Chapter 17 Alliance

"But..." Zhou Qing paused, raising his head with a puzzled expression, "Master Yu, why did the night watchman give us two rhinoceros horns? Is the other one for backup, or does it have some other meaning?"

Yu Chengmu was taken aback by the question. His thin eyebrows twitched a few times. He didn't know the answer to this question either, but he didn't want to lose face in front of his two subordinates. So, he tapped the table lightly with one hand, stroked his goatee with the other, narrowed his eyes, and dragged out his voice like an otherworldly master, "Hehe, heavenly secrets cannot be revealed..."

Zhou Qing looked at him with admiration. "...Master Yu is awesome!"

Zhang Junyu thought to himself, "Heh."

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"We must get justice for Xiaofeng!" In another compartment, Lei Mingyu's eyes were bloodshot.

Du Moyu leaned back in his chair. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Chen Hao. "When you were observing Yu Chengmu before, that Abiao noticed. I think your identity might be exposed."

"They won't let us leave here alive," Du Moyu added with some concern.

"What, you coward, are you scared?" Lei Mingyu stood up, glaring at the helpless-looking Du Moyu. "If they don't let us go, I won't let them go either. Xiaofeng's matter can't be left like this!"

"Can you be reasonable? Did I say I was going to let it go?" Du Moyu was scolded by Lei Mingyu one after another. Coupled with Pang Xiaofeng's death, his emotions were a little out of control, and anger appeared on his face.

"Stop saying a few words, is it not chaotic enough?" Chen Hao stood up. After looking at Du Moyu, the latter restrained his emotions. Then, Chen Hao looked at Lei Mingyu, his eyes quite worried. "Control yourself, don't be affected by that door."

"I know." Lei Mingyu clenched his fists and sat back down.

"Now, say a few words less, and listen to me." Chen Hao was the leader of this group. "You can all see the current situation. Yu Chengmu and the others are a group of grave robbers, and now it's not just a matter of avenging Xiaofeng. No matter what we do, they won't let us go."

"There are 5 of them, and only 3 of us. Not only are we outnumbered, but in this world, Yu Chengmu's experience is something we don't have. If we rely on ourselves to fight them head-on, we can't last until Mingyu's door awakens."

Chen Hao took a deep breath. "We need to find helpers. I suggest trying to contact Wang Fugui and Jiang Cheng in Jiang City. It's best to form an alliance with them."

"That Jiang Cheng looks like a smart guy. He won't fail to understand the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'. If we're all finished, the next ones will be them. Yu Chengmu won't let them go."

"I agree." Du Moyu raised his hand. "I'll contact them now."

Chen Hao took out his phone and waved his hand at Du Moyu. "No need for you. You're a social recluse who's good at scheming behind the scenes. This kind of thing isn't suitable for you. Pay attention to the movements nearby."

"What about me?" Lei Mingyu asked quickly.

"Mingyu, you go and rest." Chen Hao said seriously to him, "In the current situation, Du Moyu and I can still handle it, but two days later, if we really have to fight them desperately, we'll still have to rely on you."

Lei Mingyu also felt that the door in his body was stirring, constantly provoking his nerves. His control over his emotions was becoming increasingly weak. If this continued, something big might happen.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lei Mingyu was a man of action. He ignored Du Moyu, went to the bed, adjusted his mood, and lay down honestly, not forgetting to cover himself with the quilt.

After thinking over the events that had happened during this period, Chen Hao dialed Jiang Cheng's phone. Like last time, after being hung up twice in a row, he finally got in touch with Jiang Cheng, who was as cautious as a dog.

"Mr. Jiang, Pang Xiaofeng is dead. Just now, a ghost disguised as him knocked on our door." Chen Hao went straight to the point. "It was Yu Chengmu who did it. Yu Chengmu, Jia Jinliang, and Abiao are in the same group. They are very strong. I hope our two groups can cooperate and..."

"Why should I cooperate with you?" Jiang Cheng asked back. "They killed your people, not targeting us. And you said they are very strong."

"They are a group of grave robbers, Mr. Jiang. As long as their identities are exposed in the mission, they won't let us go." Chen Hao said in a low voice, "Mr. Jiang, you also suspect their identities, don't you? I noticed that you are also secretly observing them." suduxs.com

"I'm also secretly observing you. Your secrets are no less than theirs." Jiang Cheng sneered, his words able to choke people to death.

