Chapter 227

Chapter 221

The phone hadn't been hung up and remained connected.

However, no sound was coming from the other end.

Li Zhuiyuan placed the receiver on the counter, gestured towards Xu Ayi who was standing some distance away, then gestured at the phone, and walked back carrying the bag containing the story newspaper.

The evening wind in Beijing, carrying noise, blew on the boy's body.

That night call from Zhang Shen’s small store had almost become his nightmare once.

Now, he no longer cared.

It wasn’t that he was generous and magnanimous enough to forgive, but rather that he was very clear on how to inflict the most severe blow on Li Lan.

I am your experimental product, but in my eyes, you are a failed product.

Based on this, any superfluous words and actions are merely the incompetent mad barks of a failure.

This is also why Li Lan no longer reasoned with him.

Because she perceived that her illness had truly improved.

When they walked back to the entrance of Fengze Garden, Great-grandfather, Runsheng, and Lin Shuyou also came out.

Great-grandfather stood at the very front, his face red, but he stood very steadily, needing no support at all.

Li Sanjiang: "Seen them off?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Mm."

Li Sanjiang reached out and patted the boy’s arm, saying nothing more.

He had said almost everything he needed to say.

Even Lin Shuyou could tell during dinner that the old man's attention was constantly on Xiao Yuan's body; how could Li Sanjiang not see it?

Meeting at Shichahai the first time was indeed a fate, but this fate was also like the tobacco shreds inside a cigarette, after being lit, it just burned to ash.

This second time was just too obvious.

"Come, Xiao Yuan Hou, you're going home tomorrow, accompany your Great-grandfather for another walk. Let's both absorb more of the imperial city's dragon energy from beneath its roots."

"Great-grandfather, let's walk inside then, there's only exhaust gas on the roadside."

"Hahaha!"

In the end, they didn't walk far. Having walked too much in the past few days, Li Sanjiang was also tired.

After returning to the hotel to rest, the next morning, everyone rushed to the airport early.

They didn’t bring many things when they came, but when they returned, they brought back many local specialties and souvenirs, big bags and small packages, all to be taken back to the village to give to people.

If you want people to listen to you show off, cooperate with you, and coax you, you have to give them some sweets. No one is willing to actively provide you with emotional value for no reason.

Li Sanjiang didn't understand what "emotional value" was, but he had already seen through human relations.

When the plane took off, Li Zhuiyuan actively placed his hand on Great-grandfather's hand.

Li Sanjiang adjusted his sitting posture and breathing. This was his second time flying, but he was still nervous.

After the plane leveled out, Li Sanjiang took out the story newspaper, opened it, crossed his legs, looked at the clouds outside the window for a while, and then lowered his head to read the story.

He also conveniently asked the flight attendant for a cup of coffee.

After taking a sip, he didn't drink another drop until the flight attendant took it away before the plane descended.

After landing at Xingdong Airport, walking out of the airport, seeing Nantong's blue sky and white clouds, and breathing in the air of his hometown, Li Sanjiang became completely energized.

The first thing he did was light a match, light a cigarette for himself, and slightly lower the air quality of his hometown.

Uncle Qin and Xiong Shan, who had received the return flight information early, came to pick them up on a tricycle.

On the way back, Li Sanjiang started chatting with Xiong Shan about what he had seen on the plane.

"Shan Hou ah, I used to hear that when you fly, the flight attendant can light your cigarette and pour you Maotai.

Alas, I didn't expect it to be fake. You can't even smoke on this plane; it suffocated me."

Li Zhuiyuan played with the pager in his hand. The matter in Beijing was temporarily over; now, he should focus on the next wave.

Tan Wenbin hadn't specifically contacted him these past few days, but every three days, a standard pager would arrive, indicating that he was still alive.

After returning home, Li Sanjiang started visiting his neighbors. He specifically showed the photos he took in Beijing to Liu Xiazi, whose eyesight wasn't good.

Li Zhuiyuan first checked on Yin Meng's situation. Yin Meng had already recovered, wearing a large vest, holding a saw, and making coffins.

Earth burial was more strictly controlled here, so coffin shops couldn't be openly operated, but occasionally making a few wasn't a problem; they weren't worried about selling them.

Everyone living at Great-grandfather's house, intentionally or unintentionally, would find something to do to show that they weren't simply freeloading.

Yin Meng wasn't disappointed about not going to Beijing because Liu Yi had taken her to Shanghai midway.

