Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 245

The long-distance car ride did not feel tiring at all. After all, it was our own small pickup truck and everyone could take turns lying down in the back compartment to sleep. They were all people who had experienced strong winds and waves, and the bumps in the car body did not affect their sleep quality at all.

In addition, Tan Wenbin was also in the car. The scorching heat during the day and the dust on the provincial road were all covered by the coldness on his body. Moreover, the car was always moving, so there would not be long-term accumulation of yin energy like in a closed room, which made the "air-conditioning temperature" just right.

There was a section on the way where we took a detour, mainly because we didn't want to get too close to Fengdu, and we deliberately kept a safe distance from the Emperor of Fengdu.

Li Zhuiyuan promised the emperor that he would "return to the clan and become a disciple" as soon as possible.

But he came out in a hurry this time, and did not prepare any gifts for becoming a disciple. It would be against etiquette to come empty-handed, and it would be disrespectful to the emperor.

So, we can only wait until next time.

After arriving in Chengdu, we didn’t have time to experience the local customs and atmosphere of “One must visit Sichuan when young”, but instead we stepped on the accelerator and went directly to Dujiangyan.

Compared with the size and population of Chengdu, Dujiangyan is more like a county town.

After leaving the Chengdu Plain, you come here and look around, you can see the mountains and clouds as dark as ink, with both the grandeur and majesty of Sichuan and Chongqing and the graceful tenderness of the south of the Yangtze River.

It can even be said that the city itself is a painting that unfolds in all directions, and people walking through the city feel like they are traveling in a painting.

Lin Shuyou: "I discovered that the scenery anywhere seems to be better than Nantong."

Yin Meng echoed: "Congratulations, you finally found it."

The car stopped in front of the guesthouse.

"Check in a room first, go in, take a shower and change clothes." Li Zhuiyuan pointed to an old-fashioned hot pot restaurant next to the guesthouse, "Then come down to eat."

Tan Wenbin: "Let me go order the food first."

Everyone else was exhausted, but Tan Wenbin didn't even break a sweat along the way.

Yin Meng reminded: "No shabu-shabu pot!"

Tan Wenbin: “Okay.”

After Lin Shuyou pushed Tan Wenbin to the hot pot restaurant, he ran back to the guesthouse to take a shower.

It was afternoon and still early for lunch, so there were no customers in the restaurant. Only the boss and a few waitresses were sitting there playing mahjong.

Suddenly, he saw a disabled person in a wheelchair coming to his restaurant to eat hotpot. The boss was so moved that he immediately left the mahjong table, picked up the menu and entertained him personally.

Tan Wenbin leaned back in his wheelchair, took the menu and pen, and started ticking the items.

"Handsome pot, choose the base of the pot first."

“Double-boiled hotpot.”

"We don't have the shabu-shabu hotpot in our store, would you like the Jiugongge hotpot?"

"Okay."

"How spicy do you want it?"

“Very spicy.”

“Medium or spicy?”

“Extra spicy.”

"If you want, get it done."

Others came out of the guesthouse one after another. The hot pot was already boiling, and the boss considerately helped the disabled people serve the dishes.

It was a bit spicy, but others could eat it. Yin Meng was happily chewing while twisting her waist on the bench.

"Hiss...ha..."

Lin Shuyou was sweating profusely while eating and guzzled bottle of soy milk.

Even though her eyes were red and tears were flowing, she kept saying, "It's not spicy, I'm fine with it, no problem."

After eating, Li Zhuiyuan made task arrangements.

You Runsheng, Yin Meng and Tan Wenbin went for a walk around the outskirts of Qingcheng Mountain first. Relying on the induction of the spell, they preliminarily determined the location of the Taoist temple; Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shuyou went to report to the internship unit.

The pickup truck was driven away by Yin Meng and his friends, while Li Zhuiyuan and Ayou hailed a rickshaw.

When I arrived at the office gate, it was getting dark, but I had called in advance and the other party said that I could come at any time because there was someone on duty.

Li Zhuiyuan took Lin Shuyou to the office to submit their identity documents. A young man named Xiao Liu received them. While they were reviewing the documents, a middle-aged man walked into the office.

The man's hair is a little long and very oily, with naturally wavy curls.

This image seems more suitable for art rather than engineering.

The man looked her up and down and asked suspiciously, "Were you sent here?"

