Chapter 86

Chapter 84

Zhuangzhuang's kung fu was truly put to the test; being kicked flying to the ground, he was unexpectedly able to brace himself with his knees and elbows, maintaining his balance, so that not a single drop of oil from the oil dish inside his hand bowl was spilled.

He turned back, looked behind him, and said in surprise:

"No, Dad, our family's ancestral grave has really lit up."

Although Tan Wenbin's family has a police background, they were once described by Li Zhuiyuan and Runsheng as being "hugged" by the police station's door plaque.

But "family" there refers to a kind of honorable inheritance of responsibility, not a literal "family power."

Earlier, why Tan Wenbin didn't believe his dad was coming was because he understood the promotion process within the system a little.

But his dad really did come, and he was wearing a police uniform.

On the way to the school with several new colleagues, Tan Yunlong and the colleagues chatted about children's education. Tan Yunlong then shared his "parenting experience," implying that it's normal for children to be greedy and playful when they're young and not sensible, and that they will become enlightened when they grow up a bit.

This was mainly to comfort his colleagues and incidentally to pave the way for a little bragging.

When entering the school gate, he casually pointed to the school gate and said coincidentally, his son just got admitted to this school this year.

Just now, when going up the steps into the store, his colleagues were still specifically asking him for parenting tips. Who knew that just as they walked up behind his son, they heard this scene.

The sarcastic remarks about himself and the family's ancestral grave, plus the vivid dialect, were enough to make even the new colleagues forget where their hometown was.

This wasn't the first time; it seemed that every time he was about to be proud of his child and enjoy the emotional need that all normal parents crave, his son would always accurately dismantle his stage.

You say he hasn't grown up? He's completely changed over the past year. But you say he's truly sensible? Yet he always acts inappropriately.

"Dad, are you here in Jinling to attend a study event or receive an award?"

Tan Yunlong ignored his son, took out his documents, and went through the procedure: "Some issues need your cooperation for another inquiry. You all eat first, we're not in a hurry."

Runsheng asked: "Uncle Tan, together?"

"No need, we've already eaten."

Li Zhuiyuan put down his chopsticks, and the others also put theirs down.

During this period, Runsheng and Yin Meng had already undergone two rounds of inquiries. He and Tan Wenbin, as students at the school at that time, had also been asked.

"Then we'll start." Tan Yunlong walked to Li Zhuiyuan's side, signaling his colleagues to interview the others. "We're in a hurry, so we won't delay your business."

"Dad!"

Tan Wenbin called out "Dad" again. Tan Yunlong heard him, pointed to another accompanying police uncle, as if "entrusting" him.

Tan Wenbin slumped his shoulders and went to the counter to sit and be interviewed.

Li Zhuiyuan then led Tan Yunlong to the basement. Sun Hongxia's room had already been sealed. Tan Yunlong personally tore off the seal and brought Li Zhuiyuan in.

"Uncle Tan, congratulations."

Tan Yunlong was clearly in a work state of investigating a case, not here as a representative to attend a study conference or receive some advanced award.

And if he were transferred to assist in the work, there's no way a township policeman from Nantong would be transferred over.

"Hehe, Xiao Yuan, your uncle is still a bit dizzy right now. How could they suddenly transfer me here?"

"Your work affiliation hasn't moved?"

"The person has come first, the procedures are still in progress." Tan Yunlong took out a cigarette, didn't light it, just held it in his hand, his gaze sweeping across the room. "Before entering the school, I was still thinking of going to see you and Binbin after the investigation process was finished. I didn't expect to meet you here. I said when I looked at the file, Lu Runsheng's name sounded a bit familiar. I didn't expect it to be Runsheng Hou."

A lot of dialect was spoken back home, and the pronunciation wasn't standard Mandarin. They also liked to simplify names and add particles, so old friends who had known each other for decades might suddenly see a written name and not realize it was the other person.

"Uncle Tan was specially transferred to investigate this missing person case?"

