When Huang Dan returned to the town, the streets and alleys were buzzing with people, and the cries of hawkers kept coming and going. It was the same as when he left, but there was a vaguely uncomfortable atmosphere.

A piece of paper money floated towards him, Huang Dan stretched out his hand to grab it, he looked up and saw the funeral procession coming around the corner from West Street.

Not the patriarch, but a family in the town.

Huang Dan didn’t know what was going on until he heard the discussion on the street.

It turned out that the daughter of a family had a lot of red spots on her body, which was painful and itchy. She took and drank the medicine but it didn’t help, so her family found a so-called *onmyoji. It is said that he can talk to the Da Luo immortal in heaven, and he can also communicate with the king of Hades in the underworld, which is very powerful. (*T/N: yin-yang master)

The onmyoji burned a few talismans, saying that an evil spirit had entered the girl’s body, and the family is about to face disaster.

The girl’s family panicked and begged the onmyoji for a solution.

Onmyoji said that it can be solved by removing the limbs.

In order to avoid the disaster, the family forcibly chopped off the girl’s limbs.

The girl lost too much blood and unfortunately died.

When such a tragedy happened, the commentators only thought that the girl’s own fate was bad and she died at a young age. They didn’t think it was the nonsense of the onmyoji, nor did they think it was her family’s fault that they believed it to be true.

This is the scariest thing.

It’s obviously wrong, and it’s outrageously wrong, but for people, it’s right!

Huang Dan suddenly remembered something. Back then, by the Earthworm River, Ye Lan said that this town is the same as before, pedantic, not enlightened, ignorant, feudal, and stubborn. She also said that the air here is depressive, and she really didn’t want to come back.

The last time they met, Ye Lan ran down from the boat, told Huang Dan that the town was a tomb, and told him not to come back.

Most people have the feeling of returning to the place where they were born. Even if they are in other places, they will occasionally think of all kinds of things when they were young. Ye Lan does not. Her resistance and disgust from the bottom of her heart are too strong.

There is only one possibility, that is, what happened in this town before, Ye Lan knows.

What happened was so profound that Ye Lan even excluded her own father.

Huang Dan’s thoughts were pulled back by the sound of the horn.

There is a custom in the town that when you see a funeral procession, no matter what urgent business you have, you must give way, otherwise you will be haunted by ghost energy, which will damage your yang energy, get sick, or shorten your lifespan.

Someone shouted, and the pedestrians retreated one after another.

The slow-running child was carried away by the woman, fearing that if he was too late, the child would suffer from something ominous.

The streets were vacated, and the family members of the deceased in linen howled and threw paper money into the sky.

Huang Dan glanced at the coffin on the bullock cart, and then looked at the middle-aged couple in front of them. They were all haggard, with tears on their faces, howling and crying, “My poor daughter——”

If they did it all over again, they would still do it.

Huang Dan remembered what the old lady had said to him, that people should not be destroyed for themselves, and this sentence was a bit penetrating in this situation.

The funeral procession walked out of East Street, and the noise returned to normal.

When everyone sees Huang Dan, they will whisper, but they won’t step forward to say anything in front of him.

The big families fight openly and covertly, live and die, it has nothing to do with poor people like them, people and things that are out of reach.

Even if a big family is bloodbathed overnight, everyone can only sigh at most.

Liu Chu pulled the reins and came over, “Eldest Young Master, you will be home soon, why are you in a daze?”

Huang Dan said, “Did you hear the discussion on the side of the road?”

Liu Chu, “Umm.”

Huang Dan turned his head, wanted to say something but didn’t say it, it didn’t make much sense.

Liu Chu guessed the young man’s thoughts, “Let’s go, the only thing you can control is yourself, you can’t control others.”

Huang Dan sighed softly, “Yeah.”

Si Mao suddenly came from behind, with a shocked expression on his face, and his tongue was also tied, “Boss, I, I, I seem to have seen Boss Dai just now!”

Liu Chu frowned, “Where ?”

Si Mao looked around, said he didn’t know, it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Liu Chu glanced around, the crowd was bustling, full of heads, “It can be a delusion.”

Si Mao scratched the back of his head, “Maybe.”

Huang Dan didn’t think it was a delusion, if she had Boss Dai’s enchanting figure. There was no other one in the town, and there was nothing similar.

His eyes were moving back and forth between shops, stalls, and pedestrians. It stands to reason that the evil wind in this town is very strong, and things as big as sesame seeds will be blown into the alleys, blown into people’s ears, and stick to them to receive everyone’s saliva.

