Chapter 107: Black clothes in bamboo hats, the bull demon comes out of the cage [Please vote for me]
The night is gray and hazy, and the moonlight is shining down from the high sky.
Within the courtyard.
Li Che frowned and put down the wine cup in his hand.
Sister-in-law Liu Chunming's face was a little gloomy.
"It's been two days since he returned home. This has never happened before, so I'm worried that something happened to him..."
Zhang Ya hurriedly came over, pulled Liu Chunming to sit on a chair, comforted her, and poured her tea.
After Liu Chunming saw everyone, she could no longer contain the grievance and panic in her heart, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Maybe my cousin is delayed for something? Do you know what he did before he returned home?" Li Che asked.
"As I said, I'm going to Fangshi to look for a job. I've almost spent all the money I brought from Feilei City, so I want to make a living. I can't always rely on your support, Ah Che."
Perhaps because Li Che's status was different now, Liu Chunming felt a little more at ease.
"Going to Fangshi to look for a job?"
Li Che nodded.
"It's okay, sister-in-law. It's not easy to find a job in the city. My brother may have found a job and I didn't have time to inform you guys. You go back first and take care of the boat. I'll go look for my brother and see what has delayed him."
Li Che said gently.
Liu Chunming couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.
"Sister-in-law, can you come back after dinner?" Zhang Ya said quickly.
Liu Chunming waved her hands repeatedly. She really had no appetite.
After Liu Chunming left, Zhang Ya couldn't help but look at Li Che.
"Ms. sir, nothing will really happen to my eldest brother, right?"
The eldest uncle and eldest brother's family have been of great help to them, so Zhang Ya doesn't want anything to happen and hopes that everyone will be well.
"It shouldn't be anything serious, and...sister-in-law and uncle may also have speculations in their minds."
Li Che said softly: "If the eldest brother was really involved in something dangerous, the uncle should have been here long ago."
"Now that my sister-in-law is here...it's very likely...my uncle doesn't feel comfortable coming forward, or feels embarrassed."
Li Che quite understands his uncle's temperament. This old scholar... loves face.
The eldest brother Li Zhengran has not returned home for two days. He may have done something to make the old man feel embarrassed, so he did not want to come to see Li Che. On the contrary, the eldest sister-in-law couldn't sit still and came to see him to solve the problem.
"Ah?" Zhang Ya was stunned, not expecting that there were so many ways.
Li Che looked at his wife's cute appearance and couldn't help but pinch her little face.
Lao Chen, Xi Xi and Lu Datou on the side have long been accustomed to Li Che and Zhang Ya showing affection from time to time.
After dinner, Li Che returned to the study.
Sitting in the chair, there is not much emotional change on his face.
[Chess Saint] Daoguo jumped loudly, and the next moment, a small chessboard of heaven and earth floated in front of Li Che.
He raised his hand, pointed a finger, and a chess piece trembled.
That was the divine chess piece Li Che left on his cousin Li Zhengran.
With a flick of the fingers, the screen began to zoom in. The Gaode Chess Master brought full coverage of the picture, directly targeting the divine chess pieces on his cousin Li Zhengran.
"Gambling house?"
Li Che opened his eyes and frowned more and more.
Li Che still knew his cousin Li Zhengran's temperament, so why would he go to a place like a gambling house? It was a place to lose money!
I moved my five fingers again, and the screen expanded again, and I saw in the gambling house, my cousin Li Zhengran, with a red face, and a group of gamblers, crowded in front of the gambling table, with red eyes, shouting: "Big, big ,big!"
Li Che was stunned.
If you see it with your own eyes, it won't be fake.
"Someone deliberately led cousin Li Zhengran astray..."
Just for a moment, this idea flashed through Li Che's mind.
First of all, uncle Li Liang has a strict family tradition and never allows gambling and prostitution. His cousin Li Zhengran has also been so upright since he was a child. Although he has no great achievements, he has never gone astray.
Only half a month after arriving in Jinguang Fucheng, Li Zhengran got involved in gambling.
Logically speaking, if Li Zhengran was really a good gambler, he should often go to gambling houses when he was in Feilei City.
Li Che let out a breath. No wonder the uncle didn't come to him for help in person. Maybe the uncle...had known about this situation for a long time.
I just kept hiding it from my cousin-in-law.
"The environment will change people, but it can't change so much all at once... So, someone is deliberately guiding me?"