Tan Yunlong was silent for a moment, turning the cigarette butt in his hand, and asked: "Xiao Yuan, does Binbin still smoke now?"

"He smokes."

"Did he smoke this time too?"

"He smoked, we still have the smell of his smoke on us."

Tan Yunlong stretched: "I estimate it will be very difficult to find any useful clues. I just came back from that temple on Jiangjun Mountain; it burned so completely."

"I think the focus of the investigation should be on the real murderer of the case from seven years ago."

"Was it him?"

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head: "Whether it was him or not, we can't let the real murderer continue to be free."

"Mm, indeed."

"Uncle Tan, when Binbin went to get the files before, was it related to that matter?"

Tan Yunlong said very certainly: "No."

"Then it's related to your previous matter."

"I also want to know why." Tan Yunlong walked out of Sun Hongxia's room, lit a cigarette, "We're done with the inquiry, Xiao Yuan, let's go up."

Li Zhuiyuan followed him up. The others' inquiries were also finished by this time.

Everyone's psychological quality was very good; facing this inquiry, they themselves wouldn't show any flaws.

They deliberately concealed some things because they were afraid of disturbing their lives, but essentially, this case was indeed unrelated to them.

No living person died by their hands; that night, they only solved one... no, they transcended one dead body that had given up resistance.

"Xiao Yuan, after I'm done with my matters, shall we have a midnight snack together tonight?"

"Okay."

"Which building's dorm aunt is Ran Qiuping?"

"Our building's."

"Then you take us to have another look."

"Uncle Tan, I have something to do. Let Binbin accompany you. We'll see each other when we have midnight snack."

"Mm, okay."

Li Zhuiyuan really had something to do. A Li had personally made him a new canvas, and he needed to go get it.

With the new canvas in hand, it was like having a new book cover. Only then would he dare to open the "old book cover" of that evil book and try to view the content inside.

Walking out the door, Li Zhuiyuan greeted Tan Wenbin: "Binbin bro, midnight snack tonight."

Tan Wenbin raised his hand and made an "understood" gesture: "Understood, Old Sichuan."

After Li Zhuiyuan left, Tan Wenbin then acted as the guide.

"Dad, are you really transferring here?"

"Mm."

"This doesn't conform to the rules, Dad. Tell me secretly, have you fallen?"

"What?"

"Did you secretly pull some strings? Send gifts? Bribe?"

"You're so worried about your old man?"

"Of course, I didn't even enjoy your college entrance exam bonus points, so you must not affect my future political review."

"Heh."

"Dad, be a good policeman."

"You don't need to teach me this."

"Then which area are you in charge of dividing?"

"Currently, it's here."

"No, I was in your jurisdiction before the college entrance exam, and I'm still in your jurisdiction after the college entrance exam. Did I take this college entrance exam for nothing?"

"Then drop out, go back to high school, re-study for a year, and take the exam for those two universities in Beijing."

"Yo, Officer Tan, your ambition is not small, you still want to transfer to Beijing?"

Tan Wenbin bumped his old man with his arm once, and Tan Yunlong glared back at him.

Then, both of them laughed.

Just as they walked to the dorm door, they saw Lu Yi carrying a bag out.

Tan Wenbin proactively greeted him: "Hey, still going out so late?"

"Mm, just nearby. The children have piano and dance classes during the day, so they only have free time in the evening."

"Then be careful."

"Rest assured, is this..." Lu Yi looked at Tan Yunlong beside Tan Wenbin.

"Oh, the officer asked me to lead the way for him."

"Hehe, okay." Lu Yi nodded, waved his hand, and left.

Entering the dorm building, Tan Wenbin pointed: "Dad, this is Ran Qiuping's office."

"Next time, you don't need to call names so smoothly."

"Understood."

The window was closed. Opening the door, they found a person standing inside.

Tan Wenbin's gaze slightly froze. He recognized this person. Initially, he was still in Shennan Town telling them stories. Later, he also came to Grandpa Li's home and told a story there. It was Yu Shu.

