Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 148

Silence fell after he finished speaking.

It was like a stone hitting the lake, and after a "bang", it quickly sank to the bottom.

Ripples spread, then return to calm.

But in an instant, the wind started to blow again.

The wind that blew hundreds of years ago once again ignited the fire that had not been extinguished for hundreds of years.

At the calm bottom of the lake, magma was surging and flames were flowing, making the entire lake boil.

Inside the palace, everyone faced Li Zhuiyuan and the statue behind him and saluted collectively.

Each of the four families in Laotianmen has its own rituals, but at this moment, they are surprisingly consistent and orderly.

The old lady of the Liu family once said to Li Zhuiyuan: Times have changed, and we no longer follow the old customs.

But etiquette is still the same etiquette. In this era, how many people can still recognize it?

Inside the palace, the ancestors of the four families of Laotianmen returned the greetings almost simultaneously, and then collectively bowed and paid homage again.

Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously turned around and looked at the statue of Qin Kan behind him.

They still worship you.

"Click..."

The statue was cracked, from the forehead, from the arms, from the chest, like a spider web.

It cracked so suddenly, without any warning.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the statue, which was originally shabby but also elegant and majestic, was shattered to the ground.

Li Zhuiyuan stared at the ground in a daze. This statue seemed to be telling him in this way:

No, they are actually worshipping you.

At the same time, it seemed as if it was responding to this non-existent sentence.

Inside the palace, everyone continued to maintain their worship posture and shouted in unison:
"We obey the Dragon King's order!"

Then, everyone in the palace flicked their sleeves, and a short piece of bamboo slipped into their hands. Then they lifted it up and the bamboo stretched out.

They are corpse drivers, and the bamboo poles are both their identity authentication and their lifelong companions and best friends.

The bamboo poles in many people's hands have dense marks of cracks and repairs.

Everyone put the bamboo stick under his armpit.

They were very heavy, with tremendous magical power on their bodies, which compressed and restricted their range of movement.

So, they started to march using their best method of driving corpses, except this time, they were driving themselves.

There was clearly no one at the front or back end lifting the pole, but the bamboo pole stood very steadily. They walked out one by one.

The four people walking in front were wearing four different sets of clothes, representing the four families of Laotianmen.

They stood side by side, the four of them clapped their hands forward, and the four pairs of bamboo sticks penetrated each other and joined together to form a heavy pair.

Although Li Zhuiyuan was not blind yet, his vision was already filled with deep red, but his ears could still clearly hear their movements.

Four people, two in front and two behind, they are in front of me,
Squat down,

Side bar.

"Please ask the Qin family's Dragon King to get into the sedan chair!"

Hundreds of years ago, they treated Qin Kan with the same courtesy.

They did not think that carrying someone's sedan chair was a sign of inequality between superiors and subordinates. They just knew that as the Dragon King who had already successfully crossed the river, there was no need for him to interfere in this matter.

But the Dragon King came and was willing to lead them to fight to protect their hometown from the evil spirits.

Since people come with righteousness, I will treat them with courtesy.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out his hand, groped, grabbed the bamboo pole, and then sat on it.

The four men stood up and the young man was lifted up.

The team started marching.

Outside, everyone closed their eyes and bowed their heads.

The pressure brought by such a large team of cursed forces traveling together is also extremely terrifying.

There is one exception, and that is Xie Shunan.

Those who could not bear to look directly at it were all invited out by Li Zhuiyuan.

He knew that his plan had completely failed.

But at this moment, he was not as angry and hysterical as before, but just kept muttering in amazement:

"Why does the only contemporary descendant of the Dragon King Qin family have the surname Li?"

In fact, when Li Zhuiyuan swore an oath to warn Baihe Tongzi at the edge of the huge pit, he had called out his own name.

Lihua heard it all, so it’s impossible that Xie Shunan, who has excellent hearing, didn’t hear it.

He was also puzzled as to why the young man claimed to be the inheritor of the two Dragon Kings, but his main attention was still on the Qin family.

However, the contemporary inheritor of the Qin family and the only contemporary inheritor of the Qin family are completely different concepts.

It is not surprising that there are inheritors from other families in the Dragon King's family.

For example, Xiong Shanlihua and his wife dreamed of sending their son to be cared for by the Dragon King's family. This was a matter of chance and they did not need to change their surnames.