If Boss Dai is really in town, with her popularity, it is impossible not to attract attention.

Huang Dan frowned and asked Mr. System.

System gave the official answer, saying that there is no permission and cannot answer.

Huang Dans already knows the rules.

However, Mr. System does not have authority over anything related to tasks, so there must be something tied to the other end of Boss Dai’s line.

The gate of the Song Mansion was closed tightly, and the police hurried to pull the knocker, only then did the servants ask who it was from inside.

Huang Dan said, “It’s me.”

The door opened with a creak, and one of the servants saluted respectfully, while the other ran to inform the housekeeper.

The housekeeper hurried over after hearing the news, his wrinkled face was full of excitement, and he wept with joy, “Eldest Young Master, you are finally back.”

He looked at Liu Chu, “Chief Liu, thank you for escorting the young master back.”

Liu Chu looked up, “You’re welcome.”

Huang Dan greeted Liu Chu, and after a quick exchange of glances, he walked into the mansion alone, “I’ve heard some things about the family, how is grandma’s condition?”

The housekeeper wiped his eyes and let out a long sigh, “The doctor said that the situation is not optimistic.”

Huang Dan asked, “Did you invite the foreign doctor?”

The housekeeper said that, was invited, “The foreign doctor almost meant the same thing. He said that the Old Madam has a heart problem and has missed the time for surgery. I don’t quite understand the other words.”

Huang Dan said, “How did the teacher get hurt?”

The housekeeper told Huang Dan in detail that the patriarch brought the instructors to the mansion that day, and accused the Old Madam of more than a dozen crimes. He said that she was using public affairs for personal gain and harming the interests of the Song family, so he wanted to take the Old Madam away and imprison her, and according to the family rules, she would be punished for one hundred boards and then be imprisoned for another month.

Head Master Zhao came out to dissuade him, but was pushed down by an instructor, hit his head, and was beaten several times with sticks.

Huang Dan’s footsteps paused slightly. At the age of the old lady, let alone a hundred boards, even ten boards would not be able to carry. The patriarch wanted the old lady’s life.

He remembered that before leaving the county, the old lady said that the position of patriarch was his, and that she would settle all obstacles for him.

The old lady’s health is not very good. Last time, because the patriarch brought the sorceress to make trouble and forcibly took away the grandson, she fainted from anger, and her health became worse after that.

After all, the old lady wanted to do her best for her grandson as one last thing before she passed away.

It is estimated that the patriarch get information from other sources that the old lady is dealing with him secretly, and want to take his position, so he decided to fight to the death.

The final result is one death and one illness.

Huang Dan strode into the room, and the smell of medicine came to his nostrils.

There was a lamp in the room, which was brought back from abroad by the original owner as a gift for the old lady.

One side of the bed curtain was drawn back, and the wrinkles on the forehead of the elder lying inside were all swollen, the skin on her face and bags under the eyes were drooping listlessly. She was wearing a black robe made of high-quality fabrics, shrouded in a dark and deadly atmosphere. Don’t know if she is asleep or awake.

Huang Dan walked over with light steps, lowered his head and called out, “Grandma.”

Song Yuan Shi slowly opened her eyes, her breath was cold, “Ah Wang, is that you?”

Huang Dan said, “It’s me, I’m back.”

Song Yuan Shi slowly raised her dry hand, her arm was trembling constantly.

Huang Dan took the elder’s hand.

Song Yuan Shi’s breath was weak, “Come here.”

Huang Dan leaned in front of the elder, and heard the elder say something in his ear. It was a few people’s names, including branches of the Song family, squires from the town, and businessmen from other places. They were all trustworthy confidants and could help him.

“Grandma, you’ll be fine.”

Song Yuan Shi didn’t say anything, just shook her head.

In the case of non-accidental death, when people are about to die, they all have feelings, knowing how many steps they have to go to the end, and what is the end of the road.

Huang Dan also realized that his comfort was weak, he pursed his lips, “Grandma, is there a Tian’s family in this town?”

Song Yuan Shi’s eyes suddenly popped, and she tightened her grip on her grandson’s hand, her breath was cold and chaotic.

Huang Dan said, “A few days ago, Ye Lan went to see her second aunt in prison, and I heard they mentioned a Tian family.”

“Grandma, I told you before that Ye Lan has been looking for someone. The second aunt said that the person she was looking for was from the Tian family. I saw Ye Lan crying, as if something bad happened to the Tian family. That man is dead.”