Yuanzi bro was very wary of his identity and was unwilling to have too much involvement.

Tan Yunlong also recognized him and proactively greeted him: "Mr. Yu, hello."

"Officer Tan, hello." Yu Shu simply greeted him, his gaze looking at Tan Wenbin, "Little guy, we meet again."

"Ah, um, hello, Mr. Storyteller."

"Are you a student here?"

"Yes, Mr. Yu, are you here to perform at our school?"

"Hehe, do you live here?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then go to your dorm to take a look, I'm thirsty."

"Okay, no problem."

Yu Shu looked at Tan Yunlong: "What a coincidence, I really didn't know your son also studies here."

Tan Yunlong was stunned for a moment. He suddenly had some clues about his sudden personnel transfer.

Tan Wenbin led the way in front, with Yu Shu and Tan Yunlong following behind. The other policemen then left to conduct a procedural check again in Ran Qiuping's office.

"Officer Tan, do you believe in fate?"

Tan Yunlong didn't answer, but his face showed seriousness. He took off his police hat, then put it back on.

"Sorry, I was abrupt. My meaning is, your son seems to bring you good luck."

"This brat, I'm lucky he hasn't pissed me off to death."

Tan Wenbin, walking in front, raised both arms and said very dissatisfied: "But my mom said, when I was born, auspicious signs fell from the sky, and there was even a red glow in the evening."

"That was the cotton mill next door to the hospital on fire."

Tan Yunlong actually believed that someone could bring him good luck, but it wasn't his own son, but another one.

Coming to the third floor, Tan Wenlong very naturally opened Lu Yi's dorm door.

"Come, everyone sit down, don't be polite."

Tan Wenbin picked up the scattered cigarettes from the small table, handed them to his dad and Yu Shu respectively, then picked up that root of red sausage, broke it into several pieces, and likewise handed them to them.

The entire dorm area, except for his and Xiao Yuan's dorm, was most familiar to him. He himself was like the earth god of this dorm.

Yu Shu asked: "How come there's only one bed for you, and the other beds are all empty?"

"Sigh, my luck is not good. I was at the end when they divided the dorms, and I shared with a second-year student. Now, the school has first-year freshmen entering early, and the higher grades haven't returned to school yet."

Tan Yunlong could tell at a glance that this was not his son's dorm. The bed mattress and daily items could be explained as old ones brought from home, but the dust accumulated along the edges of the storage boxes and some objects underneath explained that this was definitely not a newly occupied dorm.

But he didn't say anything.

After all, Yu Shu wasn't a professional in criminal investigation. Each had their own expertise, and he didn't notice these details.

Taking a bite of the red sausage, Yu Shu nodded: "The taste is quite authentic."

"That may not be. It was given by one of my Northeast bros."

Although there was a period when the red sausage ghost didn't come to eat his red sausage, Lu Yi still maintained this offering habit. Anyway, it wasn't wasted; he would eat the offered items in the evening.

His parents worked in a meat factory back home, and they would send some over every so often.

Anyway, no matter what, he couldn't let the old town ghost be hungry. He didn't know when that person would miss this bite and hit his teeth against the back door sacrifice.

"Officer Tan, let's go."

"Okay."

"Then Dad, Mr. Yu, you two are busy first, I'm going to wash clothes."

After his biological dad and Yu Shu walked out of the dorm, Tan Wenbin finally relaxed completely.

He couldn't bring Yu Shu to his and Xiao Yuan's dorm; there were Xiao Yuan's door seals and high heels there.

Walking out of the dorm building, Yu Shu put the last bit of red sausage into his mouth: "Officer Tan, this case is highly valued by the higher-ups. Do you have any clues?"

"I think the focus should still be on the case from seven years ago. I suspect the real murderer may still not have been caught."

Yu Shu nodded. He didn't actually care too much about the case itself, just responded with a sentence: "Then you investigate in this direction, I'll leave first."

