“Um, Attorney An, do you know who did this?”

Old Zhang had been with the bookstore for some time now.

From initially only shouting “666” and being responsible for contributing the sound of collapsing worldviews, “kacha,” as a minor character,

To now being able to participate in the bookstore's team battles, displaying the heroic spirit of a real man for three seconds,

He had tempered himself along the way.

Perhaps his colleagues were still considering factors such as a perverted serial killer or methods of destroying corpses, but Old Zhang felt instinctively that this didn't seem to be the work of humans.

Attorney An nodded sadly.

He said:

“A bunch of beasts! They're a law enforcement team sent by the Yinji (underworld), but the composition of this team is a bit complicated, and I can't explain it clearly to you in a short time.

Just imagine how corrupt those unscrupulous policemen in Russia are,

If you report to the police, whether the matter will be dealt with is another matter, but you will definitely be fleeced first.”

Old Zhang was almost made dizzy by Attorney An. After thinking for a while, he finally understood what these words meant. In other words, although this law enforcement team was called by this name, they would also make dirty money when they were sent to enforce the law.

And there was a word that Old Zhang had often heard since entering the bookstore,

That was: blood sustenance.

The essence and blood of living people seemed to be the best tonic for these evil creatures.

“Doesn't the Yinji care?”

“They did. These lunatics made such a big commotion in the beginning that they were placed under confinement by King Chujiang. It's been several decades already. Who knows which Yama (judge of the underworld) gave the order this time to unseal them and send them up here.”

“So they're just acting so recklessly?” Old Zhang continued to ask, “Isn't it said that randomly killing ordinary people will be punished by the Yinji, and what about the Heavenly Dao?”

“They don't care about the Yinji's punishment. Since the Yinji sent them up here to solve the matter, they must have been mentally prepared for them to cause some trouble.

As for Heavenly Dao's punishment, although they don't have official positions in the Yinji, they're not easy characters to deal with either. They can use some methods to deceive the heavens and secretly kill some people, and they can cover it up.”

“So, they're in Tong City now, and they're… killing people?”

Old Zhang was agitated.

Attorney An was also agitated, shouting:

“That's right! Is there still any law? This is intolerable!”

At this moment,

Attorney An seemed to be possessed by an envoy of justice,

Changing his previous image and persona.

“Sigh.”

Old Zhang sat down weakly, rubbing his face with both hands, very hard, until his face was red.

Damn, why are you rubbing your face here?

Go find the boss!

If other people went to the boss to handle this troublesome matter, they would probably be punched out by the boss,

But you're different.

You have political correctness!

Besides, haven't you done this often before? The boss always said one thing but did another. When has he ever not initially said no, no, but finally given in to you?

Old Zhang hesitated,

And then,

Asked:

“Will they leave?”

If they can't find any clues about the bookstore, they will definitely leave and continue to track down other defectors.

Moreover, they don't dare to kill too many people wantonly, at most they'll kill a few more for fun and suck some blood.

Perhaps it's because they were confined for too long before and depleted too much, so they need to replenish themselves.

But Attorney An didn't want to say these words, because he understood the meaning in Old Zhang's words. Are you trying to back down?

“No, Old Zhang, what do you mean by this?”

“I…………”

Old Zhang hesitated,

Thought for a moment,

And still spoke directly:

“I don't want everyone to be put in danger because of my personal subjective emotions.”

The boss had already made it clear during the day that the waves this time were a bit deep, so everyone should keep a low profile and stay in the bookstore to avoid the storm.

So,

Sometimes it's really difficult to be a good person,

It's also difficult to be a pure hero,

Unless this hero has no family, no friends, and no one he cares about,

But this kind of persona usually fits those "desperadoes," not heroes.

“Old Zhang, we have to act according to our conscience.”

Attorney An placed his hand on Old Zhang's chest, feeling Old Zhang's heartbeat, and continued:

“I can feel that there's a red heart beating brightly in your body.”

“…………” Old Zhang.

“Do what you want to do, don't think of us as people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. A true man has things he will do and things he will not do.

Just do what you want to do. Don't forget, you're not only a policeman, but also a Dharma Beast's emissary in the human world!

Make your choice boldly,

Follow your heart,

We, everyone in the bookstore, are your strong backing!!!”

“Attorney An?”

“Yeah?”

“Are you feeling unwell?”

“His brain is fried!”

Boss Zhou's voice came from the stairwell.

Boss Zhou was seen walking down the steps step by step in a black long-sleeved robe, holding a teacup in his hand.

“Oh, Boss, what are you doing?”

“Coming down to get water.”

“Yingying?”

Isn't Yingying usually the one doing this kind of work?

“She went to brush her teeth.”

Zhou Ze walked to the water dispenser, poured a cup of water, and then squinted slightly, looking at Attorney An.

Attorney An felt as if countless sharp swords were piercing through him crazily!

“What do you mean?”

Zhou Ze asked.

