Chapter 328

Yingzi's parents wanted to hold the graduation banquet at their own home so they could collect the gifts themselves.

After Li Sanjiang found out, he went to their dam and pointed at the noses of the couple, scolding them severely.

Many people in the village came to watch the excitement, and the three pairs of uncles and aunts also gathered around to satisfy their craving for gossip and kick them while they were down.

In the end, the graduation banquet was still hosted by Li Weihan and his wife; the gifts collected, after deducting the costs of the banquet, were all given to Yingzi to cover her college expenses.

Li Sanjiang looked down on the four ungrateful wolves under Li Weihan's family the most, but one thing was one thing; he didn't have such a big prejudice against the children of the next generation.

No matter what, he was the one with the highest seniority among the Li surname in the village today.

Therefore, Li Sanjiang first stated his position and identified a relatively large gift.

Those three pairs of uncles and aunts couldn't escape either; under Li Sanjiang's demand, they had to agree to also give a gift of the same amount.

In Li Sanjiang's words, they were close relatives after all; giving the same gift as the villagers who came to eat was not something to be laughed at by outsiders!

The expressions of the three pairs of uncles and aunts were very ugly, because this money could only be recovered when their own children were admitted to college in the future.

Li Lan called.

She said she would be responsible for Yingzi's college tuition every year.

The person making the call was definitely not Li Lan herself, but her secretary from Nantong; Li Weihan and Cui Guiying had already treated her voice as their own daughter's.

Even Li Li Zhuiyuan had to admit that Li Lan's image was absolutely high-profile in the village; whoever could have such a daughter was truly a great blessing.

Yingzi even regarded this little aunt, Li Lan, as her role model; her parents being able to let her finish high school normally was also influenced by Li Lan.

On the day of the banquet, the dishes were very substantial.

Yingzi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, clutched her admission letter and expressed her gratitude to Li Weihan and Cui Guiying in front of the guests; finally, she revealed her true feelings and hugged her grandparents, crying bitterly.

Since she was small, she had spent the most time living with her grandparents; when she was making the final sprint for the college entrance exam, her parents had both gone to work at construction sites in the city, Li Weihan would find ways to get things to supplement her nutrition, Cui Guiying would sit by her side every night, accompanying her to study until late at night while sewing shoe soles, and when she "fell ill" at the end, it was still her grandparents who pushed her back from school in a cart.

As for her own biological parents, they thought it was their turn after thanking the grandparents, and even prepared their clothes and expressions in advance, but Yingzi skipped them directly.

The child wasn't blind; she had a scale in her own heart. Yingzi didn't say anything before because her wings weren't strong enough, but now, she began to clearly express her attitude.

Yingzi also specifically found Li Li Zhuiyuan to ask when Zhao Yi from that acrobatic troupe would return to Nantong?

Zhao Yi had indeed put in a lot of effort regarding Yingzi's college entrance exam; although he made Yingzi fall ill after the exam, he at least solved Yingzi's psychological anxiety and ensured she could perform normally.

It was just that the sequelae still existed.

Yingzi had a good impression of Zhao Yi.

After ending her confusion about the future, Yingzi gradually became as her name suggested, having a sense of heroism about her.

Li Li Zhuiyuan's answer was that Zhao Yi was at home accompanying his wife to give birth and wouldn't return to Nantong for the time being.

Yingzi sighed, then beamed with joy; some fleeting moments in life were destined to be just passersby.

Next, Yingzi began to ask Li Li Zhuiyuan for advice on college life.

In fact, Li Li Zhuiyuan himself didn't have much college life.

Most of the time, he wasn't at school, and even when he was, the young man would take the school's entire curriculum and choose the classes he was interested in to attend.

The young man suggested his cousin participate in more club activities and go to the student union for training, although he hadn't participated in any of these himself.

After all, since so much money had been spent, Li Sanjiang drove the mules from home to eat at the banquet.

After the evening banquet, Lu Runsheng, Tan Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shu left the table early to go home and do construction work.

Li Sanjiang would, as usual, get dead drunk at the banquet, and then he would just have Xiong Shan carry him back.

Li Li Zhuiyuan packed up a few crabs, snacks, and fried food from the banquet.

The village cook's skills definitely couldn't compare to Liu Yi's, but Liu Yi couldn't cook banquet dishes every day, so they couldn't compare to others in terms of variety.

Furthermore, this kind of food brought back wrapped in table paper torn from the banquet seemed to have a unique flavor.

