You said you would ascend to the immortal world, why did you end up in a mental hospital?.

Chapter 44 The Meaning of the Name

Erhuang Mouse quickly took a few steps back and slapped himself vigorously.

The other detective brothers came up and asked questions.

"What's wrong, boss?"

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Boss, you retreat first, we'll block them!"

At this time, Erhuang Haozi could hardly hear what they were saying.

Glancing at the brothers.

Their faces seemed to be blurring, gradually transforming into the appearance of faceless sedan bearers.

Erhuang Haozi suddenly grasped the scalding blade with his left hand.

The severe pain made him conscious instantly.

Looking at his brothers who had returned to their normal appearance, he smiled.

"Hahahahahaha!"

"These bastards want me to be as dirty as they are!"

"But once I feel the pain, they can't cover my eyes anymore!"

"Be careful, killing these filths may allow the gray mist to enter your body."

"This gray fog should be the evil spirit in the rumors."

"When evil spirits enter your body, what you see will be distorted to a certain extent."

"Pain can effectively weaken this illusion, but we can't keep hurting ourselves."

"So, everyone take off your shirts, so that you can tell the difference even if you have hallucinations."

After saying that, he took off his shirt and let it hang around his waist.

His body was covered with scars and his strong tendons were exposed.

In the cold air, his sweat evaporated into steam.

With his hideous grin, he looked even more ferocious than filthy.

"kill!"

A few minutes later.

Everyone's consciousness became a little blurry.

The rebirth of those filth seems to require the consumption of evil spirits.

A lot of the evil spirit was absorbed by Erhuang Haozi and others, so the reunion would not be so quick.

So I had some rare time to breathe.

Erhuang Mouse looked at the coffin.

Ever since they came in to kill the filth, the noise inside has been getting louder and louder.

He guessed that the evil spirit might have come from the coffin.

It was originally used to suppress the eldest brother, but now it is used to stop them.

Not only that, a lot of it was absorbed.

Thinking of this, he forced himself to stand up straight and looked at the brothers around him who were shirtless and faceless.

"Next, leave it to me."

"Brother saved me three times, but I never paid him back once."

"Even if I die here, it's still one against three, a huge profit!"

"But you don't have to. Go back now and be with your loved ones."

Someone immediately refuted.

"Erhuang Haozi, what you said is too much! If you die, how the hell can I repay you for the life I owe you? If you die here today, I will have to repay you with my life first!"

"You owe the immortal your life, so don't I owe him my life too? He saved you three times, so you only owe him three. He saved my family of five, so I owe him five!"

"I'm not the only son. I have three brothers at home. It doesn't matter if I die here. I won't leave!"

"That's right, you're the only one here being a hero, right? I want to take some credit for it!"

Erhuang Haozi felt a lump in his throat.

He is the best in the group.

But now he can hardly hold on, let alone others?

If everyone stays, it will just be a companion on the road to the underworld.

“Haha…hahahahahahaha!”

Erhuang Mouse suddenly laughed wildly.

"With brothers like you, I won't lose anything even if I die!"

The faceless bearers gathered again.

"Kill! Kill his mother!"

At this time, it was a hundred meters outside the ancestral temple.

The believer looked up at the man and said, "Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, he only has the word righteousness. In the end, he may die for righteousness. It's quite tragic."

Shan Nan asked the woman in his arms.

"That's their business. Things are getting out of control here now. It's better for us to leave."

The believer nodded.

Shan Nan asked again: "Do you believe they can help in the end?"

The believer was startled for a moment, then smiled.

"I believe!"

……

The detectives who fought with the faceless sedan bearers again were already exhausted.

Even Erhuang Mouse was being strangled by the neck, and was about to spit out gray mist.

Suddenly, a surge of strength came from nowhere.

He roared, pushed the monster away, picked up the knife, sheathed it, and drew it out again.

The flaming blade slices open the foul head.

At the same time, the others also burst out with an unknown force and fought bravely.

After Li Shouling was locked in the coffin, he felt evil spirits constantly invading his body.

He felt his body getting heavier and heavier, as if he had a high fever, and the fever was getting higher and higher.

The only thing he could do was to knock on the coffin weakly, praying that a fellow disciple passing by would hear him.

But just now, the evil spirit began to weaken inexplicably.

His strength gradually recovered and his five senses gradually returned to normal.

Then he heard the sound of Erhuang Mouse.

"Erhuang Mouse? Is that you, Erhuang Mouse?"

