Chapter 285

Above his head, was a gigantic face, so large that it obscured everything above it.

This face can be seen everywhere in Fengdu. It is carved into statues, hung on altars, and painted on rock walls.

When I was a child, my grandfather would stroke Yin Meng's head and point at "it" and say:

"Mengmeng, remember, this is our ancestor."

After his father disappeared, his mother remarried, and his grandfather fell ill and was put into a coffin, he was the only one left to run the quiet coffin shop. He often stood behind the counter, supporting himself with both hands, watching the bustling streets during temple fairs.

The ancestors seem to be everywhere here, but they will never appear in the lives of their descendants. No matter how difficult her life was, she had to pick up tools with her tender hands to make coffins at a young age, and for a little labor fee, she had to paddle a boat under the scorching sun to help others salvage swollen corpses.

That's why she is dark and has rough skin. When she followed Brother Xiaoyuan back to Nantong, she didn't have the fair skin of girls from Sichuan and Chongqing at all.

At this moment, the ancestor suddenly appeared in front of her.

She didn't feel surprised, nor was she moved. Instead, she felt... a trembling and fear from the bottom of her soul.

This huge face began to change. It was no longer so rigid and lifeless. It gradually became vivid, as if it had real flesh and blood.

At the edges, coffins emerged from the water.

It can be seen that the older the coffin is, the more luxurious and majestic it is, and vice versa, the simpler and rougher it is. This is because the situation of the Yin family is getting worse with each generation.

"Crunch... crunch..."

The sound came from below.

Yin Meng didn't dare to look down at this moment, but the coffin under him was his grandfather's, and the sound was like his dead grandfather scratching the coffin wall with his nails.

Above, the ancestor’s face moved after becoming alive.

It's like a lake, hanging upside down above your head, with ripples.

The next moment, it poured down like a waterfall, hitting Yin Meng hard.

"ah!!."

Scalding, corrosion, puncture...all kinds of terrible feelings come in the most intuitive way.

The skin and flesh of Yin Meng began to fade away, and the bones began to melt. The pain here was like the burning torture of placing ice and snow under the scorching summer sun.

In the real world, in the back compartment of the truck, Yin Meng was lying on the tailgate, his body twitching, blood constantly flowing out from his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and pores all over his body, and in an instant he turned into a bloody man.

In the room on the second floor, Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes. He felt a slight palpitation, but his condition had not yet fully recovered and his perception was still relatively slow.

The boy sat up from the bed and looked out the window. It was raining heavily and the truck was parked there quietly. There was nothing unusual.

Tan Wenbin on the bed next to him fell into a deep sleep again after eating. He was the only one who woke up, while the four spirit beasts were still sleeping.

Li Zhuiyuan got out of bed and walked to the door. No matter how faint the feeling was, he had to go out and take a look.

As soon as the door was opened, a figure wearing a raincoat slid down from the roof. It was Zhao Yi.

He first looked at the rear compartment, then immediately waved to Li Zhuiyuan on the second floor, something had happened.

Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs, picked up an umbrella at the door, opened it, and walked out.

When passing in front of the police car, he deliberately revealed his figure.

There were two policemen in the police car, one was sleeping and the other was smoking. When he saw Li Zhuiyuan coming out, he moved, not because he was suspicious, but because he was wondering whether the boy needed help since he ran out so late.

Li Zhuiyuan ran quickly towards the truck.

Seeing this, the policeman did not get out of the car. He yawned and blew a puff of smoke out of the car window.

When Li Zhuiyuan came to the back of the car, Zhao Yi had already inserted silver needles into the Yin Meng acupoints. The convulsions of his body decreased and the rate of blood flowing out slowed down, but it was still flowing out.

"It's strange. I was guarding on the roof the whole time and didn't notice anything coming in."

Zhao Yi didn't think that his vigilance could be flawless, but even if something could sneak into the car right under his nose, he shouldn't just attack Yin Meng alone. Couldn't he kill the others as well?
Also, is it necessary to go through so much trouble and create such a fuss to take action against Yin Meng?

Li Zhuiyuan: "It's not likely that someone sneaked in, at least not in the traditional sense."

Zhao Yi flipped Yin Meng's eyelids and said, "Mr. Li, can you suppress her? If she continues to bleed like this, she will die."

A blood mist condensed in the palm of Li Zhuiyuan's right hand, and then he shook his palm gently, and the blood mist in the palm was also adjusting.

Then, the young man slapped Yin Meng's sternum with his palm, and the blood mist immediately dispersed, covering Yin Meng's whole body, which was equivalent to forming a blood film with the young man's blood, forcibly suppressing Yin Meng's blood loss process.

