Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 287

The rain finally stopped.

There was another good news that followed: Mr. Zhai’s fever had subsided.

"Teacher, it's cold outside, please put on some more clothes."

"Zheng Hua, thank you for your hard work."

Mr. Zhai felt guilty. He was the one who brought the child up, and if something happened to him, he would have to bear the responsibility. However, he fell ill at the most critical moment.

Fortunately, the recovery was quick this time.

Standing on the balcony on the second floor, the mountain air in the early morning had been washed by heavy rain for many days. When I inhaled it into my lungs, it felt cool and my mind became a little clearer.

"Teacher, no matter what, you can't fall down. We...are all counting on you."

"I am old, and you are no longer children. It is the teacher who has delayed you. The teacher is not as good as that Luo Gong."

Luo Tingrui is much younger than Mr. Zhai and can be considered a rising star, but nowadays, his development is even better, especially the number of students he has trained who are capable of standing on their own feet is increasing.

"It's so hard over there. They don't treat us as human beings. Teacher, you feel sorry for us."

"If you don't polish a piece of jade, it won't become a useful tool. After all, I didn't do a good enough job and didn't give you enough opportunities to practice."

"It has to be jade, only you, teacher, don't despise me, a stupid stone."

The traditional master-disciple relationship is far better than that between father and son. At this moment, only the two of them are talking here, so there is no need to talk nonsense, everything is sincere.

With the help of Zheng Hua, Mr. Zhai came downstairs.

The two bodies had been sent back, and the benches were spliced ​​together to form a bed, covered with straw mats and white cloth.

Mr. Zhai reached out and grabbed the host's hand, saying apologetically:

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."

"What are you talking about? No one wants this to happen. Besides, it's better to borrow death than life. We should do this."

"thanks, thanks."

Master Zhai walked to the straw mat, reached out to uncover the white cloth, looked at the faces of his two disciples, then put the white cloth back, closed his eyes, and tears glistened from the corners of his eyes.

"Teacher, Qian Ying and Wu Lan..."

"Can we stop in town?"

"In town..."

Zhao Yi came out at this time and took the initiative to answer: "The town is too small, there is only one clinic, and the county hospital has a morgue."

Elder Zhai smiled and nodded at Zhao Yi, then said to Zheng Hua, "Then place them in the county hospital first, and ask their parents to come over later to take a last look at them... I will also have to accompany them by then and apologize to their parents in person."

In the middle of summer, it is very inconvenient to transport corpses over long distances. This objective condition is lacking at present. Moreover, it is not appropriate for public institutions to transport corpses back to hometowns. Basically, the ashes are taken home for burial after cremation.

"Okay, teacher, I'll arrange a car as soon as the road over there is open."

Zhao Yi spoke again: "I just came back from the provincial road and saw that the vehicles on it were already moving. I estimate that the traffic will be restored by noon. There is no need to look for a car. I have my truck ready. I will take them to the county hospital at noon."

Mr. Zhai: “That’s really troublesome for you.”

Zhao Yi: "Of course, of course."

Mr. Zhai: "Zheng Hua, you go with me and make the arrangements."

Zheng Hua: "Don't worry, teacher."

Master Zhai sat down nearby, holding a teacup in his hand, and next to him were the bodies of his two deceased disciples.

Zhao Yi came over again and said, "Old sir, I woke up early yesterday morning and made some medicine using a secret recipe from my hometown. You can have a bowl too."

"medicine?"

"It's just some common blood-boosting medicine. My unlucky brother has been prone to illness since he was young and is hard to feed, so I would boil some medicine for him from time to time, and it really works."

"No need, this is too much..."

"Anyway, he can't drink it even if you boil too much. If you trust me, just have a bowl. Don't worry, the medicine is mild and not a big tonic. Besides, we can't afford the expensive herbs."

"Xiao Zhao, you are too modest."

These days, truck drivers earn quite a lot of money, and Mr. Zhai could also see that Zhao Yi didn't look like he was burdened with money.

"Hehe, I bought the car with borrowed money, and I have to pay off the money while driving it. I haven't paid off the debt my parents owed when they died of illness. Besides, my brother is still in school, and I don't know where he will work after he finishes school. When the time comes, settling down and getting married will be a big expense, so I have to save money in advance."

"how about you?"

"Yes, yes, yes. And then there's me. I'm not young anymore. It's time for me to get married and save money. I might even marry more than one woman in the future."

"Hehehe."

Mr. Zhai and Zheng Hua next to him both laughed, which temporarily diluted their sadness.

Zhao Yi brought out two bowls of medicine from the master's kitchen, one for Mr. Zhai and one for Zheng Hua.

He was not lying, he really did stay up all night on purpose.

Mr. Zhai moved closer to the medicine soup, sniffed it, then put it to his mouth and started drinking.

Zheng Hua wanted to dissuade him, but seeing the teacher's expression, he no longer hesitated and drank a bowl.

Not only is it not bitter, it has a sweet aftertaste and is refreshing after you drink it.

"Thank you so much, Xiao Zhao."

"No, that's true. When we are out there trying to make a living, we have to rely on each other to support each other. Besides, I don't know why, but I felt close to you the first time I saw you. Perhaps this is fate."

At first, when Zhao Yi heard Mr. Li talk about his special feelings about Mr. Zhai, he was just guessing.

That night, when Zhao Yi was giving the old man acupuncture treatment and heard the old man talking in his sleep, he felt a buzzing in his head.

Although it is incredible and even more unbelievable, it has come to this point. No matter what the final situation is, it is right to flatter in advance, and there will be no trouble.

Mr. Zhai: "Yes, it's fate, it's fate."

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhao Yi deliberately said, "Look, my brother and I lost our parents early, and we have no one to rely on in this life. Sometimes when I think of our deceased parents at night, I find that their appearances are blurred..."

Mr. Zhai: "How about this, I will become your brother's sworn brother."

Zhao Yi: “…”

Damn it, it’s you I want to recognize, what does it have to do with that guy named Li?
He couldn't drive a truck to deliver corpses, nor did he get up in the early morning to boil medicine. These past few days, I had to come secretly every night to treat and regulate your health. Except for the first night when he, Li, came, he slept in the house the rest of the time!
Seeing that Zhao Yi was silent, Mr. Zhai said, "I am old, and I will retire in a few years. But your brother is really good at studying. It is really hard for him to drive a sports car with you. You have to train him well, otherwise it will be a pity."