Liu Yi, as usual, had to go out to fetch things for the old lady every so often. This time, she specifically brought Yin Meng along, thinking of letting her relax as well.

Anyway, for Yin Meng, compared to famous sights, she preferred the prosperity of shopping malls.

However, this didn't affect her using this as an excuse to say to Runsheng with some resentment: "Had a good time playing?"

Runsheng: "Yeah."

Yin Meng pointed to a new coffin next to her and said: "Then brush some paint on it for me."

Runsheng: "Okay."

Yin Meng put down the saw in her hand, picked up the tea mug next to her, and gulped down more than half a cup of houttuynia tea. Some tea water dripped down her neck, mixing with sweat and flowing downwards.

Ever since she was soaked in a poison insect tank when Liu Yi was teaching her poison techniques, Yin Meng's skin had always been very fair, the kind of fairness a big girl has.

Liu Yi's explanation was that mountain city girls' skin was naturally dewy, and Yin Meng hadn't paid attention to maintenance before, plus... she ate too roughly.

The little guys in the team basically all had someone in their hearts, and they all knew some of Yin Meng's characteristics, so no one thought she was very good-looking.

In fact, if Meng Meng wore fashionable clothes now and got a fashionable haircut at the town barber shop...

Not to mention in town, even in the city, the回头 rate would be quite high.

Great-grandfather said that people had already come to probe, wanting to set up a match for Yin Meng. Several potential male families had good conditions and didn't know when they had seen Yin Meng, but they were completely infatuated.

But Great-grandfather refused all of them without hesitation, and the reason for refusal was that the girl already had someone.

Yin Meng sat on a chair next to her, swinging her legs, watching Runsheng busy himself, and occasionally mentioning how bored she was at home and how envious she was of them being able to go out and play.

Actually, on the way back, Xiong Shan had said that Liu Yi took Yin Meng to Shanghai, bought back many new clothes, and Li Hua also got some.

But Runsheng didn't point this out, just responded.

Lin Shuyou went to the small room inside to look after Bai He Tongzi.

Because Great-grandfather had also gone to Beijing, no one had come in to clean these past few days.

When Lin Shuyou came in, he not only found the Zun Sun Er Jiang he had personally carved lying on the ground, but even Bai He Tongzi was on the ground.

However, the former two were covered in dust, as if they had rolled around on the ground many times, while Tongzi was brand new and clean, and stood steadily on the ground.

This was like a new bully in the workplace on the first day, knocking down two former colleagues from the table.

As a result, on the second day, they discovered that no one was cleaning, so in order to continue bullying, Tongzi simply came down himself.

Lin Shuyou tidied up all three god statues and started cleaning the area.

While wringing out the dirty rag, he heard a "吧唧吧唧" sound from the altar table.

Tongzi really liked this god statue and loved this crude dojo to death. When there was nothing to do, he would just descend here to play.

The main reason was that the boy had given Him a truly high specification. It was like Lin Fuan and Chen Shoumen eagerly wanting to merge, and like the current situation of the Qin and Liu family's Dragon King gate; there were too many vacant positions, which was really suitable for investment.

Lin Shuyou washed the rag, shook his hand, and said: "Xiao Yuan Ge said he's afraid you're bored, so he can ask one of the Qin and Liu family ancestors' tablets to come over and accompany you."

The god statue, which had been shaking, suddenly froze.

Lin Shuyou: "Hehehe."

Tongzi realized he was being teased and actively shook forward, wanting to collide with this Ji Tong who dared to commit insubordination!

Lin Shuyou hugged the Tongzi god statue and carefully wiped it with a cloth.

Before putting it back in the end, he used his ring finger to lightly flick the center of the god statue's brow.

"Hiss..."

Lin Shuyou covered his finger in pain and jumped around on the spot.

What was true superior thunder wood? It wasn't the timber that was luckily struck by lightning in reality. Here, there truly remained something. This flick down instantly had a burning electric shock sensation.

Tongzi was happy.

With a "Pa da" sound, it leaned back and fell onto the altar table.

After recovering, Lin Shuyou blew on the tip of his blackened ring finger and re-stood the Tongzi statue.

"Pa da!"

Just stood up, it leaned back and fell again.

Re-stood up, re-fell.

Lin Shuyou was speechless for a moment: "When you faced that one last night, why didn't you look so spirited? You were such a coward, making me unable to even eat properly."

Hearing these words, the Tongzi statue lying on the altar table started swinging left and right.

