Chapter 219

No wonder it is so effective at drawing people in; if it weren't sturdy and solid, how could it possibly serve as a prison cell?

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan opened the closed wordless book once more; it was the same page as before, but this time, the drawing no longer showed a disheveled old man roaring while gripping the bars, but had changed into a woman in green robes curled up in the corner of the cell, covering her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face and weeping.

With just a few sparse strokes, she appeared utterly pitiful and endearing.

That "Evil Book" is truly never lonely; even at this stage, it is still racking its brains to spread its evil nature within the limits of its ability.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan closed the book and quickly opened it again; inside the cell in the drawing, the woman in green had changed into red robes, her long, jet-black hair draped down as she stood on a stool, hands gripping a noose hanging from above, preparing to hang herself.

The young man gently stroked the page with his finger.

The woman, about to hang herself, reached out a hand toward the front, as if sobbing and pleading.

Her performance was very delicate; even if one were to scour the second-hand book market, it would be difficult to find another picture book with such a sensational drawing style.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan closed the book and tossed it onto the desk.

"You sure have a lot of drama."

The wordless book comes with its own detention and sealing effect; since the "Evil Book" has been absorbed, there is no need to perform any further sealing.

After carrying a washbasin out to wash his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan went to bed to rest.

He deliberately avoided doing any brain-draining research today because he had to go out tomorrow.

Although the journey back was a bit tiring, it was nothing compared to the exhaustion of traveling by river, so he had long since recovered his strength.

Therefore, his sleep was a bit short, and A Li had not yet come over when he woke up.

However, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had already heard the sound of the door opening in the east room; although the girl's footsteps were light, they were the ones he was most familiar with.

He turned his head back, closed his eyes, and feigned sleep.

The girl entered the room, first walked to the bedside to watch for a while, and then stood at the drawing table to continue working on the painting from last night.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan then woke up at the right moment, turned his head to look at the girl, only to see that although she was holding a paintbrush, she was half-turned today, the corner of her eye constantly glancing at him.

He was pretending to sleep, and she knew he was pretending to sleep, because even Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan himself did not know that his brow would be a bit more relaxed when he was asleep than when he was awake.

The two looked at each other and smiled, tacitly completing their greeting for the day.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan went to wash up first, then returned to help A Li grind ink and mix colors; after she finished a section of the composition, the two walked out of the room, sat on the rattan chairs, and began to play chess.

One kept losing, the other kept winning, yet the two of them never grew tired of it.

Liu Liu Jinxia, who had just been boiling water on the kitchen stove, leaned against the kitchen doorway, her gaze fixed on the balcony, her lips pursed from time to time; for someone who loves eating melon seeds, she could start "cracking" them even without any seeds.

The originally peaceful morning was broken by the arrival of a taxi.

The one driving was Liu Liu Changping, the Jin Ling taxi driver who had met the young nurse he was dating because he had waived Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's fare.

He had held his wedding not long ago, and yesterday he had taken a long-distance fare from Jin Ling to Nantong; before leaving, he had packed the car with some local specialties from his hometown in Jiangxi and some wedding candies and gifts.

He had arrived last night, but not wanting to disturb anyone by knocking on the door in the middle of the night, he had slept in his car for half the night and came to deliver the gifts first thing in the morning.

In fact, when he left last time, although Li Sanjiang had given him a red envelope for his first visit according to local custom, he had also left behind return gifts he had specifically bought in town, so they didn't really owe each other anything.

But the more they maintained this kind of relationship where neither side wanted to take advantage of the other, the longer it would last.

Li Sanjiang got up, left the house, and went down to talk and chat with Liu Liu Changping, asking him to stay for breakfast.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was planning to go out anyway, so he simply chartered his car for the day.

After the meal, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and got into Liu Liu Changping's car.

Liu Liu Changping took a red envelope from the car's glove compartment, put money into it from his pocket, added a piece of candy, and handed it to the young man sitting in the back seat.

"This is for you."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not refuse; he reached out to take it and replied:

"May you soon have a son."

The place where the scholar buried his wife was on the Suzhou side of Taihu Weiming Weiming Weiming Lake, not far from Nantong.

This was also the reason why Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan chose to go home first before completing his promise to the other party.

After reaching the general area, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took out his Luo Pan and began directing Liu Liu Changping where to drive.