Or if there are exceptionally talented people coming to seek refuge or being taken in and trained, in this case, there is no need to change the surname.

In every big family, there are always people from other families.

But since the only contemporary heir of the Qin family does not have the surname Qin, there is only one possibility.

That is, the Qin family has become so sparsely populated that it is frightening.

But the Qin family is a big family, so...are almost all members of the Qin family really dead?
This is indeed the case. Before Li Zhuiyuan joined the Qin family, the only Qin Shu and A'li who wore red costumes during sacrifices were Qin Shu and A'li.

Uncle Qin was a house-born child, which in the old days referred to the child born to a slave in his master's family. Although he was given the surname Qin, he was not of the Qin family's bloodline.

However, the old lady personally raised Uncle Qin, which was a treatment that even children of direct relatives could not enjoy before, so the relationship between the two seemed to be master and servant, but in fact it was mother and son.

Furthermore, Uncle Qin’s failed attempt to escape to the Yangtze River was a case of the previous generation.

As for A'li, although she is of the Qin family's bloodline, she has not entered the sect due to her illness. Those filthy things harassed her before she entered the sect, and after she really entered the sect, those things will only become more crazy.

Therefore, when Li Zhuiyuan joined the family, he was the only contemporary heir of the Qin family, and the same was true for the Liu family.

When Li Zhuiyuan was carried past Xie Shunan, Xie Shunan shouted in a low voice with rapid breathing:
"The Qin family... the Qin family... are the Qin family really... really dead... really gone?"

Li Zhuiyuan still ignored him.

But at this time, no response is also a kind of acquiescence.

Xie Shunan's face lit up with joy and he actually laughed out loud.

“Hehe…hahahahahaha.”

However, this time the laughter lacked the previous ferocity.

In his mind, all kinds of past events emerged:
He was at his grandmother's knees, listening to her tell the story of how his ancestor and the Dragon King of the Qin family suppressed the general together, and what kind of family the Qin family was, and how many generations of Dragon Kings had traveled the world to defend justice.

Every night during those years, he held the tablet of the Qin family Dragon King and cried and begged, offering sacrifices.

It turns out that it wasn’t that the Qin family deliberately didn’t come, but that all the Qin family members were dead...Haha, that’s great.

Xie Shunan was delighted that the majestic image that he had admired since childhood had not collapsed.

At the same time, it also made him feel confused.

"The Qin family... the Qin family... why... why did they die?"

Li Zhuiyuan has gone far away, and the team of people who cannot be looked at directly has also left here.

"Tell me... tell me... why did the Qin family die... why did they die?"

Tan Wenbin reached out, grabbed Xie Shunan's hair and pulled it back, then lowered his head and asked Xie Shunan in the face:

"Why do you think he died?"

Xie Shunan's body began to tremble. When the image of the Qin family was restored in his mind, the reason was actually easy to guess.

For such a large family with profound heritage, if they want to avoid disasters, there are too many ways to do it. Even if they simply stay away from the world for a hundred years, they should not be underestimated a hundred years later.

Therefore, the only reason that could cause this phenomenon was that the Qin family took the initiative.

The contrast between the Qin family and the Jie family was too obvious.

The descendants of the Qin family are still protecting the people and upholding justice, but I...

"How could this happen? Why is this happening?"

Xie Shunan began to talk to himself non-stop.

Tan Wenbin sighed. If it were anyone else, he would think that this guy was acting out his fear of failure and death, but this guy was an extreme lunatic himself, and maybe he was really expressing his true feelings at this moment.

"You guys go follow Brother Xiaoyuan, but remember not to follow too closely and be careful of your sight. I'm going to go take care of something first, in case I'm too late later.

Oh, and take this guy with you so he can continue watching."

After briefly instructing his teammates, Tan Wenbin ran in another direction.

After running out of the palace, I came to a depression in the northwest corner. Although the area here was not small, it was difficult to be found.

At this time, the eunuch was standing there.

"Xiao Binzi, I'm sorry for you. Even after all this, you still remember me."

"Godfather, what are you talking about?"

“There are some things that we can’t figure out, and we can’t understand, but we can see clearly that your business has been accomplished.

After the job was done, you didn't just throw me away as if I were a used rag, but still remembered your promise to come here.

Now I finally dare to accept your call of godfather.

I never expected that I had a lot of godchildren when I was alive, but the godchild who really cherished my feelings was the one I adopted many years after my death."