Du Moyu was furious. It seemed that being nice and discussing things wouldn't work. He planned to give Jiang Cheng a strong dose of medicine. After brewing his emotions, he snatched Chen Hao's phone. "Jiang Cheng, don't be so shameless. Do you understand the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'? If we fall, with just you and that fatty, you can..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a scolding from the other side of the phone. Jiang Cheng stood on a chair, not giving him any face. "I'm telling you, you stinky writer, who do you think you're talking to! I've got you. You write horror stories, right? I'll report you when I get out of here, smash your rice bowl, and make you beg for food at the subway station every day!"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Chen Hao smiled bitterly and took back the phone. "Okay, Mr. Jiang, don't be like him. I know you have a lot of questions you want to ask. Go ahead, I'll tell you everything I know."

Jiang Cheng wanted this kind of attitude. Yu Chengmu and Jia Jinliang were their common threat, and Jiang Cheng understood this. Forming an alliance was possible, but he had to be the one in control.

Jiang Cheng didn't ask sensitive questions like their real identities, firstly because he couldn't immediately tell the truth from the false, and secondly, knowing the other party's real identity would only bring him trouble.

The most important question in front of him was how to survive this mission.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Cheng asked the first question: "You said that a ghost disguised as Pang Xiaofeng knocked on your door, so I'm curious, how did you survive?"

Upon hearing this, the fatty next to him widened his eyes like bells. He couldn't even imagine opening the door to a ghost.

Chen Hao smiled bitterly. "Do you remember the two things that the night watchman gave us? After burning them, the light they emit can reveal ghosts." After a pause, he continued to explain, "The ghost revealed a flaw in the communication and was discovered by us. It also cared a lot about that little thing."

"After burning it, you can see ghosts?" Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment, picked up the little thing beside him, looked at it carefully, and then weighed it in his hand, revealing a look of understanding. He said in a low voice, "It's a rhinoceros horn."

"That's right, it's a rhinoceros horn." Chen Hao nodded. "We only realized it after revealing the ghost."

"After revealing it, what happened?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Nothing happened. The ghost stared at the three of us, then opened the door and left." Chen Hao wasn't going to hide these things from Jiang Cheng. He was sincere, and after the initial contact, he increasingly believed that Jiang Cheng was a qualified ally. He wasn't afraid of Jiang Cheng being strong, but he was afraid of him being useless.

Then, Chen Hao took the initiative to tell Jiang Cheng about the situation Pang Xiaofeng encountered in the mourning hall, which Pang Xiaofeng had told them through his phone before his death.

Putting these things together, Jiang Cheng's mind became clearer about the ins and outs of the matter. "That's right, it seems that Pang Xiaofeng was indeed framed, by Yu Chengmu, the person he replaced." Jiang Cheng said in a low voice, "I paid attention to the time everyone spent in the mourning hall. Wang Fugui and Lei Mingyu from your group both spent half an hour, while Yu Chengmu spent a full 44 minutes. He did something in the mourning hall. The person who should have died was actually Abiao."

"That's how it is." Chen Hao couldn't help but nod upon hearing Jiang Cheng's analysis.

"You were also very dangerous just now. If the ghost had taken the remaining rhinoceros horn, to put it bluntly, all three of you might have died." Jiang Cheng said in a deep voice, "I now understand the role of the two rhinoceros horns a little bit."

Hearing this, Chen Hao became interested and couldn't help but lean forward. "Please tell me in detail, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Cheng didn't answer the question directly, but instead asked, "Do you remember how the night watchman handed the two rhinoceros horns to you?"

Chen Hao frowned, then slowly recalled, "He walked into our compartment, then took out two rhinoceros horns and threw them on the table." After saying this, Chen Hao seemed to suddenly understand, and his expression changed accordingly.

A moment later, Jiang Cheng's voice came faintly, "Right? Isn't that strange? He could have directly given you the rhinoceros horns, but instead he went to the trouble of bringing them into the room."

"Also, if I remember correctly, the night watchman said that these two rhinoceros horns were kept for emergencies, and he specifically emphasized that there were two in each compartment."

"Why not per group, but per compartment as the unit of calculation?" Jiang Cheng's tone was strange.

Chen Hao was sweating profusely. "Because... because these two rhinoceros horns can't be taken out of the compartment at all. Inside the compartment, they are life-saving things. Outside the compartment, they will only harm people's lives!"

