Chapter 379

Hearing this prize-winning travel destination, the heart that Chen Chen Xiwan had been holding in suspense finally plummeted to the bottom.

Oh no, now she really couldn't clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

Previously, she had truly just been thinking about bringing the little brother's great-grandfather home as a guest, partly to repay the favor of eating and drinking at their house; Liu Yi had told her that the food expenses for everyone in the house were all paid for by Master Li.

Secondly, the little brother could stay at her house for a while longer, making it convenient to sneak a few more things out from her home.

At this moment, she truly hoped Master Li wouldn't go.

Don't look at how her grandfather had always been at a disadvantage in his confrontations with her grandmother throughout his life, belonging to the side that was bullied, but she was very clear about her grandfather's keen eye.

It is said that when she was still in her mother's womb and not yet born, her grandfather had already sent a generous gift to her mother's maiden family, helping to elevate the status of her mother's family and declaring that her mother was a great contributor to the Chen family.

Therefore, there was no reason that what she could see could be hidden from her grandfather.

"You Hou, what should I do?"

"Hmm? What do you mean what should you do? Just go if you want; stepping on the beach and strolling through the coconut groves is quite nice too."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You just felt that this prize was "touched" by Chen Chen Xiwan, but regarding Master Li going to Hainan itself, he didn't feel there was any problem.

Chen Chen Xiwan didn't know how to explain for a moment and could only ask: "Whenever Master Li touches a prize, does he always go?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "It depends on the situation."

Involving the "Code of Conduct for River Walking" and the matter of Master Li often fetching river water for them, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You felt he couldn't reveal it without authorization.

He had, after all, been "lashed" by the Three-Eyed One and had been tricked by Zhao Yi into revealing all sorts of intelligence in various ways; having learned from his mistakes, his vigilance and sense of propriety had finally been honed.

Chen Chen Xiwan: "Then I'll confess to the little brother when I go back; I can't let the little brother misunderstand that I was calculating."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Hahahahaha!"

Chen Chen Xiwan: "What are you laughing at?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Nothing, I just think Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan is so smart, he definitely won't misunderstand people."

"Hmm, indeed, the little brother is so smart, and I am so..."

Chen Chen Xiwan realized what he meant and stared at Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You turned his head, scratched it, held it in, blushed, and then couldn't help it, laughing again.

In the past, he was always the one being teased and slow to react; it was a rare occasion that he could experience it himself—so it turned out that the Three-Eyed One and Brother Bin and the others were always this happy.

It's a pity that an external team is an external team after all; those who have lit lamps and worshipped the Long Wang cannot go and follow others to walk the river.

Therefore, external teams can only cooperate; it is impossible to truly enter their group, at least not until Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan finishes walking the river.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You began to miss Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng; when Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng was around before, he could still be a match for Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng.

Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng would definitely come back in the future; he wasn't worried about that at all. What he worried about was that during these days Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Yin Mengmeng was in the underworld, she would secretly study hard.

"You Hou, Little Girl, come here."

Li Sanjiang waved his hand in front of the mourning hall.

"Coming, Master Li!"

Chen Chen Xiwan walked over first.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You locked the tricycle and incidentally tore the prize-drawing slip to shreds, throwing it into the vegetable plot nearby.

What Manager Liu had cursed earlier was for Master Li's whole house to die off neatly, but besides Master Li, Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, and the few of them, Master Li's house also had two, no, three branches of the Long Wang family.

Cursing three Long Wang households to their faces, and being heard clearly by himself and Chen Chen Xiwan, this karma had suddenly reached an boundless extent.

"Come, You Hou, over here."

"Coming, Master Li."

The Lu Hou family, in other places, is called something similar to the Old Lu family.

The "Lu Hou" in Li Sanjiang's mouth was currently lying on an old bamboo bed inside the mourning hall.

Because Li Sanjiang arrived late, the burial clothes and makeup had already been taken care of by others.

Lu Hou's son, Lu Jun, was therefore renegotiating the price with Li Sanjiang.

Li Sanjiang felt he was in the wrong, so he agreed to cut the fee for the funeral service in half.

Lu Jun smiled with satisfaction.

There were many things to busy oneself with for a funeral service, needing to manage things both inside and out, and those who hired the service would get a discount on paper effigies bought from the family; just because he arrived a little late, he cut the price in half, and Li Sanjiang suffered a great loss, but he was too lazy to haggle.

Life experience: you can never out-calculate someone who can haggle in front of a mourning hall, so don't waste the effort.

