My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

"Big brother, I never knew my mother would target you behind your back. I apologize on her behalf. I'm so sorry..."

Chen Anshui took a deep breath and said coldly, "I don't need your apology. The one who should apologize is your mother!"

Hearing this, Chen Anshi was speechless and could only watch helplessly as his elder brother walked away step by step.

Perhaps the two brothers will never have the chance to meet again, after all, the older brother dislikes him so much.

Once in the car, Chen Anshui suddenly realized that Zhang Hao was sitting next to him.

Zhang Hao crossed his arms, looking relaxed and smug, and joked, "Chen Anshui! I never expected that my subordinate would be a genuine rich second-generation."

Chen Anshui was unsure whether to laugh or remain silent; the atmosphere inside the car seemed somewhat awkward.

"Since you're from a wealthy family, are you still interested in learning those Yin-Yang Taoist arts and corpse-driving techniques from me?" Zhang Hao asked lazily.

Generally speaking, wealthy people don't bother with these things. After all, while such services are hard to find, they can usually be obtained with enough money, so there's no need for them to learn them themselves.

But Chen Anshui's ideas were clearly different. He had rediscovered his life goals, which had little to do with money. It was mainly because he was particularly interested in this industry.

“Mr. Zhang, please stop teasing me. You know perfectly well that I’m very interested in this industry.”

Zhang Hao finally looked at him directly, his tone becoming serious: "Then you'd better think it through. This line of work is very tough, and there's always the risk to your life. Are you sure you want to continue doing this?"

“Of course I’m sure. Doing this job allows me to find meaning in life, and thinking about it that way, it’s actually quite rare,” Chen Anshui said with a smile.

"Should I call you Luoshui or Chen Anshui?"

After thinking carefully for a few seconds, Chen Anshui finally said with some relief, "This name was given to me by my father. The reason I wanted to change my name before was because I didn't want to acknowledge him. Now that he's gone, and we've already reconciled... I'll go back to my original name, Mr. Zhang. You can call me Anshui."

"Alright! Chen Anshui, from now on you'll be my subordinate, available 24/7, 365 days a year. Salary will depend entirely on performance, no meals or accommodation provided. Can you accept this offer?"

Zhang Hao gave him a "I knew I hadn't misjudged you" look and joked with a laugh.

"Mr. Zhang, aren't you being too harsh? At least other companies will give you a basic salary, and you should at least provide the five social insurances and one housing fund, right? You don't even provide the five social insurances and one housing fund, and you're so stingy! Let me tell you, I can file a complaint against you with the labor department! I advise you not to be a heartless capitalist!"

Zhang Hao adopted a nonchalant attitude and said, "Young man, don't always dream of instant success. All that talk about social security and housing fund is just fluff. If you work for me now, I guarantee you'll learn some real skills!"

The two chatted and laughed as they drove back to their department. Just as they parked and were about to head back, they saw Han San running towards them in a panic. Judging from his flustered appearance, something serious had clearly happened!
As soon as Han San ran over, he grabbed Zhang Hao's arm: "You're finally back!"

Zhang Hao didn't pull away from his hand, but said with a hint of teasing, "I don't have that kind of special fetish, and I'm not interested in office romances."

Upon hearing this, Han San's face instantly darkened, and she glared at him irritably: "What I'm about to tell you is something very serious, don't joke with me here."

"I'm not joking, I'm just telling the truth," Zhang Hao said with a grin.

Han San ignored his words and solemnly gave him a heads-up: "Don't be scared by what I'm about to say."

"I'm a professional, I've received professional training, I'm not easily intimidated. Just say what you want to say." Zhang Hao said this, but seeing Han San's serious expression, he unconsciously became a little more serious as well.

"Let me tell you, something's happened. A major incident has occurred in the neighboring province, and it's related to the Judge's Pen!" Han San said solemnly.

