Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 2 Ring Grandpa

The next day.

The gloomy weather last night turned into a drizzle this morning.

In the room, Song Changming was wearing a straw raincoat and heard his father's familiar cough. In the woodshed, his mother was decocting medicine and the bitter smell of medicine filled the air, as usual.

Whenever the weather turns cold, his elderly father suffers from minor illnesses.

"Dad, Mom, I'm leaving."

After getting dressed, Song Changming said something and went out.

The rain hit the straw raincoat, making a loud noise.

His boots were soon soaked by mud and water, but Song Changming didn't care about it. He just quickened his pace to report to the Patrol Armor Division, not wanting to miss the time.

Compared to the loneliness at night, there are many pedestrians on the streets even when it is raining during the day, some wearing thick straw raincoats and straw hats like Song Changming, while others holding oil-paper umbrellas and walking in a hurry.

In the morning, most people are busy making a living, and not many people come out just to play.

Song Changming walked very quickly without stopping for a moment. He took the fastest route to the Patrol Armory on Houli Street to start work.

In the Patrol Armor Division, there were quite a few armored patrol guards coming in and out during the day.

Song Changming retracted his gaze, lowered his head slightly, and went straight to the night watchman's base in a corner to sign in.

"Changming, let's go quickly. The superiors have given instructions to go to the east of the city to retrieve the body." Not long after, Li Fuan walked in and said immediately when he saw Song Changming.

"Okay." Song Changming was not surprised.

There was a gang fight in the street last night, and many people must have died.

You can't expect these gang members to deal with the bodies and clean the floor in an orderly and friendly manner after the fight.

Naturally, the aftermath of these tasks fell on the shoulders of the night watchmen.

As for why they had to wait until this morning to give the instructions and let them transport the bodies out of the city for disposal, this involved some unwritten rules.

The bodies of those gang members usually have some money or other relatively valuable items left behind.

Naturally, it is not the turn of the night watchmen to pick up these profits. If they do, they will usually fall into the hands of the patrol guards on duty at night.

Only after they have touched the corpse and checked their hands will they be allowed to work as night watchmen.

These are all tacitly understood things, there is nothing to say.

Soon, the two men headed towards the east city gate in the rain, where there was a temporary place to place the bodies.

When they arrived at the place, they saw corpses piled up like a mountain. Song Changming roughly estimated that there were at least forty or fifty of them.

If he had just arrived and saw so many dead bodies, he would probably have felt uncomfortable.

But now, he has integrated into this world, and because of his position, he has long been able to remain calm and composed in the face of these corpses, with his heart as calm as water.

At this time, a group of night watchmen were already searching the corpse with skillful movements.

"Damn, these guys are so quick!" Li Fuan couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw this.

Although the body had been handled by the patrol guards, there was nothing valuable left in their hands.

But sometimes you can get lucky and find a bargain. For them, finding a penny is good.

Especially on a rainy night like this, the patrol guards don't have much patience to search for corpses in the rain, so the probability of them finding something missing is higher.

Li Fuan muttered something to himself, but his movements were not slow. He soon joined in the action of searching the corpse.

Song Changming did not act out of the ordinary, and was even a little faster than Li Fuan.

However, touching the corpse is purely a matter of luck, and since it is a second-hand corpse, there are not many valuable things.

After searching through several bodies, they found nothing. However, Li Fuan took something away without leaving a trace, which was accidentally seen by Song Changming.

Everyone knows it tacitly: this business depends entirely on eyesight and quick hands, and whoever touches it first owns it.

"Um?!"

Song Changming's attention suddenly fell on the inside of the trouser leg of a corpse in front of him. When his hand slid over it, he felt the unusual thickness.

Without any hesitation, he exerted force with his hands and tore open the black trouser leg on that side.

I saw a strange piece of cloth the size of a palm sewn on the inside of the trouser leg.

Is this a hidden inner pocket?
It can be hidden so secretly, it must be shipped!

Song Changming immediately tore open the pieces of cloth and took out the hidden object inside.

Two folded pieces of parchment with densely written words on them.

There is also a thin black ring, which looks like a ring.

I just don't know what metal it is made of. It looks shiny black and a bit unusual.

Song Changming didn't look at it carefully, especially since there were still many words on the parchment. In order to prevent it from being damaged by the rain, he quickly put it away.

After a while, they finished searching the bodies and Song Changming and Li Fuan moved the bodies one by one onto a wooden cart.

The two of them dragged it out of the city together, and the other night watchmen did the same.

No one discussed the results of the corpse search. A few miles away from Donglai County, there was a vast river called Luolong River.

Usually, the simplest and most convenient way to deal with corpses transported in the city is to throw them into the river.

