Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 150 (End of this volume)

"Are you sure you want to drive this?"

Master Ge held the blueprint with a grim look on his face.

There are two drawings.

The first one is still within a reasonable size.

The second one is not only exaggerated in size, with veins exposed, but also has a curved end.

"Yes." Tan Wenbin handed Master Ge a cigarette, "Thank you for your hard work."

The first one is for the young eunuch, and the second one is for the senior eunuch.

The two people will be buried together, so they cannot have the same style. They have to be distinguishable. What if one day they suddenly feel like digging them out from under the ground and comparing them?

Master Ge asked, "I heard this thing is usually made of rubber, isn't it?"

Tan Wenbin took out an envelope from his pocket, stuffed it into Master Ge’s work clothes pocket, and patted it.

"If I use rubber, do I need to come to you?"

Master Ge sighed: "If I go to buy this and get seen, where will I put my face?"

Tan Wenbin took out a second envelope and stuffed it into his pocket.

Master Ge nodded: "I'll do my best. Two drawings, two copies, right?"

"Yes, that's right, two of each."

Of course it is impossible for one person to be buried with two, but considering the attraction of this thing to eunuch ghosts, there is no guarantee that they will encounter similar situations in the future, so it is better to be prepared.

The remaining set must be hidden well and cannot be seen by outsiders, otherwise I won’t be able to explain it clearly.

"Come and get it this afternoon."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Tan Wenbin walked out of the factory, got in a pickup truck, drove north, and then turned in at a familiar entrance.

Familiar village roads, familiar houses, familiar electric poles and familiar backing cars into the fields.

Tan Wenbin got out of the car carrying a lot of bags.

"Hey, Zhuangzhuang?"

Li Sanjiang was sitting on a rattan chair on the second-floor terrace, listening to the radio and basking in the sun. When he saw someone coming towards him, he first stood up and then kept looking behind him.

"Uncle Li, please don't look anymore. Brother Xiaoyuan hasn't come back yet."

I don’t know whether Brother Xiaoyuan is awake now or not.

"Oh, haha." Li Sanjiang smiled somewhat disappointedly.

Tan Wenbin pointed behind him and said, "Then I'll leave?"

"Stinky boy, even if Xiao Yuanhou didn't come back, how can I not be happy that you are here?"

"hey-hey."

Tan Wenbin walked into the house and placed all the things he was carrying on the round table.

Then he turned his head and saw a woman on the other side, putting makeup on a paper figure.

The woman noticed Tan Wenbin's gaze, turned sideways and gave him a faint smile.

Tan Wenbin also smiled at her.

He knew who she was, but now he was no longer afraid.

Li Sanjiang went downstairs and took out a cigarette box from his pocket.

Tan Wenbin took it out first, put one into Uncle Li's mouth, and lit it for him.

"What's up, Zhuangzhuang? Why did you come back so suddenly? What's the matter?"

"Well, there is something I need to trouble you with."

Tan Wenbin opened two of the packages, revealing two urns with ancient shapes.

Li Sanjiang narrowed his eyes, took a puff of his cigarette, and asked, "Who are these two guests?"

How could the people who retrieve corpses and observe fasting be frightened by the urn, let alone feel that it is unlucky?

"A while ago, I went to the mountains with my mentor to participate in an engineering project. I got lost in the mountains, and fell asleep in the cracks of the rocks due to being tired and thirsty. I had a dream in which two people appeared and showed me the way.

I relied on their guidance and walked out to find the team.

Later, he led his men back and dug down to where I slept, and found the two remains. "

Li Sanjiang blew out a smoke ring and said, "Then we really have to give him a good burial. It's a tit for tat."

"Yes, that's what I thought. So I brought them here. Uncle Li, can you help me arrange it?"

Tan Wenbin originally wanted to buy a public cemetery for burial, but firstly, the cemetery was not of sufficient standard, and secondly, the two had been buried in a mass grave in the past, and it would not be appropriate to dig them out and send them to the shared house.

If you want to do something fancy and build an exquisite cemetery, you can only do it in the countryside. You can also do it in the rural areas of Jinling as long as you are willing to pay, but this also involves future care.

People just take some money from you, but can they really treat you as a family member?

These days, demolition and development are very frequent. If the area is developed in a few years, the two fathers-in-law will be dug out and exposed as an "ownerless tomb". It would be better to continue burying them underground.