When there was no more road to drive forward, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng got out of the car, and Liu Liu Changping followed them down; the young man glanced at him but said nothing.

Suzhou's industry is developed and the level of development is high; fortunately, the location where the scholar buried his wife still retains its primitive appearance, which saved a lot of trouble.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had brought all his tools when he left, and after taking out the Yellow River shovel and unfolding it, he began to dig along the spot designated by Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Liu Liu Changping had been holding a cigarette in his hand, but after seeing this scene, the cigarette butt began to tremble.

He had been a chartered driver for this group of young people several times, but the strangest thing he had ever seen was Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's naked run caused by his own premature collection of the laundry.

A young man, bringing one person, came to a place and started digging a hole without a word.

Liu Liu Changping swallowed his saliva, looked left and right; while instinctively panicked, he also started acting as a lookout.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng was very nimble; soon, the hole he dug connected with the natural rock cave that already existed below.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng squatted down, carried the young man on his back, and leaped down.

The area inside the rock cave was not large; the scholar had set up a formation here to maintain the basic environment of the tomb, but with the erosion of time, the formation had long since become a mere formality.

On the ground, water had already accumulated to above knee height.

On the corpse-bearing platform, the female corpse was completely frozen; the body had not rotted, but the formation inside the platform had long since stopped running, and the jade pendant mentioned in his memory used to keep the body from decaying had also shattered, leaving only a final bit of residual power to keep the corpse frozen.

If he hadn't come, it wouldn't be long before the corpse thawed and rotted, the tomb would be filled with Weiming Weiming Weiming Lake water, and the corpse along with the burial objects inside would all be swept into the Weiming Weiming Weiming Lake.

"This formation is indeed crude."

Having only seen it once in his memory and now witnessing it with his own eyes in reality, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan confirmed that the scholar... was actually just a "Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng" who liked to dress like a scholar.

"Brother Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, there, there, and there..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan gave many instructions in one breath, and after listening, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng only replied: "Got it!"

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng began to excavate the tomb, first draining the accumulated water, and then rearranging the formation flags according to the young man's requirements.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan focused on modifying the formation on the corpse-bearing platform.

After everything was completed, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan activated the newly arranged formations, with the formation eye set in the western position, echoing the tides of Taihu Weiming Weiming Weiming Lake, borrowing the power of the Weiming Weiming Weiming Lake to allow the formation to be maintained for a longer time.

After finishing this, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng together tidied up the burial objects that had been soaked and knocked over by the accumulated water; the silt was also shoveled away by Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng with the Yellow River shovel, and the entire tomb chamber suddenly became much cleaner.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng leaned on his shovel and said: "It would be better to burn it into ashes, saves the trouble of cleaning."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You'd better not say that to your grandfather."

Old Man Shan and his great-grandfather had already chosen their burial coffins and auspicious graves, waiting for earth burial.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan added another sentence: "And don't say it to Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng either."

Hearing this, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng laughed.

Those who make coffins naturally have an aversion to cremation.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan actually quite supports cremation; not only can it save land, but it can also greatly reduce the risk of corpses turning into "dead-walkers" or zombies.

But each generation has its own cognitive ideas; the scholar himself could accept being reduced to ashes, yet in his heart, he still hoped that his beloved wife's body could be properly preserved.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Alright, let's go back."

After coming out, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng restored the entrance.

At first, he didn't see Liu Liu Changping, but after a while, Liu Liu Changping ran over on tiptoe, lowering his voice:

"Hurry, let's go, I just checked, there's no one around right now."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's mountaineering backpack; it was bulging when they arrived, and it was still bulging now, so it was impossible to tell if they had dug up anything good.

While driving back, Liu Liu Changping was somewhat restless; he moved his lips several times, but in the end, he didn't ask anything.

Upon arriving in Nantong, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan signaled Liu Liu Changping to drive to the city's department store first; after he went in and bought some maternity and infant supplies, he had Liu Liu Changping drive the car to the riverside.

Liu Liu Changping was familiar with this place.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan signaled Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng to stay in the car, and he got out carrying the items himself.

Walking to the riverside, he first pulled out a piece of talisman paper and flicked it; the talisman paper spontaneously ignited and drifted onto the river surface.

