Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 139

The train arrives at the station.

Brother Hu and the other two got out of the car carrying luggage bags, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Zhangjiajie is their San Francisco.

They will start their own gold rush dream here!
Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the train carrying his schoolbag. The sun was shining brightly outside, and a little dazzling.

The disguised Yin Meng and Lin Shuyou passed by. Li Zhuiyuan nodded slightly to them, and the two continued to follow Brother Hu and the others.

According to the plan, because of "sufficient funding", these three hooligans will be very enthusiastic in looking for the non-existent villages and towns in the local area in the first few days after arriving in Zhangjiajie.

During this period, Lin Shuyou and Yin Meng don't need to do anything and just focus on providing companionship.

When the enthusiasm of the three hooligans waned and they began to back down, the two of them would "bait" them, such as by bribing passers-by or beggars to pass some messages to the three hooligans, so that they would regain their confidence and continue to stay in Zhangjiajie to pan for gold.

Anyway, they will be kept in suspense like this until specific new clues are found from Li Zhuiyuan, and then the three of them will be brought in to complete the canal planning and wait for the river to be filled with water.

"Grandma Zhu's Last Wish" and "Wanted Tian Meihong" are open routes.

The former looked back at her hometown, and as long as it was in Zhangjiajie, it was her hometown. Finally, Li Zhuiyuan only needed to go back to her hometown village to sign in.

The latter is simpler. Even if Tan Wenbin was just walking on the street or eating snacks at the night market, he was still a plainclothes officer searching for a wanted criminal.

Therefore, these two lines have a relatively high degree of freedom. You only need to put the scroll, photos and wanted posters in the bag, and all subsequent actions will have a basis.

But those three thugs were living people after all, and they needed someone to watch over them.

It is not safe for one person to watch over the place, and another person is needed to take over the shift and keep in touch with the team at all times.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Zhuiyuan was worried about letting Lin Shuyou carry out a mission alone.

This guy Ayou is definitely strong enough to deal with three thugs even if he doesn't show his anger or possess others, but he sometimes has brain short circuits.

Yin Meng was very satisfied with this arrangement. She was originally the last one to enter the team, and now she was able to lead the new youngest member. She felt like a senior, just like the leader of the action team.

After Li Zhuiyuan, Tan Wenbin and Runsheng left the train station, they walked along the street for a long distance at Runsheng's suggestion, chose a rice noodle shop, went in, sat in the corner, and ordered ten bowls of rice noodles.

The reason why he walked a long way was that Runsheng felt that the restaurants near the train station were expensive.

In addition, there are many illegal taxis near the train station, and even if a taxi comes in, they will basically give you a fixed price and want to take you to a farther place.

After eating, Tan Wenbin hailed a taxi, asked about the nearby antique market, and asked the driver to take them there.

After arriving in Zhangjiajie, the next goal is to find the Jie family.

The antique market is a great touchpoint.

This market is often divided into inner market and outer market.

The outer market is where so-called authentic and counterfeit antiques are sold, while the inner market is where special items like talismans, prayer objects or spell objects are sold.

Most antique markets have such inner-market shops, which are usually deserted. The owners and their employees sit inside without calling out, just waiting for people who know the goods and have needs to come to them.

When we arrived, we found that this antique market was quite large. There was a construction site outside, and it looked like they were planning to expand it and create a tourist and cultural street.

There are many tourists and foreigners inside, and you can occasionally hear a few Korean voices.

There is not much to see in the outer market, and you don’t have to bother to distinguish between genuine and fake items, because there are mostly handicrafts and souvenirs.

Tan Wenbin: "Did this driver take us to the wrong place?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "This should be the antique market he knows."

The driver didn't take us to the wrong place; this was the only place he knew.

Fortunately, while walking around, Li Zhuiyuan finally saw the shops in the inner market.

The inner city, like the outer city, is a mixed bag of people, because many wealthy people today have become rich by just happening to be in the right place at the right time, and they firmly believe in "feudal superstition."

Their influx has also given rise to the distortion of the inner market, and it would be a waste if they don't make money from the rich.

