Chapter 143

The train arrived at the station.

Brother Hu and the three walked off the train with luggage bags, and smiles appeared on all three faces.

Zhangjiajie was their San Francisco.

They would start their own gold-digging dream here!

Li Zhuiyuan carried his schoolbag and walked out of the train, the sun outside was just right, a bit dazzling.

The disguised Yin Meng and Lin Shu passed by, Li Zhuiyuan nodded slightly to them, and the two continued to follow Brother Hu and them forward.

According to the plan, because the "funds were sufficient," in the first few days after arriving in Zhangjiajie, these three thugs would have high enthusiasm to find the non-existent village in the local area.

During this period, Lin Shu and Yin Meng didn't need to do anything, mainly just accompanying.

When the enthusiasm of the three thugs faded and they began to retreat, the two of them would "feed the bait," for example, by buying off passersby or beggars, throwing some news to the three thugs, letting them regain confidence and continue to stay in Zhangjiajie to dig for gold.

Anyway, just hang them like this until Li Zhuiyuan finds specific new clues, and then introduce them to complete the canal planning, waiting for the river water to fill.

"Grandma Zhu's last wish" and "Wanted criminal Tian Meihong" belong to open routes.

The former looks back at her hometown; as long as it is in Zhangjiajie, it is her hometown, and finally Li Zhuiyuan only needs to sign in at her hometown village.

The latter is simpler; even if Tan Wenbin is just walking on the street, visiting the night market and eating snacks, that is also in the state of plainclothes searching for wanted criminals.

Therefore, these two lines have relatively high freedom, just put the painting, photo, and arrest warrant in the bag, and everything that follows has a basis.

But those three thugs, after all, are three living people, so someone needs to watch them.

One person watching is not safe, and another person is needed to take over the shift and keep in touch with the team at any time.

Of course, the main thing is that Li Zhuiyuan is not at ease letting Lin Shu execute a task alone.

This guy A You has enough combat power, even if he doesn't open his face or start a spirit, dealing with three small thugs is more than enough, but sometimes his brain short-circuits easily.

Yin Meng was very satisfied with this arrangement; she was originally the last one to enter the team, and now she could bring a new youngest, having a feeling of being a senior, like a squad leader.

After Li Zhuiyuan, Tan Wenbin, and Runsheng came out of the train station, under Runsheng's suggestion, the three walked a long way along the street, chose a rice noodle shop, sat in the corner, and ordered ten bowls of rice noodles.

The reason for walking a distance deliberately was that Runsheng felt the restaurants near the train station were expensive.

Besides that, there were many black cars near the train station, and even if taxis came in, it was basically a fixed price wanting to take you to a place further away.

After eating, Tan Wenbin hailed a taxi, asked about the nearby antique market, and asked the driver to take them there.

Arriving in Zhangjiajie, the goal of the next stage was to find the Xie family.

The antique market was a good contact point.

This market is often divided into inner and outer markets.

The outer market is the so-called genuine and counterfeit antiques, while the inner market is special things like talisman paper, prayer objects, or curse objects.

Most antique markets have such inner market shops, usually deserted, with bosses and clerks sitting inside without shouting, just waiting for those who know the goods and those in need to take the initiative to come to the door.

Arriving at the place, this antique market was quite large, and a construction site outside was under construction, looking like it was planning to expand and create a tourism culture street.

There were quite a few tourists inside, many foreigners, and occasionally a few sounds of Korean could be heard.

The outer market was not worth visiting, and there was no need to be busy distinguishing what was genuine or counterfeit, because there were mostly crafts and souvenirs.

Tan Wenbin: "Did this driver take us to the wrong place?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "This should be the antique market he knows."

The driver didn't take them to the wrong place, but he only knew this one.

Fortunately, while walking, Li Zhuiyuan still saw the inner market shop.

The inner market, like the outer market, was also mixed with fish and dragons, because many rich people in the contemporary era really relied on standing at the wind outlet by chance, so they believed in this set of "feudal superstition" things deeply.

And their influx also gave birth to the deformity of the inner market; it would be a waste not to earn the money of the suckers.