After covering it up, the boy habitually prepared to draw a spell to consolidate the suppression, but Yin Meng's whole body was covered in his own blood, and using his own blood as paint to draw the spell was like writing with a red pen on red paper, which was somewhat inappropriate.

Sealing pad cannot be used either, because black dog blood itself will damage this layer of membrane.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Zhao Yi and said, "Lend me some blood."

"Easy to say."

As he spoke, Zhao Yi patted his chest with his hand, as skillfully as an old farmer digging a well every morning after waking up.

"Ordinary blood will do, no need for heart blood."

"I'm too lazy to make a new incision. I'm afraid it will hurt."

His clothes were open and blood splattered out from his heart. Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand to catch it, and glanced at Zhao Yi's heart. The tiny stamens had reopened.

All of this comes from the last blessing given by the tomb owner before he was sealed.

The original owner of the tomb certainly did not have this ability, but at that time he had three such beings in his body, as well as the blessing of the Buddha's power from the Bodhisattva, so it was indeed not difficult to bless a person.

After completing the spell with Zhao Yi's blood, Li Zhuiyuan nodded and said, "It's really useful."

Zhao Yi: "That's not true."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Please find time to put a tank in for me as a backup."

Zhao Yi: "Do you think I'm a water pump?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Tea mug."

Zhao Yi: "That's fine."

The two of them once again focused their attention on Yin Meng.

Li Zhuiyuan's seal is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Even if the young man could suppress it again and again at all costs, Yin Meng's body could not withstand this blockage for a long time. In fact, now, she is visibly swollen.

Zhao Yi: "If we think about it more simply, since there is a problem with the blood... does it mean that there is a problem with the bloodline?"

Although it has not reached Fengdu, it is not far away.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Why do you want to do this suddenly?"

Zhao Yi: "Maybe the emperor couldn't help himself because he saw that we were really dawdling."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then he should have attacked you first, and then attacked me, instead of attacking Mengmeng directly."

Zhao Yi: "Is it possible that Mengmeng reacted on her own? The Yin family has been in decline for a long time. With Mengmeng's qualifications, she originally had no future. But because she followed you and was infused with great merit, she actually changed a lot.

The last time you went to Dujiangyan, you must have deliberately avoided Fengdu. This time the distance was closer, so she might have reacted on her own."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The Yin family members who have become stronger will die suddenly when they return to Fengdu? This doesn't make sense."

"We can't come to a conclusion on this for now. For now, let's deal with her first." Zhao Yi gently stroked Yin Meng's arm with his fingertips and confirmed her current condition. "We can't just keep sealing her like this."

"She is now suffering from the overflow of Qi and blood. Her body is not solid and is as good as nothing. She needs to be connected to the earth's Qi and use the earth's nourishment method to establish a circulation."

Zhao Yi: "So, bury her?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

Since there were no coffins nearby, they had to use the plastic tarpaulin on the car instead.

The "burial" site was chosen in the middle of a steep slope. There was no farming here and no one dared to get close to it on weekdays for fear of slipping and falling.

Zhao Yi was digging a hole with a Yellow River shovel, while Li Zhuiyuan was setting up a formation beside him.

After the pit was dug, Zhao Yi carefully wrapped Yin Meng with three layers of tarpaulin, put her in, and then began to fill it with soil.

There are also some requirements for filling the soil. This is a living tomb, not a dead tomb. The soil layer must be loose, and there must be an air vent like a mouse or rabbit hole, otherwise people will suffocate to death.

Li Zhuiyuan set up the formation and stood there watching Zhao Yi's movements.

"Have you ever buried yourself before?"

"I have. In order to solve the problem of life and death, I have tried every possible means. My medical skills are acquired through long-term experience.

Well, I have finished my work, you can finish it."

Li Zhuiyuan installed the last piece of the formation. The effective area of ​​this formation is not large, but it contains a lot of secrets. It is divided into two parts, the upper part and the lower part. The upper part is responsible for isolation, and no matter whether people or animals get close, they will be blocked by a ghost wall; the lower part accumulates the yin energy from the surrounding earth.

The young man patted the soil lightly, and the blood mist in his palms disappeared in response. The seal on Yin Meng's body below dissipated, and his blood began to overflow again, but after circulation, it returned into the body, which meant that the cycle was completed. It was equivalent to putting a ventilator on Yin Meng who was about to suffocate to death, and successfully prolonging his life.

Zhao Yi supported the shovel with his hand and said, "Well, we are about to enter Fengdu, and the Yin family fell down first."

