Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 213

No wonder it is so effective in beating people. If it is not strong enough, it can't be used as a prison cell.

Li Zhuiyuan opened the closed wordless book again. It was still the same page, but this time, the picture was no longer of a dishevelled old man grabbing the railing and roaring, but a woman in blue curled up in the corner of the cell, covering her face and crying.

Just a few strokes, my pity is fully revealed.

That "Evil Book" is really not lonely. Even at this point, it is still trying its best to spread its evil nature within its own capacity.

Li Zhuiyuan closed the book and then quickly opened it. In the cell in the painting, the woman in blue turned into red, with her long black hair hanging down. She stood on a bench, grabbing the rope ring hanging from above with both hands, preparing to hang herself.

The boy gently rubbed his fingers across the pages of the book.

The woman who was about to hang herself stretched out one hand and cried.

Her performance is very delicate. Even if you search through the used book market, it would be difficult to find another comic book with such a sensational style.

Li Zhuiyuan closed the book and threw it on the desk.

“There’s so much drama.”

The wordless book has a built-in guarding and sealing effect. After the "evil book" is absorbed, there is no need to seal it anymore.

Li Zhuiyuan took the basin and went out to wash his face, then went to bed to rest.

He deliberately didn't do any brain-intensive research today because he had to go out tomorrow.

Although the journey back was a bit tiring, it was not as tiring as when we were sailing on the river, so we had already replenished our energy.

Therefore, I slept a little too little, and when I woke up, A-li hadn't come yet.

However, Li Zhuiyuan had already heard the door of the east room opening. Although the girl's footsteps were light, they were the ones he was most familiar with.

Straighten your head, close your eyes, and take a nap.

The girl entered the room, walked to the bed and looked at it for a while, then stood in front of the drawing table to continue completing last night's painting.

Li Zhuiyuan woke up at the right time, turned his head and looked at the girl, but saw that although the girl was holding a paintbrush, she was half-turning her body and was looking at him out of the corner of her eyes.

He was pretending to be asleep, and she knew he was pretending to be asleep, because even Li Zhuiyuan himself didn't know that his brows would be a little more relaxed when he was asleep than when he was awake.

The two smiled at each other and completed today's meeting in tacit understanding.

Li Zhuiyuan went to wash up first, then came back to help A'li grind ink and mix colors. After she finished drawing a pattern, the two walked out of the room, sat on the rattan chairs, and started playing chess.

One always loses, the other always wins, but neither of them ever gets tired of playing.

Aunt Liu, who had just been boiling water on the kitchen stove, leaned against the kitchen door, looking towards the terrace, pursing her lips from time to time. She is a person who loves to eat melon seeds and can eat them even if there are no seeds.

The originally peaceful morning was broken by the arrival of a taxi.

The driver was Liu Changping, the Jinling taxi driver who got to know the young nurse because he waived Tan Wenbin's taxi fare.

He had just held his wedding not long ago, and yesterday he took a long-distance trip from Jinling to Nantong. Before leaving, he loaded some specialties from his hometown in Jiangxi and some wedding candies into the car.

He arrived last night, but didn't want to disturb people by visiting them at night, so he slept in the car for half the night and went to deliver gifts early in the morning.

In fact, when he left last time, although Li Sanjiang gave him a red envelope for his first visit according to local customs, he also left a return gift that he specially bought from the town, so there was nothing they owed each other.

But the more this kind of relationship is in which neither party is willing to take advantage of the other, the longer it can last.

Li Sanjiang got up and went out of the house, went downstairs to talk to Liu Changping, and asked him to stay for breakfast.

Li Zhuiyuan was about to go out anyway, so he simply hired his car for the day.

After dinner, Li Zhuiyuan took Runsheng into Liu Changping’s car.

Liu Changping took out a red envelope from the drawer of the car, took out money from his pocket and put it in, then put a piece of candy in it and handed it to the boy sitting in the back seat.

"this is for you."

Li Zhuiyuan did not refuse, but took it and replied:
"Have a son soon."

The place where the scholar buried his wife was on the Suzhou side of Taihu Lake, not far from Nantong.

This is also the reason why Li Zhuiyuan chose to go home first and then fulfill his promise to the other party.

After arriving at the approximate area, Li Zhuiyuan took out a compass and began to direct Liu Changping to drive.