Li Li Zhuiyuan didn't intend to take any, but he was the youngest at the table, so Li Sanjiang threw the dishes that were divided among people at the table directly to him, and the other old people at the table who didn't have children at home also gave their portions to Little Brother Li Zhuiyuan, which was also a kind of tacit understanding.

Carrying the things he brought back, Li Li Zhuiyuan shared them with A Li.

Not wanting to eat at home, the young man took the girl's hand and came to a haystack by the ridge of the field.

Xiao Hei, who slept earlier than its master and woke up later than its master every day, was taken out by Li Li Zhuiyuan.

This place was close to the river, and snakes were often seen in the haystack; with Xiao Hei here, even if it couldn't catch the snakes, the snakes could bite it first.

The two of them shared the food, eating by the moonlight until their fingertips were covered in oil.

Xiao Hei, who was lying nearby, didn't even look at the mess left after eating, having no interest at all.

They came to the riverbank and squatted down to wash their hands.

An irregular ripple appeared on the river surface in front.

Li Li Zhuiyuan was helping A Li wash her hands and heard it, but he wasn't in a hurry to deal with it, as it was still far away.

A Li raised her head and took a look.

That water snake gave a start and swam toward the distance with a "splash."

The two walked toward home; when they passed Xiao Hei and saw it was already snoring, Li Li Zhuiyuan gave it a gentle kick, and Xiao Hei stood up unsteadily, following them home while yawning.

After sending A Li back to the east room, Li Li Zhuiyuan came to the second-floor terrace.

The young man's gaze narrowed slightly, and through the isolation formation, he saw the "fast-forwarded" construction scene inside.

Lin Shu and Lu Runsheng and Tan Tan Wenbin were not synchronized, as if they had pressed double speed.

Li Li Zhuiyuan returned to his room; A Li's painting was almost finished, with the young man in the painting standing in the treasury, in front of him was the burning Zhao Luhai, and below were the wailing and desperate Zhao family ancestors; the young man held a lamp, looking at them with a calm expression.

The three sets of talisman armor were spread out on the ground, basically completed, but the special paint on them hadn't dried through yet and needed to be aired a bit more before they could be put away.

Li Li Zhuiyuan carried a plastic basin, went to take a shower, and went to bed as soon as he returned to the room.

In the field behind the house.

"Alright, A-You, alright, A-You!"

Tan Tan Wenbin called a halt to Lin Shu, who was still working hard.

Lin Shu had been somewhat absent-minded for the past two days; after being called to stop, he looked at Tan Tan Wenbin somewhat blankly and said subconsciously:

"Let's rush a bit more, we can finish before dawn."

"The progress of each floor has to be checked by Brother Xiaoyuan; this isn't building a house where it's fine as long as it's habitable." Tan Tan Wenbin pointed to Li Li Zhuiyuan's room on the second floor, where the lights were already out.

Lin Shu: "But the construction period is already a day late."

Brother Xiaoyuan had told him before that the construction period could be compressed to two days, and today was already the third day.

Tan Tan Wenbin: "Didn't your grandfather call you?"

Lin Shu: "Hmm."

His grandfather, who was seriously injured, called Lin Shu back to soothe his grandson, saying that although he was injured, there was no danger to his life, and he had already represented their temple to express his position, agreeing to merge the temples, so that group of mysterious people who suddenly appeared didn't make things difficult for them anymore.

Tan Tan Wenbin: "As long as there's nothing wrong with your temple, tell me, what are we rushing for?"

Lin Shu: "But my grandfather and my master were..."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "They've already been beaten, and this account has been recorded; it definitely needs to be settled, and your grandfather also said that those people aren't making things difficult for your temple anymore.

So, since those people want to integrate the Guanjiang Shou, let's give them time to do it first.

Who is willing to merge temples, who is willing to live comfortably as a mountain king, and then have someone appear above them who can manage them?

If those people don't do this kind of villainous work that offends people, then we will; let them be the villains first, and after they finish the preliminary work, we'll go pick the peaches."

Lin Shu: "Like this..."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "Like this, we won't be going to integrate the Guanjiang Shou, but to save the Guanjiang Shou."

Lin Shu: "Brother Bin, I understand."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "So, rest when you should; let's go, let's go get a late-night snack."

Lin Shu: "Hmm!"

Lu Runsheng got on the tricycle, and Tan Tan Wenbin and Lin Shu sat on it.

They had invited Brother Xiaoyuan, but Li Li Zhuiyuan had no interest in running to the riverside in the middle of the night for a snack; the young man preferred to follow his own schedule, sleeping early and waking up early.