"Is that the direction, godfather?"

"Yes, just dig down."

"Well, you'll see."

Tan Wenbin took out a Yellow River shovel from his bag, unfolded it, and started digging. After a while, he dug out a coffin.

"Godfather, should I just open the coffin violently?"

"I'm standing right in front of you, are you still afraid of disturbing me?"

"hey-hey."

Tan Wenbin pried open the coffin and found a skeleton lying inside.

They were all required to be buried alive with the dead, so naturally it was impossible to focus on embalming them. Having a coffin was already an extraordinary treatment here.

I don't know how many maids and eunuchs are buried underground nearby. Many skeletal hands and feet are sticking out of the ground. When I walked here before, I had to be careful not to step on them.

"Bah, the cannibalistic old society!"

"I don't understand this word, but it sounds quite refreshing."

Tan Wenbin took out a bag from his bag and began to collect the remains. Some of the bones were larger, so he knocked them with a shovel for easier placement.

After cleaning up, Tan Wenbin continued to rummage around in the coffin in confusion.

"what?"

The eunuch reminded him, "I've already told you that the gold, silver and jewels are in the interlayer of the coffin. Smash them."

"No, godfather, isn't your baby here?"

"Are you looking for my baby?"

"Yes, I heard that when you are buried, you will take the baby with you or sew it back together, isn't that right?"

"That's true. My treasure was originally kept in the home of the master who cleansed me. Every year I would send someone to give him a gift of money, asking him to keep it for me. I will take it back when I am old and leave the house.

Unfortunately, the burial was hasty, and my treasure was left at my master's house in Luoyang. The general's mansion is far from Luoyang, so I didn't have time to wait for the treasure to come back."

"Oh, is that so? Fine then. When I get out, I'll use the gold to make you a treasure and put it in the remains and bury them together."

"Well, the gold seems a little soft."

"I was negligent. Don't worry, godfather. I'll find a piece of good steel and a mold factory, and ask the most experienced master there to help me make one using a machine tool."

“I don’t understand what you are saying, but it seems to work?”

"I guarantee you'll be hard for the next few hundred years!"

"middle!"

Tan Wenbin began to smash the coffin, and the gold, silver and jewelry inside rolled out. The amount was not too exaggerated, but considering the current purchasing power, it was already very impressive and could be used to build several roads in the countryside.

After putting these away, Tan Wenbin picked up the shovel again and looked at the eunuch somewhat embarrassedly.

The eunuch smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Do you have anything else to do?"

"Well, godfather, I have to dig up Eunuch Xiao Wang's as well." Without Eunuch Xiao Wang's guidance and introduction, let alone meeting the great eunuch, I'm afraid I can't even get around the forbidden mechanisms in the palace.

However, if the eunuch knew that he was treated the same as that young eunuch, he would probably be unhappy.

But now, it doesn’t really matter.

Once Brother Xiaoyuan has gotten rid of the curse and the general dies, everything here will return to dust.

"He's there." The eunuch pointed.

"Why, I know; he told me."

Tan Wenbin picked up a shovel and started digging. Although Eunuch Wang did not have a coffin, he was buried quite deep, which was the second best treatment next to having a coffin.

After digging it up, they also found the jade pendant that Eunuch Xiao Wang had told them about his identity, and Tan Wenbin began to collect the remains.

The eunuch was not angry at all. Instead, he sighed and said, "What a pity, Xiao Binzi, I am already dead. If I could have met you before I was alive, I would have given up everything and would have paved the way for you."

"hey-hey."

"You are born to be a eunuch!"

Tan Wenbin: “…”

"You also feel it's a pity, right? In my Han Dynasty, being a eunuch is still very prestigious."

……

The long team keeps moving forward.

The Fantasy World Sand had no effect on either them or Li Zhuiyuan.

The team arrived at the exit of the stone gate.

Next, we can only go in one by one.

Li Zhuiyuan was still being carried, and he knew that he was not worthy of sitting in this position.

This group of people is like a mirror that is too clean, reflecting their own dark background.

Before I opened my mouth to speak to them, I had actually predicted the result in my heart. They would definitely agree and there would be no surprises.

And this was also the reason why the boy felt pain before.

Here, there is no precise calculation, no control, no exchange of interests... only the simplest impulse.

