Chapter 31: The hidden chess piece

In fact, we can understand that the old man didn’t tell the truth. After all, he is still working as a doorman at such an old age, so he must value this job very much, and this job is related to his boss to a certain extent.

If he had said that there was a ghost, he would have ruined his boss’s job and his own as well.

So, we knew in our hearts that there was a problem, but the old man had been very tactful in his description.

The group of people didn’t say much, and silently walked towards the warehouse of Company A. According to the information, Company A occupied four warehouses in this warehouse area. It wasn’t a big customer, nor was it a small customer.

So it’s not so strange that they rent the warehouse in the most secluded corner. Who cares where you rent it if you can make money?

During the walk, a team of security guards passed us by without asking us too many questions.

Although it was late at night, the warehouse area was not quiet at all, because there were cars coming and going from time to time, loading or unloading goods. Our group of people was not conspicuous at all.

“Is it going to be noisy tonight?” I heard one of the security guards say as we passed each other.

Another security guard replied, “You’re new here, don’t ask so many questions. It’s safe here, we’re just going through the motions. Don’t go over there and get into trouble. Do you know about Lao Zhang? He had a heart attack right there. He said it was an illness, but who knows what he saw?”

“That place…”

I sensitively noticed their conversation, but I couldn’t ask anything. As the security guards gradually walked away, I couldn’t hear anything.

“There is a problem.” Yuan Yi’s brother obviously heard the conversation.

“If there’s no problem, it means we’ve made a wasted trip. If there is a problem, it’s dangerous. Life is really a bit of a tangle!” Lao Hui complained, but his footsteps didn’t stop. He still walked firmly in the direction of the A company warehouse.

This is the west side. We felt it as soon as we got here. This is almost the quietest and darkest place in this warehouse area. It is obvious that many warehouses here are not rented out, and basically the four warehouses of Company A stand here alone.

I had a hunch that something was seriously wrong here, and I was tempted to open my third eye, but Lao Hui stopped me. He said to me, “Chengyi, don’t open your third eye yet. That would undoubtedly alert the ghosts, and give them a signal that we are here. You know that ghosts are extremely sensitive. When you see them, they see you too.”

This should be experience, right? Every action, seemingly random, is actually very skillful. The above is not completely neglected. At least Lao Hui, this old fox, has been of great help to me.

While we were talking, Xiaobei was already in action. He ran quickly to a warehouse, then jumped lightly and grabbed the stairs next to the warehouse building, and then climbed up “scraping, scraping, scraping.”

Laohui leaned against the wall and said to us, “Let Xiaobei go and see what’s going on. This kid is a Taoist priest, but he’s a scout among the Taoist priests, extremely familiar with all kinds of formations, and has a very special nose.”

“How is it special?” Qiangzi was curious.

“Oh, he can smell ghosts. Do you think that’s special?” Lao Hui said briefly and didn’t explain any further.

But do ghosts have a smell? Obviously I couldn’t imagine it. Everyone has their own secrets. Lao Hui didn’t want to say more, so we kept quiet and didn’t ask any more questions.

Laohui was here with us, keeping us on the sidelines, and we waited quietly for Xiaobei. I estimated that Laohui was a military strategist, and he had undoubtedly proven with his actions that his arrangements were always correct.

It was a hot summer night, and it was very hot. Standing in the shadows of this warehouse district, I inexplicably felt a little cool. Except for Zhao Hong, who was a little uncomfortable and whispered, “This place is evil!” None of us spoke up, because we all knew that this kind of aura could even overcome the summer heat. This place was not just a problem, it was a big problem!

Could it be that the little ghost is really here? I sighed to myself, “My luck is not so ‘good’ is it?”

Time passed by minute by minute. It seemed that the air here had a special function, becoming colder and colder as time passed. Hui Gen’er walked back and forth a few times in a somewhat irritated manner, saying, “It’s too dirty here.”

After all, Huigen is a very pure child, much more sensitive than we are. There is no question of alarmism in saying that this place is too dirty.

We listened, and there was only silence. Zhao Hong involuntarily shuddered, but then his eyes hardened. This kid didn’t know what he was thinking, but suddenly he rubbed up against me and whispered to me, “Chengyi, when will you teach me to learn Tao?”

I…

Just as I was speechless, Xiaobei’s trembling voice came from above: “Laohui, my legs are weak. Call someone to pick me up.”

Does Xiao Bei have acrophobia? Judging from his nimble movements just now, it doesn’t seem like it, but the usually calm Lao Hui was not calm this time. Originally, he was lazily holding a cigarette, but when he heard Xiao Bei’s cry, he threw the cigarette away and cursed in a low voice: “Fuck, I’m afraid there’s some trouble this time.”

When Lao Hui was troubled, Zhao Hong walked over without saying a word, climbed the ladder, and then almost on the ladder, half-carried Xiaobei down. He was an agent, and this kind of technical manual labor was best done by him.

In theory, Xiaobei’s voice on the roof was loud enough, but no one came to see what was going on, ignoring everything here. It can be seen how terrible this place is for the people here.

After Xiaobei came down, his steps were a bit unsteady and his face was a bit pale, as if he had expended a lot of mental energy and endured a lot of fear.

Lao Hui and Xiao Bei are old partners after all, and they have a deep relationship. He helped Xiao Bei up and then sat him down. Yuan Yi passed him a bottle of water, and Xiao Bei took it and drank most of it down before sighing deeply and looking a little better.

At this time, I noticed that Xiaobei was holding a very complicated array plate in his hand. This is completely different from the compass used in feng shui. I guessed that Xiaobei’s inheritance should be “arrays,” which are also strictly speaking part of the five arts of the Shan Zi School.

“He took out the array plate. Is the situation serious?” Lao Hui sighed.

Along with Lao Hui’s sigh, it seemed that behind the warehouse behind us, there was a step-by-step sound of footsteps. No one was afraid, including Zhao Hong.

In fact, this was expected. If it had been so quiet all along, it would have been abnormal if nothing had happened.

Xiaobei didn’t say anything, but took a piece of chalk out of his pocket and, using the light from the flashlight, began to draw on the ground. As he drew faster and faster, I soon realized that he was drawing a topographical map of the warehouses in this area.

After drawing the topographical map, Xiaobei made a few crosses in several places and said, “There are some very powerful guys lurking in these places. You can see that the locations are relatively hidden, and ordinary people can’t get there, but if you accidentally go there…”

“Myocardial infarction, right?” I said lightly, obviously remembering the conversation with the security guards.

“I don’t know if there’s a heart attack, but I know that the guys with the real body odor are going to be a handful for us to deal with. At that time…” Xiaobei paused here, then said with clenched teeth, “I admire those bastards from Company A for being so bold as to hide these guys in here, not afraid that one day there will be rivers of blood.”

“As long as you avoid these places, you’ll be fine?” Zhao Hong is now like a good student, asking questions without shame.

“Definitely not, there are high-level people here who have set up a formation.” Xiao Bei said to us very seriously.

“A formation?” Gao Ning asked curiously. After all, he was also a Taoist priest, so it didn’t make sense that he didn’t feel that there was a formation here.

“Yes, if you don’t follow the fixed route to the warehouse, there will be problems,” Xiaobei said to us.