Passing by three inner market shops in succession, they were all just for show, with nothing real to sell. Until the fourth one, Li Zhuiyuan looked at the two paper figures placed at the door and stopped his steps.

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng also discovered the wrongness of the paper figures; both of them could be considered professional paper-burning people and could distinguish the quality.

"Why don't these paper figures have eyes?" Runsheng asked.

Li Zhuiyuan: "These are paper figures used as utensils, not just for burning as offerings."

Being able to place these two paper figures at the shop door was enough to show the heritage of this shop.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the shop; there were not many goods inside, just barely filling the cabinets and display windows.

An old man wearing a blue long gown and a goatee was sitting there drinking tea. Seeing guests coming, he didn't stand up to greet them either.

Three candles were placed on the counter, and an oil lamp was hanging on the beam.

After Tan Wenbin observed the surroundings, he took the initiative to walk to the three candles.

Seeing this, the old man slowly put down the teacup and prepared to stand up to greet them.

Tan Wenbin began to light the candles, one, two...

One refers to people in the Jianghu, meaning peers, understanding the way.

Two refers to peers, relying on sufficient status, and can discuss friendship with the shopkeeper and the people behind the shopkeeper.

When the second candle was lit, the old man had already changed to good tea leaves and was preparing to make tea.

But when he saw Tan Wenbin light the third candle, the old man's hand shook, he put down the cup and pot in his hand, and immediately ran over, bowed, and asked:

"I don't know who has arrived, I have failed to welcome you from afar, may I ask who you are..."

Lighting the third candle means my status is more noble than yours, so serve me well.

Of course, even if you don't have this confidence, you can go and light three candles to show off, but you have to bear the consequences yourself.

Tan Wenbin looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and Li Zhuiyuan began to salute:

"Chest facing Jiujiang, courage reflecting Xunyang, spirit covering Lushan, spirit facing Poyang. Jiujiang—Zhao Yi."

When going out, identities are all given by oneself.

Just like the rules of lighting candles, it doesn't matter if you impersonate someone else's family, provided you can withstand the other party's revenge after knowing the truth.

The old man immediately returned the salute: "Jiujiang Zhao family, I have long admired your name, please sit down, Young Master Zhao."

Led by the old man, Li Zhuiyuan and the three entered the shop.

After serving tea, the old man retreated. Soon, a beautiful woman about thirty years old, with a plump figure and a mole under her lip, walked in.

As soon as the beautiful woman walked in, Li Zhuiyuan captured her gaze sweeping across his forehead.

It seems that the heritage of this shop is even deeper than he expected, because this woman knows the life-and-death door crack on Zhao Yi's forehead.

This means that the other party has already discovered that he is an impostor now.

"Young Master Zhao, I am..."

The woman smiled at the corner of her mouth, carrying style in her gestures, and as her sleeves waved lightly, things in the cabinets on both sides of the room seemed to open their eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan pressed the teacup he hadn't drunk yet onto the table, and while his palms were facing down, the four ghosts lifted the sedan, and the things in the cabinets on both sides all closed their eyes.

The smile on the woman's face immediately became even stronger, and she didn't walk forward anymore, but first bowed:

"I don't know that Young Master Zhao has arrived here, what is the business? If you have any needs, please feel free to order."

Even if she knows that he borrowed the identity, what does it matter? In the Jianghu, what is finally fought is the fist. Those true and false things, on the contrary, not many people care about.

Li Zhuiyuan went straight to the point: "I want to ask something."

"Young Master Zhao, please ask."

"I want to find the Xie family."

"Could it be the four corpse-driving families of the Old Heaven Gate?"

"Yes."

"Then what Young Master Zhao wants to find is the Ox-Knife Xie or the Yan Family Xie?"

The four major corpse-driving families of the Old Heaven Gate: Xie, Xie, Wang, Bu.

Xie, when used as a surname, is homophonous with "Xie," so to distinguish them, they are each called "Ox-Knife Xie" and "Yan Family Xie."

"I'm looking for Ox-Knife Xie."

"To tell Young Master Zhao, if you want to find the other three families, it's not difficult, and this shop can also contact and point the way for you. It's just this Ox-Knife Xie, which had already declined as early as the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Although there were Xie family members driving corpses and taking jobs to walk in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they had long since failed to become a climate.

