A courtyard house, equipped with a fishing system, living in an era.

The reason why the group training will be held after the eighth day of the lunar new year is not because the street workers' office starts work late.

In fact, they were extremely busy and hardly had any holidays during the Chinese New Year.

It's just that after finishing other things, this less important matter won't be addressed until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

Yi Zhonghai's departure for formal training drew Xu Ping'an's attention back to him.

Unfortunately, he underestimated Yi Zhonghai's petty nature.

Xu Pingan never expected that even though he had already warned him about knocking on the door before the Lunar New Year, he would still come over to test him on the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Given the other party's mentality, Xu Pingan simply did not believe that the two could coexist peacefully.

Since that's the case, Xu Pingan can only try to find a solution by dealing with him.

Yi Zhonghai doesn't have many weaknesses, but each one feels potentially fatal.

After reviewing the original drama's plot and various fan fiction creations in his mind, Xu Ping'an decided to start by taking money from the living expenses of Sha Zhu and his sister.

Xu Pingan originally planned to go to the post office to inquire, but then he realized that he didn't know anyone there and would have to find someone first.

trouble!

Finally, I slapped my forehead and remembered something very important.

I am now a person with mental strength.

This mental power can penetrate walls and even reach underground.

However, if one wants to probe the ground with one's spiritual power, the original distance of 5 meters will be greatly reduced, and one can only go in a little over one meter.

So Xu Ping'an used his mental power to search for Yi Zhonghai's house directly from the corner of the east courtyard wall.

Especially in this era, people love to hide money in wardrobes and under beds.

I have to say, this mental power is really useful.

Even through the courtyard wall, Xu Ping'an could thoroughly search Yi Zhonghai's house.

Unfortunately, he could only maintain his mental strength at full power for a maximum of 5 minutes, after which he would have to rest for a long time to recover.

After searching around, Xu Pingan finally found what he was looking for.

Under Yi Zhonghai's bed is a particularly large wooden storage cabinet, which contains bedding for different seasons.

At the very bottom of this cabinet is a compartment containing two aluminum boxes.

One of the boxes contained 320 million in cash and several opened letters.

Xu Pingan used his mental power to scan the message and found that it was indeed written by He Daqing to He Yushui.

Wait, why is it He Yushui (何雨水)?

Does this old man really not remember the simpleton who ran around the alley with a steamed bun on his head?

After checking the mailing address and post office for pickup, Xu Ping'an understood.

He tried it out, and although his mental energy could touch the letter and see its contents, he couldn't put it directly into his backpack.

The rules for using the backpack remain the same: only items that you can touch and pick up can be added to the system backpack.

It has to be said that this rule is far too inhumane.

Xu Pingan also tried to use his mental power to lift the letter, but found that he couldn't do it at all.

Even after trying my best just once, I felt extremely exhausted...

This feels exactly like the feeling after using your mental energy to its fullest extent for several minutes.

It seems that Xu Ping'an still has a long way to go in developing and utilizing his mental power.

On the evening of the tenth day of the lunar month, Xu Pingan finally caught Sha Zhu, who was returning home late.

"Silly Zhu, have you finished eating?"

Sha Zhu chuckled, "Didn't you treat me?"

"Want to grab a drink?"

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Ping'an with disbelief, and even sized him up and down.

"What do you need? Just tell me clearly, and I'll see if I can help!"

"Come on, do you think I'd drag you out and sell you?"

He grabbed Sha Zhu's shoulder and dragged him into the east courtyard.

To be honest, if you don't look at Shakyamuni through the lens of fan fiction, he's not a bad guy.

Almost all the criticisms leveled against Sha Zhu were directed at his acts of helping widows and beating Xu Damao.

However, in the original drama, he donated money himself and didn't force others to donate.

No... they've been pressuring Xu Damao...

It has to be said, these two are true love!

As for the time travelers being beaten and forced to donate, those are the experiences of other time travelers. What does that have to do with Xu Ping'an?