For me, who had just barely learned how to communicate basic emotions with a small group of people around me, suddenly facing such a scene was no less than torture.

Fortunately, he survived.

He figured out one thing: they didn't really care whether they had love, care, and compassion in their hearts.

They don't even care about their real purpose.

They only care about whether their actions are protecting people and upholding justice.

Your condition cannot be recovered overnight, but your thoughts and direction can be adjusted.

The inheritance of the two Dragon Kings is an honor that can give oneself status and position, but at the same time, it is also an inescapable responsibility.

I was so absorbed in the battle of wits and courage with the river that I seemed to be able to spare a little time to take in the scenery of the river.

I once complained to Wei Zhengdao that he didn't leave any medical records or prescriptions.

But now, Li Zhuiyuan had a vague feeling that Wei Zhengdao seemed to have stayed.

In his book, he keeps saying "destroyed by the righteous path", which may not only be political correctness to hide his own personal agenda, but also not just a joke or irony.

As a fellow patient, Wei Zhengdao may have experienced similar things.

People like them need their own logical consistency too much, and they will feel painful once a conflict occurs.

Even if you don't have enough emotions in your heart, as long as your actions are in line with the right logic, there is no need to suffer.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his right hand and placed it in front of himself. He could only see a blurry shadow:

"Wei Zhengdao..."

The next moment, Li Zhuiyuan slid down from the bamboo pole. He walked to the stone gate, stood on the edge, faced the crowd in front of him, and said:

"For the sake of justice and the people, please...go slowly."

The first person stepped forward and paused before passing in front of Li Zhuiyuan, shouting, "Thank you, Dragon King, for seeing me off!"

Then, after he stepped into the stone gate, the Longyan Locking Gate Formation had already been opened by Li Zhuiyuan.

After he went in, he heard the sound of fire outside the stone gate and black fog, which was soon consumed by the flames. There seemed to be the roar of a dragon inside.

When the flames outside the stone gate died down, the second person stepped forward and said, "Thank you, Dragon King, for seeing me off!"

He went in and the fire started again.

Under a pair of majestic dragon eyes, this cursed power was directly refined.

The third, the fourth, the fifth...

Every time the fire outside the stone gate went out, it indicated that the next person was about to enter.

Amid the responses of "Thank you, Dragon King, for seeing me off," they walked in one by one.

Hundreds of years ago, a Dragon King from the Qin family arrived and helped them suppress evil spirits; hundreds of years later, another inheritor of the Qin family appeared and led them to eliminate natural disasters.

The one who brought them in, the one who brought them out.

Not far away, Runsheng, Xiong Shan and others were standing there, as well as Jie Shunan who was brought here specially.

At this time, Xie Shunan rested his forehead on the ground and remained silent.

The number of people on Shimen's side is getting smaller and smaller.

The flames over there were also showing signs of getting weaker and weaker.

But fortunately, when the last person went in, the flames burned him and the cursed power in his body.

After stopping for a short while, there was a sound of collapse and falling coming from outside the stone gate.

Sometimes, a formation is like a machine. When it runs continuously, it can barely maintain itself by inertia, but once it really stops, problems will appear everywhere.

This Qin family formation, which was arranged by Qin Kan himself and then repaired by Li Zhuiyuan, finally completed its mission.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around, faced outside the stone gate, bowed, and said softly:
"Thank you all."

After he stood up, his body shook and he almost couldn't stand still.

Without those who cannot be looked at directly, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

Runsheng ran forward, squatted down, and waved his hand in front of Xiaoyuan.

"Brother Runsheng, I'm not completely blind yet."

"These eyes are all red."

"It's okay, just rest for a while, it's okay."

Runsheng turned around, carried the boy on his back, and let him have a good rest.

Xiong Shan came over and said, "Long... Li..."

Li Zhuiyuan lay on Runsheng's back, closed his eyes, and said directly: "Talk about it."

Xiong Shan: "It's like this. Before I came here, I left two scarecrow puppets by the lake. Now there's a reaction there. Many people, people who can cause spiritual reactions, have come to the lake, right above us."

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's the people from those three families who are here."

I rushed and pushed the progress forward because I was worried that the arrival of those three families would cause damage to the local layout.

But now, the matter has been resolved.

Xiong Shan said, "My wife and I are going to go find them and avenge the second and third brothers. As for the children, we'll take care of them first..."