When there was no more road to go forward, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng got out of the car, and Liu Changping followed them out. The boy glanced at him and said nothing.

Suzhou has a developed industry and a high level of development. Fortunately, the place where the scholar buried his wife still retains its original appearance, which saves a lot of trouble.

Runsheng brought all his tools with him when he went out. He took out the Yellow River shovel, extended it, and started digging along the location designated by Li Zhuiyuan.

Liu Changping was holding a cigarette in his hand, and after seeing this scene, the cigarette butt began to tremble.

He had been a chartered car driver for this group of teenagers several times, but the strangest thing he had seen was Xue Liangliang running naked because he had collected his clothes in advance.

A young man, with a man, came to a place and started digging a hole without saying a word.

Liu Changping swallowed his saliva, looked left and right, and while he was instinctively panicking, he also did his job as a sentry.

Runsheng was very skillful and soon the hole he dug was connected to the existing cave below.

Runsheng squatted down, picked up the boy on his back, and jumped down.

The area of ​​the cave is not large. Scholars have set up formations here to maintain the basic environment in the tomb, but with the erosion of time, the formations have long been useless.

Water had accumulated on the ground, reaching above the knees.

On the corpse holding platform, the female corpse was completely frozen. The body had not rotted, but the formation inside the corpse holding platform had long stopped working. The jade pendant that was used to keep the body from rotting in memory had also shattered, and the last bit of remaining strength froze the female corpse.

If I didn't come, it wouldn't be long before the corpse would rot after thawing, the tomb would be filled with lake water, and the corpse and the burial objects inside would be swept into the lake.

"This formation is really rough."

Having seen it once in his memory and witnessed it with his own eyes in reality, Li Zhuiyuan was certain that the scholar... was actually a "Runsheng" who liked to dress like a scholar.

"Brother Runsheng, there, there, and there..."

Li Zhuiyuan gave a lot of instructions in one breath. After listening to them, Runsheng just responded with a "Okay!"

Runsheng began to dig the tomb, first draining out the accumulated water, and then rearranged the flags according to the boy's request.

Li Zhuiyuan focused on modifying the formation on the corpse-carrying platform.

After everything was completed, Li Zhuiyuan activated several newly arranged formations, with the center of the formation placed in the west, echoing the tide of Taihu Lake. By leveraging the momentum of Taihu Lake, the formation could be maintained for a longer period of time.

After finishing all this, Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng sorted out the burial objects that were soaked and knocked over by the stagnant water. The silt was also shoveled away by Runsheng with a Yellow River shovel, and the entire tomb chamber suddenly became much cleaner.

Runsheng leaned on the shovel and said, "It's better to burn it to ashes, so we don't have to clean it up."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't tell your grandfather that."

Uncle Shan and Grandpa Taiye had already chosen the coffin and the auspicious grave, and were waiting for the burial.

Li Zhuiyuan added: "Don't tell Mengmeng either."

Runsheng smiled when he heard this.

People who make coffins naturally dislike cremation.

Li Zhuiyuan actually supports cremation, which not only saves land, but also greatly reduces the risk of the corpse becoming dead or a zombie.

But each generation has its own cognition and ideas. The scholar could accept the fact that his wife was reduced to ashes, but he still hoped that his beloved wife's body could be properly preserved.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Okay, let's go back."

After coming out, Runsheng restored the cave entrance.

At first, Liu Changping was not seen, but after a while, Liu Changping came running over on tiptoe and said in a low voice:

"Go, I just checked and there's no one here right now."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Runsheng's backpack. It was bulging when he came, and it was still bulging now. It was hard to tell whether he had dug out anything good.

On the way back by car, Liu Changping felt a little uneasy. He stammered several times, but in the end he didn't ask anything.

When they arrived in Nantong, Li Zhuiyuan signaled Liu Changping to drive to the city department store first. After he went in and bought some maternal and child supplies, he asked Liu Changping to drive the car to the riverside.

Liu Changping is familiar with this place.

Li Zhuiyuan signaled Runsheng to stay in the car, and he got out of the car with his things.

He walked to the riverside, took out a piece of talisman paper and threw it out. The talisman paper spontaneously combusted and floated onto the river.

Soon, accompanied by the sound of "gurgling", a water curtain emerged from the bottom of the river, revealing a woman in an elegant white dress. The woman's belly was slightly bulging, but her pregnancy was not obviously obvious.