Li Zhuiyuan: "After we left the Three Incense Sticks that night, we were back to the normal state of the river. Some things may seem unexpected, but they are inevitable."

Zhao Yi: "So, this might actually be a form of protection?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "The word 'protection' carries an emotional connotation. I prefer it to be a reasonable use."

Zhao Yi: "I don't quite understand what's going on this time."

Li Zhuiyuan: "They sing their songs and we perform ours."

Zhao Yi: "Mr. Li, are you hiding something from me?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “No.”

Zhao Yi: "But I feel like you give people the feeling that you have someone to rely on."

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

Zhao Yi: "Then you still say you didn't hide it from me?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You didn't ask."

Zhao Yi picked up the shovel and looked back at the place where Yin Meng was buried.

"Mr. Li, I always feel like there's something wrong here."

"This is inevitable."

"After Liang Yan and Liang Li wake up, leave them here to guard Meng Meng's grave."

"can."

In addition to being seriously injured, the two sisters also overdrew their lifespans. This is not a matter of recuperation, but rather relying on the merits gained after this wave is over to make up for it.

In other words, in the rest of the journey, Yin Meng, Liang Yan and Liang Li would not be able to keep up with the team.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I have a suggestion for you. You need to teach them a lesson."

Their fighting power should not have been so severely damaged, and the young man at that time did not need them to be a "drop in the bucket."

Zhao Yi pointed to his forehead: "You are stupid, what can I do? You are not like me..."

Zhao Yi got stuck in the middle of his words. He had worked with Li's team many times, so he was very familiar with the team's internal style.

If the Liang sisters are just not smart enough, then most of the people in Li's team are stupid.

Runsheng and Yin Meng had given up long ago, but Lin Shuyou would show some thinking.

However, Li's men gave him a feeling of being very smart very early on, and their command and coordination were so clear and smooth.

Li Zhuiyuan helped Zhao Yi point out the key to the problem: "It's your fault, because you have always treated your partners as accessories and consumables."

Zhao Yi nodded thoughtfully: "You are right."

Changing the subject, Zhao Yi said, "Don't worry if you laugh at me. The two sisters may be stupid, but I really find that they really care about me."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because it is difficult for you to care about others, you naturally don't dare to easily believe that others really care about you. People who are too smart are often indifferent by nature."

Zhao Yi: "When you are here, it seems inappropriate to use this sentence to describe me. I feel a sense of trespassing."

Li Zhuiyuan: “I’ve been told that, too.”

Cuicui's grandmother, Blind Liu, had commented on herself like this more than once. At that time, she had not yet undergone cataract surgery, and she did not see clearly when she said it, and she had not walked far.

Zhao Yi: "This feeling is quite good. These two silly girls are really willing to die for me. Moreover, not only are they good-looking, they are twins." Li Zhuiyuan glanced at Zhao Yi. Zhao Yi now felt like he was forcing himself to eat grass.

Zhao Yi: "Mr. Li, please ask me which one I choose."

Li Zhuiyuan: "So, which one do you want to choose?"

Zhao Yi: "Only children make choices. I want them all!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Are you planning to marry into the family?"

Zhao Yi: "When I tell the head of the Liang family what I want to do in the future, the Liang family won't dare to mention marrying into the family with me."

Young Master Zhao was planning to clear up the mess with the Jiujiang Zhao family. If he were to marry into the Liang family, it would become an attack on the Liang family.

The two of them walked back in the rain while talking.

They knew there was a police car in the yard, but before they entered the yard, they saw the figure of Mr. Zhai on the second-floor balcony, and Mr. Zhai also saw them.

Zhao Yi whispered, "When I was on night watch, I listened to the old man giving a long lecture in the room, and I kept dozing off."

Li Zhuiyuan reminded him, "During the day, you should help me to bring my identity back to reality and lay a little more groundwork. When we get to Fengdu, I can meet him more naturally and reduce the embarrassment."

Zhao Yi: "You value him so much?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yes, his status is comparable to that of my teacher. They are both leading figures in the industry."

Zhao Yi said disapprovingly: "The Great Leader? Can you suppress Fengdu?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Well, they can flood Fengdu."

Zhao Yi: “…”

After standing there for a few seconds, Zhao Yi quickly caught up and asked, "So, this is your confidence and reliance?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

Zhao Yi: "When did you know about this?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I knew it a long time ago. It was Brother Liangliang who told me. He advised me to go to Fengdu early if I want to go there in the future. If I go late, Fengdu will no longer be what it used to be."

Zhao Yi: "Fuck it, after the trip to the river is over, I will also apply to the University of Water Resources."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Okay, junior."