Soon, accompanied by a "gurgling" sound, a water curtain emerged from the bottom of the river, revealing a woman in an elegant white dress; the woman's abdomen was slightly distended, though the pregnancy was not yet very obvious.

It seems that this child will not be so easy to give birth to.

The woman took three steps back, placed her hands in front of her, and prepared to bow solemnly.

"No need."

"Yes."

The woman kept her head slightly lowered, not daring to look directly.

Although Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang hadn't called to ask him to do this, since he was back for a trip, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan felt he should come to deliver some things and say hello.

It's just that this task should have been Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's responsibility, but Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin wasn't here now, and if he came himself, it would instead put too much pressure on the other party.

After tossing the gifts into the river, the gifts were wrapped in a special layer of water flow and quickly submerged.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

Behind him, the woman performed the grand bow she hadn't finished toward the young man.

Only after the young man's figure was no longer visible did she slowly sink and submerge into the river surface.

Next, it was time to return to Siyuan Village.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was preparing to calculate the fare for the day for Liu Liu Changping when Liu Liu Changping's pager rang before he could speak.

"My wife, I'll return a call."

Parking the car by the small shop on the side of the road, Liu Liu Changping got out to return the call; before long, he ran back excitedly, as if he had forgotten he was a driver, and actually started slapping the car window.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan rolled down the car window.

Liu Liu Changping: "Haha, my wife is pregnant, my wife is pregnant!"

This happy news instantly washed away the gloom of the morning's suspected accompaniment to grave robbing.

He drove Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng back to Siyuan Village with a silly grin on his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face the whole way; halfway there, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan wanted to pay him the fare, but he pushed it away, saying it was a joyous day and he wouldn't take the money.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't insist.

As the car drove back to the dam-side at Li Sanjiang's home, Liu Liu Changping shouted happily to Li Sanjiang, who was sitting on the dam-side:

"Grandpa Li, my wife is pregnant; I'm going to be a dad!"

Li Sanjiang smiled and said, "Oh my, that's great news. Come, let me have a good drink with you... Never mind, you'd better head back first. Drive safely on the road."

"Then I'll be off, Grandpa."

Liu Liu Changping reversed the car and drove out of the village.

It was truly a coincidence; he felt that every time he encountered this group and helped them drive, he would always receive good news.

From meeting his partner to getting married and then the pregnancy, the whole process had been taken care of in one go.

On the dam-side, Li Sanjiang chuckled and said, "This kid, he looks like he's gone silly with joy; he probably wishes he were driving a rocket instead of a taxi right now."

As he spoke, Li Sanjiang's gaze subconsciously fell upon Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, and then he naturally began to search for the girl's figure.

Halfway through the search, Li Sanjiang slapped his forehead; the child was still young, what on earth was he thinking about? It was truly shameless.

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou, accompany me to go see your grandfather again."

"Okay."

On the dam-side, Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei, who was sitting there drinking tea, let her gaze fall first on the young man, then shifted it toward her granddaughter.

As A Li was the only bloodline of both the Qin and Liu families, it was, of course, impossible that Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei hadn't thought about this.

It was just that A Li's condition had been severe before, so she had basically extinguished the thought of A Li getting married in the future. Now, seeing A Li's condition constantly improving, she was already pondering how the surnames should be divided.

Anyway, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan also followed his mother's surname, Li, so he shouldn't place that much importance on surnames. When the time came, if she begged with her old Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, she should be able to...

Liu Yi suddenly appeared in front of Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei was startled and showed a look of displeasure.

Liu Yi said aggrievedly, "I called you several times, asking what you wanted to eat tonight, but you didn't react. So, what exactly were you thinking about just now?"

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei's displeasure turned into a faint blush, and she replied, "I was thinking about A Li's new clothes and what fabric would be good."

Liu Yi: "Give birth to one!"

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei: "That's not enough!"

Liu Yi laughed.

Liu Liu Liu Liu Liu Yumei raised her hand: "You cheap thing, asking for a beating!"

Liu Yi ran ahead laughing, with the old lady chasing behind her.

Qin Shu stood in the field with a hoe on his shoulder, looking out at this scene on the dam-side, and a smile appeared on his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face as well.

It was as if everything had returned to when he and A Ting were children; every time A Ting made a mistake, the mistress would chase her to lecture her like this, and the mistress, who clearly possessed great martial arts, could never catch A Ting, who was unwilling to endure the hardship of practicing.