After much thought, Tan Wenbin still felt that it would be more appropriate to bring his two fathers-in-law back to their hometown for burial.

His Tan family has an ancestral tomb, but his grandparents would not be buried there. As a public official, he has to respond to the country's call to keep funerals simple, and it is impossible for them to build an elaborate tomb for him.

So, in the end, I can only ask Uncle Li for help.

Li Sanjiang asked: "Do you want to start renovations?"

"Yes, and the specifications must be different. This specification must be high, for the elders, and this specification is low, for his sons."

"I understand. Leave it to me. After all, they saved our Zhuangzhuang's people, so we can't treat them unfairly. I promise to repair their heads beautifully."

Tan Wenbin was very touched. Everyone knew that Uncle Li loved Xiaoyuan the most, but he was also really good to him, so he agreed directly and never mentioned money or anything.

"Thank you, uncle."

"What are you thanking me for? I hope you will meet more noble people when you go out in the future."

"really."

"Besides, if we give him a good burial, won't there be two more people in heaven to bless him in the future? With people in heaven, everything will be easier to talk about."

"Sir, you are telling the truth."

He didn't know how it felt to have someone in heaven, but he had indeed experienced the preferential treatment from someone on earth.

"I have already chosen an auspicious grave for myself and your uncle Shan, so don't bother and bury them there too.

Two more people means more fun. I'm worried that it will be boring to chat with your old man a hundred years from now. You know, that old man is always silent."

"Don't worry, sir. These two will definitely talk and it will be lively."

"Then what else do you have to do? Since you're back, you have to go visit your grandparents. Oh, you also have to visit Zhou Xiaoyun's home."

"Uncle, my name is Zhou Yunyun."

"It doesn't sound good to be dizzy, it's better to call me Xiao Yunhou."

"Then I'll discuss it with her and ask her to change her name."

"Bah, I was just saying this casually, but you are using me to dig a well."

"No, sir, you are very lucky. The name you chose can bring you blessings."

"Oh, it's so funny, where does such nonsense come from? I'm so lucky, how could I not know it?"

Next to her, the woman who had been silently putting makeup on the paper figurine also smiled.

Li Sanjiang said: "Ying Hou, you are right, right? Hahaha."

The woman nodded and her body began to shake with laughter.

"Master, there is one more thing. When we dug them out, they were carrying some gold and silver cakes. I exchanged them for money."

Tan Wenbin opened another bag and took out stacks of big unity bills.

Seeing so much money, Li Sanjiang's hand holding the cigarette began to tremble.

"Wow, tsk tsk tsk... so many?"

"Correct."

My father-in-law loved money, and he was buried in a hurry, so he only had time to take gold, silver and jewelry.

Tan Wenbin asked Yin Meng for the place where she sold books last time, and went to that store to exchange the gold, silver and jewelry.

The shop owner was quite reliable. He inspected the goods, quoted the price and took the money. He was very prompt.

It seems that he must have been scared by Yin Meng.

Tan Wenbin pushed his hands forward and pushed all the money towards Li Sanjiang.

"What do you mean, give it all to me?"

"Correct."

"How can you ask for money from someone? Since they helped you, it's only right that we build a tomb for them."

"But this money cannot be refunded."

“Then donate it.”

"I think so too, but I still have to go to school, so you have to help me spend the money to build bridges and roads in the village, give some to the orphans and those who have difficulties in going to school."

It’s really simple to just find an account and donate.

But the money has to be spent wherever the person is buried. The two fathers-in-law have no children and are outsiders, so this money can be used to buy favors in the local area.

"That's a good idea. I'll go talk to the village chief about it."

"You have to make up a reason, for example, Ding Dalin sent money back from overseas and asked you to help benefit the villagers."

Although Ding Dalin is dead, his identity as an "overseas Chinese" is still very useful.

Li Sanjiang rubbed his forehead and said, "So, Zhuangzhuang, if you sell this thing, is it a crime?"

“I didn’t keep any for myself.”

Tan Wenbin did not intend to take the 10% that was originally agreed to be kept for himself.

"Zhuangzhuang, if it's something illegal, we..."

"Don't worry, I won't do it again."

"...We have to be clean and not leave any clues."

Tan Wenbin: “…”

"Pa!" Li Sanjiang slapped his forehead, "I almost forgot what your family does. You are a professional."

