After the decision was made, Officer Zhao, after consulting with his superiors, intended to let Zhao Youliang and his companion go home to prepare, but they unanimously objected.
The reason is that if I let myself go, the evil thing will know that its scheme failed, and it may continue to harm others and continue to sell counterfeit goods.
There's always been the saying, "You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days!"
So Zhao Youliang and his companion decided to continue the charade of being arrested, and then use some means to get home when it got dark.
......
The murder of Director Zhou and the arrest of Zhao Youliang and his companion have become the talk of the town.
Although most people don't believe that Zhao Youliang and his companion did it, there are still all sorts of rumors circulating.
This is naked human nature...
Among them, the most anxious were Sister Yingchun, Chen Wei, and Li Mao, because they had the best relationship with Zhao Youliang and Director Zhou.
It was a time of both sadness and anxiety.
Even Chen Wei, a typical burly northerner, had bloodshot eyes, clearly having just been crying.
"Who the hell killed Lao Zhou? Don't let me find out!"
"If I find out, I'll risk my life to tear him to pieces!"
"And those cops are idiots, why did they arrest Quantum and Xiao Liao!"
"I don't mind them suffering a little, I'm just worried about wasting time and letting the real culprit get away!!"
At the crucial moment, it was Sister-in-law Yingchun who remained relatively calm.
Although she cried for a long time because of Director Zhou's departure, she was still able to calmly analyze the problem.
"Brother Chen, don't worry, I think this matter is not simple."
"Let's wait for now. If Quantum and the others haven't returned by nightfall, then you can try to find out more."
Just then, Sister Yingchun's phone rang; it was Officer Zhao calling.
He then gave a brief account of what had happened, telling them not to worry about Zhao Youliang and Liao Zhiyuan.
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief and hurried to Director Zhou's home to comfort Zhou's widow, who had rushed back after hearing the news.
......
After dark, Zhao Youliang and Liao Zhiyuan were seen sneaking out of the police station.
The two boys had ghost-repelling talismans stuck to their foreheads and were chanting ghost-repelling spells.
"Humans are separated by a sheet of paper, ghosts by a mountain; a thousand evils cannot be lured in, ten thousand evils cannot be dispelled..."
The purpose of doing this is to prevent the evil spirits from finding them.
Everything will be fine once we get to the paper-making shop, because there's still one coffin left there.
No matter how fierce the evil spirits that harmed them are, they can't be as fierce as the resentment in the coffin.
Once they returned to the shop, they wouldn't be afraid of being discovered.
This is also what we often say: "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and blessing may be a misfortune in disguise; how can we know that it is not a blessing in disguise?"
Who would have thought that the originally shady paper-making shop would become a "safe haven" for Zhao Youliang and his companion?
Upon returning to the paper-making shop, Zhao Youliang hurriedly closed the door and released the dogs... asking the rogue dogs to keep watch for him.
Then he told the immortals everything that had happened that day.
Because Huang Yu was not there, no one, including the Mad Ghost Prisoner, could give Zhao Youliang any advice, let alone Xie Tangxian and the seven siblings, the Silly Roe Deer.
Just their names sound a bit dim-witted, don't they...?
Therefore, Zhao Youliang had no choice but to proceed with the plan and prepare to open the altar to summon the soul.
Fortunately, Liao Zhiyuan had prepared everything he needed; otherwise, Zhao Youliang would have been like a skilled cook without rice.
After bathing, changing clothes, and putting on his Taoist robe, Zhao Youliang first lit three sticks of incense to pay homage to Heaven, and then poured three cups of wine to pay homage to Earth.
Then he took out a scarecrow with Director Zhou's birth date and time written on it and smeared some of Director Zhou's dried bloodstains on it.
Of course, these bloodstains were provided by the police station and collected from the crime scene...
After all preparations were complete, Zhao Youliang lit the Seven Star Lamp, threaded a yellow talisman onto the peach wood sword, and began to practice the Taoist "sword steps" (Note 1) while chanting incantations.
"Diligently cultivate the Great Dao, and carefully sense the vastness of the universe."
"Huang Hua Zhen descends, the five internal organs form a fetus; the wandering soul is born in heaven, ascends to the Pure Land."
"Brother Zhou, may your soul return!"
As Zhao Youliang called out, all the immortals sitting around the altar, as well as Liao Zhiyuan, also made hand gestures and shouted loudly.
"May Zhou Moumou's soul return!"
After calling it three times, a chilling wind suddenly arose.
Ghostly figures howled in the eerie wind; they were the wronged souls and remnants of the dead who, for various reasons, could not be reincarnated and were scattered between heaven and earth.
After these spirits drifted to the vicinity of the paper-making shop, they were immediately terrified by the atmosphere there and scattered like birds and beasts.
It kept making whimpering noises, as if it was complaining about the injustice of fate.
Seeing this, Zhao Youliang hurriedly instructed the only two idle dogs, Big Yellow Dog and Chang Jie.
"Dog Bro and Egg Boy, you two better keep a close eye on them!"
"If you see Brother Zhou's spirit, quickly bring it into our shop!"
Egg Boy, who was always well-behaved, stopped smoking upon hearing this and stared intently at his surroundings with his big and small eyes without blinking.
"Oh, I see, quantum."
"Right now I'm a little blind, so I might not be able to see clearly..."
Unlike Eggboy, Big Yellow Dog just glanced at Zhao Youliang sideways, his "I don't need your nonsense" expression clearly conveying his opinion.
Not only did he watch the ghosts fly in and out, but he also released his lackeys to help.
Unfortunately, half a day passed, and Director Zhou's spirit did not appear.
They could only vaguely see a large red bridal sedan chair floating not far from the paper-making shop, seemingly observing this area.
It was the same one that appeared on the Road to the Underworld before, and it had even stopped on the roof of a car.
However, Zhao Youliang and the others had no time to pay attention to the ghost sedan chair. They were all staring intently at their surroundings, afraid of missing Director Zhou's soul.
Another half incense stick's time passed, and even after Zhao Youliang's magic power was exhausted, Director Zhou's soul still did not appear.
Left with no other choice, Liao Zhiyuan could only help the exhausted Zhao Youliang back to his room to rest, and they would go to the underworld together the next night after his magical powers were restored.
Meanwhile, at the school in the small town.
Zhao Youliang's commotion naturally alerted the local guardian, the Mohist Ma Mingyang.
He frowned, staring silently in the direction of the paper-making shop, and said softly.
"They're both just starting out; can they really complete this destiny-bound challenge?"
"Sigh, if only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."
"The master had already paved a smooth road for you back then, but you insisted on..."
At this point, Ma Mingyang fell silent, only looking thoughtfully at the golden lighter in his hand.
He was clearly considering whether to return the treasure to Zhao Youliang, even if only temporarily.
After a moment, Mo Zhe finally made a decision and raised his hand to throw the golden lighter into the air.
It immediately transformed into a ray of golden light and headed straight for the paper-making shop.
Along with the small wooden knife, it appeared on the only remaining coffin.
As roars emanated from the coffin, Wang Youcai, in that mysterious place, frowned deeply...
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