Chapter 341: Steel Mace
Time flies and it’s the Lantern Festival.
People have long since recovered from the New Year atmosphere. Except for occasionally seeing students in convenience stores who are reluctant to go to school, things are the same as usual.
"Mr. Li? I have your express delivery."
"It's me, just leave it by the door."
The courier boy struggled to put a long box next to the door:
"What is it? It's so heavy?"
Li Chengqi smiled and said nothing, and the courier boy just asked casually. Seeing that Li Chengqi was too lazy to say anything, he just got on the electric tricycle and continued delivering the goods.
The computer screen at the cashier showed that Yang Yiyi was taking a boat.
Now that she decided to verify the list, Yang Yiyi made some preparations, said goodbye to Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, and got on the boat bound for the south to go down the river.
The person she wanted to confirm was a senior sister named Zhang Hongyu who had married three years ago. At that time, she was said to have married to Wuzhou, south of Liuzhou. However, three years later, no one had received a letter from her.
In the past, I only thought that it might be that the road was too far and it was difficult to deliver letters, but after experiencing the incident of being sent to Liu's family to be used as a furnace by the master, the whereabouts of this senior sister is difficult to say.
It takes about a week to take a boat down the river to Wuzhou, so the distance is not too far or too close.
After seven days on the boat, Li Chengqi, who returned behind the cash register shortly after dawn, saw the large passenger ship docking.
Zhang Hongyu lives in Wanghai City in Wuzhou, which is exactly where the ship docks. You can go there directly after getting off the ship.
It is indeed not a trouble. Yang Yiyi plans to go and see the situation, and then write a letter to He Ling to report it, and the matter will be settled.
Stepping on the wooden board and stepping off the boat, Yang Yiyi shrank her neck.
The temperature in the south is higher than that in the north, but the humidity is high, and a damp and cold air penetrates the neck.
People were already coming and going on the pier early in the morning, and boatmen busy unloading and loading ships were everywhere.
Li Chengqi picked up the microphone and said to Yang Yiyi when no one was paying attention:
"You find a secluded place, I have something for you."
Originally, the most private room was her own room in the cabin, but the timing was unlucky. Li Chengqi's express delivery had just arrived, and Yang Yiyi's had just disembarked.
She obediently followed the flow of people on the pier, found an alley that was empty of people and full of debris, and walked in in a few steps.
Li Chengqi used a utility knife to cut open the carton. The first thing he saw were two black metal rods, and there were two leather cases beside them that could fit them in nicely.
These two rod-shaped objects are completely black, have threads on them, have edges without edges, and are extremely thick. The temporary welded handguard is made of pure copper, and a layer of cloth is wrapped around the lower grip to make it suitable for gripping.
Some are similar to steel whips or steel maces, edged but not edged, and cannot be used by those who are not extremely strong.
But actually, the main body of this thing is two HB400 rebars...
Modern metallurgical technology is not comparable to that of ancient people. In modern times, ancient magical weapons can be wholesaled for you, and you can make as many as you want.
Rebar was originally used to build buildings. It has super hardness and toughness, and is also very wear-resistant.
Isn't this a powerful weapon?
So Li Chengqi found an online seller of custom-made collectible swords and asked them if he could make a mace out of rebar. The seller thought Li Chengqi was going to use this thing to make a video of his work, so he didn’t even ask. It's done with effort.
Even if this thing is not sharpened, it is enough to crack someone's head in one blow, which is just right for Yang Yiyi, who has high bones and muscles.
Yang Yiyi also waved it a few times and felt that it was quite handy.
It can be said that unless something unscientific is mixed in, the mace made of rebar is enough for her to walk sideways.
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Yang Yiyi has never learned how to use a steel mace, but she has learned how to use the Flying Knife. As I said at the beginning, this swordsmanship does not necessarily require the use of a knife. You can also use two sticks. Of course, two maces are also fine.
She played with it in the deserted alley for a while, and she liked it very much. She put on the leather holster and carried it behind her back, just like a Ninja Turtle...
But this is not the main purpose. Let's go to her senior sister Zhang Hongyu first.
He Ling's letter mentioned Liu Hongyu's address. Yang Yiyi walked out of the pier and asked passers-by for a while, and soon came to a residential house.
The houses in this area all have courtyards with second entrances. The people who live here are not necessarily wealthy, but they must be middle class.
Yang Yiyi met a vegetable seller at the intersection and asked her about Zhang Hongyu's location.
At this time, light snow started to fall in the sky. Yang Yiyi walked to the door and knocked twice. Seeing that no one answered the door, she knocked twice again: "Is there anyone there?"
After waiting for a while, no one answered the door.
Yang Yiyi was a little suspicious that she had found the wrong place. At this time, Li Chengqi said: "Something's wrong. No one has lived here for a long time."
"I got the wrong address?"
Li Chengqi lowered his voice and said;
"Look at the large piece of dust on the steps in front of the door. Except for the one you just stepped on, there are no other footprints at all."
If someone lived in it, it would be impossible to accumulate so much dust without cleaning it. Even if you are too lazy to clean it, you still have to leave the door, right?
"I estimate that no one has lived there for at least a month or two. Look at the dust on the door shaft. There are no traces of movement at all."
Yang Yiyi took two steps back and asked:
"Brother Li, what do you think?"
"Either He Ling gave me the wrong address, or something happened to you, Senior Sister Zhang, and your family."
But when I asked someone just now, I didn't seem to hear anything special. In other words, even though the family hadn't been around for a long time, there wasn't anything like a death that caused a fuss.
"Go in and take a look, maybe there will be any clues."
When Yang Yiyi heard this, she looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her. She jumped over the courtyard wall and jumped in.
When you enter the yard from the second door, the first thing you see is the firewood shed. There are still a lot of firewood piled inside. It seems that the family left suddenly. If they left in a planned way, they would not buy so much firewood.
Pushing open another door, the door to the inner courtyard was unlocked. This time, we could see three large tile-roofed houses. The courtyard in the middle was full of fallen leaves that had not been cleaned.
Li Chengqi zoomed in on the camera and took a careful look at the yard.
"The fallen leaves on the ground have no trace of being stepped on. Judging from the amount, they are estimated to be a month or two old."
After all, it is after autumn that a large number of leaves fall, which at least means that the family left before autumn.
Li Chengqi asked Yang Yiyi to avoid the fallen leaves and leave no traces, and to continue walking forward and enter one of the rooms.
This room was for people to live in, and it was fully furnished. Yang Yiyi reached out and touched the dust on it. The thickness was very different from the dust seen at the door.
Opening the closet, there were still a lot of clothes in it. The family may have left in a hurry and only took some gold and silver items with them instead of moving normally.
However, after looking around, he didn't see any clues that could prove where the family had gone. Yang Yiyi walked out of the room and turned to the room on the left side of the yard.
This should be a guest room, and it seems there aren't many signs of use.
At this moment, Yang Yiyi heard the sound of breaking wind coming from above her head.
When I looked up, I saw a man in black swooping down from the rafters like a swallow!
(End of chapter)