Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

The woman's laughter, like a silver bell, came from the study and dissipated in the quiet night.

The courtyard is located in the center of the east city. Although the nightlife here is not as lively as that in the south city, it is a place where dignitaries live, so there is no need to mention the entertainment.

In contrast, there are the misery and hardships in the west and north of the city.

The people living there are ordinary people or people from all walks of life. Their daily lives are so exhausting that they have no time to think about anything else.

"Mom, you are still protecting him after all this!" The boy's sharp voice cut through the night sky, awakening the insects and animals hiding in the dark.

This is a very common slum in the north of the city, surrounded by low buildings.

The boy originally had a wealthy childhood, but because of the wrong actions of his elders, his family of three has ended up in their current situation.

"Huai'er, he is your father, he didn't mean it," the woman's voice was gentle, but the deep weariness could not be concealed, not to mention that what she said made the young man even more angry.

"What do you mean by intentional? Ruyi Tower is clearly the property left to mother by my grandfather, but he still lost it in the gambling house," the young man looked at the middle-aged woman in disbelief, and he felt hopeless. "Mom, you are not stupid!"

Snapped--

The redness and swelling on his face made the boy stop talking.

The middle-aged woman had dull eyes and was obviously blind, but she was able to easily find the young man and slap him hard.

Perhaps because she did this kind of thing often, the middle-aged woman was not panicked. Instead, she spoke in a didactic manner, trying to teach the young man how to treat his elders with understanding and reason.

juvenile:……

The young man looked indifferently. He looked at the weak man, then at the stubborn woman, then turned and ran away.

In such a dark night, there is not even a trace of light around, where can the boy go?

"I won't stay anyway," he would not ask for trouble again. It was obvious that the man was stupid and rotten, so why should he take him down with him?

The young man walked around the empty streets without stopping, and soon he saw a tall embroidered building in the distance.

The embroidered tower moves without wind. Although it has no plaque, its fiery red appearance is eye-catching.

The boy was not afraid, but dived in headfirst, like a moth to a flame, fearless and unafraid.

On the deserted street, the red embroidered building is eerie, twisted and flexible, like a living creature.

…………

The night fades away and the sun rises as usual.

After Shen Yao woke up, she knew that Liu Jingyan was not in the mansion. The two of them stayed together for too long last night, so she was still a little confused.

Shen Yao takes health pills every day. She rubbed her sore eyebrows and called the manager to ask if there were any plans for today.

Arrangements? No arrangements.

"Miss Shen, do you want those shop owners to come to your store or do you want me to send someone to accompany you out?" The steward was very sensible and respectful beyond belief.

Shen Yao touched his chin and said, "I will take people out and arrange for the store to send the things back." It's better not to carry them myself, as they are too heavy.

The manager smiled obsequiously and nodded, and called a few smart and sensible people to follow Shen Yao, and told them to take good care of her, and if anything happened, they would be held accountable.

Shen Yao ignored the manager's arrangements. She changed into a dark blue long skirt with a light white inner layer. She tied her hair up and fixed it with a pearl hairpin. A few strands of hair hung down on both sides of her temples, making her figure look even more ethereal.

Since she was leaving Songyang tomorrow, Shen Yao planned to visit all the shops she had not visited yesterday. In addition, Liu Jingyan had given her a lot of money, so now there was no shop in Songyang City that she could not enter.

It’s just that the shops today are a little strange. Compared with the bustle of yesterday, they seem a little deserted.

What about people?

Shen Yao stood in a jewelry store, looking at the several trays brought in, and signaled to the shopkeeper to quickly take out the store's treasures.

"My time is precious. Does the shopkeeper not want to do business?"

The attitude is so perfunctory, completely different from yesterday, and the person hasn't changed.

The shop owner was a woman in her twenties, pretty and capable.

At this moment, she was like an ant on hot pan, and waved her hand to let a few waiters leave first.

"Ms. Shen, to be honest, it's not that I don't want to do this business now, but that I can't do it."

The shopkeeper had a bitter look on his face, and his eyes kept scanning the position behind Shen Yao.

Shen Yao became more and more confused and looked like she wanted to know more. However, the servants around her became nervous as if they were infected.

"Yesterday at midnight, that red embroidered building appeared in Songyang!"

The shopkeeper spoke in a low voice, which, combined with the dim light around him, sounded scary.

Shen Yao was not frightened, but felt it was strange. Why did the red embroidery building appear? Could it be that the embroidery building and the jewelry store had a hidden relationship?

Believe it or not, it's true. The real owner of this jewelry store has changed several times since its establishment. Every time the red embroidery building appears, a group of merchants and shops here will die.