Tan Yunlong greeted his new colleagues and went to the next investigation point.

At this time, Li Zhuiyuan still didn't know that his "old nest" was almost raided.

Of course, even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

He came to find A Li to get things, but then Aunt Liu instructed him that Liu Yumei wanted to talk to him and told him to wait in the study room.

These days, every time he came over, after playing with A Li, Liu Yumei would call him to the study room to talk for a while, and every time she would tell him to wait in the study room first.

The first time they talked in the study room, Li Zhuiyuan didn't really react because it was mixed with "walking the river" and the "evil book."

But after several subsequent times of talking without really saying anything, if Li Zhuiyuan still didn't understand the meaning, he would be somewhat insulting the IQ of the second and third and below ranks of "scholars" from the provincial college entrance exam.

This "Liu Family Wangqi Jue" would be placed in the most conspicuous position every time. When they talked, Grandma Liu's gaze seemed to hate not being able to stare directly at it.

The people wanted to accept him into the master's gate.

This "Liu Family Wangqi Jue" was the entry gift.

But even though he understood Grandma Liu's intentions, Li Zhuiyuan still had to continue pretending to be a fool and not acknowledge this.

Objectively speaking, he was willing to enter the Liu family master's gate. In fact, he had already shown his Liu family identity several times while "walking the river."

Those people to whom he had shown his identity died soon after, otherwise Liu Yumei, sitting at home, could have heard that someone from the Liu family had actually started "walking the river."

If he really entered the master's gate, wouldn't he have to call A Li "senior sister"?

The boy even thought of a solution for this. A Li's surname is Qin, and there's a high probability that she inherited from the Qin family. Even if she didn't inherit from the Qin family but the Liu family, that's still nothing.

Anyway, he had already learned the secret books of both the Qin and Liu families. Whichever family A Li inherited from, he would go to the other family and at least pull out someone of the same generation.

Willingness is willingness, but the process that needs to be followed cannot be skipped.

Principal Wu and the others from the high school had already set an example for him. Even though he had already decided to enter Haihe University, he couldn't not want the preferential treatment.

In Li Zhuiyuan's eyes, the master's gate was just like a university.

He was not a son born into the Qin or Liu family.

So, this was a two-way choice.

What price do you think I'm worth? Then you name the price.

A children's version of the "Liu Family Wangqi Jue" might not be enough as an entry gift. This was a bit of a loss because after entering the gate, he would, by hook or by crook, definitely have to proactively hand over the advanced version of the "Liu Family Wangqi Jue."

This was equivalent to selling himself for money.

Actually, it wasn't that the boy was greedy or worldly. It was because he wasn't alone now; he still had Runsheng, Binbin, and Yin Meng behind him.

He might not consider himself, but he had to find some establishment and treatment for his partners.

For example, asking Grandma Liu to call Uncle Qin back and give Runsheng and the others some special tutoring, teaching them some kung fu.

He himself wasn't very good at teaching others, and starting from the most basic level of teaching, he would at least have to strive for a set of "basic textbooks" for them. All of this needed to be discussed.

If it wasn't discussed beforehand and then thought about later, it would be difficult to open his mouth.

Moreover, at the negotiation table, whoever spoke first and revealed their bottom line would fall into a disadvantage.

It just seemed like continuing to stare blankly at Grandma Liu wasn't an option. Although Grandma Liu was old, her eyesight was really good, and she had stared at him for so many days, but she hadn't proactively spoken. She didn't feel her eyes dry.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't know that every time he didn't ask to borrow a book directly after leaving these days, Liu Yumei, who had been pampered her whole life, was so angry that she cursed incessantly. Yesterday, she even smashed a pair of official kilns.

He couldn't keep dragging it out. He still had to add fuel to the fire, just like having to participate in a math competition and win an award to be early admitted to a university. He had to show his value first.