He frowned, “But, is there a Tian family in the town? Why can’t I remember anything?”

Song Yuan Shi closed her eyes and said nothing.

Huang Dan called out again.

Song Yuan Shi did not open her eyes, “Grandma is tired.”

Huang Dan said, “Then you rest.”

He turned around, and when he took two steps, he heard an old voice from behind, “Ah Wang, don’t be afraid, grandma has agreed with Buddha, everything will be borne by grandma, and it will not fall on you.”

This sentence, to Huang Dan’s ears, is the cycle of cause and effect, good and evil will eventually be rewarded.

Judging by the old lady’s reaction, it seemed that she had participated in something condemned by God.

She determined her own ending to be self-inflicted.

Will it be related to the Tian family?

Huang Dan went to ask the housekeeper, “Is there a Tian family in the town before?”

The housekeeper’s wrinkled face trembled, and he said that there was a Tian family, “The Young Master was ill and lost memory.”

Huang Dan couldn’t find the memory of the original owner’s childhood illness. What kind of disease can lose part of the memory? Still alone about the Tian family? He asked, “Then what happened to the Tian family…”

The housekeeper interrupted, “Young Master, why bother to remember things you have forgotten?”

Huang Dan was speechless.

He asked the elderly servants in the mansion, asked the storyteller in the teahouse, and even asked the beggars on the street, but he found nothing.

Everyone in the town has a taboo in their hearts, and that is the Tian family.

That surname doesn’t seem to be able to appear in their lives.

Huang Dan and Liu Chu made an appointment to meet by the Earthworm River, and he sat on the grass, thinking while looking at river water.

Liu Chu touched the young man’s face, “Did you hear what I told you just now?”

Huang Dan came back to his senses, “What did you say?”

Liu Chu’s face twitched, “What’s the matter now, one sight of me, and you already lost your soul?”

Huang Dan said, “I’m thinking about something.”

Liu Chu raised his eyebrows, “What are you thinking?”

Huang Dan said, “It’s about the Tian family.”

Liu Chu pinched the young man’s chin and let him look at him, “I found that you are very interested in that Tian family.”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t remember that there was a Tian family in this town, do you think it’s strange?”

Liu Chu stroked his chin a few times, and one corner of his lips curled up, “No wonder, you have become stupid after reading books.”

“……”

Huang Dan said, “I’m serious.”

“Me too.” Liu Chu leaned closer and rubbed the tip of his nose, “Listen to me, this person’s brain is just that big, can’t fit too many things in it, and if it’s not important, it will definitely be dug up to make room for the important ones.”

“So, let everything go as it pleases, don’t force it, since you don’t remember the Tian family, why bother to look it up?”

Huang Dan was silent.

There was no one else by the river, when Liu Chu kissed enough, he lifted the hem of the young man’s shirt and pinched his waist.

Huang Dan pushed the man’s rough hand away, pinching him a little painful and itchy, “Go back, I want to think about something alone.”

Liu Chu frowned, “You are driving me away not long after I came here?”

Huang Dan said, “I want to think of something here.”

Liu Chu was aggrieved, “You can think whatever you want, and I wouldn’t interfere with you.”

Huang Dan said, “You keep touching me.”

Liu Chu rested his chin on the young man’s shoulder, “What’s wrong with touching you, not allowing me to touch? I will not only touch, but also bite.”

As he spoke, he bit the young man’s ear.

Huang Dan’s eyes were red with pain, and tears fell down, “Leaving or not? If you don’t leave, I’ll.”

Liu Chu twitched the corners of his mouth, and he exaggeratedly covered his heart, “Eldest Young Master, with you speaking like this, I can be truly hurt in heart.”

Huang Dan looked at the childish man, “Forget it, just stay here.”

Liu Chu wiped away the tears for the young man, then went to the ground, resting his head on his leg.

Huang Dan pushed the man, “Someone will come and see.”

Liu Chu’s eyes were half closed, and he said with a naughty smile, “Saw it then saw it, what’s the problem? We are innocent.”

Thanks to the man, Huang Dan almost didn’t know the meaning of the word innocence.

He sat on the grass and looked up at the blue sky, sorting out all the suspects and corresponding clues so far.

Boss Zhang died due to people’s ignorance. The doubts about the Head Master Zhao and the old lady were all provided by Boss Dai. Her life, death and whereabouts are still question marks, and her identity is yet to be determined.