He walked past three shops in the inner market, all of which were just display cases with nothing real to sell. When he came to the fourth shop, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the two paper figures placed at the door and stopped.

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng also discovered something wrong with the paper figures. They were both paper-making professionals and could tell the difference between good and bad quality.

"Why doesn't this paper figure have eyes?" Runsheng asked.

Li Zhuiyuan: "This is a paper figurine used as an artifact, not simply burned as a sacrifice."

The fact that these two paper figures can be placed at the door of the store shows the heritage of this store.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the store. There were not many goods inside, barely filling the cabinets and windows.

An old man in a blue gown and a goatee was sitting there drinking tea. When he saw the guests coming, he didn't stand up to greet them.

There were three candles on the counter and an oil lamp hanging from the beam.

After observing his surroundings, Tan Wenbin took the initiative to walk to the three candles.

Seeing this, the old man slowly put down his teacup and prepared to stand up and greet people.

Tan Wenbin began to light candles, one, two...

One root refers to people in the martial arts world, meaning they are in the same industry and understand the ins and outs of the trade.

The two roots refer to people of the same generation, who think themselves high enough to be on equal terms with the store owner and the people behind him.

When the second candle was lit, the old man had already replaced the tea leaves with good quality and was ready to make tea.

But when he saw Tan Wenbin light the third candle, the old man's hand trembled, he put down the cup and pot in his hand, and immediately ran over, bowed and asked:

"I didn't know you were coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. May I ask who you are..."

The third candle is lit, which means that my status is higher than yours and you must serve me well.

Of course, even if you don't have the confidence, you can still light three candles to show off, but you have to bear the consequences yourself.

Tan Wenbin looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and Li Zhuiyuan began to salute:
"His heart is as great as Jiujiang, his courage is as great as Xunyang, his spirit is as great as Mount Lushan, and his mind is as great as Poyang. Jiujiang - Zhao Yi."

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

Just like the rules for lighting the lamp, there is no problem in pretending to be someone else, provided that you can withstand the retaliation from the other party after they find out.

The old man immediately returned the greeting: "Jiujiang Zhao family, I have long heard of your great name, please take a seat, Master Zhao."

Led by the old man, Li Zhuiyuan and two other people entered the store.

After serving the tea, the old man left. Soon, a beautiful woman about thirty years old with a plump figure and a mole under her lip walked in.

As soon as the beautiful woman came in, Li Zhuiyuan caught her gaze sweeping across his forehead.

It seems that the background of this store is even deeper than he expected, because this woman knows the gap between life and death on Zhao Yi's forehead.

This means that the other party has now discovered that you are a fake.

"Master Zhao, I am..."

The woman had a smile on her lips, and her every move was charming. She waved her sleeves lightly, and something seemed to open its eyes in the cabinets on both sides of the room.

Li Zhuiyuan pressed the unfinished teacup in his hand down on the table, with his palm facing down. At the same time, four ghosts lifted up the sedan chair, and all the eyes of the things in the cabinets on both sides were closed.

The woman's smile became even wider, and she did not move forward, but bowed and saluted:
"I wonder what business Master Zhao has with you. If you need anything, please let me know."

Even if we know that someone has used a fake identity, what does it matter? In the underworld, what matters in the end is fighting with fists. Not many people care about the real or fake ones.

Li Zhuiyuan got straight to the point: "I want to ask you something."

"Master Zhao, please ask."

"I want to find the Jie family."

"Could it be the four corpse-driving families of Old Tianmen?"

"Yes."

"So is it Niu Daojie or Yan Jia Xie that Master Zhao is looking for?"

The four major corpse-driving families of Laotianmen: Jie, Xie, Wang, and Bu.

When Xie is used as a surname, it is homophonic with "Xie". In order to distinguish them, they are called "Niudao Jie" and "Yanjia Xie" respectively.

"I'll find a solution with a butcher knife."

“To be honest, Master Zhao, if you want to find the other three families, it’s not difficult. Our shop can also contact and guide you. But this Niudao Jie has already declined as early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Although there were still Jie family members who drove corpses during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were no longer popular.