After the two of them went upstairs, Mr. Zhai came over and asked, "It's raining. What are you doing out so early?"

Zhao Yi: "My brother said he wanted to see the flooding and the mountains over there after the heavy rain. I was worried about him going alone, so I had to accompany him."

"Oh?"

Zhai Lao was very surprised when he heard this. He immediately bent down and looked at Li Zhuiyuan:
"Kid, why do you like watching these?"

Zhao Yi took the initiative to answer, "My brother likes water conservancy. When he was very young, he said that he wanted to go to college and learn how to build dams to prevent floods and generate electricity."

Zhao Yi was the most appropriate person to say these words. When they arrived in Fengdu, they could describe it as a beautiful misunderstanding. If Li Zhuiyuan spoke them himself, it would seem deliberate and untenable.

Mr. Zhai showed a gratified smile on his face. He reached out and patted Li Zhuiyuan's shoulder, his eyes showing kindness and satisfaction.

Zhao Yi was very familiar with this look. The old guys in the family would show this kind of expression when they saw talented younger generations.

"My child, you have great ambitions when you are young. You will have a bright future."

Seeing that the two were wet, Mr. Zhai didn't say much before urging them to go back to their room to change clothes to avoid catching a cold.

The noise of someone entering the room woke Tan Wenbin up. He looked at the two of them and asked:

"Brother Xiaoyuan, are you guys out?"

Zhao Yi: "Well, Mengmeng is in trouble."

Tan Wenbin: "How is Mengmeng now?"

Zhao Yi: "It's already been buried."

Tan Wenbin: “…”

Zhao Yi cherishes the opportunity to tease Tan Wenbin.

But he immediately explained the whole thing.

Tan Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "When this wave is over, Mengmeng should be able to recover. This is also good, so we don't have to take the risk of going to Fengdu."

Zhao Yi shook his head: "I don't think so."

Li Zhuiyuan took a shower and changed his clothes before coming out and saying, "There's no water in the thermos. I have to go down and change it."

There is a shower room in the room, with the same equipment as my great-grandfather's house, a bucket hanging high and a rubber hose extending down.

Zhao Yi: "I don't need to wash it, it's all dry. I practice martial arts, so I don't catch a cold that easily."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Tan Wenbin and said, "Brother Binbin, no one has seen you here. Please pay attention after daybreak."

Tan Wenbin: "I understand. Young Master Zhao has reminded me."

Li Zhuiyuan lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep again. The most important thing for him now was to rest.

The next morning, the sky cleared up for a while, but by noon, it started raining heavily again.

News came from the provincial road ahead that just as they had cleared the original collapsed section of road, two more landslides occurred, so they definitely can't go on today.

Li Zhuiyuan slept until the afternoon. When he woke up and opened his eyes, the world turned colorful and his vision returned to normal.

After waking up, I found out that Runsheng and Lin Shuyou were awake.

When Runsheng asked where Yin Meng was, Zhao Yi did not joke with Tan Wenbin like he did in the early morning, but directly told him what happened.

At this moment, Zhao Yi took Runsheng to visit Yin Meng's grave.

Lin Shuyou took his luggage and went to a nearby place to stay. He and Tan Wenbin were both "students" and it was not convenient for them to show up at this time.

When dealing with Mr. Zhai and people like Luo Gong and Xue Liangliang who were going to Fengdu, Li Zhuiyuan was very cautious. He did not want to affect certain causes and effects because of his own rash actions.

Li Zhuiyuan, who had recovered his spirit, went downstairs to eat, but it was past mealtime and everyone else had already eaten.

As soon as I came in, I saw three chess boards on the empty table in the restaurant, and Mr. Zhai was playing with three people.

Although it is not blind chess and the difficulty is much lower, and the chess skills of the disciples who play against him are very ordinary, but it is still amazing that a person of such a young age can handle three games at the same time.

After Li Zhuiyuan finished his meal, the chess games over there also ended very quickly.

The boy was about to go to the truck to check on the Liang sisters, but was stopped by Mr. Zhai, who asked, "Child, come here and play chess with me."

If Li Zhuiyuan replied that he didn’t know how to play, then the next step would be: It’s okay, grandpa will teach you.

The main reason was that Mr. Zhai had such a good impression of the boy that he wanted to take the initiative to get closer to the child.

Li Zhuiyuan had no choice but to sit down. There were two other people sitting next to him, so it was still three to one.

As the game went on, Mr. Zhai realized something was wrong. This kid's chess skills were really good. He immediately waved his hand, signaling the other two bad chess players to put away their chess pieces, and he focused on playing against the young man.