That was because Lin Shuyou wasn't possessed now. Tongzi wouldn't possess him. If he were in a possessed state, Tongzi would probably have to properly educate this Ji Tong. What kind of character was that one? How dare He make trouble in front of that one!

Even if it was the underworld system, under Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, He Himself was once just a ghost yamen officer. What was that person!

Whether it was an underworld god or a yang god, what ox ghosts and snake gods dared to approach him?

You yourself inexplicably ran to eat at the same table with that kind of character without even saying hello in advance. This Tongzi hadn't even settled accounts with you yet!

Seeing that Tongzi was truly angry, Lin Shuyou had no choice but to hug it and start coaxing.

After coaxing for a long time, the Tongzi statue finally calmed down.

Actually, Tongzi was always that Tongzi. He was still that high and mighty underworld god, never changing.

What changed was Lin Shuyou's status. For various reasons, he could now really call Tongzi brother.

Before, he stood too low, still kneeling, looking at the underworld god on the altar table naturally being high and mighty. Now, standing on equal footing, without filters, he felt that Tongzi was also quite down-to-earth.

After Lin Shuyou closed the door, he walked out.

He always had a dream. If in the future, all official generals and underworld gods could have this kind of equal relationship with himself and Tongzi, then after exorcising demons and protecting the dao, the casualty rate of official generals would definitely be greatly reduced.

Xiao Yuan Ge had the ability to change the inheritance system of official generals, but Xiao Yuan Ge didn't have the necessity to do so. Standing in Xiao Yuan Ge's position, he only needed to ensure that whether it was Tongzi or Zun Sun Er Jiang, they all helped him do his work well.

Then this responsibility and mission naturally fell on himself. Lin Shuyou felt that this was the meaning of following Xiao Yuan Ge and walking the river.

At this moment, Lin Shuyou suddenly felt that he had matured.

He walked out while adjusting the non-existent collar on the short sleeve shirt he was wearing.

Until Great-grandfather's voice rang out:

"You Hou, go deliver the goods!"

"Okay!"

The man who aspired to lead the reform of official generals in the future skillfully pushed out the cart and quickly loaded the goods.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was sitting on the second-floor balcony chatting with A Li, was somewhat surprised that Great-grandfather was back so early. He even still had the gifts that were supposed to be given to Liu Jinxia in his hand.

Li Sanjiang looked up and shouted to Li Zhuiyuan: "Xiao Yuan Hou ah, you come with your Great-grandfather to the health center to see Liu Xiazi."

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and went downstairs.

Ya Zi and Yin Meng, who were busy on the first floor, put down their work and looked towards Li Zhuiyuan.

Li Zhuiyuan waved his hand at them, indicating that they shouldn't follow for now.

If it was just a simple visit to the sick, he could go by himself.

Li Sanjiang rode the tricycle, carrying Li Zhuiyuan to the health center in Shigan Town.

Siyuan Village, located in Shennan Town, also had its own health center, but it was too small, similar to a medical room in a university, so nearby villagers would all go to Shigan Town for any significant illness.

"Great-grandfather, how is Grandma Liu?"

"I don't know. Her neighbor said she vomited blood in the evening and was urgently sent to the health center. It's been two days. When I went, no one was home."

Li Sanjiang and Liu Xiazi had been friends for many years. After all, they both made a living in this field and were considered half-colleagues, often introducing business to each other.

Emotionally and logically, he had to go and see. As for bringing Xiao Yuan Hou along, it was because Li Sanjiang knew that Liu Xiazi had helped Xiao Yuan Hou exorcise evil and break calamity before. If Liu Xiazi was truly dying, Xiao Yuan Hou should also go and see her one last time.

After arriving at the health center, Li Sanjiang inquired and found Liu Xiazi's ward.

As soon as he pushed open the door, before he could even greet her, he saw Liu Jinxia lying on the bed start to twitch, her head tilted towards the side of the bed:

"Vomit!"

Red things kept being vomited out.

Xiang Hou had been prepared and caught it in a spittoon.

After Liu Xiazi stopped vomiting and squinted her eyes back onto the bed, Xiang Hou stood up, planning to dispose of the dirty things in the spittoon.

Then, she saw Li Sanjiang and Li Zhuiyuan standing at the door.

"Uncle Sanjiang, you've come."

Li Sanjiang looked at the red color in the spittoon, frowned, and asked: "Your mother is..."

Even for a young adult, vomiting blood is a bad sign, let alone an old person.

