Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 40 Scholars Do Bad Things
March 19th, nightfall.

In the west of the city, the lights of the Lin Mansion were like ghost lamps, scattered high and low, swaying faintly in the wind, filling the entire mansion.

There was no rain that night. The spring rain that had been going on for several days actually had a brief break this night.

The servants of the Lin Mansion couldn't help but say, "Maybe God couldn't bear to see our Second Young Master die so young, so he decided to stop raining for a few days to send him off."

No one knew that the rainless night was just the right time for Chen Xu's Niwan Taoist soldiers to travel.

His cultivation is still shallow now, and he can only give spirit to a puppet Taoist soldier for a period of time. When he releases the Taoist soldier, the Taoist soldier cannot be more than ten miles away from him.

Ten miles is a distance that is neither short nor long.

The actual distance between Ping'an Lane and the Lin Mansion is just over ten miles.

Chen Xu decided to strike first. He carefully considered what Aunt Lai said, and thought about Lin Yuan's obsession with Lin Qi's life and death. He thought that if Lin Qi died like this, Lin Yuan would not let it go.

If he went to the Lin family as agreed tomorrow morning, who knew what the Lin family would do, or if there was any trap?
Of course, Chen Xu could also go back on his word and simply not go to pay his respects to Lin Qi.

But escaping in this way would inevitably damage his reputation, and secondly, it would only be a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

In short, it is better to take the initiative than to avoid it!
Chen Xu decided to resolve the Lin family's affairs tonight. Tomorrow he would go back to his hometown to resolve his elder brother's canal construction issue. After that, he would be able to practice with peace of mind and concentrate on taking the exam.

Go to a higher and farther stage and see how big the world is.

At four o'clock in the morning, the moonlight disappeared behind the clouds.

The cool breeze of the spring night blew softly, and Chen Xu walked alone into Shengyufang, three streets away from the Lin family.

Shengyufang, also known as the Never-Sleeping Square.

In the small city of Jichuan, Shengyufang is the most prosperous in the whole city.

This is also the only market in the city that does not require a curfew.

There are lights in the wine shops, music in the brothels, musicians playing the pipa at night, and dancers waving their sleeves.

There are also gamblers who spend huge sums of money in those brightly lit dark rooms. They go in with high spirits and confidence, but come out dejected and hopeless.

There are all kinds of small stalls on both sides of the street in Shengyufang, most of which sell food and drinks, but there are also stalls selling lanterns, hoop tossing, monkey shows, etc.

When Chen Xu walked into Shengyufang, he could be said to be inconspicuous, more natural than a drop of water merging into the sea.

He strolled around Shengyufang, occasionally watching the dancers waving their sleeves from across the balcony, and occasionally buying some food from a stall to try.

I also chatted with the vendors and listened to their experience in making snacks.

No one knew that in the dark night, a small man in gray armor was holding a spear, jumping over the tall white walls and green tiles, walking through the flower paths and small paths, and following some kind of mysterious induction to a mourning hall with exceptionally bright lights.

At this moment, there was no one outside the mourning hall.

There were no servants on duty, and no guards on duty.

Only candles, scattered at different heights, were lit between the layers of white curtains that hung like flowing water.

The armored figure quietly approached the strangely empty mourning hall, climbed to the window as nimbly as a nimble monkey, and put his ear to the edge of the window paper, carefully listening to what was happening inside.

There seemed to be no one inside, except for a coffin that had not been completely sealed.

dong dong dong-

Suddenly, a strange knocking sound emanated from within the coffin. The armored figure remained motionless, only his ears twitched slightly.

The knocking sounds in the mourning hall were ethereal and chaotic, dong dong dong, thump thump thump... After a few knocks, the sounds of crickets and insects in the garden outside, which were originally rustling, suddenly became quiet.

It seemed as if all the insects in the world died at this moment because of this ethereal knocking!

Only the armored man, who has no soul or life, is not affected.

"Ugh……"

After knocking like this for an unknown amount of time, a faint sigh suddenly sounded in the mourning hall.

The sigh sounded very young at first, but it also had a strange sense of being old-fashioned and a little sharp.

After the sigh, a thin, young man's voice said, "Okay, now that there are no living people outside, even insects are dying. We can talk about anything now."

"Thank you, Taoist Hu." Another young voice said. The voice was slightly low, but Chen Xu heard it from Sheng Yufang and recognized it in an instant. It was Lin Yuan's voice.

Lin Yuan asked, "Master Hu, you really can't figure out the background of the person who killed my brother?"

Taoist Master Hu said in a soft voice, "I told you that your brother died of natural causes and was not murdered. But you refused to believe me. How can I predict the identity of the murderer?"

Lin Yuan said, "It's not that I don't want to believe Master Hu, it's just that my brother's death was so strange. Most importantly, he clearly said those two words before he died. I've found out, and they must be... Kill Chen!"
He has a grudge against a man named Chen. Taoist Hu, I am not asking you to help me get revenge directly now.

All you need to do is follow our original agreement and question Chen in this coffin and scare him into telling the truth."

Taoist Priest Hu said quietly, "But I am a fox demon. I only need to guide the person in the coffin. Whether the person feels guilty or not, he will admit that he killed someone."

Lin Yuan remained silent. After a moment's silence, Taoist Hu chuckled again, "Ah, I understand what you mean. You scholars are really funny. You don't speak directly when you have something to say, and you don't take revenge directly when you have a grudge. You insist on making a monster like me the bad guy."

But who told me to owe your ancestors? What can I do?"

This time, Lin Yuan spoke. He cupped his hands and bowed to Daoist Master Hu in the room filled with white curtains. "Thank you, Daoist Master Hu. From tomorrow on, all ties between Daoist Master Hu and the Lin family will be resolved. We no longer owe each other anything."

"Hee..." The fox demon just laughed.

The faint laughter blew open the white curtain of the mourning hall, like a glowing shadow, disappearing in the quiet night.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

The fox demon remained silent, but a strange rhythmic knocking sound came from the coffin again.

Lin Yuan was standing beside the coffin when he suddenly shuddered. He gritted his teeth and told himself that he had done nothing wrong.

Then he clasped his hands, bent his body, and slowly stepped back.

Only after leaving the mourning hall did Lin Yuan turn around and stride away.

Lin Yuan was a scholar, but he had no academic achievements. His qualifications were even inferior to Lin Qi's. He had no choice but to take over the family business, and placed all his hopes of passing the imperial examinations on Lin Qi.

Now that Lin Qi is dead, Lin Yuan’s original plans have all been disrupted.

He was filled with hatred and would not stop until he found a way to vent it.

Lin Yuan walked along the corridor and came to a small path under the corridor. He was chewing a name in his mouth: "Chen..."

Suddenly, he felt an inexplicable pain in his knee and fell forward.

(End of this chapter)