Tan Wenbin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. If his father heard this, he would probably be so angry that he would unbuckle his belt and start beating him.

"Zhuangzhuang, would you like to stay home for dinner?"

"No, I have to go to Zhou Xiaoyun's house."

"Ah?" Li Sanjiang pointed at the gifts on the table, "So they weren't all for me."

"You have half, and I have to bring the other half. She didn't come back last time for the holiday, so I took her back this time. She's at home now, and we agreed that I'll go to her house for lunch."

"Then wait, Marquis Ying brought me a few jars of home-brewed wine last time, and they tasted really good. You take one jar... no, you have to take two jars.

Ying Hou, go and mention it."

"Hey, good."

The woman put down her paintbrush, went into the inner room, and quickly brought out two jars of wine.

It’s a small jar, and the seal is done very exquisitely.

Li Sanjiang introduced: "This wine tastes good, doesn't make you drunk, and makes you sleep comfortably at night."

Tan Wenbin reached out to take the jar of wine, then whispered to the woman, "Can we drink it?"

This is the wine brought by Death.

Uncle Li is a lucky man with a long life. Even if he has a bad appetite, he may be fine if he mixes rat poison with water to stimulate his appetite.

But ordinary people... I'm afraid they would have been punished a long time ago.

The woman nodded to Tan Wenbin.

Tan Wenbin was relieved and said, "Thank you."

Then he said to Li Sanjiang: "Thank you, uncle."

"What are you thanking me for, little brat? By the way, since you're back, you can just give this money to Xiao Yuanhou, so I don't have to go to the post office again."

Li Sanjiang ignored the pile of money on the table, took out some money from his pocket, wet his fingertips with saliva, counted out the big bills, and put the small bills back into his pocket.

"Hey, this half is for Xiao Yuanhou, and this half is for you."

"Well, Xiaoyuan and I will split it in half, isn't that bad?"

"The main thing is that you are standing in front of me. I am embarrassed to give Xiao Yuanhou too much."

"Okay, I'll divide it among myself, and the biggest share will go to Brother Xiaoyuan."

"Master, I treat everyone equally, and I treat everyone equally."

"understand."

Tan Wenbin accepted the money.

Li Sanjiang touched the empty pocket on his other side and asked, "You have to take some more money when you come here."

"It's not like you need to pay a betrothal gift, just bring some gifts."

Li Sanjiang continued to take out his empty pockets and said, "That won't work. How can I maintain my appearance without money? I have to put on airs when I come to your house for the first time."

Li Sanjiang wanted to pay, but the main reason was that the recent bills had not been settled yet and this batch of paper figurines had not been shipped out. The money he just paid was all he had.

"Hey, don't I still have my grandparents? They have a lot of pensions and can't spend them all. I'm going to go there to beg for money.

When the wedding day comes, I will ask you for a big red envelope."

"Then... let's do it."

Li Sanjiang took out the hand that was almost hot from rubbing in his pocket.

"Uncle, I'm sorry to trouble you with these matters."

"Do good things to accumulate merit for yourself, why would you bother with that?"

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Li, these two are from a long time ago, the graveyard..."

"You don't need to tell me this. I know. I'll build a small courtyard for them."

“Sure enough, you are a professional.”

Nowadays, it is popular for living people in rural areas to save money to build a two- or three-story building. The dead are no longer simply graves, but exquisite and small two- or three-story houses with doors, windows and glass.

I remember one time when we were walking on the street, Runsheng asked how Ultraman was filmed so big?

Brother Xiaoyuan pointed to the densely packed modern and exquisite mini houses on one side of the road and said: If you stand in one, you will be Ultraman.

After leaving Uncle Li's house, Tan Wenbin drove to Shigang.

Zhou Yunyun's home was not in Shigang Town, but in the village below. After driving into the village, when he was about to ask a family for directions, he heard someone shouting in the distance:
"Here, here!"

Knowing that their daughter was going to bring her boyfriend home for dinner, Zhou Yunyun's parents took a day off from the textile factory. They also brought their grandparents and a bunch of close relatives to wait on the dam early in the morning.

There are few houses in the village, and the visibility is good. When I saw a small pickup truck driving in, I immediately recognized that it was my future son-in-law.

In fact, Tan Wenbin arrived a little late. It was impossible for him to arrive at lunchtime on his first visit, but there was nothing he could do as he had to go and take care of the errands first.

