Chapter 260

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

Earlier, deep within his consciousness, in his original body’s home, he knew he couldn’t open that basement iron door.

His original body went to the fish pond to release fish fry, but in that place, the word “go out” was itself an abstract concept.

He could step out with his front foot and be back with his back foot, or even have his left foot out while his right foot was still in.

But Li Zhuiyuan still attempted to open the lock with a mismatched key. His purpose wasn’t to get the truth, but to issue a kind of equivalent warning to his original body.

The meaning was: because I trust myself, I believe you are definitely planning something else.

But you should also trust yourself enough not to naively think your plan can easily succeed.

Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his forehead.

In special moments, he and his original body could cooperate back-to-back, and neither would be foolish enough to give outsiders an opportunity.

But outside of special moments, they were each other’s most terrible enemies, and neither could afford to relax or weaken.

He sat on the bed for a long time, feeling thirsty.

A cup of water was handed over just in time.

“Thank you.”

Li Zhuiyuan took the cup and drank several sips.

Zhao Yi: “Is your heart weighing so heavily?”

Zhao Yi was in the room when the boy woke up and had quietly waited, not wanting to disturb him.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

Zhao Yi: “That must be a big problem.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “An old problem.”

Zhao Yi: “I haven’t seen you like this before.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “The old problem is entering a new developmental stage.”

Zhao Yi: “Interested in hearing about my new problem? You just woke up, it might make you happy.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Okay, go ahead.”

Zhao Yi narrated what happened after Li Zhuiyuan fainted.

After listening, Li Zhuiyuan opened his mouth and said: “You said, why would the Yu family send people over?”

Zhao Yi: “Hey hey hey, shouldn’t the key point be my ‘whole clan seal’?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “You also said it’s a seal.”

Zhao Yi knocked on the table, emphasizing: “Whole clan, that’s the whole clan!”

Li Zhuiyuan: “It doesn’t matter.”

Seeing Li Zhuiyuan like this, Zhao Yi relaxed and smiled: “I knew it, no matter what difficulties, in front of my Xiao Yuan bro, they’re not a big deal.”

Li Zhuiyuan drank his water.

Zhao Yi: “Look, we’re all in the Chuan Yu region, and this place isn’t far from Fengdu. How about you take the trouble, on your way back to Nantong, go to Fengdu and help me explain to the great and benevolent Fengdu Emperor. Just tell him my great disrespect was a misunderstanding, and ask him to look at you and Yinmeng’s faces and not stoop to dealing with a small three-eyed guy like me?”

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head.

Zhao Yi: “What does shaking your head mean?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “I won’t be going to Fengdu anytime soon.”

Zhao Yi: “Why?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Afraid of dying.”

Zhao Yi: “……”

A long silence fell in the room.

Zhao Yi took out a cigarette, bit it in his mouth, lit it, then sat on the edge of Li Zhuiyuan’s bed:

“How exactly are you thinking, and how exactly do you dare?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Everyone has their position, some can be self-selected, some are temporarily unselectable, only relying on heaven’s will.”

Zhao Yi: “In my eyes, adding insult to injury to the Yu family is already very stimulating. After all, the Yu family is no longer the true Yu family of that year, but the Emperor is still the Emperor who achieved immortality during the Eastern Han dynasty.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Have you contacted your family?”

Zhao Yi: “Notified Old Tian, asked him to go back to the old home specially to see. It’s okay, the family members are all still alive, temporarily not working in the underworld.”

Old Tian was still very serious about various tests, afraid that the people in the old house were all dead and this was some kind of illusion or boundary.

Li Zhuiyuan: “If the Emperor truly wanted to act, then the Zhao family of Jiujiang would definitely have had problems already. Last time it was very quick, I hadn’t even gotten home yet, and my family’s old lady knew before I did that the family had been destroyed by the Emperor.”

Zhao Yi chuckled and said: “This is truly good news.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “So, relax. Your matter involves me, and eventually the Emperor will definitely settle the score with me.”

Zhao Yi: “Then I don’t need to go then?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes, wait until I’m well-prepared. When I go to Fengdu, I will help you explain to the Emperor.”

Zhao Yi: “Won’t forget?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Won’t forget. How about this, I’ll have Lin Shuyou write a memo, and on that day, he’ll be responsible for reminding me.”

Zhao Yi patted the boy’s hand firmly, saying seriously:

“Such a dangerous matter, how can I rest assured if you go alone? Rest assured, I will definitely go with you!”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Good.”