It seems that this child will not be easy to give birth to.

The woman took three steps back and placed her hands in front of her, ready to salute solemnly.

"no."

"Yes."

The woman half lowered her head, not daring to look directly at him.

Although Xue Liangliang did not call to ask him to do this, since he came back, Li Zhuiyuan felt that he should come and give him something and say hello.

However, this job should have been done by Tan Wenbin, but Tan Wenbin is not here now. If he comes in person, it will put too much pressure on the other party.

After throwing the gifts into the river, they are wrapped by a special layer of water flow and quickly submerged.

Li Zhuiyuan said nothing more and turned away.

At the back, the woman completed the unfinished ceremony towards the young man.

After the young man walked away and his figure was no longer visible, it slowly sank and disappeared into the river.

Next, we returned to Siyuan Village.

Li Zhuiyuan was about to pay Liu Changping for today's fare, but before he could open his mouth, Liu Changping's pager rang.

"My wife, I'll call you back."

After stopping the car at a roadside store, Liu Changping got out to answer a phone call. After a while, he ran back excitedly, as if he had forgotten that he was the driver, and actually started banging on the car window.

Li Zhuiyuan rolled down the car window.

Liu Changping: "Haha, my wife is pregnant, my wife is pregnant!"

This good news instantly washed away the gloom of suspected accompanying tomb robbers in the morning.

He sent Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng back to Siyuan Village with a silly smile on his face. On the way, Li Zhuiyuan wanted to give him fare, but he refused, saying that it was a festive occasion today and he would not accept any money.

Li Zhuiyuan did not force it.

When the car drove back to Li Sanjiang's dam, Liu Changping happily shouted to Li Sanjiang who was sitting on the dam:
"Uncle Li, my wife is pregnant. I'm going to be a father."

Li Sanjiang smiled and said, "Oh, this is good news. Come, let's have a drink... Forget it, you should go back first. Drive carefully on the road."

"Then I'll be leaving first, sir."

Liu Changping backed the car out and drove out of the village.

It was such a coincidence that he felt that every time he met this group of people and helped them drive, he would always receive good news.

From meeting someone, to getting married, to getting pregnant, the whole process is taken care of.

On the dam, Li Sanjiang said with a smile: "This kid looks so happy that he is silly. He wishes he was driving a rocket instead of a taxi."

As he spoke, Li Sanjiang's gaze subconsciously fell on Li Zhuiyuan, and then he naturally began to search for the girl's figure.

Halfway through the search, Li Sanjiang slapped his forehead. The kid was still young, and he was really shameless about what he was thinking about.

"Xiao Yuanhou, accompany me to visit your grandfather again."

"it is good."

On the dam, Liu Yumei, who was sitting there drinking tea, first looked at the young man and then moved her eyes to her granddaughter.

As A'li is the only bloodline of the Qin and Liu families, it is impossible for Liu Yumei to say that she has never thought about this.

It's just that A'li's condition was serious before, so she basically gave up the idea of ​​letting A'li get married in the future. Now that A'li's condition is getting better, she has been thinking about how to divide the surname.

Anyway, Xiaoyuan also has his mother's surname, Li, so he probably doesn't care that much about the surname. If I just beg him with a thick face, I should be able to...

Aunt Liu suddenly appeared in front of Liu Yumei.

Liu Yumei was startled and looked annoyed.

Aunt Liu said aggrievedly: "I called you several times and asked you what you wanted to eat in the evening, but you didn't respond. So, what were you thinking about just now?"

Liu Yumei's face turned slightly red as she replied, "I'm thinking about what kind of material to use for Ah Li's new clothes."

Aunt Liu: "Give birth to one!"

Liu Yumei: "That's not enough!"

Aunt Liu smiled.

Liu Yumei raised her hand: "You bastard, you deserve a beating!"

Aunt Liu ran in front with a smile on her face, and the old lady chased after her.

Uncle Qin stood in the field carrying a hoe, looking at the scene on the dam from afar, a smile appeared on his face.

It was as if everything had returned to the time when he and A Ting were children. Every time A Ting made a mistake, the mistress would chase her and teach her a lesson. However, the mistress, who was obviously a skilled kung fu master, could never catch up with A Ting, who was unwilling to endure the hardship of practicing.

