Letter from Ziteng Incense Candle Shop

After a miserable day, I saw a newspaper headline early the next morning.Although the police have been blocking media reports, the case is too big to avoid news leaks.

The person who leaked the information was the person who discovered the case, a milkman.He went to deliver the milk in the morning as usual, but found that the building was surprisingly quiet.He didn't care at first, but then there was a big puddle of blood at the door of the house where the milk was ordered.And the blood was coming out from under the door crack.

He immediately knocked on the door of that family, but no one answered.Then he knocked on the next door to ask what happened.But also no one.He knocked on the doors of several houses in a row. He felt that something was wrong, so he called the police.

The police called a locksmith to open the door.Later, the media also interviewed the locksmith.The locksmith said he was so scared that he almost needed counseling.It was not the first time he had done this kind of thing for the police, and he was ready to open the door and see the dead.Unexpectedly, when the door was opened, what he saw was not a dead person, but a pile of corpses.Open another door and see the living room full of intestines.

After opening three doors, he refused to open them again.Later, another locksmith continued to open.As far as he knew, there were only eight households living in the five-story building. Except for one household who was not at home, all of them were slaughtered and no one was alive.

The media embellished the incident to make it look like a horror novel.People keep reporting seeing long-haired or purple humanoid monsters near Luyi Street in the West District.

All the forums and BBS on the Internet are full of uproar, almost everyone is in danger.There are also gossip reports that the relevant departments ordered the police to solve the case within a time limit in order to stabilize people's hearts.

Unlike human newspapers, "Zero Daily" did not have a large report, only a small grid wrote about the day, a whole team of ghost messengers appeared in the first hall of the underworld, but there were still escaped souls.

The main page was taken over by foreign gangs.The ghost boss talked about the zombie leader, and the union members intervened, but the mediation failed, and instead the three parties fought.The whole story reads like a gangster novel.

There are also many ways to defend against zombies.But it's too complicated, not as simple as in the "Doomsday Handbook", just blow the zombie's head off.

When I mention zombies, I think of the promise I made to Uncle Chen.I don't know how Lao Zhang is doing now.I asked my cousin yesterday, he didn't know anything about the medicine, but all my grandpa's things are in the small study on the second floor of the shop, let me look for them.

My uncle took me to visit the second floor before, and this is the second time I have come up.The room was tidy and tidy, the same as when grandpa was alive.Like he just went out and will be back soon.The small study next to the bedroom is filled with several cabinets of books.Most of them are in traditional characters, and there are some characters that I can't understand at all.

There is a full clear glass window in front of the desk in the study.I pushed the window open to let the fresh air soften the musty smell of the old pages.

For a moment, there seemed to be a small voice.I turned around and there was nothing.There was a book with blank pages on the desk, and the pages were flipped open by the wind.

"Could it be that there are cockroaches?" These are words from ancient books, and it's not good to be bitten. "Should I buy some insecticide or something..."

Walking to the bookcase, flipping through the books casually, "Compendium of Materia Medica, Manuscript of Hundred Wood Scrolls... Where are the medicines for zombie bites?"

Originally, I was just talking to myself, but just after I finished speaking, I heard a slap, as if something fell to the ground.I turned around to check, and found that this row of bookshelves had dropped a book on the ground.It's strange, I put it on the bookshelf just now, but I didn't touch the shelf, and there was no earthquake.

"It's not a cockroach, is it a mouse?"

I picked up the notebook, and it was a handwritten notebook.Open it and it is full of words written by grandpa.On the first page, there is a flat and round box drawn by hand, which is exactly the one Uncle Chen showed me that day.

There is a prescription at the back, which also states the amount of raw materials and where the medicinal materials are purchased.

What luck!I took the notebook and went downstairs, and suddenly remembered that the study room had been unused for a while, so why didn't there be a little dust?Even the books are well maintained, as if they are cleaned every day.

The old ghosts are still missing, and they always feel that this shop is getting weirder and weirder.Without thinking too much, I quickly locked the door and went home.

Most of the medicinal materials are fairly easy to find, including Angelica dahurica, Artemisia argyi, and Cangzhu, as well as dried lychee stalks and glutinous rice, and the most important herbal medicine is Calamus calamus.

This kind of plant is not so difficult to find, but the booklet states that you must go to Chengxi Temple to pick it.I couldn’t find Chengxi Temple on the Internet. Fortunately, the address was recorded in the book. Grandpa might be afraid that he would not remember it, so he even drew a map by hand.He attaches so much importance to it, there must be a special reason why he must use the Nine-section Calamus there.

Coincidentally, Chengxi Temple is located on Luyi Street in the West District.Although I don't really want to go to the West District during this time, I can only bite the bullet and go to save Lao Zhang.

I spent too much time buying other medicinal materials, and it was already afternoon when I arrived in the West District.Because of that case, the deserted streets became even more desolate.Even in the daytime, there are few people. When I came last time, banners protesting demolition were hung on some balconies, and clothes were hung to dry.I can't see them all now.

If it weren't for the construction team, it would be like entering a ghost street.

Occasionally, you will meet some curious young people or reporters who are looking for thrills, and you can also meet patrolling police officers.

I didn't dare to pass by that building, and took a small path to Chengxi Temple as shown on the map.But I didn't expect the streets in the West District to be so complicated, and the alleys that I thought would work were actually blocked.I had no choice but to keep going around, because demolition was going on everywhere, and many original roads were blocked because of the collapsed walls.

When I was considering whether to go back first, I looked up and saw a corner of gray tiles on the wall.Over the top of the wall, there is a deserted small courtyard below.There is a dilapidated blue-tiled house in the middle of the courtyard.The half-broken stone tablet next to it is engraved with "West Temple".Although the word "city" is gone, it should be the place I'm looking for.

The small courtyard is filled with stone pools.The blue tile house is surrounded by the pool, and there is a broken stone bridge on it.A lot of broken debris and fallen bricks and stones fell into the pool, but the water in the pool was still clean.

Around the pool are clusters of green plants with toothed leaves and small white flowers in full bloom.Although it is not the flowering period now, the appearance of the nine-section calamus is indeed correct.

I jumped off the wall, took out the prepared bag and went to the pool to pick.Ripples were created on the calm water, and the water droplets on the calamus leaves fell on the stones, making a slight sound.There was silence in all directions, and the sound of construction seemed particularly distant.

It is really rare for a deserted temple to have such a quiet atmosphere.But it will soon be destroyed by human desires.

I couldn't help but sighed softly, looking at the emerald green in the water.Suddenly, I found a pair of shiny black eyes in the water, seeming to be looking at me through the green leaves.

"Wow..." I was so scared that I fell to the ground and looked at the pool water, only to find that there was nothing at the bottom of the clear water.Sure enough, it was what happened before that made me suspicious.

It's all the fault of that boring note who took me to that kind of place!And that forensic doctor is also very hateful, deliberately scary!

The roots and flowers of Iris calamus are the main medicinal materials, so the whole plant must be picked up carefully.I felt that I might not be able to pick them in the future, so I picked a lot.

After packing up, I found that it was already sunset.There is no one living around here, and it gets dark very quickly without lights.Feeling a little leaky, I put the bag in my backpack.The exit of the temple was also blocked by the broken wall, so I had to climb over the wall again to leave.

Leaped up and clasped the top of the wall with his hands, trying to climb up.Hearing the sound of the wind above my head, I raised my head and met a pair of red eyes.Human eyes don't glow red, and I saw such eyes that night.