Xiang Hou led Li Sanjiang out of the ward to talk and informed him of the doctor's diagnosis.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't go out but walked towards the bed.

He just saw Liu Jinxia vomit; it was red, but not entirely blood, just colored by blood. However, this situation was also considered quite serious.

Liu Jinxia had already lost consciousness, was on an IV drip, her eyes half-open and half-closed.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out, flipped open her eyelid, and then felt her pulse.

The pulse was very strong.

But it was clearly intermittent, like a wild horse that could run away at any time.

If it was truly a normal physical illness, then Li Zhuiyuan would have no way either and could only hope for the doctor.

For now, Li Zhuiyuan didn't sense any abnormal breath remaining on Liu Jinxia's body, but he still wanted to do one last test. For safety, he planned to use the most foolproof earth method.

Li Zhuiyuan took out a talisman paper, first held the talisman paper, letting it slide down from Liu Jinxia's brow all the way to her ankle, then pulled it back.

The talisman paper ignited as it was pulled back, instantly turning into green smoke.

The green smoke, which should have dissipated, gathered above Liu Jinxia's abdomen, appearing in waves.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out, and the green smoke dispersed.

It seemed there was a problem, in the belly.

It was hidden deep enough to avoid his opened eyes.

Li Zhuiyuan lifted Liu Jinxia's clothes, placed his left palm on the old person's abdomen, applied slight force, and pressed down.

Immediately after, Li Zhuiyuan activated walk yin.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

In Li Zhuiyuan's vision, a deep brown shadow finally appeared. The shadow seemed to sense someone probing it and immediately lifted its head, exposing a single eye.

This was a curse.

Shi Zhu Zhao, whom he had once exterminated, was adept at using curse techniques.

Li Zhuiyuan's right palm overflowed with blood mist, planning to forcibly break the curse, but as if stimulated, that hateful single-eyed thing started trembling violently, and Liu Jinxia's body, which had just vomited blood, started twitching again.

This curse could not be forcibly broken.

The same curse, if it fell on Runsheng or Lin Shuyou, even if it was a bit intense, they could still bear it.

But putting it on Liu Jinxia's body, she would die one step ahead before he could even break the curse.

Li Zhuiyuan retracted his hand, collected the blood mist in his right hand, bent down, and picked up a plastic basin placed under the bed.

When he was doing these things earlier, Xiang Hou was outside the ward talking to Great-grandfather about her mother's illness, and even the doctor who was supposed to come check the room was stopped and questioned by Li Sanjiang.

At this time, hearing the sound from inside, Xiang Hou and the doctor all came in.

Aunt Xiang Hou snatched the plastic basin from Li Zhuiyuan's hand: "Xiao Yuan Hou, stay away, it's dirty."

She used her body to push Li Zhuiyuan aside and went to catch the dirty things her mother vomited out.

After vomiting again, Liu Jinxia's spirits suddenly improved. A flush even appeared on her originally pale face.

"Where's Cui Cui?"

"Cui Cui is at school. She'll come over after school."

"Oh."

Liu Jinxia's gaze looked towards her daughter's back: "Sanjiang Hou!"

"Yeah." Li Sanjiang responded, "I came to find you as soon as I got back from Beijing, just wanted to show off a bit, didn't expect you, this old blind woman, to dodge me and simply live in the health center."

Liu Jinxia "hummed" a sound: "What's wrong, just not letting you show off. What's there to be proud of? When my Cui Cui tests into Beijing University later, I'll also have to go to Beijing for a stroll."

"Alright, alright, you're very capable."

The doctor came over to check, first comforted Liu Jinxia a bit, saying her illness had improved, then indicated for Xiang Hou to come out with him, inquiring whether the patient's family needed to arrange for early discharge home.

Not to mention in the countryside, even old people in the city, when facing this situation, want to die at home.

Xiang Hou covered her face, suppressing her cries, but she still shook her head firmly, hoping her mother could continue to be hospitalized.

Taking her home only meant preparing for the funeral and waiting for death.

She wasn't willing to accept this outcome.

When she came back, Xiang Hou had already wiped away her tears, only her eye sockets and the tip of her nose were slightly red. She sat down and started peeling an apple for her mother to eat, cutting it into pieces and putting them into her mother's mouth.

Liu Jinxia: "You eat some too, this apple is sweet."

"Mom, you eat first, there's still more."

"Then you eat a little too, leave some for Cui Cui after school."

"She's still young, she'll have many opportunities to eat good things later."

"You ah you, first time I've seen a mother抢食 with her daughter."