In addition to parents and elders who have filters for their own children, outsiders, especially those who have been teachers, actually have extremely keen observations on children's IQ.

In particular, Mr. Zhai had personally played chess with the young man and had personally experienced the child's mental arithmetic ability.

Zhao Yi: "You are right. We will do as you say. After all, we are trying to get ahead of you."

Alas, why do all the good things fall upon that guy named Li?
The most annoying thing is that Zhao Yi knows very well that Mr. Li is too lazy to become related to the old man or become his student in the future.

In fact, the man surnamed Li has long been the actual successor of that person.

The one who really needs this special relationship is Zhao Yi. He has to rely on this newly established friendship to offset that pair of lazy guys.

Zhao Yi stayed by his side the whole morning, trying to make some connections. His insight into people's hearts far surpassed Tan Wenbin's, but his shortcoming was that he was too accurate and lacked the empathy that Tan Wenbin had.

Unfortunately, Mr. Zhai didn’t have much mood to talk. He just sat there, in a daze.

Near noon, Zhao Yi, Zheng Hua and others loaded the body onto a truck, then drove back to the nearest county.

Li Zhuiyuan came downstairs at this time. He deliberately gave Zhao Yi the opportunity. Besides, he didn't want to have too much communication with Mr. Zhai. If someone really asked about your elementary school test scores, there would be no way to get around it.

However, the special care and preference are real.

Even though the young man tried his best to avoid the old man, he couldn't stop the old man from looking for him.

"Xiaoyuan, come here, come to grandpa."

Li Zhuiyuan walked over, sat down, and the old man held his hand.

Li Zhuiyuan's surname is Li and Zhao Yi's surname is Zhao. These names were not hidden at the beginning when they shared the table for the first meal.

The two brothers have different surnames, and Zhao Yi also gave an explanation, saying that his father was a son-in-law, so the first child took his mother's surname, and the second took his father's surname.

Anyway, Zhao Yi has never felt any pressure when it comes to making up stories about his parents. Tan Wenbin has even seen Zhao Yi cross out the names of his parents.

Usually at this time, caring and sensible children should speak out to comfort. Children's words are not only harmless, but also more heartwarming.

But Li Zhuiyuan just sat there and didn't speak.

Old Zhai sighed: "The older I get, the more I realize how precious youth is. It's such a pity to die young. There are still many beautiful scenes in life that they haven't had time to see yet."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded.

Mr. Zhai: "When I was young, I was also afraid of death. As I got older, I found that..."

Having said that, Mr. Zhai paused, turned his head to look at the young man sitting next to him, and motioned for him to continue.

It was a rare sunny day, and the owner of the house and his friends went out to work in the fields. The other students of Mr. Zhai also got on the truck to see their junior fellow students off.

In the living room on the first floor of the house, only Li Zhuiyuan and the old man were there at this moment.

This way of asking the question made Li Zhuiyuan realize that that special feeling was coming again.

Next, the person who was talking to him was this old man, but he was not the real him.

The young man replied, "I am even more afraid of death."

“Hehe.” Old Zhai nodded with a smile, “Yes, when I was young, I was afraid of death. It was just a simple fear. In fact, I didn’t understand what death was. I felt that it was very far away from me.

It’s like flipping through an interesting story. When you start reading, you realize there’s so much more to it, and you feel at ease.

But the further I read, the top became thicker and the bottom became thinner. There were interruptions in between, and when I finished my work and picked up the book again to look for the place I last read, I didn't have to turn the pages forward; it was easier to look for it backwards from the back.

The closer we get to this point, the more reluctance and regret we will have.”

"Grandpa Zhai, do you mean that the longer you live, the more regrets you will have?"

"Ah."

"If I continue to live, won't my life be filled with regrets?"

Mr. Zhai was stunned.

Li Zhuiyuan continued: "The teacher taught us that if you live in an abalone shop for a long time, you will not smell the stench. If you are surrounded by regrets, then regrets are no longer regrets, and they are not worth regretting."

Mr. Zhai was silent, as if he was constantly savoring these words.

In Li Zhuiyuan's eyes, Mr. Zhai's previous sigh was to express that he was getting old and could no longer continue to devote himself to the construction cause, and might not even be able to see the scene he hoped for in his dream appear.

At the same time, there is another meaning. Isn't this... a reason to find immortality for yourself?

After a long while, Mr. Zhai reached out and stroked the boy's head, and said slowly: "Young people don't know the taste of sorrow."

After saying this, Mr. Zhai closed his eyes, as if to end this "special conversation".

Li Zhuiyuan took advantage of the fact that the feeling had not completely dissipated and spoke quickly:

“Don’t think about leaving things to the next generation if you can accomplish them with hard work. However, when human power is limited, it is inevitable that we will be unable to do it. Trusting the wisdom of future generations is not sometimes a way to shirk responsibility, but a way to relieve yourself and wish for the future.”

Xue Liangliang’s favorite saying in the past was that each generation has its own mission. He also said that the greatest courage in the world is that you know you are not the generation that can see the results, but you still keep working hard so that future generations can see them.

This is a comfort to Mr. Zhai.

Similarly, it was also a comfort to that person. Here, Li Zhuiyuan took a shortcut.

Zhao Yi was terribly afraid of that person and had to save himself and his entire family. Li Zhuiyuan also had to strive for a better situation for his own wave.

Yin Meng collapsed due to a sudden outbreak of blood problems.

Then, I have to make good use of my identity as an inheritor that is "unworthy of the title".

After all, once you really enter Fengdu, the existing restrictions will be much less, and it will be basically impossible to achieve the effect by taking advantage of the opponent's force like we did that night.

Furthermore, Li Zhuiyuan had never thought that he could conquer Fengdu simply by force, and suppress the emperor by the fists of his team.

At least, I can’t do that now.

Zhai Lao opened his eyes, which had been closed, and murmured:
"Xiao Yuan, do you think I can trust a young man like you?"

"if not?"

"Haha, yes, otherwise, I'm old, and I've lived long enough, so it's time to ..."

At this moment, a deep look flashed in Mr. Zhai's eyes. He lowered his head and looked carefully into the boy's eyes.

"Grandpa Zhai..."