There is nothing suspicious about Father Ye, Ye Lan has already left here, and the second aunt was beheaded.

Who else has not been considered by him?

Scholar? Juan’er?

Huang Dan filtered all the way in his mind, then circled back to Boss Dai, and then bypassed, “Mr. System, can you disclose all the information about the Tian family to me?”

System, “I checked it for you below, and it takes 750 points.”

Huang Dan said, “It’s so expensive.”

He asked, “Mr. System, I haven’t seen the point bag drop for a long time. Is your data wrong?”

System said, “There is no error in our data, Mr. Huang, it is your task that has not progressed.”

Huang Dan said, “That’s too.”

System said, “This is your personal checklist, please check it out, if there is no problem, just sign below, and this one will handle the filing procedures for you.”

A bulletin board-like thing appeared in front of Huang Dan, with a piece of paper pasted on it, and he roughly scanned, “I have used 1,998 chrysanthemum spirits? So many?”

System, “Yes, this is just a negligible number. The leader below told me that the units of other hosts are in the hundreds of millions.”

Huang Dan, “……”

He signed, “This time’s mission is the last one, right?”

System said, “Mr. Huang, I’m just an intern, so I can’t answer your question.”

Intern? Huang Dan was stunned, this was the first time that Mr. System had told him about his work since they met.

In the office, interns are all sought-after. They are young, enthusiastic, energetic, able to lengthen and widen, and have strong willpower.

The two interns under Huang Dan are very cute, and Mr. System should be the same. He has a good personality. He tried his best to fight for his interests and gave him things. “It’s okay, I’ll take it one step at a time.”

Somebody is coming.

Liu Chu sat up from Huang Dan’s legs in an instant.

Huang Dan said, “We are innocent, why are you panicking?”

Liu Chu said solemnly, “We are indeed innocent, but if others don’t know, it will be troublesome to explain a single thing.”

Huang Dan knocked the grass off his arm, “It must be a guilty conscience.”

He glanced at the middle-aged man carrying water not far away, “We both have slept together many times, so you should be ashamed to say that we are innocent.”

Liu Chu remembered it again and again, “There are only six times in total, how can there be many times?”

Huang Dan said, “I mean sleep.”

Liu Chu blinked, “Yes, what I told you is the same thing.”

Huang Dan pursed his lips, “I can’t always say enough about you”

Liu Chu leaned into his ear and smiled, “But you can ride on me, and I am only for you to ride alone.”

Huang Dan said, “Very tired.”

Liu Chu, “……”

He didn’t know what picture he remembered, his cheeks became hot, and a blush spread from the base of his ears to his neck.

Huang Dan glanced at it and then spoke again, “It’s not dark yet, why are you thinking about such things?”

Liu Chu was shameless, “Isn’t it because you haven’t fed me enough.”

Huang Dan tugged at the man’s hand, “Then let’s go eat, I’ll feed you.”

Liu Chu stood up slowly, and slapped the young man’s ass with his palm a few times, “You owe me, you’ve been busy for a while, you have to make up to me later.”

The Old Madam’s condition was serious, so Liu Chu didn’t stay longer with Huang Dan, and sent him back to the Song Mansion after dinner.

Human is a strange creature, the less he knows something, the more he wants to know.

Huang Dan went back to the mansion, after a walk, turn to the back kitchen.

The guy at the door was washing the bottom of the pot. When he saw someone coming, he quickly called everyone to stand in two rows together, “Eldest Young Master.”

Huang Dan walks around casually.

The cook bowed his head, “Young Master, do you have any orders?”

Huang Dan looked at the fruits and vegetables, pots and pans on the chopping board, and asked casually, “That rocksugar snow pear soup, make me a bowl.”

The cook said, “Young Master, it’s a coincidence. The kitchen just made some.”

He personally filled a bowl and handed it over, “Be careful it’s hot.”

Huang Dan scooped up some snow pear syrup with a spoon, and blew it into his mouth. The taste was very similar to what Juan’er made for him, “Who made this snow pear soup?”

The cook pointed to a fat man, “It was made by fatty Wang.”

Fatty Wang shook his head, “No, I only saw it when I lifted the lid.”

The cook asked each of them one by one, and it turned out that everyone thought each other was the one who prepared it , but they didn’t know it.

At this moment, everyone in the kitchen changed their expressions. The young master drank rock sugar snow pear soup from unknown sources. If something happened, they would have to walk around without eating.

Huang Dan asked his servants to investigate, but they failed to find the result.