A Li, who was drawing in the room on the second floor, walked out of the room, took a look at the chase between her grandmother and Liu Yi, then turned back to the room to continue drawing.

In the painting, the solemn and respectful auspicious clouds that had already been drawn were added with a few more strokes by the girl, adding a bit more vivid brightness.

Li Sanjiang brought Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan to Li Li Weihan's home again and happened to see Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's little uncle there, holding a bowl in his hand, filled with meat.

When Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was eating last night, he had instructed Xiong Shan to deliver the meat.

When the little uncle saw Li Sanjiang, he first shrank his neck in fear, then squeezed out a smile: "Grandpa Sanjiang."

He knew that Li Sanjiang did not like the four of them brothers; sometimes when they met in the village, he would spit at them from far away and curse them as "white-eyed wolves."

Li Sanjiang chuckled and walked over, ignoring the meat in the other person's bowl, and instead asked, "Your dad told me he has to go to the kiln to move bricks to pay back the hospitalization and surgery fees you four brothers paid for him."

Little uncle: "I didn't want it; it was my brothers who..."

Seeing Li Sanjiang pick up a wooden stick from the ground.

The little uncle immediately ran away with the bowl in his hands.

Li Sanjiang threw the wooden stick, hitting the little uncle on the back. The little uncle let out an "ouch" and straightened his body, but continued to protect the meat in the bowl and kept running toward home.

Li Li Weihan and Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying heard the commotion and walked out of the house.

When Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying saw Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, she ran up to hug him first, touching his head and then his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, very affectionately.

Li Sanjiang glared angrily at Li Li Weihan, and Li Li Weihan explained:

"The meat that Shan Hou sent today—I saw that the fourth Hou's family has many children and they are small, so I let him take it for the children..."

Upon hearing this, Li Sanjiang first lowered his head to look at Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou beside him, then looked at Li Li Weihan, let out a cold laugh, and cursed:

"These times aren't like before; it's not easy for someone with hands and feet to starve to death. Who the hell are you putting on a show for!"

Li Li Weihan was stunned; he had been lectured by Uncle Sanjiang yesterday, and who knew Uncle Sanjiang would curse even more severely today.

Li Sanjiang: "Tomorrow, you and Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying go to Shan Hou's place to help plant peach trees and harvest peaches; it counts as wages, and two meals are provided."

Li Li Weihan immediately replied: "Hey, helping you, Uncle Sanjiang, is what I should do; the wages aren't..."

Li Sanjiang cursed: "You old bastard, if you don't take wages, how are you going to pay back the money for your four sons!"

Seeing Uncle Sanjiang's temper was so high, Li Li Weihan could only nod.

Li Sanjiang added: "Meals are provided, but you can only eat them; don't think about taking advantage of me!"

Li Li Weihan waved his hands hurriedly: "We won't, we won't, we understand."

Li Sanjiang sighed, too lazy to get angry again, and just said faintly: "Take care of your own bodies; don't end up not living longer than me."

"Yes, yes, yes, we know, we know." Li Li Weihan nodded repeatedly with a forced smile, thinking to himself: I really don't have the confidence to outlive you, Uncle San.

Li Sanjiang added: "If you and Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Cui Guiying ever reach a day when your bodies fail and you need to be served while lying in bed, the real show will have only just begun."

After saying this, Li Sanjiang left, holding Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's hand.

While walking on the field ridge, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan peeled the boiled egg his grandmother had just stuffed into his hand and handed it to his great-grandfather first. His great-grandfather lowered his head and took a small bite:

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou, you eat it yourself."

"Mm."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was afraid his great-grandfather would be angry, because his great-grandfather must have guessed who had asked Xiong Shan to deliver the meat.

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Hou..."

"Yes, Great-grandfather."

"Great-grandfather has lived to this age and realized a truth: some people, they just have that kind of fate. Don't think about changing someone else's fate; you do it for their own good, but they might not necessarily appreciate it."

"I understand, Great-grandfather."

"Come, Great-grandfather will carry you!"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan climbed onto Li Sanjiang's back, and Li Sanjiang weighed him: "Whoa, the little sparrow is getting bigger and bigger."

Back home, they had dinner.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and A Li returned to their room, the two of them sitting Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face to Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, with the wordless book spread out before them.

