Dad, don't be greedy! My brother climbed into the emperor's bed, and I became famous overn

The three of them hurried along the corridor toward the east courtyard.

The moon gate is just ten steps ahead.

Yi Wu had just stepped across the threshold when he suddenly stopped.

"Wait, someone else is coming."

Gu Mingli's heart skipped a beat.

Yi Shi also saw it.

On the other side of the moon gate, two dark figures were drifting over from the alleyway opposite.

One black and one white!

It was those two underworld messengers again.

The two groups of Black and White Impermanence met for the second time in the courtyard in front of Gu Debai's bedroom.

This time the distance was even closer. Less than ten steps.

A ray of moonlight shone through the clouds and fell on the faces of the four people.

Two pale ones, two pitch black ones.

All five people gasped in unison.

Could it be that the underworld originally planned to lock up Gu Debai tonight?

Gu Mingli stammered, "What a coincidence!"

The five people stood there on either side of the moon gate.

No one moved.

The atmosphere was extremely eerie.

Suddenly, footsteps came from the direction of the study.

Accompanied by the voice of a middle-aged man.

"Light up those lanterns in the backyard. It's pitch black, and I think I hear someone crying."

Gu Debai came out of the study and was walking along the corridor towards the bedroom.

The butler followed behind, carrying a lantern in his hand, hurrying along with small, quick steps.

"Yes, yes, sir, please take your time."

The target has appeared.

Both groups of Black and White Impermanence held their breath.

Yi Wu pulled Gu Mingli further into the shadows inside the moon gate.

Yi Shi also stuck it to the base of the wall.

The tall, thin man opposite grabbed the burly man, and the two of them slipped behind the flower bushes outside the moon gate.

The footsteps grew closer.

Gu Debai's figure appeared at the end of the corridor.

He took a few steps, then suddenly stopped.

I listened with my ear turned to the side.

"Did you hear me?"

The butler pricked up his ears.

"Sir, what did you say?"

"Someone is really crying."

Outside the courtyard wall.

Gu Mingyue and Taozhi's "atmosphere team" is still working diligently.

Taozhi cried so intensely that her tears smudged the makeup on her face.

Two deep tear tracks were left on her pale face.

She can no longer blow willow leaves; she relies purely on genuine emotions to express herself.

"Waaaaah... Waaaaah..."

The crying drifted on the night wind, its direction unclear.

Gu Mingyue was also blowing her own horn.

But her attention was no longer on the willow leaves; instead, it was drawn to the shadow of the peach tree behind her.

The shadows of the trees swayed on the ground, and coupled with the sound of peach branches crying, she herself began to feel a chill run down her spine.

But she can't stop.

She changed the tune again, playing it even higher and longer.

Inside the courtyard.

Gu Debai stood in the corridor, craning his neck and straining to hear.

"Go and see if anyone's in the back garden."

"Okay! Alright!"

The steward turned pale, but he couldn't disobey his master's orders.

He called over two servants, who, carrying lanterns, steeled themselves and headed towards the back garden.

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away along the corridor.

Gu Debai stood alone in front of the moon gate, rubbing his hands and looking left and right.

The night wind blew again.

Suddenly, two sharp, mixed screams, one from a man and one from the direction of the back garden, rang out.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

"ah--!!!"

The sound was so loud, so piercing, and so penetrating that it seemed to split the air in the entire Gu residence.

Gu Debai was so frightened that his body trembled violently, and his feet slid back two inches.

A series of hurried footsteps came from the backyard.

Then a servant came running over, stumbling and crawling.

"Master! Something terrible has happened! The back garden is haunted!"

Gu Debai's eyes widened. "Nonsense!"

"It's true!" the servant wailed. "They're two female ghosts!"

"A man with white powder on his face was squatting under a peach tree, gnawing on his hands, his eyes gleaming green in the darkness."

"A man with a face full of blood and tears squatted behind the artificial hill and cried."

"Master! This is terrifying! Could it be that the gates of the underworld haven't been closed tonight?"

Gu Debai's lips twitched twice.

"this……"

His confidence was clearly not as strong as before.

He scolded the housekeeper for making a fuss, but his legs unconsciously moved two steps toward the bedroom.

"Never mind ghosts or anything like that, let's go back inside first. It's the middle of the night, don't stay outside..."

Just as her father was about to enter the house.

Gu Mingli whispered to Yi Wu Yi Shi, "It's our turn! Let's go!"

Three people walked out from behind the moon gate.

A pale face, a tall hat standing tall.

A dark-skinned face, with chains in his hands.

Behind them was a person with disheveled hair and flowing white clothes.

The soul-binding chain hung down from the man's neck, the metal gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh~~~"

The servant boy clung to Gu Debai's arm and started wailing again.

"Sir! Look! It's the Black and White Impermanence!!!"

Gu Debai froze on the spot.

The color drained from her face little by little.

He was initially frightened by the Black and White Impermanence, but then he looked back.

The white-clad man with his neck locked was tall and slender, even though his loose hair covered most of his face.

But Gu Debai could recognize that outline, that handsome face, even with his eyes closed.

He is his son.

It was Gu Mingli.

"Li...Li'er?!"

Gu Debai's voice changed tone.

He took a step forward, and his whole body trembled like a leaf.

Gu Mingli knew it was time to show off his acting skills.

He lowered his head, his hair covering his face, and remained silent.

It was just like a soul without any senses.

Yi Wu stood in front, holding the Book of Life and Death, his face expressionless.

Yi Shi, carrying the Soul-Locking Chain, tilted his head and looked at Gu Debai with a strange curiosity in his eyes.

Gu Debai managed to squeeze out a few words.

"You...you are...?"

Just then, a rustling sound came from behind the flower bushes.

The two killers made their move.

The burly man whispered, "Someone's trying to steal our business! Let's go for it, or we'll miss our chance!"

Then, the other two, Black and White Impermanence, emerged from behind the flowers.

They were originally planning to wait for an opportunity to make their move.

But the butler's shout of "There's a ghost!" woke up several servants in the front yard.

If they continue to hide, they will be exposed when people arrive with lanterns.

So the tall, thin man made a decision.

They're fighting with the Black and White Impermanence for someone!

They are responsible for killing, while the Black and White Impermanence simply lock the souls away.

First, approach Gu Debai using the identity of a "ghost," and once close, finish him off with a single strike.

Then the two assassins swaggered out from behind the flower bushes.

Black Impermanence is in front, White Impermanence is behind.

The iron chain rattled and dragged on the ground.

Gu Debai turned around and looked.

Two more have arrived.

Four Black and White Impermanence.

Two pairs.

His eyes darted back and forth between the two groups of people three or four times.

The expression on his face changed from fear to confusion, and from confusion to blankness.

My brain completely shut down.

"Four...four? Do they work in shifts in the underworld too?"

The butler had already hidden behind Gu Debai, clutching the master's clothes with both hands, his whole body curled up in a ball.

"Old man, old man, old man... run away!"

Gu Debai didn't run away.

His son is still trapped!

Gu Debai's legs trembled as he stared intently at Gu Mingli, who was bound by the Soul-Locking Chains.

The two things Gu Debai was most proud of in his life were that he had amassed a warehouse full of silver and had two wonderful children.

Money can be earned back.

If my son is gone, then I have nothing left.