"Grandpa, I have a colleague. I heard that he has accepted a disciple who is very young. The disciple seems to be very hardworking and is often shown off by him. Now, he has been doing internships everywhere, and he has been solving difficult engineering problems."

Li Zhuiyuan knew that Mr. Zhai was talking about Mr. Luo, his own teacher.

But at this moment, Mr. Zhai's gaze and tone brought great pressure to the young man.

Because, in another sense, what Luo Gong was referring to was actually...

"Xiaoyuan, your brother and I have already agreed that you should study hard. When grandpa finishes his work and has some free time, he can teach you personally."

Mr. Zhai's hand gently stroked the boy's cheek.

"You are the smartest child Grandpa has ever seen. If you can become Grandpa's student in the future, Grandpa will have something to say when he meets that colleague again."

Without waiting for Li Zhuiyuan to respond, Mr. Zhai took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. The sadness in his eyes faded away, replaced by fatigue.

"Xiaoyuan, help grandpa up and lie down for a while. Grandpa is tired."

"Okay, Grandpa."

Li Zhuiyuan helped Zhai Lao upstairs and into the room. After the old man lay down, Li Zhuiyuan turned around and walked out. Just as he reached the door, Zhai Lao's voice came from behind:
"Child, do you really know what the future I want to see looks like?"

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and found that the old man lying on the bed had closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After walking out of the room, closing the door, and returning to his room, the boy sat down beside the bed.

In his mind, he continued to review every word and sentence. After finishing, the boy walked to the bedside table, picked up an apple that Zhao Yi had picked last night and only one was left, and took a bite.

The boy frowned... so sour.

It should be a problem with the type and cultivation of the fruit. It's not that he happened to get a sour one, but that Zhao Yi tasted sour when he took the first bite last night. As a result, that guy insisted on eating several in a row that night just to trick himself into having a sour bite.

Looking at the sour apple in his hand, just like himself towards Mr. Zhai, he not only had no sense of control, but instead felt completely out of control.

"You're right. I still can't see clearly what you want."

……

"Why don't you take a plane, but take a train instead?"

"The plane is too fast. The train is slower, but it's just enough for you to have a good rest."

After listening to Xue Liangliang's explanation, Luo Tingrui nodded: "Okay, that's right."

In terms of work habits, Luo Tingrui and Xue Liangliang are of the same lineage. Both are the type who are extremely busy. Even if they want to take a break, they have to find a legitimate reason for themselves.

The two walked into the train station, found a seat to sit down, and then habitually took out the documents and started reading them.

After looking for a while, Luo Tingrui handed all the documents in his hand to Xue Liangliang, then he tilted his head back and rubbed his neck.

The matter in Fengdu is very important, so I have to take time off from the tedious work. Now that I have time, I can take a break.

Touching his pocket, Luo Tingrui stood up and prepared to go to the bathroom to smoke a cigarette.

Xue Liangliang stood up and prepared to accompany him.

"Just sit down. I'll be back soon."

Xue Liangliang sat back and looked back.

He leaned his back against the wall, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and as he blew out the smoke rings, he looked ahead at the crowded crowd at the train station.

Then, Luo Tingrui looked at the gentle woman who was standing not far from him. She was wearing a white cheongsam and had long hair.

The woman's belly is slightly bulging, which means she is pregnant.

Luo Tingrui immediately put out the cigarette he had just taken a puff of, and on his way back, he bought two bottles of drinks. After sitting down, he handed one to Xue Liangliang.

He unscrewed the bottle cap, took a sip, and looked back to where he had been standing before, but he no longer saw the woman.

Entering the station.

The master and the disciple were in a sleeper car, both of them were on the lower berth.

After putting down his luggage and taking off his coat, Luo Tingrui yawned and said, "Finally, I can have a good long sleep."

"Teacher, you really need to rest. The teacher's wife said that you were forced to go for a physical examination last time. There were many problems on your body, all caused by overwork."

"It's not like we're in school now." Luo Tingrui hung up his coat. "Besides, you have the nerve to say that to me. How about you? How long has it been since I saw you rest?"

"I'm still young and I can handle it."

"Being young is no reason to ruin your body."

"If you can't set a good example, this kind of education will be useless to me."

"You little brat, I'm married and have kids, what about you? You're not a kid anymore, don't you really want to consider it?"

"Not urgent."

"You didn't even go to the arranged blind date."

"I'm busy with work. When I think about the things I haven't done yet, I'm too lazy to meet new people."

"I heard from Xiao Feng a while ago that a girl took the initiative to ask you out for dinner, and even secretly went to your place to help you tidy up your house?"

"Not a girl."

"Oh, you're really popular. Why didn't I see that before?"

At this time, the gentle woman in cheongsam walked in with a train ticket in her hand.

Seeing this, Luo Tingrui pointed directly at his lower bunk and said, "Comrade, this bunk is for you. Which side is your bunk?"

The woman pointed to the bunk above Xue Liangliang.

"it is good."

Luo Tingrui prepared to climb up.

"Teacher, I'll go upstairs, you sleep downstairs."

"I won't come down when I'm asleep. I want some peace and quiet. Don't argue."

Xue Liangliang didn't argue.

Soon, Mr. Luo's snoring could be heard, and it was quite loud.

The train started. This soft sleeper room only had four beds, and the other ticket was probably not sold. At present, soft sleeper tickets are still a bit too luxurious for most people.

It was because Engineer Luo had accumulated too much fatigue, and he knew that no one would come to look for him during the rest of the train's journey, and even if they found him he would not be able to start his work at this moment, so he slept particularly soundly.

Therefore, he did not know that right under his bunk, his student was sleeping with the pregnant woman whom he had "never met before".

Her body was soft and cold, with only her slightly bulging belly still having a little warmth.

Fortunately, Xue Liangliang had long since adapted to her body temperature and later missed her terribly.

The two had always met at the bottom of a river before, but this was the first time they had walked together on land.

Xue Liangliang found that his heart was filled with strong anticipation and surprise, and he was longing to live with her like a normal person in the future.

The two of them said nothing, just hugged each other gently, the woman's hand gently stroked the man's hair, and as she watched the man gradually fall asleep, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. She looked down at her belly, and her smile became even more intense.

Luo Tingrui really was sleeping the whole time and never came down.

After Xue Liangliang fell asleep, he got up and gently flipped through the documents. The woman snuggled up to him, staying with him quietly without disturbing him.

