Chapter 100 XVI. Rules are greater than justice

   If hundreds of streets in Belfast were labelled, the rum neighborhood would no doubt be included in the 'dirty mess' label.

  The Rum District is near the coastline, probably in the third and fourth rows. Just like its name, the whole street is mostly bars. Like strip bars or gigolo bars or something. At the same time, because of the relatively low price, it is often a place for some civilians and sailors to entertain.

   And in the same way, such places tend to breed darkness. Like gangs and punks.

  Rum Block, Fingerless Apartments.

   Door 33 on the second floor, the wooden door was knocked.

   A clutter of footsteps approached from behind the door, the door opened with a click, and the strong smell of wine rushed to my face.

"Who are you?"

   The strong man who opened the door looked at Lu Li a few times, seeing that his temperament was not like an ordinary person, he asked in doubt.

  Behind the strong man, a few thin gangsters like Oliver swayed together, looking up and down at Lu Li with bad eyes.

   Anna behind Lu Li and the others couldn't see it.

   Looking into the house, several gas lamps illuminated the room bright, dirty and full of junk, which is in line with the saying: garbage and garbage live together.

   The strong man moved a bit, blocking Lu Li's sight.

   After a brief silence, Lu Li spoke out about Marcus' organization: "I am an exorcist who is healthy and happy every day, come to know some things, are you the client?"

   "Oh~ come in." The strong man suddenly realized, sideways to clear the way.

   After Lu Li and Anna entered the door, they passed the strong man. The latter shivered involuntarily, feeling inexplicably cold.

   "It's a **** evil door..." Habitually probed into the corridor, the strong man closed the security door.

   Passed by a few people, the strong smell of sweat and tobacco and alcohol made Lu Li frown slightly. Out of professionalism, he didn't say anything and walked to the spacious living room.

   "I didn't see a ghost." Ana walked around the room and whispered in Lu Li's ear.

   "The ghost is not here."

  Lu left the mouth, answered Anna again, and said to the five people again. His eyes swept across their faces: "The commission said it was three people."

   "There are two people I called, and the ghosts dare not come out if there are more people." The strong man raised his shoulders and looked at Lu Li with unruly eyes: "What do you mean by saying that the ghosts are not here?"

"literal meaning."

   "Hey, we invited you to exorcise you, hurry up and do things!" a gangster behind him shouted.

   "Are you attacked by a ghost now?" Lu Li asked with a calm expression.

   "What?" The little gangster was stunned, looked at his companions and shook his head: "No."

  Lu Li looked away and looked at the strong man who seemed to be their leader: "So are there any other questions."

The subtext of    is that if the ghost were here, you wouldn't have nothing to do.

   That's what he said, but Lu Li's attitude made this group of thugs in the rum street very unhappy. The corners of the youth's mouth twitched, and as if provoked, he rushed forward and grabbed Lu Li's collar, raised his head with a ruthless expression on his face, and spit out the smell of alcohol: "What the **** are you--"

   There were two thugs in the back who picked up the stools and wine bottles and planned to approach, when they suddenly saw the voice of the companion who rushed up to grab Lu Li's collar abruptly, and then raised his hands tremblingly: "Yes, I'm sorry!"

   He slowly backed away, pulling away. As the young man stepped aside, the following people saw Lu Li's palm touching his waist, as well as the gun holster on his waist.

   and the flintlock in the holster.

   The strong man froze, and in an instant he wanted to turn around and run away.

   "I can forgive you if you stop making trouble." Lu Li's palm didn't leave his waist. "So can we continue?"

   "Yes, yes..." The little gangster retreated to his companions in cold sweat.

  Dang 啷——

   The stool in his hand fell, and the other young man looked down at the wine bottle in his hand, hiding behind him embarrassedly.

   "I don't want to make extra troubles. So it's good for you and me to solve the problem as soon as possible." Lu Li's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, he gently smoothed the folds of his tie and collar,

   "Tell me the beginning and the end."

  The strong man looked at Lu Li with a dreadful look, and pushed away his subordinates who would only cause trouble: "My little brother is not very sensible, and I disturb the exorcist Your Excellency, the matter is like this..."

  The strong man briefly described the content of the commission.

Roughly because they came home a few nights ago and met a pretty street girl. Naturally, the group would not let this girl go, but when they brought it home, they found that they were in big trouble: this is a ghost.

   Since that night, the ghost has haunted them. In order to solve the problem, they turned to other gangsters for help, but they were discovered by Marcus, who was roaming everywhere like a ghost, and then contacted them actively. They did not know how to accept the commission and set a commission fee of 200 shillings.

   "When was the last time that ghost appeared."

   "Last night... by the way, that ghost doesn't seem to appear during the day."

   "Got it, I didn't find it in the room right now, so I'll come back after dark."

   "Okay, please." The strong man couldn't wait to see him off, and sent Lu Li to the corridor.

  Kacha——

   closed the door, and the five gangsters breathed a sigh of relief.

   Followed by anger from the humiliation of being scared off.

   The **** who was forced to retreat by Lu Li had a ferocious expression on his face: "This bastard... does he think he is a noble!? Boss, this guy has a gun, we can call the police and let the police arrest this guy!"

   "Let you call the police, let you call the police, let you call the police!"

   The brawny man with a deflated stomach raised his fists and hammered at his younger brother, scolding while beating: "Fool from the countryside! Have you forgotten who you are and what we have done!"

   The little brother ran away with his head in his arms, and even the others hugged their heads and avoided.

   After venting, the strong man gasped and pointed to the younger brothers: "Tell you guys, I've been giving my mother a bit of attention recently, don't go out and cause trouble, you know? I'm asking you guys, do you know, do you know!"

   Speaking of the fire, the strong man was chasing and kicking again and again, causing the younger brother to hold his head and run away, shouting again and again.

"I know, I know……"

  …

   "These people are not good people at first glance."

   came out of the apartment, Anna muttered.

   "This is normal. Not all clients are on the side of justice, and the purpose of entrustment is not purely self-protection." Lu Li taught the story of Mrs. Anna, who died before the ivory tower appeared.

  Ana guessed: "Is it possible that they died at sea, and that person turned into a ghost and came back to take revenge?"

   "It's very possible." Lu Li replied.

   "Then you..." Anna was stunned, not understanding why Lu Li had to take on the mission in this case.

   tilted his head slightly, his dark eyes swept behind him, Lu Li replied, "Exorcists are like lawyers. What they pursue and believe is not justice, but rules."

   "So you are the **** who invited me to kill me..."

   At this moment, behind Lu Li, a terrifying low-pitched female voice sounded.

   (end of this chapter)