evening.
The afterglow of the setting sun dimmed in the sky, making the courtyard and its surroundings hazy and indistinct.
When Zheng Ya returned, Yan Fugui's family huddled in a corner of their house, trembling and begging him to leave.
The level of dissatisfaction rose sharply.
In just half a minute, Yan Fugui's family had given Zheng Ya more than 2,700 Heartbreak Points.
I'm still a little over a thousand points of negative karma away from leveling up my superpower to level three.
This made Zheng Ya realize the problem with the income. In the afternoon, when they caught rabbits, the rabbits only contributed a few points of deceit, an increase of only a dozen points. This was very different from the more than fifty points of deceit that Yan Fugui's family contributed each time. This showed that the rabbits' souls and spirits were not strong, and the deceit they contributed was no more than thirty points until they died.
Which one is the beast?
It should be said that the people in the courtyard were worse than beasts. Zheng Ya, having determined their status, leaned against the doorframe of Yan Fugui's house, holding a bloodied wild rabbit and threatening them: "I'm back. It's time for revenge..."
"Ahhh, no! Help! The people who hurt you aren't from our family..." Yan Jiecheng, a hot-blooded nineteen-year-old, roared at Zheng Ya.
If you're too afraid, you won't be afraid anymore.
I was so scared that my legs cramped up, and I haven't gotten used to it yet.
Otherwise, he really wanted to rush up and fight the ghost.
What's there to be afraid of if someone gets beaten up in life and will get beaten up in death?
But he wasn't afraid, while Yan Fugui was terrified, clinging tightly to Yan Jiecheng's sleeve and sobbing, "Waaah, don't be impulsive, we can't mess with vengeful ghosts..."
"Yes, Jiecheng, don't do anything foolish or stupid."
No one in our family harmed him; we just responded to those people and hit him a few times. Let him find his grievances and seek revenge on those people, sob sob!" The third aunt cried miserably, bowing and kowtowing as they stepped forward.
These days, people aren't allowed to believe in superstitions, but secretly they have all sorts of ways of doing so.
Zheng Ya glanced at Yan Fugui's family of six, four of whom were kowtowing in a very professional manner. He then feigned a sinister tone and said, "Tell me who the mastermind is?"
"Ah, the mastermind is Old Lady Long, Yi Zhonghai, and the three thugs, Sha Zhu, Jia Dongxu, and Xu Damao, are his henchmen. Liu Haizhong is his accomplice. It has nothing to do with my family!" Yan Fugui spilled the beans, exposing the crimes of certain people.
In fact, Zheng Ya knew who the bad guys were in the courtyard; it was just that his predecessor didn't know.
By asking Yan Fugui to expose the crimes of certain people, Zheng Ya merely wanted the neighbors in the courtyard to hear and collect the "heartbreak points" they offered.
At this moment, the neighbors who heard the news of Zheng Ya's return were all hiding in their houses, trembling with fear.
They were also shocked to the core by the criminals exposed by Yan Fugui.
However, as an orphan of a martyr and a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (a government welfare program for the elderly and disabled), Old Lady Long was the matriarch of the community, and no one dared to offend her.
Yi Zhonghai is a level seven fitter at the steel rolling mill. He has taught hundreds of apprentices and grand-apprentices. Whether he has a voice in front of the leaders or directs his apprentices and grand-apprentices to cause trouble or trip people up with just a glance, it is all done effortlessly.
Anyone who wants to make a living in a steel rolling mill can be provoked by this kind of person.
Jia Dongxu was Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, and his mother, Jia Zhangshi, was a shrew who would bite anyone she could get her hands on. She was a shameless scoundrel and had a wife who played the victim with her. They would drag people along and cry their hearts out. If you ran into them, you could only avoid them, because it was said that anyone who got involved with them would be unlucky.
Sha Zhu, the head chef at the steel mill, will whip up anyone who messes with him, and they can forget about getting a full meal or any oily food.
He's the war god of the compound, Old Lady Long's beloved grandson, and Yi Zhonghai's henchman—we can't afford to mess with him!
Xu Damao, a projectionist at the steel rolling mill, is a despicable man. He is adept at flattery and sycophancy, and he never hesitates to harm others. Anyone who crosses him will be reported to the leaders and tripped up, and they will never get away with it.