Directly telling Grandma Liu that he had already learned the higher-level absolute teachings of the Qin and Liu families was the most foolish thing to do because prominent families valued the inheritance of their family teachings very strictly. Revealing this would be equivalent to admitting to stealing from his master. Grandma Liu shouldn't punish him, but he himself would be forcing his way directly into the gate.

At this moment, Aunt Liu brought in a plate of fruit. She first put down the fruit plate, then proactively picked up the "Liu Family Wangqi Jue":

"Your Grandma Liu is walking and forgot the time again. Xiao Yuan, if you feel bored, you can find a book to look at first. I remember when you were back home, you liked reading books the most."

Li Zhuiyuan's heart relaxed a bit, knowing that Grandma Liu was also anxious. He himself was just not that anxious.

"Aunt Liu, I have a book to read recently, and I don't have the energy to look at other books for the time being."

"Hearing your Grandma Liu say, are you reading scriptures recently?"

"Yes."

"Are those books not too early for you to talk about? How old are you, starting to cultivate your body and mind?"

"Ah, I'm not just looking at these. Meng Meng's family also has some ancient books. She brought them when she came to Nantong. I've also been looking at those books of hers recently."

"Looking at her books?"

"Yes, I find them quite interesting."

"Is that so? What's the name of the book?"

"'Yin Family Twelve Methods'."

A curve appeared at the corner of Aunt Liu's mouth. She was disdainful.

This disdain was not because she disliked the poor and loved the rich. After all, Aunt Liu was a person who could enter both the city and the village, freely switching between various identities.

It mainly involved inheritance, and she naturally had absolute confidence and pride in her own inheritance.

In her eyes, the "Yin Family Twelve Methods" were completely insignificant.

Li Zhuiyuan deeply understood this.

After self-reversing and completing the full version of the "Yin Family Twelve Methods," he seriously suspected that this seemingly high-end and grand inheritance had been modified by later unworthy descendants, not only in terms of content difficulty but even including the name.

It should have originally had a more domineering name. It was, at any rate, the inheritance of Yin Changsheng, that legendary Great Emperor of Fengdu.

This was like: a family's absolute martial arts teaching from an ancient martial arts family, called "The Sixth Set of National Middle School Students' Broadcast Gymnastics."

"Then, Xiao Yuan, what have you seen?"

Aunt Liu's words were just polite.

Li Zhuiyuan sighed in his heart. The dignity of the Yin family actually had to rely on him, an outsider, to maintain it now.

"Aunt Liu, I just barely understood a little, just for example, this..."

Li Zhuiyuan turned his palm upward and closed his eyes.

At first, Aunt Liu didn't perceive anything, but in an instant, the study room suddenly quieted down, and the sound of the wind and insects outside were all isolated.

The boy's face was solemn, his palm was upward, his eyes were closed, and he said in a deep voice:

"Four Ghosts Lift Sedan."

Clearly, the boy was still sitting in front of her. He was sitting, she was standing, but in her line of sight, the boy's figure seemed to be suddenly lifted up, and higher and higher.

This was a kind of aura amplification, as if the boy in her eyes suddenly became very majestic.

Aunt Liu lightly pursed her lips. She believed that if she were to "walk the yin" at this time, she would definitely see a different picture.

[Four Ghosts Lift Sedan] was the simplest of the Twelve Methods that Yin Fuhai taught himself. Yin Fuhai said that this move was used to transcend evil spirits.

If the main family gave a fair or knowledgeable price, the Yin family would use this move during the sitting ritual to comfortably transcend and send away the deceased.

After Li Zhuiyuan completed the self-reverse push, Li Zhuiyuan felt fortunate that the Yin family's later generations were weak and declined, only able to use this move as a "往生咒 (wǎngshēngzhòu, a mantra for guiding souls to reincarnation)."

Actually, this was one move from a whole set of family absolute teachings that could best embody Yin Changsheng's style back then, and also the one move that could best highlight the momentum of the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

[Four Ghosts Lift Sedan]: Ghosts from the four directions, pioneer for me.