The last time I heard of a Xie family member appearing was twenty years ago, at Old Man Wang's birthday, the Xie family sent a young child to appear. I only remember that child asking about the family situation and not knowing anything, and eating a whole table of food alone.

Since then, there has been no news of the Xie family. Thinking that twenty years have passed, the Xie family child from back then should be the same age as me now."

"Where can I find them?"

"Young Master Zhao is asking about the Xie family ancestral home?"

"Right."

"Meiling Town, Taohua Village. Back then, the birthday invitation for Old Man Wang was sent there. I thought it would sink into the sea, but who knew someone really came.

But after that, I wanted to contact and search again, but all returned without success, and even that child could no longer be found."

"Why did the Wang family still want to find them?"

"Anyway, they were once listed together as the four major families of the Old Heaven Gate, so there is some incense friendship. If there are really only orphans left in their family, looking at the face of the ancestors, one has to help, right."

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the woman and said: "Not everyone has the qualification to lie."

The woman covered her face and smiled apologetically: "It is said that the Xie family has hidden a big secret for hundreds of years, and everyone is interested in this secret. Back then, Old Man Wang also wanted to set up a doll marriage with that child and incidentally fish out that secret. Who knew that child ate with a mouth full of oil, said two sentences of 'Fortune as vast as the East Sea, longevity as high as the Southern Mountain,' and ran away after getting off the table.

At that time, people were sent to follow, but they were lost."

Hearing this, Tan Wenbin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Knowing things from twenty years ago so clearly, this is still called "hearing"?

It was just that Brother Xiaoyuan was asking questions now, so it was inconvenient for him to ask.

Li Zhuiyuan: "So, the only clue to find the Xie family now is Meiling Town, Taohua Village?"

"Young Master Zhao has deep blessings. If you really want to find them, you might really be able to find them."

"I accept your good words."

Li Zhuiyuan stood up, preparing to leave.

The woman moved aside to make way.

However, when Li Zhuiyuan passed in front of her, the woman spoke again:

"I don't know that Young Master Zhao is looking for the Xie family, is it for revenge or..."

"Do I need to tell you this?"

"You misunderstood my meaning."

"Oh?"

"Young Master Zhao, if you find the Xie family and see the one who came to eat at the banquet twenty years ago, can you please pass a word for me?"

"Say it."

"Just say that the girl who should have had a doll marriage with him back then and gave him a duck leg at the banquet is still waiting for him."

This sentence was equivalent to exposing her identity. She was surnamed Wang, and this shop was also the Wang family's industry.

She didn't introduce herself when she saw him hiding his identity before, but now she took the initiative to say it because he wanted to find the Xie family.

It was just that Li Zhuiyuan didn't quite believe this moving love story, because from her physiognomy, he could see that the woman was already a wife, and had given birth to children, and it was a physiognomy of having many children and many blessings.

This was not a beautiful love story of waiting foolishly since a glance in childhood.

Li Zhuiyuan asked: "Waiting for him to do what?"

The woman sighed and said:

"My man left home five years ago in the first lunar month, with no news, leaving behind a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. Both children are in school now.

I, a woman, manage the shop and bring up two children, which is really a bit difficult, and I look down on other men. After thinking about it, it seems that there is only this half-section of marriage left, which carries a bit of a story. If he is willing to come again, it is not impossible to try to live with him. He can also incidentally pick up two children to call him dad, how much trouble it saves, hehe."

As the woman said this, she laughed herself.

After a while, she stopped laughing and said apologetically: "I lost my state, let Young Master Zhao see a joke."

"I will bring the words."

"Thank you, Young Master Zhao."

After leaving the shop, the three walked straight out. Since they had obtained the clues for the next stage, there was no need to delay here.

Tan Wenbin's face had always been hanging with a thoughtful expression. He was chewing on the words the woman said before, and the more he chewed, the more strange he felt.

After leaving the antique market, Tan Wenbin finally couldn't help asking: "Brother Xiaoyuan, it seems that this Wang family's relationship with the Xie family is not ordinary."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Hmm."