Zhao Yi exhaled a smoke ring and sighed: “Surname Li, have you noticed? Since knowing you, I’m either suffering or on the way to find suffering.”

“I feel that our fates clash. As long as I meet you, nothing good ever happens.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “This is very normal. The Dragon King originally needs to suppress all competitors of the same era.”

“Tsk.”

“As an opponent, you are at least still alive, and your whole clan still exists.”

“I thank you then~”

After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he laughed himself, using the back of his hand to cover his forehead:

“Hehehe, it seems I’m still very strong. Others have all been canceled, while I’m just waiting to be canceled.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Where are they?”

Zhao Yi: “Tan Wenbin is pretending to sleep in the next room. Yinmeng and Runsheng were soft-talked and coaxed by Lin Shuyou to go play in Rongcheng. They played for several days, and Ayou still hasn’t had enough fun.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Oh.”

Zhao Yi: “Ayou is still a young person, very normal. Moreover, although you fainted and it was uncertain when you would wake up, you wouldn’t die anyway, and you don’t need people to worry. They should just play.”

Li Zhuiyuan got up, took out clean clothes from his backpack, and went to wash.

After washing and coming back, he saw Zhao Yi still sitting on the edge of his bed.

“Something else?”

“Yes, originally Tan Wenbin should have told you, but since you’re awake now, I’ll just tell you first. I taught one of my secret techniques to Tan Wenbin. In exchange, Tan Wenbin promised me he would persuade you to teach me the battlefield command secret technique.”

“Bingbing bro won’t promise this. What he promised must be another secret technique.”

“We need more mutual trust, right, Xiao Yuan bro.”

“What he originally promised you, wasn’t it Yinmeng’s sacrifice secret technique?”

“What? Speak louder, my ears have been growing earwax recently.”

“This secret technique of mine, I didn’t name it. Its performance is that I release it, connecting with other partners through a red string. I was inspired by the tower on Yulong Snow Mountain and spent a long time and energy to deduce it.”

“The Zhao family’s technique of Jiujiang, let me take a look.”

“I’m not boasting when I say this secret technique, you can’t use it, because the caster must receive complete trust from the receiver’s inner heart without resistance. Otherwise, the caster will suffer a strong backlash. Tell me, do you dare to use it?”

“Don’t dare.”

Zhao Yi simply stood up and lay back on his own bed.

Unconditional trust and no resistance, how is that possible?

His family knows their own business. Among this group of people under him, they are very cunning. Previously he was happy to see this, because it made it convenient for him to grasp and control.

Now, even if he learned this secret technique, it would be useless unless he completely changed the entire team. But even so, he couldn’t guarantee that the new team members would completely trust him.

Zhao Yi: “Your ability to pick people is truly amazing.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “It’s my good luck to have met them.”

Zhao Yi changed the subject and asked: “What about Chen Jing, that boy, how are you planning to arrange him?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Aren’t you planning to take him into your own team?”

Zhao Yi: “But I can feel, he actually wants to follow you more.”

Zhao Yi likes that boy for two reasons: one is his pure and kind character, and the other is that the boy is very smart, smart enough to know which leg is thicker and worth hugging.

Li Zhuiyuan: “There is no place for him in my team.”

Zhao Yi: “Although he is the same age as you, he has demon clan bloodline. He can continuously stimulate his bloodline to increase his strength, unlike you who needs to wait until your adult body is fully developed before formally practicing martial arts.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “I know, but I have no need to accept him.”

Zhao Yi: “What about the Yu family?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “If it’s just to gain more benefits in the future surge of the Yu family and that’s why I accept him, I’d rather not have those benefits.”

Li Zhuiyuan is very satisfied with his current team configuration. Everyone in the team is climbing step by step according to his arrangements and designs. Bringing in a newcomer now and having to cultivate them again would slow down the rhythm of the whole team. Secondly, Li Zhuiyuan himself is lazy to lead a newcomer again.

Zhao Yi: “Then you help me refuse him.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Won’t you feel resentful?”

Zhao Yi: “Resentful? If they could switch sides, do you believe that these four people under me would all be willing to jump to your ship? I’d feel resentful about that.”

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to his ear: “Speak of the Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives.”

Chen Jing walked up the stairs.

Zhao Yi waved his hand, indicating for Li Zhuiyuan to go through the process.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room. The moment the door was pulled open, Zhao Yi’s entire body rose into the air, his feet not touching the ground. Quietly and silently, he propped himself against the wall between the rooms, his ear pressed tightly against the door.