A'li, who was painting in the room on the second floor, walked out of the room, took a look at the chase between her grandmother and Aunt Liu, then turned back to her room and continued painting.

The painting already depicts solemn and dignified auspicious clouds, and the girl added a few strokes to make it more vivid and bright.

Li Sanjiang brought Li Zhuiyuan to Li Weihan's house again, and happened to see Li Zhuiyuan's uncle was also there, holding a bowl with meat in it.

When Li Zhuiyuan was having dinner last night, he asked Xiong Shan to deliver the meat.

When the young uncle saw Li Sanjiang, he shrank his neck in fear, then forced a smile: "Uncle Sanjiang."

He knew that Li Sanjiang disliked the four brothers. Sometimes when they were seen in the village, he would say "Pah" and call them "ungrateful wolves" from a distance.

Li Sanjiang walked over with a smile, ignoring the meat in the other person's bowl, and asked, "Your father told me that he has to go to the kiln factory to move bricks to pay back the hospitalization and surgery fees you four brothers paid for him."

Young uncle: "I don't want it, it's my brothers..."

See Li Sanjiang picking up a wooden stick from the ground.

My uncle immediately ran away with the bowl in his hand.

Li Sanjiang swung the wooden stick and hit his uncle on the back. The uncle cried out "Ouch" and straightened his body, but continued to protect the meat in the bowl and continued to run home.

Li Weihan and Cui Guiying heard the noise and came out of the house.

When Cui Guiying saw Li Zhuiyuan, she ran up to him, hugged him, touched his head and face, and was very intimate.

Li Sanjiang glared at Li Weihan angrily, and Li Weihan explained:

"The meat that Shan Hou sent today, I see that Si Hou has many young children at home, so I asked him to give it to the children..."

Upon hearing this, Li Sanjiang first lowered his head to look at Xiao Yuanhou next to him, then looked at Li Weihan, sneered, and cursed:

"The situation is different now. It's not easy for a person with arms and legs to starve to death. Who the hell are you acting for?"

Li Weihan was confused. He was scolded by Uncle Sanjiang yesterday, but who knew that Uncle Sanjiang would scold him even more harshly today.

Li Sanjiang: "Tomorrow you and Marquis Guiying will go to Marquis Shan's place to help plant peach trees and harvest peaches. You will be paid and given two meals."

Li Weihan immediately responded: "Hey, it's my duty to help Uncle Sanjiang, but I won't pay you..."

Li Sanjiang cursed: "You old bastard, how can you pay back your four sons if you don't want wages?"

Seeing that Uncle Sanjiang was so angry, Li Weihan could only nod.

Li Sanjiang added: "You can only eat the food provided, but you can't take it. Don't think of taking advantage of me!"

Li Weihan waved his hands and said, "No, no, we understand."

Li Sanjiang sighed, too lazy to get angry anymore, and just said calmly: "Take care of yourself, don't end up outliving me."

"Yes, yes, I know, I know." Li Weihan nodded continuously with a smile on his face. What he was thinking in his heart was: I really don't have the confidence to live longer than you, Third Uncle.

Li Sanjiang added: "If you and Guiyinghou become ill one day and need to be taken care of in bed, the fun will only begin."

After saying that, Li Sanjiang took Li Zhuiyuan away.

While walking on the ridge of the field, Li Zhuiyuan peeled the boiled egg that his grandmother had just given him and handed it to his great grandfather first. The great grandfather lowered his head and took a small bite:
"Little Marquis Yuan, eat by yourself."

"Ah."

Li Zhuiyuan was afraid that his grandfather would be angry, because he should have guessed who asked Xiong Shan to deliver the meat.

"Little Marquis Yuan..."

"Yes, sir."

"I have lived for so many years and have realized a truth. Some people live their lives according to their fate. Don't try to change their fate. Even if you do good things for them, they may not appreciate it."

"I understand, Master."

"Come, Grandpa will carry you!"

Li Zhuiyuan climbed onto Li Sanjiang's back, and Li Sanjiang weighed the sparrow and said, "Wow, the sparrow is getting bigger and bigger."

Went home and had dinner.

Li Zhuiyuan and A'li returned to the room and sat facing each other with the wordless book spread out in front of them.

In this page of the painting, the woman in red has been hanged in a cage, her face is purple, and her tongue is sticking out.