This was clearly a move to detain ghosts and control ghosts.

It was a good thing that the later generations of the Yin family were not skilled enough to ruin their ancestors, otherwise, which family would spend a lot of money to invite people to sit for the ritual, and whose deceased spirits would all be detained? That would be truly filial.

Li Zhuiyuan flipped his palm down, slowly lowering it.

Lowering the sedan.

"Buzz..." A colorless sound trembled, ringing in the study room, the lingering sound echoing around the beams.

Aunt Liu's eyes widened. Was this really the "Yin Family Twelve Methods"?

Furthermore, a beginner learns the steps of Han Dan, an advanced learner retracts freely, a deep learner integrates, and the boy in her eyes had actually already comprehended the charm.

Aunt Liu didn't know that because the books in Taiye's basement were all high-level, Li Zhuiyuan had, from the moment he started reading, understood the threshold of reading a book was to read and comprehend the charm.

It wasn't that the boy didn't want to go step by step; he simply didn't have any basic textbooks. This also led to a very long period where he could complete a whole set of high-difficulty actions in a high platform dive, the splash also pressed very small... yet he still hadn't learned to swim.

Li Zhuiyuan opened his eyes. The solemn look disappeared, replaced by the excitement and pride of a boy showing off: "Aunt Liu, I feel like the books at Meng Meng's house are really fun."

Aunt Liu was at a loss for a moment as to how to respond. Thinking about it a little, she had known the boy was very smart early on, but she now suddenly realized that she still thought people were too stupid.

"Meng Meng said that to really understand and learn this set of things from her home, one has to go back to Fengdu and burn incense and make sacrifices in the ghost city to seek the protection and recognition of the Great Emperor of Fengdu.

Anyway, the freshman military training is next, and I don't need to participate, so I can take the time to go back to Fengdu and look around. The scenery there is good and it's very fun."

Aunt Liu first nodded in agreement, then her expression changed.

No, does that girl Yin Meng want you to worship into the Yin family?

Secretly learning the methods of which family is not a big deal if that family is weak or doesn't pursue it, but actually going to the ghost city of Fengdu to set up a table and make sacrifices, that's a different matter entirely.

It's equivalent to already being admitted by another university.

"Xiao Yuan, you sit for a while first. Auntie will go and see why your Grandma Liu hasn't come back yet."

"Mm."

"Oh, right, for this period, don't go out and wander around because we're going to move. Your Grandma Liu has some old friends at the university, and they've invited her to live in the school. A Li has a lot of things, and you have to help tidy up."

"Mm, I know."

Aunt Liu walked out of the study room. After the door was closed, even with Li Zhuiyuan's hearing, he suddenly couldn't hear her footsteps.

Li Zhuiyuan opened the study room door, walked up the stairs, and came to A Li's room.

The girl was just holding a push plane, pushing the plaque. Those curled wood shavings were all evenly drifting.

Li Zhuiyuan squatted down, holding a box. She continued to push, and he slowly packed.

The two people were like they were back to the days in Taiye's home, doing handicrafts together.

While working, Li Zhuiyuan also recounted everything that had just happened, including Grandma Liu's idea and his own calculations.

He didn't want to have any hidden agenda in front of her. Even if this kind of matter could only be implied and not put on the table, he didn't want to conceal anything. After all, this was a girl who was willing to open her heart and let him look inside.

After tidying up the wood shavings, Li Zhuiyuan closed the box and lay down beside the girl.

The floor was covered with a carpet, which was very soft.

"A Li, won't you feel that I'm boring, calculating this and calculating that?"

The girl stopped working. She was actually just preparing materials.

Immediately, the girl's left hand reached under the boy's neck, and her right hand lightly patted the boy's head.

Li Zhuiyuan subconsciously reacted, thinking that A Li was going to imitate that action he and Taiye did initially. Li Zhuiyuan had wanted to change that action several times but hadn't succeeded because it was the first thing that entered the girl's line of sight.