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the ward and at the balcony at the end of the corridor, saw Great-grandfather squatting there smoking.

Great-grandfather of course saw that Liu Jinxia was having a deathbed rally.

When Li Zhuiyuan walked over, Great-grandfather sighed: "People ah, it's really unreal."

He really didn't expect that he just went on a trip and would have to witness his old friend leaving when he came back.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his mouth: "Great-grandfather, actually..."

Li Sanjiang said first: "Actually, I understand. When people reach this age, it's just like this. Xiao Yuan Hou ah, who knows when your Great-grandfather will also..."

Li Sanjiang stood up and patted his pants: "I'll go call the village and ask Shanda to come and see Liu Xiazi. After all, we've been friends for so many years."

Li Zhuiyuan put his hands in his pants pockets and watched Great-grandfather hurry away.

The boy was used to it.

Great-grandfather was actually a very shrewd and insightful person, but sometimes, he would be affected by fortune and become occasionally confused.

He just wanted to tell Great-grandfather that there was a way to treat it, but Great-grandfather didn't listen. This should be fortune actively avoiding its role.

Such things had happened many times before.

It seemed fortune didn't want to be involved in this matter.

Li Zhuiyuan slowly followed. Great-grandfather had just finished his call: "Xiao Yuan Hou, you stay here. Your Great-grandfather will go out and buy some fruits and food."

"Mm."

After Li Sanjiang left, Li Zhuiyuan picked up the phone and dialed the university's convenience store phone number.

"Hello."

The person who answered the phone was Lu Yi.

"It's me."

"Xiao Yuan Ge!"

At the other end of the phone, Lu Yi immediately sat up straight and quickly picked up the pen on the counter, moving the notebook in front of him.

Li Zhuiyuan asked Lu Yi to help call Zhang Shen's small store and notify Runsheng and the others to prepare some things he needed.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhuiyuan walked back to the ward.

The reason he didn't call himself was that Zhang Shen had to first go call people, which was too troublesome, and some things couldn't be directly told to Zhang Shen. Having Lu Yi as a voice platform was more convenient.

Li Zhuiyuan walked into the ward and continued to observe Liu Jinxia, thinking about a reasonable method to break the curse in his mind.

"Xiao Yuan Hou, was Beijing fun?"

Liu Jinxia's "complexion was good", and she was also willing to speak.

"Fun."

"Your Great-grandfather really benefits from having you, hehe."

"He's bragging about himself."

"How could he possibly dare to go to Beijing alone. Alas, I really envy Sanjiang Hou ah, free and easy his whole life, and in the end, he can still bring home a good child."

"Grandma Liu, my Great-grandfather brought back a gift for you."

"Heh, what gift? That's a flattery fee."

Xiang Hou handed Li Zhuiyuan a freshly peeled apple.

"Thank you, Aunt Xiang Hou."

Xiang Hou asked: "Xiao Yuan Hou, did you see your mother in Beijing?"

"Yes, she asked me to greet you."

Xiang Hou smiled and tidied her hair a bit.

Liu Jinxia heard these words, turned her face, and pouted.

She didn't believe that Lan Hou would say such words. This Xiao Yuan Hou was clearly making up a lie.

Liu Jinxia knew from a very early age about Lan Hou's special nature, very smart, but with no human feelings.

The reason she initially liked to play with her own daughter was also because her daughter had no other friends, was quiet and not annoying, and could still help run errands.

It was just that her own daughter was silly and still treated her as a childhood friend or girlfriend to this day.

This bottle of drip was about to run out, so Xiang Hou stood up:

"I'll go call the nurse to change the saline bottle."

After Xiang Hou left, only Liu Jinxia and Li Zhuiyuan were left in the ward.

Liu Jinxia: "Xiao Yuan Hou, help Grandma open the cabinet next to the bed and see if there's a ball of thread."

"Okay."

Li Zhuiyuan walked over, first opened the drawer, nothing. Then he squatted down and opened the cabinet door below, finding two candles, a bottle of ink, a brush, and a round ball wrapped in several layers of newspaper inside.

He had seen these things before. When he was cursed unconscious after encountering the little Huang Ying, Liu Jinxia and Li Juxiang used this set of things to help him break the curse.

It seemed Aunt Xiang Hou was planning to use this method again to ward off disaster and prolong her mother's life.

It was actually the same as what he was thinking.

Since the curse couldn't be broken on Liu Jinxia's body, what could be done was to transfer the curse out.

