New Times, New Hell

Fude Zhengshen would definitely not dare to let Yu Zhengdu and Goose Gong worship him. Fortunately, Yu's father and Yu's mother quickly socialized with other worshipers, and they had no time to stare at Yu Zhengdu. Taking a breath, he took the opportunity to pull Shang Que outside.

The open space in front of Yu's ancestral hall became more and more crowded. Yu Zhengdu took a casual glance and found that many of them were not members of the Yu clan. Sure enough, as Yu's mother said, Fude Zhengshen had a good reputation and attracted many people with foreign surnames. People also came to pray.

Yu Zhengdu joked: "This year's employee assessment can give us a salary increase."

Shang Que nodded: "Well, this year's performance appraisal plan and employee promotion plan have been prepared, and we will hold a meeting to discuss it after the new year. If there is no problem, it can be promoted soon."

As a self-motivated boss, now Shang Que is not only invincible in the game, but also has learned something in business management. He has successfully passed the thesis defense, obtained an MBA certificate, and is able to cooperate with professionals in various departments to come up with solutions.

Yu Zhengdu looked at Shang Que's clear talk about the performance appraisal plan, and felt very emotional in his heart. After all, the ghost king is worthy of being the ghost king. Even if he usually pulls [-] to [-] yuan, he can be more elite than ordinary people when he is an elite.

Ah, the boyfriend is really attractive.

He couldn't help but wanted to praise Shang Que a few words, and he heard Shang Que say happily: "I've already placed you in the No.1 assessment."

Yu Zhengdu: "...can you stop being so obvious?"

Shang Que asked seriously: "For example?"

Yu Zhengdu: "At least wait until the assessment is over before putting me first."

Anyway, it was impossible for the boss to let him appear in a position other than the number one, so he could only remind the boss to keep a low profile as much as possible.

Shang Que nodded thoughtfully: "It makes sense."

Yu Zhengdu looked at Shang Que without a word, and suddenly a voice came from beside him: "Is it Zhengdu?"

Yu Zhengdu turned his head to look at the source of the voice, and saw a thin, familiar-looking young man walking towards him.

Yu Zhengdu thought for a while before he remembered who it was, and hurriedly said hello: "Weiqin, long time no see."

This person is Zou Weiqin, who is also from Jintan Town. He and Yu Zhengdu were junior high school classmates, but after high school, the two went to different schools, and gradually lost contact. They only chatted occasionally when they met on the road. They rarely met each other, so Yu Zhengdu didn't recognize him immediately.

Yu Zhengdu smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Zou Weiqin saw that he was not in good spirits, and waved his hands when he heard the words: "My mother said that your Yu family's good fortune and righteousness are very good, so she dragged me over to pay respects."

The two chatted casually, and a plainly dressed woman ran over and grabbed Zou Weiqin: "Weiqin, what are you dawdling about here, hurry up and worship God."

This person is Zou Weiqin's mother, and Zou Weiqin replied, "Got it."

Saying goodbye to Yu Zhengdu, mother Zou's eyes suddenly lit up, she looked at Yu Zhengdu and said, "Isn't this the son of Yu Chuan's family?"

Yu Zhengdu nodded to her politely: "Hello, Auntie."

"Hey, you're doing well. Now the whole town knows you're doing a good job. They're all talking about you, and your parents are following suit. We Weiqin are far behind you." Mother Zou said sourly.

Zou Weiqin's face darkened when he heard this: "Mom, what are you talking about?"

"It's all the truth. There's nothing to say. Besides, aren't you and Xiao Yu classmates? It would be nice to let someone pull you out if you have a chance." Mother Zou glanced at Yu Zhengdu while talking, "You say Right, Xiao Yu?"

Zou Weiqin was extremely embarrassed, and gave Yu Zhengdu a sorry look: "Don't worry about it."

"It's okay." Yu Zhengdu waved his hand. Mother Zou is a typical petty citizen who cares about and likes to take advantage, so although Zou Weiqin is a nice person, her former classmates didn't like to go to his house.