Many times over the past year, the girl had proactively leaned against his chest, hoping that he would lightly pat her head like Taiye did to him initially and say that sentence, even though saying those words was a bit shy.

But soon, Li Zhuiyuan discovered something was wrong. This time, the host and guest were swapped.

He was being hugged by A Li, and A Li was lightly patting his head.

A Li didn't speak, but her clear bright eyes and dimples at the corners of her mouth seemed to be silently reciting that line:

"Xiao Yuan, whatever you want, I'll buy it all for you. I have money, plenty of money, na."

Li Zhuiyuan was completely stunned. For a moment, he felt very at a loss. His body began to tremble slightly.

A strong repulsion rose from his heart. He didn't know why he would cry like this. He only felt that everything in his line of sight was spinning. He felt very uneasy, and he wanted to escape.

Almost instinctively, he clenched his left hand into a fist and brought it to his mouth. He opened his teeth and bit down like this.

A stinging pain came, but he immediately cried out and moved his hand away. He was afraid of biting his hand and drawing blood in front of the girl.

The girl stood up, seemingly wanting to walk over, but the boy's reaction was even more intense. The girl could only stand in place.

"Hu... hu... hu..."

Li Zhuiyuan hugged his head, his gaze lowered. Now, he was like a test-taker who had entered the exam room, picked up a pen, but suddenly forgotten all the knowledge points. He was anxious, he hesitated, he was helpless.

Beside his ears was the "swish swish" sound of other test-takers answering. Everyone seemed very capable, and the topics were also very simple, but he just couldn't do it. He couldn't write a single word. Even though there were answers all around, the distance was too far, and he couldn't see or copy them.

At this moment, Li Lan's voice rang in his brain:

"Li Zhuiyuan, you and I are both monsters wearing human skin."

"Bang!"

The boy's head hit the wall heavily, but his whole body quieted down because of it.

He was like someone who had just experienced drowning. Now, he had finally climbed to shore, soaked and exhausted, yet with an unclear joy.

He had always tried not to let his human skin fall off, but when the human skin really showed a tendency to grow, he suddenly became at a loss.

Originally, he was the same as Zhuangzhuang initially, Ye Gonghao long (a proverb meaning someone who claims to like dragons but is actually afraid of them).

"Hehehe... hehehe... hahahaha..."

The boy laughed out loud.

A Li walked over, squatted down, and looked at him.

Li Zhuiyuan also looked at her. Their gazes met, and each saw themselves in the other's eyes.

"A Li, you say, after I enter the gate, can my plaque be placed on your offering table in your dream?"

...

"That's fundamentally not what the 'Yin Family Twelve Methods' is."

"No?"

"I just noticed when that girl Yin Meng first came to Nantong. The girl's mind is very dull. I'm afraid she can't even 'walk the yin,' how could she teach that brat any method?"

"He said he looked at the books that girl brought..."

"There are no such complete books either." Liu Yumei said very certainly, "If there were really this set of complete books, the Yin family would have died out long ago and wouldn't have waited until now, because that set of books wasn't modified, and their family members in later generations couldn't learn it at all!"

Liu Yumei paused, then said: "Although our Qin and Liu families have declined in population, at least we still have you and A Li, and we still have those...

Even A Li, if she wasn't sick, her talent would also be very high, because only those with truly high blood talent are more susceptible to this disease.

Ordinary disciples simply cannot enter that group of resentful eyes, and they also have no interest in getting entangled in revenge.

The Qin and Liu families have been interrupted, not declined.

So,

A Ting,

You just haven't seen what those truly declined family sects in the jianghu (martial arts world) look like. Those later generations just line up to compete with pigs on who is more stupid!"

"But if there are no such books, how did Xiao Yuan learn?"

"There are only two possibilities. One is that the books in Li Sanjiang's basement are truly good things, even in our eyes, they are still like that."