The shopkeeper was just a worker. Ever since he heard about the appearance of the Red Embroidery Tower, he had been distracted, fearing that he had bad luck and might lose his life.

Shen Yao came at an unfortunate time. The shopkeeper had already submitted his resignation to his master and was about to take his family away for refuge, so the shopkeeper really didn't want to do any business of the store.

Shen Yao:......

Shen Yao had never heard of such an outrageous rumor. Regardless of whether the story about the red embroidered tower was true or not, the fact that it became known to everyone in just one night made her know that there must be a conspiracy.

She didn't mean to make things difficult for the worker, since she had said it so bluntly, Shen Yao stood up and left the jewelry store empty-handed.

The servants around him asked timidly if he wanted to continue shopping.

"Forget it, go back."

Shen Yao waved her hands. She was no longer interested in this. Besides, there was no need to make herself unhappy as one could buy material possessions anywhere.

A group of people rushed back to the courtyard. On the way, Shen Yao found that many dignitaries living in the east of the city were running out. The flow of people was so dense that the carriages were stuck on the road, delaying them for a long time.

"Yaoyao, we also need to set off and leave Songyang as soon as possible."

Liu Jingyan was at home. When he saw Shen Yao come in, he quickly pulled her aside to finish what he was saying.

Shen Yao thought of the situation on the street and asked hurriedly if it was related to the red embroidered building.

"The Red Embroidered Tower is rumored to be mysterious and has been recorded. Once it appears in the world, it will surely cause a bloody storm."

From ancient times to the present, Songyang City has been attacked by the Red Embroidered Tower several times, and each time ended with the loss of a large number of people.

"Someone who escaped the disaster said that the red embroidered building was a living thing."

Xiulou has a spirit that can actively devour lives and act without scruples. He is not someone who can eliminate Guisi, so he has no reason to stay.

Liu Jingyan sighed and told the steward to pack the items they needed to take into the car as soon as possible, as they had to leave the city before 3 p.m. today.

"Ayan, if it weren't for the fact that the Red Embroidery Tower has been sealed, how could there be talk of it appearing in the world?" Could it be that someone is taking advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters and disrupt the situation for personal gain?

Liu Jingyan frowned, "According to the court records, there was originally more than one Red Embroidered Tower." The one that was sealed was the Red Embroidered Tower, and the one that exists in the world is still the Red Embroidered Tower.

Shen Yao:......

After everything was packed up, Shen Yao and Liu Jingyan got on the carriage and joined the crowd leaving the city.

On the way, Shen Yao asked how this matter spread and how it affected the entire Songyang City.

Liu Jingyan held his forehead with one hand, "The Weird Department has special monitoring methods. For famous weird things like these, they can detect them as long as they leak a little bit of their aura."

They were also afraid. In addition to the Guisi, who had been dealing with these strange things for many years, he was well aware of their lethality, especially those strange things that had been passed down from ancient times to the present. They would take away all the people in a city to be buried with them at any time. Even if the Wei State had no shortage of population, it could not prevent such deaths.

Liu Jingyan talked more about eliminating the ghosts and helped Shen Yao fill in the gaps in his knowledge. Let alone Songyang, if it was Luojing, they would have to set off overnight.

Shen Yao nodded thoughtfully, then she lifted the curtain and looked outside.

There were nothing but crowds of people, crowding and huddling together as they walked out, fearing that they would die if they were a step late.

Shen Yao raised her head and looked back. Besides the crowd, there was also a surge of resentment.

Unlike yesterday, if yesterday this energy stayed in one place, now it has come alive and is spreading towards the crowd.

It was also at this time that Shen Yao discovered that she was different from others.

Shen Yao didn’t know about the secret realm, and she didn’t see anything after she came out.

It was not until the dispute in front of Ruyi Tower yesterday that she inadvertently captured the resentment that could evoke the source of sin in people's hearts.

It turns out that this is related to the red embroidered building in the present world. Does she see the weirdness? Well, it’s not right to say that she sees it, but she can feel it.

"What's wrong?" Liu Jingyan's voice sounded from behind Shen Yao.

Shen Yao looked up and said, "It's okay, I just wanted to see how serious the disaster in the Red Embroidery Tower was."

The curtain in her hand was put down, and Shen Yao sat back in the car with Liu Jingyan beside her.

Because there were so many people, the carriage moved very slowly, and occasionally had to deal with quarrels caused by collisions.

By the time the carriage actually left Songyang City, it was already the end of the Shen hour.

The weather has cooled down recently and the sun sets early. When the light dims, the tall city wall behind us looks ghostly and evil.