The last time I heard of members of the Jie family showing up was twenty years ago. It was the birthday of Mr. Wang, and the Jie family sent a young child to represent the family. I only remember that the child knew nothing about the family situation and ate the entire table by himself.

After that, I never heard any news from the Xie family again. I guess twenty years have passed, and the Xie family kid back then is probably the same age as me now."

"Where can I find it?"

"Master Zhao, are you asking about the Xie family's ancestral home?"

"Correct."

"Taohua Village in Meiling Town is where Mr. Wang's birthday invitation was sent. I thought it would fall on deaf ears, but someone actually came.

But we tried to contact and search for him afterwards, but to no avail, and we couldn’t even find the child anymore.”

“Why does the Wang family still want to look for it?”

"After all, we were once one of the four great families of Laotianmen, so we have some ties with them. If there is really only one person left in the family, we should lend a hand for the sake of our ancestors."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the woman and said, "Not everyone has the right to lie."

The woman covered her face, smiled apologetically, and said, "It is said that the Xie family has been hiding a big secret for hundreds of years, and everyone is interested in this secret. At the beginning, Mr. Wang also wanted to arrange a marriage with the child and get the secret at the same time. Who knew that the child ate so much that his mouth was full of oil, said a few words, 'May you be as blessed as the East Sea and as long-lived as the Southern Mountains', and then ran away from the table.

At that time, we sent people to follow him, but they all got lost. "

Upon hearing this, Tan Wenbin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Knowing such details about what happened twenty years ago, can this still be called "hearing"?

However, since it was Brother Xiaoyuan who was asking the questions, it was inconvenient for him to interrupt.

Li Zhuiyuan: "So, the only clue to finding Jie's family right now is Taohua Village in Meiling Town?"

"Young Master Zhao has great fortune. If he really wants to look for it, he may find it."

"I accept your good words."

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and prepared to leave.

The woman moved aside to make way.

However, when Li Zhuiyuan passed by her, the woman spoke again:

"I wonder if Young Master Zhao is looking for the Jie family for revenge or..."

"Do I need to tell you this?"

"You misunderstood me."

"Oh?"

"Master Zhao, if you find your family and meet the one who came to the banquet 20 years ago, could you please pass on a message for me?"

"explain."

"Just say that the girl who was supposed to be married to him as a child and who broke off a duck leg for him at the banquet is still waiting for him now."

This sentence is equivalent to revealing her identity. Her surname is Wang, and this store is also owned by the Wang family.

She had not introduced herself before because she saw that she was concealing her identity, but now she took the initiative to speak out because she wanted to find the Jie family.

However, Li Zhuiyuan did not quite believe this touching love story, because from the woman's face, it could be seen that she was already a married woman and had given birth to children, and she had a face that showed she would have many children and good fortune.

This is not some beautiful love story that one has been waiting for since childhood when they first met.

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "What are you waiting for him to do?"

The woman sighed and said:
"My husband ran away from home in the first month of the lunar year five years ago and never came back again, leaving behind a son and a daughter, twins. Both children are now in school.

It is really difficult for me as a woman to run a shop and take care of two children. I look down on other men. After thinking about it, it seems that this marriage, which was once considered a half, is the only one left. It has a little bit of a story of nostalgia. If he is willing to come again, it is not impossible to try to live with him. He can also pick up two children to call him dad, which saves a lot of trouble, haha."

As the woman spoke, she began to laugh.

After a while, she stopped laughing and said apologetically, "I lost my composure. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Master Zhao."

"I'll bring the words."

"Thank you, Master Zhao."

……

After leaving the store, the three of them walked straight out. Since they had already obtained the clues for the next stage, there was no need to delay here.

Tan Wenbin had a thoughtful look on his face. He kept thinking about what the woman had said before. The more he thought about it, the weirder it seemed to him.

After leaving the antique market, Tan Wenbin finally couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xiaoyuan, it seems that the Wang family has a special relationship with the Hejie family."

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

"The last words she said felt very strange and inexplicable."

"Because we haven't yet clearly determined what our stance on the Xie family is."

"Ok?"