Li Zhuiyuan’s biggest problem now is that the "Evil Book" has been collected and locked up, but what should he do with it after it is locked up?

What's the point of locking him up? I'm still counting on him to be sent to a labor camp.

Putting the book aside, Li Zhuiyuan took out a red thread, threaded it around his fingertips, and began to deduce the team formation.

After just a short while of deduction, the boy felt his brain was exhausted.

The girl stood up.

The boy looked up at the girl, a little worried that she would go out to the kitchen to make him brown sugar poached eggs.

However, the girl did not leave. Instead, she reached out and took a red thread from the boy, imitating the boy's previous steps and began to thread it through her fingertips.

She was helping herself to deduce.

Li Zhuiyuan watched the red rope tumbling around the girl's fingertips while pinching it with his right hand.

Soon, Ah Li also stopped. The girl frowned slightly, as if she wanted to continue, but was stopped by Li Zhuiyuan.

"That's enough. This deduction is very energy-consuming. There's no need to rush."

The girl nodded, stood up and left.

Li Zhuiyuan thought she was tired and went back to rest, so he took the basin and went to take a bath.

After coming back from the shower, I felt a little dizzy and my walk was a little shaky. When I opened the door and entered the room, I found that the girl was back again, holding two large bowls in her hands, with eggs cooked with brown sugar in them.

"Ari, let's eat together."

The girl nodded.

Tonight’s brown sugar poached eggs are much more delicious than last night’s, not so sweet. I think Aunt Liu helped make them.

After eating, the girl returned to the east room, and Li Zhuiyuan went to the kitchen with the bowl.

Aunt Liu was still cleaning up inside, and when she saw this, she asked, "Is it delicious?"

"Aunt Liu..."

"I'll give you another dessert next time."

"Thank you Aunt Liu."

"You're welcome, go back and rest."

After Li Zhuiyuan left, Aunt Liu looked at the large teacup of brown sugar on the table.

This morning she discovered that the large teacup that was full of brown sugar yesterday was missing. If she hadn't gone back to the kitchen, Ali would have filled the pot with another large teacup.

After having a midnight snack, Li Zhuiyuan, who had recovered some energy, returned to the room and continued to pinch with his right hand, starting to consolidate the part he had deduced earlier.

This is a huge project. Not only are its principles complex, but it also needs to be individually designed and adjusted according to the characteristics of each person in the team.

Even if A'li could help him, at the current speed... Li Zhuiyuan doubted that it would take a whole year to figure it out.

Using a set of profound secret techniques as an example, to deduce it in one year is already incredibly fast. The inherited skills of many forces require several generations to complete.

But for a teenager, one year... is really too long.

Although I have demonstrated the value of united front work in the river, I can avoid the sudden attack of waves.

However, the difficulty of the river water pushing on them will increase accordingly. If they do not quickly improve the overall strength of the entire team in the gap between each wave, they will easily be crushed by the increasingly fierce waves.

The boy lowered his head and looked at the wordless book again.

In that page of the painting, the woman still maintained the image of a hanged ghost, without any change.

Well, why do you suddenly feel less motivated today?

Li Zhuiyuan continued to pinch with his right hand and placed his left hand on the page.

At this moment, the young man suddenly discovered that as he continued to deduce, a special sense of assistance emerged, as if Zhao Yi was by his side, lending him his brain through the crack in the gate of life and death.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately lowered his head and looked at the screen.

In the picture, she is no longer hanging herself, but is starting to go crazy, lying on the floor of the cell and rolling around.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to deduce and unconsciously sped up.

In the picture, the woman turned into a man and began to scratch his face, looking very scary.

As the deduction continued, the man turned into a woman, her body lying on the wall of the cell, constantly twisting and bleeding.

But the boy still didn't stop and continued to deduce. There was no other way, because this guy had a history of playing the victim.

The person in the picture began to hunch over and his body began to shrink. It was no longer clear whether he was a man or a woman.

The deduction continued until... one of its legs exploded and was gone.

Li Zhuiyuan paused for a moment. Only one leg was blown off, so there was still one leg and two arms.

Continue to deduce.

The other leg is also gone.

The arms are gone.

Li Zhuiyuan stopped only when only its head with a large piece of rotten flesh was left.

The part I just deduced is enough for me for ten days.