"The last paragraph she said, I feel very strange, a bit inexplicable."

"Because we haven't clearly determined what kind of stance we have toward the Xie family."

"Hmm?"

"Brother Binbin, you first try to substitute, we and the Xie family are old friends, and then taste her words again."

"That is to say, there might have been a misunderstanding between the Xie family and the Wang family, hoping to use our mouth to pass a word to ease it?"

"Then you substitute that we and the Xie family have a feud, and this trip of ours is for revenge."

"That is... the Wang family's banquet twenty years ago was likely a Hongmen Banquet, and the husband of this woman who disappeared five years ago might also have died in the hands of the Xie family?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Hmm, these two families have a big feud."

Tan Wenbin smiled: "It seems that the name of Jiujiang Zhao really has a deterrent power."

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "She recognized long ago that we are not Jiujiang Zhao, but since we dare to impersonate Jiujiang Zhao, it makes her even more wary of our identity, which is why her words became so distorted."

Stopping his steps, Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes, his ears trembling slightly.

Runsheng immediately showed vigilance, and while scanning the surroundings, asked: "Xiaoyuan, is someone following?"

"No, but maybe not here."

Tan Wenbin took out the map prepared in advance from his backpack: "Let me see, how far is Meiling Town from here..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Very far and very remote, have to take a long-distance bus."

Tan Wenbin took out another city map: "Then let me see where the bus station is, we can charter a car there."

Li Zhuiyuan pointed forward: "Right there in front."

Tan Wenbin put away the map helplessly. Brother Xiaoyuan had read the map in advance, and the location coordinates were all in his brain.

"Then shall I go hail a taxi?"

"Not far, let's walk over, and give them some preparation time."

Outside the state-run bus station, there was a large square where many black cars were parked, including motorcycles, tricycles, small vans, and even old-fashioned minibuses.

You don't even need to go to the bus station ticket window to buy tickets. Finding ticket scalpers here to buy them can get you cheaper ones.

However, you can't enter the station to sit. After the state-run bus inside drives out, the ticket scalper will take you to stand on the side of the road, and then the driver will stop and open the door to pick you up.

"Going to Meiling Town! Going to Meiling Town!"

As soon as the three walked onto the square, they heard two people holding handwritten plastic signs shouting hard.

Many peers nearby cast strange looks at the two.

Meiling Town is very remote, so remote that black car drivers are unwilling to go. Sometimes it's not a problem of not getting passengers, but you can't return empty after sending passengers there.

Tan Wenbin looked at the signs held by the two people. He believed that if he used his finger to wipe the words on them, his finger would definitely be covered with wet black ink.

"Brother Xiaoyuan..."

"Since there is a special car arrangement, why not sit."

"How did they know we would come here?"

"Because the three of us are carrying mountaineering bags, it's obvious we didn't drive here ourselves."

"Tsk, so that's how it is. Then I'll go to the phone booth over there to notify Brother A You and Mengmeng."

"Hmm."

Tan Wenbin ran to the phone booth to make a call. Anyway, there was enough time, so he paged first and then waited for a return call.

And the two black car drivers continued to shout and solicit passengers around Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng very considerately.

In the middle, a woman carrying a baby came up to ask about the price; she was going to Meiling Town.

The two black car drivers were obviously stunned and began to negotiate the price with her.

As soon as the woman heard the price, she was immediately happy and kept saying "Sit, sit, sit."

Tan Wenbin finished his call and ran back, also going up to negotiate the price.

This price was really cheap, cheap to the point that it might not be enough for gas money.

Even so, Tan Wenbin still held back his laughter and bargained with the other party.

The other party actually agreed.

This made the woman with the child who was originally standing by and preparing to get on the car anxious, and she came forward to demand to take the car at this price.

Finally, she was also agreed. The woman was all smiles.

Just after the price was negotiated, another business opened. Five people came, carrying large and small bags, dressed as if they were migrant workers coming to the city from the township below.

It's just that the dressing of these five people was a bit too deliberate. The cloth shoes and liberation rubber shoes on their feet were all deliberately wiped with dirt, and their bodies were also deliberately made dirty.