The main thing is to drive home during the weekend. I can’t delay. In case Brother Xiaoyuan wakes up, I have to be with him.

Tan Wenbin drove the car over and wanted to stop under the dam, but Zhou Yunyun's father enthusiastically acted as the commander in front.

There was no choice but to drive onto the dam and park the car.

Zhou Yunyun was wearing a white sweater and jeans, standing in the crowd, her figure was highlighted and she looked very pretty.

After Tan Wenbin got off the car, he smiled at her and immediately began to distribute cigarettes to the men present. At the same time, he reached out and took the initiative to pat Zhou Yunyun's father, who was facing this situation for the first time and had no experience:

"Uncle, please teach me how to call someone."

Zhou Yunyun's father was stunned for a moment, then immediately began to introduce.

Every time Tan Wenbin called someone, he would ask which unit or factory they worked for. Even if the person was currently just a temporary bricklayer, he could still talk to them about the recent economic downturn on the construction site.

They are all meaningless nonsense, but some people can make people feel valued and don't ignore anyone.

Zhou Yunyun's father stood next to him, looking like he was the prospective son-in-law who was visiting for the first time today.

Everyone sat down and started eating.

Zhou Yunyun was arranged to sit next to Tan Wenbin. While Tan Wenbin was chatting with other people at the big round table, he also paid attention to picking up food for Zhou Yunyun.

Because Zhou Yunyun was shy, she didn't talk much most of the time. She just sat there and ate in small bites.

This scene looks like she is coming to the man's house.

"Drink, drink well, come."

Tan Wenbin not only accepted everyone who came to him, but also took the initiative.

After the meal, Zhou Yunyun's father, grandfather, uncle, and all the adult men, except his cousin who was still in elementary school, were drunk.

He himself was quite calm and at the end he asked Zhou's mother to give him two more servings of rice, once with meat broth and once with chicken broth, and he ate them till he was full.

In fact, Tan Wenbin’s alcohol tolerance was not that good before, but now he has two children on his shoulders, which is like having two brains. Even if he gets alcohol poisoning, he can still keep a clear head.

After dinner, the women helped their men into the house to sleep.

Tan Wenbin walked to the dam alone, enjoying the wind.

A little black dog passed by on the dam and looked at Tan Wenbin. Tan Wenbin also looked at him, and they just walked past each other.

The little cousin who was in elementary school was going home to do his homework. He waved shyly to Tan Wenbin, and Tan Wenbin smiled at him.

Obviously, Tan Wenbin does not need the little black dog and the little brother to divert attention and ease the embarrassment.

Zhou Yunyun walked out while unpacking cigarettes, took out one and put it into Tan Wenbin's mouth.

"You should smoke less."

"Hmm."

Tan Wenbin agreed while shaking the cigarette in his mouth towards Zhou Yunyun. He saw that the squad leader was still holding the matchbox in his hand.

Zhou Yunyun struck a match, lit it for him, and gave him a glare.

"Your mother is a good cook. The dishes she makes are really delicious."

"Your mother's cooking is delicious too."

Tan Wenbin blew out a puff of smoke: "How can you say such a thing against your will?"

Damn the cooking skills, it’s just edible.

He was used to being fed before, so he didn't feel anything. But when he was in his third year of high school and lived in Uncle Li's house, the food cooked by Aunt Liu made him realize that this is what human beings eat.

It’s a pity that Aunt Liu’s apprentice Mengmeng failed to inherit Aunt Liu’s cooking skills. Of course, it can also be said that she did inherit her cooking skills, but she surpassed her master and even poisoned him more than she did.

"Do you have anything else to do this afternoon?" Zhou Yunyun asked.

"I have to go out again in the afternoon, but it's still early and the factory isn't ready yet."

"Then your dinner..."

"Your family didn't prepare dinner?"

"My mother asked me to ask because she was afraid you might have to leave this afternoon."

Tan Wenbin immediately turned his head away and shouted towards the kitchen, "Auntie, I'll still be home for dinner. I want to eat more of that braised fish and braised pork!"

"Okay, okay!"

Zhou Yunyun was a little amused.

"Come on, take a walk with me to help me digest the food. I'm too full."

"Who told you to eat so much?"

"I'm not you, and I'm embarrassed to eat when I get home."

Zhou Yunyun hit Tan Wenbin on the shoulder several times.

Afterwards, the two of them walked side by side in the village.