In fact, the person truly responsible for the deduction was Li Zhuiyuan himself, but through the wordless book, he was able to draw on the computing power support provided by the "Evil Book".

At this time, because only a clear head was left, the picture was magnified.

The face of that head was full of fear and horror.

It is the "Evil Book". Since the day it was born, it has manipulated and guided countless human tragedies and family disasters. It feeds on it and takes pleasure in it.

But since it fell into the hands of this young man, it finally realized what true evil and ruthlessness are!

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a pen and wrote on the wall of the prison cell in the picture:
"We will continue tomorrow with the same intensity."

The head began to shake wildly, and then the tongue stretched out and licked the blood under it. The next moment, the page changed, and bloody words written with the tongue appeared on the wall:

"Please let me rest, I will die!"

It is certainly better to fish in a sustainable way.

But the problem is that Li Zhuiyuan doesn't know where this guy's bottom line is. It has deceived him once, and he no longer has any trust in it.

The boy picked up a pen and wrote a simple and heartwarming response:

"Oh."

……

The door of the ward was pushed open and Tan Wenbin walked in.

Looking at Tan Yunlong, whose lips were still a little pale on the bed, Tan Wenbin smiled and said:

"Congratulations, Officer Tan, oh no, Captain Tan, oh no, Director Tan... Do you think you can say 'oh no' again this time and try to get a Director Tan?"

At this time, Tan Yunlong was the only one in the ward, so Tan Wenbin had nothing to worry about.

He didn't want to pretend to cry and throw himself into his father's arms.

In fact, he has experienced more serious injuries than this several times.

With more experiences, his concept naturally changed. As long as he didn't die, he could be a brave man again after recuperation. Besides, although his father was seriously injured, it didn't affect his vital parts, so it wasn't a big problem.

Tan Yunlong, who was lying on the bed in a hospital gown, was rarely angry at his son's playful antics. Instead, he seemed to have gotten to know his son all over again and said in a hoarse voice:

"How much suffering did you endure out there?"

In the past, we were busy, so whenever the father and son communicated, they seemed to be wearing a shell around each other.

Tan Yunlong is now recovering from his injuries, and his shell has been temporarily broken, so with his eyes as an excellent veteran criminal policeman, he immediately noticed something unusual in his son.

Tan Yunlong had only seen this kind of indifference to life and death in a very small number of special people before.

He never expected that one day he would be able to detect a similar feeling in his own son.

Tan Wenbin waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, Dad. We are father and son, so there is no need to be sentimental. Save your emotions and vent them when the TV station comes."

Tan Yunlong's chest swelled. The feeling of heartache for his son just now was shattered by his son's own hands. He was so suffocated that he could only utter one sentence:
"brute."

"Hey hey hey!"

Tan Wenbin picked up the orange on the bedside table and started peeling it.

"Dad, I have to say something to you. You knew you were going to be Justice Bao, so why didn't you carry a gun when you left the police station?"

Tan Yunlong opened his mouth and saw Tan Wenbin stuffing the peeled orange flesh into his own mouth. Tan Yunlong could only purse his lips and said:

"How did I know they could be so stupid?"

He had already reported the details of the stolen goods, so any retaliation against him at this time would be meaningless.

But the result was that the other party actually gathered a group of thugs to take revenge on him.

It is said that the district chief who had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission was so frightened that he paralyzed after learning what his brother had done.

It was originally following the normal corruption process, but once this happened, the nature of the case changed immediately.

Correspondingly, even though he was injured and even though he was not keen on this, Tan Yunlong was very clear about how much subsequent impact this incident would have on him.

Tan Wenbin finished eating the whole orange, then picked up his father's malted milk and made himself a large cup.

"You didn't eat?"

"When I knew you were in trouble, I immediately changed my flight ticket and came to Jinling."

“You can eat in the airport.”

"Haha, things in the airport are so expensive."

"You're not short of money."

"Not in the mood to eat."

Both father and son were silent.

Tan Yunlong turned his head and closed his eyes.

Tan Wenbin accidentally became sentimental, and hurriedly tried to break the atmosphere by saying:
"Dad, do you think this story can be made into a TV series? In the early detective series, the ending is perfect with one more injury and the corrupt official is brought down. It couldn't be more typical."

Tan Yunlong sighed and said, "Be serious."

"what?"

Tan Yunlong: "Be serious with them."

"Yeah." Tan Wenbin responded obediently, "I understand."