In this era, even those who go to the city to work, they are only covered in dust at the construction site. Who doesn't deliberately tidy themselves up on weekdays, especially when going home?

These five guys are really "why don't they eat minced meat."

Of course, it was also because although they walked over, they didn't give them too much preparation time.

Two vans, both were vans, originally the woman with the child was arranged to go to the other car, but the woman saw that there were five men here, so she made a fuss and demanded to change to the other car.

Seeing Li Zhuiyuan and the three looking here through the car window, the black car driver had no choice but to agree to her change of car.

The woman carried the child and got on happily. This car had three young people, and although the big guy wrapped in bandages looked scary, the other young man and the young man looked very decent. Sitting with them, she felt safe.

The car started, first driving in the city, and after driving out of the city, it gradually went on the mountain road.

The van behind was looming. There was no way, the mountain road twisted and turned, you couldn't hide at all, even if you deliberately stayed very far away, you could see it from a distance at the next turn.

Please... you... collect_ (!)

The driver should be new, but the car is old.

The van was modified, with two rows of seats, and there were plastic boards in the back to facilitate adding seats.

Runsheng sat in front of Li Zhuiyuan, Tan Wenbin sat behind Li Zhuiyuan, and the woman sat on the right side of Li Zhuiyuan, separated by a very narrow small aisle.

The child cried, and the woman began to breastfeed the child.

Li Zhuiyuan turned his head to look.

Logically speaking, one should avoid looking at this time, but when going out, Li Zhuiyuan will always remain cautious.

What if the function of this pile of "why don't they eat minced meat" is to set off the reality of the woman?

The woman didn't mind the young man's gaze, but instead showed a smile, and deliberately turned sideways, letting the young man see the child she was feeding obediently.

Very real.

Tan Wenbin, who was sitting in the back, saw Brother Xiaoyuan's "indecent behavior." After the woman finished feeding, he immediately started chatting with the woman.

The woman's dialect accent was very heavy, but it didn't affect Tan Wenbin's performance.

But in the chat, the woman also performed very normally.

Li Zhuiyuan took out some food and drink from his bag, and deliberately took out some to share with the woman. The woman smiled and expressed her gratitude, and then she took out peanuts and something similar to a pancake to return to the young man.

Li Zhuiyuan also expressed his gratitude, then indicated that he was not hungry, put it in his bag, and didn't eat it.

After eating milk, the child became more active. This was a boy, and he had been staring at the young man in front of him with big bright eyes, very curious.

The car continued to drive, Li Zhuiyuan no longer paid attention to the woman, but instead appreciated the scenery along the way.

He actually didn't mind the "arrangement for himself" by these guys, because he took the initiative to find them, not them finding him.

With this group of people, he could save a lot of "storytelling" links.

Moreover, they didn't show hostility toward him, just like the twist shown by the woman in the antique market, retaining the retreat of "we did this to protect you."

But by dusk, before reaching the destination, the road was blocked ahead.

The driver was shocked, got out of the car to ask about the situation, and after returning, said: "There was a landslide, the road ahead is blocked, and I don't know when the road will be reopened."

Hearing this, the woman immediately chattered in dialect, showing dissatisfaction.

The driver was annoyed and said: "What can I do, it's not like I dug the mountain!"

After saying this, the driver showed a guilty look in his eyes and deliberately glanced at Li Zhuiyuan.

The mountain was not dug by him, but he was guilty, as if he was afraid that Li Zhuiyuan would misunderstand that they really did it.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't misunderstand, because if they really intended to do it, they wouldn't have waited until now. They could have found an opportunity anywhere along the way.

"Is there any place to rest nearby?" Li Zhuiyuan asked.

"Drive back a bit, there is a roadside dwelling down the fork in the road, the courtyard is quite spacious."

"Then let's go there, sitting in the car for too long is uncomfortable."

"Hey, good." After agreeing, he felt that as a black car driver, he was too easy to talk to, so he added, "I also want to go out and smoke a cigarette properly."

The van reversed and drove into the roadside dwelling.

The bungalow was built by the small road, with a small cliff behind it, but the courtyard was spacious and could park trucks. There was a simple toilet and another water trough with a sign hanging on it: Add Water.

