Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 161

In a small town store, an old man was staring at the abacus on the counter in a daze.

The abacus broke and the beads fell all over the floor. He picked up the beads one by one and repaired them.

Although the workmanship is very delicate and there is no visible sign of repair, I can deceive outsiders but not myself. Some things are broken in my heart.

There was a small incense burner under the old man's feet, which was densely packed with incense sticks of different specifications, but without exception, all the incense sticks went out when they were less than a quarter burned.

This is what is called "broken incense" in numerology.

If the incense sticks stop burning, it means that your destiny is blocked. If all the incense sticks are like this, it means that there is no vitality at all.

The old man's face was terribly gloomy.

When he was young, even if he lit incense for the death row prisoners who were about to be executed, he could only burn one out of ten. This did not mean that there was still a glimmer of hope, but that the law of fate was that jealousy would lead to loss.

But now, the old man stopped lighting incense for himself, his wife, his daughter-in-law and his two grandsons. When he lit incense for his son who had left home, he vomited blood three times and almost fainted.

This means that the vitality of the family has suddenly fallen to a level far worse than that of a death row prisoner.

Before the execution, a death row prisoner can still expect a shout of "spare his life", but for their family, even this hope is a luxury.

The old man murmured, "Who did the master offend this time?"

The main family opened the seal and summoned people from the branch family to handle some important event. Since he was old, his son was summoned to go.

Now it seems that not only has the plan failed, but it has also involved an extremely terrible backlash of cause and effect.

Judging from the incense, the old man didn't even have the thought of running away or hiding, because there was no point in running away, and it would be too late to hide.

"Why are you daydreaming? The rolling door is broken. Please fix it."

My wife came over with a rag in her hand.

The old man nodded numbly, stood up, and went to the second floor to get tools.

His wife asked him from behind: "How long will it take for my son to come back from visiting relatives this time? I miss him."

The old man responded: "Don't worry, the family will be reunited soon."

Along the streets in the town, there are shops on the first floor, residential buildings on the second floor, and an illegal building built by a family on the third floor. In the past, only the old man and his son could enter there, and it was usually locked with an iron lock.

Recently, the old man has started bringing his two grandsons in occasionally to teach them to recognize some talismans and recite some spells.

From the outside, this family seems to have just a little extra money, and is far from being wealthy, but there are some things that cannot be bought no matter how much money is spent.

For example, the fate of one's own family members will be calculated before the daughter-in-law enters the house. If she can give birth to a boy and her fate is compatible with the physiognomy, she will have good fortune and peace.

Although the two grandsons have just "enrolled in school", they are extremely talented in this area and will be able to inherit the mantle in the future. However, according to the "master family" tradition, the two grandsons will have to separate after they become adults and have no contact with each other from then on.

Ordinary people would seek help from a fortune teller for funerals or weddings just to go through the process and to seek peace of mind. If they really believe in this, there is a bit of foolishness in their brains.

But their family has been able to actually put it into practice, and they have lived a well-off life without illness or disaster, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

As the old man walked up the stairs, he heard the sound of a ceiling fan turning in the living room on the second floor.

It's winter now, who would turn on the fan?

When I arrived at the second floor door, I saw my daughter-in-law and two grandsons all hanging in the living room.

The rotating electric fan blew the hair of the three people.

A livid face, a lolling tongue, and rigor mortis already setting in.

We just had breakfast together, how long has it been like this?

The old man wiped his eyes, picked up the tools from the corner of the living room, and walked downstairs.

The shutters of the shop on the first floor had been closed. My old partner, who had just been talking to me, was now pressed against the shutters, looking shriveled, as if all her flesh and blood had been sucked out and she had turned into paper.

There was fear in my wife's eyes, as if she had seen something terrible.

The old man put down his tools and took a deep breath.

He knew that it would be his turn next, so he closed his eyes.

Immediately, ghostly figures appeared beside him. Some of them could be seen in the local chronicles, while others were statues enshrined in nearby temples.

The old man's body began to twist and gradually fold. The sounds of broken bones and torn flesh continued to be heard. He looked in pain and wanted to scream, but couldn't.

Moreover, the process was very slow, as if the local ghosts deliberately wanted to delay this punishment longer and longer.

