Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui exchanged a glance almost instinctively and in a panic, both seeing the word "escape" in each other's eyes.

Without exchanging any words, they reached an astonishing understanding—they absolutely must not be caught.

They both looked at Third Master, frantically signaling with their eyes: Don't open the door! Or figure out a way to get through this!

Third Master frowned at the sudden, rough knocking. He glanced at the two panicked people, then at the tightly closed courtyard gate, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face.

His place is always quiet; few people are so rude.

Although he could tell that Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui had something to hide, since he had agreed to the "cooperation," he also had a sense of protecting them.

Moreover, he didn't want anyone to cause trouble at this time.

Third Master steadied himself and gave Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui a "don't panic" look, signaling them to hide in the main room first.

Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui felt as if they had been granted a pardon. They scrambled into the inner room, tightly closed the door, leaving only a crack as they peered out in terror.

Third Master then straightened his clothes, regained his aloof expression like that of a hermit, and slowly walked to the door, asking in a deep voice:

"Who's knocking? What's the matter in such a hurry?"

There was no answer from outside the door, only silence.

Third Master's suspicions deepened, but being highly skilled and daring, he no longer hesitated and reached out to pull open the door latch.

He pulled the heavy wooden door open a crack, wanting to see who was outside.

However, just as the door opened a crack, two dark figures, reeking of blood, burst in from outside.

It was extremely fast and powerful, and it crashed into Third Master, who was completely unprepared and leaning out to check.

"Ouch—!!!"

Caught off guard, Third Master only had time to let out a short cry of pain before being thrown three or four meters away by the enormous impact.

He felt as if two wild boars were pressing firmly against his chest, his internal organs seemed to have shifted, and his bones groaned in unbearable pain.

Third Master felt a sweet taste in his throat, saw stars before his eyes, and experienced excruciating pain all over his body, especially his chest and back, which burned with pain. He almost couldn't catch his breath and passed out.

The two dark figures that had knocked him away rolled into the house due to inertia and collapsed on the ground, motionless.

Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui, who were hiding inside the house, were stunned by this sudden turn of events.

They couldn't see clearly through the crack in the door, but they saw Third Master open the door, then fly back like a tattered sack, landing in a daze, and then two dark things rolled in.

"What's going on?" Sha Zhu asked in a low voice, sounding surprised and uncertain.

Yan Bugui's eyes widened, and his heart pounded.

Not a police officer?

What is that?

Could it knock Third Master flying in one go?

Third Master clutched his chest, coughing violently, barely managing to prop himself up, and looked at the two things that had "crashed" in with a mixture of shock and anger.

Yan Bugui also got a clear look at the clothing and general outline of the two "things"...

That clothing...

That figure...

A chilling fear and a sense of familiarity welled up inside me.

"No...it's impossible..."

Yan Bugui's lips trembled as he suddenly pushed open the half-closed door and stumbled out.

He didn't even bother to check on the Third Master, who was sprawled out in a sorry state, nor did he care to be alert to any potential danger outside the door.

My entire attention was drawn to the two corpses.

"Relieve! Liberate! Ah—!!! My son!!!"

Yan Bugui let out a bloodcurdling scream that was so shrill it was inhuman, and collapsed between the two cold corpses of his sons.

"Liberation! Liberation! My children!!! It's all my fault!!! It's all my fault!!! I'm useless!!! I deserve to die! I deserve to die!!! Waaah..."

He cried his heart out, his heart breaking.

His eldest son, Yan Jiecheng, was already dead, and his wife, Yang Ruihua, had been burned to death. Now, his second and third sons had turned into cold corpses and appeared before him.

The Yan family... is really going to be wiped out!

And what about the youngest daughter, Jie Di?

Where is she?

Is it also...?

He dared not think any further; grief and despair nearly consumed him, leaving him only with sobs and self-blame.

Sha Zhu rushed out as well, first looking warily at the empty street outside the door, which was quiet in the early morning.

Those two corpses just now appeared out of thin air; after being thrown in, they didn't move again.

He then looked at the grief-stricken Yan Bugui on the ground and the two corpses that were clearly dead.

I felt a chill run from the soles of my feet straight to the top of my head, and cold sweat instantly soaked my back.

Evil!

This was definitely done by that evil spirit!

Not only did it know they were there, it also "sent" Yan Bugui's two sons to its door.

This is blatant protest!

It's like a cat playing with a mouse!

It's telling them: all your movements are under my control, and your struggles are meaningless.

Third Master finally managed to catch his breath, clutching his aching chest, and staggered to his feet.

He looked at Yan Bugui, who was crying on the ground, and the two fresh young corpses, then looked at the empty courtyard gate.

The detached indifference on his face finally crumbled, and for the first time, he revealed an expression of shock and even a hint of fear.

Is this the evil spirit I have to face?

This method... it was completely beyond his comprehension.

This is no ordinary vengeful spirit or malevolent being.

This is something even more terrifying!

He felt a little uneasy.

He originally thought it was just dealing with a vengeful ghost with a lot of resentment. He prepared some magical artifacts and "the bones of his enemy" as a guide, combined with the yin energy of the full moon. With his ancestral suppression method, he was at least 60% or 70% sure of success.

But now... the power and arrogance displayed by this evil spirit have shaken his original confidence.

This evil spirit... is too ferocious!

Yan Bugui's cries grew louder and more mournful, echoing in the quiet courtyard in the early morning, sounding particularly jarring.

Third Master frowned. If he continued to wail like this, it wouldn't be long before the neighbors gathered around, and it might even attract the police.

There were two unidentified corpses lying in the yard, which the three living people couldn't explain at all.

We can't let him cry anymore!

Third Master's eyes turned cold. He endured the pain in his chest and quickly walked behind Yan Bugui, who was immersed in grief and almost lost his mind.

With lightning speed, a precise chop to the back of Yan Bugui's neck struck him hard.

"Well!"

Yan Bugui's crying stopped abruptly. His body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground, lying between the bodies of his two sons.

"Third Master! What's going on?!"

Sha Zhu was startled by Third Master's sudden action. He subconsciously took a half step back, assumed a defensive posture, and looked at Third Master with suspicion and uncertainty.

Third Master withdrew his hand, rubbed his still aching chest, and explained with a gloomy expression:

"If we let him keep howling like that, he'll only attract the police and everyone around here. Look around,"

He pointed to the two corpses on the ground. "How do we explain this? That they flew in by themselves? Or that we killed them?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu glanced at the unconscious Yan Bugui, then at the courtyard gate and the corpse on the ground, and broke out in a cold sweat even more.

He understood what Third Master meant.

If the police come, none of them will escape, and their plan to "suppress evil spirits" will be ruined.

He himself was further implicated in the prison break and possible murder (the body was found here, and he had no way of explaining it).

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