The cook said that maybe some servant wanted to drink snow pear soup, so he sneaked into the kitchen and boiled a jar for himself. He forgot to toss and left it behind, and dared not come out to admit it, because he took snow pears and rock sugar, and was afraid of being punished.

Huang Dan maintained a neutral attitude towards this statement, and did not investigate clearly. He was not sure who did it.

Juan’er has left the town.

It must be a coincidence.

Huang Dan’s eyelids lifted, what if it wasn’t? He stopped abruptly, if Juan’er hadn’t left, then there was a reason why she had to stay, then there must be other movements.

At this point in time, Ye Mansion sent someone over to bring Huang Dan to the mansion.

Huang Dan was taken to the lobby, and when he saw Master Ye sitting on the chair his expression was not very good. He presumably knew that the disappearance of his youngest son was related to his daughter, and also knew that the pair of children had already left, without saying a word.

The second aunt was dead, and the children didn’t come back. Father Ye’s whole desolation was written on his face. He put down the tea cup, “Nephew, I called you here so late to ask you about Lan Lan. Is there anything you can tell me?”

Huang Dan said, “No.”

Father Ye didn’t move for a long time.

Huang Dan thought, when Master Ye heard these words, he knew that his daughter didn’t care about the relationship between father and daughter, and didn’t care about the prosperity and disgrace of the Ye family, so he must feel bad.

“Uncle, Ye Lan told me that she doesn’t like this town.”

Father Ye put his hand on the armrest of the chair, the jade ring of his thumb exuded a gleam of luster under the yellowish light, rich and cold, “What else did she say?”

Huang Dan said, “The people in the town are ignorant, stubborn, and feudal.”

Father Ye’s face stiffened, and it took him a while to say, “Lanlan is right.”

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

Father Ye leaned back and rubbed his forehead with one hand, “Nephew, what does this town look like to you?”

Huang Dan said, “At first I didn’t feel much about this place.”

“However, since Boss Zhang and his father were beaten to death and I was almost thrown into a pot to cook, in my opinion, the scenery in the town is beautiful, the snacks in the town are delicious, but there’s a devil living inside of the people in the town.”

Father Ye murmured, “The devil…”

Huang Dan said, “That’s right, after Ye Lan and I returned to the country, we learned that there were several murders in the town, all of which were caused by people’s hearts.”

Father Ye’s expression was strange, “It’s not people’s hearts, my nephew, it’s because a demon has come to town.”

Huang Dan said, “Have you seen it Uncle?”

Father Ye shook his head.

Huang Dan said, “I have never seen a man-eating demon, I have only seen a man-eating man.”

Father Ye could hear the sarcasm in the young man’s words, he waved his hands, unwilling to continue the topic, “Nephew, Lanlan took Xiaobao away, do you know where they went?”

Huang Dan couldn’t explain clearly, “Uncle, I think you can rest assured that Ye Lan will treat Second Aunt’s children well.”

Father Ye said, “I know.”

A flash of memory flashed in his eyes, and his expression softened, “Lanlan has been a kind-hearted child since she was a child. She would bring back a rabbit that was injured in the grass to take care of it, and would save the lucky money I gave her to help those people she didn’t know.”

“Lanlan also treats servants as family members. How many times have I told her that she should behave like a master and not be equal to servants, but she didn’t listen, and turned her head and said that I am a bad person, a big villain.”

Huang Dan heard a sentence in his ear, “She’s right.”

The voice was drawn out, slowed down, and vague, and he suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Father Ye stood up and walked to the door, turned his back to Huang Dan and said, “Lanlan blames me and thinks I’m not worthy to be her father.”

Huang Dan began to speculate that Ye Lan must have witnessed Father Ye doing something she couldn’t accept. Maybe she persuaded him, the father and daughter had a dispute, and finally Father Ye insisted on going his own way, so she removed this family from her world.

Will it be related to the Tian family?

If so, Huang Dan guessed, the old lady, Father Ye, Boss Dai, Boss Zhang, several big families, and even people from the town, they all participated in the same thing?

Huang Dan felt that he was face to face with the truth, but there was a layer of veil behind him, and he only needed to lift the veil.

That night, Song Ying Shi died.

The housekeeper called, Huang Dan hurriedly got up and ran over.

Song Yuan Shi let out a sigh of relief, when she saw her grandson, then she stopped breathing and didn’t even say a word.

It seems that for Song Yuan Shi, everything she wants to say has already been said, and some things she didn’t say can’t be said. She has to take it to the underworld, and she doesn’t want to leave any burden and pressure on her grandson.