It has absolutely nothing to do with us...

As for helping the widow and beating Xu Damao, what business is it of anyone else's?

This has nothing to do with Xu Ping'an.

If Sha Zhu could just openly take on all the troubles in the courtyard, his life here would be much easier.

As for his reputation as the "God of War in the Courtyard"?

Not to brag, but Xu Pingan really can use one hand to completely dominate his opponent.

Therefore, in Xu Ping'an's eyes, as long as they don't provoke him, there is no one in this courtyard who cannot come and go.

Xu Ping'an feared the relentless march of history, not any particular individual in this courtyard.

If a nobody like Xu Ping'an from this era is afraid of this and that, wouldn't he have wasted his time traveling through time?

For example, Yi Zhonghai was annoyed when Yi Zhonghai pushed the door open and came in, so he made Yi Zhonghai go out and knock on the door again.

If it happens a second time, just kick him out!

What can you do?

Became a resident liaison officer?

Is this some high-ranking official?

Xu Pingan is now planning to patch up Yi Zhonghai's position...

Niulanshan liquor at 52 degrees is considered strong.

At first, Sha Zhu spoke with some restraint.

After a few rounds of drinks, his voice gradually grew louder.

The logic was clear, but he was obviously getting a little carried away.

This is the best time for Xu Ping'an to find out what Sha Zhu is thinking.

"What's your relationship like with Master Yi from your department?"

"Master Yi? He's so-so..."

"My father... He Daqing used to have a good relationship with him. I even called him Uncle Yi for a while. But after my father passed away, the relationship between the two families faded."

At this point, Sha Zhu picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

"The main problem is that old man keeps coming to my house and bossing me around. Forget about him, I don't even like it when my dad bosses me around..."

"Later, I accidentally broke his arm, and the relationship between the two families deteriorated even further."

This kind of topic wouldn't raise any red flags for Sha Zhu.

This is clearly just neighbors chatting idly after having a few drinks together.

Although Sha Zhu wasn't drunk, or rather, not that drunk, this kind of topic was open to discussion.

Under the influence of a little alcohol, Xu Pingan had a pretty good grasp of Sha Zhu's current perceptions of Yi Zhonghai.

Xu Pingan could not afford to be unprepared.

After all, in this day and age, the prevailing principle is that officials will not investigate unless the people complain.

Even if Xu Pingan threw all the evidence on the street office table and in Yi Zhonghai's face, as long as Sha Zhu said he wouldn't pursue the matter, then the matter would be over...

Could Xu Pingan tolerate this situation?

That possibility must be nipped in the bud.

"Hey, Uncle He really was wrong. Look how much you and Yushui have suffered in the past six months! I still remember the days when we first came to repay our kindness, even my Xiaofang helped Yushui with several meals."

"What Uncle He? His name is He Daqing, I call him He Daqing!"

"Okay, Sha Zhu, you're a man!"

"That's a must... Speaking of which, I have to thank you in person."

As he spoke, he picked up a glass of wine.

"I'll do it, you can do whatever you want!"

After downing a glass of wine, Sha Zhu's eyes reddened slightly, probably as he recalled that difficult time.

"Sometimes, how difficult the road is really depends on your own choices. I offended Yi Zhonghai back then, and I felt I had to find a backer, so I ran back. I didn't expect my master to still recognize me..."

Why do you think your master won't acknowledge you?

"Because...because of Yi Zhonghai?"

"Oh right, it's because of Yi Zhonghai. He kept telling me those days that I left without saying goodbye, that I was ungrateful, that I betrayed my sect, and so on..."

"They even said that being an apprentice wouldn't be enough to support me and Yushui... Later, I didn't know what to say, so I just didn't go back!"

"Yes, it's all Yi Zhonghai's fault!"

Haha, people always like to blame their mistakes on others, as if that makes them feel justified.

Xu Pingan spent more than two hours talking badly about Yi Zhonghai with He Yuzhu.

Feeling that it was almost done, I sent him back!