Li Sanjiang took cigarettes out of his pocket and accidentally brought out the two packs Manager Liu had stuffed in.

Lu Jun saw them and immediately said:

"Master Li, those helping with the work can only take one pack each."

Li Sanjiang spread his hands toward Lu Jun: "Can't you tell this cigarette brand isn't issued by your family? These two packs are my own; I forgot. You hurry up and give me one pack."

Lu Jun: "Master Li, you smoke first, you smoke first."

Saying this, Lu Jun left, pretending to go busy himself with other matters.

Li Sanjiang deliberately walked to the table where human favors were registered, nodded to the person helping with the registration, and at the same time turned sideways, intentionally letting Lu Jun see clearly what he was doing.

In the countryside, those who can register the favor book don't have low status and are clear-headed; that person smiled and took two packs of cigarettes from a plastic bag to hand to Li Sanjiang.

The cheapest cigarettes, which locals don't like to smoke, are goods allocated by the Tobacco Bureau; otherwise, no shopkeeper would stock them, and these cigarettes are eventually sold at a discount.

Using this kind of cigarette to handle affairs is truly losing Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

Li Sanjiang took one pack and returned the other, then took out his own cigarettes, distributed one to the other person, and said:

"Handling this matter, sigh, I just went in and took a look; Lu Hou doesn't even have an ice coffin."

"Sigh, who's to say? The food isn't set up well either; the first batch of people who just finished eating were all complaining to me here."

An ice coffin is something that was indeed rarely used in the past, but in recent years, it has gradually tended to become standard equipment; for one, renting it for two days doesn't cost much, and for another, if the weather isn't scorching hot, you don't even need to plug it in.

Letting the deceased lie in an ice coffin to receive condolences from friends and relatives looks better and more solemn; now, just setting up an old bamboo bed with a straw mat underneath is truly sloppy.

So many people hire Li Sanjiang for funeral services because his reputation is good; for those wealthy bosses who want a grand display, they can spend whatever they want, but when ordinary families hire Li Sanjiang to manage things, Li Sanjiang helps them save money while arranging things decently.

It's just that the Lu Hou family's conditions are quite good; Lu Hou had long been in the grain and oil business, and he had two shops in Shinan Town, and it is said that he also opened one in Shigang Town at the beginning of the year.

But this son of his, when holding the funeral for him, wasn't just keeping everything simple; he was practically aiming to eat human favors and make money.

Forget it, forget it, finish this job early and be done with it; after going home, ask Ting Hou to stir-fry some peanuts and eggs for him, and drink two cups by himself. Li Sanjiang was too lazy to follow his usual habit of drinking with the host family after the service, fearing that Lu Jun would give him a long Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face again.

He raised his hand to greet them, signaling You Hou and the Little Girl to come over.

Li Sanjiang first pointed out the performance venue to Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You for later, and then instructed Chen Chen Xiwan to play a sadder tune later.

Chen Chen Xiwan listened earnestly.

Li Sanjiang suddenly thought of something and asked: "Little Girl, can you play the suona?"

Chen Chen Xiwan: "I can."

Li Sanjiang: "Sigh, if I had known earlier, I would have let you pick one out from my basement; I have them there, and they can be used after cleaning. Why don't you go back and get one now? The key to the basement is in the living room drawer, kept with the flashlight."

Chen Chen Xiwan just wanted to say that even if she used a flute, she could play the sound of a suona.

But just as she was about to say it, she started coughing, as if she had choked on the air.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Master Li, let's not go through the trouble; Chen Miss seems to have caught a cold, and running back and forth to blow in the wind isn't good."

Chen Chen Xiwan nodded to Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You avoided her gaze with some embarrassment, feeling guilty in his heart.

Chen Chen Xiwan felt that Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was trusting her musical ability and didn't want to trouble her.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, however, knew what was stored in Master Li's basement besides those opera troupe supplies.

Just like the content of the "Code of Conduct for River Walking," A You wasn't stingy, nor did he feel it couldn't be given, but it had to be with Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's consent.

Since he was here, he could only ruthlessly destroy the opportunity.

Li Sanjiang: "Alright then, just play the flute; that's fine too. There are few people here who can play the flute, so let everyone follow along and be elegant."

Chen Chen Xiwan: "Don't worry, Master Li, leave it to me!"

Li Sanjiang: "Hehe, very good, the Little Girl is not bad; she has a lot of drive when working."