“Creak……”

Outside, the door was about to be pushed open again.

Zhao Yi reached out and resisted the doorknob.

Li Zhuiyuan’s voice came from outside the door: “Help me get two cans of Jianlibao, they’re in my bag.”

Zhao Yi rotated his body, his body spinning like a top in mid-air. After getting the drinks, he did another inverted flip and returned to the area behind the door.

He opened the door a crack, and two cans of Jianlibao were handed out.

Li Zhuiyuan, holding the two cans of Jianlibao, came to the corridor of the guesthouse.

Chen Jing had just walked up the stairs. He looked up and immediately shouted in surprise: “Xiao Yuan bro, you’re awake?”

“Yes.”

Li Zhuiyuan opened one can of Jianlibao with a “puchi” sound. As he brought it to his mouth, he frowned slightly, but still drank it.

Some incorrect memories still needed to be corrected. The main thing was his habit; he was too lazy to change to a new kind of drink.

Chen Jing walked over and asked with concern: “Xiao Yuan bro, are you alright?”

“I’m fine.” Li Zhuiyuan pointed to the second can of Jianlibao, “Want to drink?”

“Okay, I’m just thirsty.” Chen Jing took the Jianlibao.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Give me the money.”

“Oh, okay.” Chen Jing fumbled in his pocket, took out some money, and handed it to Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan took the money, then leaned against the balcony, gazing at the distant mountain scenery.

Chen Jing: “Xiao Yuan bro, there’s something I need to trouble you with.”

“Say it.”

“My grandma has been hospitalized these past few days, and her body is stable now, so my grandpa’s funeral matter……”

“We’ll handle it tomorrow. I’ll have them go help you with it.”

“Thank you, Xiao Yuan bro.”

Chen Jing held the Jianlibao and bowed to Li Zhuiyuan.

Then, he took a big gulp of the drink and let out a “ha~” sound.

Li Zhuiyuan: “You rarely drank this kind of drink before?”

Chen Jing nodded: “Grandpa and grandma basically wouldn’t buy this at home, but I ate a lot of good things when I was little, hehe.”

“You should go.” Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand and walked towards Tan Wenbin’s room.

Chen Jing then walked towards the room where Zhao Yi was located, pushed open the door, and saw Zhao Yi lying on the bed with his legs up, as if he had been sleeping for a long time.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhao Yi yawned awake and said: “You’re here.”

“Yes, I’m here, Yi bro. I just met Xiao Yuan bro, and he promised to help me with grandpa’s funeral.”

“Then we’ll go to your home tomorrow morning.”

“Yi bro, I want to make grandpa’s funeral grand, so that grandpa walks lively, and grandma feels more comfortable.”

“So?”

“Yi bro, can you lend me some more money?”

After Shen Huaiyang died, his Taoist temple was also burned according to the rules.

“Okay, don’t worry about the money. To be fair, purely in terms of material conditions, your Yi bro is much better than that surname Li.”

“Thank you, Yi bro. I will definitely work hard to return the money to you when I do things for you later.”

Zhao Yi laughed, crossed his legs, took out paper and pen:

“Then let’s sign an IOU and calculate compound interest.”

……

“Xiao Yuan bro.”

When Li Zhuiyuan came in, Tan Wenbin was sitting back against the headboard of the bed, playing poker. It was a three-player fight against the landlord.

Tan Wenbin held cards in his hand, and the other two sets of cards were floating.

When Li Zhuiyuan came in, the floating cards fell back onto the bed.

When the boy is around, the two children will shrink back due to fear.

“Zhao Yi has already told me about what happened later.”

“Xiao Yuan bro, I made the decision on my own……”

“You did well.” Li Zhuiyuan said affirmatively, “When we go to Fengdu, the more people the better. The Emperor has lived alone for a long time and should like liveliness.”

“Actually, I didn’t have much hope at that time either. Young Master Zhao saw through my intentions, but he……”

“It’s him himself, he underestimated our madness.”

“I think this also counts as helping Young Master Zhao broaden his horizons.”

“He taught you a set of secret techniques?”

“Yes, this secret technique can ‘see’ people’s inner thoughts, not the specific content, but a kind of manifestation.”

“Can you copy it now?”

Tan Wenbin shook his head: “I’ve tried, but I still can’t. I need to use my own body’s spirit to simulate the effect of the life and death door seam substitute.”

“Then record this secret technique as much as possible in text, and I’ll help you take a look.”