I want to go shopping and make my presence felt, so that the aunties and sisters in the village don't have to worry about arranging blind dates.

During the walk, Zhou Yunyun took out a red envelope from her pocket and handed it to Tan Wenbin: "My parents gave it to you."

This amused Tan Wenbin, who said with a smile, "No, can I get a red envelope too?"

"I don't know. My parents gave it to me."

Tan Wenbin didn't answer: "Then you keep it."

"Your mother gave it to me. If you don't accept it, how can I explain it to my parents?"

"Just show it to me, that's all." Zhou Yunyun reached out and hugged Tan Wenbin's arm: "You know, I still feel unreal. Are we really dating?"

"You are dreaming. Wake up quickly. It's time for class, class monitor."

Zhou Yunyun raised her head, kissed Tan Wenbin on the face, then hugged him and continued walking forward.

After digesting the food, in the afternoon, because of the alcohol he had been drinking, although there were no checks on drunk driving at the time, Tan Wenbin still did not drive. Instead, he borrowed Zhou Yunyun's father's bicycle and rode to the factory.

Open the package and inspect the goods.

So lifelike, the dragon and the tiger are so powerful!
"Master Ge, you are amazing. Why don't you change your career and open your own factory to do this? I guarantee you will make a lot of money!"

"What the hell are you talking about? Even if this thing is made, who will buy it except you?"

"Master Ge, as people's lives get better in the future, the demand for this kind of thing will definitely increase. I heard that someone in Lianyungang is already doing this."

"Huh, I don't believe it."

"That can't be helped. Let's go, Master. See you later."

Tan Wenbin rode his bicycle to Uncle Li's house again.

Uncle Li went to discuss something with the village chief, leaving Xiao Yingying alone at home.

Tan Wenbin found the two urns, opened them, put the normal-sized one into the little prince's head, and put the oversized one into his godfather's.

Turning around, he saw the woman looking at him, or to be exact, looking at the remaining things in his hand.

Tan Wenbin did not explain, but asked: "Where are Xiaoyuan's grandparents? They are not here anymore?"

"The in-laws have left their home, so they're going to help out these few days."

"Oh, I see. Well, maybe in a while, a couple with a child will come over. They are good at work."

"Ok?"

"But their identities are somewhat special. You can... forget it. I'll come back when the time comes and I'll arrange it myself."

The woman returned to her workstation and continued making paper figures.

Tan Wenbin shrugged and rode his bike back to Zhou Yunyun's house again.

At this moment, the group of men who were drunk were just waking up, all feeling dizzy.

Seeing that Tan Wenbin was still in high spirits, everyone was a little scared.

For dinner, we just had a quick taste and everyone tacitly started to fish in their wine glasses.

However, even if there was no drinking contest, it was impossible for the party to be dull with Tan Wenbin around.

Of course, even if Tan Wenbin did not have this kind of personality, he would not be ignored because his family conditions were better.

Logically speaking, relatives should be able to avoid that kind of materialism more easily because of the blood relationship between them. However, in the normal social circle of people, the materialistic side can often only be reflected among relatives.

Therefore, people like Tan Wenbin, who have a good family background and can take the initiative to get along with others, will only be doubly popular.

After dinner, Tan Wenbin did not stay here but drove to his hometown. He did not drink alcohol that night.

My parents were both in Jinling. I reminisced about the place where I used to live, then took a shower and went back to my room to sleep.

The next morning, he drove to Zhou Yunyun's home. After having breakfast there, he took Zhou Yunyun to her grandparents' home to get acquainted and received two thick red envelopes.

"Too much……"

"Keep it. If the betrothal gift is not enough, you can lend me some."

"There is no such thing as a dowry."

Both parties are only children, so they have to take care of both sides after marriage. There is indeed no concept of dowry. The locals use the terms "Northern Grandpa and Southern Grandma" partly because no one wants to be the grandpa or grandma.

"You should get some sleep. I'll call you when we get to Jinling..."

“Beep…beep…beep…beep…”

The pager rang and Tan Wenbin pulled over. How strange it was that it was his own father calling him.

As far as I can remember, my biological father rarely calls me, but instead appears out of the blue at the most inappropriate time.

I drove a little further and found a pay phone in town to call back.

"Hello, I'm Tan Yunlong."

"Hello, Officer Tan. I'm Tan Wenbin."

"How's it going? Is it going well?"