Zou Weiqin pulled his mother and wanted to leave, but saw that mother Zou turned her eyes and said to Yu Zhengdu with a smile: "By the way, doesn't Xiaoyu Company have a yin detector? Why don't you test it for me?" chant."

"Mom!" Zou Weiqin rolled his eyes, "They charge for it, can you stop talking nonsense?"

Mother Zou said confidently: "It doesn't take much trouble, aren't you classmates? Can you still collect money just by testing?"

She didn't wait for Yu Zhengdu to respond, she arranged it on her own: "Xiao Yu, you don't know, our family is very unlucky this year, I have worked hard all my life, and finally got to Weiqin's job, I still hope that the life at home can improve, but I didn’t expect to encounter bad luck. I think it’s probably dirty, so why don’t you test it for me?”

Yu Zhengdu ignored Zou's mother and only went to see Zou Weiqin. Zou Weiqin's face turned dark: "Don't pay attention to her."

Yu Zhengdu wanted to reject Yu's mother, but Shang Que, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly said, "You don't need to be tested, you are not clean."

Zou Weiqin and Zou's mother's complexion changed, especially Zou's mother suddenly became rude: "Oh, how do you talk, young man?"

Yu Zhengdu was also a little surprised. He ignored Zou's mother just now because he didn't see anything unusual around Zou Weiqin, but after hearing what Shang Que said, he quickly took out Luo Feng's mobile phone, turned on the Yin Qi detector and pointed at Zou Weiqin and Zou Weiqin. His mother scanned it, and the results showed that the concentration of Yin energy of both of them exceeded the standard, and Zou's mother was even more serious.

Yu Zhengdu lifted his spirits and said to Zou Weiqin: "Weiqin, why don't we go to your house together?"

Zou Weiqin didn't understand, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Yu Zhengdu looked serious: "Your house may be haunted."

……

On the way to Zou Weiqin's home, Zou's mother was still talking non-stop: "How could it be haunted? You are not talking nonsense, you want our family to buy things from your company?"

Although Zou's mother said earlier that she suspected that she had dirty things, she just wanted to complain and take advantage of Yu Zhengdu's company by the way. After Yu Zhengdu confirmed that they had indeed got dirty things, she became suspicious instead.

Yu Zhengdu knew what she was like, so he didn't bother to argue with her, and turned a deaf ear to her words, talking to Zou Weiqin himself.

Zou Weiqin told him that after graduating from university last year, he recruited into the bank as an account manager through the school. In a small place like Jintan Town, there are not many people who can go to university. , getting up early and working late, and working performance has been good, so at first the Zou family was very proud, and Zou's mother was very proud.

The only bad thing is that Zou's mother is always worried that he will spend money indiscriminately outside, and insists on managing his salary. If he doesn't agree, he will look for a life and death. In the end, Zou Weiqin had no choice but to pay part of his income to her every month.

Unexpectedly, mother Zou has been stingy all her life, and finally got a little money, and she actually borrowed money like others, but she met Lao Lai, and all the money was wasted.

"She kept it from me at the beginning. I had a high provident fund in the bank, and there were discounts on loans. I was thinking of borrowing some money at the end of the year to make a down payment and buy a small house first. She insisted on telling me that the money was deposited regularly, and let me go back next year. Buy, the house price went up all the way, I couldn't wait any longer, so she told me the truth." Zou Weiqin's tone was not without resentment, "If she could discuss it with me at the beginning, I would never let her lend money .”

"Then I'm not all for you?" Mother Zou retorted uncomfortably, she raised her neck and retorted, "You don't know, I talked to that person about an interest rate of [-] points, and it's only [-] points for others to lend money. Ten points, if I can get it back, I will earn twice as much as others."

Yu Zhengdu heard a black thread: "Twenty points...Auntie, can you believe this?"

Zou Weiqin also sneered: "I didn't plan to pay it back at the beginning, of course you can say interest as you like."