The old lady left quickly, Huang Dan stood in front of the bed, his breathing was still chaotic, he had just woken up from a dream, his body was still in a loose state of sleep, and his mind was a little dazed.

The red lanterns outside the gate of the Song Mansion were taken down, and white lanterns were hung up.

The servants, including the housekeeper, all dressed in white, and walked around the mansion with unspeakable sadness and dullness.

People die like a lamp going out, leaving only a pile of ashes.

People from the town came over one after another, saying some mild comfort, nothing more than the fact that people cannot be resurrected after death, and their sorrows changed, and they came apart in different ways.

Huang Dan knelt and burned paper in front of the mourning hall, howling when he saw no one.

He didn’t take care of trivial matters, the housekeeper and a few older servants were in charge.

It was the branches of the Song family who were crying.

Not long after, Huang Dan heard the housekeeper’s reporting name and knew that Father Ye was coming. He raised his eyelids and was startled.

Father Ye’s complexion was much worse than that night, and there was a faint breath on his body, which is something that only people who are about to die will have.

“Nephew, don’t be too sad, the Old Madam also will feel at ease when she is underground.”

Huang Dan, “Umm.”

Father Ye patted him on the shoulder, let out a long sigh, turned around and went out.

When it was almost noon, Liu Chu came over. He gave Si Mao the knife, walked into the mourning hall, and lit incense to worship.

There was someone in the mourning hall, so Liu Chu didn’t say anything else, and comforted Huang Dan as an ordinary friend, “Young Master Song, the Old Madam gave me a precious knife before her death, if you need help in the future, please tell me.”

Huang Dan didn’t speak for a long time, his voice hoarse, “Thank you, Chief Liu.”

Liu Chu frowned, feeling a little distressed, and wanted to pull the young man up and rub his knees, but now he couldn’t do that, so he could only turn around and leave.

At the end of the day, there were many footprints on the threshold of the mansion, the sky gradually darkened, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

The mourning hall is lit with ever-burning lamps, and a kerosene lamp is placed in front of the coffin.

Seeing that Huang Dan wanted to go back to his room, the housekeeper hurriedly said in a low voice, “Young Master, the mourning hall must never be short of people.”

Huang Dan knelt back again.

On the day of the funeral, many people came to the mansion, burning incense and kowtow one by one.

Song Yuan Shi has a long life, has such a big property, enjoys all the glory and wealth, and has a chastity memorial archway, many people hope to come to get some of her blessings floating in the mourning hall.

Huang Dan couldn’t understand.

As soon as the time came, the burial team set off from the Song Mansion and headed towards the Song family’s cemetery.

Less than half an hour after leaving the Song Mansion, an old woman rushed in by the side of the road. She lay down on the coffin and shouted incoherently, “Retribution is coming, retribution is coming!”

Huang Dan in front of the line looked over and immediately recognized Boss Zhang’s old mother. After the death of her son and husband, she went crazy, walking around the streets and alleys every day, chanting non-stop.

The old woman was dressed in shabby clothes, clapped her hands, and smiled with a wrinkled face, “It’s over, it’s over.”

The next moment, she cried again, “Truly a retribution…”

Everyone felt a chill crawling up their backs, and their scalps were numb. They all stared at the old woman with extremely terrifying eyes, as if they were afraid and panicked.

Someone on the street said, “This old ghost is crazy, arrest her!”

Huang Dan stopped her, and asked his servants to take the old woman to the mansion. Unexpectedly, when he came back, the servants said that she had run away through the back door.

“Young Master, don’t worry about it, that granny is a lunatic.”

The housekeeper didn’t say much.

The Song Yuan Shi broke the Song family’s rules and became the first woman who’s memorial tablet could be put in the ancestral hall after death.

The branches of the Song family strongly opposed it, saying that women are not even allowed to enter the door of the ancestral hall. How can their memorial tablet be put in the ancestral hall?

They joined forces to throw out the old lady’s tablet.

Huang Dan threw out the old lady’s lifelong contribution to the Song family. A woman has done what no Song family man can do. Why is she not eligible to live in the ancestral hall?

Those people are still pretentious.

Huang Dan understands from their words and deeds that in this era, the status of women is extremely low. No matter how good a woman is, no matter how capable she is, no matter how much she knows, she can only stay at the bottom.

She can never step into the ancestral hall.

