Chen Huaixiu calmed down and returned to the town. However, he did not go home, but went straight to the Shen's Ancestral Hall located in the north of the street.

It was already dark at this time. The old servant of the Shen family who was guarding the ancestral hall lit a white lantern and hung it on the door lintel.

Only then did he see the head of the household appear at the gate, and the old servant quickly bowed and asked, "Madam, why are you here so late?"

"I want to stay here with him tonight." Chen Huaixiu said lightly, and walked straight into the ancestral hall.

The thick-browed woman stopped and said to the old servant in a rough voice, "I'm fine here, you pack up and go home."

The old servant worked almost all year round, so he felt like he had been pardoned when he had a rare day off, and had no choice but to thank the woman with thick eyebrows.

He was not worried about the safety of the ancestral hall at all. First, everyone in Haisha Town was his own people, and no one would pick up things on the road or lock their doors at night. Second, the thick-browed woman had strong masculinity, and one of them could beat ten of him. What was there to worry about?

In the main hall of the ancestral hall, the Shen family's ancestors were enshrined. Behind the main hall was a black velvet curtain, behind which was a golden nanmu coffin, and in front of the coffin was a fruit incense burner, the incense in the burner had long gone out, and the fruits were all shriveled.

Chen Huaixiu took out a handkerchief, wiped the incense table clean, and relit the incense. Then he walked around the incense table, leaned against the coffin, and wept.

"If you knew, don't blame me. Blame yourself for dying early, leaving me alone to support your Shen family." She was reminded of the past by the sight of the things, and felt sad, crying softly.

"If we can't figure out how you died, the Shen family will have another person who died in an unclear way. I have no reason to avenge you."

As she spoke, her expression gradually became firm, but her voice became more and more erratic. "It's settled. You're not allowed to make trouble later. No matter what, you owe me. Do you understand?"

~~

On the other side, Guo Donglin was still anxiously waiting for news.

If Xu Liu had not warned him in advance, he would have gathered his loyal men and prepared to break into Chen Huaixiu's house at night to silence him.

Finally, Guo Qilin, sweating profusely, ran back and shouted with a happy face: "Gone, gone, Li Shizhen is gone!"

"Oh, really?" Guo Donglin grabbed his brother's wrist and asked anxiously, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, the woman personally sent him to the ship and cried for a long time on the dock."

"Wipe tears?"

"From what they said, that kid is hopeless." Guo Qilin said with great joy, "After sending Li Shizhen away, the woman went to the ancestral hall again and cried while hugging her dead husband's coffin."

"Oh, so she has accepted her fate?" Guo Donglin looked happy.

"She refuses to accept her fate. Are you going to ask her dead husband to come out and speak for her?" Guo Qilin said sarcastically, and then said with some concern:

"The only question now is whether Li Shizhen told her that the boy was poisoned."

"That has nothing to do with me." Guo Donglin smiled with relief:

"That woman is smart. She won't hold on to this matter any longer... Once the child dies, it will be in her best interest for an outsider like me to be the gang leader. If it were someone from the side branch of the Shen family, who would take her, the widow of the previous gang leader, seriously?"

"Ah, that's exactly the truth." Guo Qilin suddenly realized and said happily, "Now my brother's position as the leader of the gang is finally secure!"

"Hahahaha, when has my position ever been unstable?! It's just that woman refused to be appointed and has been struggling desperately." Guo Donglin laughed grimly, with a flash of heat in his eyes, and said:

"As soon as the child dies, I will propose to her and see if she will refuse this time!"

"Of course I won't refuse. Isn't she saying goodbye to her dead husband today? She'll never dare go there again after she cheats on him." Guo Qilin laughed shrilly.

"I'm afraid that the dead man's coffin will not be able to hold it down tonight!"

"Don't say it out loud even if you see it through!" Guo Donglin couldn't help laughing.

~~

In the dead of night, a boat with a sand boat gang lantern came ashore.

The gang member who was on duty at the dock rubbed his sleepy eyes and went forward to check, and saw that it was the thick-browed man beside the lady.

"Brother Xiaohu, you just came back?"

"Madam ordered that Doctor Li be sent to the Xisha Islands. How dare I do that?" The thick-browed man Xiaohu threw a wine bag to the gang members.

"Drink less to drive away the cold, and don't delay your work."

"Hey, thank you, Master Hu. Don't worry, you won't drink too much." Several gang members couldn't take their eyes off the wine bag.

No one noticed that there were a few unfamiliar faces following Xiaohu off the boat.

They were Li Shizhen, Zhao Hao, Gao Wu and others who had changed into the blue shorts of the Shachuan Gang.

After leaving the brightly lit pier, everyone finally felt relieved.

The Sand Boat Gang didn't have a good life. Apart from the docks, there were few lights even on the streets in the middle of the town. It was dark and they no longer had to worry about being recognized by others.

Along the way, they met two teams of night patrolmen, but Xiaohu easily got past them. They arrived at the Shen Family Ancestral Hall in the north of the town without any hindrance and gently knocked on the door knocker.

"Who?" The voice of the thick-browed girl Hu Niu was immediately heard from inside the door.

"Me." Xiaohu responded.

The door bolt clicked, the door opened a crack, and everyone filed in. Huniu stuck her head out, looked around, and saw that no one was following her on the long street, so she retracted her head and closed the door.

~~

The man with thick eyebrows was guarding the door, and Hu Niu took Zhao Hao and Li Shizhen into the Shen family ancestral hall.

Looking at the gloomy ancestral hall, Master Zhao felt a chill down his spine. He quickly and respectfully lit incense on the tablets, muttering:

"Don't be surprised if there are ghosts. It's okay to be surprised. They are all doing things for your family. Don't mistake them for good people."

Li Shizhen was stunned by what he saw, and thought to himself, how could the leader of science be more superstitious than me?

"It's just a matter of singing the right song for the right mountain." Young Master Zhao smiled awkwardly. Science is not afraid of ghosts, but scientists are afraid of them, which is reasonable.

Everyone turned to the back of the curtain. Chen Huaixiu had already calmed down. He put his hand on the coffin and said, "Seven nails have been taken down. I'll trouble you two to take care of the rest."

Li Shizhen nodded, and he and Zhao Hao armed themselves again.

Chen Huaixiu came to the southeast corner of the mourning hall and burned paper money in a brazier to appease the dead soul.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew in from the gap in the curtains and almost blew out the candles on the altar.

He rolled up the burning paper money and spun it in the air before the ashes fell onto the coffin.

Zhao Hao and Li Shizhen were putting on gloves with their hands raised, and they were so frightened when they saw this that they almost fell to their knees.

"This is too weird..." Old Li, who didn't believe in evil, couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Master Zhao wanted to say, "Let's get out of here," but he was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.

Chen Huaixiu stood up calmly and said to the two men, "My late husband has agreed to open the coffin, so you two can proceed without worries."

Master Zhao looked at the woman in surprise, and his opinion of her became even higher.

Seeing that a weak woman was so brave, the two men couldn't be cowardly. They worked together to lift the coffin down and put it aside.

Fortunately, no zombies jumped out of the coffin, nor were there any lifelike mummies. Only a slightly black skeleton was left.

On the thoracic vertebrae of the skeleton, there were clusters of shiny black spots...

P.S. Fourth update, please vote for me. I have to report that after two days of active treatment, my eyes are basically pain-free and itchy during the day, but not after dark. I wrote the fourth update while resisting the itch, and I dare not write any more. I put on eye ointment and went to sleep.