A window was opened in the bungalow, and the word "Smoke" was pasted on the window.

The householders were an old couple, both hunchbacked.

The van behind also drove in, and both the driver and the five returnees got off.

The old couple came up to ask if they wanted to buy some food, Li Zhuiyuan and the others patted their bags, indicating they brought their own.

The two black car drivers and the five returnees bought some food from the old couple and also bought some cigarettes.

The sky gradually darkened, and one of the black car drivers drove to the front from time to time to ask about the situation, and finally returned and said: "I'm afraid we can't leave tonight, the road will be reopened tomorrow morning."

The old couple came to promote their accommodation again. There was a room inside that could accommodate people.

The black car driver was quite sensible and specifically came to ask Li Zhuiyuan and the three, saying that he could arrange for the three of them to live in the room.

Li Zhuiyuan refused as usual, Tan Wenbin took out his sleeping bag, and Runsheng set up a tent.

Finally, the two black car drivers moved in, and the five returnees huddled on the other side of the courtyard. They brought quite a few pots and pans, but didn't bring enough quilts. It was cold at night, so they could only shrink there, smoking and enduring it.

Among the five people, except for the oldest one who was nearly fifty, the other four smoked, and each cigarette was only smoked halfway before being thrown on the ground and stepped out with the soles of their shoes.

Tan Wenbin also discovered this point, turned his head, and chuckled: Damn, I don't even have the heart to waste cigarettes like this.

The woman carried the child and looked very pitiful, but she didn't take the initiative to come to Li Zhuiyuan for help.

Li Zhuiyuan said to Runsheng: "Brother Runsheng, go set up a tent for her, and give her my sleeping bag."

"Good."

Runsheng went to set up the tent, deliberately choosing a position relatively far from the three of them.

At night, the temperature in the mountains dropped rapidly.

The old couple pushed out a gasoline drum from the house, and then put firewood into it to light it, bringing light and warmth.

Seeing this, the five people's first reaction was to look at the three people on Li Zhuiyuan's side to see if they were coming over.

Li Zhuiyuan and the three remained in place.

The five of them looked at each other for a while, not knowing whether they should go over to roast the fire and keep warm.

But leaving the fire basin burning there and not going over themselves also seemed very unreasonable.

Finally, the oldest one waved his hand, and the five people came to the fire basin and sat around.

It was late at night, but there were not many people on the field who really fell asleep. Although the five people closed their eyes, their posture was clearly not sleeping.

Although the two black car drivers lived in the house, through the window, one could see the red cigarette butts flashing from time to time inside.

"Dinglingling... Dinglingling... Dinglingling..."

There was a bell sound, relatively far away, and it didn't come from the direction of the main road, but from the small road below.

The old couple, who had already fallen asleep, put on their clothes again and came out. From the house, they took out two white sails and stood them in the courtyard.

The five returnees were "awakened" and saw these white sails, looking a bit unbelievable.

The two black car drivers also walked out of the house and went to talk to the old couple after seeing the white sails. They kept their voices very low, but spoke very quickly.

The old couple's reaction was very surprised, and they kept asking them questions.

Li Zhuiyuan had good hearing and heard the conversation.

The two black car drivers were surprised that your family actually still has a Yin road?

The old couple was surprised that you two black car drivers know the way so well?

As a corpse-driving family, the Wang family encountered corpse drivers in the wild.

The bell sound got closer and closer, and figures had already appeared on the small road in the distance.

The leader was wearing a yellow Taoist robe, a Sanqing belt around his waist, a gossip mirror on his chest, a Qingyun crown on his head, a bell in his right hand, and paper money scattered in his left hand.

Scattered a bit stingily, actually throwing it one by one.

However, his posture was a bit strange, a bit stiff.

When they got closer, they found another person wearing a yellow Taoist robe behind, also scattering paper money, also throwing it one by one.

The reason for the stiff walking was also found: the two had a bamboo pole tucked under each arm.

Between the two, there was another person, and this person's feet did not touch the ground.

The old couple ended the argument with the two black car drivers, the old man took out paper money, threw it into the fire basin, and burned it, while the old woman took a mirror and waved it at the entrance of the courtyard. This was guiding the way.