Tan Wenbin: “Then I should be able to learn it very quickly. These two children learn things very fast.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Not them learning. Deng Chen has better talent in this area. After all, his snake eyes are more special.”

Tan Wenbin was silent.

The two children sitting on Tan Wenbin’s shoulders also lowered their heads and rubbed their little fingers.

If other people dared to say such words, they would bare their teeth in anger and even tease the opponent.

But facing Li Zhuiyuan, the two children didn’t dare.

Tan Wenbin took a deep breath and nodded: “Yes, Xiao Yuan bro, you are right. I have been coveting Deng Chen’s eyes for a long time.”

Tan Wenbin would not regret the matter he had already promised. Moreover, he had begged Li Zhuiyuan for this earlier, just to gain the opportunity to walk a wave in a wheelchair this time.

The difficulty of this wave was reduced, but the next wave would inevitably increase. He needed to ensure that he recovered to the best state and could not be so sickly again.

Li Zhuiyuan: “The two children’s merits are already more than enough, enough to reincarnate into a good family in their next life.”

Tan Wenbin: “Did you hear that? After reincarnation, not only do you need to study well, you also need to be a good person.”

“I’m hungry, I’ll go downstairs to the hot pot restaurant to order food first.” After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the room.

The two children’s bodies relaxed, then subconsciously reached out and hugged Tan Wenbin’s neck tightly, pressing their heads against Tan Wenbin’s side face.

Tan Wenbin sighed, raised his two hands, and lightly stroked the air, unable to actually touch them.

His mother Zheng Fang told him that when she gave birth to him, she didn’t have any maternal love in her heart at all. Instead, she felt annoyed looking at his wrinkled appearance, doubting how she could have given birth to such an ugly thing.

After a period of care and companionship, the so-called maternal love emotion gradually developed and became full.

It was the same with Tan Wenbin and the two children. Because they spent a long time together day and night, their emotions, especially that kind of father-son emotion, had already become very deep.

“Be obedient. My life still needs to continue, and you should also go welcome your new lives. Who knows, maybe we can meet again in the vast sea of people.”

The two children began to cry, and ghostly tears dropped onto the bedsheet, freezing the area.

This made Tan Wenbin very painful and tormented, but now, he was already missing this feeling in advance.

“Beep beep.”

The small pickup truck drove back to the guesthouse.

Except for Runsheng who had a calm expression, Yinmeng and Lin Shuyou seemed very happy, and quite a bit reluctant to leave.

Especially Yinmeng, she parked the car properly, got out, and closed the door.

Yinmeng: “If we could play in Rongcheng for a few more days, it would be great. Xiao Yuan bro is also tired, it would be good for him to rest for a couple more days.”

Lin Shuyou: “Yes ah……”

As soon as he started speaking, Lin Shuyou’s eyes rolled, and he immediately changed his tune: “Matters ah, have light heavy urgent. I still more hope Xiao Yuan bro can early point wake come.”

The child continued to mutter softly in his heart: “Xiao Yuan bro not in, I eat not fragrant sleep not good, always worry in heart bottom.”

Lin Shuyou: “This……”

Child: “Nian, you fast nian ah!”

Lin Shuyou: “Too meaty.”

Child: “So just call you nian.”

Lin Shuyou: “Xiao Yuan bro can see out I in nian draft.”

Yinmeng said doubtfully: “What, you don’t want to……”

Runsheng reached out and pressed Yinmeng’s shoulder, saying: “What are we eating for dinner? These past few days, because you were worried about Xiao Yuan, you haven’t eaten well.”

Yinmeng: “Ah?”

Immediately, Yinmeng slowly came to her senses and began to look around. She realized, Xiao Yuan bro was awake?

Finally, she found the boy’s figure sitting in the hot pot restaurant next door.

Although the distance was very far, she knew that Xiao Yuan bro’s hearing was sharp and he could clearly hear what they were saying.

Li Zhuiyuan did hear, but he never liked these things. Unfortunately, his partners liked to entertain themselves in this aspect.

The boy hooked the ordered menu and handed it to the boss, then turned his head to look at them:

“Come eat hot pot.”

Zhao Yi also came down to eat hot pot together and asked somewhat doubtfully: “Where are those two? Aren’t they coming back together?”

Yinmeng: “They went to a nightclub and will be back a bit later.”

Zhao Yi sighed, picked up a piece of beef tripe for himself: “Alas, they truly make people worry.”

Lin Shuyou said doubtfully: “Do you still need to worry about their safety?”