When everything was settled, a group of naughty children came running outside. One of them picked up the incense in his hand, lit a small firecracker, and threw it up high for some unknown reason, and it fell into the second-floor window.

"Snapped!"

The cannon fired.

The children were afraid that their master would come out and scold them, so they immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

The fire started from the second floor and then spread to the first and third floors.

When the neighbors and people from the surrounding shops saw the fire, they immediately came to put out the fire, but for some reason, I heard the woman of this family talking about the broken rolling door a few days ago, which could not be broken open no matter how hard they kicked or hit it. Everyone could only collect some water and try to pour it inside from below.

The fire was raging and fire snakes were spewing out of the windows, which was very scary.

But this fire was very strange. It only burned in this one building. The neighbors on both sides thought they would be spared, but they were shocked to find that the fire did not spread outward at all.

After the fire truck arrived, the fire was put out and the rolling door collapsed.

But the inside had been burned beyond recognition. There were two people on the first floor and three on the second floor, and only vague human shapes could be made out.

Even experienced firefighters were shocked by the bizarre fire. Logically speaking, it wasn't a factory storing special materials, and an ordinary residential house would never burn to such a degree.

The onlookers were also talking about it. Such a story might become a hoax of family annihilation that would circulate among the local people for ten, twenty years or even longer.

Only the elderly people gathered together and muttered:

"What kind of sin has this family committed?"

……

“Does it really work?”

"I didn't believe it at first, but Old Qiu said that he invited his mother here and talked to her. You know what kind of person Old Qiu is. He is very smart and he is not that easy to be deceived. So this mother-in-law must be really capable."

"Then try it."

The couple carried gifts and put red envelopes in their pockets, and walked along the village path to the home of a local fortune teller.

After entering the yard, I found that all the doors and windows of the house were closed, and there was no one in sight.

"Is anyone home?"

"Hello, is anyone home?"

The couple shouted for a long time but received no response.

The husband pressed his face against the living room door and looked inside through the dark glass window in the middle.

When he saw this, his eyes widened immediately. The living room was filled with the torn bodies of this family.

The information his eyes received was so shocking that his brain hadn't reacted yet. Just as his gaze moved upwards, he saw a witch in a bright red dress sitting on the altar of the long cabinet in the living room, trying to dig out her own intestines and stuffing them into her mouth to eat.

"ah!.!"

……

"Leave me alone, run, run!"

The man tearfully gave up on his cousin who was broken in half by the iron plate and started running out of the tomb.

Originally, I came to the mountains today just to find an ancient tomb and some materials. After some calculations before coming, I thought this trip would be smooth.

But who would have thought that the team would first encounter sudden miasma in the mountains, and the compass needle would malfunction. Fortunately, they were not ordinary characters. After overcoming these difficulties, they finally found the cemetery.

The cemetery is not dangerous, it is just a small tomb of a landlord from the Qing Dynasty.

With their configuration, this kind of tomb is easy to conquer.

But who knew that after going down, the corridor would first become extremely long, and then encounter a ghost wall, and then hear ghost howls, and then all kinds of incredible crises occurred frequently.

They just came to the landlord's small tomb to "borrow" some things, but the situation they encountered was even more dangerous than those in the big tombs!
Even though everyone in the group had excellent skills, they still died tragically one after another in there. When the last person ran out crying and screaming, he had just climbed out of the tomb, but he saw densely packed eerie figures standing around the entrance.

He was desperate.

……

At the door of the old house, the old lady who sewed shoe soles was sitting on a small armchair, dead.

She picked out her eyeballs with a needle and placed them in the sewing box.

Everyone in her family, from the old to the young, from male to female, who approached and called her, all sat down beside her silently, took the needle from her hand, picked out their eyeballs, and put them into the sewing box.

At night.

Eyeballs were overflowing and rolling out of the sewing box.

The whole family sat around the old lady, having a great time under the moonlight.

……

The old man who was fishing with a straight hook saw that all the koi carps in the pond had turned upside down and died. He ran back to the old house with a pale face.

His family was not good at direct combat, and relied on the deduction of mathematics as the foundation of their family. In addition, they were good at hiding, avoiding cause and effect, and practicing the method of family separation, so they were able to avoid disasters and misfortunes and continue their inheritance.

But the opposite is also true. If the cave is found by the enemy, the outcome will be extremely miserable.