"That's not bad luck. He ran into a loss in business." Zou's mother was a little resentful, but she still insisted, "He said that he will pay back when he makes money."

Zou Weiqin rolled his eyes wildly: "I lost money in business, how can I still have money to buy a luxury car? The creditors still live in dilapidated houses, and the debtors live much better than you."

Yu Zhengdu was surprised when he heard that: "The other party bought a luxury car, didn't he just cheat your mother?"

"Well, that person is an old hand, and he cheated a group of people who are as greedy as my mother." Zou Weiqin said helplessly, "The money has been transferred. Either there is no money, or they deliberately don't pay it back. It doesn't work to report the case. They would rather go go to jail."

During the conversation, I came to Zou Weiqin's house. Zou Weiqin's family is a native of Jintan Town. The house is in the center of the town. It was a relatively prosperous area 20 years ago, but now it looks rather dilapidated.

Mother Zou took out the key to open the house, and Yu Zhengdu immediately felt the same shock as when he first came to Zou Weiqin's house in middle school. He didn't expect that his house hadn't changed at all after so many years, it was still so cramped and crowded.

Speaking of which, although Zou Weiqin's family background is average, he is not poor enough, but his mother is too cheap and stingy. It's fine if the house hasn't been renovated for so many years. It is said that the furniture in the house was added when his parents got married. The paint has faded and I’m not willing to replace it with new ones. Not only that, but there are also a lot of old things at home, old clothes, old shoes, old towels, old toothbrushes, even old socks with holes that don’t wipe the floor until they turn black. Reluctant to throw away, there are stacked carton shoe boxes and empty water bottles and cans picked up outside in the corner.

The whole house is like a recycling bin.

In the past, classmates didn't like to come to Zou Weiqin's house. Apart from Zou's mother's acrimonious personality, the most important reason was that Zou Weiqin's family environment was really bad.

As soon as Yu Zhengdu entered the door, he heard a leisurely whistle coming from the corner. He turned his head and looked over, frowning suddenly.

There were cardboard boxes and cans piled up in the corner of Zou’s living room as before. The difference was that there was a short, skinny ghost in tattered clothes lying on the pile of waste products.

The ghost was lying leisurely on the waste pile, whistling while looking through the soda cans for any remaining beverages. When he heard the door opening, he only glanced lazily, but unexpectedly, his eyes met Shang Que.

"Big, Great King!" The ghost trembled in fright, and fell directly from the pile of cardboard boxes, lying on the ground in front of Shang Que, "The little one didn't know that the King was coming, so he was far away to welcome him, please forgive him."

Yu Zhengdu: == What the hell is this, it's so out of style.

Shang Que also revealed a slight disgust in his eyes, and said to Yu Zhengdu: "Didn't you say that you have never seen a poor ghost? That's it."

Yu Zhengdu: "..."

It is said that if you meet a poor ghost, you will lose your property... No wonder the Zou family was cheated of money.

Yu Zhengdu silently took out Luo Feng's mobile phone, turned on the ghost imaging camera, and handed it to Zou Weiqin to see.

When Zou Weiqin saw this, he said "Fuck", and almost jumped on the table in fright: "What is this?"

Yu Zhengdu: "The poor ghost."

A series of question marks appeared on Zou Weiqin's head: "What?"

Yu Zhengdu also found it a bit funny: "It's the one that everyone is giving away today."

"Why, how come there is such a thing in our family?" Mother Zou was already shaking her legs in fright at this time, and she no longer dared to question Yu Zhengdu's technology, "What should, what should I do? You guys Can you catch him?"

Only then did the poor ghost realize that Shang Que and this family knew each other. His eyes widened in fright, and he trembled more than Mother Zou, and he shouted, "Don't arrest me, my lord. I didn't commit any crimes, no crimes!" Violating the rules of hell!"

Yu Zhengdu frowned and said, "You came here at a stranger's house, and you said you didn't violate the rules?"