Liu Haizhong, the second oldest man in the courtyard, is an official-obsessed man, a level six blacksmith, and also a despicable person with no bottom line. If you mess with him, you're just asking for trouble.
The other neighbors in the courtyard knew the truth, but dared not speak out against these people.
Right now, they're all hiding at home pretending to be dead.
Fear was part of the reason; they dared not provoke those evil people, and standing up for Zheng Ya and testifying was also a genuine way of protecting themselves.
Zheng Ya didn't take it seriously, but he couldn't ignore a major point of suspicion.
The entire courtyard believed Zheng Ya was a ghost. What did that mean?
Otherwise, it's impossible that no one would have come out and asked.
With such a commotion in the front yard, according to past practices, an old man named Yi Zhonghai living in the middle yard would have already come out and used moral blackmail to coerce people.
Sha Zhu also lives in the middle courtyard and loves lively places, so he hasn't gone out yet.
The children in the yard, who always love to join in the fun, didn't see a single one today.
All these signs clearly indicate that they treat Zheng Ya like a ghost and are not going out.
The question is, how did everyone in the courtyard know that he had been murdered?
Does this mean that people in the hospital are the real culprits?
Unfortunately, Zheng Ya became suspicious, but had no evidence to bring the culprit to justice. He was so angry that his teeth ached, and he turned to leave: "Yi Zhonghai, Old Lady Long, Sha Zhu, Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Liu Haizhong, every one of you is a murderer who tried to kill me."
I'm giving you a chance to turn over a new leaf; you can choose to accept the punishment or submit to the law.
You only have one night to discuss this; otherwise, you'll miss the deadline!
With a loud bang, Sha Zhu angrily opened the door, the wooden door slamming against the wall with a heart-wrenching sound.
Sha Zhu walked out the door, and Yi Zhonghai across the hall nodded to him through the window. Sha Zhu then saw Zheng Ya enter the courtyard and eagerly went to greet him: "Little duckling, you've learned to pretend to be a ghost to scare people, you're asking for a beating..."
"Silly Zhu, is your leg broken?" Zheng Ya stopped in the middle of the courtyard, watching him run towards him, and immediately used his planning ability to say that his leg was cramping.
One hundred points of defiance were thrown down, and the planned superpower flashed to the numbness in Sha Zhu's right leg.
Sha Zhu was jogging fast and powerfully when he suddenly felt a numbness in his right leg and lost control. He fell to the ground with the force of his forward momentum: "Ah, thud!"
In a panic, he flailed his arms wildly and fell face-first into the mud.
The people hiding behind their own doors and windows were stunned. Sha Zhu had tripped and fallen.
"Tsk tsk tsk, it's not a holiday or anything, and you're giving me such a big gift. How can I possibly accept your maximum fine?" Zheng Ya squatted down and looked at Sha Zhu, who was tilting his head back and spitting out sand, and laughed.
They were more than two meters apart, which looked quite comical.
Sha Zhu, embarrassed and angry, tried to get up, only to find his right leg numb and out of control. In a panic, he rolled over and sat up, rubbing his right thigh: "Oh my god, what happened to my leg...?"
"Oh no! Zheng Ya is definitely a ghost. He's back for revenge! Quickly close the windows and doors! Hurry! Qin Huairu, are you dead?" The Jia Zhang family lived next door to Sha Zhu. They saw this scene through the window and were so frightened that they wet themselves and started screaming.
Xiao Banggeng was so scared that he cried loudly. Qin Huairu was so scared that she closed the door while sobbing uncontrollably. Jia Dongxu closed the window tremblingly and wet his pants in fear.
Well, Jia Zhangshi's scream startled everyone in the courtyard, causing them to slam doors and windows shut in a flurry of cries: "Ah, a ghost!"
"Oh my god, it's haunted..." Yi Zhonghai screamed in fright, and rushed into the house without even closing the window, only to be met with a planned blow from Zheng Ya: his testicles were crushed.
To deal with a family that has no heirs, one should use the strategy of eliminating heirs.
Completely sever any hope of the childless, drive them to darkness, and ensure their complete extinction.
Yi Zhonghai fell to the ground, clutching his groin and screaming in pain: "Ouch, my balls are broken, it hurts so much, ouch..."
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