After giving the instructions, Li Sanjiang walked into the mourning hall; his workstation was behind a small table inside the hall, and after sitting down, he knocked on the wooden fish and began to chant scriptures.

At first, when he brought You Hou out for funeral services, he had to provide guidance on the side; now, You Hou was already an experienced old hand at funeral affairs.

At this time, a woman was surrounded by several female relatives as she walked into the mourning hall.

The woman was not young, but she was well-maintained; one look and you could tell she didn't have to do farm work usually. She was Lu Hou's wife, that is, Lu Jun's mother, named Ge Li, and she was the village's Wo Sect's director.

Next, it was time to cry.

Li Sanjiang straightened his back; the sound of the wooden fish and his own chanting were raised, preparing to cooperate well with this segment.

Ge Li tried hard to cry, but couldn't shed any tears; the handkerchief prepared in advance for wiping tears did come in handy, and she wiped hard, barely managing to make her eye sockets red.

On the contrary, the group of Wo Sect beside her cried so vividly and professionally; not only did they cry themselves, but they also incidentally helped Ge Li cry.

"My Lu Hou brother, how could you bear to leave my Ge Li sister behind alone and go first~"

"You left my Ge Li sister alone in this world, how is she supposed to live~"

Ge Li could endure it at first, but as they entered the state, she only felt her eardrums being shaken painfully, so she simply stood up and left.

The emotions of the people beside them had just been raised, which was just warming up, but seeing the main person leave, there was no point in them staying to cry, so they followed her out of the mourning hall.

Li Sanjiang sighed; having done many funeral services, he naturally knew that crying for the deceased was often just a customary formality, but this was the first time he had seen it so sloppy.

He took two cigarettes out of the cigarette case and lit them both; he stuck one in the crack of the table, counting it as lit for Lu Hou, and held the other in his own mouth, not delaying his chanting.

They weren't from the same village, and he hadn't had much contact with Lu Hou, but Lu Hou was a down-to-earth person and quite good.

He turned his head and took a look at Lu Hou, who was wearing heavy rouge on the old bamboo bed.

Li Sanjiang frowned; in his life, whether it was funeral services at home, fishing things out of the river, or carrying things on the Shanghai Bund when he was young, he had seen plenty of dead people.

This was just like an old farmer growing vegetables; what the vegetables looked like and what problems had occurred, he could more or less have an idea in his heart.

Li Sanjiang now felt that this Lu Hou lying here was a bit strange.

When Lu Jun came to invite him, he said his father had passed away from a sudden heart attack.

Licking his lips, Li Sanjiang scanned Lu Hou up and down carefully; he was no forensic doctor, and he didn't understand academic theories, but he just felt that Lu Hou's appearance in death... wasn't quite standard.

But that was as far as it went; chanting scriptures, Li Sanjiang continued to hum, the melody gradually approaching the opening theme of the martial arts drama that Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng insisted on watching every night.

Outside, the second round of the banquet had finished; the spread was too poor, with hardly any substantial dishes or oily food to be seen, as most of what was eaten was grown in their own fields.

The relatives and friends had many complaints, and upon looking closer, they discovered there was no tent set up by a funeral troupe; since there was no performance to watch, everyone prepared to disperse and head home, waiting only to come back at dusk to make do with another meal, purely because they were too lazy to fire up their own stoves at home and wanted to save some firewood.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You put on his costume, preparing to take the stage.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan reminded him, "Don't you need to put on makeup?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You lowered his head, and when he raised it again, the patterns of Bai He Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Guarding Zhenjun appeared, and even his eyes became narrow, majestic, and filled with immense oppressive force.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan praised, "A-You, you are truly suited for this line of work."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You laughed, "Haha, Grandpa Li has praised me like that too!"

Before the performance, Ge Li walked out and found a stool on the terrace to sit on.

Her son was busy with useless tasks, controlling costs like a creditor.

As a relative of the deceased, she seemed more like a distant acquaintance.

A man walked onto the terrace, and when the people nearby saw him, they immediately crowded around, some offering cigarettes, others speaking kind words; this was the village party secretary, his hair half-white, but he was quite large and had a sturdy build.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You happened to be facing the direction from which the village party secretary appeared and asked in confusion, "He looks a bit familiar."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan turned her head to look.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "He looks just like Lu Jun, the son of the deceased."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "Can't you tell just by calculating his physiognomy?"

Flicking her fingertips lightly against the flute, Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan said with certainty:

"Father and son."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Wow~"

Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge once said not to be superstitious about physiognomy, as it isn't one hundred percent accurate.