His voice was unexpectedly soft, like the whisper of a sleeping person.

The sound of knocking on the coffin lid is still louder.

Gradually, the pressure from the evil spirit lessened, and the sounds outside became clearer.

He seemed to hear Erhuang Mouse's wild laughter.

There seemed to be screams and roars.

It seems like there is also a farewell to the brothers.

After a while, the sounds outside the coffin completely died down.

Suddenly, the coffin lid opened with a sound that made one's teeth ache.

"Erhuang Mouse? Is that you?"

"Brother, it's me, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. There's nothing wrong with me except that I can't use my strength. Of course, if you had come a little later, it would have been hard to say for sure."

"Hehe, big brother, you saved me three times, so I finally paid you back once."

"Yes, you saved me this time."

"Brother, lie down. I'll try to pry it open with a knife."

Upon hearing this, Li Shouling immediately retracted his hand and lay flat.

"Okay, you try it."

With a clang, a red-hot long knife came into Li Shouling's sight.

The dark coffin was also reflected with a glimmer of light.

"Aa ...

Along with this roar, the long sword broke with a snap.

“Hot damn, hot hot hot hot…”

Li Shouling hurriedly pushed it to the side and then lay down on its side.

"Forget it, stop bothering me. Just help me keep an eye on the surroundings. If anything comes out again, I'll have to rely on you."

"Okay, but brother, my knife is broken, and I can only light the fire one last time, and I'm not even sure if I can light it."

"Don't be so discouraging. You've made it this far, which means it really doesn't have much strength left."

Erhuang Haozi glanced at his hands, which were emitting gray mist and gradually turning pale.

"That's hard to say..."

"I've always said don't be discouraged. If something really comes, just run. I feel like I'm almost recovered and I'll be able to get out in a while."

Erhuang Mouse was stunned.

"That's not right. How can you still run into trouble when you come out?"

"Um...it seems so?"

"So, big brother, you have to stay alive, and you can't come out."

Li Shouling slapped his forehead in the coffin.

"Well, that's what happened."

The two were silent for a while.

Erhuang Haozi suddenly spoke.

"Am I... qualified to call you big brother now?"

Li Shouling subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully...

"You know, the townspeople sent me a banner a while ago, saying that you have reformed, and they all came to thank me."

"Hehehe..." Erhuang Mouse laughed twice.

Li Shouling continued.

"Not only did you gain face, you also saved my life this time... so I accept your calling me big brother."

Erhuang Mouse heard this and laughed happily.

As he laughed, his voice became weaker.

"Brother, guess why I'm called Erhuang Mouse?"

Li Shouling thought about it.

"You are the second child in the family, and your name contains the homophone of hao."

Erhuang Haozi laughed heartily.

“Hahahaha, big brother is worthy of being the big brother!”

"My real name is Huang Haogong, and I'm the second child in the family."

"I used to have a brother named Huang Haocheng."

"At first, some elders in my family joked and called me Erhaozi."

"I didn't care what they called me. Gradually, people outside started calling me that too."

"My family calls me Erhaozi, but I use my last name when I'm around."

"From Huang Erhaozi at the beginning, to Erhuang Haozi at the end."

Li Shouling hummed.

"I see. Huang Haogong... the one who gave you your name is also a cultured person."

There was another low "hehehe" sound coming from outside the coffin, but it was a little quieter than before.

"You don't seem to know my name yet?"

"Um……"

"My Taoist name is Ziwei, and my real name is Li Shouling."

"It turns out that my eldest brother...is called Li Shouling..."

"Yeah, it doesn't sound very auspicious at first, right?"

There was no response this time.

Li Shouling continued: "Do you know what keeping vigil means?"

“I don’t know if you have such a custom here.”

"When someone just dies, you have to stay by the body."

"In some places it's one day, in some places it's three days, and in some places it's seven days."

"When I first found out what my name meant, I was so angry and asked my dad why he gave me such an unlucky name."

"He told me that he wanted me to be there to keep vigil for him when he died."

"During the war, my grandfather died outside and his body was never found."

"My dad thought this was too pitiful, and he didn't want to die like this."

"He also said that if he gave me a brother, he would be named Qi Ling, and if it was a sister, she would be named Ci Ling."

"Although it sounds a bit unlucky, this is also what he hopes for."

"I... Erhuang Mouse?"

"Huang Haogong?"

"Are you still there?"

The only answer he got was the sound of his own breathing.

(End of this chapter)