Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 135

"So, you're a python?"

After listening to Deng Chen's narration, Tan Wenbin stared at him curiously and even reached out to lift up his sleeve, trying to find the snake scales.

Deng Chen smiled bitterly and took the initiative to roll up his sleeves, allowing the other party to feel around as much as he wanted:

"The black python is my spiritual form, but I have never had a real python body, and I have never eaten a mouse."

"So what is this body of yours?"

"It's someone else's. He had a heart attack at the time and was actually dead. I'm living in his body."

"Borrowing a dead body to bring back a soul?"

“算是… …吧。”

"Since your name is Deng Chen, does that mean the last owner of the body you borrowed was named Chen?"

"No, the original owner of this body was named Deng Chen. Deng was his father's surname, and Chen was his mother's surname. At his grandmother's house, he was called Deng Chen, and at his grandmother's house, he was called Chen Deng."

"Oh, are you familiar with his family?"

"Yes, we have known each other for many years. Before, Lord Dragon King..."

"We don't need to be so formal when chatting privately. It seems too distant."

"Before, Xiaoyuan...Brother?"

Deng Chen remembered that Tan Wenbin called the Dragon King this way.

"Yeah." Tan Wenbin nodded and praised, "You are much smarter than Ayou."

I felt depressed when I thought of Lin Shuyou and Tan Wenbin. Even though Brother Yuanzi had already taken care of everything and the story was almost over, he still had time to show up before the end of the incident.

It wasn't that Tan Wenbin wanted to come here to flatter Brother Yuanzi. Given the relationship between him and Brother Yuanzi, there was no need for him to do these things deliberately.

He wants to realize his own life value. The end of each wave is like the curtain call of a stage play, where the main actors have to go up and hold hands, bow and thank the audience.

Originally, he was almost able to find his way out of the white mist and was well within time.

As a result, Lin Shuyou came in and shouted, "Brother Bin, I'll take you in." Then he followed Lin Shuyou, going further and further in the fog. When the fog cleared, both of them were almost running to another street.

He rushed here in a hurry to provide reinforcements, but was almost turned into a "deserter" by the communications soldier Lin Shuyou.

Deng Chen did not respond. As an evil spirit, it was a stroke of luck for him to survive in front of the Dragon King. He did not dare to get involved in the terrible vortex of power struggle in the Dragon King's family.

"You go on."

"The first time Xiao Yuan came to my place to take photos, after I finished developing the photos for him, my eyes started bleeding and I had to rinse them under the tap for a long time before they were clear.

I know, I met a terrible person.

After Xiaoyuan left, I went to the credit union, withdrew all my savings, and sent them to my...Deng Chen's parents' home."

"And you came back again?"

"Well, Brother Xiaoyuan seemed to know that I would come back."

"Normal. This is not difficult for my brother Yuanzi." Tan Wenbin asked again, "But the book says that reincarnation will cause problems to the body, such as corpse spots or rot. How come you look so tender and delicate?"

"There is indeed something wrong with my body." Deng Chen spread his left hand in front of him and patted the back of his head with his right hand.

"Didoo!"

Two eyeballs were knocked out of their sockets and fell into his hands.

Tan Wenbin: "Fuck!"

Deng Chen placed his two eyeballs in front of Tan Wenbin.

Tan Wenbin rubbed his hands on his clothes and asked, "Um, do you need to wash your hands?"

"It's okay, I can wash my eyes."

Tan Wenbin took the two eyeballs in his hands and gently fiddled with them with his fingers. The eyeballs could actually move on their own, which was quite interesting.

After playing with it for a while, Tan Wenbin returned the eyeball to Deng Chen.

After Deng Chen took it, he pulled out a handkerchief, wiped his two eyeballs, and then pressed them back into their sockets one by one.

Tan Wenbin: "This is much more convenient than wearing glasses."

"This is the abnormality that has occurred in my body. Currently, it has only appeared in my eyes."

"This is not a mutation. It is much milder than what is recorded in the book. I think that fourth uncle should be the white centipede you mentioned. He also showed that his ears are very sensitive. He can't see with his eyes, but he can use his hearing to cook, and the dishes he cooks are quite delicious.

It seems that the white centipede is also using the body of a recently dead person to revive. "

The reason is simple. If you can just occupy a body, who would take the initiative to choose a blind person?
Deng Chen nodded and said, "That should be the case."