But here, there was actually no need for physiognomy; any discerning person could see that the village party secretary and Lu Jun looked very much alike, with the same large build and even the same facial shape.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You turned his head to glance at Lu Hou's portrait placed outside the mourning hall; compared to it, the one who was "the father" looked more like an outsider.

Lu Jun, who had been busy running around earlier, took the initiative to run toward the village party secretary with a smile on his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face; the way he shouted "Uncle" had the same flavor as "Dad."

The people surrounding the village party secretary also made way for Lu Jun, and everyone accompanied him with smiles.

However, faced with Lu Jun's enthusiasm, the village party secretary frowned.

A mistake made in one's youth is just a mistake.

Back then, there were no belts, only trouser cords; it got twisted and wouldn't untie, so in his anxiety, he simply tore it off.

Later, when he learned Ge Li was pregnant, he didn't think much of it, always feeling it couldn't be that accurate, how could it be his?

As a result, as the child grew older and his features became more and more like his own, even his parents started blaming him at home.

The old man and woman at home didn't feel happy about suddenly having an extra grandson; the two elders had their own grandsons and granddaughters and disdained the seed sown outside.

Furthermore, the village party secretary's own wife had a very good family background with many brothers, so he tried his best to avoid Lu Jun in the village; yet this kid, every time he ran into him, would take the initiative to stick to him, like a pug that couldn't read the room.

Especially after Lu Hou died, Lu Jun came to his house to announce the funeral and actually cried to him, saying he only had one home left from now on.

This had infuriated his wife so much that she returned to her parents' home that very night.

His own children also changed their expressions, and even the village party secretary's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face turned blue at the time, wishing he could raise his hand and give the filial son a slap to wake him up.

Not to mention the children, who didn't want an extra "bastard" to split the family property, even the village party secretary himself didn't want this one raised in someone else's house to come back and eat his share.

In fact, under normal circumstances, such affairs between men and Wo Sect in the village are hard to hide.

The village is only so big; even if you just walk a little closer, they can weave stories under the old locust tree, let alone if something really happened.

Furthermore, the children's appearance—everyone in the village is a fellow villager who has lived there for generations; even those who have drifted away for over a decade, upon returning home and seeing a child playing on the road, could likely recognize whose family it belongs to.

Gossip had long since spread, but some men are unable to have children themselves, so having a child in name, even if not their own seed, is enough if they agree to provide for their old age; some even let their wives actively borrow seed.

Others are angry, but after clenching their fists, they find it inappropriate to flip the table at the time and can only swallow their teeth into their stomachs; Lu Hou belonged to the latter. He had always been an honest man, whether in his conduct or his business, but he had a bad habit: a few times a year, he would get drunk and run outside the village party secretary's house to curse for half the night.

The village party secretary's family wouldn't open the door and would let him curse; sometimes the old man and woman at home would even bring Lu Hou a bowl of water to soothe his throat.

His own children would deliberately watch their father's joke from the side, occasionally following along to repeat a few lines.

After paying the funeral gift and taking a hurried look at the mourning hall, the village party secretary left; he had deliberately arrived late because he really didn't want to eat Lu Hou's funeral meal.

However, he saw when he left that this meal wasn't worth eating either.

Hmph, it was ultimately something that couldn't be brought to the table.

From beginning to end, the village party secretary didn't even specifically look at Ge Li, who was sitting right there.

After his biological father left, Lu Jun turned his head to look at the portrait of his "father."

In his eyes, resentment and hatred were revealed.

It was as if he were blaming Lu Hou for stealing him away from his biological father, preventing him from enjoying his biological father's love.

The people around him began to comfort him, and there were also people comforting Ge Li; everyone appeared very harmonious and understanding.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan whispered to Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, "Is the social atmosphere in your Nantong so open?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "I'm from Fujian."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "Oh, right, but your Nantong dialect is so standard."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Hehe, is it?"

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "Yeah, it feels just like me, speaking Nantong dialect very naturally."

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

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "When does the performance start?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "In a little while, after they finish their performance over there."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "Performance?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Grandpa Li said that those people constantly comforting you around you are actually watching your joke in their hearts; they put on that understanding look just to get closer and continue chewing over your gossip."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "That's very apt."

Li Sanjiang walked out of the mourning hall; the second round of the banquet was over, yet no one had sent his lunch over. Even if it wasn't a formal banquet, they could at least bring something for him to make do with.

It didn't matter if he went hungry for a meal, but the two children were with him, especially A-You, who had been eating little lately; if he missed another meal, he'd worry about him losing weight.