Xiao Liu stood up to help introduce the man. His name was Wu Xin. He was a middle-level cadre here and had a lot of say.

Wu Xin scratched his hair and made a dissatisfied sound. He thought that the higher-ups would send someone capable and experienced to take charge of the matter, but they sent two people whose hair had not even fully grown.

Li Zhuiyuan asked directly: "Where is the person who got into trouble?"

Wu Xin: “In the hospital.”

Li Zhuiyuan: "Take me to see it now."

Wu Xin: "Okay."

After agreeing, Wu Xin was stunned. Why did he agree so readily?
Xiao Liu: "Director Wu, all the materials and procedures have been completed. You can take the people away now to familiarize them with our working environment."

Wu Xin nodded, waved to Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shuyou, took them outside, and got on a three-seater motorcycle.

The motorcycle engine was making a loud noise and Wu Xin was driving very fast. When Li Zhuiyuan turned several corners, he felt like the wheels were leaving the ground and were about to tip over because he was sitting on the machine gun seat.

After entering the hospital gate, the car did not stop, but went around the outpatient and inpatient buildings and came to the back, where there was a Western-style building surrounded by a courtyard.

Wu Xin: "It used to be a sanatorium for the army, but it was later removed and is now part of the hospital."

It should be the area of ​​the hospital used to accommodate special patients.

The security guard knew Wu Xin, and the railing was raised in advance before the car arrived. Wu Xin greeted the security guard and continued riding his bike inside, stopping only at the door of the western-style building.

Pushing the door open, there was a small desk with a visitor registration form on it, but no one was sitting there watching. Wu Xin was too lazy to fill it out and led the two of them to the third floor.

Wu Xin: "Zhao Jie, Zhou Hao, and Xu Qingsong are in the three wards near the stairs."

These three people were the ones who had the accident during the last construction.

Wu Xin led Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shuyou into the first ward, where a young man was sitting on the bed.

"Director Wu, you are here."

"Zhao Jie, how are you feeling lately?"

"pretty good."

After simple communication and questioning, nothing unusual could be seen except that Zhao Jie looked confused and worried.

Then it was the second ward. The process was the same as before, except this time Wu Xin addressed him as "Zhou Hao". Next, he went to the third ward to communicate with Xu Qingsong.

After coming out of Xu Qingsong's ward, Wu Xin motioned for the two to go to the balcony. He lit a cigarette, blew it at Lin Shuyou, and asked:

"Well, did you see any problem?"

Lin Shuyou couldn't see the problem, nor did he sense any evil aura, but he didn't rush to shake his head. It didn't matter if he couldn't see the problem, as he had Brother Xiaoyuan to back him up.

Li Zhuiyuan: “It’s a big problem.”

Wu Xin lifted his back from the railing and asked, "Tell me about it."

"Zhao Jie thinks he is Xu Qingsong, Zhou Hao thinks he is Zhao Jie, and Xu Qingsong thinks he is Zhou Hao."

Wu Xin showed some expectation on his face: "How did you figure that out?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "There is a medical record next to the bed with names written on it, but it doesn't match the way you address them."

This may be because the nurse filled in the wrong information, or the three people changed wards according to their own preferences, but other than that, Li Zhuiyuan could not see any other specific problems with these three people. Therefore, the problem that could be explained earlier became more and more important, no matter how bizarre it was.

Hearing that it was guessed by distinguishing details, Wu Xin shook off the cigarette ash in disappointment: "Is there a solution?"

"Have."

Wu Xin was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Really?"

"Yes, but it will take some time, and I also need your assistance."

"As long as you have a way, you can ask me to do anything. Their parents don't know about this yet, and I'm worried about how to explain it to their family."

"First, I need detailed files on these three people. Then, I need a first-hand report from the scene of the accident."

"I have already submitted the report."

"I have written similar reports before, but as long as the text is on paper, it is easy to distort the truth. I hope you can write another one yourself. I promise you that I will not spread it to others."

"No problem, anything else?"

"That's all."

"Okay, I'll be there as soon as I'm ready...Have you arranged a dormitory?"

"We are staying in a guest house now."

"The dormitory conditions at the company are better, and there is also a cafeteria."

"It's no trouble to move again." "Then remember to give me the invoice."

"it is good."

"Shall I take you back?"

"No need. The hospital is very close to the guesthouse. We can just walk back. It's a good opportunity to perfect the plan."