Until... the train suddenly stopped without a platform.

The conductor came to report the situation, saying that the tunnel ahead had collapsed and was being repaired, so the train would have to stop here for a long time. Passengers who were in a hurry to travel could refund their tickets here and find other means of transportation nearby.

"Liangliang, how long have I slept?"

"It's been almost a day and a night."

"I slept for so long."

Luo Tingrui climbed down from the upper bunk and hurried to the toilet.

When I opened the toilet door and came out, I found Xue Liangliang waiting for me at the door.

"How long will it take to repair it?"

"It will probably take quite a while."

"We can't delay the trip, let's get off the bus."

"It was my negligence. I should have taken a plane earlier."

"Oh, if you let me choose, I still hope to have this good sleep. The whole person feels like alive again. Besides, even if our compartment doesn't have windows open, it's not stuffy at all. It's cool inside. Once wrapped in the quilt, it's really comfortable to sleep."

The two packed their luggage and got out of the car.

Although the train did not stop at the platform, it did not stop in an uninhabited area either, as there was a county town next to the railway.

At this moment, many passengers also left the train and walked downstairs, forming a huge crowd.

Luo Tingrui stopped, took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth and lit it, then turned around and saw that the gentle pregnant woman appeared behind him again.

Luo Tingrui held the smoke in his mouth, took several steps forward, and exhaled toward the sky.

Xue Liangliang walked forward and pretended to talk to the woman.

When Luo Tingrui came back, he saw that the woman had not left yet, so he asked, "Comrade, where are you going?"

Xue Liangliang answered helpfully: "He is also going to Fengdu, which is on the same route as us. We originally planned to go to Shancheng first and then change trains."

Luo Tingrui nodded and said to the woman, "Don't worry, we are not bad people. If you trust us, come with us and find a car to go."

The woman nodded and said, "Okay, thank you."

"Liangliang, thank you for your help in finding a car."

"Teacher, I think we should eat first."

"You are hungry?"

"You are hungry."

"Oh, yes, I am really too hungry."

They found a restaurant and had dinner together. When they walked out of the restaurant after dinner, it was already dark.

Luo Tingrui: "It's hard to find a car now."

At this time, a vehicle that looked like a taxi but did not have a taxi sign stopped in front of the three people. The driver rolled down the window, revealing a woman's face with makeup on, and asked:
"Where are you going?"

Luo Tingrui: “It’s a long journey.”

The female driver smiled and said, "Then let's go. Just give me an estimate."

Xue Liangliang went forward to bargain, then waved for the driver to get in the car.

"Liangliang, you sit in the back and I'll sit in the front."

"Okay, teacher."

After the three got in the car, it started and drove out.

I don’t know if it was because of the car or the female driver’s good skills, but in any case, the car drove very smoothly and there was no smell of oil smoke.

I reached out and touched the air outlet in front, and there was still cold air coming out.

What a pity, I slept too long on the train and I definitely won’t be able to fall asleep now.

Unexpectedly, Luo Tingrui fell asleep not long after he finished expressing his regret.

Xue Liangliang pointed to the front seat and looked at the woman.

The woman shook her head, indicating that she had not made him fall asleep, he just slept naturally.

Xue Liangliang smiled. The teacher had accumulated too much pressure. This time coming out was like a chance to relax and recuperate.

Taking some fruit out of the bag, Xue Liangliang peeled the fruit and fed it to her.

The teacher who slept all the way really provided the young couple with a lot of convenience to be alone.

Occasionally other vehicles pass by, and it is all normal oncoming traffic.

Until a transport van came, loaded with boxes of amulets, Buddhist beads and other temple items.

The couple was driving, and the wife said to her husband, "I think those Buddhist beads are very nice. Can I buy one from the owner when I deliver them?"

The husband smiled and said, "Just take one secretly by yourself. The host won't mind anyway."

Wife: "How can you cheat on this?"

The husband said as a matter of course: "Why not? They are all from the factory and are very cheap. But if they are shipped to the temple and said to have been blessed, the price will be multiplied many times."

Wife: "But we didn't pick up the goods from the factory. We picked them up from one temple and sent them to another temple."

Husband: "What's the difference? I guess the two temples are owned by the same boss. Now many Taoist temples in scenic spots are privately contracted."

Wife: "It's all meaningless after what you said."

Husband: "It doesn't make any sense. I don't believe in it."

Wife: "There still have to be some taboos."

Husband: "If you want me to believe it, fine. Haha, if I see a ghost while driving at night one day, I will believe it immediately."

At this time, the oncoming car made the husband feel a little strange. His headlights hit the other car and the way they were reflected was a bit unusual.

Husband: "What kind of paint is this?"

When they met each other, the husband turned his head to look, and his wife also looked over out of habit.

Immediately, the couple's eyes widened and their mouths opened.

The car in the next lane kept changing shape and shaking while driving. It didn't look like a metal car at all, it looked more like a paper car.

"Crash!"

This series of crisp sounds sounded like paper being rubbed and hit continuously.

The female driver of the opposite car seemed to sense something and turned her head to look in their direction when the other cars passed.

Female driver... No, this is not a living driver at all. It's clearly a paper doll's face, painted with creepy rich paint.

"Buzz!"

The meeting is over.

The husband immediately parked the van on the side of the road, grabbed the steering wheel with both hands, and gasped for breath.

The wife was also in a trance. After a long while, she said, "I was dazzled just now. It must be my eyes, right?"

The husband swallowed his saliva and immediately said firmly:

"Beads, strings, whatever, buy them, buy a set, buy a set!"

……

Late at night, Luo Tingrui woke up and stretched comfortably.

"Liangliang, I didn't expect that I could sleep so well."

"That's good, teacher. It's just right for me to get enough rest to cope with the next task."

"Yes, after arriving in Fengdu, I will be able to see Xiaoyuan. I really miss this child."

He reached for his pocket out of habit, but when he thought about the fact that it was a female driver's car, the interior was so clean, and there was a pregnant woman sitting in the back, Luo Tingrui, a heavy smoker, could only put the cigarette box back.

The female driver seemed to have noticed Luo Tingrui's actions and reminded him:

“No smoking in the car.”

Luo Tingrui: "Well, I don't smoke." Xue Liangliang asked: "Teacher, are you hungry?"

Luo Tingrui: "Do you have any food in your bag? Give me some."