Zhao Yi: “I’m worried about the safety of others.”

After the meal, at Yinmeng’s suggestion, a mahjong table was set up.

On the table were Li Zhuiyuan, Zhao Yi, Yinmeng, and Sun Yan.

As they played, the two women looked at each other and saw in each other’s eyes that they couldn’t continue playing. There was no way, with these two present, they truly had no gaming experience at all.

Li Zhuiyuan and Zhao Yi got off in time. Yinmeng called Lin Shuyou and Runsheng down to take their places, but both waved their hands in refusal.

Finally, the hot pot restaurant next door finished its evening business and was preparing to close. The boss brought a waitress over to join, and only then was it complete.

Li Zhuiyuan returned to his room first. Zhao Yi then followed him into Lin Shuyou’s room.

Lin Shuyou looked at him with vigilance and asked: “What do you want to do?”

Zhao Yi: “I need to ask you to do something. Tonight, first make a trip to Chen Jing’s home and handle his mother’s skeleton inside the bedroom wall, then the wall also needs to be sealed well.”

Lin Shuyou: “Why don’t you go?”

Zhao Yi: “Because I know you will go. Who told you to be kind?”

Lin Shuyou was a bit dissatisfied but still went.

That boy needed a new start. This time, it was best not to leave anything that could stimulate him.

After arranging Ayou, Zhao Yi returned to the room and saw Li Zhuiyuan lying on the bed preparing to sleep. He said in surprise:

“No, you’ve already slept for three days, and you still want to sleep?”

“You eat meals every day and still want to eat?”

“Okay, okay, go to sleep.” Zhao Yi sat down at the desk, took out a pen and notebook, and began writing quickly.

He looked at the two secret techniques, one was sacrifice and the other was red line. He couldn’t use either, but the labor fee might not be calculated like this. At least he had to listen.

He wrote until midnight, using up more than half a bottle of ink.

There were some sounds outside, and Zhao Yi put down his pen and walked out of the room.

The Liang family sisters were about to enter the house when they saw Zhao Yi standing in the corridor.

Zhao Yi: “Nothing happened, right?”

Liang Yan: “Small matter.”

Liang Li: “Not worth mentioning.”

Zhao Yi: “Say it.”

Liang Yan: “Met three hooligans on the way out who wanted to rob and sexually assault, but we didn’t kill anyone.”

Liang Li: “Their hand and foot tendons were all broken, and their eggs were all kicked broken.”

Zhao Yi: “How many points?”

Liang Yan: “Just three hooligans.”

Zhao Yi’s gaze sank.

Liang Li: “Ten points.”

Liang Yan: “Just lively, not over the line.”

Zhao Yi: “You need to remember your identity, and also consider my feelings.”

Liang Yan: “You can take a concubine.”

Liang Li: “Can take ten.”

Zhao Yi: “Heh.”

Liang Yan: “So angry? We really didn’t do anything out of line.”

Liang Li: “Is it because we mentioned eggs?”

Zhao Yi: “Is that the kind of atmosphere? Go back to your rooms and sleep now. Tomorrow, you two will go mourn and cry!”

After teaching the two sisters, Zhao Yi returned to his room and continued to bury his head in writing, writing until dawn.

Li Zhuiyuan’s daily routine was very stable. He woke up on time, sat up, and saw Zhao Yi sitting at the desk. His face was pale, and he had just spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, catching it with a handkerchief.

At the same time, the white shirt he had specially changed into the night before was also stained red on the chest.

Li Zhuiyuan: “Too deliberate.”

Zhao Yi: “Writing these things is originally very draining.”

Skills, techniques, and arrays are not simple copying. It is indeed not easy to reproduce them in text as much as possible, and it consumes a lot.

Zhao Yi put the stack of books in front of him onto Li Zhuiyuan’s bed: “Come, help me take a look and modify them. After leaving Jiang, my Jiujiang Zhao family can offer you a guest minister plaque.”

Li Zhuiyuan: “The last sentence can be removed, it’s too advantageous.”

Zhao Yi: “Okay, then can you help me modify these?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “You can find Tan Wenbin to help you modify them. I may not promise you this.”

Zhao Yi: “Hey! I’m also an external captain, and in this wave, I’ve exhausted my heart and energy, busy from beginning to end, both putting in people and shedding blood. How can you not acknowledge it now? In this world, there is no such reason. In the past, when we were busy farming in the countryside and helped other families, people knew not to be stingy with a meal and a bit of wages!”

“You, farming, being a helper?”