The five returnees all stood up and stood in a row. Except for the oldest one, the other four had mockery on their faces.

Such an expression, under the flickering firelight, was reflected even more clearly and obviously.

Li Zhuiyuan knew what they were mocking. Because judging from the movements, that pair of corpse drivers was taking a low-end route, using traditional bamboo poles to frame the corpse and carrying the corpse to walk.

A truly capable corpse driver can drive the corpse with art and let the corpse walk by itself.

Li Zhuiyuan frowned slightly. Of course, he didn't have the professional grade discrimination in the corpse-driving inheritance. He was just curious, a corpse, what is there to drive?

For two living people, there are many ways to transport a corpse, is it necessary to respect tradition like this?

Li Zhuiyuan's eyes condensed, and he started to walk in the Yin.

He looked at the corpse drivers over there. Clearly, they were already very close, but he could only vaguely see a group of black mist.

It seems... there is a problem?

If you can't see anything, it's a very normal thing, indicating that there are no evil spirits and spirits present, but a group of black mist, isn't this clearly covering up to prevent being probed?

That pair of corpse drivers was about fifty meters away from the courtyard.

Li Zhuiyuan began to try to use the method of Wei Zhengdao's black leather book to adjust his mental frequency, hoping to conduct a new probe across that group of "black mist."

In the past, he always used this way to resonate with existences like the dead.

Runsheng and Tan Wenbin always maintained vigilance, especially after seeing the young man's eyelids start to tremble rapidly, the two tacitly protected the young man even more tightly.

When that pair of corpse drivers was ten meters away from entering the courtyard, Li Zhuiyuan received feedback from within the black mist.

He sensed it, two feedbacks!

The young man immediately stopped his movements and ended the Yin walk.

Two feedbacks, indicating two evil spirits!

But the problem is, looking at it in reality, it is clearly two yellow-robed Taoist priests, framing a corpse and moving forward.

So, the corpse being framed is a living person, and the two corpse-driving Taoist priests are corpses?

Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously took a deep breath, and a chill arose in his heart.

Having walked the river three times, he should have accumulated great confidence, but at this moment, he felt deep apprehension.

Because the same scene, placed here with the corpse-salvaging people, is equivalent to two dead people, carrying a person, walking on the road.

Moreover, the most horrifying thing is that these two dead people are wearing Taoist robes and are covered with Taoist magic tools!

Even if these magic tools are all counterfeits, but you dress up a pile of counterfeits for evil spirits, it will definitely have problems, and it is impossible to be like this now, like a ghost that is fine.

Distance, ten meters.

The front and back Taoist priests looked very young, and the two seemed to be brothers, with similar face shapes, both round faces.

The Taoist priest in front waved his hand, as if he was saying hello.

The Taoist priest in the back poked his head out, smiling, and was also responding.

The old woman was happy, making a gesture of pointing fingers, as if she was guiding a car to stop in her own courtyard.

The five returnees all laughed out loud.

The two black car drivers also walked to the front of the courtyard and pointed at that side.

The two Taoist priests chatted with them, and the one in the back was better, still shouting: "Yin people on the road, Yang people avoid."

The young Taoist priest in front lowered his head shyly, as if he was embarrassed to see so many strangers all of a sudden.

This intimacy, this naturalness, this performance of a normal person, is it still an evil spirit?

Sometimes walking the river, when it is a single-plank bridge, you have no choice. No matter what, you have to risk everything to fight, because you know that apart from lighting the lamp again and admitting defeat, there is no way to avoid it.

But now, the wave hasn't arrived yet, and there is no such extreme situation.

If the danger level of the other party really exceeds expectations, then he doesn't need to fight hard.

After all, walking the river gives you a step-by-step expectation, but reality never reasons with you.

"Waa~ waa~ waa~"

The harsh and rapid crying of a child came, attracting the attention of many people, but everyone quickly took their eyes back and continued to look at the pair of corpse drivers who were about to enter the courtyard.

Li Zhuiyuan continued to stare at the woman.

"Oh~ don't cry, don't cry~ oh~ good, don't cry~"

The woman walked toward the side of the courtyard while coaxing the child.

