Chapter 56: The Lingering Dark Soul

  Peasants are human beings too, so peasants should rise up.

  Liu Weimin was like all brutal and incompetent rulers who regarded the peasant army as nothing more than a rabble, not worth bothering with.

  I was pressing You Wuhu, but he just watched it as a joke and burst out laughing. He said: "Wang Zhen, Jing Bo is not threatened by me, first because he's not afraid of death, second because he's not afraid of me, third because he has nothing to worry about, and fourth because he really has the ability. But what about you?" Liu Weimin sat on a stool with his legs crossed, looking very relaxed. He teased: "Alright, I'm not going to save Wenjing now, I'm actually using you. Go ahead and kill yourself."

  "Ah yo!" I said without hesitation. The courtyard was in chaos as I frantically searched for a tool to end my life.

  Hanging is too suffocating, hitting the wall hurts too much, and there's no knife to cut my wrist. Finally, Liu Weimin saw that I was really struggling and gave me a hint. He said those insects would drill into every hole in my body, gnawing away at my internal organs and fat, and their mouthparts carried anesthetic venom, so it wouldn't hurt. He told me to give it a try.

  "Hey old man, you think I'm afraid?"

  Liu Weimin smiled but didn't answer. I walked over to the insect and asked him again: "Give you one last chance, let Wenjing go."

  Liu Weimin remained calm as usual.

  The two of us stared at each other with our eyes, for a long time. San Sao carried a kettle of boiling water out of the kitchen. Liu Wei Min was impatient: "These worms will disperse and escape once they come into contact with air for too long. At that time, there won't be anyone left alive in the village. If you want to kill yourself, you'd better hurry up. I can't let them harm the villagers!"

  I didn't move, and whispered: "Why don't I help you? If we don't get some real ones, this old man..."

  The rest of the words were forced back by my gaze, Liu Weimin was right, it's always easy to die heroically, but I don't dare and am not willing to use my own life to force Liu Weimin to compromise.

  Suddenly I felt deflated, a deep sense of defeat. Hanging my head in despair, I said: "You win, let Wenjing go first, anyway I won't be able to escape."

  "You also have to tell me where Xiaobai is, otherwise I'll push Wang Zhen into the pile of worms, anyway it's not me who will die, I can do it!"

  I'm telling you, Yu Wu, you're really a good brother!

  Not mentioning Liu Weimin, even I could see that You Wu was just pretending to be fierce, but Liu Weimin furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before asking: "Third sister-in-law, where did the necklace on your neck come from?"

  Third Sister took it off and handed it to Liu Weimin, saying that she had picked it up at the entrance of the reception room.

  Liu Weimin then asked You Wu, what's so special about this necklace that makes him treasure it so much?

  Yu didn't say that this was the token of affection he had given to his teacher's wife, Xiao Bai. Liu Weimin suddenly became serious and asked a few questions in a row, then said to Yu: "The third sister-in-law is wearing a necklace, but you discovered that she actually belongs to me, so you suspect me, right?"

  You Mou did not nod, but Liu Wei Min said that he was also unaware of this matter. However, after the situation here is resolved, he will go find Xiao Bai and ask her a few questions.

  Then he stopped nagging, put on a serious face and told us to hurry up and do what we were just told. His patience was limited, and he didn't have the heart to keep playing this game of reviewing cases with us.

  Liu Weimin's original words were: "Wang Zhen, you still have parents and relatives, especially a big family, you are not as strong as him, also have concerns, and don't have his abilities, can hide for many years, don't challenge my patience again, or someone will die!"

  Although still full of doubts, I didn't dare to provoke Liu Weimin again. Yu Wu and I exchanged a glance and followed his orders.

  Don't go poking around in the woodpile, I ran alone to the reception office, but at a bend in the small road, I saw a woman crouching on the ground, wailing and crying.

  Hearing the footsteps, she lifted her head, and on her dusty face, two lines of clear tears washed out her fair skin, Kang Jiuxiang who had cried into a mess.

  What am I supposed to say? I'm helping the person who just killed her godfather, what can I say?

  I didn't say a word, I just stroked her hair like petting a cat. Kang Jiuxiang wiped away tears with her sleeve, squatted on the ground, and looked up at me without saying anything. Everything was so natural. I helped her up, and she stood; I pulled her, and she followed me. She was as gentle as a cat, but it made me feel like she was an empty shell, a walking corpse.

  Before going to the county town, Liu Weimin said not to bring luggage. I was still thinking about whether to pay some more deposit, but I didn't expect that San Shu was actually in cahoots with Liu Weimin. There must be some inside story that I don't know about, but there are many things that I don't know, and Liu Weimin probably won't say.

  I pulled out the official robes from under the bed, and my heart was filled with a thousand emotions. I really didn't know what magical effect wearing these clothes would have, but Liu Weimin had asked me to do this three or four times before. Tonight, I felt that disaster outweighed good fortune.