“Surname Li, you can tease this young master of mine, can’t I just mock myself?”

“One-third.”

“Five-thirds!”

“Four-one.”

“One-third, deal!”

Zhao Yi prepared to take out one-third from the middle and take the rest away.

Li Zhuiyuan said as he got out of bed: “Leave them all.”

Zhao Yi: “Wow, surname Li, how can you be so shameless?”

You only modify one-third for me, but you want to see all of it!

Li Zhuiyuan: “You can take it all away.”

Zhao Yi: “Look, just look. I wrote them out just to show you. I’m telling you, the essence of my Jiujiang Zhao family is probably all here. You need to promise me, it’s okay to look and learn, but don’t spread it out casually, otherwise my Zhao family will be in danger.”

Li Zhuiyuan squeezed toothpaste while saying: “The whole clan is already sealed, what danger are you still afraid of?”

Zhao Yi’s mouth twitched, and then as if he thought of something, he immediately said:

“The twelve law decrees of Fengdu, you teach me!”

“Okay.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“Promised so happily? Then, will there be any price for learning this?”

“No price, just the causal relationship is a bit heavy.”

“How so?”

“The whole clan is sealed and immediately the whole clan adds officials and enters nobility, even chickens and dogs enter the underworld.”

Li Zhuiyuan was not being stingy, nor was he scaring Zhao Yi. However, no one was clearer than he was about the causal relationship between this technique and the Emperor.

Zhao Yi: “Surname Li, why do you always come up with things that are difficult to learn? Are you doing it on purpose?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Things that are difficult to learn are often more worth learning.”

When they went to the hospital to pick up Chen Jing’s grandma and grandpa’s body, Li Zhuiyuan asked Lin Shuyou to go to Wu Xin to handle the end of his internship because they could return after the funeral was finished here.

The funeral lasted for two days. The two old people were quite popular in the village, and almost everyone in the village came to attend the funeral.

Although the two old people were left with only one grandson and no other direct relatives, with the Liang family sisters who were forced by Zhao Yi to mourn and cry, it was still lively.

Chen Jing’s grandma held the hands of the two sisters while crying and kept saying thank you.

Tan Wenbin was responsible for sitting in the mourning hall and chanting scriptures and knocking the wooden fish. The weather was hot, and they couldn’t rent a suitable ice cabinet, so they relied on him to cool it down.

Runsheng and Lin Shuyou often followed Li Sanjiang in arranging the vegetarian feast. Although the customs in each place were different, the white affairs were ultimately not much different. The two divided their responsibilities clearly and organized things very well.

Afraid that Chen Jing’s grandpa would not enjoy it, Li Zhuiyuan did not participate specifically. He found a corner and looked at the things Zhao Yi had written for him.

The Jiujiang Zhao system is very mixed, and not a few things are absorbed from other families and sects. This kind of secondary absorption is originally easy to bring defects. Li Zhuiyuan did not refine them, he just supplemented these defects to make them appear more complete.

From Li Zhuiyuan’s perspective, this was a bit of passive work, but Zhao Yi was very satisfied with it. After all, if you make it too high-end, it is easy to tune high and isolated. If the people in the family cannot even learn the most basic things, it loses its original meaning.

Yinmeng spent two days building a coffin with high efficiency.

Zhao Yi personally selected an auspicious grave on the mountain and buried Chen Jing’s grandpa.

Earth burial management here is not as strict as in Nantong, and it’s on the mountain, so it’s very free.

Zhao Yi also specially opened another position on the auspicious grave, saying it was for Chen Jing’s grandma when she dies.

After the grandma heard it, she cried and laughed, very happy.

After these were done, Li Zhuiyuan and the others left first.

Zhao Yi and the others still needed to stay. After sending the grandma to the Rongcheng nursing home and settling her down, they would bring Chen Jing with them.

From this, one can see how much Zhao Yi values Chen Jing.

At the time of separation, Li Zhuiyuan said that he would have someone send the modified things to the Jiujiang Zhao family.

Zhao Yi waved his hand and refused, saying that it would make his Jiujiang Zhao family seem too arrogant. He planned to go back to the old home first to see Old Tian head, and by the way, replenish some medicine supplies, and then go to Nantong to pick them up in person.

Li Zhuiyuan agreed.

The group still took that small pickup truck back to Nantong, but this time they drove a longer way compared to when they came, just to put more distance between themselves and Fengdu, fearing that the Emperor would misunderstand and preemptively take a seat.