In the shadows they are very scary, but once they are put in the sun they are actually very weak.

Now, the location of the main family has been found, so can those branch families still escape?
The old house is big, but there are not many people living in it, so it is very quiet and deserted inside.

He ran into the ancestral hall and saw a middle-aged man kneeling on a cushion.

That was his son. When he grew older, he passed the position of head of the main family to his son.

His other two sons were all separated from the family and settled in other provinces. They changed their surnames to continue the family line, and were not allowed to return home during their lifetime.

"What on earth was your purpose for summoning my family members last time? What on earth was your purpose for summoning my family members last time?!"

The old man shouted at the top of his lungs, but his son did not respond at all.

"Crashing... crashing..."

When he looked up again, the old man was shocked to find that all the ancestral tablets on the altar had fallen to the ground.

The old man's son leaned forward, and wisps of black air rose from his body.

"Grandpa, it hurts!"

"Grandpa, it hurts!"

There were cries and shouts coming from the yard.

The old man immediately ran out of the ancestral hall and saw that his grandchildren, who used to be as delicate as porcelain dolls, now had distorted and hideous faces, and were lying on the ground and curled up strangely.

"Who the hell are you? Who the hell are you? What hatred does my family have against you? Why would you do this? Why would you do this?"

The old man stepped forward, ready to help his grandchildren exorcise the evil spirit, but just as he was about to take action, his grandchildren suddenly jumped up as if possessed by evil spirits and bit his chest and neck.

Looking at his grandchildren with deep purple brows and completely white eyes, the old man knew that they were completely hopeless and could not be saved. This was because an extremely terrifying evil spirit was willing to destroy its own spiritual power and forcibly possess a person in order to destroy a person's soul and consciousness in such a short time.

Two lines of clear tears fell from the corners of the old man's eyes, and he wailed unwillingly:

"No matter how big the grudge is, why would you attack a child? How could you attack a child?"

……

Fengdu, Ghost Street.

This county town is peaceful and tranquil most of the time. Although the number of foreign tourists has gradually increased in recent years, the county town is still truly bustling during holidays or temple fairs.

On an ordinary day, the weather forecast said it would be sunny for several days in a row, but in reality it was cloudy for several days in a row.

Fortunately, the locals are used to this, and they don’t criticize the weather station for making inaccurate forecasts, because there is a saying circulating in the local area:

The weather in Fengdu depends on the emperor's mood.

Finally, the rainbow disappeared and the rain stopped.

The sun finally came out, and some people appeared on the ghost street that had been dull for several days.

Gradually, people discovered that many ghost statues and carvings at the doorways of shops had cracks, and many statues of gods in scenic areas also had cracks.

In the center of the county town, there used to be a sculpture with a ghost's head on top, which was considered a landmark building.

I don't know when this evil head fell from a high place to the ground. It didn't hit anyone, but it didn't make any noise either.

When a construction team brought tools and a crane to rearrange and put it back, as soon as it was touched, they found that a stream of bright red water was flowing out from the ghost's head. After flowing into a large pool, it flowed into the stream beside the street and dyed the downstream area red.

Young people just look at this as a curiosity and just use it as a topic of conversation.

If there are elderly people in the family, they will place a brazier outside the house and burn candles and paper.

He kowtowed while burning the firewood, and at the same time reprimanded the young man who seemed to be showing disdain for it:

"You idiot, you don't understand a thing. The emperor is angry. Angry!"

……

A-Li is playing the piano.

But today, her piano playing was interrupted several times by noise.

These noises did not come from her heart. In fact, ever since the young man used the Twelve Laws of Fengdu to forcibly detain a spirit, her heart has been eerily quiet in the past two days.

When she went to bed at night, even if she entered that dream, there was no movement outside the door, even the whispers disappeared, she could hear a pin drop, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

There were noises, one coming from the second floor, and every once in a while, a hint of murderous intent emanated from his grandmother.

One was from the kitchen. The kitchen door was sealed with a forbidden talisman. Every time Aunt Liu went in and out, she would go to the trouble of unsealing it and then sealing it again.

Originally, there was another one in the yard, but Uncle Qin left home yesterday.

The loudest noise came from the third floor.

The door of the room where the tablets were originally enshrined was locked.

