New and dark light years

Chapter 361 Cursing Someone Instantly Causes Death
The yamen runners went forward to issue a warning.

Li Lin took the opportunity to observe the situation inside.

Seeing something like a formation gave Li Lin a headache.

He had some understanding of formations, but not an in-depth one. Moreover, he couldn't see the overall layout of the formation from there, so he had no way to break it.

If you still want to break the formation under these circumstances, you can only enter the formation and risk your life.

To be honest, that was too dangerous, and Li Lin didn't want to do it.

Several constables shouted at the same time, and soon a person came out.

That's Du Fei.

He was young and had a fairly handsome face, but compared to Li Lin, there was a big difference.

This is not just about appearance, but also about the difference in temperament and aura.

"County Commandant Li, may I come in for a talk?" Du Fei asked, bowing respectfully.

"No need, we can talk like this."

"I'm just one person. County Commandant Li is a master praised by everyone in the martial arts world," Du Fei said with a hint of provocation. "Besides, everyone here is your man. Are you afraid of a nobody like me?"

Li Lin smiled and said, "How about you remove the formation first?"

Du Fei's expression froze... He hadn't expected that Li Lin would actually find out.

Seeing his expression, Li Lin smiled and said, "I am a Spirit Hunter. Disturbances in the energy of heaven and earth are very obvious to me. Array formations rely on disturbing the energy of heaven and earth to affect people's senses. Do you think I wouldn't notice them?"

The onlookers around laughed.

If they were to face Du Fei alone, of course they wouldn't dare to do anything.

But now that County Magistrate Li is here, and there are so many yamen runners around, what's wrong with them just laughing?

Does this scoundrel surnamed Du dare to jump out of the courtyard and attack them?

Hearing the laughter, Du Fei was quite embarrassed. He gritted his teeth and said, "So the famous County Magistrate Li is just a coward who dared not attend the meeting alone."

Li Lin didn't take it seriously, and instead asked with a smile, "What do you want?"

“Come in and talk to me, or everyone in this house will die. They will die because of you.”

Li Lin shook his head slightly: "You are a thief, and I am an official. How can a thief threaten an official? I'll give you one night to think it over. Tomorrow morning, I will have someone storm this place. If you surrender, I may consider leniency."

"You don't care about the lives of the people? Aren't you a good official?"

"Whether I'm a good official or not is none of your business. Besides, I'm an official, not a fool. Send more people over here to keep a close watch on him; don't let even a fly escape."

Several constables clasped their hands in obeisance and said, "Yes, sir."

After saying that, Li Lin turned and left.

He returned home to find a delicious meal already prepared in the backyard.

After his two wives hosted a welcome dinner for him, Li Lin enjoyed a delicious meal.

Huang Qing asked, "How is Ada's health? Is there any news from Mother in the capital?"

Li Lin said, "He doesn't seem to be in a hurry. Madam and Lingmei should be fine. Also... he's taken a concubine."

Hearing this, Huang Qing looked helpless: "A-Da is so old, and he still takes a concubine. If Mother finds out about this, she'll make a scene again."

Li Lin chuckled and said, "My father-in-law is still vigorous despite his age; that's a good thing."

Huang Qing rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.

After dinner, Li Lin recharged the storage ring in his study.

The time soon came to evening.

After having dinner, Li Lin took a stack of paper figures, put them in his pocket, and then went to the front of the Bai residence.

There are many yamen runners guarding this place.

Several constables saw Li Lin and immediately came over to pay their respects.

After greeting the others, Li Lin asked, "How is the situation?"

"That person should still be inside," Constable Zhou said, cupping his hands in greeting. "We've already cordoned off the entire area; we'll find him if he comes out."

"That's hard to say," Li Lin laughed. "How that kid escaped from the prison is still unclear."

An old constable nearby spoke up, "County Commandant, please rest assured. This time we have come up with a solution. We have laid a fairly wide circle of lime around the Bai residence. Even if he can become invisible, he should still leave shoe prints on the lime."

This method is indeed good.

Li Lin nodded and smiled, "You've done your best."

Several people agreed that it was only right.

Li Lin said, "You guys keep guarding and don't let anyone out. I'll make some noise."

The constables immediately nodded.

Then Li Lin found a place with some cover and threw down a dozen or so small paper figures.

After landing, these little purple paper figures scattered in all directions and then entered the Bai family courtyard by various means, such as crawling through dog holes, climbing walls, and finding high places to float on the wind.

The surrounding constables felt a pang of jealousy watching this scene.

They then remembered that their county magistrate also had the title 'Paper Prince'.

The calculation is not finished yet.

Li Lin then took out cinnabar and talisman paper, spread out a red paper on the ground, and then took out a white paper. Using the prepared charcoal pencil, he drew Du Fei's appearance.

He placed Du Fei's paper doll on the red paper, then used his spiritual energy to simulate a trace of malice and stuffed it into the paper doll.