In the cage in this painting, the woman in red had already hanged herself, her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face purple, her tongue sticking out quite long.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's biggest problem now was that the *Evil Book* had been taken in and locked up, but how should he use it after locking it up?

What was the point of just locking it up? He was still counting on it to undergo labor reform.

Leaving the book spread out on the side, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took out a red thread, kept winding it around his fingertips, and at the same time began to deduce the team formation.

But after deducing for just a while, the young man felt his brain go blank.

The girl stood up.

The young man looked up at the girl, a bit worried that she would go out to the kitchen to make him poached eggs in brown sugar.

However, the girl did not leave; instead, she reached out and took a red thread from the young man, imitating his previous steps, and began to weave it through her fingertips.

She was helping him deduce together.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan watched the red rope rolling on the girl's fingertips while his right hand pinched and moved.

Not long after, A Li also stopped her movements.

The girl frowned slightly, as if she wanted to force herself to continue, but was stopped by Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

"That's enough for now; this deduction is very energy-consuming, no need to rush."

The girl nodded, got up, and left.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan thought she was tired and had gone back to rest, so he took a basin to take a bath.

When he came back after his bath, his head felt a bit dizzy, and he walked with a slight sway. Pushing the door open and entering the room, he found that the girl had returned, holding two large bowls in her hands, filled with poached eggs in brown sugar.

"A Li, let's eat together."

The girl nodded.

Tonight's poached eggs in brown sugar were much better than last night's; they weren't as cloyingly sweet, which must have been thanks to Liu Yi helping to make them.

After eating, the girl returned to the east room, while Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan took the bowls to the kitchen.

Liu Yi was still tidying up inside and asked upon seeing him: "Was it good?"

"Liu Yi..."

"I'll change to other desserts for you next time."

"Thank you, Liu Yi."

"You're welcome, go back and rest quickly."

After Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan left, Liu Yi looked at the large tea jar of brown sugar on the table.

This morning, she had discovered that the large tea jar of brown sugar, which had been full yesterday, was gone. If she hadn't gone back to the kitchen again earlier, A Li would have added another full jar to the pot.

After eating the late-night snack, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, who had recovered some energy, returned to the room, his right hand continuing to pinch and move, beginning to consolidate the part he had deduced earlier.

This was a vast project; not only was its principle complex, but it also had to be individually designed and adjusted according to the characteristics of each person on the team.

Even with A Li helping him, at the current speed... Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan doubted that he could really deduce it without a full year.

Calculated by a set of profound secret techniques, deducing it in a year was already lightning fast; many factions' inherited cultivation methods required several generations to complete.

But for the young man, a year... was really too long.

Although he had demonstrated his strategic value to Old Old Old Jiang Shui, he could avoid that kind of sudden-attack wave pattern.

However, the difficulty Old Old Old Jiang Shui pushes onto himself next will also increase accordingly; if he doesn't hurry to rapidly improve the team's overall strength in the gaps between each wave, it will be very easy to be shattered by the increasingly fierce waves to come.

The youth lowered his head and looked at the Wordless Book again.

In that painting on the page, the woman still maintained the image of the hanged ghost from before, unchanged.

"Hmm, why has your desire to perform suddenly decreased today?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to pinch with his right hand, his left hand placed on the page.

At this moment, the youth suddenly discovered that as he continued to deduce, a special sense of assistance appeared, a feeling like when Zhao Yi was at his side before, lending him his brain through the crack of the Life-Death Gate.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan immediately lowered his head and looked at the image.

In the image, she was no longer hanging, but had begun to go mad, lying on the prison floor, rolling around.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan continued to deduce, and unconsciously accelerated his speed.

In the image, the woman's image changed into a man, who began to claw at his own Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face, looking extremely terrifying.

As the deduction continued, the man turned back into a woman, her body sprawled against the prison wall, twisting constantly, dripping with blood.

But the youth still did not stop, continuing to deduce; he had no choice, who told this guy to have a history of playing the victim.

The figure in the image began to hunch over, its body began to wither, and it was already impossible to tell if it was a man or a woman.

The deduction continued, until... one of its legs exploded and was gone.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan paused for a moment; only one leg had exploded, there was still another leg and two arms left.

He continued to deduce.

The other leg was gone too.