The first time, when A'li wanted to go up to get some materials for the tablet, he did not get his grandmother's consent.

A Li didn't force it and went back downstairs.

Because she could sense at that time that there were a lot of scary things behind the door.

That was a special item that his grandmother had ordered Uncle Qin to move out from the old houses of the Qin and Liu families.

I can't play the piano anymore. With so much noise, I can't concentrate on anything I do.

In the past, I would not be disturbed by these things, but I had already gotten used to them.

Now, after she has gradually gotten used to the quietness, she feels like she can't go back.

Ah Li stood up, left the piano table, walked out of the study, and happened to run into Aunt Liu who had just put up the sealing talisman paper on the kitchen.

Aunt Liu smiled faintly at A'li, and A'li looked at her and smiled too.

Aunt Liu suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

A'li is becoming more and more obedient and normal. It would be great if days like this could continue peacefully.

Aunt Liu knew that the old lady was probably regretting it.

In fact, Aunt Liu misunderstood.

Ahri's smile was not directed at herself, but at their behavior.

The girl knows what they are worried about and preparing for, but from the girl's perspective, it's all meaningless.

How could he fail? How could he lose?

She went back to her bedroom and pulled her framed book from under her bed, placing it in front of her and turning the pages.

There were only four pages in total, but she read every one of them with gusto.

When I turned to the fifth blank page,
She began to look forward to it.
What should be painted in this picture?
……

Aunt Liu came to the second floor.

It's winter now, and the old lady has also covered her rattan chair with a blanket.

Aunt Liu's eyes fell on the slight long bulge on the blanket under the right armrest.

She knew it was a sword.

The old lady had sealed this sword in the Liu family's old house a long time ago. The last time she took it out was when Ali failed in his attempt to escape from the river.

Ali was seriously injured and in critical condition. He was lying inside and was receiving first aid treatment by himself.

The old lady held the sword across her knees and sat at the door all night.

In the early morning, Ali was out of danger and survived.

The old lady sealed the sword back into the old house.

After that night, the former Miss Liu died, and she completely became the mistress of the two families.

The eldest daughter can lose her temper as much as she wants without any scruples, but the mistress has to swallow her anger for the sake of the family.

Today, the sword was taken back.

For some things, you don't need to hesitate for too long. You can tell whether they will happen from the beginning.

For example, this time the sword was not placed on the knee, but under the right side of the body, in a position where he could draw the sword and stand up at any time.

Aunt Liu came over and helped the old lady make tea.

The old lady didn't drink, she just sat there rocking gently on the rattan chair.

It's been two days and Xiaoyuan hasn't come back yet.

They didn't go out of town this time.

Logically speaking, no matter how big the task is, excluding the journey and preparation, the results should come out within two days if you actually work on it.

The old lady said herself that since the child didn't tell them clearly, they should not interfere in the child's affairs.

But this does not mean that if something really happens to the child, they will just accept it again.

Aunt Liu said nothing. After making tea and having some snacks, she left, went up to the third floor, and checked the seal in the room on the third floor.

After confirming that everything was complete, Aunt Liu walked down, unlocked the kitchen seal again, and entered the kitchen.

The depressing atmosphere continued in this house.

Until night.

Aunt Liu went out, then hurried upstairs carrying a pile of things, her eyes full of disbelief and shock.

At this time, the old lady's murderous aura had condensed into air pressure, covering up other auras. She no longer cared whether it would affect her granddaughter's piano playing and painting, because she could not control herself at all.

Therefore, Aunt Liu didn't realize until she came to the second floor that Ali had returned. Ali had been called away because of something outside.

Ali didn't want to go, but the old lady just lowered her eyes and said calmly: "You go."

Ali left reluctantly, sharpening his knife at home. The old lady was already so depressed, and as her adopted son and the only adult male in the family, he should have been the first to rush to the front line.

Aunt Liu originally thought that Ali would be away for at least ten days or half a month this time, as usual. Unexpectedly, he came back in less than two days.

The old lady was still lying in the recliner, holding a stack of photos in her hand and looking through them one by one.

Every photo recorded the scene of a tragic death, and without exception, all of them were aimed at annihilating an entire family.

Family annihilation massacres are not uncommon in society, but no matter how uncommon something is, there is always a limit. There were a certain number of such cases last year, a certain number this year, and a certain number next year.

