New and dark light years

Chapter 242 Doubts
In less than half a day, the paper mill changed hands.

Li Lin did not change the name of the paper shop, and the staff salaries remained the same.

The only problem is that we're selling less paper each day.

About half a percent.

This slight decrease in quantity naturally goes unnoticed by anyone.

Behind the paper mill, there was a fairly large warehouse.

This is used to store excess paper.

Li Lin had a partitioned room installed inside, with a lock, so that only he could enter.

When he was in the warehouse, no one else was allowed to enter. Then he would make paper figures in the warehouse and store them in a separate compartment.

After finishing his work, he strolled around the streets and visited different pleasure boats to gather information.

Finally, I went 'home', had a meal with Xiaoping, took a shower, and then we went to sleep separately.

That same night, Li Lin suddenly opened his eyes.

Because the little paper figure placed in the Tang residence sent a message.

Li Lin got up and stealthily walked away.

They soon arrived at the Tang residence and jumped inside.

Following the message from the little paper doll, Li Lin went to the backyard.

Behind a room, he gently moistened his finger with saliva and then gently poked a hole in the window paper.

His eyes narrowed as soon as he saw it.

Inside the house, Zhang Ruiyu was hung up with a white cloth stuffed in his mouth.

He was struggling frantically, his eyes bloodshot, and he looked extremely angry.

In front of him was a bed, on which a man and a woman lay on top of each other.

It was Tang Nan and the dancer Weiwei.

At this moment, Weiwei was crying and staring at Zhang Ruiyu, her eyes filled with guilt and despair.

Tang Nan laughed heartily, "Young Master Zhang, your wife is so beautiful! Hahahaha!"

The laughter was extremely unpleasant.

Zhang Ruiyu was even angrier, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets.

At the same time, his body was jumping and twisting wildly, like a fish that had come ashore.

After a while, Zhang Ruiyu ran out of strength.

At that moment, Weiwei suddenly burst into tears, hunching over as she sobbed.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Ruiyu was so enraged that his pupils suddenly shot out, accompanied by two jets of blood.

His body trembled a few times, then he fell silent.

"He died just like that?" Tang Nan got up from Weiwei and walked to Zhang Ruiyu. "He's too inexperienced."

At that moment, a phantom figure squeezed out from Zhang Ruiyu's body.

This illusory figure is Zhang Ruiyu's soul, but it looks dazed and confused, as if it has no intelligence.

Tang Nan observed for a while and said, "The resentment is quite strong, it's barely usable. It seems the medicine wasn't added enough. Next time there's a fool like this, add more medicine to his food."

“If you add too much, the food won’t taste right.” Weiwei also got out of bed naked, and she was no longer the desperate woman she had been just moments before.

"That's right!" Tang Nan nodded: "Get dressed, throw the body into the secret cave at the back, and send the steward to report to the authorities that Young Hero Zhang has eloped with you. You should hide for a while."

"it is good."

Tang Nan took out a red rope of unknown material from the side, put it around Zhang Ruiyu's soul, tied a knot, and then led the latter out like a balloon.

After leaving the room, he headed straight for the woodshed where he was supposed to help.

Li Lin followed behind.

Once inside the woodshed, Tang Nan kicked an inconspicuous dirty brick on the floor or wall, and a secret passage appeared.

Tang Nan led Zhang Ruiyu's soul down the path.

At this moment, the soul seemed to gain consciousness and began to struggle, but it was tightly bound by the red rope, and could only move its head a couple of times.

The entrance to the secret passage closed.

Li Lin did not rashly follow.

He has his own way of finding them again, there's no rush.

He then returned to the courtyard and continued to meditate and rest.

When dawn broke, the city gates were wide open.

Li Lin left the city gate and headed straight for the grove of trees outside.

Although woodcutters occasionally come and go, there are hardly any people around at this time.

Li Lin threw down a large number of small paper figures, which quickly scattered in all directions. He then waited in place.

Not long after, a message came from a small paper doll.

Li Lin stealthily approached.

It took nearly half an hour, and apart from occasionally encountering some small animals, there was nothing particularly unusual along the way.

Finally, he stopped on a grassy area.

There are two little paper figures chasing each other in circles.

Li Lin walked around the grass and stomped on it.

However, nothing unusual was found.

Then he put on the mask given to him by the Tree Fairy Goddess and saw that the place was filled with black mist.

It all seeps out from underground.

In other words, this should be the end of the secret passage.

Is there only one entrance and no other entrances or exits?

Li Lin asked the little paper figure to search the vicinity, but after a while, they still found nothing.

Just as Li Lin was about to give up, a special message came from the little paper figure.

Li Lin stealthily approached again.

About half an hour later, Li Lin spotted a building ahead.

He climbed a tall tree and looked ahead.

This is a complex of buildings surrounded by tall white walls.

There are many houses inside, facing south, arranged in a very neat manner.

Li Lin was somewhat stunned. Who on earth was it that... built such a large and secluded place here?

He then saw a six-man patrol walking past the wall in front of him.

After seeing the style of their clothes, they looked surprised.

This uniform black and red outfit and style, Imperial City Guard!
Wait, why are the Imperial City Guard spies here?

Shouldn't it be in Huaxi County?
Li Lin had some doubts.

He then changed to a tall tree in the southwest and continued to monitor the area.

As time passed, Li Lin discovered that there were six patrol teams here.

Also... there were some strange people walking around inside.

They don't look like government officials; they look more like江湖人士 (jianghu figures).

As noon approached, Li Lin spotted another person.

The Tang Dynasty was in turmoil.

He emerged from a special room, but he was no longer holding 'Zhang Ruiyu's hand.

After he came out, he stood and talked with someone. Before long, their demeanor changed, and they started to make more gestures, as if they were arguing.

After a while, Tang Nan stormed off and returned to his room.

Just by being outside, you can't see much useful information.

Li Lin then decided to sneak into the complex of buildings.

He landed on the ground and came to the base of the wall. Just as he was about to climb over, he suddenly felt a pang of fear, as if something bad would happen if he climbed over.

Cultivators have strong intuition. Li Lin took a few steps back, pondered for a while, and then put on the mask given to him by the Empress again.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that a 'True Lord' was floating above the complex of buildings.

Generally speaking, the appearance of a True Lord is either humanoid, human-bodied with an animal head, or animal-bodied with a human head; in general, they will all have 'human' characteristics.

But this True Lord has no human characteristics whatsoever.

It looks like an insect.

A large, centipede-like insect was coiled up in a ball, resting with its eyes closed.

Within the building, a faint scent of blood emanated from each person and seeped into the bodies of the insects suspended in mid-air.

This is neither a true lord nor a charlatan.

Rather, it is the spirit of nature.

Or you could say it's a 'Southern Barbarian God'.

How can we be certain that it is a god from the southern barbarians?
The reason is simple... The north is freezing cold, and the winters in the Central Plains are also quite cold, so such a vicious-looking insect cannot grow there.

Did the Imperial City Guard collude with the Southern Barbarians?

How can it be!

(End of this chapter)