However, this curse was very fierce. Aunt Xiang Hou's life might be tough, but she couldn't withstand it either.

Cui Cui... might be able to, but it wasn't certain.

But whether she could withstand it was one thing, and whether it could be transferred out was another.

People with tough lives are naturally not easily cursed.

If you curse someone with a tough life, you also have to worry about whether you will be counterattacked.

The curse on Liu Jinxia was very skillful. She was successfully cursed, but because her life grid was too tough, the curse power hid very deep.

This curse was also very special. When he probed and planned to move it earlier, it was obviously stimulated.

A curse with a certain self-awareness, how could it easily come out after entering a tiger's den with difficulty and re-enter a dragon's pool?

"Xiao Yuan Hou, is there anything?"

"No, it's empty."

Li Zhuiyuan closed the cabinet door back.

Liu Jinxia, lying on the bed, smiled and scolded:

"Smelly girl, your brain is still clear."

Liu Jinxia had no resentment, only gratification. If Xiang Hou planned to do so, she would stop her. After all, it didn't matter if she left, but Cui Cui still needed someone to take care of her.

Li Zhuiyuan sat on the chair next to her and ate the apple.

Liu Jinxia's problem wasn't serious, at least the curse wasn't much of a problem for Li Zhuiyuan, but a parasite could be easily pulled, broken, and pinched to death if it was outside, but it was very troublesome if it burrowed into human organs.

He had to find a way to lure the curse out.

"Grandma Liu, haven't you been out lately?"

"Why?"

"Just asking."

"I went to Yancheng once. I was invited there to do a ritual. I went and came back the same day.

That family used to open a fish farm in our town. Initially, their two daughters-in-law were pregnant at the same time, and they both came to ask me to tell the gender.

I said they were all sons, and they really were born as sons.

Later, they also found me to tell their fortunes many times. Anyway, they just recognized my ability.

This time, her husband was gone, so they asked me to go and do a ritual.

Your Great-grandfather went to Beijing to travel. If he was at home, I would have asked him to go with me too.

That family is rich. They made money from running the fish farm before, and later expanded to open a large fish farm, making a lot of money."

Li Zhuiyuan: Fortunately, Great-grandfather went to Beijing. If he had gone with you, he might have brought some things back too.

"Grandma Liu, did you do the ritual alone?"

"How could that be? Many people were invited. There were monks and Taoists, not the fake kind we see daily, but all from the mountains and temples. Their aura was real, not acted."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded and continued eating the apple.

Liu Jinxia: "Xiao Yuan Hou ah..."

"Mm?"

Liu Jinxia: "Take Cui Cui out to play more."

"Mm."

Liu Jinxia stopped speaking, opened her eyes, and looked at the ceiling in the ward.

Li Sanjiang bought things back and then always talked to Liu Jinxia.

Li Zhuiyuan always sat in the corner, deducing the method of luring the curse.

In the afternoon, Shan Deye also came.

The three of them chatted by the bed for a long time.

Liu Jinxia was in good spirits and didn't seem tired at all.

Near dusk, Li Sanjiang and Shan Deye stood up, planning to leave.

"Great-grandfather, I'll wait here until Cui Cui is out of school."

"Wait until Cui Cui is out of school?"

Xiang Hou said: "Then let Xiao Yuan Hou stay here. When I take Cui Cui back in the evening, I'll also take Xiao Yuan Hou back together."

Li Sanjiang nodded: "Then let's do that. Thank you, Xiang Hou."

Great-grandfather and Shan Deye left.

After school, Cui Cui carried her schoolbag and ran over, covered in sweat.

When she saw Yuan Hou brother was also here, her eyes lit up. When she saw that Grandma was much better and started drinking porridge, she truly smiled.

"Alright, you take the children back. Come back tomorrow morning. Anyway, I'll finish this saline drip."

"Then I'll take them back."

Cui Cui asked somewhat strangely: "Mom, aren't we staying here with Grandma tonight?"

Liu Jinxia: "Cui Cui ah, listen, Grandma is fine, you go home with Mom."

Accompanying the sick is a very tiring job. Liu Jinxia didn't want to see her granddaughter suffer.

After Xiang Hou took Cui Cui and Li Zhuiyuan out of the health center, they went to a small restaurant outside for dinner. She ordered several meat dishes.

Cui Cui thought Grandma was really fine, so she ate very happily.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that Aunt Xiang Hou had no appetite, but she was forcing herself to put the meat into her mouth and swallow it.