"Didn't you guys contact each other before?"

“No, in fact, when our self-awareness awakened and our individual souls were created, we were already broken apart. There is no feeling between the five of us… now there are only four of us.

Probably, there are only a few shared memories, such as the one about the sketch, which I have already dedicated to Brother Xiaoyuan.

If we really had a connection, we wouldn't all be living in Jinling. Isn't this giving that pig a chance?"

"That's true."

"I was also surprised that the four of us actually live in the same city."

"Don't be surprised, it's driven by the river water."

"River water?"

"You don't have to understand this, because I also only have a vague understanding of it."

"Yes, understand."

Tan Wenbin walked to the counter and checked the yellow cloth package, which contained three little cuties.

This seal is obviously the work of Brother Xiaoyuan, and it is printed with blood.

"Hiss..." Tan Wenbin suddenly clapped his hands.

"What...what happened?" Deng Chen asked puzzledly.

"Brother Xiaoyuan is injured?"

Deng Chen immediately rubbed his eyes and said, "Yes, his right hand was injured. I can see it in the picture."

"Oh my god, I didn't realize that I should have treated Brother Xiaoyuan's wound first."

"Then you now..."

"Forget it, take care of your business first."

Tan Wenbin looked at the portrait frames on the cupboard.

He suspected that Deng Chen's body did not mutate because he had always been doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

Just like that fourth uncle.

Tan Wenbin witnessed the scene of his fourth uncle committing suicide by cutting his stomach open. His belly was white and tender, and the blood that spurted out was also healthy and bright red.

"First of all, you have to take good care of these three."

"Please rest assured. In their current state, without a full sixty days of rest, they don't have the energy to do anything even if they want to."

"A whole sixty years, that's a long time."

"Ah."

“Is there any way to speed it up?”

"I...I haven't thought about it. I absolutely haven't, absolutely not." Deng Chen waved his hands quickly.

"I'm really asking you, is there any?"

"Yes, there are some, such as some tonics, and some places with strong Feng Shui atmosphere, which can speed up their recovery."

"Then can they be used as spirits? I mean, after they recover a little."

"what do you mean……"

"Similar to summoning spirits and sending generals."

"You want to tame them?"

"Don't say it so harshly. What is taming? It's called mutual cooperation and building a win-win situation."

"This...this..."

"Can you see the two kids on either side of my shoulders?"

Deng Chen tried to look at it, then shook his head and said, "I can't see it. Is there a seal on you?"

"Yes, they are attached. But I carry two cursed babies with me. Now they follow me along the river to accumulate merits so that they can be reincarnated."

"I understand what you mean. It is our honor to become the Dragon King's disciple." Deng Chen took a step back and prepared to kowtow.

He had no reason to hesitate. In the past, the four of them had lived in fear, fearing that they would run into some righteous person and have their identities discovered.

If one could become a disciple of the Dragon King and receive his protection, not only would one be safer in reality, but one would also have additional benefits according to the rules of heaven.

Tan Wenbin held him up with his hands and said, "My old lady said that times have changed and we don't care about those old etiquette anymore.

Besides, it’s useless for you to worship me. I have already discussed it here, but I still have to report to my brother Xiaoyuan. It will only be effective if Xiaoyuan agrees.”

"Yes, I understand."

"Write a plan, from simple to difficult, and list in detail the methods that can help them recover faster. Then write down their respective special abilities and functions. When you're done, notify me to pick it up. I'll leave you my pager number."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll deliver it to you personally when I finish writing it."

"I said, I'll get it."

"Yes, yes, I'll wait for you to pick it up."

"The second thing is that the calligraphy on your sign is ugly. My brother Xiaoyuan has first-rate calligraphy."

"If Lord Dragon could grant me a name, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"I will talk to Brother Xiaoyuan when I get back, but we also have some requests. See if you can accept them when the time comes."

"I understand. I can definitely accept it."

"Ah."

The inscription can be regarded as a stamp, and the general meaning is that this store and the four evil beasts in it are protected by someone.

This is what is on the surface. Some specific control measures will definitely be added later, but this is beyond the ability of Tan Wenbin. He can only go back and ask Brother Xiaoyuan to come up with a solution.