"I don't have one. This family invited me!" The poor ghost yelled, pointing at Zou's mother and saying, "She has stored so much waste at home, and she doesn't send the poor to the poor during the Chinese New Year. Isn't that welcoming me?"

The corner of Yu Zhengdu's mouth twitched when he heard it: "Is there still such a saying?"

Unexpectedly, Shang Que actually nodded his head: "It is indeed so."

Shang Que gave Yu Zhengdu a popular science, and Yu Zhengdu understood what was going on.

It turns out that except for the earliest poor ghost, who is the son of Zhuanxu, the so-called poor ghosts of later generations are actually born with laziness, filth and the dark side of human nature related to property. Clean up trash and dirt.

Mother Zou has so many old and waste products at home. Many things are no different from garbage and she is not willing to throw them away. Isn’t this the favorite place of poor ghosts? In addition, Mother Zou’s nature is sour and stingy, so it is very easy to lose her good fortune , As time goes by, the body is full of poverty, so it is easy to attract poor ghosts.

Zou Weiqin fell into a long silence after listening to Yu Zhengdu's report of the poor man's accusation...he couldn't refute it!

But Mother Zou still didn't admit her mistake: "But I obviously sent the poor, and Weiqin also knew that I got up early today to send the poor."

Zou Weiqin remembered this and nodded quickly: "Yes, my family was poor in the morning."

"Give me a fart!" The poor ghost pointed at Mama Zou and said, "She delivered half of it, and then picked up an iron plate from the garbage bag. It's in his home's waste pile. If you don't believe me, go and see it."

Yu Zhengdu relayed the words to Zou Weiqin's mother and son, and Zou Weiqin looked at his mother in disbelief: "Mom, you still picked up that plate?"

Zou’s family has used stainless steel tableware for more than ten years. Zou Weiqin bought a new set before the Chinese New Year. Unexpectedly, Zou’s mother used the new tableware for the first three days of the new year, and then put away the new ones and replaced them with the original stainless steel dishes. One of them was badly scratched, and Zou Weiqin couldn't take it anymore, so he threw it into the trash can. Unexpectedly, his mother picked it up again.

Mother Zou resentfully said, "That can be sold for money."

The poor ghost was so wronged, he spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please see clearly, I am really innocent."

Yu Zhengdu sweated for a while, and asked Shang Que: "Since he didn't violate the regulations, what should we do?"

Shang Que: "Just send the poor again."

The ceremony of sending off the poor is not difficult, and with Shang Que sitting in the town, the poor dare not say anything. Although they are reluctant to part with Zou Weiqin's family, they still walk out of Zou's house step by step, not forgetting to wave goodbye to the two leaders of Luo Feng : "Mr. Shang, Mr. Yu, I'm leaving, see you by fate."

Yu Zhengdu quickly waved his hand: "No, let's try not to see each other." Who wants to have a relationship with the poor!

The Zou family’s second send-off alarmed the neighbors, who saw Zou Weiqin setting off firecrackers outside the door, and said while eating an apple, “Why are you setting off firecrackers again? Firecrackers don’t cost money?”

Mother Zou's stingy image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The Zou family will never set off firecrackers twice if they can set off firecrackers once.

But then, the neighbor saw something even more puzzling to her. She saw Ms. Zou dragging several big bags out of the house and going downstairs with a heartbroken face.

The neighbor was taken aback: "Mother Zou, what are you doing?"

"Throw out the garbage." Mother Zou replied, with endless reluctance in her tone, "Throw away all the old clothes and shoes at home."

"What, are you going to throw these away?" The neighbor seemed to have seen some miracle in the world, his jaw almost dropped, "Didn't you always say that these can be kept for wiping things? Wouldn't it be a pity to throw them away?"

Ms. Zou couldn’t tell because she couldn’t say that the garbage at home was enough to attract poor ghosts. That wouldn’t be the laughing stock of the whole town, so she could only bite the bullet and say, “Just buy new ones if you need them.” .”