Actually, this child was very obedient, very quiet all the way, not crying or making trouble.

Many people who are bringing or have just brought small children can hear some meaning from the crying of children.

Li Zhuiyuan hadn't brought children, but he opened his wisdom early when he was a child. When he was really treated as a child, adults always liked to let him play with real children.

He heard it; the child's crying was because of pain, and judging from the frequency, someone was constantly inflicting pain on him.

It was the woman, in a place invisible to outsiders, deliberately using her hands to pinch the child, she was deliberately guiding the child to cry.

She walked to the side of the courtyard. There was a courtyard wall here, but the wall was very low, simply surrounded by wood. Even if it was a child, he could easily jump over.

This woman disguised herself all the way, and although he hadn't completely trusted her, he hadn't been able to see any flaws in her at all.

As a result, at this time, she didn't pretend anymore!

So, how terrifying is that "corpse-driving team" that is about to enter?

There was no time to continue thinking. The young Taoist priest in front was already turning direction, preparing to walk into the courtyard.

The woman coaxed the child and completely came to the side of the courtyard.

Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his hands, pulled Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, and then ran toward the side of the courtyard.

The tacit understanding between Runsheng and Tan Wenbin and the young man didn't need to be said. There was no need to ask "what's wrong" and "why." Seeing Xiaoyuan running, why not run quickly?

Fortunately, the tent position of the three was originally in the corner, just need to accelerate and sprint, and they reached the courtyard fence, and then, jump!

Below the courtyard was a slope, with a relatively large height difference. This was also the reason why the car had to be parked in this courtyard earlier, because there was no good land nearby, only this one was leveled.

When jumping out and falling, Runsheng reached out and grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's backpack, then turned sideways, pulled the young man to his chest, and then went down with his back.

"Bang!"

After landing, Runsheng hugged Li Zhuiyuan and rolled down continuously, then pulled out one hand and quickly inserted it into the soil beside him to stabilize his figure.

Tan Wenbin was a bit unlucky. He originally grabbed Runsheng's thigh, wanting to stabilize himself with this, but everyone was wearing custom-made exploration suits, the new clothes were made of good materials and were relatively smooth, not to mention the surface of the boots. Tan Wenbin grabbed all the way down, but couldn't grab it firmly in time.

Finally, he could only face down, "deng deng deng" for a long distance, and then stabilized.

After stabilizing, Tan Wenbin opened his mouth for the first time, making a silent painful cry. This feeling was like being rubbed hard by a steel wire ball on his chest.

"Good~ don't cry, don't cry~ good~ don't cry, don't cry~"

The woman's position was level with Runsheng, but the distance was further, three or four meters.

Everyone jumped from the same horizontal line, and Li Zhuiyuan and the three were also sprinting and jumping, but the woman could still jump so far while holding a child. This light body skill.

At this time, the woman squatted on the ground steadily, not looking at Runsheng and Li Zhuiyuan beside her, and not caring about Tan Wenbin who fell further down, but continued to coax the child:

"Oh~ don't cry, don't cry~ good~ don't cry, don't cry~"

The child gradually stopped crying, because no one pinched him anymore.

And at this time, above in the courtyard, a piece of scalp-numbing crying suddenly came.

In the next moment, the crying stopped abruptly, falling into dead silence!

So fast?

You know, those seven people were all Wang family members, all having extraordinary skills and means.

"Dinglingling... Dinglingling... Dinglingling..."

The bell sound rang again.

This time, the bell sound appeared above his head.

Below, Li Zhuiyuan, Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and the woman all raised their heads and looked up.

On the small road on the slope, a long team was moving according to the rhythm of the bell.

The front and back ones were still the two young Taoist priests wearing yellow robes.

In the middle, four on one side and three on the other, were the five "returnees" and the two "black car drivers."

Each of them held a bamboo pole with one hand, placed the bamboo pole on their shoulders, and followed the pace, step by step.

A total of ten people,

Still only that one person's feet did not touch the ground.

At this time, the old woman's voice echoed in the courtyard, echoing in this empty valley:

"Hey, there are five more who haven't hit the road together~"

(End of chapter)