Li Che narrowed his eyes, a coldness flashing in his eyes.
Although Li Che cares most about his wife and daughter, his uncle and cousin's family treat him well and are nurturing, which is naturally also very important in Li Che's mind.
It's okay to go after him, but using despicable means to influence the people around him is a bit too much.
"After I became the third-class guest of Qin Tianjian, the Qin family and the Temple Town Supervisor became much more wary of me, and according to what Lu Chi said, the Jinli Sect had no motive to deal with me..."
"In fact, they only have speculations and suspicions about my identity. There is no conclusive evidence. Since I am the third-class guest minister of Qin Tianjian, and I am the internal soul boy of Xixi Shenzong branch, naturally they dare not take action easily."
Li Che thought and slowly reviewed the current situation.
Zhang Xiangyang did provide the Temple Secretary with information that had an impact on him, but the impact was not great.
Because even Zhang Lianhao, the chief of the Temple Town Department, could not really confirm whether Li Che was really the Bull Demon or the mysterious monk who shot Qin Yuqing.
Although I still doubt it, I can't be sure.
Otherwise, he would not have sent two divine messengers to spy on him secretly.
"Actually, they don't care who the Bull Demon is at all... What they care about... is the horse face who shot Qin Yuqing."
Li Che's eyes opened and closed, whether it was Qin Haonan, the Temple Secretary or the Jinlimen.
In fact, what they care about is not Qin Yuqing's death, they want to avenge her.
More importantly, he was still afraid of the mysterious monk who could shoot a strong man from dozens of miles away.
As long as the horse's face is not exposed for a day, many people will have trouble sleeping and eating, worried that one day they will become the target of being hunted.
Who wants to experience the feeling of being on tenterhooks every day?
"So, you want to take action against the people around me? Force me to take action? And then frame my identity?"
"Nowadays, they will restrain themselves because of my identity as a guest minister of Qin Tianjian, but once I am confirmed to be a bull demon, or even exposed as a horse face, I will definitely be killed by thunder and attack in groups."
Li Che narrowed his eyes.
The candlelight danced faintly, reflecting Li Che's face that suddenly smiled.
"If you attack your cousin Li Zhengran today, tomorrow...will you touch my uncle, my wife, and then my daughter?"
"Step by step, make every inch of progress..."
Li Che closed his eyes and opened them again. It was already so dark that it had no color.
"Do you all want to see the Bull Demon so much?"
"If the Bull Demon doesn't show up...are you unwilling to do so?"
"In that case..."
"As you wish."
Li Che is a low-key and reserved person who just wants to live peacefully.
However, the Bull Demon is not.
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Ten miles long street, inside the Liuxiang Pavilion.
In a private room, Qin Haonan was sitting quietly, drinking the best wine from Liuxiang Pavilion, one after another falling into his mouth.
In the box opposite him, there were two priests wearing red cloud-patterned robes of the temple guards.
It was Hong Yong and Shi Lei who came to take Li Che to the temple town.
The two parties have a tacit understanding and have never met each other, although their jobs seem to be the same, to keep an eye on Li Che.
But there was no verbal conversation.
Qin Haonan's eyes flickered. He had been staring at Li Che for half a month, but he couldn't find any clue about him.
"What a slut... Life is so regular. During the day, I go to Qin Tian Prison to work on duty. After work, I go to the small courtyard workshop I purchased to make wood carvings..."
“For half a month, it’s been the same schedule almost every day, it’s extremely boring!”
"If Yun Fangfang doesn't go, my wife and children will stay on the hot bed every day..."
"Such a person could be the most vicious and murderous demon in the intelligence?"
Qin Haonan was holding the wine cup, feeling a little confused.
This was the first time he had seen such a pure and pure monk, self-disciplined and steady, never causing trouble, three points and one line, extremely fixed.
"That old guy from Jinlimen... took so much advantage of Qin Yuqing. Now that Yuqing is dead, he actually has no idea of revenge!"
"Yu Qing's opinion of men is as bad as ever."
Shaking his head, Qin Haonan drank the wine in the cup and slowly exhaled.
"This Li Che... now it seems that there is about 80% chance that he is not a bull demon."
"The Bull Demon is probably Li Nuanxi's master, so he has a close relationship with Li Che's family."
"But this Li Nuanxi can't move... Shenzong's internally designated top soul boy can't move."