Huang Dan took over the property of the Song family, as well as the ancestral hall. He would not compromise on this matter, nor would he back down.

After a few days of commotion, the side branches of the Song family finally calmed down.

Just as Huang Dan followed Mr. Accountant to take care of the account books of the Song family while investigating the clues of the mission, the scholar came back.

Huang Dan felt strange, as long as he is not a fool, he would know that the Song family was still in a period of turmoil, and there would be unknown changes, and this muddy water could not be waded.

The scholar is obviously not a fool.

Although he was picked up by the original owner’s uncle and brought back to the Song family for adoption, except for the uncle, no one else wanted to see him.

Even repulsion.

Because in their eyes, what they picked up was a wild species.

Huang Dan knew that before the internal strife in the Song family, his uncle had gone to other places to buy tea, and he was lucky enough to avoid this struggle.

Even if the scholar didn’t go with his uncle, he could stay in the countryside with Head Master Zhao this time, and it would depend on the situation after this period of time passed. Why did he come back at this time?

Unless……

The scholar has something to do and has to come back.

Huang Dan called the scholar to the study room, and looked at him secretly. He looked like a young student with red lips and white teeth. His impression of this person was that he liked to swallow his saliva and was a little timid.

The scholar lowered his eyes, “Eldest Young Master.”

Huang Dan took a sip of tea, “How is the teacher?”

The scholar said, “It has been settled properly.”

He blamed himself, “Eldest Young Master, I was delayed by a thief on the road, and I didn’t make it in time to send the Old Madam off for the last time.”

Huang Dan asked, “Are you alright?”

The scholar shook his head, “Only suffered a little skin injury.”

Huang Dan ordered, “Raise your head.”

The scholar lowered his head even lower, a pair of shoes appeared under his sight, his adam’s apple rolled up and down, making a swallowing motion.

Huang Dan stood in front of the scholar and repeated the sentence just now.

The scholar swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, slowly raised his head, his eyelids were still drooping, and he didn’t look at the person in front of him, not sure if he didn’t dare or what the reason was.

Huang Dan said, “The wound on your chin was made by the thief?”

The scholar nodded, “Umm.”

Huang Dan wanted to find an excuse to keep the scholar here, and then observe, so he said that the books on the shelf needed to be tidied up and asked him to help.

The scholar had no objection, and lowered his eyes and went to the bookshelf.

Huang Dan raised his head and asked some casual questions, and the scholar replied calmly, without any abnormality.

The tea in his hand was completely cold, and the scholar was still standing in front of the bookshelf, with a slender figure, “The turmoil at home will not stop for the time being. I sent someone to find out that Uncle is in Xiao Town. You can go find him there.”

The scholar pursed his lips and wiped off the dust on a book, “I will go to find my father after a while.”

Huang Dan drank up the herbal tea, and inadvertently glanced at him for a while.

The scholar bent down to get the books on the lower layer, and a piece of jade fell out from his neck, shaking in the air. He stuffed the jade into the neckline, and continued to arrange the books as if nothing had happened.

Ten days later, Father Ye died at home.

Liu Chu took Si Mao, Old Feng and the others to check. Father Ye had no wounds or signs of poisoning. The preliminary judgment was that he died of natural causes.

When Huang Dan heard the news, he was feeding the fish in the pavilion in the garden. He sprinkled all the fish food in his hand into the pond. Father Ye’s death seemed to be within his expectation.

It’s just like……

There’s still one left, it’s his turn.

This feeling is very strange, Huang Dan is lying on the railing, Ye Lan knows a lot, as she can see it through. Is it too early to say that Father Ye can’t enjoy his old age peacefully?

It took a long time before Huang Dan let out the breath that was stuck in his throat.

A few days later, Huang Dan and Liu Chu saw a figure in the alley, which was Boss Zhang’s old mother.

The old woman huddled in the corner, muttering, “All dead… all dead… all dead…”

Huang Dan approached, and heard the old woman looking at the void. She was smiling, but her face was full of tears, “No one can escape… son… old Zhang… bad… all bad……”

“Granny, why is it bad?”

The old woman’s eyes were dull, she didn’t say anything to Huang Dan, she was still looking at the void, there seemed to be someone standing there, it was her son and her husband.

Huang Dan swallowed, looking at the man beside him, “Is there ghost?”

Liu Chu’s tone was firm, “Of course not.”

Huang Dan said, “Why does this granny keep looking at that place?”

Liu Chu shrugged, “Didn’t you say she’s crazy? It doesn’t make sense for a lunatic to do anything.”