Not everyone is as lucky as Tan Yunlong who was stabbed twice without any serious injury. Many people who silently guarded others have sacrificed their lives at work.

Tan Wenbin: "Dad, you still have to be careful in the future. If something happens to you, what will happen to my mom? It's not easy for her to marry you. Don't be unable to give her a retirement."

Tan Yunlong used all his strength and said "hmm" softly.

"Besides, I haven't had time to study the policy yet, and I don't know if I can get extra points on the postgraduate entrance exam if you become an honorable candidate."

Tan Yunlong closed his eyes. What a pity, hospital gowns cannot have belts.

At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open again, and Zhou Yunyun walked in carrying the meal she got from the hospital.

"Binbin, are you back?"

Tan Wenbin asked in surprise: "Are you taking care of my dad?"

Zhou Yunyun: "Auntie has been taking care of me for several days in a row and is very tired. I will let her go back to sleep first."

Tan Wenbin: "Thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Yunyun: "Uncle Tan is very good to me. Isn't it my responsibility to take care of him?"

Tan Yunlong said, "Yunyun is a good girl. Your mother and I both recognize her. Don't do anything stupid in the future."

Tan Wenbin: "I know that serving at the bedside is second only to being at the funeral in mourning."

Tan Yunlong: “…”

The three of them had dinner together. Just as they put down their spoons and chopsticks, a group of leaders came to the outside of the ward.

Tan Wenbin asked Zhou Yunyun: "How many people came to visit?"

Zhou Yunyun nodded: "After Uncle Tan woke up, there have been many people coming to visit him."

Tan Wenbin put away the bowls and chopsticks and lunch boxes and said, "Dad, thank you for your hard work. I'm going to go back to see my mom first. She must have been scared these past few days."

He stood up, walked to the door of the ward, opened the door, and looked at the leaders standing outside. Tan Wenbin made a warm gesture of invitation:

"Uncles, you are here to see Uncle Tan, right? Uncle Tan just woke up after dinner, please come and visit him."

Tan Yunlong just watched his son leave, and the leaders who came in later said one by one:
"Your nephew is a good one. He is very energetic and polite."

……

The closer a heart is to home, the faster it beats.

Lin Shuyou took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, took another deep breath, and exhaled again...

Although the branches are the same and the framework remains the same, for Lin Shuyou, what he is going to do this time is no less than a new coming-of-age ceremony.

Walk out of the alley, go up the steps and enter the temple gate.

"Ayou is back."

"Ayou, is your school on holiday again?"

The senior brothers and uncles in the temple greeted Lin Shuyou enthusiastically. When he came back from the Chinese New Year last time, Lin Shuyou showed everyone his extremely high level of tacit understanding with the White Crane Boy. In addition, he had long been known as a prodigy in the lineage of mediums. If nothing unexpected happens, the next temple master will once again be named Lin.

Lin Shuyou returned their greetings one by one. When he learned that his grandfather and master were not in the temple at the moment but had gone to a meeting, he looked around and found a junior brother to ask him to run errands to inform them that he was back.

Then, Lin Shuyou walked into the main hall.

As soon as he came in, he saw the White Crane Boys, whose blankets were opened and placed in a row among the statues of officials and generals.

Because the craftsman who had been repairing the temple next door was admitted to the hospital, there were no skilled craftsmen nearby who dared to take on the repair job.

The statue of the boy is still tattered.

"Ha, boy, I didn't expect you to be faster than me."

Lin Shuyou threw his backpack up and jumped up and sat up. There was a statue of a boy in this row, and the space was very spacious.

Sitting against the statue of the boy god, Lin Shuyou glanced at the other officers and generals in the main hall.

He and Brother Bin both changed their tickets, so after Brother Xiaoyuan and the others boarded the plane, he and Brother Bin sat in the waiting hall for quite a long time.

Brother Bin said to him, there are some things that Brother Xiaoyuan did not mention, but we have to consider them in advance.

For example, what is the foundation of your position in the team, Lin Shuyou, is your status as the leader of the team. You now own a tree, but don’t you want to own a forest, just like your surname.

Brother Bin also said that once our Nantong traffic field is established, whoever puts more things in it will have more say, right?
In terms of numbers, who can compare to you?

When she gets angry, she will place a statue of the King of Fengdu. You can place a group of officials and generals in the future, and you won’t be afraid of her at all, okay!