Upon hearing Han San's words, Zhang Hao's previously relaxed mood instantly turned heavy. He looked at Han San, his expression becoming unusually serious, and even his questioning tone became more urgent: "How did you determine that this matter is related to the Judge's Pen?" It turned out that Zhang Hao had previously promised the Underworld to investigate the Judge's Pen.

But so far, he has not found any other traces of the Judge's Pen in the human world.

He unconsciously forgot about it.

Now that the matter has been brought up again, Zhang Hao immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

If this matter is not handled properly, it could cause serious trouble.

“I’ve confirmed it, but the evidence is a bit hard to come up with. I know my own abilities are limited, and I probably won’t be able to handle this, so I came back to get reinforcements. Have you finished your work here?” Han San said as she walked into the house with Zhang Hao. Chen Anshui followed silently behind them, unable to get a word in edgewise during their conversation.

Given the current situation, he shouldn't offer any opinions casually.

Once inside, the two sat down on either side of the conference room desk. Zhang Hao casually pulled up the blinds; outside was the direction of the neighboring province that Han San had mentioned earlier.

The sky there was clear and blue.

“I was on a business trip there, and at first I was just dealing with some ordinary paranormal events. But later, when I was preparing to come back, I encountered something particularly strange that immediately aroused my suspicions…” Han San said, his face full of regret as he recounted his experience in the neighboring province.

He thought to himself that if he had been more vigilant back then, things might not have turned out this way.

His work in the neighboring province went relatively smoothly at first; he was only investigating a case involving the mass disappearance of employees at a farmhouse restaurant.

The place he went to was a farmhouse resort that combined leisure and entertainment with rural charm, and it was also a well-known vacation destination.

The manor was originally a thriving business, with more than fifty employees, mainly dealing in mid-to-high-end products.

Later, a guest complained that the food at the farmhouse restaurant was of poor quality. Upon investigation, the owner discovered that the person was deliberately causing trouble and was a shill sent by a competitor.

Normally, this kind of thing could be resolved by the two parties communicating or exposing each other's tricks. But unexpectedly, things got out of control.

After the troublemaker was sent away, he was found dead in his rented room a few days later.

After a detailed investigation, relevant departments discovered that this person was a freelancer who had not offended anyone in his daily life. If anyone had recently offended someone and might have lost their life because of it, it would only be Wei Yuze, the owner of the agritourism business.

The staff members who came to investigate only intended to gather information. However, to their surprise, Wei Yuze, the owner of the agritainment business, was suddenly labeled a suspect. He never imagined that his initial plan to teach the other person a lesson in private would result in the other person's sudden death!

He acted very surprised, as if he knew nothing about it.

Due to the lack of evidence and witnesses, the relevant departments had no choice but to temporarily suspend their investigation of him.

The matter reached a stalemate, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find a clue.

The case fell into Han San's hands mainly because the deceased's body later exhibited unusual behavior, raising suspicions that the crime was not committed by an ordinary person. After the body was sent to the funeral home, that night, the deceased miraculously walked out of the morgue and appeared to be alive, behaving just like a normal person.

When he came out of the room, he looked as if he had just woken up from a dream, and even politely asked the staff for a cup of hot water.

The surveillance video recorded the entire scene, and the staff present at the time were almost all quite frightened.

The scene was so bizarre that it instilled fear in people.

After finishing the water, the person leisurely lay back down.

This incident caused a huge uproar in the funeral industry, with many people speculating that it was a case of a corpse coming back to life.

The case eventually fell into Han San's hands, and he began to investigate.

Han San believed that probably no witness knew the ins and outs of the matter better than the parties involved. With this in mind, Han San didn't hold back upon arriving at the scene and immediately began using his corpse-driving technique.

The deceased's body was manipulated, and their soul was summoned back and firmly controlled. Apart from having no heartbeat and no blood flow, they appeared almost identical to an ordinary person.

Han San asked him what had happened, and the deceased said with a grin that he had died unjustly because he was unwilling to die such a miserable death, but he did not dare to directly provoke the murderer behind him, so he could only deliberately use this method to attract the attention of the living.