It's not a time of war, so there wouldn't be so many of them suddenly. There must be a special reason.

Furthermore, although there are some fires, drownings, or other accidents, there are indeed some abnormal and strange things that can be seen at a glance.

From Liu Yumei's perspective, every photo reveals problems, even those so-called accidents.

Liu Yumei asked, "Are you sure it's that family?"

Uncle Qin replied: "We found some divination tools at many scenes."

Liu Yumei nodded: "That family is best at dispersing and digging holes. When there is a disaster, they hide away and pretend to be dead, and when the disaster is over, they jump out to pick peaches.

Oh, now it’s good, you ate so much that you became fat, but now you have to vomit out twice as much.”

Liu Yumei put down the photo, pinched her brows lightly, and asked, "Do you know who did this?"

Uncle Qin: “I don’t know.”

Liu Yumei closed her eyes and said, "It's normal not to know. The yamen runners are not as well-informed as the people in the underworld."

Uncle Qin: "Logically speaking, before such a big thing is done, there should be rumors in the martial arts world."

In a normal world, there would definitely be no rumors.

But the top forces in the world still need to communicate with each other.

Although this family is not suitable for walking in the sun on the river, no one dares to ignore its ability to stir up trouble behind the scenes.

Although they are not a top force, they can still stand by the table and watch others play cards.

The ones who can take action against it, and wipe out the whole family with such thundering means, cannot be ordinary people in the martial arts world, but can only be those sitting at the poker table in the martial arts world.

Although the Qin and Liu families have fallen on hard times, and Liu Yumei doesn't care much about the affairs of the underworld, there is still a special background after all. No matter what, she should be informed.

Liu Yumei: "It doesn't look like someone did it secretly. Any one family alone can strangle them to death, but they can't uproot them. As long as several families work together, it is impossible for the news not to leak out.

Even if several families joined forces, they would never aim to just kill people and wipe out the whole family. Aren't the most precious people in a family those who are good at calculating? That's the treasure. What's the point of killing them? It's better to keep them for yourself.

So, there are two possibilities.

Or, a new force with a brutal style of behavior has emerged in the world and wants to establish its reputation in this way.

We can find out this by seeing if there is anyone standing at the river mouth and shouting afterwards.

Or, this family somehow offended the existence that could overturn the card table.

Such beings do exist in this world, but they generally do not take risks. Moreover, doing such a big thing would cause great harm to themselves and is not worth it.

But after much thought, only these two points meet the requirements.

If it is the first possibility, when they are showing off their reputation, we can send a visiting card in the name of both our families.

I don’t ask for anything else, just to pave the way for our children.

Although our two families are not as good as before, fortunately we still have our reputation. Helping them to gain a favor is a cost-free thing to do."

Aunt Liu suddenly laughed and said, "Old lady, you never thought of arranging these things before."

The old lady sighed: "This is a different time. For a poor family like ours to stand up again, the resistance is much greater than the rise of new forces. In essence, we are standing in the same trench.

Even if we can't give our children anything else, it's our job as elders to lend them some support.

If the second possibility is the case, then there is nothing to do. If there really is such a being who wants to come out for some unknown reason, that is not something we need to consider and has nothing to do with us. "

Liu Yumei turned sideways and picked up a cup of herbal tea with her left hand. She drank it while looking at the leaves swaying in the wind outside the window.

Aunt Liu laughed again and said, "Maybe it really could be related to our family."

The tea in the old lady's cup spilled out.

She turned her head and looked at Aunt Liu, her eyes first showing astonishment, then shock, then relief, and finally... anger!
Aunt Liu grew up with the old lady, so she knew very well that this girl would not act without reason at such a time.

And if it is related to his family, then it can only be the only person in his family who is not in the room at this time.

Combined with what that person is going through and the anger and worry she has been building up over the past few days, isn’t this family’s demise really related?

The old lady had never suspected that this matter had anything to do with Xiaoyuan.

No matter what, how could a young boy who had just walked the river and experienced a few waves be involved in such a powerful and destructive force?
She knew that the young man was extremely talented and could be called a genius, but even if he was a genius, he would not do such an outrageous thing.