"Brother Binbin, try to put yourself in her shoes first. We are old friends from the Hejie family. Try to think about her last words."

"That is, the Xie family and the Wang family may have had a misunderstanding in the past, and they hope to use us to pass on a message to ease the misunderstanding?"

"Then put yourself in our shoes and imagine that we have a grudge against the Jie family, and we are going there to seek revenge."

"That is... the Wang family's banquet twenty years ago might have been a Hongmen Banquet, and the woman's husband who disappeared five years ago might have died at the hands of the Jie family?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Yes, these two families have a big feud."

Tan Wenbin smiled and said, "It seems that the name of Jiujiang Zhao is quite intimidating."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head and said, "She has long recognized that we are not Zhao from Jiujiang, but since we dare to pretend to be Zhao from Jiujiang, it makes her even more wary of our identities, which is why she speaks so distortedly."

Li Zhuiyuan stopped, closed his eyes, and his ears trembled slightly.

Runsheng immediately showed alertness, and asked while looking around: "Xiaoyuan, is someone following us?"

"No, but probably not here."

Tan Wenbin took out a prepared map from his backpack: "Let me see how far Meiling Town is from here..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's very far and remote. You have to take a long-distance bus."

Tan Wenbin took out a city map and said, "Let me see where the bus station is. We can go there and hire a car."

Li Zhuiyuan pointed forward: "It's right in front."

Tan Wenbin put away the map somewhat helplessly. Brother Xiaoyuan had looked at the map beforehand and the coordinates of the locations were all in his mind.

"Then shall I go get a taxi?"

"It's not far. Let's walk over there. We need to give them some time to prepare."

Outside the state-owned bus station, there is a large square where many black cars are parked, including motorcycles, tricycles, vans, and even old-fashioned minibuses.

You don't even need to go to the bus station ticket window to buy tickets, you can buy them cheaper from ticket scalpers here.

However, you cannot enter the station to sit on the bus. You have to wait for the state-owned bus inside to drive out. The ticket scalper will take you to stand on the roadside, and then the driver will stop the bus, open the door, and pick you up.

"Let's go to Meiling Town, let's go to Meiling Town!"

As the three of them walked onto the square, they heard two people holding handwritten plastic signs and shouting loudly.

Many colleagues nearby cast strange looks at the two men.

Meiling Town is very remote, so remote that even illegal taxis are unwilling to go there. Sometimes it's not a problem of not being able to pick up passengers, but you can't just drop off passengers and then come back with an empty car.

Tan Wenbin looked at the signs held by the two men. He believed that if he went up and wiped the words on the signs with his fingers, his fingers would be covered with undried black ink.

"Brother Xiaoyuan..."

"There's a special car arranged, why not take it?"

"How did they know we would come here?"

"Because the three of us were carrying backpacks, it was obvious that we didn't drive here by ourselves."

"Oh, so that's how it is. I'll go to the phone booth over there and contact Ah You Meng Meng and the others."

"Ah."

Tan Wenbin ran to the phone booth to make a call. Since there was still time, he would call first and wait for the call back.

The two illegal taxi drivers were very considerate. They continued to surround Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng and started shouting to attract passengers.

On the way, a woman carrying a baby came up to ask about the price. She wanted to go to Meiling Town.

The two illegal taxi drivers were obviously stunned for a moment and started to negotiate the price with them.

When the woman heard the price, she immediately became happy and kept saying "Sit down, sit down, sit down."

After Tan Wenbin finished his phone call, he ran back and went up to negotiate the price.

This price is really cheap, so cheap that it may not even be enough to pay for gas.

Even so, Tan Wenbin still tried hard to hold back his laughter and bargained with the other party.

The other party actually agreed.

This made the woman with a child who was standing nearby and preparing to get on the bus anxious, and she stepped forward and asked to ride at the same price.

Finally, it was agreed, and the woman had a smile on her face.

Just as we agreed on the price, another business opened over there. Five people came, carrying large and small bags, dressed like workers from the countryside who had come to the city to work.

It’s just that the way the five of them were dressed was a little too deliberate. The cloth shoes and Jiefang rubber shoes on their feet were all deliberately smeared with dust, and their bodies were also deliberately made dirty.