Then he burned Du Fei's little paper figure.

The burning paper figure emitted an eerie green light, followed by a wisp of black smoke that flew out from the ashes of the paper figure and headed straight for the Bai residence.

……

Du Fei sat in the courtyard with three gates, which was also the most spacious place and suitable for setting up the formation.

At this moment, there were more than a dozen yellow paper banners planted around him, which gave him a great sense of security.

Du Fei's physical strength was average, but his array formations were very powerful. He was able to escape from the prison before because he used a cardboard he had prepared in advance to create a bewitching array.

The formation was placed on him.

This is the highest level of formation: using oneself as the formation.

However, this formation has a major flaw: it is useless against people with strong spirits.

It is, after all, a simple formation.

This is why he didn't dare use it before Li Lin.

Many skills can seem mysterious if their secrets are unknown, but once you know the principles and weaknesses, they are very easy to deal with.

The same applies to formations.

The array he set up at the Bai family's place was three layers deep, with a total of six arrays. Not to mention Li Lin, even if the Grand Master came, he could trap him for two or three days and then escape from the sky.

But Li Lin didn't fall for it.

"He actually managed to see my formation; he miscalculated."

Du Fei thought he could lure Li Lin into the formation, but the other party didn't fall for it.

Even reverse psychology didn't work.

This made him feel very uncomfortable.

And now, he has to think about how to escape.

He thought for a moment and decided to talk to the wealthy man of the Bai family to ask if there were any underground passages or the like.

As soon as I stood up, I felt a cool breeze blow on the back of my head.

He instinctively turned around, only to find nothing there.

And when he touched his head, there was nothing foreign in his hair, so he didn't think much of it.

He was walking towards the fourth gate of the house. Beside the path stood an old locust tree. Upon seeing it, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why do these people plant locust trees of all things? Don't they know that this thing is bad for feng shui?"

This locust tree is very old; it looks like it's about to die and could fall down at any moment.

After he finished speaking, he had only taken two steps when he faintly heard what sounded like a strange noise.

And the sound kept getting louder and louder.

Du Fei turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came, and then he saw that the entire locust tree had fallen, and the direction it fell was right in front of him.

"What is this?!"

Du Fei is not a pure martial artist; his reaction speed and running speed are only slightly faster than those of an ordinary person.

The old locust tree fell very quickly, and its canopy was quite large; he had only taken two steps when it hit him.

A scream rang out... About ten breaths later, Du Fei crawled up from among the many branches.

At this moment, he had several wounds on his face. One of them started from the left side of his forehead and spread diagonally to the right corner of his mouth, with the skin turned outward and blood dripping down.

Du Fei took a few breaths and wiped his face with his sleeve, feeling a sharp pain as if a knife had been pulled out.

Moreover, the cuffs were covered in blood, and a lot of blood was dripping down his chin.

Then he took out a porcelain bottle from his clothes, poured out some medicinal powder, and wanted to apply it to his face to stop the bleeding.

Just then, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew in.

The powder on his hand suddenly scattered, and a large portion of it went directly into his eyes.

Du Fei screamed in pain, forgetting to wipe his face, and covered his eyes, trying to wipe away the powder in his pupils.

However, the powder was very absorbent and stuck in his eyes, causing him great discomfort.

My eyes are burning.

He remembered that there was a small pond where he had just been sitting.

He then slowly walked over, relying on his memory.

However, the irritation to his eyes made him very uncomfortable. He walked too fast and couldn't see the road. He stepped on the moss on the edge of the pond and slipped into the pond.

Coo coo coo!

He floated in the pond, slapping the surface of the water, but he couldn't straighten his body no matter what he did.

Even someone who can't swim can drown if the water is deeper than the height of their hands when they put them up.

Moreover, the pond was deep enough to reach his chest.

Du Fei tried to push himself up from the pond several times, but soon sank back down due to his unstable center of gravity.

The powder in his eyes had been washed away by the water, but his face, covered with wounds, was filled with despair.

Because he really can't swim.

The kind of thing I've never learned before.

After struggling in the water for a while, he gradually stopped moving and sank to the bottom.

After Li Lin and his constables waited outside for a while, they saw more than a dozen small paper figures, each carrying two or three yellow paper banners, come out from inside.

Seeing this, Li Lin smiled and said, "The formation is broken. Let's take the people in."

Several constables immediately led their men and rushed into the Bai residence like wolves and tigers.

Li Lin stood at the door and waited for a while.

Then Zhou, the head constable, came out. His expression was a little strange: "County Commandant... Du Fei, that thief, is gone. Master Bai and his relatives were not seriously harmed."

Li Lin was somewhat surprised. Had they still let him escape?
How did they escape?

Incomprehensible.

Just then, another constable ran out: "County Commandant, we've found the thief Du. He's drowned."

Ah!
Everyone around looked at Li Lin with a mixture of fear and admiration.

(End of this chapter)