With a "click", the neighbor's apple fell directly to the ground.

In fact, Zou's mother was still reluctant at first, but Yu Zhengdu told Zou Weiqin that if his family continued like this, they might attract poor ghosts again in the future. Throw away the old things that are not needed at once, and plan to find someone to redecorate the house and change the furniture immediately after the New Year.

But there is no need to wait for redecoration. After cleaning up the accumulated waste in one go, the whole Zou's house has become much cleaner and brighter. Zou Weiqin feels that he has let out a breath of foul air: "I feel much more refreshed now. .”

Shang Que had a good impression of him, so it was much harder to say a few words: "Even if there are no poor ghosts, it is not appropriate to pile up too much waste at home."

Some places in China believe that a house has limited space, so it should be cleaned regularly. If too many useless things are piled up in the house, the space will be filled with waste, and wealth will not come in.

Zou Weiqin was deeply touched: "It is indeed so."

"Actually, this can also be analyzed with dialectical thinking." Yu Zhengdu smiled, "Generally speaking, hardworking and generous people are more likely to make money and get help from friends, which is what we often say is good fortune. , and such people generally don’t allow their homes to be filled with rubbish.”

Therefore, it is hard work and character that can really improve life, and these are often manifested in a person's attitude towards life.

For example, Mother Zou would be cheated out of money because of her greedy nature. Even if there were no poor ghosts, she would suffer a loss sooner or later. The poor ghosts just catalyzed the process.

"En." Shang Que touched Yu Zhengdu's neck, "Your dialectics is really good."

Yu Zhengdu: "..."

"If my mother can change things in the future, she won't be cheated in vain." Zou Weiqin sighed, "The money can always be earned back."

Yu Zhengdu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Why don't our company try to collect debts for you?"

Zou Weiqin was not hopeful: "That liar would rather go to jail than pay back the money, what can you do?"

Yu Zhengdu rubbed his hands together: "Let's try it."

Seeing this, Zou Weiqin waved his hands: "You don't mean to collect money violently, do you? This is illegal, so please don't do it!"

Yu Zhengdu smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, we are a regular company."

……

That night, a recruitment post appeared on the Fengdu forum:

Title: Recruiting part-time jobs, the worse the death, the better

Landlord: As in the title, it is required to entrust the dream technology, and the salary will be paid at night

The post was full of cheers: We miserable ghosts have finally ushered in the spring of our career

The author has something to say: This chapter does not say that thrift is bad. It just suggests that thrift should be done in moderation. Saving is to create a better life. Excessive frugality affects the quality of life. It is not good. Of course, extravagance is not good.

The statement about the influence of the waste in the house is based on the particulars of my friend's hometown.

But we have to use dialectical thinking to analyze.

Chapter 103 System early warning function┃A system to achieve ecological balance and sustainable development of resources!

The matter of the Zou Weiqin family being defrauded of money will not come to fruition for a while, but many relatives and friends came to visit after hearing that the Zou family, which had been collecting waste for an unknown number of years, suddenly started cleaning up the waste.

Originally, many people came here out of curiosity and ridicule. Unexpectedly, the Zou family really cleaned up the house. Although the furniture has not had time to be replaced, the whole house looks much more spacious and refreshed. , without the cramped feeling of the past, so that the guests who come to the door feel much more comfortable.

Furthermore, Mama Zou is not as vitriolic as before. Although the petty air in her speech can't be hidden, she is not as exaggerated as before, and Zou Weiqin will suppress her whenever she can't help but reveal her true nature. Miraculously, Mother Zou, who used to have to deal with her husband and son at home, could listen to her son's words this time.

Zou Weiqin has a good personality. After working in the bank for a year, he is quite polite and courteous in dealing with people. The experience of visiting Zou's family has improved. Many relatives and friends are more willing to communicate with Zou's family. Some of them are still at work. Helping Zou Weiqin can be regarded as driving away the poor ghosts and ushering in wealth, which is another story.