As for the problem of water pollution, it has never existed since ancient times.

There are many vicious fish in the river. The flesh and blood of these corpses will sink into the river, and within a day, not even a trace will be left.

"Hurry up. I heard that there is a serious bandit problem outside the city recently. We can't stay here any longer." Li Fuan said after wiping the rain off his face after arriving at the river.

Song Changming had also heard about this and also didn't want to stay any longer.

The two men struggled to grab the corpses and threw them into the river. After being soaked in rain water, the corpses were heavier than before.

Li Fuan was older after all, and after finally finishing the move, he was so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back.

"Chang, Changming, why don't you sit down for a while and let me catch my breath." Li Fuan said, panting.

"Okay, Brother Li, you take a rest. I'll take a look around." Song Changming nodded and looked around.

If there really were bandits around, he would definitely grab Li Fuan and run back immediately.

However, just after Song Changming took a few steps away, he suddenly stopped and vaguely heard something.

"Changming, what's wrong?" Li Fuan, who was sitting on a big rock by the river, noticed it and couldn't help but ask.

"No, maybe I drank too much rain water. Brother Li, I'm going to pee." Song Changming turned around and said half-jokingly.

"What are you talking about? Go quickly." Li Fuan laughed and looked away.

Song Changming then walked a little further away, and after making sure that Li Fuan could not see him, he felt in his arms with a strange look on his face and took out the black ring he had just found from the corpse.

"Did you make the noise just now?"

The ring is shiny black, and there seems to be light constantly swirling around its surface, making it look mysterious and even weird.

"Hehehe, it's me, kid, you react pretty quickly." The voice came from the ring again, confirming that what Song Changming heard just now was not hallucination.

"."Song Changming fell silent for a moment.

"Boy, don't be silent. It is a great fortune for you to meet me today. It is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." The ring said slowly.

"Opportunity?"

"As long as you do what I say, I can help you achieve gold, silver, treasures, power, status, secret manuals, and even immortality!"

The ring's voice sounded as if it was that of an elder of high status, and the tone was old, majestic, and convincing.

And the words he said were full of temptation. If an ordinary person or someone with a weak mind heard them, they might immediately regard the ring as a sacred object and the old man inside as an immortal, worshiping them and bowing down to them.

But Song Changming was not so careless. He continued to ask: "So, what are you? A person? Or a ring?"

"Boy, if you knew my identity, it would bring you a disaster of ten to one death. Are you sure you want to know?"

"No, thank you." Song Changming immediately lost interest, no matter whether what the ring said was true or false.

The ring snorted and continued.

“The two pieces of parchment you obtained are exactly the Soul-Breaking Sword and the Bull Demon Power that I had someone copy down earlier. Although these skills are not very profound, they are suitable for people like you who have not yet practiced martial arts.

If that kid hadn't been unlucky and died before he even started training, you wouldn't have had the chance to do the same."

Song Changming understood. It seemed that the old man with the ring had been picked up by a member of that gang before. Now that the man was dead, the ring fell into his hands.

"Nothing good comes for free in this world. What do you need me to do for you?" Song Changming looked back in the direction of Li Fuan, and confirmed that the other party was not coming over before continuing to ask.

"Hide my existence and find what I need. Before that, I want you to drip blood on the ring. From now on, our fates are one. I will also help you improve your strength as quickly as possible so that you can have everything you want!"

Perhaps realizing that the boy in front of him was not so easy to fool, the voice in the ring became more serious.

"how?"

Song Changming stared at the ring, with no sign of intention on his face, which made the consciousness in the ring a little unsure of what this boy was thinking.

"If you don't believe me, you can go back and practice the martial arts written on the parchment. Why would I lie to you?"

Hehehe, when things have come to this, most people would not refuse.

After all, if it were true, it would mean endless wealth and glory, as well as the ultimate temptation of immortality!

"Changming, is it time to go back?" Li Fuan's voice mixed with the sound of rain came from a distance.

"Here it comes." Song Changming took one last look at the ring in his hand, and then, as if throwing a stone casually, he threw the ring and the boundless temptation into the river, and turned and left.

Immortality?

For other people, or any other living being in the world, it may be an irresistible temptation.

But for Song Changming, this was something he had already obtained, so why should he covet it anymore?

As for wealth, glory, secret skills and so on, he has a long life and has plenty of time to work slowly and accumulate them slowly. He will eventually get them. Why should he seek help from other mysterious external forces and increase the risk?

In addition, the ring grandfather's laughter was also unpleasant, and he didn't like it.
A fish happened to be swimming in the river. It saw the black creature and swallowed it in one gulp.

With a flick of its tail, a few ripples appeared on the water, and this unknown but tempting opportunity disappeared.

(End of this chapter)