly calm.
Wen Cai looked at the sky, "It's this late, I guess it won't come tonight."
However, this guy was clearly a jinx. As soon as he finished speaking, the front gate of Ren Manor was violently destroyed, and Ren Lao Ye had arrived.
The maids in the manor were scared and ran in all directions. Wen Cai, the cowardly fellow, hid behind Ren Ting Ting, which made everyone speechless.
"Wen Cai, leave this to us. You take Ren Ting Ting and go hide in a room," Xue Mo Yin instructed.
Wen Cai was already panicking. Ren Ting Ting grabbed him and dragged him to a room.
Seeing Ren Ting Ting leave, Ren Lao Ye, his target gone, immediately chased after her.
Zi Qiao drew his halberd. "Last time I let you run away. This time you won't be so lucky!"