***

Right now, Yu Zhengdu is preparing to buy a ticket back to Fucheng at home, and Yu's mother is helping him prepare his luggage while advising Peggy: "Small merchants are so busy with work, will it be inconvenient to take Peggy? Why don't you take Peggy?" Stay here and I will help you raise it, and I promise to make Peggy gain another ten catties when you come back next time."

Peggy's wings flapped wildly in fright: "Quack—" I don't want to get fat!

Yu Zhengdu was in a cold sweat: "If we don't bring Peggy back, our programmers can tear down the company."

Don't look at Peggy, she is very popular among programmers.

Yu's mother had no choice but to give up reluctantly, buried her head in the goose's neck and sucked it up: "Peiqi, after you go back to Fucheng, you must often make video calls with grandma!"

Her skilful goose-sucking posture made Yu Zhengdu's hair full of black lines, Shang Que glanced at it while playing the game, and said: "No need for video, if you two have time, you can find a chance to go to Fucheng to play. "

Yu's mother suddenly laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth: "Then how embarrassing."

The corner of Yu Zhengdu's mouth twitched, and he really wanted to remind his mother not to smile so obviously when she said she was sorry. He just pretended he didn't hear it, and continued to look at the background system of the book of life and death while looking down at the computer with his head down, intending to rush to work before going to work. First check the operation of the system again.

This year, with the help of the system and life planning app, coupled with the scientific on-duty arrangements at each reincarnation site, the reincarnation work in the new year was carried out in an orderly manner, basically without any trouble, and the system data was generally stable.

Just as Yu Zhengdu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a warning message popped up in the background.

The early warning function is also one of the auxiliary functions of the life and death book system. At the beginning, the system they designed can capture the news of biological data and policy environment released by various places, so as to predict the future biological laws of the local area. For a large number of births or deaths, the system will pop up a corresponding early warning, which is convenient for the reincarnation office offices in various regions to prepare for the response.

However, this was the first time an early warning popped up since the system went live. Yu Zhengdu didn't know it, so when he clicked on it, it turned out to be a mortality warning for the Siling area.

A sudden heavy rain in Siling before the Chinese New Year caused a landslide. Peggy got a huge amount of lucky money for successfully dissuading Wei Xiao from going to Siling for vacation. Yu Zhengdu checked the background of the life and death book at that time, but the data was all normal, and nothing happened Heavy casualties, could it be that disasters will continue to occur in the future?

Yu Zhengdu's heart moved, and he immediately searched the Internet for relevant information about Si Ling, but all he found was the heavy rain before the New Year and the follow-up disaster relief arrangements. It seems that everything has stabilized and there are no new reports.

Yu Zhengdu was a little puzzled, he tugged on Shang Que's arm, and handed him the warning information of the life and death book system: "Boss, do you see this?"

Shang Que looked serious, put down the phone: "This is not normal."

"It's not normal, but I read the news about Si Ling, and there is no relevant report. It doesn't seem that there will be a large number of casualties." Yu Zhengdu said.

Shang Que pondered for a while: "Look at the death data of Si Ling in the past two days. If it is a natural disaster, unless it is very sudden such as an earthquake, there should be traces to follow before the outbreak of death. .”

Yu Zhengdu was stunned, and immediately called up Si Ling's data to see that the data hadn't changed much from what he checked years ago, but looking at the curve, he could find that although the local population data was the same as before, the number of animal deaths was slowly climbing.

He checked the cause of death of the animals again, which surprised him. He saw that the notes on the cause of death of the animals that died in the past two days were basically the same: drought, heat, and dehydration.

Didn't it just rain heavily in Si Ling?It's only been two days, how could animals die from dehydration?

Yu Zhengdu searched for Siling's information on the Internet again. This time, he added keywords such as "drought" and found very little information. There were no relevant reports in the media, but there were a few netizens who seemed to be locals in Siling who complained about the drought. Weibo.

The life and death book system may be an early warning based on the few pieces of information captured, combined with recent animal deaths.