And if he really did it, no matter what means he used, no matter whether such means can be replicated or reproduced, as long as it was caused by him, it means something extremely terrible.

The new force that I just mentioned, with a brutal style of behavior, that has just emerged in the martial arts world... is actually my own family?
"explain."

The old lady took great effort to pronounce this word smoothly. If she said another word, her voice would tremble.

Aunt Liu took out the things she had brought back. The visiting cards and letters inside were not only varied in form, but the ways in which they were sent were also extremely bizarre.

However, normally these things would not be sent here. She would collect them once in a while and bring them back for the old lady to see. Of course, there would be occasional exceptions, that is, when a lot of them came suddenly, it usually meant that something big had happened in the martial arts world.

For many years, the old lady was not willing to listen to these troubles, so as a rule, Aunt Liu would look at them herself and only mention the important ones to the old lady.

Most visiting cards and letters do not need to be replied to, as the Qin and Liu families have the confidence to do so. For the few that do need to be replied to, Aunt Liu will reply in the name of the old lady.

"These are letters from various families asking about this matter."

“These are various analyses of this matter.”

"These are to invite you to join us. While that company is in trouble, we can fish in the net again and see if there are any joint suggestions that can be taken. Some companies are already preparing to do so.

No matter how clean it is, there should still be some left. Even if the direct lineage has died out, there should still be side branches and disciples, as well as ancestral lands."

This is what is commonly known as, taking advantage of your illness to kill you.

Even if your whole family is dead, it doesn’t matter. First, plunder the remaining items from your home, and then go to your ancestral grave to say hello to your ancestors, so that your ancestors can collectively see the light of day again and breathe a sigh of relief.

The law of the jungle has always been the unchanging nature of the martial arts world.

Being able to sit down together and discuss things peacefully or even have an argument is based on the fact that you have strong fists and are qualified to sit there.

Otherwise, since ancient times, there would not be so many small families or gangsters who dream of seeking refuge in the noble families, because they know very well that the reason they can live safely until now is not because those big forces have suddenly become vegetarians, but because they don’t have an appetite for the time being and are too lazy to feed them.

"This is a letter from the Yu family." Aunt Liu took out one letter and unfolded it.

In the past, the Yu family was a Dragon King family that could be ranked alongside Dragon King Liu and Dragon King Qin, and their ancestral home was in Luoyang.

Luoyang has been a famous Feng Shui spot since ancient times. Being able to establish a clan there and call oneself the Dragon King is a kind of confidence in itself.

However, something happened to the Yu family seventy years ago, which led to them closing their doors for sixty years. They were only unsealed ten years ago, and news spread that some of their disciples were roaming the world.

The Yu family was good at raising beasts and monsters, so there were rumors in the martial arts world at the time that there must have been a monster disturbance in the Yu family.

But they sealed the door early, and no one knew what exactly happened. Given the background of the Dragon King family, no one really dared to come and test their fate. Unlike the Qin and Liu families, almost all the people in the two families died, and it was no secret among the top leaders.

Liu Yumei: "It is rumored that the ancestral home of that family is also in Luoyang."

The branch families are hiding in various places, so the main family naturally cannot keep a high profile. That family has liked to hide themselves from generation to generation, but the Dragon King family still knows some general information.

Aunt Liu said: "The Yu family specially sent a letter to inform all the families and sects that when they sensed that something happened in that ancestral home, they sent clan members to check it out. Some clan members detected a pure and eerie ghost energy, which came from the southwest, Fengdu!"

When the place name Fengdu appeared, Liu Yumei and Uncle Qin were silent.

This is a place name, but it also represents a person's name, or even a myth.

Aunt Liu therefore concluded that the reason this matter might be related to her family was that... the only descendant of the Yin family worshipped their own Dragon King.

There is a force behind the scenes that is plotting against those who have fled to the country.

There is a big force that likes to hide in the darkness and it was uprooted.

The person who instigated this massacre is related to the people from our own family who traveled along the river.

When these three things happen at the same time, it would be really stupid to say that it has nothing to do with the one at home.

"Haha...hahahaha!"

Liu Yumei laughed out loud, and couldn't help slapping the armrests of the chair with her hands while laughing.

The armrest was fine, but the energy that was shaken out not only shattered all the teapots, bowls and dishes on the coffee table, but also cracked all the porcelain and jade pieces in the room.