This was because she knew she had to "work" in the evening and was supplementing herself in advance.

After sending Cui Cui back, she would probably leave home alone at night and come to the ward.

After finishing dinner, Aunt Xiang Hou rode her bike, carrying the two people back to the village. She first dropped Li Zhuiyuan off at the dam. After waving goodbye to Cui Cui, Li Zhuiyuan walked into the west room.

In the west room, the things that should have been prepared were all prepared. The various materials at home were quite abundant, considered a luxury version of Liu Jinxia and her daughter's set.

Runsheng: "Xiao Yuan, how is Grandma Liu?"

Yin Meng and Lin Shuyou had no interaction with Liu Jinxia. Runsheng, because of his relationship with Shan Deye, had contact with Liu Jinxia many times.

The three of them, a small group, would often, after completing a job and eating a celebratory meal, have his grandfather and Liu Jinxia go for a second meal just to badmouth Li Sanjiang.

Li Zhuiyuan: "She was cursed."

Runsheng was slightly stunned when he heard the words: "Here?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "No, she was cursed outside."

Although the one under the peach tree suppressed evil and didn't dare to get close, people from the mysterious door were not included in this category. Didn't Xin Jiyue come last time?

But Liu Jinxia after all lived in this village. If you say who dared to curse someone in this village, that one definitely wouldn't allow it, after all, it was under its watch.

Li Zhuiyuan went to the second floor, took a bath, changed clothes, and after telling A Li about the arrangements for the night, he originally planned to let A Li go back to the east room to rest first. But A Li shook her head and refused, continuing to sit in the room carving ancestors' tablets.

This meant she would wait here until the boy came back before returning to her room to rest.

Li Zhuiyuan also agreed.

Shan Deye stayed at home for dinner and drank with Li Sanjiang. Both were quite drunk.

When wine is mixed with emotion, it's easier to get drunk.

Great-grandfather was carried to the second-floor room bed by Lin Shuyou. Shan Deye was then put into the coffin he usually slept in by Runsheng. Actually, the one he slept in was originally Shan Deye's ordered longevity coffin. This was also considered moving into a new house in advance.

Looking at the time, feeling it was about right, Li Zhuiyuan took the things the three of them had packed and went to the hospital.

He originally thought Aunt Xiang Hou would have to wait until Cui Cui finished her homework and slept before coming out, but who knew, when everyone arrived at the hospital, they saw her just parking her bike and walking in.

Not only did she come out early, but she also walked a different village road, not passing in front of Great-grandfather's house.

Li Zhuiyuan knew that she definitely wasn't avoiding him, but avoiding Great-grandfather and Shan Deye. After all, those two old people also knew what kind of skills their family had.

"A You, go knock her out, gently."

Lin Shuyou took a deep breath. Gently knocking someone out was no ordinary difficulty.

Yin Meng: "I have Mongolian sweat medicine."

Runsheng: "Xiao Yuan knows."

Aunt Xiang Hou was one of their own. Unless absolutely necessary, they wouldn't use Yin Meng's medicine.

Lin Shuyou was originally a professional practitioner, and his kung fu had improved significantly after walking the river. When Aunt Xiang Hou went upstairs, he rushed out from behind, chopped her back neck with a hand knife, and Aunt Xiang Hou immediately fainted.

Lin Shuyou hugged the person and first checked her nose to see if she was breathing.

After confirming that there was no mistake, he let out a sigh of relief.

Li Zhuiyuan walked up and said: "The ward next door is empty. Arrange her there and tie her hands and feet. Stuff her mouth with cotton cloth."

Chopping with a hand knife couldn't guarantee the duration of the faint, and someone with a tough life like Aunt Xiang Hou would be even more resilient at this time.

Lin Shuyou: "Understood!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Yin Meng, go stick a clear heart talisman on Grandma Liu. Runsheng, go check the mortuary."

Yin Meng gently pushed open the ward door. Her movements were agile, and she quickly sneaked in. Liu Jinxia was still awake, her eyes still open.

She knew what her current situation was. She would soon have to sleep for a long time, so she wanted to look around more now.

Suddenly, everything went black in front of her eyes, and a talisman was stuck on her forehead.

The deathbed rally was originally a false fire, and the clear heart talisman just happened to suppress it. Liu Jinxia immediately fainted.

After Li Zhuiyuan came in, he checked Liu Jinxia's situation and judged that the old person could last until tomorrow morning without a problem.

In other words, with her current state, the best outcome was to see the sun tomorrow morning.