Nowadays, even if one goes to the city to work, they will only get covered in dust and dirt when they are working on the construction site. Who doesn't tidy themselves up on weekdays, especially when going home?
These five guys are really greedy.

Of course, it was also because although I walked here, I didn’t give them much time to prepare.

There were two black cars, both vans. The woman with the child was originally arranged to go to the other one, but when the woman saw that there were five men with her, she started to make a fuss and demanded to change to another one.

Seeing Li Zhuiyuan and the other two looking at this place through the car window, the illegal taxi driver had no choice but to agree to change cars.

The woman came up smilingly, holding the child. There were three young men in the car. The one wrapped in bandages looked scary, but the other young man and the teenager were dressed very decently. She felt safe sitting with them.

The car started and drove through the city first, then out of the city and gradually onto the mountain road.

The van behind was looming, but there was no way to hide on the winding mountain road. Even if you deliberately stayed far away, you would be able to see it from afar when you turned back at the next turn.

The driver should be new, but the car is old.

The van has been modified and has two rows of seats, with plastic benches in the back for easy addition of seats.

Runsheng sat in front of Li Zhuiyuan, Tan Wenbin sat behind Li Zhuiyuan, and the woman sat on the right side of Li Zhuiyuan, separated by a very narrow aisle.

The child cried and the woman began to feed him.

Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and looked.

Normally, he should avoid sight at this time, but when he goes out, Li Zhuiyuan will always be cautious.

What if the purpose of all these “Why not eat meat porridge” is to highlight the woman’s true self?

The woman didn't care about the boy's gaze. Instead, she smiled and turned sideways to let the boy look at her child who was breastfeeding obediently.

It's true.

Tan Wenbin, who was sitting in the back, saw Xiaoyuan's "indecent behavior" and started chatting with the woman immediately after she finished feeding.

The woman's dialect accent was very strong, but it did not affect Tan Wenbin's performance.

But during the chat, the woman also behaved normally.

Li Zhuiyuan took out some food and drinks from his bag and even gave some to the woman. The woman thanked him with a smile, and then she took out peanuts and something similar to a wrap and handed them back to the boy.

Li Zhuiyuan also expressed his gratitude, then indicated that he was not hungry, put the food in his bag and did not eat it.

After feeding, the child became more active. It was a boy. He kept staring at the boy in front of him with his big bright eyes, very curiously.

The car continued to drive, and Li Zhuiyuan no longer paid attention to the woman, but instead admired the scenery along the way.

He actually didn't mind these guys "arranging things for him" because he was the one who approached them, not them approaching him.

With people like them around, I can save myself a lot of trouble in making up stories.

Moreover, they did not show any hostility towards themselves, unlike the twisted attitude shown by the woman in the antique market, and they kept the fallback of "we do this to protect you".

But by dusk, before reaching the destination, there was a road block ahead.

The driver was shocked and got off the car to inquire about the situation. When he came back, he said, "There was a landslide. The road ahead is blocked. We don't know when the road will be reopened."

When the woman heard this, she immediately started chattering in dialect, expressing her dissatisfaction.

The driver was annoyed and said, "What can I do? It's not me who dug the mountain down!"

After saying this, the driver looked guilty and glanced at Li Zhuiyuan deliberately.

He didn't dig the mountain, but he felt guilty and was afraid that Li Zhuiyuan would misunderstand and think that they were the ones who did it.

Li Zhuiyuan did not misunderstand, because if they really intended to take action, they would not have waited until now. Anywhere they stopped along the way would have been an opportunity.

"Is there a place to rest nearby?" Li Zhuiyuan asked.

"Drive a little further back. There's a residential building on the side of the road at the fork in the road. The yard is quite spacious."

"Then let's go there. It's uncomfortable to sit in the car for a long time."

"Okay." After agreeing, he suddenly felt that he was too easy to talk to as a black car driver, so he added, "I also want to go out and have a good smoke."

The van backed up and drove into a residential area on the roadside.

The bungalow was built on the side of a small road, with a small cliff behind it, but the yard was spacious enough to park a truck. There was a simple toilet and a sink with a sign on it: Add water.