Xue Liangliang: "Let's see if there is a food stall on the roadside. It's better to have some hot soup, which will make people feel more comfortable."

Luo Tingrui pointed out the window and said, "You still want a steaming hot roadside stall on this dark road?"

The car slowed down, and in the direction that Luo Tingrui pointed, there was a wooden cart parked on the side of the road with a lantern hanging on it, and the words "Noodles, Wontons" were written on the lantern.

Luo Tingrui: "Is there really such a thing?"

The three got off the car and Xue Liangliang ordered three bowls of wontons.

Luo Tingrui frowned and observed the wonton stall carefully. It looked very normal. In fact, there would be quite a few such mobile stalls in the city at night.

But the problem is, there is no village or shop here, who would come here to sell wontons?

The boss was wearing a white apron. He was not tall but had very nimble hands and feet. After the wontons were cooked, he scooped them out and put them into a bowl. He then started to blanch the minced meat and poured rice wine into it. After it was cooked, he added it to three bowls of wontons respectively. Finally, he sprinkled small dried shrimps on top and added a little sesame oil.

"It's delicious."

Xue Liangliang took the wontons and started eating them directly.

"Liangliang..."

Luo Tingrui wanted to remind Xue Liangliang not to eat so quickly and wait and see, but when he saw that Liangliang and the woman were eating normally, he gradually let down his guard.

The boss poked the charcoal in the stove and said, "I happened to be returning home from the city, and I was thinking about selling some on the way. I didn't expect the business to be so good. Many people stopped to eat wontons."

Luo Tingrui lowered his head and ate a wonton. He found it tasted extremely delicious, so he didn't care about anything else and started eating.

When he was halfway through eating, Luo Tingrui turned around and looked at the female driver who was still sitting in the car:

"Master, would you like to come down and have a bowl too?"

"If you don't eat, you won't be hungry."

Luo Tingrui continued eating. Xue Liangliang finished first and asked for two more bowls, one for himself and one for the teacher.

After the three of them finished eating, they got in the car and continued driving.

Luo Tingrui leaned lazily in his chair, looking very contented.

Although we encountered many unexpected events during this trip, they were all resolved quickly without any trouble at all.

As soon as I finished my meal, I felt sleepy again.

Luo Tingrui yawned and said:
"Liangliang, I feel like I'm turning into a pig. I eat when I'm full and sleep when I'm full. I sleep when I'm full and eat when I'm full."

"Teacher, this is a life that even gods would envy."

The wonton stall owner continued to push his cart on his way.

Under the moonlight, his short figure was becoming whiter and whiter. A long tail swung out from under his apron, and fine white hair slowly grew on his body. He no longer looked like a human, but a huge white mouse as big as a human.

However, this mouse was not dirty at all, and even looked exceptionally clean.

In the countryside, there are special kinds of food-eaters, which look like monsters but are not monsters, and like ghosts but are not ghosts. They appear in peaceful and stable villages, collect clean offerings from each household, make them into food, and then sell them.

They work hard and do not harm others, just to earn a little bit of merit. Sometimes they also act as night watchmen to guard and provide early warning.

Elderly people in many rural areas generally had similar experiences when they were young. At that time, there was little money and life was not rich. Being able to run into a gourmet and have a hot meal from him was enough to make them remember it for a long time.

However, now that people's living conditions have generally improved and the population is constantly gathering in cities, there are fewer and fewer such cannibals in the countryside and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find them.

The white mouse pushed the cart to a small solitary temple located in the field. It first selected the offerings on it, taking only the clean food. For those that had gone bad, it took a bite in its mouth and put them back, just to leave the mouse's teeth marks, indicating to the worshiper that it was time to change the offerings.

After doing all this, the white mouse sat on the doorstep, took out a palm-leaf fan, and fanned itself.

Two green eyeballs flickered, and breath came out of the nose, making him look very angry and dissatisfied.

"You are the queen, so you are so great. How can you force people to set up stalls? Humph!"

……

In front of us, there was a minibus with a Shancheng license plate parked on the side of the road, being repaired, with quite a few passengers in the car.

The female driver stopped the car.

Luo Tingrui looked through the car window and asked, "Do you need help?"

The repairman said, "No, it will be done soon."

The woman sitting in the back seat reached out and pushed Xue Liangliang, then looked outside the car.

Xue Liangliang understood and said to Luo Tingrui, "Teacher, let's change this car. I have previously agreed with them that we will only drive this distance."

Luo Tingrui was stunned for a moment, then nodded. It was indeed unsafe for a female driver to drive long distances.

The three of them got off the car with their luggage.

The master had just finished repairing the car and was putting the tools back. When he saw Luo Tingrui coming over, he smiled and took out a cigarette and handed it to him, saying:

"It's already done, no need for help, thank you."

Luo Tingrui put down the other person's cigarette, took out his own and handed it to him, saying:

"We need help now."

For passenger vehicles, there is no difference between picking up passengers at the starting station and picking up passengers midway. In fact, the profit will be higher if you pick up private passengers yourself.

The driver collected the fare and the three of them got on the bus quickly. There were empty seats in the last two rows, so Xue Liangliang and the pregnant woman sat at the back, and Luo Tingrui sat in the front row.

Seeing that the woman looked a little tired, Xue Liangliang reached out to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

This sweat is also cold.

Xue Liangliang thought the woman was tired and held her hand with some heartache.

The woman responded with a gentle smile, rubbing it with her fingertips while gently stroking her lower abdomen with her other hand.

She knew that the vision of the future was very unrealistic. Even though she was the highest-ranking lady in Baijia Town, the rules passed down in the town could suppress her.

But there are exceptions to everything. She has broken many rules, and other people in the town dare not act rashly, at least, they dare not openly resist her.

The man who once jumped into the river and almost destroyed the entire Baijia Town, now can only be regarded as the young man's "subordinate" in terms of status and position.

And the relationship between this man of hers and that young man is quite good.

Not only is she willing to save his parents for him, but she also calls him "sister-in-law."

That night, Xue Liangliang jumped into the river again. When he called her up to answer the phone, he said, "Xiaoyuan has something to say to your sister-in-law."

This name almost scared her, and she thought someone in Baijia Town had committed a crime and the young man was going to take action to deal with it.

Facts have proved that as long as the fist is big enough, the boy’s rules are the rules of Baijia Town.