The arms were all gone.

By the time it was left with only a head atop a large piece of rotting flesh, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan finally stopped.

The portion just deduced was already enough for his ten-day quota.

Actually, the one truly responsible for the deduction was still Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan himself, but through the Wordless Book, he could draw upon the computational support provided by the "Evil Book."

At this time, because only a clear head remained, the image was magnified.

On the Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face of that head, it was full of terror and horror.

It was the "Evil Book"; since the day of its birth, it had manipulated and guided countless human tragedies and family-destroying disasters, and while it fed on this, it took even more pleasure in it.

But ever since falling into the hands of this youth, it finally realized what true, heartless evil was!

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan picked up his pen and wrote on the prison wall in the image:

"Continue tomorrow, intensity remains the same."

The head began to shake wildly, then its tongue stuck out and licked the blood beneath it; the next moment, the image on the page changed, and bloody characters written with the tongue appeared on the wall:

"Please let me rest, I will die!"

Sustainable fishing is certainly better.

But the problem is, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan doesn't know where this guy's bottom line is; it has already deceived him once, and he has no trust left for it.

The youth picked up his pen and wrote a simple, heartwarming response:

"Oh."

The ward door was pushed open, and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin walked in.

Looking at Tan Tan Yunlong, whose lips were still a bit pale on the hospital bed, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin smiled and said:

"Congratulations, Officer Tan, oh no, Captain Tan, oh no, Director Tan... can you say 'oh no' again this time and strive to become Bureau Chief Tan?"

At this time, Tan Tan Yunlong was the only one in the ward, so Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had no scruples.

He didn't want to pretend to throw himself into his father's arms crying.

In fact, he had already experienced injuries far more severe than this several times.

Having experienced so much, his perspective naturally changed; as long as he didn't die, he would be a good man again after recovering. Besides, although his father was not lightly injured, it hadn't touched any vital points, so it wasn't a big problem.

Tan Tan Yunlong, lying on the hospital bed in a patient's gown, rarely didn't get angry at his son's playful antics; instead, as if he were seeing his son for the first time, he said in a hoarse voice:

"How much suffering have you endured out there?"

They were busy before, and every time the father and son communicated, they seemed to be wearing a shell.

Tan Tan Yunlong was now recovering from his injuries, and his shell was temporarily broken, so with the eyes of an excellent veteran criminal police officer, he immediately saw the strangeness in his son.

This kind of detachment toward life and death, Tan Tan Yunlong had only seen in a very small number of special people before.

He really didn't expect that one day, he would be able to detect a similar feeling in his own son.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't, Dad, we're father and son, no need for sentimentality. Save some emotion and vent it when the TV station arrives."

Tan Tan Yunlong's chest heaved; the feeling of heartache for his son had just been shattered by his son himself. He felt stifled and could only spit out one sentence:

"You brat."

"Hehehe!"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin picked up an orange from the bedside table and began to peel it.

"Dad, I really have to talk to you. You knew you were going to be a Bao Qingtian, so how could you not be carrying your gun when you left the police station?"

Tan Tan Yunlong opened his mouth, and seeing Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin stuffing the peeled orange into his own mouth, Tan Tan Yunlong could only purse his lips and say:

"How did I know they could be so stupid."

He had already reported the details of the stolen goods, and at this time, any retaliation against him was meaningless.

But the result was that the other party actually gathered a group of thugs to retaliate against him.

It is said that the district head who had already been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission was so scared he collapsed upon learning what his younger brother had done.

Originally, it would have followed the normal corruption process, but once this happened, the nature of the case changed directly.

Correspondingly, even though he was injured, and even though he wasn't keen on this, Tan Tan Yunlong knew very well how much subsequent impact this matter would have on him.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin finished eating the whole orange and picked up his father's malted milk, mixing a large cup for himself.

"You haven't eaten?"

"Knowing you had an accident, I immediately changed my ticket and came to Jin Ling."

"You can also eat at the airport."

"Hehe, things at the airport are so expensive."

"You're not short on money."

"No mood to eat."

The father and son were both silent.

Tan Tan Yunlong turned his head and closed his eyes.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin accidentally became sentimental himself and hurriedly tried to break the atmosphere:

"Dad, do you think this matter can be made into a TV series later? Early series as a super detective, ending with an injury, corrupt official brought down, perfect, simply typical to the point of being typical."