According to the data analysis currently extracted by the system, there are many forests, farmlands and large-scale breeding farms in the surrounding area of ​​Siling, and there are a lot of animals. If the weather is really severe drought, people can still rely on assistance or evacuate, but animals can't. With this treatment, only a small number of animals have died at present. If the situation is not alleviated, I am afraid that there will be a high outbreak of animal deaths soon.

But if the drought is so severe, why is there no media coverage?

Shang Que made a decisive decision: "Change the itinerary to Siling."

Yu Zhengdu looked at Yu's mother: "Mom, Xiaoshang and I are going on a business trip temporarily, so please help me first and then take care of Peggy and Nanny Duck for two days."

Yu's mother "OK" on the spot: "Noproblem!"

Yu Zhengdu: == This English sentence seems to be learned by his mother when she listened to Shang Que recite words in the morning.

……

Siling and its surrounding areas are located in a remote area, with many mountains, forests and rivers, and the mountains are vast. There are still many places that humans have not set foot in. It is said that there are many wild animals in the deep mountains, including many endangered protected animals. The natural resources are very rich.

Although it is rich in resources, the local economic development in Siling is very backward and closed. At present, the local economy is still dominated by farming. In recent years, with the support of policies, large-scale breeding farms have gradually emerged, and Siling has also developed tourist resorts. These are originally projects that can drive development, but the locals are very resistant to these foreign investments, especially when the tourist resort was first established, there was news of local riots. Tourists were stranded and locals were very indifferent.

Yu Zhengdu had read some rumors on the Internet, but when he went to the local area to see it, he was still slightly surprised.

In fact, the local population is quite large. It is said that it is a place supported by the government. No matter how bad it is, it will not be so bad. However, there are almost no traces of development in the surrounding area of ​​Siling. Except for the dilapidated houses, the roads are also dilapidated. Bad, some places can see that roads are being repaired, but they are only half completed, and the traffic is very inconvenient.

Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que first went to a small town called Luokeng near the Siling Resort, and wanted to transfer from there to the resort. Unexpectedly, they heard that there was only one road to the resort, because it was washed away by the torrential rain. It's been a while, and it hasn't been fixed yet.

It was getting late, Yu Zhengdu discussed with Shang Que, and decided to stay in Luokeng for one night first, and then make plans the next day.

Although it was near the resort, the supporting facilities in Lukeng were not very good. There was only one decent-sized hotel in the whole town, so Yu Zhengdu and Shangque went directly to the hotel.

Along the way, Yu Zhengdu clearly felt that the local area was unusually dry and hot. The new year was not over yet, but it was already as hot as midsummer. Pedestrians were all wearing short sleeves, and the stray animals he saw on the road looked half-dead. .

Yu Zhengdu asked Shang Que while wiping his sweat, "Boss, do you feel anything?"

Shang Que looked at the sky, the sun didn't seem to be very fierce, his black pupils were bottomless, and his expression was rare and solemn: "The red land is thousands of miles...the drought is here."

"Hanba?" Yu Zhengdu was startled, "Isn't that a zombie?"

Hanba is a relatively famous existence in Chinese legends. Although there are many theories about the original shape of Hanba, it is generally believed that it is a zombie that does not rot after death. The folks believe that Hanba can stop the wind and rain. Chididi thousands of miles."

Although Yu Zhengdu had heard many legends about Hanba, he always thought it was just a far-fetched folklore, and never thought that he would actually encounter it one day.

"The formation of hanmen is very complicated, some are zombies, and some are not." Shang Que explained, "The reason why folks generally believe that hanmen are a kind of zombies is because there was a saying in the Song Dynasty that zombies were very capable absorb water."

Yu Zhengdu hesitated for a moment: "That's okay."

"It's hard to say what's going on with this drought in Si Ling." Shang Que said, "But I guess, it's very likely that the torrential rain washed away the forest and washed out the things under the mountain."

Yu Zhengdu didn't know, so he asked, "What's at the bottom of the mountain?"