Qin Haonan shook his head.
"A virtual phase cultivator was beaten to death with a claw hammer by Li Qingshan. He is a piece of trash." Qin Haonan's eyes flashed with disdain.
"On the contrary, the Black Snake Gang... seems to want to harm Li Che's family."
Qin Haonan squinted his eyes. Hearing the changes between vendors and customers in Huaxiang in the past half month, he naturally noticed it.
In addition to the Qin family and the Jinlimen, are there other forces that want to take action?
"The Black Snake Gang... is not a gang under the jurisdiction of the five major families, but comes from the fishing gang..."
Qin Haonan was thinking while pouring wine.
"The Fishing Gang, the Black Dragon Gang and the Beggar Gang, the three major gangs in Jinguang Fucheng...the overall power is not as powerful as the five major families and the five major sects, and they belong to the third echelon of forces."
"But we can't control their internal affairs... the fishing gang, why do they create a regional gang to keep an eye on Li Che's family?"
"What reason?"
As a strong contender to be the next head of the Qin family, Qin Haonan is familiar with all forces.
He had already asked people to investigate the details of the Black Snake Gang. The force behind them was not the Black Jiao Gang with a similar name, but the Fishing Gang.
The Fishing Gang is adjacent to the Jiulong River, and most of the aquatic products are inseparable from the Fishing Gang. It is also the most powerful among the three major gangs.
However, he did not understand the specific reason why the fishing gang Black Snake Gang was eyeing Li Che's family.
suddenly.
A glint flashed in Qin Haonan's eyes.
I seem to have thought of something...
The wine cup sloshed slightly with wine.
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The night is dark and the moon is high.
The spring breeze rippling in the night blows the willow branches.
Temple Town Secretary, inside the teahouse.
Under the scent of tea, Shi Lei, the chief dispatcher, was reporting the situation to the chief dispatcher Zhang Lianhao.
"Li Che today is as usual. He works during the day, carves after work, and returns home in the evening...the routine is as usual."
Shi Lei said with emotion.
It is said that the guests in Qintian Prison like to listen to music, but this Li Che is obviously not that kind of person. He is a pure and pure group who only cares about his wife and daughter.
Zhang Lianhao raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Oh? Has it been like this for half a month? He is really self-disciplined. A person who is so self-disciplined to restrain himself, if he is not an honest person, then he is an extremely scary person."
"Sir, do you want to continue to monitor me?"
Shi Lei asked. It's been half a month... The same days have been repeated every day. Li Che is not numb, he is almost numb.
"Let's keep an eye on Zhang Xiangyang for another half month. Although Zhang Xiangyang's words are just one person's words and cannot be fully believed, the information reported back by people who went to Feilei City to investigate is mostly similar to what Zhang Xiangyang said..."
"Probably within these days, the results will be available."
"In addition, the gang that is following Li Che is the Black Snake Gang. As a fishing gang, why are they suddenly targeting Li Che's family?"
Zhang Lianhao drank tea, squinted his eyes, and started thinking.
The fishing gang and Li Che's family...
Can't hit it with eight poles.
The Fishing Gang is neither a force of the Qin family nor under the control of the Jinlimen. There is no reason to take action. That means other forces are involved.
Shi Lei was also confused on the sidelines. After half a month, Shi Lei felt that Li Che was a pure good man, which made him, who often listened to music and pursued petty bourgeoisie, feel ashamed.
Work hard, love your family, and don’t fall into the trap!
Isn't this what Shi Lei dreamed of himself?
It's a pity... his purity was polluted by society after all.
"Okay, you go down, keep watching, and report any unusual movements to me."
Zhang Lianhao said lightly.
The godly Shi Lei immediately clasped his fists and retreated immediately.
Zhang Lianhao narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. Two blood-stained Bodhi wood threads appeared in his palm.
"This one appeared in Feilei City, and the person who died was Cao Qingyuan's second master, Cao He. The other one... was the means of shooting Qin Yuqing."
"Niu Mo, is he the one who killed Qin Yuqing?"
"If it wasn't... caused by two people, could it be... that it was some unknown force?"
"Mechanism... Is it possible that the remnants of the Tang family still want to resurrect?"
Zhang Lianhao suddenly laughed.
"No matter what, this bull demon must be related to the person who shot Qin Yuqing."
