Tie Jingang is indeed a professional intelligence broker. According to the detailed address he provided, Yin Xiu and Luo Wei soon arrived at a street in the Bronx.
Yin Xiu's impression of the Bronx also comes from some episodes when she watched "Red Zone" in her "previous life".
In his impression, this place should be full of hooligans who collect protection fees, gangsters who steal things, and poisonous insects who don't know whether they are dead or alive.
However, it seems that there are such scenes everywhere in Gaotan, so Yin Xiu is not surprised.
This street is far away from the main road, with low, dilapidated apartments on both sides. Various awnings protrude from the bottom of the apartments. Under the awnings are small plots of land for street people's business.
Most of the craftsmen here are engaged in tailoring business such as repairing clothes, shoes, hats and coats, sewing and mending, and earning some craft fees.
In addition, there are a few stalls selling villain books.
"It's weird enough."
Luo Wei touched his face and said, "We sell some villain books here that even our own people may not understand. Will a ghost guy buy them?"
Yin Xiu picked up a book casually, flipped through a few pages, and found that what she picked up above was the story of young Li Kui and Sun Erniang. The description was vivid and passionate, and it was so detailed that she was so absorbed in reading it that she ignored Luo Wei's words.
When I saw the most exciting thing and was about to turn the page, a hand stretched out and covered the book.
That hand belongs to the stall owner.
"Young students, you have to pay for the next part." He smiled.
"Then I'll come again next time."
Yin Xiu put the book back on the stall.
He was not in a hurry to find someone to ask about things, so he just continued shopping with Luo Wei.
In front of a fortune-telling stall, Luo Wei stopped.
It seems that fortune-telling stalls everywhere have the same style, with a yellow cloth on the ground and two low stools. Whether it is in Hong Kong Island or Ko Tam, such a simple configuration can set up a fortune-telling stall.
The fortune teller is a man with a mustache, a melon hat, and black sunglasses.
His name was written on the cloth on the ground - Mr. Babao.
After Luo Wei and Yin Xiu exchanged a look, he sat down in front of the stall and stretched out his left hand.
The fortune teller seemed to have waited for a long time before he came to do business. He raised his head and glanced at Luo Wei, feeling a little confused.
"Neon gold?"
"People from Kyushu."
Luo Wei muttered in his heart, thinking that this fortune teller couldn't even tell his nationality, let alone anything else, so he got up and wanted to leave.
The fortune teller quickly grabbed him and said repeatedly: "Brother, brother, help me open a business. I haven't opened the business yet today, so just think of it as a favor. At most, I'll give you a fortune."
"Is that so? It would be different if there were gifts."
Seeing that Luo Wei finally sat down in his seat, the fortune teller quickly took out a lottery tube and shook it in his hand, making a faint sound.
"Brother, what are you counting? Fortune, marriage, descendants?"
"Let's take a palmistry first."
"Okay."
The fortune teller leaned closer and said, "The man is on the left and the woman is on the right."
"Okay."
Rowe stretched out his hand.
As soon as he spread his hands, the fortune teller shouted loudly.
"Brother, this is your longevity palmistry. Look at this lifeline."
The fortune teller's fan followed Luo Wei's hand from one end to the other.
"You have to live to be a hundred years old, at least!"
Luo Wei smiled and thought that you were half right. Rakshasa's lifespan is already very long. Wouldn't it be easy to live a hundred years old?
However, the next moment, the fortune teller clicked his tongue, frowned, and shook his head repeatedly.
"No, no, no..."
He looked up at Luo Wei's face and pointed: "Brother, I see there are dark clouds on your face..."
"The hall is dark." Yin Xiu added.
"Yes, yes, the hall is dark."
The fortune teller calculated with his fingers, "If it goes as expected, you will definitely suffer a bloody disaster within half a month, which will endanger your life!"
"Ah? So unlucky?" Luo Wei responded looking very surprised.
"Then shouldn't you go back and prepare for the funeral?" Yin Xiu said.
"You're right."
Luo Wei stood up.
The fortune teller also stood up quickly, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, brother, your life is at stake, it's very urgent, but with my Mr. Babao here, there is nothing that cannot be solved."
Afraid that Luo Wei and Yin Xiu wouldn't believe it, he added: "Moreover, this is your destined calamity, brother. As long as you pass this calamity, you will be able to survive. From now on, you will be reborn as a phoenix and you will have smooth sailing and great wealth." Expensive! ”
"Oh..."