Huang Dan said, “That’s right.”

He knelt down and yelled several times before the old woman turned her head, “Granny, your son and husband did something bad?”

The old woman said bad, “I said there would be retribution, but they didn’t listen, it’s here, it’s already here…”

She pointed to the ground, “Look, it’s all blood, so much blood, the whole town will be buried.”

Huang Dan looked at Liu Chu sideways.

Liu Chu was also looking at him.

This scene is creepy.

Huang Dan stretched out his hand to pull the old woman, “Granny, it’s cold on the ground, get up.”

The old woman was pulled to stand up, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were all crowded together when she smiled, “I’ll give you a treasure.”

She reached into her bosom and took out something, “Look, treasure!”

It was a piece of jade pendant, held by a pair of old and dry hands, quietly emitting a clear luster under the night.

Huang Dan took the jade pendant in his hand, squinted at it, his pupils shrank.

Liu Chu asked, “Why, is it yours?”

Huang Dan said no, it is from the scholar.

Liu Chu took a deep breath, “This jade pendant is worn around the neck, and most people can’t see it. How did you see it? You still remember it so clearly.”

Huang Dan, “……”

He sent the old woman home.

Liu Chu followed the scholar and found that he would come out every night, walking on the street with his head down, as if he was looking for something.

After Huang Dan knew about this, he went to check information about the jade pendant, but found nothing, so he had to let Liu Chu get involved.

Liu Chu used his own relationship to find out that the jade pendant was bought from the second master of the Jia family in Sifang City by a wealthy businessman at a high price.

The second master only knows that the rich businessman’s surname is Tian.

The scholar is from the Tian family?

Huang Dan dragged this clue to investigate the Tian family in the town. He found out that there was indeed a Tian family back then, but it disappeared later.

Once Master Ye died, the Ye family broke up, and the housekeeper didn’t stay in the town any longer, but went back to the countryside.

Huang Dan was afraid of leaking the news, so he went out of town with Liu Chu in the middle of the night and went to the countryside.

The housekeeper didn’t reveal a single word at first, but later Huang Dan told him about the old woman, the scene where the townspeople beat Boss Zhang to death, and also mentioned Ye Lan’s words.

He let go and talked about the events of the year.

Throwing the rag aside, the housekeeper’s thoughts retreated to more than ten years ago, and then suddenly returned to reality. He said that the Tian family lost two corpses back then.

From the housekeeper’s point of view, many members of the Tian family had already died, so let’s forget about two less, so he didn’t report to Father Ye, “Among the two missing corpses, there are descendants of the Tian family.”

Huang Dan asked, “If the child is still alive, how old is it?”

The housekeeper murmured, “He must be more than ten years old.”

Huang Dan’s eyes flickered, matching the scholar’s age safely.

His guess became clearer. The scholar was a descendant of the Tian family and came back to avenge his family.

But what about the demon?

Is the other missing corpse a demon?

After returning, Huang Dan and Liu Chu ate snacks in the room and shared the clues they each had.

Huang Dan asked, “Did you send someone to look for that cave in the mountain?”

Liu Chu ate a piece of pastry, “I found it.”

Huang Dan said, “Did you find anything?”

Liu Chu said, “It’s the paw print you mentioned, nothing else was seen.”

Huang Dan rested his chin, thoughtful.

Liu Chu stuffed the remaining half of the pastry into his mouth and made a suggestion to him.

Huang Dan said while eating, “What if the demon doesn’t come?”

Liu Chu said, “It will come.”

He pinched the young man’s face, “We have no other choice.”

Huang Dan said, “If it doesn’t come, can the safety of the scholar be guaranteed?”

Liu Chu said softly, but also indifferently, “I can only guarantee your safety.”

Huang Dan said, “It’s too risky.”

Liu Chu rubbed the top of his hair, “If you want the demon to show up, there is no other way.”

Huang Dan said, “You go, I want to sleep by myself at night.”

Liu Chu kicked off his shoes and went to bed.

Huang Dan, “……”

The next day, everyone in the town knew that there was still one person alive in the Tian family, and that was the scholar the Song family picked up outside.

They were panic-stricken and felt that the Tian family must have been responsible for what happened in the town.

People broke into the scholar’s home, tied the scholar to a pillar, and surrounded him. Some piled firewood, and some held torches. Everyone’s face was full of ferocious madness. They chose to use the method of the past to burn the scholar alive.

“Burn to death! Burn to death!”