"Come, eat this to pad your stomachs; we'll go home early to eat tonight."

Li Sanjiang handed over cloud-layer cakes, biscuits, peanuts, and crisp candies.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan took them, ate a piece of cloud-layer cake, and asked in confusion, "Grandpa Li, did you pack so many things in your pockets when you left the house?"

Li Sanjiang: "Lu Hou invited me."

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan turned to the side and glanced at the portrait.

Li Sanjiang: "Eat your food, it's fine; Lu Hou is a good person, he won't be angry if he treats the kids to some snacks."

These snacks were taken by Li Sanjiang from the offering table.

Li Sanjiang: "Eat quickly, and after you're done, perform well and play well, let Lu Hou leave in a lively and decent manner."

After finishing, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You clapped his hands, did a spin from the chair, and went straight to the open space.

His eyes narrowed; although his vertical pupils weren't activated, his aura had already overflowed, instantly capturing the gaze of everyone around.

Immediately following was a series of performance combos; whether it was the display of true martial arts or the exhibition of performance style, it was impeccable.

"Good!"

"Amazing!"

Hearing the cheers coming from outside, Li Sanjiang, who was chanting scriptures inside the mourning hall, also smiled, but then felt something was wrong—the atmosphere outside was a bit too cheerful.

Soon, a mournful flute sound arrived.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan followed Grandpa Li's instructions to be sorrowful.

But Li Sanjiang had underestimated this girl's musical foundation.

Gradually, everyone present began to have red-rimmed eyes, and while wiping away tears, they couldn't stop cheering for Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You.

Li Sanjiang wiped the corner of his eye with the back of his hand; this was quite good, it was the tone he wanted.

After Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You finished the first stage of his performance, Li Sanjiang brought over a fire basin and placed it on the ground.

A-You held the golden maces and walked around the fire basin, performing the three-step praise.

Afterward, he held one mace high, let the other hang low, and stepped into the mourning hall, circling the deceased on the bamboo bed.

The Guan Old Old Old Jiang Shou already had this style of presentation, so A-You understood the limits; when performing, it was just a performance, not ghost-catching.

But Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan was new to the industry and was exceptionally professional; she actually followed Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You into the mourning hall while playing the flute, circling together.

Previously, she was playing for everyone outside; now, it was equivalent to a solo for the deceased.

After she followed Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's footsteps and came back out to the terrace from the mourning hall, Li Sanjiang pointed at Lu Hou's portrait again, signaling the girl to play toward the photo.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan raised the melody, her eyes fixed on the portrait.

Little did she know, after the two of them came out, Lu Hou, lying on the bamboo bed, had already begun to shake violently.

When Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan went out with his great-grandfather to perform funeral rites, he would deliberately "avoid suspicion," which is why everything could remain normal.

Therefore, Li Sanjiang didn't have this awareness, and he wasn't clear about what kind of background the mules he often led out of the house to work had, or what kind of status they possessed.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You slapped the golden maces onto the offering table, causing all the incense to fly up; then, with a horizontal sweep of the maces, all the incense was ignited.

This was practically magic; the people around clapped and cheered vigorously while blinking their moist eyes.

However, a gust of wind happened to blow by.

It blew three of the incense sticks askew, which caused Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's next move to not be completely successful; the golden maces only caught the remaining incense and flicked it into the incense burner, while the other three sticks were about to fall to the ground.

He hadn't activated his vertical pupils after all, so his use of physical strength was a bit lacking.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan tilted her body to one side and raised her right arm; she flicked three incense sticks with her arm, and they landed precisely back into the incense burner, inserting themselves steadily.

Additionally, as the wind blew up quite a bit of the yellow paper nearby, Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan lifted her leg and swept it, using a clever force to drive all the yellow paper back into the fire basin to burn.

Since she had eaten their snacks, she would treat them to incense and spirit money in return.

The next moment,

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Inside the mourning hall, a series of bursting sounds rang out, followed by something like the howling of a wild beast.

This is Nantong, and it is very close to Peach Forest; there is no soil here for evil spirits to be born.

Therefore, Lu Hou was already dead, dead very thoroughly and very cleanly.

But no matter how clean the deceased is, they cannot withstand such offerings from Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan; this was truly, in the literal sense, blowing the deceased... to pieces.

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan stopped playing; she realized that she had done the wrong thing.

Once the flute stopped, everyone's emotions also recovered... no, they merely shifted from the sorrow of the previous melody to terror at the frightening commotion inside the mourning hall.