There was a window in the bungalow with the word "smoke" pasted on it.

The owners of the household are an elderly couple, both of whom have hunchbacks.

The van behind also drove in, and the driver and the five people got out.

The old couple came up and asked if they wanted to make some food to sell to them. Li Zhuiyuan and others patted their bags to indicate that they would bring their own.

The two illegal taxi drivers and the five people returning home bought some food and cigarettes from the old couple.

As the sky gradually darkened, one of the black car drivers drove to the front from time to time to inquire about the situation. Finally, he came back and said, "I'm afraid we can't go tonight. The road will not be open until tomorrow morning."

The old couple came to promote their own accommodation again, which had a room that could be lived in.

The illegal taxi driver was quite sensible. He specifically came to ask Li Zhuiyuan and the other two, saying that he could arrange for them to live in the house.

Li Zhuiyuan refused as usual. Tan Wenbin took out his sleeping bag and Runsheng set up a tent.

In the end, the two illegal taxi drivers moved in, and the five people returning home stayed on the other side of the yard. They brought a lot of pots and pans, but not enough bedding. It was cold at night, so they could only huddle there and smoke to endure the cold.

Among the five people, except for the oldest one who was nearly fifty years old, the other four all smoked, and they would only smoke half of each cigarette before throwing it on the ground and stomping it out with the soles of their shoes.

Tan Wenbin also noticed this, turned his head and chuckled: Damn, I can't even bear to waste cigarettes like this.

The woman was holding the child and looked very pitiful. She did not take the initiative to ask Li Zhuiyuan for help.

Li Zhuiyuan said to Runsheng: "Brother Runsheng, go set up a tent for her and give her my sleeping bag."

"okay."

Runsheng went to set up the tent and deliberately chose a location that was far away from the three of them.

At night, the temperature in the mountains drops rapidly.

The old couple pushed a gasoline barrel out of the house, put firewood in it and lit it, bringing light and warmth.

When the five people saw this, their first reaction was to see if the three people from Li Zhuiyuan's side would come over.

Li Zhuiyuan and the other two continued to stay where they were.

The five of them looked at each other for a moment, wondering whether they should go over to the fire to warm themselves.

But it seemed unreasonable to leave the brazier burning there without the five of us going over.

Finally, the oldest one waved his hand, and the five of them came and sat around the brazier.

It was late at night, but few people in the place were actually asleep. Although the five people had their eyes closed, their posture clearly showed that they were not sleeping.

Although the two black car drivers lived in the house, red cigarette butts could be seen flashing from time to time inside through the window.

"Ding-ling-ling... Ding-ling-ling... Ding-ling-ling..."

There was a sound of bells coming from quite far away, and not from the main road, but from the path below.

The old couple, who had already gone to bed, put on their clothes again, came out, took out two white sails from the house, and set them up in the yard.

The five people were "awakened" and seemed a little surprised to see the white sail.

Two black car drivers also came out of the house. After seeing Bai Fan, they immediately went to talk to the old couple. They lowered their voices but spoke very quickly.

The old couple's reaction was very surprised and they kept asking them questions.

Li Zhuiyuan has good hearing and heard the conversation.

The two black car drivers were surprised that your house actually has a shady road?
The old couple was surprised how you two, driving a black car, were so knowledgeable.

The Wang family, a family of corpse drivers, encountered a corpse driver in the wild.

The sound of the bell was getting closer and closer, and a figure appeared on the path in the distance.

The leader is wearing a yellow Taoist robe, a Sanqing belt around his waist, a Bagua mirror on his chest, a Qingyun crown on his head, a bell in his right hand, and scattering paper money with his left hand.

He was quite stingy and threw the tickets away one by one.

However, his posture was a little strange and stiff.

When I got closer, I found that there was also a person wearing a yellow Taoist robe behind me, who was also scattering paper money, one by one.

The reason for the stiff walking was also found. The two Taoists each held a bamboo pole under their armpits.

There is another person between the two of them, and this person's feet are not on the ground.