"It's going well." Tan Wenbin leaned against the counter. Zhou Yunyun was in the car and didn't follow him. "Thanks to your hard work, your son is very popular in his future father-in-law's house."

"There's something I want to tell you."

"Dad, we are as close as father and son. There is no need to be so polite."

"Do you know a girl named Chen Xiaojuan?"

"Dad, I'm innocent. I've never messed around outside. I don't know any pretty girls."

"I'm only four years old."

"do not know."

"She said she knew me."

"Dad, it turned out that you made a mistake?"

There was a sound of heavy breathing on the other end of the line, as if someone was regretting that the phone cord was not a belt.

"She said that I look a lot like a brother. She's from Zhangjiajie. Didn't you go there a while ago and bring some local specialties to your mother?"

"what?"

"Did you buy her a lot of cherries?"

"Then I remember it, yes. But I don't know her name."

"People remember you very clearly, and even wrote it down to me."

Chen Xiaojuan and her brother were selling cherries at the train station. There was a lot of competition and it often took them a long time to sell. Suddenly one day, an older brother spent a lot of Big Unity banknotes and bought all the cherries from the brother and sister at once, allowing them to go home early to play.

In Chen Xiaojuan's eyes, Tan Wenbin was simply glowing at that time.

Although her brother said that they were doing business, not begging, and threw the extra money and change back to the other party, it did not affect the image of Tan Wenbin in the little girl's heart at all.

“She was trafficked.”

"Ah?" Tan Wenbin immediately looked serious.

Next, the whole story was presented through Tan Yunlong’s narration.

Chen Xiaojuan and Chen Xiaolei's family conditions were average. Their father died early due to illness, and the family relied on their mother's work to support the family. The brother and sister relied on selling cherries at the train station to supplement the family income.

There was a house in her house, which was rented to a woman. The woman didn't work and didn't go out on weekdays, but she had good food and drink, and often gave the brother and sister some food.

It was because she was a female tenant that the mother of two children was willing to rent a room in her home to her, even though it was a house in the countryside and wouldn't rent for much money.

As a result, that day, when brother Chen Xiaolei came back from picking cherries, he did not see his sister Chen Xiaojuan who was supposed to stay at home. The woman who rented the house was also missing, and her luggage was taken away.

He knew something bad had happened, so he went to find his mother and then called the police.

The female tenant left without saying goodbye and abducted the child from the family.

It is difficult for the police to find the answer to this kind of case because they have no direction at all.

In order to prepare for the Spring Festival travel rush in advance, Tan Yunlong conducted joint drills with several systems. Tan Yunlong led a team on the train to conduct inspections.

When he passed by a seat, the little girl who was happily drinking soda in her "mother's" arms suddenly looked up at him and said:
"Hey, brother, why are you getting older?"

It was a simple sentence, but it made Tan Yunlong look at the girl twice more, and also glance at the mother who was holding the girl.

The girl's mother lowered her head and buried her face in the girl's shoulder. This was a very normal action.

But the girl was talking to herself, and her mother was not asleep, so it was a bit strange that she didn't look up at herself.

The old detective's sixth sense is sometimes so sensitive.

"Little sister, where have you seen me?"

After chatting, the girl's mother finally looked up, smiled, and signaled to the girl not to disturb her uncle's work.

Tan Yunlong recognized her immediately; this was the wanted criminal Tian Meihong!

The fugitive who once organized a robbery gang targeting taxi drivers in Jinling and is still on the run has a life on her hands!

In fact, the photo on the wanted poster is not only blurry, but also a previous photo of the fugitive. Tian Meihong was also disguised, and her appearance is different from before.

Under normal circumstances, she only needed to hold a fake ID card, and the wanted warrant would have little effect on her. After all, so many years had passed.

But the problem was that his son had just waved this wanted poster in front of him a while ago, and he was very familiar with the facial features of this face.

Moreover, Tan Yunlong always had a premonition that when his son started to issue the wanted order for unknown reasons, he might be able to catch her soon.

In short, due to many coincidences, Tian Meihong was caught.

She had been on the run for all these years, thinking that her fame had passed and, most importantly, that her money was all gone, so she wanted to "come back to the arena" and chose the old place where she had once created her "glory", Jinling.

As for the kidnapping of Chen Xiaojuan, it was just a casual act. They planned to abduct the child and sell the money to use as start-up capital for forming a new gang.