Li Zhuiyuan knew that ever since the couple knew their identities, they had been thinking about committing suicide so that they could entrust their child to him.

Their parenting experience is really absolutely extreme from beginning to end.

There are many people at the top, so it should be that all three families have come out in full force.

A large number of ants can kill an elephant. The second and third ants are also likely to be surrounded and captured. Besides, they are not in good condition now. If they go up now, they can kill some people, but they will definitely die.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I promise you, if anything happens to you, I will send your son to an orphanage with good conditions and donate some money."

Xiong Shan: “…”

Lihua was about to cooperate with her husband in showing that she was overwhelmed by anger, but she was stunned and couldn't help but say: "Great kindness, next life... what?"

"Ah Friend."

"exist!"

"Carry Jie Shunan." Li Zhuiyuan changed his position and stuck to Runsheng's back, "Go to that huge pit."

Everyone returned to the edge of the huge pit.

The coffin lid was still open and the Taoist priest was still standing.

Tan Wenbin also ran back at this time, carrying three bags, two large and one small.

Lin Shuyou threw Jie Shunan aside, came over and asked, "Brother Bin, what are you talking about?"

Tan Wenbin: "Carrying relatives."

Lin Shuyou: "Brother Bin, your family is really amazing. You have relatives here too. Are they direct relatives?"

At this moment, Xie Shunan felt as if all the life had been sucked out of him, and he just knelt there in a daze.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Untie them."

Lin Shuyou happened to be kicked back by Tan Wenbin.

After getting up, he immediately went to untie Jie Shunan.

At this time, a pair of bamboo sticks were thrown in front of Li Shunan.

Xie Shunan followed the sound, took the pair of bamboo poles in his hands, and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"I promised the general that I would let him show off his might one last time before he disappears.

I promised your great-grandfather that I would let him teach you personally how to retaliate if you are bullied by other families.

They don't have much strength left and could dissipate at any time, but they are more than enough to deal with the group of people above them."

After all, a family that has lost its morality and sense of responsibility would have become a group of rats even if it has been passed down to this day.

Xie Shunan stood up, with his hands and a bamboo pole extended out, reaching downwards.

The corpse-driving Taoist priest stretched out his hand, caught the bamboo pole, and flew into the air to the edge of the pit.

Seeing this, Runsheng and others couldn't help but take a few steps back with serious expressions.

They had experienced how terrifying the corpse-driving Taoist priest was before, and when facing it, if they were not careful, their bodies would explode.

What's more, at this time, the ancestor of the Jie family who had originally imposed the seal also lifted the restrictions on the general, allowing the general to regain control of this body.

But even in this last bit of time, the aura of decay on his body was already very strong.

In fact, the general should have died long ago. It was the ancestors of the Xie family who were holding on before.

Li Zhuiyuan said weakly:

"The three families above, Xie, Wang, and Bu, are trying to harm me and disrupt the situation to cause a natural disaster.

I have exhausted all my energy trying to resolve this catastrophe.

At this moment, I am no longer able to protect myself, and my men are all exhausted, alas..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Tan Wenbin began to cough violently, as if he was going to cough up blood.

Runsheng bent down and Lin Shuyou covered his chest.

Yin Meng said in shame: "Alas, I am just a useless person who only knows how to live off my ancestors' wealth."

Xiong Shan and Lihua widened their eyes. They were really surprised today that they could play like this!
"As a last resort, in order to protect myself and my useful body, I continue to fight evil and defend justice in the martial arts world.

Therefore, the general's seal will be opened temporarily, and the wolves will be driven out to devour the tigers, so that the evil ones can kill each other and bring peace back to the world.

In extraordinary times, extraordinary things should be done.

Also hope,

God has eyes.

Heaven is the witness. "

Jie Shunan and the Taoist corpse-driver quickly retracted their bamboo poles and stuck together.

But this time, Jie Shunan was in front and the corpse-driving Taoist priest was behind.

Xie Shunan turned his head, faced Li Zhuiyuan, and said, "Thank you."

Li Zhuiyuan changed his posture again. He was ready to sleep. Before going to sleep, he said:
“You’re welcome, I promised them so much, and they both promised me one thing.

Before they disappeared,
I’ll break your neck first.”

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I have been very tired these days and I didn’t get enough rest last night. That’s all I have to say today. Let me go and have a good rest. Sorry, hug you all!
(End of this chapter)