The trees outside the window were still making their last struggle against the cold wind in winter, but at this moment their leaves were blown away, leaving only bare branches.

The old lady naturally didn't feel sorry for these things, no matter how valuable any one of them would be in the market.

The eldest daughter of the Liu family is happy, so what if she smashes some bowls, dishes and jade?
She had been holding this anger in ever since Ali's failed attempt to escape the river, and today, she finally got to let it out.

Aunt Liu and Uncle Qin looked at each other, and then continued to watch the old lady's happiness silently.

Although there are still many questions and confusions, at least the situation has not gotten worse.

Moreover, they also knew very well that if this incident was really caused by Xiaoyuan, then in the future... who would dare to secretly target the Qin and Liu families who fled to the river?
Even the gates of the Qin and Liu families will be renovated because of this. Plaques are something that should be wiped with blood.

The old lady laughed for a long time and finally stopped.

But the old lady was obviously not satisfied yet.

So, the old lady looked at Uncle Qin standing beside her and said in a lazy tone:

"Look at others, then look at you."

Uncle Qin knelt down and lowered his head. He found that he had become somewhat accustomed to it.

Moreover, he had not expected that at his age, he would still have to endure the repeated comparison blows of "look at other children".

Fortunately, Xiaoyuan is not someone else’s child, but our own child.

Uncle Qin knelt down this time without really feeling guilty. He just thought that the old lady liked it and he was just trying to cheer her up.

The old lady glanced down at him, then raised her foot and gently kicked Uncle Qin several times, cursing, "When will you learn from Ah Ting and become so cunning and sly?"

Uncle Qin, who was kneeling on the ground, also laughed out loud.

Then, the old lady's face darkened and she said coldly:
"Didn't we say that we would unite to wipe out the entire family? Go ahead, both of you. Clean up all the collateral descendants and anyone who is involved but lucky enough to survive.

I'll dig up that family's ancestral home and grave three times and clean them up.

Since his family dared to attack my child,

Then I,

His heritage will be completely wiped out!"

Uncle Qin propped up one leg, and Aunt Liu knelt on one knee. They both said in unison:
"I'll wait for the order!"

……

On the way back, Yin Meng drove.

There was no choice. Tan Wenbin broke his tailbone and couldn't sit down. He could only lie down in the back of the car with Lin Shuyou and Runsheng.

Li Zhuiyuan can drive, but after all, he has to pass through crowded areas in the city and will encounter traffic police.

While driving, Yin Meng would occasionally glance at Xiao Yuan who was sitting in the passenger seat.

She was a little embarrassed and had no experience to seek, that is, what should she do when her ancestor from nearly two thousand years ago had a conflict with her eldest brother.

But one thing is certain, she has no feelings for that ancestor, and she definitely stands on the side of her boss.

If she didn't understand this, she wouldn't have gotten to where she is today.

Li Zhuiyuan was wondering how he had offended the King of Fengdu.
How could such a great emperor have to deceive himself into going to Fengdu under the pretext of "returning home to worship ancestors"?
If I were really stupid enough to accompany Yin Meng back home to worship the ancestors, I would most likely be the sacrifice on the table.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't happen. Not only do I have no grudge against the Emperor of Fengdu, but I am also the inheritor of the Twelve Laws of Fengdu and they are also Yin and Meng. In any case, they are half relatives, right?

So, in this lost memory, what did I do to the King of Fengdu that made him angry?

Li Zhuiyuan could sense that some changes had taken place in himself, which were definitely not limited to the magic in Wei Zhengdao's black book.

But what specific changes have taken place and whether you can recover some of the lost memories requires you to slowly discover and experience them in the dead of night.

When I returned to school, it was dark and the dormitories were closed and the lights were turned off.

Lu Yi didn't go back to the dormitory these days and slept in the store all the time.

Hearing the familiar sound of a pickup truck, he immediately opened the shop door and walked out, helping to move the three patients into the room in the basement.

Li Zhuiyuan said something to Yin Meng, asking her to find a doctor to check on her, and then left.

He had to go and report that he was safe. This time, not only A'li was waiting for him, but the old lady and the others should be the most anxious.

In the school clinic, in the duty office.

Dr. Fan Shulin, who is highly valued by the leadership, continues to work the night shift.