In Tan Wenbin's opinion, since he had left them behind, he was also involved in the cause and effect relationship. It was impossible for the two brothers to have a glass of wine together. The necessary control measures must be put in place. In short, don't be emotional about things that can be standardized.

Think about it, if this matter can be successfully implemented in the end, it means that my team will have four more... Oh no, three more spirits that can be used. This picture is quite beautiful just thinking about it.

The White Crane Boy is a high and mighty Yin God. With Brother Xiaoyuan around, it is not impossible for them to breed their own Yin God beast.

After finishing the conversation, Tan Wenbin reached out and patted Deng Chen on the shoulder.

Deng Chen shuddered slightly and continued to smile ingratiatingly.

"Okay, there's no need to continue like this. Apart from that pig, you and these three probably didn't do anything bad. You probably did only good things.

Good man, there's no need to be so servile.

But this is how the world works, and please understand that public is public and private is private. You have your grievances, and we have our difficulties."

"Yes, I know, and I appreciate it, I really do."

"Look at it in a positive way. Although you didn't exist when the seal map caused chaos, you are still involved. This disaster is just paying off your debt for the past.

In the future, work hard, the future is still very bright. If you want to be a regular employee, you can join the Dragon King's house and be a gatekeeper; if you want to be free outside, you can be made the river god of a lake or river.

If you want to reincarnate as a human being in your next life, we will definitely help you if we can.”

These were all told to Tan Wenbin by the old lady.

In the past, he would have thought that he was listening to a story from an ancient strange novel, but later on, he himself was already part of the story.

Deng Chen showed a longing look on his face, and even three bulges stood out inside the yellow cloth package.

Obviously, everyone was very satisfied with this cake.

Tan Wenbin felt that he had finished the matter.

Not bad. Although I missed the pig-slaughtering banquet, at least I got a seat at the last table.

After coming out of the photo studio, Tan Wenbin did not rush back to school to report to Xiao Yuan. He knew where Xiao Yuan should be resting now. It was not an important matter, so there was no need to disturb him. He took a taxi and reported the location of the Eighth Hospital.

While riding in the car, the pager on Tan Wenbin's waist rang: Runsheng was being hospitalized and was not in danger of death.

"Ah."

Tan Wenbin couldn't help laughing. You say Runsheng is lucky? Including Lin Shuyou, he is the worst among the four people this time. But if you say he is unlucky, hey, he was injured near the hospital.

While I was reading the news here, the taxi driver over there was also talking on the walkie-talkie.

Tan Wenbin heard the voice inside, it seemed that a taxi driver had just had an accident. His car crashed into a dump truck. The driver was covered in blood and was sent to the emergency room.

“Ha, hahahaha, this beast deserves it!”

There was a happy and peaceful atmosphere in the intercom channel.

Tan Wenbin asked curiously: "Master, isn't he your colleague?"

The driver replied, "Hey, you don't know how bad this bastard is. When he couldn't afford to eat because of gambling, one of our big brothers helped him. He often took him home for dinner and helped him collect the money for the ride.

Later, this bastard got together with Big Brother's woman, and after she got divorced, she moved in with him.

Let’s not talk about the fact that the woman cheated on him and that she was not a good person. Isn’t this bastard even worse than a beast?”

"That's true."

"God has finally opened his eyes tonight and punished this bastard."

As he spoke, the driver pressed the sign in front of the car and the meter stopped.

"Hey, Master, what are you doing?"

"I won't charge you for the car fare. We just happened to arrange to go to the Eighth Hospital. After Big Brother got into that incident, he got so angry that he had health problems. He's been hospitalized in the Eighth Hospital these days. Let's buy some wine and food and go have a drink with Big Brother tonight to celebrate, haha!"

"Thank you then."

"Why thank you? When you said you were going to the Eighth Hospital, I was thinking of going there to visit the ward. Who knew I would hear this good news when I was halfway there? I'll just take it as your good luck."

"Haha." Tan Wenbin also laughed, "Okay, let's celebrate together."

When the taxi arrived at the Eighth Hospital, Tan Wenbin was dropped off at the hospital gate and the driver had to drive the car into the parking lot.

As I drove out of the parking lot, I happened to see a young nurse walking hurriedly with something in her hands. She twisted her foot and fell to the ground.