"If you find the Bull Demon, you will naturally find Qin Yuqing's murderer."
"If that terrifying mechanism that can arrest lives thousands of miles away can be used by the temple commander..."
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The next day, the drizzle was hazy, and spring is the rainy season.
The clouds in the sky are like sponges that have absorbed water. God squeezes them lightly from time to time, and they continue to drip.
After Li Che had breakfast and supervised Xi Xi and Zhang Ya's mother and daughter's martial arts practice, he held an umbrella and left home.
As soon as he went out, many forces secretly watching him became energetic.
Qin Haonan, Hong Yong, Shi Lei, and the Black Snake Gang members finally became interested. Today, Li Che... seems to have made new moves.
Following Li Che, I saw Li Che wearing a black shirt and holding an umbrella. After asking around several times, he walked in the spring rain and arrived at the "Million Gambling House".
After the announcement, after waiting for a while, cousin Li Zhengran was escorted out of the gambling house by several burly men with a dejected look on his face.
"A Che..." Li Zhengran suddenly felt ashamed when he saw Li Che. With his unshaven beard, he didn't have the spirit he once had.
Li Che looked at Li Zhengran, his face moved slightly, and he sighed softly.
"Cousin, you are... ugh."
"Come back with me."
Li Zhengran nodded numbly, not daring to look at Li Che.
He clenched his fists and had very complicated emotions towards Li Che. He never thought that his cousin, who was once a mover in the wood carving shop, could grow to such an extent.
Now at home, whether it is his father Li Liang or his wife Liu Chunming, nine out of ten sentences are about praising Li Che, saying how outstanding Li Che is, how glorious he is as a guest of Qintian Prison. .
And Li Zhengran has been in Fucheng for so long, but he has not even found a job.
Hearing these words, he felt uncomfortable.
He also wants to be rich and wealthy to impress his family.
When he came to Fangshi to look for a job, he met a fellow from Feilei City and was taken to the "Million Gambling House". Li Zhengran originally refused, but he kept in mind Li Liang's teachings to him.
But the fellow told him that if he wanted to get rich, he could only try hard, and work normally... How to get rich?
So, Li Zhengran set foot in a gambling house. He just wanted to... try it once and get away.
But this time I tried, it couldn't be pulled out.
"Leave? This kid owes our gambling shop five hundred taels. How can he just leave if he just says he can leave?"
A burly man with a blood-transforming cultivation level stared at Li Che with a sneer.
Li Zhengran shrank his head, filled with grief and anger: "I just borrowed fifty taels!"
"It's gone to five hundred taels in two days...it's unreasonable!"
"It's clearly written in the loan deed. Did we force you to put your fingerprints on it?"
The big man's face shook with anger.
Li Zhengran suddenly became speechless. He was so frightened by his courage that he did not dare to speak, but his eyes became increasingly sad and angry.
Li Che sighed: "I'll pay it back. I'll pay the money you owe."
Then he took out five silver notes worth one hundred taels and handed them to the thugs in the gambling house.
Get money and redeem people, it's that simple.
There were no other twists and turns. Everything appeared as if Li Zhengran had really entered a gambling house and was cheated of some money.
But in fact, the [Chess Saint] Daoguo in Li Che's chest couldn't help but tremble. The seal of the Corpse Curse that he had suppressed on the chessboard of heaven and earth was trembling violently, as if he was very excited.
Li Che also felt the mark of the Corpse Curse on Li Zhengran's body.
Therefore, Li Che also understood that Li Zhengran was indeed affected.
The other party...came for him!
"Cousin, it's okay, go home... My sister-in-law and uncle are waiting for you at home."
Li Che comforted Li Zhengran.
Li Zhengran lowered his head dejectedly.
"In the past few days... I have lost one hundred and seventy taels of silver, which is almost all of our family's savings."
Li Zhengran scratched his head, bloodshot eyes appeared, and his mood seemed a little restless.
"As long as I win two, no... one, I can get my money back, and I can win back my savings!"
"Cousin, gambling is harmful to people. Don't let it happen again. Just quit."
Li Che patted Li Zhengran's shoulder, his divinity surged to calm his emotions.
"I'll take you to Qin Tian Prison in two days... to see if there is any suitable job that I can introduce to you."
Li Che said with a smile and a gentle voice.
After hearing this, Li Zhengyang's restless emotions slowly calmed down.
The spring rain is hazy, tilting like a curtain.