Shang Que looked at him: "Have you ever thought about why the natural environment here looks good, but the place is so closed?"

Yu Zhengdu looked back at him curiously: "Huh?"

"Because this is both a place of life and a place of death." Shang Que said slowly.

Siling has superior natural conditions, resting on mountains and stepping on water, storing wind and gathering qi, and yin and yang qi gather and flow without dissipating. It is a very suitable place for living creatures to grow. Graveyard.

For thousands of years, Siling has been one of the most ideal burial places in China. From princes and nobles to ordinary people, I don’t know how many people are buried here after death. In the deep mountains, under the loess, graves are surrounded by graves. Bones on top of bones, tens of thousands are countless.

In the past, it was not an exaggeration to say that people and ghosts lived together in Si Ling.

However, times have changed since then, and Si Ling has gradually faded out of everyone's field of vision. In recent decades, relevant departments have enforced the concept of cremation and scientific burials, and even fewer people know about Si Ling's past.

The newest news is the news about the development of the resort and large-scale breeding farms in Siling.

Yu Zhengdu really didn't know that Siling used to be a large burial site, he was shocked when he heard the whole thing, and asked with a confused face: "So it's a matter of Fengshui that this place can't develop?"

Shang Que shook his head: "This is a treasure land of geomantic omen, so it is naturally very suitable for living."

He guessed: "If it can't develop, it should be a problem of concept."

Si Ling is so isolated, and has always believed in burials and reincarnation culture, so naturally his pursuit of the present world is not so strong.

Shang Que snorted, "It's just that the education has not kept up. If the concept of the socialist economic system can be more popularized locally, there will be no opposition to the construction of resorts."

Every time Yu Zhengdu listened to the ghost king talking about socialism, he would feel an indescribable sense of disobedience. Just as the two had already arrived outside the hotel, they stopped talking and entered the hotel lobby together.

"One room, thank you." Yu Zhengdu took out his ID card and credit card to the front desk.

Shang Que leaned towards him slightly, and coughed in a low voice: "I want a big bed room."

Yu Zhengdu laughed: "Understood."

He was about to explain to the front desk, but the front desk opened his mouth first: "I'm sorry, sir, it's fully booked today, and now there's only one room with a big bed left, don't you mind?"

A calm smile appeared on Shang Que's face, and he nodded generously: "I don't mind."

Yu Zhengdu was a little surprised, and asked the front desk: "Are there many guests today?"

The resort area is currently closed, and Lukeng doesn’t look like a place with many tourists. Generally, hotels in such small places have less than half the occupants all year round. This hotel is actually full?

The front desk only showed a perfunctory smile and did not answer, as if a little dissatisfied.

Yu Zhengdu was wondering, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting: "Shang Layman, Yu Layman, we met again by such a coincidence!"

Hearing this voice, the front desk immediately rolled her eyes. It seemed that she was dissatisfied with the previous guests.

Yu Zhengdu turned his head and saw a few people dressed as Taoists walking towards this side from the direction of the elevator. The leaders were Taoist Mu and Taoist Yuanqing from Diyang Qinglian Temple, and there were three people behind. I have seen one of them before, and it was Kou Buzhi Taoist priest of Minan Danyang Temple who was invited by Mr. Yu to perform ceremonies for Yu's ancestral hall in Qingming last year.

Yu Zhengdu was a little surprised, and hurriedly pulled Shang Que forward to say hello, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Naturally, I came here for the severe drought in the local area." Daoist Mu completely pretended to be fighting with Yu Zhengdu's own people, and whispered to him without any concealment, "Just now we met with Danyang Temple Kou Daochang and others discussed it together, and initially got a clue, we suspect that the severe drought in Siling may be caused by the present world of Hanba."

Yu Zhengdu nodded clearly. The gathering of so many well-known masters in the country was obviously not a spontaneous action. It was probably invited by the relevant departments. From this point of view, the higher authorities may have also discovered the severe drought. unusual, which would explain why the media completely