"Okay, here's my business card. It has my office number and pager number. Feel free to contact me if you need anything."

Wu Xin rode away on a motorcycle. After Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Shuyou walked out of the hospital, they walked along the street.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, what do you think is going on? Is it a soul swap?"

"Soul replacement is much more difficult than resurrection, and has greater side effects.

If those three people had swapped souls, we should have been able to see obvious signs of mismatch between their souls and bodies just now."

"That's... hypnosis. Mind control or maybe a puppet?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “There is no sign of this.”

"Then how can a person become another 'person'?"

Li Zhuiyuan stopped, stretched out a finger and gently poked his temple.

"Ahyou, is there a possibility... that their memories were swapped?"

"memory?"

"If you die, but all your memories from the moment you can remember to the moment of your death are perfectly implanted in another person's brain, does that mean that you are reborn?"

"I...I...I don't know. It seems to make sense, but it also seems like something is wrong."

Lin Shuyou slowed down his pace and began to think about this philosophical question.

Li Zhuiyuan stopped in front of a snack stand and said to the stall owner:
"Auntie, I want five egg cakes."

"Yes, wait a moment, I'll make it for you right away."

Soon, five egg cakes were ready.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up one, broke off a piece with his hands and put it into his mouth. Hmm, it was so sweet.

Because Yin Meng often mentioned how delicious the egg cake was, Li Zhuiyuan decided to buy one to try. After tasting it, he found that Yin Meng might be recalling the time when she was a child, when she took money from her grandfather and jumped to buy an egg cake.

"Ahyou, eat more."

"Oh, okay." Lin Shuyou ate the one in the boy's hand first. It was very sweet, but the taste was good. Then he quickly stuffed the rest of the bag into his mouth and ate it.

After he finished eating, he realized that he had eaten the ones he brought for his friends as well. He quickly turned around and bought three more from his aunt.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, if the memory is swapped, how should it be treated?"

If it was a soul-changing or puppet-changing situation, there would be clear solutions, but when it came to memory-changing, Lin Shuyou didn’t know what to do, and even Tongzi didn’t know.

"If it can't be changed back... then erase the memories that don't belong to the original body and re-implant the memories that should belong to him."

"So, this is why you want their files, Brother Xiaoyuan?"

"Can you use the little record in the file bag to overwrite a person's memory? Do you think this is writing an essay with keywords?"

"Then what should I do..."

"Aren't each person's memories in the other person's mind? Just copy the ready-made answers. It's not difficult, it just takes some energy and time.

Therefore, in order to ensure the status quo, I plan to solve the problem of the Taoist temple first. I hope Brother Binbin and the others can successfully determine the location. "

The line at the construction site is also the clue of the waves. If you want to push it forward, you have to help treat the three people. If it were the boy in the past, he would definitely not be able to complete such a task under excessive load. But now Li Zhuiyuan can do it. All this is thanks to the gift from the Bodhisattva.

Back at the guesthouse, Li Zhuiyuan sat on the bed, thinking about the changes that might happen next.

If it is really a memory exchange, then it means that the existence deep in this wave has special abilities in this regard.

Therefore, you have to design the precautions in advance.

For example, it will be difficult to find its true form, and it will probably keep hiding. Only after you have gone through great pains to kill the one that most resembles its true form, will the true form appear.

It is also possible that it does not exist at all, but exists based on memory, constantly pouring its own memory into the memory of others, and in this way gaining a "long life".

In this case, it will be difficult to get rid of it. God knows how many bodies it has prepared for itself to preserve its memories.

In the standard room, Lin Shuyou on the other bed didn't know that Xiaoyuan was already thinking about the possible developments in the deep waves. His attention was on the egg cake. He reached out and poked it gently. It was cold and would not taste good.

Li Zhuiyuan said without even looking up: "If you're hungry, go out and buy some midnight snacks."

Lin Shuyou licked his lips and said, "If Brother Bin knew that I left you, Brother Xiaoyuan, because I was hungry, he would slap me in the face."

"It's okay. He's in a wheelchair now and can't jump up. He can only hit your knee."

"hey-hey."

Lin Shuyou really enjoyed this feeling. Brother Xiaoyuan took the initiative to stop and buy snacks today, and even joked with him about Brother Bin. Brother Xiaoyuan has really changed a lot.

Li Zhuiyuan: “They are back.”