The old couple finished arguing with the two illegal taxi drivers. The old man took out paper money and threw it into the brazier, which started to burn. The old woman took a mirror and waved it at the entrance of the yard, as a guide.

All five returnees stood up and stood in a row. Except for the oldest one, the other four had mocking expressions on their faces.

This expression was made even clearer and more obvious under the flickering light of the fire.

Li Zhuiyuan knew what they were mocking, because from the actions, the two corpse drivers took the low-end approach, using traditional bamboo poles to hold the corpse and carrying it as they walked.

A corpse-driver who truly possesses supernatural powers can use his magic to control corpses and make them move on their own.

Li Zhuiyuan frowned slightly. He certainly did not have the kind of discrimination based on occupational status that was seen in the corpse-driving tradition. He was just curious. What was so good about driving a corpse?

There are many ways for two living people to transport a dead body, right? Is it necessary to respect tradition so much?

Li Zhuiyuan fixed his eyes and started to walk in the negative direction.

He looked at the corpse driver over there. Although he was very close, he could only vaguely see a cloud of black mist.

It seems... there is a problem?

If you can't see anything, it would be normal, indicating that there are no evil spirits or ghosts. But a cloud of black fog, isn't it obvious that it is trying to cover up the truth and prevent detection?

The corpse-driving couple was about fifty meters away from the yard.

Li Zhuiyuan began to try to use the method of Wei Zhengdao's black book and began to adjust his own mental frequency in order to conduct new explorations through the "black fog".

In the past, he always used this method to gain resonance with beings like the dead.

Runsheng and Tan Wenbin remained on guard the entire time, especially after seeing Xiaoyuan's eyelids begin to tremble rapidly, the two of them tacitly protected the boy even more closely.

When the corpse-driving pair was about to enter the yard twenty meters away, Li Zhuiyuan received feedback from the black fog.

He sensed it, two feedbacks!

The boy immediately stopped the action and ended the Yin move.

Two feedbacks mean there are two evil spirits!

But the problem is, in reality, it looked like two Taoists in yellow robes, carrying a corpse forward.

So, the corpse being carried is the living person, and the two Taoists who are driving corpses are the corpses?
Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously took a deep breath and felt a chill in his heart.

Having crossed the river three times, he should have accumulated great confidence, but at this moment he felt deeply fearful.

Because the same scene, for the corpse lifters, is equivalent to two dead bodies and a person being carried along the road.

What’s more, the most horrifying thing is that these two corpses were wearing Taoist robes and were covered with Taoist magic tools!

Even if all these magic weapons are fakes, if you give all these fakes to the evil spirit to wear, it will definitely have problems. It is impossible for it to be like this now, acting fine.

Distance: ten meters.

The two Taoist priests in front and behind looked very young. They seemed to be brothers and their face shapes were somewhat similar, both with round faces.

The Taoist priest in front waved his hand as if to say hello.

The Taoist priest at the back stuck his head out and responded with a smile on his face.

The old woman was smiling happily, waving and directing, as if she was directing a car to park in her yard.

Among the five people returning home, some of them laughed out loud.

The two illegal taxi drivers also walked to the front of the yard at this time, pointing in that direction.

The two Taoists started chatting with them. The one at the back was better, still shouting, "Yin people are on the road, Yang people should give way."

The young Taoist priest in front lowered his head shyly, as if he was embarrassed to meet so many strangers at once.

This kind of intimacy, this kind of naturalness, this kind of normal behavior, or is it evil?
Sometimes when you have to take the only road on the river or Mount Huashan, you have no choice but to give it your all and fight on, because you know that you have no choice but to light the lamp again and admit defeat.

But now, the wave has not arrived yet and such extreme situation does not exist.

If the other party's level of danger is beyond your expectations, there is no need to confront him head-on.

After all, traveling by river at least gives you a progressive expectation, but the reality will never make sense to you.

“Woooo ...

The shrill and rapid crying of a child attracted many people's attention, but everyone quickly retracted their gazes and continued to look at the two corpse drivers who were about to enter the yard.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to stare at the woman.

"Oh oh~ don't cry, don't cry~ oh oh~ be good and don't cry~"

The woman walked towards the yard while coaxing the child.