Tan Tan Yunlong sighed and said: "Be serious."

"Ah?"

Tan Tan Yunlong: "To them, be serious."

"Hmm." Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin replied obediently, "I know."

Not everyone is as lucky as Tan Tan Yunlong, who was stabbed twice and still had no major issues; many people who guarded silently sacrificed their lives at their posts.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Dad, you still have to be careful in the future. If something happens to you, what will Mom do? It's already hard enough for her to be married to you; don't leave her without even a retirement."

Tan Tan Yunlong used all his strength to gently say "Hmm."

"Besides, I haven't had time to study the policy yet; I don't know if I can get extra points for my postgraduate entrance exam if you become a martyr."

Tan Tan Yunlong closed his eyes; what a pity, patient gowns can't have belts.

At this time, the ward door was pushed open again, and Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun walked in carrying food she had gotten from the hospital.

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin, you're back?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin said in surprise: "You're taking care of my dad?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun: "Auntie has been taking care of him for several days and is too tired, so I let her go back to get some sleep first."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun: "Uncle Tan is very good to me; isn't taking care of him what I should do?"

Tan Tan Yunlong spoke up: "Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun is a good girl; your mother and I both approve of her. Don't be a fool in the future, kid."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "I know, serving before the hospital bed is second only to accompanying someone in mourning clothes at a funeral."

Tan Tan Yunlong: "..."

The three of them ate together, and just as they put down their spoons and chopsticks, a group of leaders arrived outside the ward.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin asked Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun: "Are there many people visiting?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun nodded: "Since Uncle Tan woke up, there have been many people coming to visit."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin said while putting away the bowls and chopsticks: "Dad, you've worked hard. I'll go back to see my mom first; she must have been scared to death these past few days."

He stood up, walked to the ward door, opened it, and looking at the leaders standing outside, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin enthusiastically made a gesture of invitation:

"Uncles, are you here to see Uncle Tan? It just so happens that Uncle Tan just finished eating and is awake, please come in."

Tan Tan Yunlong just watched his son leave, and the leaders who came in behind said one by one:

"Your nephew is not bad, very spirited and very polite."

A heart beats faster the closer it gets to home.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, took another deep breath, and exhaled again...

Although the branch does not separate from the temple and the framework remains the same, for Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, returning this time is no less than a new coming-of-age ceremony.

He walked out of the alley, stepped onto the stairs, and entered the temple gate.

"A-You is back."

"A-You, is your school on break again?"

The senior and junior fellow disciples in the temple greeted Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You warmly; when he returned during the last Lunar New Year, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You had shown an extremely high level of rapport with Bai He Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi, and coupled with his reputation as a child prodigy of the spirit-medium lineage from a very young age, it was expected that the next temple master would once again bear the surname Lin.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You returned their greetings one by one, and upon learning that his grandfather and master were not in the temple at the moment but had gone to a meeting, he scanned the area, found a junior fellow disciple, and asked him to run an errand to inform them of his return.

Immediately, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You walked into the main hall.

As soon as he entered, he saw Bai He Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi, who was placed in a separate row among the statues of the various official generals.

Because the craftsman who had been repairing the neighboring official general temple had been hospitalized, there were currently no skilled masters in the vicinity who dared to take on this repair job.

The statue of the child remained dilapidated.

"Ha, Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi, I didn't expect you to be faster than me."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You swung his hiking backpack up and jumped up to sit down himself; this row only held the statue of Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi, so it was quite spacious.

Leaning against the statue of Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's gaze swept toward the other official generals in the main hall.

Both he and Bin Ge had changed their flights, so after Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge and the others boarded and left first, he and Bin Ge had sat in the waiting lounge for quite a long time.

Bin Ge told him that there were some things Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge hadn't mentioned, but they had to consider them in advance.

For example, what was the foundation of your standing within the team, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You? It was your identity as an official general; you now possess one tree, but don't you want to possess a whole forest, just like your surname?

Bin Ge also said, once our Nantong Daochang is established, whoever puts more things into it later will have more say, right?

When it comes to having many people, who can compare to you?

Yin Meng will at most place one Great Emperor of Emperor Emperor Fengdu later, but you can place a whole group of official generals later; you won't be afraid of her at all!