The young driver got out of the car immediately and came forward to help him: "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Thank you."

"It's okay, I'll help you pick up your things."

When picking up the things and handing them to the other party, the driver found that the nurse looked so sweet that he was a little dazed for a moment.

The young nurse turned her head away shyly.

"Sorry, sorry, you're too pretty, my bad..."

"They say you guys are good at talking when you're a taxi driver, and it seems like it's true."

"I didn't. I really mean it. You are so beautiful."

……

Tan Wenbin found Runsheng's ward, pushed open the door and saw Runsheng lying on the bed, bandaged like a mummy.

“Puchi…Hahahaha!”

Tan Wenbin burst into laughter.

Runsheng closed his eyes, as if he was sleeping soundly.

Yin Meng rolled her eyes at him.

Lin Shuyou, who was peeling an apple, looked at Brother Bin with some envy. He had also found it funny when he saw it before, but he didn't dare to laugh because he was afraid of affecting unity.

"Tsk, I say, Marquis Runsheng, wake up and look at me. I'm rushing here because I'm afraid I'll miss the last chance to see you."

Runsheng opened his eyes helplessly and asked, "Is Xiaoyuan okay?"

"It's okay. Brother Xiaoyuan is so capable, nothing will happen to him."

Tan Wenbin took the apple that Lin Shuyou had just peeled and took a big bite. He did not tell Runsheng about Brother Yuanzi's injury.

Among the four of them, only Runsheng didn't call Xiaoyuan "brother".

In his heart, Runsheng really treats Xiaoyuan as his own brother. If he knew that Xiaoyuan was injured, he would feel that he was useless and would blame himself.

Tan Wenbin told everyone what happened while eating an apple. When the time was almost right, he took Lin Shuyou back to school, leaving Yin Meng here to take care of Runsheng.

Before leaving the ward, Tan Wenbin made an extra joke:
"Meng Meng, please make something delicious to nourish our Run Sheng Hou."

……

After drinking the can of Jianlibao until not a drop was left, Li Zhuiyuan fell asleep.

He originally wanted to take a shower at Grandma Liu's place, change into clean clothes, and then sit down and tell A'li what happened today.

But he was so sleepy that he fell asleep as soon as he sat down on the blanket.

Ali wanted to move him to her bed, but was afraid of waking him up, so she had to lay him down gently on the carpet.

During this process, A'li discovered that the boy's right hand was injured. Although it was no longer bleeding, it was still a bloody mess.

She walked to the bedroom door and opened it.

Aunt Liu was standing three meters away from the door of the room. Even at this distance, she deliberately moved out after hearing Ah Li's footsteps approaching. Before that, she was almost listening by the bedroom door.

A'li pulled Aunt Liu into the bedroom. Aunt Liu was also confused. When she saw Xiaoyuan before, she didn't see any injuries on his body. That's not right. When the boy came in, his right hand was clenched into a fist and hidden in his sleeve.

This kid is really something.

Aunt Liu brought the medicine box and saw the girl kneeling beside her looking at her. She moved the medicine box in front of the girl and pointed out the medicine for debridement, wound medicine and bandages in turn.

Xiaoyuan's right hand was simply injured by the explosion. Although the injury was serious, it was not difficult to treat.

Although the girl had never done these things before, since she was good at handicrafts, doing this was naturally no problem for her.

She performed each step very carefully, fearing that she would hurt him and wake him up.

Aunt Liu had the great responsibility of supervising the teaching on the spot, so she squatted beside and watched, nodding slightly from time to time to show her approval of the girl's technique, and she was enjoying it in her heart.

After A'li treated the wound, Aunt Liu walked out with the medicine box.

He closed the door, stood at the entrance, and stroked his chest. Even though he had dinner a long time ago, he felt fuller now.

She put away the medicine box, took out the medicine, and went upstairs holding the medicine bowl. She didn't see the old lady sitting on the rattan chair in the room on the second floor, so she went up to the third floor.

I pushed open the door of the mourning hall, the window was open, and the old lady was standing by the window.

"It's windy outside, and you've been coughing lately, so don't be blown by the wind anymore."

"I'm not that weak."

"Yes, yes, but you still have to take the medicine."

"Xiaoyuan is back."

"Yeah, he's back. He was a little injured. Ari has taken care of him."