When the three of them were almost at the riverside, they saw the firelight appearing there from afar.

The pot was already set up, the fire was already lit, and the cold dishes were arranged; seeing the guests arrive, the big white rat, who had wrapped itself up like a mouse-grandmother, immediately started stir-frying hot dishes.

It was actually the cook specifically prepared for Xue Liangliang by that Lady Bai, but the Bai Family Town wouldn't be negligent when Tan Tan Wenbin and the others came to enjoy it.

Today, it wasn't old yellow wine; although the wine pot was ordinary, the wine poured into the cup had a honey-like texture, and with one sip, the fragrance of the wine spread from the lips and teeth down the throat and into the stomach, layer by layer, refreshing the heart and spleen.

Lin Shu: "This wine is good!"

The result of it being good was that Lin Shu got drunk.

The next morning.

Liu Yi: "Time for breakfast!"

Tan Tan Wenbin and Lin Shu rose like zombies from their coffins.

The two of them walked unsteadily to the edge of the well; Tan Tan Wenbin, with blurry eyes, squeezed the toothpaste and handed it to Lin Shu, only to find that A-You was already brushing his teeth, his mouth constantly bubbling with laundry detergent foam.

Tan Tan Wenbin didn't remind him.

Lin Shu, who had rinsed his mouth several times, said in a daze: "Brother Bin, the toothpaste today tastes very strange."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "A new type of toothpaste."

After breakfast, Lin Shu made another call home, this time strongly requesting his master to answer.

After hearing his master's voice, the last stone in Lin Shu's heart fell to the ground.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Shu sighed and said to Tan Tan Wenbin: "Brother Bin, there's already a temple that was destroyed last night because it firmly disagreed with merging."

Tan Tan Wenbin nodded.

Lin Shu: "Next, there should be more temples suffering strikes."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "A-You, tell me, since these temples aren't willing to submit to them, are they willing to submit to us?"

Lin Shu: "If we reveal our identity as the Long Wang Sect..."

"Cough, cough!" Tan Tan Wenbin coughed twice to interrupt, "You should know clearly what it means to reveal our identity as the Long Wang Sect, given Brother Xiaoyuan's temper."

Lin Shu: "Hmm... then they definitely wouldn't submit to us either."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "If I let you go to their door and pick off those temples that don't submit to us, would you do it?"

Lin Shu was silent.

Tan Tan Wenbin: "So..."

Lin Shu: "I would!"

Tan Tan Wenbin raised his eyebrows in some surprise.

Lin Shu: "I think letting the Yin Gods and the Jitong sit on equal footing and share the merit is a correct thing. If there are temples that don't understand and still want to follow the old set of rules... then I don't want to understand them anymore either."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "But the fact is, many Jitong, just like you in the beginning, naturally feel that the Lord Lord Yin Shen adults should be high above."

Lin Shu: "Hmm, including my grandfather and my master and the others..."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "Those people didn't mention this reform theory; they just simply want to integrate the Guanjiang Shou.

So, the best way to get the Jitong to open the windows for ventilation is to pretend to tear down the door.

Give those people more time, let them pull out the thorns, and let them do all the dirty and tiring work.

Then we will descend in the posture of a savior and bring even better treatment reforms."

Lin Shu: "Hmm, I will keep in touch with the temple."

Tan Tan Wenbin patted A-You on the shoulder: "I was a bit surprised when you just said 'I would,' but I know that you definitely don't like doing this kind of thing subjectively; let others do it for you, don't dirty your own hands."

Lin Shu: "Thank you, Brother Bin."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "You shouldn't be thanking me."

At this moment, the big brother phone in Lin Shu's hand rang.

"Hello."

"A-You, it's me."

"Three-Eyes."

"Grandma Liu Jinxia recently... eh, did you encounter something?"

"No."

"Then you should be saying 'Three-Eyes!' instead of 'Three-Eyes'."

"I'm fine."

"Then something happened at home; your team has something going on; anyway, with the Li surname there, you don't need to worry about it."

"We can handle it."

"Is the one with the Li surname going to your hometown?"

"I..."

"When are you leaving?"

In the second-floor room.

Li Li Zhuiyuan's right palm was spread open, and in the blood mist, a dragon spirit was constantly swimming.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The three sets of talisman armor spread on the ground folded quickly, flying back into the young man's palm like playing cards.

The talisman armor was completed.

Beside him, A Li was also busy embedding the painting she had just finished into her sketchbook frame.

"Brother Xiaoyuan."

Li Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room.