Lin Shuyou got out of bed, walked to the window, pushed it open, and saw car lights appearing in the distance on the road ahead.

Tan Wenbin and the others are back.

Runsheng carried Tan Wenbin's wheelchair up the stairs. Yin Meng pushed the door open and entered the room first. She handed a bag of egg cakes to Lin Shuyou and said, "Here, I'll treat you. Brother Xiaoyuan, do you want to try one?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

Tan Wenbin came in and said as soon as the door closed:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, it went smoothly. I have basically located the location of the Taoist temple.

If it weren't for the induction of the spell, there would be no way to find it. There are many Taoist temples there, and many of them are hidden from the world. When the three of us were looking for the location, we almost entered a mountain gate by mistake."

Li Zhuiyuan: "He worshipped the water at Dujiangyan and sought the Tao at Qingcheng Mountain. Zhang Daoling established his Taoist lineage here."

Yin Meng: "What era did Zhang Daoling live in?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Contemporary with your ancestors."

Yin Meng: "Oh, no wonder it sounds familiar."

Tan Wenbin: "Brother Xiaoyuan, should I call home and ask indirectly if anything happened at home?"

Logically speaking, they were supposed to "set out in three days", and they spent time on the road after setting out. If the Taoist temple wanted to take revenge, their people should have arrived in Nantong long ago.

Li Zhuiyuan: "No need to ask, we are walking on the river, the cause and effect are too serious."

Tan Wenbin nodded: "Okay."

In fact, Tan Wenbin originally wanted to ask not only whether anyone went from Qingcheng Mountain to Nantong’s home to seek revenge, but also wanted to know how many masters went there, so that he could estimate how much power the Taoist temple still had.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Rest and work tomorrow."

"understand!"

"clear."

The next morning, everyone had breakfast and then got on the car. Instead of going directly to the destination, they went to the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project first.

After knowing its principles, when you visit it in person, you can see an invisible grandeur flowing from the long river of time.

This water conservancy method will bring blessings for thousands of years. This is the true Feng Shui masterpiece and ambition.

Furthermore, Li Zhuiyuan, Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou are all students of Haihe University. As water conservancy workers, they definitely came here to take a look.

After the visit, everyone headed to Mount Qingcheng.

After driving in the mountains for a while, you have to park the car on the side of the road and walk in.

Lin Shuyou carried Tan Wenbin on his back, and for this purpose he even made a special carrying basket with a new version of the sealing talisman affixed to the basket. Otherwise, he would have been frostbitten if he had been in close contact with Brother Bin for too long.

Tan Wenbin said that he almost entered another Taoist temple by mistake last night. After Li Zhuiyuan's on-site inspection, he found that it was not a mistake. Along the way, he had noticed that the protective gate formations of several hidden Taoist temples had undergone major changes from the inside recently.

As the name suggests, it means to move the gate archway back, narrow the scope, and hide oneself deeper, like a group of little rabbits that are collectively frightened and go back to dig holes frantically.

Finally, they arrived at the "entrance" of the temple. Although he could not see it for the time being, Tan Wenbin was certain that Wen Chenzi, who had been cursed by him, was in the area ahead.

Li Zhuiyuan signaled his companions to set up the formation flags according to the formula he recited. Breaking the formation would take a lot of effort, and Li Zhuiyuan had no intention of doing so. He just wanted to reduce the difficulty and secretly open a crack in the door to allow the five of him to enter. This way he could catch the enemy by surprise.

After the formation was set up, the young man spread out his right palm, and a blood-red formation flag appeared.

Runsheng picked up the Yellow River shovel. The new wooden handle had already been installed and it exuded a faint peach blossom scent.

Lin Shuyou raised his two maces and lowered his center of gravity. After Runsheng rushed in, he had to be the second one.

Yin Meng held a string of poison cans in his left hand, and the poisonous insects in his right palm were eager to try, just waiting for the latest corpse to appear so that he could offer it as a sacrifice to the ancestors.

The gray halo in Tan Wenbin's eyes kept flowing, and the power of the spell was ready to be released.

Everyone has adjusted to the best condition, just waiting for Brother Xiaoyuan's order to open the formation, and then rush in and crush in with the most rapid manner!

As the leader of the team, Tan Wenbin also reminded Xiaoyuan to save him some trouble:

"Don't be arrogant, just treat this as a fierce battle!"

(End of this chapter)