The car was driving on the road. Lin Shuyou stood in the back of the truck, holding onto the railing, appreciating the scenery along the way.

Seeing the mountainous area quickly receding and entering the plain, he still felt a bit reluctant in his heart.

Tan Wenbin leaned there, head down, yawning. Every time he came out, he was very excited to see the mountains, and then after seeing them for a long time, he would feel a bit tired and miss the plain.

Lin Shuyou reached into the box under Tan Wenbin’s body and took out a can of drink. The weather was a bit hot, but the drink was still frozen solid.

Ayou wasn’t in a hurry to drink it. He just rolled the can of drink on his arm and face to cool down.

“Bing bro, your body’s cold air is getting stronger and stronger.”

Tan Wenbin nodded, not saying anything. The big sun was shining, and he was shivering non-stop.

The driving Yinmeng said: “If it gets any colder, I’m worried the engine will stall.”

This problem could only be solved after returning. The best situation would be to send the two children to reincarnate at the same time and let Deng Chen and the others come in, a seamless connection.

Originally, in Li Zhuiyuan’s plan, Tan Wenbin could only select one or at most two of the four spirits. But during this period, the pressure from the two children made Tan Wenbin realize his breakthrough. He could now bear four spirits, completely no problem.

Moreover, unlike the two children, after all, humans and ghosts are different paths. Those four spirits are themselves the incarnation of the “Five Officials Map”. Li Zhuiyuan can use Tan Wenbin’s body as a carrier to re-present the “Five Officials Map” in another way.

Tan Wenbin just happens to be able to fill the position of that pig head.

He had already contacted him by phone earlier. After Deng Chen came to Nantong from Jinling that time, he only went back once in the middle. He exchanged the photo studio.

Then, he rented the second floor of a street-side shop in Shigang town and pasted a photo red sticker on the window.

But he spent most of his time not in this simple small shop, but taking a camera to the surrounding countryside, specifically taking photos for the elderly in the countryside.

He took posthumous photos and did not charge any fees.

The old people were very happy about this. He basically ate all three meals at different old people’s homes, and sometimes they would drink a couple of cups together.

The money from the exchanged photo studio in Jinling was enough for him to do this kind of public welfare for a long time. The costs were all proper clean money. Only like this could it be considered truly doing good deeds.

In the child’s words: Deng Chen knows how to make progress.

As someone who wants to join later, you often need to pay more and show more understanding compared to your seniors.

As usual, he contacted his family and notified them of the specific date and time of their return. He received feedback from Li Sanjiang, saying that on that day he wanted to take Li Weihan and Cui Guiying to Langshan to burn incense and repay a wish. They would just meet there and return together.

Considering Tan Wenbin’s special situation, after entering the Nantong boundary, Li Zhuiyuan let Yinmeng continue driving the others back to the village first, while he got off alone in front of the Langshan scenic area.

It was not a holiday season, so there weren’t many people or tourists coming to Langshan to burn incense. Li Zhuiyuan saw the three old people sitting on the edge of the flower bed from afar.

Today’s incense burning was to repay the wish that Li Weihan had made when he had surgery.

Cui Guiying: “Sanjiang uncle, you said when can Xiao Yuan Hou arrive?”

Li Sanjiang: “Who knows what happens on the road. If there’s a car accident and a traffic jam, it’s very normal.”

Cui Guiying’s face turned pale with fright: “What, a car accident?”

Li Weihan quickly glared at Cui Guiying: “What nonsense are you talking about? Sanjiang uncle said that other cars on the road had a car accident, blocking their road. Isn’t Xiao Yuan Hou’s car being blocked?”

Cui Guiying quickly patted her chest and said: “Oh, it’s like this, it’s like this.”

Li Sanjiang scratched his chin, then rubbed his belly, and said: “Han Hou, Guiying Hou, let’s find a place to eat first.”

Cui Guiying quickly took out a small package, opened it, and inside were dried steamed buns. There were also pickled vegetables inside.

“Sanjiang uncle, please eat. I’ll go to the ticket seller and get some hot water.”

Li Sanjiang looked at the dried steamed buns, and his old face wrinkled.

At home, he had wine and oil with every meal. It was okay to occasionally nibble on a dried steamed bun when bored, but to eat this as a main meal when hungry, he might not be able to stand it.

Cui Guiying lowered her head and went to get hot water.

Li Weihan scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. According to reason, since Sanjiang uncle accompanied them on this trip, both emotionally and logically, he should treat him to a meal, and it should be a meal with dishes on the table.