  Huang Jinbai said in a strange tone that when Little Sky Master was about to sit in the coffin, the words that Xu Qi had once said flashed through my mind.

  The Heavenly Master sits in his coffin, ranked among the immortal class.

  People in Longhushan have always been entangled in whether to be an official or a coffin, and now I occupy both. Wearing the official robe makes me an official, sitting in the grave makes me sit in a coffin. But I'm not dead yet, and I've even got the title of Little Heavenly Master. Although this heavenly master is small, it's not that great god of Longhushan, but who knows what mystery lies within?

  Liu Weimin should know that I feel he made up his mind tonight is me and the Heavenly Master's coffin, maybe I will die, or maybe still be bitten to death by zombies?

  But I'm not afraid!

  I don't know why I'm not afraid either, it's just a very strange feeling, I clearly don't even dare to touch insect blood, but I'm not afraid of being killed by Liu Weimin.

  When I changed into the official robe, I was always thinking about this issue. In the end, I came to the conclusion that I might have been used to being at a disadvantage in his hands, so even if he wanted to kill me, it would be normal and there would be no way to resist.

  Kang Jiuxiang asked me why I was wearing these clothes, and I said I had some things to take care of outside.

  As he was about to leave, he turned back, pulled out his wallet and keys from his clothes, thought for a moment, then found a pen and paper to write a note: Qin Feng, I am your brother Wang. This woman is called Kang Jiuxiang. Please take care of her for me. By the time you see this note, I'm probably already dead. If Yu Mo isn't dead yet, please help me beat him up twice. From now on, my family will be in your care.

  I handed things over to Kang Jiuxiang, I said Liu Weimin shouldn't bother her again, but Guanshui Village isn't a place to stay for long, so I had her go to my home. If she doesn't see me within ten days, have her call Qin Feng.

  Kang Jiuxiang didn't even look at it, directly tore up the note, and gave me a tight hug. She whispered in my ear: "Dad is dead, Huang Canhuang Song also died, if you don't want me either, then I really have no one to go to. I won't go anywhere, just wait here for your return. If you can't come back, I'll go find you."

  The most exciting thing is that it makes my whole body hot, I just want to push her onto the bed right now, strip her naked, and have a deep physical contact. Honestly, this is why Kang Jiuxiang smashed my phone, otherwise I would really call Liu Weimin and ask him to wait for me for more than two hours.

  I say with deep emotion, Jiuxiang sister, as long as I don't die, I will definitely marry you!

  Kang Jiuxiang's mouth corners slightly curled up, but quickly returned to normal. I was just about to ask him what the hell was going on with Huang Canghai and Huang Song, when she said something that left me stunned.

  "I'd naturally be willing to marry you, but didn't you say before that you were going to take An Su as your wife and treat her like an ancestor? She patted my cheek and said: "Maybe you've forgotten, but that woman definitely hasn't. You go first, we'll talk about the rest when you get back."

  I really have a new opinion of Kang Jiuxiang, I always thought she was a silly and foolish woman, but it turns out that she is much smarter than I imagined, or rather, knows more.

  I had forgotten that enchanting and beautiful An Su, who was as cunning as a fox spirit, had said she liked me. I've been through such a big deal, but I haven't even seen her shadow!

  Out of the door, I walked south to the village in a daze. A gust of night wind blew by, and the four sides made a rustling sound. In the black and dark village without any lights, it was dimly lit like a giant beast with its mouth open, ready to swallow everyone who entered the village. Even if I had seen ghosts before, I couldn't help but feel scared, so I hugged my arms tightly to give myself some warmth.

  I gradually felt something was off, a strange cold wind blowing straight into my neck, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, I subconsciously shrunk my neck, but a chill ran down my spine and blew onto the back of my head, my brain almost froze.

  I turned around and saw nothing, I thought to myself, could it be a ghost breathing down my neck?

  Whether it's You Yu or Huang Jinbai, they all say that I'm not human now, still wearing a Qing dynasty official robe that may have been stripped from a corpse. Everyone is abnormal, why can it bully me?

  I thought about going back, but instead quickened my pace. I ran when I arrived at Huang Jinbai's house. The black car was parked by the side of the road, and as I passed by, I subconsciously glanced over.

  The dim moonlight is reflected by the car window and appears clearer than what I see with my eyes.

  Four eyes meet through the car window.

  There's a face on my shoulder, with high cheekbones and sunken cheeks. It's literally a piece of skin wrapped around the skull. What really gets me is that this face is smiling, with an extremely eerie smile, like it's trying to curry favor. I've even forgotten to be scared, and all I can think about is why this familiar face has this expression.

  "What the grass, Ninth Brother?"

  This is the real lingering spirit, he has been entangled with me from a living person to a dead person to a zombie and then to a ghost.

  Rushing into the Huang's house, everyone looked at me, I shouted: "Jiuge is here, Jiuge is here." Stopping, I asked Liu Weimin: "Didn't you handle him? Why is he bothering me again!"