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You had slight reservations about whether a group of official generals could truly not be afraid of the Great Emperor of Emperor Emperor Fengdu.

But he felt Bin Ge was right; his relationship with Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi was very good, but when out in the world, one still had to rely on influence.

It was while chatting about these things in the waiting lounge that A-You didn't open his vertical pupils; otherwise, if Bai He Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi had heard this, the first thing he would do the next time he was possessed by a spirit would be to beat Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin to death.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's gaze gradually fell upon the two generals of increase and decrease.

The two generals of increase and decrease were the strongest and also the most unruly among the official generals.

The former was an advantage in Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's eyes, and the latter was not considered a shortcoming in Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's eyes either.

A-You believed in Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's ability to handle them; after all, in the beginning, Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi also liked to hold his head high in pride, but now he had become increasingly amiable.

Anyway, since he was going to establish a branch, placing one Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Tongzi was fine, and placing two more of the generals of increase and decrease would be the same.

Once Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge tames...

Once Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge and they have finished their adjustment period, he could then take the opportunity to move them into the Nantong Daochang, saving himself from having to go through the ritual again when he returns.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You did not feel that this behavior of his was called betrayal; in Bin Ge's words, this was called "secondment of divine personnel."

The stronger he is, the stronger Lord Yin Shen is, and thus the stronger the official general system becomes; he is doing this to greatly flourish the official generals!

While Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was contemplating his grand packing plan, Lin Fu'an and Chen Chen Shoumen had already hurried in.

If it were just their grandson (disciple) returning, they naturally wouldn't be so anxious, but they knew that A-You had returned this time under the orders of that person, and would bring that person's will.

Because of this, upon discovering that Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was actually sitting on the altar, the two did not get angry as they had in the past.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You jumped down from the altar, clapped his hands, and the process Bin Ge had taught him surfaced in his mind.

Bin Ge said that if he followed his process, the matter of establishing a branch would naturally fall into place, and his master and grandfather would never object, but would only be incomparably happy.

"Ahem..."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You kept Bin Ge's teachings in mind and didn't rush to call out to them, but cleared his throat first.

Seeing this, Lin Fu'an and Chen Chen Shoumen looked at each other, both thinking: Could it be that this day has finally arrived?

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You pulled out a talisman paper, flicked it forward, and the talisman paper was ignited as it passed the candle in front, turning into fly ash.

"By the order of Long Wang..."

Lin Fu'an and Chen Chen Shoumen looked at each other again, and both could see the excitement and joy in each other's eyes:

This day has really come!

Before Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You could continue, he suddenly saw a look of shame and indignation on his grandfather's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face and a look of anger on his master's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

Immediately after, his grandfather Lin Fu'an pointed a finger at him and cursed: "You beast who forgets his ancestors, I don't have a grandson like you!"

Chen Chen Shoumen beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying: "Oh heavens, how did I teach such a disciple? I have failed my master and failed the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

Eh?

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was dumbfounded; he was only going to establish a branch, so why were his master and grandfather reacting so strongly?

Not to mention that the branch is not separating from the temple, even if he really wanted to separate and build a temple alone, this was a proud and good thing; his master and grandfather should proudly pat him on the shoulder and say that he had finally grown up and could spread the branches and leaves for the official generals.

Lin Fu'an: "Pity, my inheritance, my foundation! Beast, I will not stand under the same sky as you!"

Chen Chen Shoumen: "Alas, my master's school, my Daoist lineage! Rebellious disciple, I sever all ties of gratitude and resentment with you!"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was momentarily unable to grasp the situation; why were his grandfather and master reacting so dramatically, and so in sync?

After wailing, Lin Fu'an waved his hand and sighed: "Forget it, the situation is pressing, and I have no choice; I can only endure humiliation to carry the burden and choose to preserve my inheritance."

Chen Chen Shoumen said with a heavy heart: "Forget it, man is the knife and I am the fish; as the temple master, I must be responsible for all the living beings in the temple, so I have no choice but to bow my head."

After speaking, the two knelt down collectively before Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was startled; he trembled and jumped back several steps, hurriedly avoiding them. What on earth were his master and grandfather going crazy about!

Lin Fu'an and Chen Chen Shoumen said in unison:

"Respectfully obeying the order of Long Wang, from this day forward, our temple belongs to the Long Wang court!"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "..."

(End of chapter)