New and dark light years

Chapter 158 Unexpected Person
"Why won't the ghost be absorbed?" Li Lin asked.

"I don't know," Li Yanjing said helplessly. "Before I became like this, I was just a slightly pretty woman, not some important person."

"So you haven't investigated this reason all these years?"

Li Yanjing sighed and said, "More than ten years ago, my intelligence was still hazy and I barely knew a few things. It wasn't until I accidentally possessed a courtesan that I gained my own intelligence. I was always thinking about how to eat my fill and how to avoid being discovered and killed by the spirit hunters. I didn't have time to think about these things."

That's it.

Li Lin subconsciously fell into thought. Logically speaking, if there is a world of monsters, there should also be immortals.

There are indeed immortals in this world, but their whereabouts seem to be unknown.

They rely entirely on the Spirit Hunters to fight against the supernatural.

As for the True Lord... it was also an agreement reached between the Spirit Hunter predecessors and the demons.

Seeing Li Lin frown, Li Yanjing moved closer to him and advised, "Don't think so much. You're just a county magistrate. There are always tall people in this world who can hold up the reins. Just take care of your two younger sisters, as well as me and Madam."

Li Lin had to admit that she had a point.

You can only do what you are capable of.

His current strength is limited to protecting only a small family.

Overthinking is indeed useless.

However, we still need to work harder to improve our strength.

Continue making spirit stones and building houses at home.

The situation in Fuxin Village is tragic, but it is also a common occurrence in this world.

Moreover, this matter is troublesome for the county magistrate, not for him, the county constable.

As time went by, more and more spirit stones piled up in the backyard warehouse.

I estimate that construction of a small house will begin soon.

Li Lin personally has high expectations.

Huang Qing and Hong Luan were also looking forward to it.

On this very day, Li Lin arrived at the county government's courtroom.

Zhang Guangqi sat there, his expression indifferent, and said in very ordinary words: "County Lieutenant Li, Prefect Huang of Jincheng, I order you to take the local militia to Jincheng and bring one hundred southern barbarian women back to the county seat."

"Why?" Li Lin asked, somewhat puzzled. "There is no laundry service in this county."

Zhang Guangqi said calmly, "Although there is no clothing testing bureau, there is a brokerage firm."

Oh, Li Lin understood.

This involves placing some women with the brokers to be 'married off'.

It was a welfare benefit for ordinary men; some captured women from other ethnic groups could be distributed to those old bachelors.

Li Lin nodded and asked, "When do we depart?"

"tomorrow."

"Yes, sir." Li Lin clasped his hands in a fist salute and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Zhang Guangqi suddenly said, "County Commandant Li, have you thought about my previous suggestion?"

"The matter of replacing the True Lord at the temple with a shrine?"

“Yes.” Zhang Guangqi’s voice softened. “After all, we really are family.”

Li Lin shook his head: "Sorry, I won't change."

"Understood." Zhang Guangqi's voice turned cold again.

As soon as Li Lin left the county government office, he saw a man hiding in a corner, waving at him before disappearing.

Li Lin had seen this man before; he was one of Jiang Jili's men.

Li Lin followed the man into the alley and then came to an old, dilapidated house.

The man gestured for Li Lin to enter, and Li Lin pushed open the door and went inside.

Then he saw Jiang Jili sitting inside, drinking a little wine.

"Here you are!" he said with a smile.

Li Lin sat down: "It seems you should have discovered something."

"Correct."

Jiang Jili said with a hint of smugness, "Do you know how I found out?"

“You don’t seem to have investigated much…” Li Lin laughed, “At least not on the surface.” Jiang Jili chuckled, “It seems you, County Commandant, are quite concerned about this matter.”

"That's natural."

Jiang Jili said smugly, "I only borrowed twenty constables from you to cover my tracks. I have other people to investigate this matter."

"guessed."

Seeing that Li Lin didn't seem surprised, Jiang Jili said, "What I'm about to say will definitely shock you."

"Just tell me."

He looked into Li Lin's eyes and smiled, "The assassin who died was most likely someone sent by the Huang family."

Li Lin's expression was calm.

Aren't you surprised?

"I'm quite surprised," Li Lin nodded and said.

Seeing Li Lin's calm expression, Jiang Jili felt a pang of sadness.

He was already very excited when he got the news. He was eager to see the disbelief on Li Lin's face when he learned that someone in the Huang family was unfriendly to him.

After all, the Huang family is the power behind Li Lin.

But he never expected Li Lin to be so quiet.

You don't seem very surprised.

Li Lin smiled, though he was genuinely quite surprised inside.

However, he was mentally prepared.

After all, his relationship with Zhang Guangqi hasn't been very good lately.

He continued, "Is there any evidence?"

Jiang Jili handed a piece of paper and a black token to Li Lin.

"This is what I found by following the clues," Jiang Jili said with a smile. "This is the limit of my investigation. If I continue, it will trigger a full-scale war between my Jiang family and the Huang family. Moreover, this matter seems to have a greater connection to you."

Li Lin nodded: "I'll take this. I owe you a favor this time. What do you want?"

"We'll talk about it later," Jiang Jili said smugly. "I'll have a chance to ask you for a favor someday."

Li Lin chatted with Jiang Jili for a while, and then had a drink before leaving.

Jiang Jili was very happy, swaying gently as he sipped his wine and hummed a little tune.

So unhappy.

Li Lin returned home and found Huang Qing.

"Do you still have a way to contact your father-in-law?"

"Father?" Huang Qing thought for a moment and said, "Looking for Brother-in-law Zhang."

"We just can't look for him."

Huang Qing's expression immediately turned serious. After all, she was raised in a prominent family and knew many things very well.

"what's going on?"

Li Lin handed her the list and the token.

After reading it, her expression turned very angry: "This seventh brother-in-law has gone too far."

"Rather than saying that Magistrate Zhang went too far, it's more accurate to say that the Huang family is about to split up."

"how so."

“It’s perfectly normal,” Li Lin said with a smile. “My father-in-law is indeed the eldest son, but he’s been away from home for a long time. There are more resources in the capital, so it’s normal for someone to have other ideas once they’ve risen to power.”

Huang Qing looked at Li Lin: "What do you want?"

"I'm going to Tianjin tomorrow, so... please be careful."

"With Sister Yanjing here, there shouldn't be any problem," Huang Qing said with a smile. "Besides, I've been practicing boxing and swordsmanship recently. I might not be able to beat a master, but I can handle ordinary people without any problem."

Li Lin smiled and said, "The Tree Fairy Goddess will also help."

Huang Qing nodded.

Li Lin sneered and took Huang Qing to the room.

He needs to get some rest, since he's leaving tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)