Luo Wei sat down again and suddenly asked him: "Do you want to find a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits?"
"What Taoist priest are you looking for?"
The fortune teller pointed at himself and said, "I know everything."
"Exorcism?"
"I will."
"Feng shui?"
"I will too."
"Shocked?"
"My strengths."
"Sending a child to have a baby?"
"Ah???"
The fortune teller was stunned for a moment, then sat back on the stool dejectedly, with a depressed expression on his face, "You two, it turns out that you are here to have fun with me, Mr. Eight Treasures?"
After a pause, he sighed and said: "Well, most of today's young people don't believe this either.
What's more, for those who come to North America, who can believe that they have a good life and can survive? ”
"There is no need to be so depressed."
Yin Xiu put away her joking mood and stuffed a small bundle of banknotes into the fortune teller's pocket.
"But we really need to find a Taoist priest."
"I said, if you really want to solve the problem, just come to me. I can do what a Taoist priest can do. If I can't do it, you probably can't go to a Taoist priest."
"However, I really need the help of a Taoist priest."
Yin Xiu flicked his wrist, and a palm-sized compass appeared in his hand.
The hands made of emeralds on the top are particularly conspicuous.
As soon as the fortune teller saw this Feng Shui compass, he immediately understood Yin Xiu's identity.
He made a Taoist gesture and said in a low voice: "It's not the beautiful Huanglong sect who learned from Mr. Dongpo without asking for advice."
"Actually, my friend lent it to me."
"Your friend?" The fortune teller was a little confused.
"Yes, I am not a Feng Shui master, I am..."
Yin Xiu turned the back of her hand and found another Five Emperors Coin lying in her palm.
Although the fortune teller travels around the world and often makes random nonsense to fool people, his vision and knowledge have also been honed by traveling around the world.
He recognized Yin Xiu's identity through the Five Emperors' Money - a disciple of Maoshan. In this way, he understood that this was a Taoist matter, not a Xuanmen matter, and it was not something that he, a fortune teller who only knew one and a half tricks, could get involved in.
Because this is a very profound and professional matter.
The fortune teller has learned nothing else over the years here. He has only learned that professional things should be left to professionals.
So he didn't ask any more questions, and just told him frankly: "About ten years ago, there was a Taoist priest here from the Laoshan sect, who probably came here at the same time as us.
It is said that he originally went to Jinshan to dig gold for several years and had some income, so he went to Gaotan and opened a dojo.
He has powerful magical powers and often helps his neighbors see doctors, exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts, and has done a lot of good deeds.
The man's surname was Hong, so people here called him Taoist Master Hong. ”
Director Hong?
Both Yin Xiu and Luo Wei subconsciously connected this name with the title "Red Emperor".
Since he is a Laoshan Taoist priest and his surname is Hong, he can only be the "Red Emperor".
"Where is he?" Luo Wei asked impatiently.
"Director Hong..."
The fortune teller looked gloomy, "He has passed away and passed away."
"Huh?"
Luo Wei turned his head and asked Yin Xiu with his eyes.
However, Yin Xiu was not as surprised as him, but looked indifferent - maybe the Taoist priest faked his death?
After all, his Taoist skills can make the dead move. Although it is not possible to bring the dead back to life, it should not be difficult to create a corpse.
Ignoring the fortune teller's words, Yin Xiu asked him: "Where is his dojo?"
The fortune teller wrote the address of the place on a piece of paper, "It's in that apartment, but I don't know if it's still there. After all, the Taoist priest is gone, and the dojo will be deserted, right?"
Yin Xiu and Luo Wei got up and left.
When he was about to leave, Luo Wei fell behind and turned around again, "By the way, you said I had a bloody disaster, were you kidding me?"
"I never joke."
The fortune teller said seriously: "I did see a black air on your face, which is a bad sign in the fortune book."
"Okay, I get it."
After Luo Wei nodded his thanks, he wrapped his windbreaker tighter and left quickly.
After Luo Wei and Yin Xiu walked away, the fortune teller still stood there, looking at the retreating figures of the two young men, feeling that the black energy on their bodies was getting thicker and thicker.
Is this a symbol of some dark and uncertain future? Representing some kind of terrible fate?