Sure enough, the umbrella was drawn to him.

By communicating with the corpse and making contact with the deceased's soul, Han San roughly understood the cause of his death.

“I don’t know why I died suddenly. I felt like there were hands choking me, making it hard for me to breathe. By the time I realized what was happening, I had already stopped breathing in my sleep.”

The deceased spoke of this with a sorrowful expression, clearly still filled with longing for this colorful world.

"After you die, there are usually ghost messengers who come to guide you to the underworld to line up for reincarnation. Didn't you encounter any ghost messengers?"

Han San noticed this and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Although the underworld is currently conducting a thorough investigation of its staff due to the Judge's Pen incident, basic operations will continue as usual.

Even if the deceased does not want to be reincarnated for the time being, the underworld officials will remember his name and come to collect him after he has resolved his obsession.

After careful investigation, Han San discovered that there was no record of this dead soul in the underworld, which was obviously very strange.

Han San keenly sensed that things were not simple, so he began to investigate on his own.

However, things don't always go so smoothly.

Before he could find out the specific reason, the deceased's soul, which had originally been complete with all three souls and seven spirits, suddenly disappeared!

It was as if all the soul energy had been exhausted, and the soul had been scattered!

That scene of the soul being scattered and destroyed happened vividly before Han San's eyes!
After this incident, Han San was certain that someone in the Yin-Yang circle was secretly plotting this, and the reason why the deceased's soul was scattered must be related to a larger conspiracy.

With this in mind, Han San continued his in-depth investigation.

Initially, there were no useful clues, and the investigation was completely clueless, with no idea where to begin. Then, something happened that caught Han San's attention and pointed him in the right direction for the investigation.

All the employees of that agritainment resort suddenly died. More than 50 people died overnight, and all of them died of sudden cardiac arrest!

This incident has attracted the attention of relevant law enforcement agencies.

It's not uncommon for one or two employees to die suddenly from heart disease, since working overtime and staying up late has become the norm in this day and age, and the chances of sudden cardiac death caused by staying up late have increased dramatically.

The relevant law enforcement agencies have become accustomed to this.

However, one or two deaths could be considered accidental, but suddenly more than 50 deaths! That's highly abnormal.

However, no matter how thoroughly they investigated, they could not find any signs that someone had taken action, and there were no suspicious traces left at the scene.

The case eventually fell into Han San's hands.

Han San was initially shocked as well. More than 50 people dying at the same time for the same reason would be big news and a major case anywhere.

Han San dared not delay and quickly launched an investigation.

He originally planned to use the art of corpse-driving and soul-summoning to retrieve all these people's souls and inquire about the circumstances of their deaths, since the deceased knew best how they died.

Everything for summoning the souls was prepared, and the time of day when the yin energy was at its strongest was chosen. However, despite thorough preparation and strict adherence to the standard corpse-driving and soul-summoning ritual, the cold umbrella failed to summon back a single soul.

He cast his spell for a long time without any response. After confirming that the spell was working correctly, Han San conducted a detailed investigation and finally discovered that these people, or rather these dead people, had all had their souls scattered, which was why they could not respond to his summons.

More than 50 people, their souls were all destroyed!
Who was this ruthless person? That's incredibly cruel.

Han San deeply felt the cruelty of the person behind the scenes; however, this matter was beyond his control.

Han San wanted to ask someone for help, but Zhang Hao was busy dealing with Lu Yuxuan's case and had no time to spare. Just then, Bai Wuchang came to him on business.

Therefore, Han San asked Bai Wuchang to investigate the case together.

They speculated that the mastermind was likely using people's souls to perform some kind of evil magic, and would definitely make further moves, so they only needed to remain still and vigilant.

However, their predictions were wrong. For the next few days, everything was calm and normal, without any unusual occurrences.

The mastermind behind the crime seemed to have vanished without a trace overnight, as if they had no intention of continuing their crimes.

This was clearly not feasible, so they began conducting door-to-door investigations based on the deceased's family circumstances. (End of Chapter)