In the future, I will really have the chance to live in the sun with the man in front of me and my children like a normal family of three.

Thinking of this, the woman rested her head on Xue Liangliang's chest.

At this moment, Luo Tingrui suddenly turned around and looked back, and the woman immediately raised her head and sat up straight.

"Liangliang, check your cell phone to see if you have a signal. If you do, give me a call."

"Okay, there's a signal, teacher, here you go."

"Ah."

Taking the mobile phone, Luo Tingrui dialed the number while frowning deeply.

He saw what happened just now.

He was young once, too, and he could understand the sudden excitement that young people feel.

But the problem is that she is already a wife and pregnant.

It's only right to take care of you on the way, but you really can't take such thorough care.

Bright, bright...

It is definitely not convenient to educate and remind him at this moment. Luo Tingrui plans to wait until they arrive in Fengdu, and after the woman returns home and separates from Xue Liangliang, he will give this boy a good beating.

The woman sitting at the back looked at Xue Liangliang with worry in her eyes. She couldn't do anything to Luo Tingrui, so Luo Tingrui must have seen the intimate actions between her and Xue Liangliang just now.

Xue Liangliang smiled and shook his head, indicating that it was okay.

For various reasons, it is not convenient for outsiders to know his affairs, but that does not mean that he is afraid of being known, even if that person is his most respected teacher.

Xue Liangliang: "The wontons just now were really delicious. I don't remember eating anything so delicious. It's a pity that I'm afraid it will be hard to eat it again in the future."

The woman nodded, a hint of regret on her face.

If I had known this earlier, I would have caught the mouse and taken it back to Nantong.

This way, when he comes to Nantong to find me next time, he can have a bowl of wontons to replenish his strength before and after jumping into the river.

The car that I had been riding in did not turn around, but simply turned off its lights and followed quietly behind the minibus.

When they reach a fork in the road, the minibus takes one path and the car takes the other.

The road became narrower and narrower as it went further in, and finally became a dead end with a pond in front.

The car “turned off” and stopped by the pond, waiting.

I waited until dawn, when a few drunks staggered over. Their arms were covered with tattoos, but they couldn't cover up the densely packed tiny pinholes.

Seeing the lonely car parked there and the "beauty" sitting in the driver's seat who seemed to be asleep, several people showed lustful expressions on their faces.

Of course, it was not their own intention that drove them here. The center of each of their foreheads was dark black, as if they had been dotted with ink.

He opened the car door, got in, closed the door, and then reached out to touch the female driver, swearing obscenities.

The car started inexplicably and began to move forward.

Some people seemed to wake up and started to get scared. They wanted to open the car door, but found that it seemed to be welded shut and could not be opened at all. They wanted to roll down the window, but it didn't move at all.

"Pfft!"

The car fell into the pond.

Inside the car, everyone was awake. They were sinking and water was pouring in.

The beautiful female driver was instantly washed away by the water and turned into floating pieces of pulp.

"Gurgling..."

"Gurgling..."

The pond was not deep to begin with, but now it seemed to be bottomless.

Under the banyan tree beside the pond, there stood a man wearing a green-faced, fang-shaped mask. But if one looked closely from the side, the mask was actually integrated with his facial flesh.

He held a string of black silk thread in his hand, the other end of which extended to the bottom of the pond and was still being pulled and lengthened.

He loosened his fingers, wanting to discard the discarded silk thread. However, the next moment, the silk thread seemed to be completely out of his control and automatically wrapped around his body.

"boom!"

He was tied up like a dumpling and dragged towards the pond. No matter how he struggled, it was useless and he was finally dragged into the water.

It was originally an ordinary pond surface, but after he fell in, the area seemed to boil. His body kept melting and turned into a pool of black oil that kept expanding.

Its body was constantly sinking, like a peeled egg, revealing a short dwarf ghost. Its previous image was that the more it lacked, the more it would deliberately make up for it.

The bodies of the drunkards were lying motionless deep in the mud of the pond, their faces frozen in horror and hideousness, but they were all sober.

The dwarf ghost was also pulled to their side and bound by invisible chains. A small red coffin floated out and pressed down on the dwarf.

On the coffin, there was a word "white" engraved.

Under normal circumstances, Li Zhuiyuan and others would naturally not care about this troublesome little devil, but after all, they have traveled along the river so many times that they really lack experience in dealing with this kind of little devil.

The Bai family's queen, on the other hand, was well versed in this, and could even trick the ghost away and kill it silently, without affecting the couple's mood on their first honeymoon at all.

……

"Let's go, Ayou, get in the car, it's time to hit the road."

Zhao Yi waved his hand, signaling Lin Shuyou to get in the car quickly.

Lin Shuyou: "Why do you say such an unlucky thing?"

Zhao Yi: "How fresh! Do you think we are going to some auspicious place?"

The bus that Zhai Lao and his companions were riding in was in front, so Zhao Yi deliberately drove a truck behind them.

Although the roads have been reopened due to heavy rains over the past few days, the damage caused has not yet been completely cleared, and in many places one-way streets still require traffic to wait and pass in turns.

The speed of the car cannot be increased.

Li Zhuiyuan was sitting in the co-pilot seat, holding a map book in his hand, which was given to him by Mr. Zhai.

Zhao Yi glanced at it while driving: "What secret book?"

Li Zhuiyuan waved.

Zhao Yi: "I mean, there might be some clues in it."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head. “My tutor gave me the same atlas before I went to college. It’s a children’s book to stimulate my interest in the major.”

Zhao Yi: "Honestly, with your brain, isn't it boring to go to school?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “It’s not boring. Every class is very interesting.”

Zhao Yi said in disbelief: "The level of universities is so high now?"

"Ah."

What Zhao Yi didn't know was that Li Zhuiyuan had a schedule of the entire school's courses, and it would naturally be very interesting for him to pick the courses that he was interested in every day.

Anyway, he doesn't have to worry about failing the course, and he doesn't even have to take the final exam.

At night, the bus entered the service area, took a brief rest, and without staying for too long, it was back on the road.

Zhao Yi returned to the car, started it again and followed.

Li Zhuiyuan distributed the steamed buns bought by Zhao Yi to his companions in the back compartment, as well as several large bags of pickled mustard tubers with advertising slogans printed on them: China's Pickled Mustard Tuber Hometown - Fuling.