Li Che took Li Zhengran all the way towards his uncle's house.
Hidden corners.
The gods Hong Yong and Shi Lei appeared, and they all heard Li Che's words of comfort to Li Zhengran.
"Master Li... is such a good man, with such a gentle temper. Gamblers are the most disgusting people. Gamblers who lose all their wealth are even more like maggots."
"It's just that Master Li has a good temper..."
Shi Lei shook his head.
How could such a good-tempered and gentle person be the vicious bull demon in the intelligence report who killed people without batting an eyelid, twisting heads and dismembering corpses?
Shi Lei felt that his speculations about Li Che were insulting this master's noble character!
“Let’s go, keep following.”
The godly Hong Yong glanced at Shi Lei, who seemed to have fallen for Li Che, and curled his lips.
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Li Che sent Li Zhengran back home.
Hearing that he owed five hundred taels to the gambling house, his uncle angrily picked up the tobacco pole and beat him. Li Zhengran did not dare to hide.
Liu Chunming was crying on the side, but she didn't know what to say. She was just a little disappointed with her husband.
Li Che comforted him a few words and said that he would take Li Zhengran to the Qintian Prison to ask if there was any suitable job, and then the atmosphere relaxed a bit.
"Ah Che, thank you..." Uncle Li Liang took Li Che's hand and sighed.
It was Li Liang who had no way of teaching his son.
Declining the invitation to stay for dinner, Li Che said goodbye and left on the grounds that he had to go to Qintian Prison to work.
After leaving the uncle's house, Li Che's expression turned cold and calm.
"The Cult of the Corpse God..."
Li Che's brows relaxed. He felt the corpse curse mark suppressed by the chessboard of heaven and earth, as well as the corpse curse mark in Li Zhengran's body. There seemed to be murderous intent in his eyes.
The "Avalokitesvara of Intention to Compare Corpses" that Cao He held back then contained the seal of the Corpse Curse, and it was aimed at his daughter, but he intercepted it.
Now, here we go again...
Li Che even sensed that the Corpse God Cult's goal...may be aimed at his daughter.
In Jinguang City, all the major families and sects may be afraid of Shenzong and will not take action against Xixi.
But the Corpse God Cult will not...
Because the Corpse God Cult is a behemoth in itself.
I heard that in the remote areas of the Dajing Dynasty, the Corpse God Cult has almost conquered a whole state!
Li Che exhaled and slowly walked towards the Qintian Prison.
Around him, Qin Haonan of the Qin family, Hong Yong and Shi Lei, as well as spies from millions of gambling houses, all followed him secretly, tracking his whereabouts.
Li Che didn't go anywhere and walked straight towards the Qintian Prison Treasure Building.
Walking to the river bank, the drizzle hits the calm river surface, causing ripples in circles.
The mist and rain shrouded the multi-arched and double-eaves treasure building with carved beams and painted buildings standing on the cliffs beside the river.
In a poetic and picturesque scene, Li Che, dressed in black, stepped into the Qintian Prison Treasure Tower under the resentful looks of Qin Haonan, Hong Yong and Shi Lei.
Qin Haonan: "..."
Shen Chai Hong Yong curled his lips: "It's boring."
Shi Lei praised: "Master Li... got to work on time again. He is really self-disciplined."
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The moment he stepped into the Qin Tian Prison, Li Che completely activated the breath gathering ability of [Dragon Elephant King Kong] and grasped the divine chess pieces without anyone noticing.
Flying Thunder Chess Saint.
Apparition!
In an alley outside Million Gambling House, the patter of spring rain echoed.
The chess piece that Li Che had left behind suddenly transformed into his form.
The two fingers came together and split the air.
Hat, black clothes.
There was a muffled sound of "buzz".
The physical body suddenly swelled and grew taller and stronger, the muscles on the back were as big as a dragon, trembling like thunder, and the muscles were knotted like fine steel that had been forged thousands of times.
"Since you want to see me so much..."
"Then you, Grandpa Niu Mo..."
"Come on!"
Five fingers like a cattail leaf slowly slid down, and his cheek was already covered with the extremely cute cute cow mask that had been gathering dust for some time.
The next moment, a wave of wanton, crazy, domineering and restless emotions were vented from the body.
Li Che, who put on the mask, seemed... to have liberated himself!
It's like a wild beast coming out of its cage!
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