"Mr. Jiang, I am honored to cooperate with you." Chen Hao took a deep breath and said sincerely.

Jiang Cheng glanced at the fatty sitting on the side looking eagerly, then narrowed his eyes slightly and chuckled a few times into the phone in a thought-provoking tone. "These are just the basics. My teammate is the real deal... Hehe."

Chen Hao was shocked when he heard this. "What, Mr. Wang... Mr. Wang also has insights?"

"Hehe, it's too late today, I won't say anything extra. Since Brother Chen proposed an alliance, I can't refuse your face, so let's settle this matter for now." Jiang Cheng appeared very generous.

"Since it's an alliance, I also hope that we can share the information we obtain in the future." Chen Hao lowered his voice. "Mr. Jiang, I remind you not to underestimate Yu Chengmu and the others. This group is a group of grave robbers. This time, they just happened to run into their specialty. It can be confirmed from the fact that Yu Chengmu dared to do something in the mourning hall."

"I know. In addition to Yu Chengmu, that Abiao beside Jia Jinliang is also a tricky guy. You have to be more careful of this person." Jiang Cheng also warned Chen Hao and the others.

Without any greetings, the two hung up the phone. The fatty on the side was anxious. "Doctor, Yu Chengmu and the others are not good people. Is this Chen Hao reliable? We can't be careless!"

Jiang Cheng looked at the fatty up and down with some surprise. "Not bad, you've made progress. Don't worry, I have my own judgment. Chen Hao and the others are not ordinary people either, but he didn't say a word wrong. Now Yu Chengmu is the only one who dominates, and this group is not good people. No matter what the result, they won't let us go."

"First cooperate to kill Yu Chengmu's group, and then if Chen Hao and the others are honest, that's fine. If they dare to play tricks on us, then kill them together." The difficulty of this mission is conceivable. Jiang Cheng has made the worst plan. He doesn't allow anyone to interfere with his plan.

"That's right, we'll wait until Wu Xiong comes out. If they want to mess with us, let Wu Xiong chop them all up. This time, we can even save on garbage bags!" The fatty said fiercely.

"Are you tired? If you're not tired, you can keep watch. I'll sleep for a while." Jiang Cheng patted the fatty's shoulder very sincerely.

The fatty immediately stood up and walked towards the bed, while showing a troubled expression. "Doctor, you said that, but it's okay for me to keep watch, but after all, I went to the mourning hall to keep watch today, and you didn't go, so it's better for you to keep watch, and so many things happened tonight, I'm very sleepy, and you can't rest assured if I keep watch, right?"

"Hehe." Jiang Cheng sneered twice. "Okay, okay, then you can sleep peacefully."

The fatty climbed onto the bed, covered himself with the quilt, and then habitually pulled the quilt to his chin, shrinking his neck into the quilt, which made him feel very safe.

But in less than a minute, he suddenly felt that his surroundings were bright. He opened his eyes and found that Jiang Cheng was walking over with a candle, and then looked at the area under his bed with a strange expression.

"Doctor, what are you doing sneakily?" The fatty suddenly panicked a little.

"It's okay, it's okay, you sleep, I'm just looking under your bed. Chen Hao told me just now that the ghost they revealed likes to drill under the bed. I just caught a glimpse of a human head smiling at me under your bed, it seemed to be Pang Xiaofeng, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye. You sleep, maybe I just saw it wrong."

"Oh, even if it's real, you don't have to worry, he shouldn't climb up to find you." Jiang Cheng comforted, "These are drowned ghosts, they won't break your neck, at most they'll drag you into the water, and then watch you bubble, drowning you alive. I remember you're a good swimmer, fatty, so don't worry, they may not be faster than you in the water. Oh, right, don't forget to take off your shoes, otherwise you won't swim fast with shoes on."

Although the fatty knew that this unethical doctor was talking nonsense, he had to say, these things he said were really refreshing. He wasn't sleepy at all now, and even if he fell asleep, he would probably be racing with water ghosts in his dreams to see who could swim faster.

"I'm not sleeping, doctor." The fatty sat up. "Come on, I'll give you the bed, you can race with the water ghosts to see who can swim faster."

"How can I be so embarrassed." Jiang Cheng quickly lay on the bed, pulled the quilt to his chin, and raised his head slightly to prompt, "Fatty, be smart, call me if there's any situation."

Jiang Cheng slept surprisingly well this night, until he was awakened by a piercing sound.