"What about others?"

"Sleep."

"In Ali's room?"

"Ah."

"It seems that the child is exhausted."

Aunt Liu couldn't help laughing in her heart, thinking back to the time when the old lady said with certainty that she would not look for anyone who was too smart. Now they were all sleeping in A'li's room, although one slept on the bed and the other on the carpet, but the old lady was so old-fashioned that she actually lamented that the child was tired.

“That day I went to A-Li’s room and saw her drawing clothes, so I added a few strokes to make them more practical and beautiful.

By chance, I saw Ah Li's sketchbook frame and flipped through it to take a look."

"Ari usually puts the sketchbook frame under the bed, not on the desk. How could you just flip through it by chance?
No wonder your cough has not been cured recently, it turns out that the problem lies here. You should know clearly what things you can watch and what things we should avoid now.

When Ali went to Jiang before, you also taught me specifically. "

"You are really angry now, and you are even teaching me a lesson."

The old lady grumbled in dissatisfaction, but still took the medicine bowl and drank it.

"Ali and I are still young, so it's okay for us to take some responsibility. But it's different for you."

"Alright, alright, I've finished my medicine, and you're still here."

"What's drawn in the frame of Ah Li's sketchbook?"

"I'm coughing. If I tell you, won't you cough up blood?"

"you……"

"I won't tell you. Go downstairs and make me a bowl of lotus seed soup. This medicine is too bitter. If I don't drink some dessert to neutralize it, I won't be able to sleep at night."

"How could you do this!"

"Go, cook the soup."

Aunt Liu sighed and went out with the bowl.

After the door closed, Liu Yumei turned around and looked at the tablets.

She remembered the day Xiaoyuan left for Jiang, when she held A'li's hand, came downstairs, and made a vow.

But after seeing the picture book frame, Liu Yumei finally realized what Xiaoyuan was doing.

The second wave was related to Liu Qingcheng from the Liu family. A'li had already drawn half of the Five Yin Beasts in the first and third waves, and she also saw some clues.

She once lamented that meeting someone who is too good and too smart at a young age is not necessarily a good thing.

But how can these two children be called childhood sweethearts? And which childhood sweetheart would go out with a knife and kill those who bullied you one by one when they are eleven years old?

She knew the existence of those miscellaneous things, but she had no way of finding them. They were all very well hidden, and some had been silent in reality for hundreds of years. You couldn't find any trace or clues about them at all.

The more something hides itself in the dark, the loudest and dirtiest noise it makes.

Not to mention that there is no one at home now, even when there were many people at home in the past, who could have come up with such an idea?

Let the river water push them to you one by one, and then deal with them all one by one.

Liu Yumei glanced at the tablets and said bitterly:
"It's all your fault for not doing things thoroughly and cleanly back then. Now you have to let other people's children help you clean up the mess!"

……

A'li pulled up the curtains in the room to prevent the sun tomorrow morning from waking up the tired boy too early.

The pig disappeared first, and then the other four.

The noisy and thin mist that was approaching suddenly retreated and became quiet and thick.

When her world suddenly became quiet, she knew that he had succeeded.

He said that he looked for topics from her in order to take advantage of Jiang Shui's loophole, and that she helped him.

But this time, she realized that because of her, the river water seemed to have changed, as if it was targeting her.

This was also the reason why she was reluctant to give her hand to him when he came in the afternoon.

She didn't want to be a burden to him.

Although she knew that when he woke up tomorrow, he would confidently tell her the story of yesterday and would also tell her that it was a good idea to continue doing so in the future.

The girl lowered her head. She felt useless. There was so little she could do to help him. Even walking a short distance to buy him a can of his favorite drink almost drove her crazy. The moment she returned to the yard, she was instantly drenched in sweat.

The girl got on the bed, moved gently to the edge of the bed, hugged her knees with her hands, turned her head and looked at the boy lying under the bed beside her.

The world outside is really scary.

It's not as easy as you told me.

The girl looked down at the boy's sleeping face, and as she looked, she smiled.

It was as if he was back to more than a year ago when he was sitting at the corner of the second-floor terrace, with his head lowered, looking at him from top to bottom.

You are really, really awesome.

The drawn curtains blocked out the moonlight outside, but the moon halo was everywhere in the bedroom.

(End of this chapter)