But it wasn’t like home outside. Eating in restaurants outside was already expensive, and the restaurants in front of the scenic area were even more expensive.

It wasn’t just that he was unwilling, but the problem now was that he truly didn’t have that much spare money.

Earlier, when they were treating the illness and having surgery, all four of his sons’ families contributed money.

Yesterday, the second oldest son just gathered some of the income from home and returned the first batch to the four sons.

Now, they were truly short of money.

Li Sanjiang sighed helplessly. He had scolded these two stubborn people many times, and now he didn’t have the strength to scold them anymore.

Their sons gave the old man money for medical treatment, and they wanted to return it. The money their daughter sent was all saved, not daring to touch a single cent.

In Li Sanjiang’s opinion, this was just a brain disease, a person who had blessings but wouldn’t enjoy them, who was just born with a cheap life.

“Han Hou, let’s go, uncle is treating.”

“No, no, no, Sanjiang uncle, how can I be so shameless. Wait, when we get back home, you come to my place, and I’ll have Guiying kill a chicken for you……”

Li Sanjiang rolled his eyes: “Do you still have chickens in your chicken coop?”

Cui Guiying brought back the hot water.

Li Sanjiang waved his hand: “Go, go, go, let’s go down to the restaurant. My stomach isn’t good, I can’t eat dry food.”

Just as he was pulling, Li Zhuiyuan’s voice rang out:

“Too grandfather, grandfather, grandma!”

“Xiao Yuan Hou!”

“My Xiao Yuan Hou!”

After the enthusiastic hugging and pinching process ended, Li Sanjiang took Li Zhuiyuan’s hand and said:

“Let’s go, let’s go down to the restaurant. My great-grandson is back, I can’t let him eat this. The boy is just growing!”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Too grandfather, grandfather, grandma, I have money in my pocket. I just received my internship fee. I’ll treat.”

When it came to the child, Li Weihan and his wife no longer refused, but their faces were still a bit embarrassed. They followed together to a restaurant in front of the scenic area that was decorated very well.

Ingredients were placed in plates. You look at the plate and order yourself. There was no way to separate and tell the boss to see if it worked.

Li Zhuiyuan continuously selected two dishes, and Cui Guiying followed closely asking the price each time. After hearing the price, Cui Guiying muttered non-stop: “Heavens, it’s so expensive, I can make it myself at home.”

Li Weihan: “Xiao Yuan Hou, you order what you and your too grandfather eat, that’s fine. Your grandma and I just want two bowls of noodles, that’s fine.”

Then, Li Weihan asked for the price of noodles and was also shocked.

Cui Guiying: “How can we afford to eat this? It’s too scary expensive. Buying noodles ourselves or making noodles at home only costs a few dollars.”

Just like this back and forth, Li Zhuiyuan had been in the shop for a long time, but he couldn’t successfully order a single dish.

Li Sanjiang’s anger surged into his dantian, and he scolded the two old people: “Shut up, you old folks! The boy earned money and is treating us to a restaurant. Just order what you eat, and stop talking nonsense. Don’t let the boy spend money and not even get a good mood!”

Li Weihan and Cui Guiying were so scolded that they didn’t dare to say anything more.

Li Sanjiang pointed to the table beside them: “Go, sit there obediently and wait!”

The two old people listened and went to sit there.

Li Sanjiang turned and smiled, saying to Li Zhuiyuan: “Xiao Yuan Hou, you order. Too grandfather is really hungry, I can eat down a cow!”

Li Zhuiyuan successively ordered potato head stewed meat, red-braised belt fish, and leek fried eggs.

“Too grandfather, do you want to eat iron plate clams?”

“Eat!”

“One portion of cold dish, and soup?”

“Good!”

“Too grandfather, I haven’t eaten that wolf mountain chicken. Should I order one to taste?”

“Order!”

“Too grandfather, want another bottle of white wine, drink a bit?”

“Drink!”

Li Zhuiyuan: “Boss, that’s all.”

The boss looked at the ordered dishes on the list and reminded: “There are quite a few dishes, are you sure you want to order so many?”

Li Zhuiyuan: “It doesn’t matter. We can pack what we don’t finish, it won’t be wasted.”

The boss looked at Li Sanjiang, obviously waiting for the adult to confirm.

Li Sanjiang put his two hands on Li Zhuiyuan’s shoulders and shouted:

“What are you doing standing there? Just follow what my great-grandson ordered. My great-grandson earned the money and is treating us to a feast, ha ha!”