Tan Wenbin: "This is a good thing, Dad."

Hearing that the girl had been rescued, Tan Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief.

Tan Yunlong: "I just think it's a bit of a coincidence."

Tan Wenbin: "That's because you have a sharp eye."

Tan Yunlong: “Heh.”

Tan Wenbin: “Ha.”

"Her brother went out to look for her. He got on a train to Jinling and is now at the police station. Their mother fainted at home out of anxiety, but luckily she has woken up now and I have notified her mother."

"Great, it's all solved."

“Are the cherries from Zhangjiajie delicious?”

"It's delicious."

"I didn't see you bring any home."

"I bought a lot to bring back, but they were all eaten by Ah You."

"When will you come back?"

"I'm on my way. I stopped specially to call you back."

"Drive carefully."

"Yes sir!"

……

Li Zhuiyuan woke up completely, this time not in the form of walking in the dark, and his vision returned to normal, but his head was still a little dizzy.

The first person I saw when I opened my eyes was Ari.

Ali stood up and walked out of the house. After a while, she came back with a bowl of thick medicine.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't let the girl feed him. He picked up the spoon and started to drink the medicine obediently.

This bowl looks very similar to Hu La Tang.

It’s just that the ingredients inside are much more precious than those in Hu La Tang.

After taking just a few bites, I felt warm all over. This is the tonic.

After drinking a bowl of medicine, my stomach was full and I wasn’t hungry at all.

Li Zhuiyuan went to the second floor first to look for Grandma Liu.

"woke up?"

"Well, wake up."

Liu Yumei no longer blamed the boy for not taking care of his body, because she knew very well that if he only paid the price of overdraft when crossing the river, it was nothing, and it could even be considered a blessing.

"Next time, ask Meng Meng to bring some herbs with her and let her make them for you to drink directly."

"it is good."

You can bring the medicinal herbs, but don’t use her to decoct the medicine.

Given Yin Meng's current confused understanding of poisons, Li Zhuiyuan was very worried that after falling into a coma and drinking the medicine she prepared, he would never wake up again.

"have a good rest."

"Yes, grandma."

Go downstairs and go to the kitchen to say hello to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was washing the pot for decocting medicine, and Uncle Qin was sitting there sharpening a kitchen knife.

"Are you hungry?" Aunt Liu asked with a sly smile.

"Not hungry anymore."

Uncle Qin put down the knife, stretched out his hand to pinch Li Zhuiyuan's arms and legs, and said with some regret: "It's not the right time yet, but..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then wait until the time comes."

Practicing martial arts prematurely will lead to incomplete physical development, especially the Qin family's martial arts training method that focuses on squeezing out the body's potential.

Li Zhuiyuan doesn't want to use the method of drinking poison to quench thirst. Since the river water drags him down early, with the intention of strangling him in advance, he must grow up in the most perfect way.

Leave the kitchen and walk to A-li's study.

There were a few more musical instruments inside, a guzheng and a guqin.

The musical instruments had been delivered a long time ago, but A'li had never played them for fear of disturbing the boy's rest.

Even at this moment, the zither was still covered with two pieces of cloth, one red and one white.

"Ari, I have to go back first. I have some things to finish. I'll talk to you tomorrow. You can teach me to play this."

The girl nodded.

Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his temple with his hand and turned to leave, but suddenly thought of something, turned back and said:
"I almost forgot. I have to say hello to them first."

Li Zhuiyuan walked up to the girl and took her hand.

The girl didn't close her eyes. She felt that the boy had just woken up and was not suitable for walking in the underworld. He should pay attention to rest.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and gently stroked the girl's eyes, making them close.

The next moment, Li Zhuiyuan appeared in the bungalow.

I still faced the row of cracked ancestral tablets first.

But now when I look at these tablets again, I have a completely different experience than before.

Grandma Liu told him to treat her as his own child.

Grandma Liu had said something similar before, but his surname was Li after all, not Qin or Liu.

Although he had gone through the entry ceremony, this door had never actually entered his heart, and there had always been a layer between them.

When I looked at these tablets in the past, the link between them was more often A-li.

This experience at the general's tomb allowed him to break this barrier.

His name is still Li Zhuiyuan, and he has no blood relationship with the Qin and Liu families, but inheritance is sometimes more important than blood relationship.

The same road, the same path, the same river.