The fortune teller didn't know. He pinched his knuckles for a long time and couldn't make a rough calculation.
At this moment, he felt his eyes were itchy. He took off his sunglasses from his face and rubbed his eyes. The world in his field of vision suddenly became bright.
"If that's the case, doesn't it mean that my appearance recently has been inaccurate?"
……
Yin Xiu and Luo Wei followed the address, checking the street signs over and over again, and finally found that they had walked from an area where Tang people lived to a city where ghosts were mixed.
"How come the Taoist priest's dojo is here?"
Luo Wei muttered: "I originally thought he would live very close to those people."
"Taoist priests, what matters is "hiddenness". Living with Tang people, it is very inconvenient to practice magic. It is better to be with a ghost. You can read the secret scriptures to him, and he will not be able to understand a single one. Words.”
"That's true."
Luo Wei nodded and agreed with Yin Xiu's view.
It's just that the apartment in front of me seems to have nothing to do with the dojo.
Its appearance is of course Western-style, with an arcade below and windows above.
According to the fortune teller, the Taoist priest's dojo is on the second floor, and the entire second floor belongs to him.
However, seeing those sexy pictures sticking out of the window now, Yin Xiu was not sure.
Especially at the bottom of the arcade, at the entrance, there are still a few people standing with bells hanging, and they look like thugs in their clothes.
As soon as Yin Xiu approached, one of them came up to him and shook his head.
Although he is quite casual, he does not seem to be as rude as others, but treats everyone equally with the indifference towards strangers.
"You two, are you looking for someone?"
"We are looking for..."
Before Luo Wei finished speaking, Yin Xiu said first: "We are not here to find anyone, we are here to fight."
"Fighting?"
The man frowned, his eyes immediately became fierce, and he asked Yin Xiu with wide eyes: "Fight? Are you sure?"
"Of course."
Yin Xiu took out the money from his pocket with a smile.
As soon as the man saw the money, his expression immediately changed. He covered Yin Xiu's hand and the money with one hand, and said with a smile: "Hey, fight, I know, all the girls here are good at fighting."
As he spoke, he glanced at Luo Wei again and raised his eyebrows playfully, "Is it a one-on-one fight, two against one, or a group fight?"
No matter how slow Luo Wei was, he already understood at this time that these people downstairs were grooms, that is, pimps.
The people upstairs...
Luo Wei felt his head was heavy and asked in a low voice: "Are we looking in the wrong place?"
"That's right, it's right here!"
Yin Xiu's voice became louder. He hugged the groom and said, "We are people of martial ethics. We don't like to bully the minority with more people. What we talk about is fairness and justice. Please help us find a suitable opponent. He must be very capable." If you find one that can’t be beaten, I won’t pay you.”
"Don't worry, don't worry."
The groom showed a smile that all men understand, "All the girls here are very good at fighting."
"I can rest assured that you will do things!"
Yin Xiu patted his shoulder and led Luo Wei up.
"Uh..."
Luo Wei still hesitated.
Yin Xiu glanced at him and whispered: "Just treat it as an undercover mission. Even when your police team arrests those stables, you have to find someone to pretend to be a prostitute, right?"
"A tall and handsome man like me has never been a prostitute!"
"Huh?"
Yin Xiu gave him a strange look, "Have you never been an undercover agent?"
"Of course I have! But I have never pretended to be a prostitute!"
Luo Wei argued: "With my temperament, if I want to play, I will play a lawyer or a judge."
"Aren't those people who were originally with the gang?"
Saying that, Yin Xiu ignored Luo Wei's protests and pulled him upstairs.
When Luo Wei heard the fierce sounds of fighting in various rooms, as well as the movements of the two sides fighting each other, there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Outside the room, a plump Mama Sang was leaning against the yellow wall, smoking and looking at Yin Xiu and Luo Wei.
"You two, come with me?"
"Wait a moment, we two brothers say goodbye, and I will tell him something."
She had seen no one in Mamasang, no matter how weird his hobbies, the way he spoke, and the way he behaved, so she just nodded and continued to smoke while ignoring them.
At this time, Yin Xiu finally told Luo Wei her plan.
He shook the compass in his hand.
"The two of us split up and found the Taoist priest's altar. Even if he is really dead, the traces left by the altar will not disappear easily. If you find it, you will also find the Taoist priest." (End of this chapter)