In fact, the child was very well behaved. He was very quiet along the way and didn't cry or make any noise.

Many people who are currently taking care of or have just taken care of children can hear some meaning from the crying of a child.

Li Zhuiyuan never raised a child, but he was intelligent at an early age. When he was very young, he was really treated as a child, and adults always liked to let him play with real children.

He could tell that the child was crying because he was in pain, and judging from the frequency of his cry, it seemed that someone was constantly inflicting pain on him.

It was the woman who, in a place where no one else could see, deliberately used her hands to strangle the child. She was deliberately making the child cry.

She walked to the edge of the yard. The yard was surrounded by a wall, but the wall was very low and simply surrounded by wood. Even a child could easily jump over it.

This woman had been disguising herself all the way, and although he was not completely confident in her, he was unable to find any flaws in her.

As a result, at this time, she stopped pretending!

So, how terrifying is that group of "corpse-chasing people" that are about to come in?
There was no time to think further, because the young Taoist in front had already changed direction and was about to enter the yard.

The woman coaxed the child and came to the edge of the yard.

Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his hands, pulled Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, and then ran to the edge of the yard.

Needless to say, Runsheng and Tan Wenbin have a good understanding with the boy. There is no need to ask "what's wrong" or "why". Seeing that Xiaoyuan has started running, why don't they run quickly?
Fortunately, the three-person tent was located in the corner, so we just needed to speed up and sprint to the fence, and then jump!

There is a slope below the yard with a relatively large height difference. This is why the car had to be parked in this yard before, because there was no good place to park nearby and only this place was leveled.

As he jumped out and fell, Runsheng reached out and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's backpack, then turned sideways, pulled the boy to his chest, and then leaned down with his back.

"boom!"

After landing, Runsheng held Li Zhuiyuan and rolled down continuously, then pulled out one hand and quickly inserted it into the mud beside him to stabilize his body.

Tan Wenbin was less lucky. He originally grabbed Runsheng's thigh to try to steady himself, but everyone was wearing custom-made expedition clothes. The new clothes were made of good material and were relatively smooth, not to mention the boots. Tan Wenbin grabbed all the way down and was unable to hold on in time.

In the end, I could only lie chest down and move "thump, thump, thump" for a long distance before I could stabilize myself.

After stabilizing himself, Tan Wenbin immediately opened his mouth and let out a silent cry of pain. It felt like his chest was rubbed hard with a steel wool.

"Be good~don't cry, don't cry~Be good~don't cry, don't cry~"

The woman was at the same level as Runsheng, but was further away, about three or four meters.

Everyone jumped from the same horizontal line. Li Zhuiyuan and the other two also sprinted and jumped, but the woman was able to jump so far while holding a child. What a great skill she had.

At this time, the woman squatted steadily on the ground, not looking at Runsheng and Li Zhuiyuan beside her, and not caring about Tan Wenbin who fell further below, but continued to coax the child:

"Oh~ don't cry, don't cry~ good boy~ don't cry, don't cry~"

The child gradually stopped crying because no one was pinching him.

At this moment, a chilling cry suddenly came from the yard above.

And in the next moment, the crying stopped abruptly and fell into dead silence!
So fast?
You have to know that those seven people are all members of the Wang family, and they all have outstanding skills and methods.

"Ding-ling-ling... Ding-ling-ling... Ding-ling-ling..."

The bell rang again.

This time, the sound of bells appeared overhead.

Below, Li Zhuiyuan, Runsheng, Tan Wenbin and the woman all raised their heads and looked upwards.

On the sloping path, a long team was marching to the rhythm of the bells.

The two in front and behind were still two young Taoist priests wearing yellow robes.

In the middle, there are four on one side and three on the other side, they are the five "returnees" and two "illegal taxi drivers".

They held a bamboo pole in one hand, placed it on their shoulders, and followed the footsteps.

Ten people in total.
Still only that person's feet were off the ground.

At this time, the old woman's voice sounded in the yard, echoing in this empty valley:
"Hey, there are still five people who haven't set off together~"

(End of this chapter)