In the past, they were very much like the portraits hanging in the school's Hall of Fame, but now, Li Zhuiyuan feels that they are his elders.

Turn around and face the threshold.

The boy is still very tired and needs to hold the door frame with his hand when stepping over the threshold.

Then he sat down on the threshold.

Far ahead, there was a fog that couldn't be thicker.

The boy leaned his head against the door frame and looked at them weakly. After looking for a few times, he closed his eyes. He was still tired. He could still hold on in reality, but he felt sleepy when he walked in the Yin direction.

The boy with his eyes closed faced the thick fog.

In the thick fog, there was silence, as if no one dared to disturb it at this time.

The active appearance of the corpse-driving Taoist priest is not, in itself, a prominent feature.

The main thing is that everyone felt that it was the boy who took the initiative to grab it that time.

The form has actually changed.

It was no longer them who came to bully, but the teenagers who took the initiative to come to collect the debts.

Although the purpose of Li Zhuiyuan doing this last time was to conduct an experiment.

But the feeling this behavior gives people is a kind of tyranny belonging to the Dragon King.

A similar temperament would occasionally appear in Liu Yumei, and now, it also appeared in the young man.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes again in a daze and stood up.

The thick fog ahead began to retreat along with the boy's movements.

The boy took one last glance at them, turned around and walked back into the threshold.

Those outside,

It is the mud splashed by the feet of the predecessors when they walked on the road in the past, and it also guides the direction for Li Zhuiyuan to move forward in the future.

But after all, they are things that are not presentable.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the real study.

Ahri opened her eyes and looked at him.

He felt that the girl's eyes were more lively, especially her eyelashes, which seemed much happier than before.

This might be the reason why she wanted the instrument back, because music requires a mood. There is no point in just playing out her fear, terror and misery, which will only make her family sad.

Li Zhuiyuan: “I did learn piano.”

When I was a child, Li Lan taught me a lot of things.

I was so silly at that time, thinking that as long as I learned quickly, my mother would be happy.

Looking back now, this should have been a test from Li Lan.

She wanted to give birth to a normal child, and after giving birth, she used various methods to prove that he was abnormal.

After leaving Grandma Liu's house, Li Zhuiyuan first went to a low-priced store.

But no one was found.

Lu Yi said that Yin Meng wanted to buy some daily clothes for Runsheng, so she dragged him shopping.

He was at Grandma Liu's house, lying in A'li's room, so they really had nothing to worry about, and it was not very convenient for them to come visit, so his companions could live their lives normally at the moment.

In addition, Lu Yi also told Li Zhuiyuan that Tan Wenbin had just called and said that Tian Meihong was caught by his father.

Lu Yi didn't know who Tian Meihong was, he just repeated the story normally.

Tan Wenbin was still on his way back to Jinling. Even if he returned to Jinling, he had to send Zhou Yunyun to the audit first. He was afraid that he would be delayed too long on the road and that Brother Xiaoyuan might wake up, so he reported this information first.

Lu Yi sat behind the counter, which was now like the team's intelligence transfer station and a human voice mailbox.

Li Zhuiyuan returned to the dormitory and saw an envelope on his desk.

When I opened it, there was a stack of photos inside.

The photo was taken on a scenic hilltop with a small town in front.

This is not Meiling Town. The sky in Meiling Town is not so clear.

In the next photo, there is a picture of Grandma Zhu and a painting of her hometown.

I was also in the photo, being carried on Runsheng's back. From the shooting angle, it looked like we were looking at the distant scenery together.

Although I was already in a coma at the time, my companions still took me to Grandma Zhu's hometown before leaving Zhangjiajie.

All I have to do is hand this envelope to Professor Zhu, and Grandma Zhu's last wish will be fulfilled.

Brother Hu’s three scums should still be in that water burial, and we don’t know whether they are alive or dead. They are probably dead, and even if they are alive, they can’t get out.

They did find the "Jie family old house" and went there.

There was gold in that ancient tomb for them to dig. Tan Wenbin once told him that his godfather was buried with gold and silver.

Tian Meihong was also arrested.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the letter in his hand.

The three causal lines they created were finally completed. They had dug the ditches in advance, and the river water flowed in very politely.

The experiment was successful.

Li Zhuiyuan sat listlessly at his desk, tapping the tabletop with his fingertips. Although his face was still haggard, there was a gleam in his eyes:

"Come on, let's continue."

(End of this volume)

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