"Child, where is your hometown? Oh, look at my memory..."

"Nantong."

"Yes, Nantong. This name is really hard to remember, and it's not as nice as Jinghai. Nowadays, many place names have been changed and have lost their original flavor."

"Grandpa, where is your hometown?"

When we were having dinner together yesterday, it was basically just Mr. Zhai saying a few polite greetings and Zhao Yi giving a few simple replies, but there was no in-depth communication.

"I am from Nanyang, don't I know where it is?"

"Henan."

"That's right, haha."

However, Li Zhuiyuan remembered that when he first saw the introduction about Mr. Zhai, it said he was from Xi'an. So either the report was wrong, or Mr. Zhai reported his ancestral hometown incorrectly.

"That's good. You still have a brother who can protect you. When I was a child, I also had a sister to protect me."

When Mr. Zhai said this, there was a look of nostalgia in his eyes. It seemed that his sister was no longer around.

Li Zhuiyuan won this game of chess.

In fact, the young man could feel that Mr. Zhai’s chess skills were better than his, but he was old and had just played three games, some of which were fast games. By the end, he was obviously running out of energy.

"I'm old now, I have to admit it." Master Zhai took the water cup from the disciple next to him and took a few sips. "My child, you have a good brain, you are really smart."

Then, Mr. Zhai looked around and asked, "Qian Ying and Wu Lan, haven't they returned yet?"

The older guy next to him responded, "Not yet. He said he went to the temple on the top of the mountain to burn incense for love. Who knows where he went."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed.

Qian Ying and Wu Lan are the two youngest people in the team, and they are dating.

Mr. Zhai: "What's so funny? Didn't you also come from a young age?"

"Teacher, I'm already middle-aged and I'm not married yet."

"Teacher, my hairline is receding and I still don't have a partner."

Elder Zhai glanced at them and said, "When the organization arranged the social gathering, who told you not to actively participate?"

"Teacher, we are the ones who participated. If we go, we can only sit there and applaud."

"Last time we went there, we ate too many snacks and were even criticized by the organizer."

Mr. Zhai waved his hand, indicating that the topic should be ended. Their job is hard and they travel all over the country. Marriage is indeed a difficult problem. Not only is it difficult to get married, but it is also difficult to maintain a marriage.

After finally accepting a female disciple, she was taken away by a young male disciple who came in at the same time. I guess he was afraid because he saw that his senior brothers were still single at their age.

Li Zhuiyuan did not participate in their internal conversation. After leaving the table, he went outside to check on the truck.

Although the Liang sisters have not yet woken up, their breathing is much stronger than before and they should be able to wake up in another day.

After getting off the truck and preparing to go back to the house, the boy suddenly stopped and looked up the mountain.

On the same side, there was a small two-story building separated by several houses. Lin Shuyou stayed there. He wanted to pay the room fee, but the host was very hospitable and refused to accept it.

Lin Shuyou washed the dirty clothes and took them to the second floor to dry them. As soon as he walked out of the terrace, he remembered that it was raining heavily.

He sighed helplessly and was about to find a shelf in the house to blow the air for a while, but he saw two people coming down from the road on the top of the mountain.

A man and a woman, both relatively young, the man put his arm around the woman's waist, the woman snuggled in the man's arms, and they shared an umbrella.

Mist rose from the back of the mountain in the rain and dissipated, as if it was following the two of them on purpose.

This picture really has a unique beauty.

The effect would be better if the two of them could walk less unsteadily, but there's nothing we can do since it's windy and rainy right now.

Lin Shuyou smiled, turned around, and was about to hang the clothes, then suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked back, and after several attempts, he finally managed to open his vertical pupils successfully.

Only then could I see clearly that behind the loving young couple, there were two invisible figures clinging to them, and the soles of the two young people were stepping on the feet of the two figures behind them!
Lin Shuyou immediately chanted in a deep voice:
"Evil ghosts, just kill, cough..."

"Evil ghost, cough cough cough..."

After trying several times, he still couldn't recite the entrance words completely. Not only that, his vertical pupils also became dilated.

Ayou's current condition is a bit similar to Tan Wenbin's. After being seriously injured and overdrawn, he has woken up, but the things inside his body have not fully woken up yet.

Lin Shuyou did not give up and continued to call the boy.

"Evil ghost, just..."

"Evil ghost..."

A man and a woman stopped at the door of the house where Lin Shuyou lived. They turned around on the spot, facing the yard, and then looked up at Lin Shuyou who was standing on the terrace.

Lin Shuyou scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly:

"Um, I'm not calling you."

(End of this chapter)

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