Lin Shuyou had some reservations about the fact that a group of officials and generals were not afraid of the Emperor of Fengdu.

But he felt that Brother Bin was right. He had a very good relationship with the boy, but if he wanted to make it in life, he still had to rely on power.

That is to say, when Ah You was talking about these things in the waiting hall, he did not open his vertical pupils, otherwise if the White Crane Boy heard these things, the first thing he would do the next time he was possessed by a spirit would be to kill Tan Wenbin.

Lin Shuyou's gaze gradually fell on the two generals Zengshen.

The two generals who were added and lost were the officer general Shuri, who was the strongest but also the most unruly.

The former is an advantage for Xiaoyuan, and the latter is not a disadvantage for Xiaoyuan.

Ayou believed that Brother Xiaoyuan could control them. After all, at the beginning, the boy also liked to hold his head high, but now he has become more and more amiable.

Anyway, I have to establish a branch myself, so it doesn't matter if I put one statue of the boy or two more or add or subtract two generals.

Waiting for Brother Xiaoyuan to be tamed...

After Brother Xiaoyuan has gotten used to them, he can transfer them to the Nantong Temple as well, so he doesn't have to come back and go through the ceremony again.

Lin Shuyou does not think that his behavior is a betrayal. In Brother Bin’s words, it is called “secondment of a divine official.”

The stronger he is, and the stronger Lord Yinshen is, the stronger the system of officials and generals will be. He is building a system of officials and generals!

Lin Shuyou was just thinking about packing his things when Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen hurried in.

If it was just the grandson (disciple) who came back, they would naturally not be so anxious, but they knew that this time Ayou came back on that person's orders and would bring that person's will.

Therefore, when they found out that Lin Shuyou was actually sitting on the altar, the two of them were not as angry as they were in the past.

Lin Shuyou jumped off the pedestal, clapped his hands, and the process that Brother Bin taught him emerged in his mind.

Brother Bin said that if they followed his process, establishing a branch would be a natural outcome, and his master and grandfather would never object but would be extremely happy.

"Cough cough..."

Lin Shuyou kept Brother Bin's teachings in mind and did not rush to call for help. Instead, he cleared his throat first.

Seeing this, Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen looked at each other and thought to themselves: Is this day finally coming?
Lin Shuyou pulled out a piece of talisman paper and threw it forward. The talisman paper passed through the candle in front and was ignited, turning into ashes.

"By order of the Dragon King..."

Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen looked at each other again, and they could see the excitement and joy in each other's eyes:

This day has finally come!
Before Lin Shuyou could continue speaking, he suddenly saw a look of shame and indignation on his grandfather's face, and a look of anger on his master's face.

Then, Grandfather Lin Fuan pointed at him and cursed: "You ungrateful beast, I don't have a grandson like you!"

Chen Shoumen beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying, "Oh my God, how could I have taught a disciple like you? I feel so ashamed of my master and the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

Huh?
Lin Shuyou was dumbfounded. He just wanted to establish a branch, so why did his master and grandfather react so strongly?

Not to mention that branches cannot be divided into temples, even if I really want to branch out and build a separate temple, it is also a good thing to be proud of. My master and grandfather should pat me on the shoulders proudly and say that I have finally grown up and can become an official and start a new branch.

Lin Fuan: "My pity! My inheritance, my foundation! You beast, I cannot coexist with you!"

Chen Shoumen: "What a pity! My sect, my lineage! Evil disciple, I will never have any grudge against you again!"

Lin Shuyou was a little confused for a moment. He wondered why his grandfather and master reacted so dramatically and in such unison.

After Lin Fuan wailed, he threw his hands and sighed, "Forget it. The situation is pressing and I have no choice but to endure the humiliation and choose to preserve my inheritance."

Chen Shoumen said with great sorrow: "Forget it. I am the fish on the chopping board. As the temple master, I must be responsible for all the people in the temple. I have no choice but to bow my head."

After saying that, the two of them knelt down in front of Lin Shuyou.

Lin Shuyou was startled and jumped back several steps tremblingly to avoid it. What on earth is wrong with his master and grandfather?
Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen said in unison:

"I will obey the Dragon King's order. From today on, my temple will belong to the Dragon King!"

Lin Shuyou: “…”

(End of this chapter)