It was as if a huge monster was devouring something, and the resentment was growing stronger.

The carriage had stopped at an open space outside the city, surrounded by people running out.

It was difficult to travel at night, and most people in Songyang did not want to leave their hometown. Their purpose of leaving was to escape the disaster, not to settle down in other towns.

Most of the people who came out wanted to find a sheltered place outside the city to stay and wait for Songyang City to return to normal.

Shen Yao stood beside the burning bonfire, staring at the city wall in the distance without blinking.

The thick cloak slowly covered Shen Yao's shoulders, and Liu Jingyan reached out and held her in his arms.

"Don't look at it anymore. We will set off early tomorrow morning and return to Luojing as soon as possible."

Compared to the relatively safe Luojing, other towns in Weiguo are more likely to encounter strange things.

Liu Jingyan didn't want to waste time, mainly because he could protect himself when faced with such a strange situation, but he was unable to protect others.

So what if he is a third-level cultivator? Once the weirdness reaches a certain level, it is beyond human power to resist.

Liu Jingyan was never blindly confident. When he saw something that even the Guisi couldn't handle, he would just hide away.

"Will Songyang City return to normal?" Shen Yao looked at the ever-expanding danger and felt unsure.

This was her first time facing something strange. Although she had heard about it in the secret realm, seeing is believing. Only when something really happened could she feel the speechless shock.

Liu Jingyan didn't know either. Records showed that the court must have other means.

That night, many people who escaped from the city did not get a good rest.

Everyone looked nervously in the direction of Songyang City behind them, hoping that the disaster would pass quickly.

Shen Yao was sleeping in the carriage and was awakened several times by the horrific scenes in her dreams. She still felt dizzy until dawn.

There was a sad cry in her ears, and the package filled the surroundings of her body.

Liu Jingyan did not call her to get up, but her crying became louder and louder, reaching the level of disturbing others.

Shen Yao couldn't stand this anymore, so she supported herself with the quilt and got out of the car. She was shocked by the scene in front of her.

Songyang City is gone!

The originally tall and conspicuous city wall was now shrouded in a thick black fog, and they were not far away from the black fog.

This, this, Shen Yao opened her mouth for a long time without saying anything, and it was Liu Jingyan who saw her come out and pulled her back.

"Don't look at it, it's a strange fog." Looking at it for too long will affect one's mood.

Liu Jingyan let out a breath. He hadn't slept all night and felt a little depressed.

But compared with other people around him, Liu Jingyan still stands out from the crowd.

It is not easy for anyone to cultivate to the third rank. In a small city like Songyang, only the director of the Elimination of Strangeness Department can reach this rank.

"I have to go to the temporary government office. Please stay here and don't move."

Liu Jingyan's expression was serious, his usual smile was gone, and he looked more cold.

Shen Yao hummed, "Ayan, are we leaving today?"

Liu Jingyan nodded with a firm look, "What happens here has nothing to do with us," One should not meddle in matters that are not within one's jurisdiction.

Call him cold-blooded or selfish, Liu Jingyan will not easily agree to something he cannot handle.

Going to the temporary government office was normal social interaction, and other matters had nothing to do with him.

Shen Yao had a simple breakfast and spent the rest of the time sitting in the carriage observing the black fog outside that enveloped Songyang.

During that time, there were some people who were brave enough to approach, but as expected, they were all swallowed up by the black fog and never came out.

The black fog was not transparent, and people who walked in were like stones thrown into water, without any sound or ripples.

Such a strange situation scared people who just wanted to take refuge, so they had to make more preparations.

Perhaps, they really have to leave their hometown? Their family business is all in Songyang City, where else can they go?

The atmosphere around the camp was depressing. Occasionally, some people cheered up and chose to set off, but most of them stayed where they were, wishing for a turnaround.

Shen Yao held her chin. It was noon and Liu Jingyan came back.

His face looked very unhappy, as if someone had made him angry.

Shen Yao raised her eyebrows and said a few words of concern, only to hear Liu Jingyan say that they couldn't leave for the time being.

"They don't want to let A'Yan in, do they?" Shen Yao grabbed Liu Jingyan's sleeves with both hands. The black fog could not be easily solved.

Liu Jingyan shook his head and said, "You need my help to respond," and protect these ordinary people at the same time.

The one who entered Songyang was the evildoer. Liu Jingyan was not currently employed by the court and was at most a voluntary helper. He would not be the one to encounter any dangerous situations.

"But it's very dangerous to stay here," especially since the black fog covers a wide area and spreads very quickly. If they don't leave, they may not be able to leave in the end.