That beast-like howling sound was the airflow stirred up when the corpse burst, but to the ears of ordinary people, this was Lu Hou dying with a grievance, unable to close his eyes!

Li Sanjiang went into the mourning hall to check the situation; some of the bold ones also followed him in to take a look, and started vomiting after coming out.

When asked by the people around them if it was a corpse coming back to life?

Over there, while vomiting, they answered: "It exploded, it exploded, it really exploded everywhere!"

Ge Li, who was sitting there, had her back against the wall, her body trembling.

Lu Jun's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face was deathly pale, and he only managed to steady himself with the help of those around him, but the legs of his trousers had already darkened; he had urinated.

"Thump!"

Someone in the crowd knelt down, kowtowing while crying out:

"Brother Lu Hou, I was wrong, I was wrong; I shouldn't have taken that medicine to your son and daughter-in-law. I was blinded by greed; I knew they intended to poison you to death, but I was greedy for that bit of money and gave them the medicine!"

The explosion of the corpse inside the mourning hall had shattered this person's psychological defenses.

What he said was heard by everyone present.

Saying that if the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate is certainly extreme, but sometimes this kind of cover-up between family members can indeed make it relatively easy to bury some matters.

But once it is poked open, then the next steps must inevitably follow the procedure.

Someone reported it to the police station.

Very quickly, the police from the police station arrived.

As the funeral masters, and also the three people closest to the corpse when it exploded, they were also invited back to the police station together.

After arriving at the police station, many police officers said in astonishment:

"Why is it you guys again?"

Lu Hou's corpse bursting open did not just shatter that person's psychological defenses; Lu Jun and Ge Li were also mentally traumatized. In this situation, facing the solemn environment of an interrogation, they simply could not hold on any longer, and with each question and answer, they directly confessed their own actions.

The captain in charge of this case looked at the transcript that had just come out and couldn't help but sigh:

"Since I entered this profession, this is the most cooperative suspect in a serious crime I have ever encountered."

The young police officer beside him spoke up: "With something like this happening, they don't have the heart to quibble anymore, right?"

"How is the corpse?"

"A lot of it was blown away, but what remains should still be testable. The forensic doctor said they should be able to test whether it was death by poisoning."

The captain put the transcript on the table and grabbed his hair forcefully: "This kid is truly a beast."

Lu Hou had long known that Lu Jun was not his biological son; he wasn't blind.

Moreover, the one who took the initiative to tear open this layer of tacit understanding and say these words was his son, Lu Jun.

The father and son had a big fight over this, and Lu Hou was so angry he fainted and was hospitalized.

While receiving treatment at the hospital, Lu Hou discovered he had cancer.

He didn't intend to treat it, feeling that treatment was meaningless.

He secretly drew up a will, but hadn't yet had the chance to find the village elder to notarize it; he had only made a draft and temporarily locked it in his drawer. As a result, it was discovered by Ge Li; after all, this man had no secrets from her.

The content of the will was very simple, meaning that after Lu Hou died, his house, savings, and storefront would be divided into two parts: one part for Lu Jun, since he had called him Dad for so many years, and Ge Li would still have to live with Lu Jun.

The other part would be donated to a welfare institution in the city. He had no children of his own in this life, and he felt happy looking at other children, wanting to let them have better living conditions in the welfare institution.

Lu Jun, upon learning that half of his property was going to be stolen away, directly found someone to buy medicine and poisoned Lu Hou to death.

The young officer asked: "Captain Cao, if this corpse hadn't exploded, wouldn't this matter have been buried? Do you think it could really be a vengeful spirit manifesting..."

Captain Cao reached out and adjusted the young officer's police cap to make it straight.

After glaring at him irritably, Captain Cao walked out of the office to find the director and report the progress of the case.

Li Sanjiang, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, and Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan sat in a room, with tea placed in front of the three of them.

This was a reception room, and a television was placed on the desk, with the CCTV channel playing a special program related to real estate in Hainan.

The theme was learning from lessons, and at the end of the program, many beautiful scenes of Hainan were also broadcast, implying that the future of Hainan was still beautiful.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Were houses over there that expensive before?"

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "Yeah, expensive for several years, and then the bubble burst."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Did you buy any?"

Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan: "I'm a music teacher, where would I get the money to buy? Who looks for a music teacher for tutoring? I heard about you, though, your family has a lot of land?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "We have very little flat farmland like this, but a lot of mountainous land per capita."