There were not many patients and he had nothing to do at night, so he sat there reading carefully a pornographic magazine in his hand, reviewing the anatomy of the human body.

This can be considered a rare moment of leisure and relaxation for a single young man. He can watch and fantasize while changing his sitting position with his legs crossed from time to time.

These magazines were given to him by Tan Wenbin as a gift.

It’s just a pity that he hasn’t been sending his patients to her recently, and the relationship between the two has become a little distant.

The door was suddenly pushed open.

Fan Shulin looked up and found a young girl with fair skin, beautiful face and long legs standing under the light in the corridor at the door.

"You are……"

"Tan Wenbin asked me to come find you. Please come with me."

"Okay, wait for me to wake up my colleague and take over the shift."

Fan Shulin hid the magazine, called his colleagues, packed up some equipment and followed Yin Meng.

Yin Meng had a red envelope in her pocket and had prepared a lot of excuses, because she knew that Dr. Fan was not easy to invite, but unexpectedly, he was actually very easy to talk to.

Fan Shulin walked in front and turned back to urge:

"Let's go faster, saving lives is important."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome. As a doctor, it's my duty to save lives and heal the wounded. This is what I should do."

"Ah."

"What's your name?"

……

Li Zhuiyuan came to Grandma Liu's house.

When he pushed open the gate, the French window on the first floor opened, and A-li, wearing white silk pajamas and bare feet, stood there waiting for him.

She just smiled faintly, but there was not much worry on her face.

Li Zhuiyuan also had a smile on his face. Since he started sailing on the river, returning home to see A'li after each wave passed was the most relaxing moment for him.

But this time, Liu Yumei's figure appeared at the window on the second floor.

"Xiaoyuan."

"grandmother."

"Come up first."

"Okay, grandma."

Li Zhuiyuan first put his backpack into A'li's room, and then went to the second floor.

In the opening of the second floor, the original small coffee table was replaced with a large round table today. The round table was filled with various snacks and food. There were so many that it could not fit them all, and it even had to be joined with the two small square tables next to it. There were several sets of tea sets, and even more tea leaves were left.

This is clearly a gesture of planning a large-scale tea party.

"Xiaoyuan, sit down."

“Okay, grandma, when I first came in, didn’t I see Aunt Liu and Uncle Qin?”

Uncle Qin goes out occasionally, but Aunt Liu stays at home most of the time.

"Oh, the field behind the old house is overgrown with grass. I sent them back to dig it up."

"That's right."

Liu Yumei got up and prepared to make tea.

"Grandma, please sit down. I'll do it."

"Okay." Liu Yumei didn't force it. She picked up the silver chopsticks and picked up several dim sum and put them on the plate in front of the boy. "Try it. These dim sum were specially found. There are not many masters who can make them now, so it's not easy to get them."

"Okay, grandma."

An old man and a young man sat opposite each other, drinking tea and eating snacks.

Liu Yumei picked up the silk handkerchief beside her and wiped the corners of her mouth.

Li Zhuiyuan also picked up a cup of tea and swallowed the remaining food in his mouth.

In fact, snacks are not eaten like this. Usually, a small piece of snack is accompanied by a pot of tea, and then one sits for an entire afternoon. One would get sick of it easily if one eats too much continuously, but he was really hungry.

On the way back, we only realized from the time and date displayed on everyone's pagers that we had lost our memory for two days.

Fortunately, I had eaten and drunk enough before setting off. After two days of slumber, and the incident that occurred immediately after waking up when entering the amusement park, I didn’t feel hungry under the tension and excitement. If I had slept for a few more days, I would have been too hungry to fight.

Liu Yumei specially arranged so many teas and snacks just to go with the story. This event was of great significance to her.

Therefore, she didn't want to wait for Zhuangzhuang to come and hear him say that it would be a pity to have the best ingredients cooked into a hodgepodge by Zhuangzhuang.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Grandma Liu who was sitting opposite him and blinked.

Liu Yumei smiled and said, "Okay, kid, you can start talking now."

As she spoke, Liu Yumei rested her elbows on the table, tilted her body slightly, and prepared to listen attentively and enjoy.

Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips and said awkwardly:

"Grandma Liu."

"Ah."

"I do not know."

(End of this chapter)