Zhao Yi: "I saw the car in front of me also bought some, so I bought some too. How about you try some?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “It’s delicious.”

The boy ate steamed buns and pickled mustard tubers while taking out a compass. The needle pointed diagonally forward and shook slightly.

"There may be a problem right ahead." After calculating for a while, the boy reported the distance.

Zhao Yi: "That is most likely the next service area."

Logically speaking, there is no need to stop again after stopping at a service area, but the bus in front still drove in and stopped.

As soon as the car door opened, Zheng Hua and several of his fellow apprentices took toilet rolls and ran to the toilet in the service area.

Mr. Zhai did not get off the car.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Either someone who went to the toilet encountered problems and infiltrated the team; or someone is trying to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and someone will take advantage of this moment to attack Mr. Zhai in the bus."

Zhao Yi: "I think so too, so now we have to split up. I will be responsible for protecting Mr. Zhai. Brother Xiaoyuan, you take them to the toilet."

"You're in the best condition now, go to the bathroom."

"Hehehe."

Zhao Yi did not argue, but took a roll of paper, got off the car and ran to the toilet.

Li Zhuiyuan got off the bus and walked onto the bus in front.

Mr. Zhai sat alone, holding a flashlight, looking at a drawing on his lap.

It was not until Li Zhuiyuan came up to him that Mr. Zhai reacted.

"Xiaoyuan, why don't you get in the car and join us? We're all going to Fengdu anyway."

"No, I'd rather take the truck. I'm afraid my brother will get tired driving if he has no one to talk to."

"Okay, you've thought it through."

"them……"

"At the last service area, Zheng Hua bought some beautiful fruits, saying they were local specialties. They all ate them except me. I guess that gave me diarrhea.

Look, that’s it.”

Li Zhuiyuan looked and saw several peaches in the small bamboo basket. At first glance, they looked like peaches, with extremely bright and rich colors.

"Grandpa Zhai, this is a Har fruit, you can't eat it."

"Haer?" Mr. Zhai thought for a moment and then understood the dialect word. "It's appropriate. Those who spend money to buy this are all Haer, right?"

"There are many people selling this on the streets of Shancheng, but locals don't buy it, only tourists do."

"Have you been to the mountain city?"

"Yes, I've been to many places following my brother's car."

“You need to travel thousands of miles, but you still need a stable learning environment. Once you have enough knowledge about the world, you can travel thousands of miles and do more than just see the scenery.

For example, can you understand this drawing here, Grandpa? It is also part of the scenery, which ordinary people cannot appreciate. "

The old man just wanted to give an example and plant a seed in the child's heart, so that he would be biased when choosing an industry in the future.

They were almost in Fengdu, and would soon meet up with Luo Gong and Liang Liang Ge. Li Zhuiyuan no longer needed to hide, so he pointed to a location on the blueprint:
"Grandpa Zhai, the mark here is wrong."

Old Zhai looked down and frowned, "This Zhu Qiang is so careless."

Then, as if realizing something, Mr. Zhai raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him with a puzzled look.

"Xiaoyuan, can you understand this blueprint?"

"Ah."

"how do you……"

Before he could finish his question, a loud “BOOM!” was heard from outside.

Then someone shouted:
"The toilet collapsed! The toilet collapsed!"

Thanks to the imperfect and non-standard construction of the service area at this stage, the toilet was built with shoddy materials, so there is no need to worry about the bricks and tiles above killing people, but the problem is... the bottom has also collapsed.

Therefore, although the rescue was not difficult, it was really frustrating.

The staff at the service area and the caring car owners rescued the unfortunate guys who were almost marinated in the marinade, and pulled them up one by one.

After all the pieces were pulled out, a few people used long poles to stir the inside to make sure nothing was left out.

Zheng Hua, Zhu Qiang and their gang are all on this list.

Seeing that none of them were in danger of life and were all conscious, Zhai was both angry and amused.

Lin Shuyou, who was mixed in the crowd late at night, was counting the number of people excitedly, hoping to see the figure of Three Eyes.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yi was not inside.

The boy's voice sounded: "He is in the west. Go down. There is a ghost there."

Lin Shuyou walked over, bent sideways, and slid down the slope, where there was another mountain stream.

Ayou thought that Three Eyes was cleaning himself secretly here, but he found that Zhao Yi was squatting by the stream, washing a long black thing, which looked like kelp cut into thin strips.

"You came just in time. Help me wash it. This thing stinks."

"I do not want."

"This isn't my sister-in-law, what do you not want?"

"Three eyes, you..."

"Hurry up and wash up. I'm going to smoke a cigarette. I was really choked up just now."

Lin Shuyou had no choice but to squat down and wash it. This thing felt greasy and sticky to the touch, and it smelled of evil.

Zhao Yi went to protect the people in the toilet. As soon as he entered, he noticed some movement downstairs.

It was also unlucky for that thing. As soon as it stuck its head out, it was grabbed by Zhao Yi.

For fear of making himself feel nauseous, Zhao Yi put some toilet paper in his hands in advance, and then pulled the food out while covering his nose.

It didn't matter if it was pulled out, but who knew that the rest of the thing was attached to the inside of the toilet building. When Zhao Yi pulled it out, the toilet collapsed.

The filth couldn't drown a person, but if this evil spirit continued to spread, it would really kill an ordinary person. So he quickly sealed it up and washed it in the stream.

Lin Shuyou: "I've washed it."

Zhao Yi walked over with a cigarette in his mouth, bent down, and started to peel and search the thing.

Lin Shuyou: "What is this?"

Zhao Yi: "You don't know?"

Lin Shuyou: "The officer general didn't go to the toilet to catch ghosts again."

Zhao Yi: "This is a kind of evil that was born in a filthy place. It is a kind of dirty ghost. Sometimes when you go to the toilet, if you feel someone touching your butt, it is this thing that did it.

The more powerful ones can take advantage of you going to the toilet and directly enter your body from below and control you."

Lin Shuyou: "So weird?"

Zhao Yi: "Normally this thing can't be done. At most, they nourish themselves with filth, and eat some rats or snakes when they have nothing to do. They rarely target people, and even fewer can enter the body to control people.

Hey, found it. "

Zhao Yi took out a ring from it. The ring was so small that it was probably only suitable for a baby's finger. It had been embedded in the package before.