"But can inheritance of this kind really be learned just by looking at books and text records?"

Aunt Liu couldn't help but recall the scene of the boy sitting in the rattan chair on the balcony reading a book. He flipped the pages of the book as if he was reading a comic book.

"Yes, isn't this kind of possibility hard to imagine?

The key to each family's inheritance is in the people. If you could really learn by relying on books and text records, wouldn't each family's absolute teachings have become common long ago?

How can there be such a smart person in this world?"

"But you just said..."

"That's because the second possibility is even harder to imagine. That girl Yin Meng should be carrying a set of things for pigs to look at.

Then that boy took the things for pigs to look at and reverse-engineered them into things for people to look at, for the Great Emperor of Fengdu..."

Liu Yumei stopped speaking. She subconsciously raised her hand and murmured:

"Four Ghosts Lift Sedan."

Although there was no wind or waves, Aunt Liu had already told her the feeling at that time.

There were only these two possibilities, no third possibility, because over the past year, they had lived with Xiao Yuan. No one could sneak out from under their noses, hiding and accepting disciples to teach children.

"Xiao Yuan, reverse-engineered..." Aunt Liu's eyes were full of shock, "If he really has this ability, then as long as he is given the secret books of each family, can't he learn them?"

"If it weren't for the fear of staining fortune and backlash when I was initially at Li Sanjiang's home, I really should go see what books that boy reads every day."

Aunt Liu reminded: "A Li should know, it's a pity, A Li still can't speak."

"Heh." Liu Yumei sighed, "Even if A Li could speak, do you think she would tell you?"

"Why are you angry at me instead? A Li is the granddaughter you personally brought up."

Liu Yumei turned her head somewhat helplessly.

She didn't want to admit it, but the fact was in front of her:

She, Liu Yumei, a lifetime of wealth and nobility, elegant for a lifetime, as a result, her personally brought up granddaughter's elbow didn't turn outwards... it just didn't stay at home!

Aunt Liu saw that the old lady was really depressed and angry, so she could only go along and say: "We can only blame Xiao Yuan for not knowing what kind of ecstasy soup he poured on our A Li."

Liu Yumei coldly snorted: "Humph, can't it be that our A Li has good eyesight and is discerning?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, you're right!"

Liu Yumei crossed her arms, her lips slightly raised: "Our A Li follows me, her eyesight for men is definitely first-class."

"That may not be, it may not follow you, after all, she's your granddaughter."

"Heheheh." Liu Yumei laughed.

Aunt Liu deliberately teased: "What, hearing your words, you've changed your mind and plan to recruit this cross-river dragon?"

"The child is still young, why are you saying these words? It's too meaningless."

"You're right, you're all right."

"Okay, A Ting, it was our mistake. Even if he just learns by looking at books himself, he is already an extraordinary genius.

Think about it, that year, if I had just thrown the book in your and A Li's faces and told you to go look yourselves, you would probably still be digging loaches in some river ditch by now."

"Of course la, how dull are me and A Li's aptitude? How can we compare to your chosen son-in-law. Old lady, you might really, the matter isn't even a stroke yet, but you're already finding us displeasing to the eye, looking down on us."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'll slap your mouth if you talk nonsense again."

"I was wrong." Aunt Liu lightly slapped herself twice, then said, "Then you might have to hurry, otherwise people will just go worship Fengdu."

"Silly girl, don't you see it? Where are people going to worship Fengdu? People are urging me, this old lady, to hurry up and speak, so he can act difficult and make demands."

...

Li Zhuiyuan walked down from upstairs and saw Liu Yumei and Aunt Liu standing in the courtyard.

"Grandma Liu."

"Mm, we're moving in three days. According to custom, you should come to the house for a meal."

"Okay, according to custom, what gift should I bring?"

"You're a child, it's fine to come empty-handed. According to the rules, I should give you an entry gift."

"What is there?"

"Whatever you want, Grandma will give it to you."

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