“No… nothing.” Attorney An smiled awkwardly but politely.

“I heard your slogan upstairs just now, it was very loud. What's wrong, is the lawyer industry not doing well recently? Are you thinking of switching to being a motivational speaker for high school and junior high school students?”

“No.”

Zhou Ze didn't look at Attorney An anymore, but turned to face Old Zhang,

His tone was much calmer,

And he said gently:

“What happened?”

“…………” An couldn't afford it!

Old Zhang moved his lips, but he still handed the phone to Zhou Ze, but this time, he didn't say anything, and he didn't try to force the boss to take care of this matter.

After reading for a while, Zhou Ze put down the phone and said, "What's going on?"

“It's a law enforcement team sent by the Yinji. It should be a small team, maybe only three or four people. I went to Rugao this afternoon, and one of my clients died in his own courtyard. The way he died was very similar to the style of the law enforcement team.

I wasn't sure at first, but the three melting corpses found at the foot of Wolf Mountain basically confirmed that there is a law enforcement team operating in our Tong City area right now.”

Hearing this, Zhou Ze didn't rush to express his opinion, but looked into Attorney An's eyes, “Are you familiar with them?”

“Ah? Um, maybe yes, maybe not…”

“That shouldn't be…” Zhou Ze was puzzled.

“What's wrong, Boss?”

“Generally speaking, the people who have grudges against you are basically good people.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Old Zhang immediately nodded in agreement.

“…………” Attorney An.

Zhou Ze had also heard it before. In fact, Old Zhang also felt that Attorney An was deliberately provoking him to ask Zhou Ze to take care of this matter.

Actually, Zhou Ze knew Attorney An's personality. Except for not being as salty as himself, the rest of his behavior was very similar to his own.

And there was one point that everyone agreed on extremely, they would cower completely when they should.

Why today…

Zhou Ze put the teacup on the bar, pulled out a chair, sat down,

And said:

“Old An, tell me the truth, what's going on?”

Attorney An pursed his lips and said somewhat reluctantly, "This might be a little sentimental."

"It's okay, I just slept for a while, and I'm not sleepy now. I'll just listen to a story."

"This story might not be very happy."

"That's even better. Telling us about your unhappy things will make us happy."

“Boss, this is what happened. Decades ago, before King Chujiang ordered the confinement of the law enforcement team, the law enforcement team had a lot of face in the Yinji.

They were not only responsible for enforcing the law on Yinji personnel, but also involved in some matters in the Yang realm.

At its peak, the leader of the law enforcement team could be said to be the number one person below the Ten Yama in terms of influence.

But later, for some unknown reason, Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha personally issued a decree, and King Chujiang personally came out of his fiefdom and suppressed him. It's unclear whether he's dead or alive now.

And his law enforcement team also suffered a huge blow, and the remaining members were all confined."

Zhou Ze picked at his ears,

Frowned slightly,

Interrupted Attorney An's account,

And said:

"Not sad?"

Attorney An took a deep breath and said very seriously:

"I used to like a woman."

"Does 'used to' mean yesterday or last week?"

"Boss, I really used to love a woman deeply, very, very deeply, to the point of being obsessed."

Zhou Ze stopped teasing,

Because he could feel that Attorney An was telling the truth.

Maybe he used to follow his heart, but now, no matter how much he follows, he's just following his kidneys.

"And then?"

"She died at the hands of the law enforcement team."

Zhou Ze suddenly understood, no wonder.

“Heh, why didn’t you tell me yourself?”

Attorney An also sat down, picked up the teacup, took a big sip, and said:

"I'm sorry."

Not sorry for talking about past love affairs, but sorry for bothering Zhou Ze at this time, and dragging everyone in the bookstore into a dangerous situation in order to avenge himself.

Actually,

Attorney An's mentality was the same as Old Zhang's mentality before.

Zhou Ze lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then exhaled a smoke ring,

And said:

"Since she's been dead for so long, don't take it to heart anymore."

Attorney An picked up the cup again, took two big sips of water, and then replied:

"Yes, that's right."

Old Zhang also fell silent.

Zhou Ze stood up,

Stretched,

"Alright, I'm going up."

"Okay, Boss, rest early."

Zhou Ze walked upstairs.

Attorney An and Old Zhang sat by the bar,

The two of them,

Were a little quiet.

"Want to drink?" Old Zhang asked.

Attorney An shook his head,

"Alcohol is hard to numb my consciousness anymore. Alright, you should rest early too. I didn't tell you the truth before, they won't stay in Tong City for too long, and they don't dare to kill too many people."

Just then,

Footsteps came from the stairs,

Boss Zhou, who had changed into pajamas and put on a hooded sweatshirt, walked down from upstairs again.

When he walked past the bar,

Seeing Old Zhang and Attorney An sitting woodenly in their seats,

He stopped,

Turned his head,

Zhou Ze looked at them,

And said impatiently:

"What are you standing there for? Go deal with them."