"Come on, Ahyou, touch it and try it."

Lin Shuyou reached out and touched the ring. The moment he touched it, his vertical pupils opened, a faint light appeared on the ring, and then a single eye full of hatred appeared.

After looking into Lin Shuyou's vertical pupil, Ah You's body trembled slightly, and the single eye shattered directly, and the ring turned into powder.

Lin Shuyou: "I didn't mean it..."

He saw that Zhao Yi had washed it so carefully before and thought that the ring was very important, but he ruined it.

Zhao Yi patted Ah You on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell your brother Xiao Yuan about this."

Lin Shuyou: "No, that's not what I meant..."

Zhao Yi: "What are you worried about? Don't you trust me to keep secrets? Look at them, who knows about your affair now?"

Lin Shuyou: "What I mean is that you should tell Brother Xiaoyuan that this kind of thing cannot be kept secret."

Zhao Yi: "I'm just kidding. It's enough if you find the ring. There's no point in keeping it. If you don't destroy it, I'll crush it."

Lin Shuyou: "You..."

Zhao Yi stood up, shook off the ashes from his cigarette, and said:
"Mr. Li has long suspected that the people who attacked Mr. Zhai and other researchers were not from the same underworld as those who attacked us. Now it has been basically confirmed."

Lin Shuyou: "How did you confirm it?"

Zhao Yi: "It's too deliberate, without any concealment, using ghosts and evil spirits to hurt people, and the trigger is also very standard. In this respect, it is very similar to the ghost monks in the mountain temples.

Before you do something bad, do you stick a business card on your forehead? "

After returning to the truck, Zhao Yi put his legs on the window, yawned and asked:
"How long will it take before we can leave?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "I'm waiting in line for water to take a shower. It will probably take quite a while."

"You guessed correctly. Someone is using the name of Fengdu to frame someone else."

"I didn't realize it at first because we encountered an accident caused by a roadside car accident ghost just after we left Nantong. But that accident was just a prelude to lead us into the ghost miasma so that we could catch them all in one fell swoop.

In the first round, the underworld sent out a fake judge, four generals and eight commanders, which was a very luxurious lineup.

The next round will be three incense sticks. If you didn't die, it was also largely due to luck. In terms of danger and lineup, it is countless times more exaggerated than the last time."

Zhao Yi: "Well, the habit of the underworld is that if they don't take action, then it's fine. But if they take action, they will strive to achieve their goals. Especially after failing once, they still continue to use this kind of little ghost to take action.

From this perspective, including the problems that you mentioned that occurred with the first exploration team, may not have been caused by the underworld.

Oh, by the way, there is another detail that we have overlooked, that is the attack on Mr. Zhai and his group. Why did we have to wait until we met Mr. Zhai and his group?
If they really wanted to target them, how could they have arrived there in one piece and then something happened? Couldn't they have done it earlier? Why did they have to wait until they were not far from Fengdu to start the action? "

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the bus in front of him and asked, "Is the identity behind Mr. Zhai really what we thought?"

“I hope it’s fake, because I licked you so diligently for so long, but I ended up licking a fucking grandpa out of you.

But because I failed to lick him, I believe that the identity behind Mr. Zhai may be correct. It is likely that he is the one. Do you believe my feeling?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not comment.

Zhao Yi stopped talking, closed his eyes and dozed off.

The cleanup lasted for a long time. In the second half of the night, the group got back on the bus. The bus started moving again, and Zhao Yi started the truck and followed.

The journey was not very long, but due to the road conditions and the toilets, we were delayed for a long time. It was not until dawn that we officially entered Fengdu.

Mr. Zhai and his colleagues had to report to the relevant units, and Li Zhuiyuan also had to go, so they followed together.

Arriving at the gate of the unit, Li Zhuiyuan watched as Mr. Zhai and his colleagues were warmly welcomed in by the relevant staff. He put down his mobile phone because he had just received a call from Xue Liangliang, who estimated that they would arrive in Fengdu County in the morning.

Li Zhuiyuan planned to wait until his teacher and Brother Liangliang arrived before going to meet with Mr. Zhai formally again.

The security guard at the entrance of the company came over to drive them away: "Trucks are not allowed to park here, please park outside."

At this time, another security guard came over and said, "We can't park outside either. We have to park on the hill behind."

Li Zhuiyuan asked Runsheng, Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou to get off the car first and asked them to continue watching the surroundings for protection.

Afterwards, Zhao Yi started the truck again, backed it out, and drove towards the back mountain according to the security guard's instructions.

The distance is not far. After simply circling up, you can see a large open-air parking lot. At the other end of the parking lot, you can see many tall palace buildings.

Zhao Yi looked at the sign and asked, "This seems to be a scenic spot?"

After parking the car, the two got out. Li Zhuiyuan looked at a building not far away and walked over.

Zhao Yi followed and asked, "Mr. Li, you've been here before, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yes, I have visited here before, but last time we walked all the way up from the ghost street and then turned back, and we never went to this back door."

There is no ticket inspector at the back door, so you can go in directly. After entering, go around the side to the main entrance of the hall. Zhao Yi reads the words on the plaque:
"Ksitigarbha Hall?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not go in, but just stood at the entrance of the temple. There were many tourists and pilgrims visiting and worshipping inside.

Zhao Yi: "People in the world of the living really don't need to care too much about the disputes in the underworld. After all, the living only want to keep things simple and save trouble. Since we are here, let's just worship together."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Do you remember what you said to me in the car last night?"

Zhao Yi: "I said that detail we overlooked?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "The sentence above. What we really ignore seems to be bigger."

"The first exploration team had an accident. Maybe it wasn't caused by the underworld?"

"Ah."

"what happened?"

“But the reason why I came to Fengdu is because I thought I received the wave. I was told that I had to come to Fengdu to solve the problems of the exploration team.

Whenever the place name Fengdu was mentioned, I thought of the emperor. In addition, at that time, people from the underworld were trying to enter Nantong to target me.

The combination of various factors made me subconsciously believe that this wave was led and driven by the emperor, pushing you and me to Fengdu.

But if the accident of the first exploration team was not caused by the people of the underworld, then that means..."

Zhao Yi: "That is to say, it was not the Emperor who pushed us to come here this time. Then who could it be?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not answer, but raised his head and looked at the plaque on the hall again:

Ksitigarbha Hall.

(End of this chapter)