Tan Tan Wenbin: "Zhao Yi just called, asking about Grandma Liu Jinxia's recent situation; he heard some things from A-You and wanted to go to Fujian together, but was dissuaded by A-You."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "He should be lighting a sky lantern for himself, sparing no cost to heal the Liang sisters and make up for them; his current condition is very bad.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked A-You so much and would have secretly come to Fujian himself."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "Asking so much on purpose is actually wanting A-You to refuse him."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "If he really needed it, A-You would call him, and he would definitely come."

Tan Tan Wenbin: "I believe that."

Li Li Zhuiyuan: "You reply to him and say that we don't need him this time, and tell him to be steady."

As soon as the words fell, the big brother phone in Tan Tan Wenbin's hand also rang.

Tan Tan Wenbin answered the phone, and Zhao Yi's voice came out.

"Hello, Tan Daban, is His Majesty by your side?"

Li Li Zhuiyuan turned and returned to the room to accompany A Li to arrange the sketchbook frame.

Tan Tan Wenbin walked a few steps outside and answered the big brother phone:

"His Majesty says, there's no need to trouble Military Supervisor Zhao to return to the capital to serve the king this time."

After another night, the training ground was finally completed.

Although they didn't squeeze it according to the shortest construction period, the efficiency was still terrifyingly high.

Li Li Zhuiyuan tried to open the built-in formations layer by layer, and this rice field was slowly shrouded in black mist.

This was definitely the formation with the strongest defensive power that Li Li Zhuiyuan had set up since he started learning formations.

The spirit tablets originally placed in the small compartment were moved here.

The offering table wasn't large and wasn't divided into layers; on it was placed a carving of the Bai He Master Master Tongzi, and behind it were the Zeng and Sun Generals.

When Lin Shu's gaze swept over the Zeng and Sun Generals, a strong excitement erupted from the bottom of his heart, making Lin Shu unable to hold back even if he wanted to, opening his mouth and laughing out loud directly.

This kind of special treatment made the Bai He Master Master Tongzi feel very useful; in the old government office in the past, the boy did the most work and got the least, and what he craved most was actually the respect that matched his status and seniority.

Now, he felt it.

Of course, if that cut on the carving of the Zeng and Sun Generals were to be slashed down a bit more, directly removing their "potency," it would be even more perfect.

But considering this was personally carved by the "Little Matriarch," the boy could only think about it in his heart and didn't dare to truly propose it as if he were courting death.

Besides these emotional joys, the Bai He Master Master Tongzi also saw the young man's deep meaning from the layout of the offering table.

There were no steps on the offering table, which meant the young man didn't intend to place the spirit tablets of the Yin Gods here, meaning the young man didn't intend to share the merit from the future Guanjiang Shou system.

A circle of eternal lamps that were still in an extinguished state was placed under the offering table, indicating that the young man would detain the life-flames of the divine status of all the Yin Gods, both those currently remaining and those who would join in the future, here.

Whoever didn't listen, whoever violated the taboos, would have their lamp extinguished and their divine status shattered.

Under the eternal lamps, there was also a map of the Eight Desolations of the Ghost Gate.

Considering the young man's special relationship with Fengdu, severing their divine status could only be considered a small punishment; the real big punishment was to exile them into the Fengdu Hell, becoming Yin officials forever wearing shackles and locks.

By comparison, the Zeng and Sun Generals had truly taken advantage.

These two fellows really had to thank themselves for not chasing them to death in Ghost Street back then, which was why they preserved their useful bodies and were reserved by the young man as the next thugs.

"Eh?"

The Bai He Master Master Tongzi sought Lin Shu's consent, controlled this body, and looked at the damage on the carvings of the Zeng and Sun Generals again.

This damage location was exactly opposite the hands of his own carving.

When walking the rivers in the future, the Zeng and Sun Generals could also share the merit, but their bodies of merit were damaged, and every time a certain proportion would flow out, finally falling onto himself.

It was equivalent to saying that he could get a merit commission from the Zeng and Sun Generals every time!

In an instant, Lin Shu cried, his eyes filled with hot tears.

The young man had no intention of taking the merit, but he specifically added treatment for him; this meticulous consideration made the heart of this former Ghost King completely fall.

The Master Master Tongzi: "Jitong, you can't be half-hearted anymore in the future; you have to be loyal to the death."

Lin Shu: "Who was the one who was always half-hearted?"

The Master Master Tongzi's emotion was real, and Lin Shu could feel this deeply. ===== CHAPTER 329 =====