The reason Li Zhuiyuan excluded others and secretly did this was because he was still unable to judge whether this incident counted as the next wave delivering a piece of the wave.

For their own good, they should temporarily remain unaware to avoid staining the cause and effect of walking the river.

The formation wasn't difficult and was quickly set up.

Two candles were lit, and a strip of black dog blood-soaked thread was led out, one end wrapped around Liu Jinxia's abdomen, and the other end held in Li Zhuiyuan's hand.

The formation was opened, and Li Zhuiyuan planned to go first.

At this time, Lin Shuyou's eyelid twitched. He was first suspicious for a moment, then enlightened, and actively stepped forward, saying:

"Xiao Yuan Ge, transfer the curse to my body."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Never mind, I'll go first."

Lin Shuyou: "Xiao Yuan Ge, let me go first."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I know it's probably impossible to transfer it to my body, so I'll go first."

Lin Shuyou: "..."

Li Zhuiyuan started trying to transfer the curse power. He tried very hard, but as expected, he failed.

This was very normal. Even an underworld god didn't dare to descend into his body. It would be truly strange if a curse with preliminary self-consciousness dared to come.

Li Zhuiyuan handed the thread to Yin Meng and took a step back.

He knew early on that using himself or someone like him as a carrier wouldn't likely succeed in transferring the curse power, but no matter what, he had to give it a try. The best outcome would be to figure out the curse power's preference, for example, which kind of feature it was more sensitive to.

This way, he could treat the symptom. He had asked Runsheng to check the mortuary earlier just to confirm whether there were corpses there. In a while, he would use Nuo play puppet techniques to pinch out a corpse, "dress it up" into an appearance that the curse power would like, and trick it out.

As for the original owner of the corpse, they should be compensated, and he would personally handle the funeral for him and provide appropriate super degree.

Yin Meng held the silk thread, and the formation started.

The curse power had no reaction.

She was a descendant of Yin Changsheng. Although her bloodline was very thin now, normal things truly didn't dare to possess her body.

It was Runsheng's turn. He held the silk thread, and the formation started. Still no reaction.

Runsheng carried baleful qi on his body. That thing didn't dare to come up either.

Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips. It seemed that when he pinched the puppet next, he would have to re-test its preference.

The last one up was Lin Shuyou. As a Ji Tong, he was now closest to Tongzi. It was actually impossible.

But when the formation started, Li Zhuiyuan unexpectedly perceived that the curse power, which had been turtled up inside Liu Jinxia's body, had actually become a bit active.

Lin Shuyou also perceived it and started actively luring it.

But that thing did have a reaction, but it still wasn't enough to come out.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Stop."

Lin Shuyou released the thread and said very puzzledly: "Xiao Yuan Ge, why did only I have a reaction?"

Logically, he should have been the one under Xiao Yuan Ge who was least likely to have a reaction. After all, Yin Meng and Runsheng had no movement when they took over, and he had Bai He Tongzi's breath remaining on his body.

Li Zhuiyuan: "You have the spiritual thought that Bai He Tongzi left on your body. This kind of curse power should be extremely sensitive to spiritual thought. It's even hungry and doesn't pick its food. It can even arouse excitement from the spiritual thought left by Tongzi."

Lin Shuyou: "Spiritual thought?"

Runsheng: "Zhuangzhuang."

Lin Shuyou: "Then if Bin Ge was here, relying on the two godsons on his body to lure it, wouldn't it be lured out?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded, but the problem was, Tan Wenbin wasn't here.

Another thing was, he could pinch puppets casually, but there was no way to pinch out spiritual thought. Now, not to mention whether catching evil could be done in time, the whole of Nantong was probably most lacking in evil now.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his mouth: "Meng Meng, you watch over Grandma Liu. A You, you go look after Aunt Xiang Hou. Runsheng brother, you take me back home for a trip."

After Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng left, Lin Shuyou said to Yin Meng: "Xiao Yuan Ge must have thought of a way to go back and get something?"

Yin Meng nodded: "Should be."

Lin Shuyou: "Just don't know what he's taking."

Yin Meng: "You go next door quickly, then you'll know."

After a period of time, Runsheng was the first to run back to the ward and push open the door.

Yin Meng curiously asked: "Where's Xiao Yuan Ge?"

Runsheng: "Xiao Yuan and them are behind."

Yin Meng: "Them?"

Soon, Li Zhuiyuan walked into the ward, and behind him, followed a person...

It was A Li.

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