Chapter 82 Rhinoceros

"Okay, what I fed you was the wine you poured for yourself." Zheng Wenjie said coldly.

Originally, he wanted to kill Peng Si directly, but he gave up after thinking of Gong Ruomei's words. He would send Peng Si to the police station, pay some money and ask people to take good care of him, and make sure he would live a life worse than death.

Upon hearing this, Sanjiangshui let go of the hand that was squeezing Peng Si's cheek and continued to shoot left and right.

He didn't stop until Peng Si passed out. Sanjiangshui got out of his breath and stood up, gasping for air. He pressed his wrist and said with tears in his eyes, "Master! My hand hurts so much."

"Does the pain in your hand matter? It doesn't matter. What matters is that you got rid of your anger." Zheng Wenjie hugged Sanjiangshui's shoulders: "You almost lost your life here!"

"This bastard! Master, we can't just let him go like this." Sanjiangshui kicked Peng Si, who was lying dead on the ground, again.

"Once I've used him up, I'll make sure he lives a life worse than death!" Zheng Wenjie said with a smile, pulling Sanjiangshui over: "The dishes on the table are all fine, eat them quickly, they're almost cold."

Sanjiangshui rubbed his stomach, but his hands felt burning with pain. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, so he ate all the food on the table.

In the next two days, Peng Si took Sanjiangshui to identify people everywhere. Longmen Town had become a peaceful place over time. It was surrounded by mountains and had abundant water resources. Many medicinal herbs were planted there, and the skills in preserving them were also very advanced.

After giving Sanjiangshui a pistol for self-defense, Zheng Wenjie wandered around leisurely, occasionally exchanging a few words with the enthusiastic townspeople, and inevitably mentioned the Liu family.

Liu Cheng never came back after he left six years ago. Of the seven fellow villagers he took with him, only Peng Si came back several times a year, but every time he came back he brought bad news.

Peng Si was also a talented person. He was able to keep both sides in the dark for six whole years. In the end, he went all out and all his fellow villagers were burned to death, and Liu Cheng was also beheaded.

"Alas, I have written several letters and asked Peng Si to give them to my son, asking him to go home. What's the point of following Liu Cheng? He has ruined the Liu family's fortune of three generations!" The speaker was an old man.

"Last night I saw Liu Cheng and his kid passing by with a lantern. I asked him a few questions but he was evasive and didn't say anything. It was really infuriating."

Zheng Wenjie raised his eyebrows: "Have you seen Liu Cheng? Did you see him wrongly?"

The old man snorted and said, "You took my son away for six years. How could I not remember that he only wrote two or three letters a year?"

"His wife died a few days ago, and he only came back after losing all his property. If it weren't for us families supporting his daughter, she would have starved to death. He has no conscience."

Watching the old man walk away, Zheng Wenjie thought for a while and returned to Peng Si's yard. It seemed that Liu Cheng had actually escaped. Since Peng Si had harmed Liu Cheng so badly, he might as well hand him over to him directly instead of taking Peng Si back to Hong Kong Island.

"Master, Longmen Town only produces common medicinal materials. Many common Chinese medicines are not planted and cannot be grown." Sanjiangshui brought the honest-looking Peng Si into the yard.

Zheng Wenjie looked at the complaining Sanjiangshui with amusement: "Why else would I bring you here? If I want to feed you everything, why not bring a dog?"

Sanjiangshui opened his mouth and punched Peng Sichui to the ground: "Did you hear what my master said? If my business doesn't work out, I'll chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!"

"Yes, yes, I know all the processes and many channels of medicinal materials." Peng Si instinctively protected his red and swollen face with his arms.

"Why are you back so early?"

Sanjiangshui said hi and sat opposite Zheng Wenjie: "Most of the things have been discussed and it will be settled by then. They will ship the goods to the provincial capital, and I will contact the carriage and horse company in the provincial capital to transport them to Guangzhou."

"We just need to make an appointment with one other person to go to the restaurant to discuss things. Then we can leave tomorrow."

Zheng Wenjie nodded and said, "When the time comes, I will give you everything. I will invest 200,000 Hong Kong dollars to open a pharmacy in Hong Kong Island, which will just take up the share of Liu's pharmacy."

"I understand, Master." Sanjiangshui's face flushed a little with excitement.

"After I come back tonight, I'll take you to a place." Zheng Wenjie said to Peng Si.

Peng Si shuddered, wondering why Zheng Wenjie was looking at him with such a playful look.

It was a deep night and Longmen Town had fallen into darkness, with only the occasional faint candlelight on both sides of the street.

"Master, where are we going?" Sanjiangshui asked while pushing Peng Si.

Zheng Wenjie pointed to the Liu family mansion not far away: "Liu family."

Peng Si's face lit up with joy, and he pleaded, "I can find the title deed to the Liu family mansion. I'll give it to you. Please let me go!"

Sanjiangshui looked at Peng Si with disdain, took out his pistol and thrust it at Peng Si's lower back: "Still thinking of running away? I tell you, there's no chance! Cooperate with my master honestly, or I'll send you down right now!"

Zheng Wenjie didn't look at Peng Si who was bowing and nodding. He raised his eyebrows and looked at the paper money for the dead on the ground in front of the Liu family's mansion. "Didn't Liu Cheng's wife die several days ago? How come the funeral objects on the door plaque on the ground haven't been removed yet?"

Peng Si inexplicably developed a fear of the Liu family mansion and whispered, "The Liu family only has one child now, and there are no residents around, so there is no one to take care of it."

"God is really blind to let you live until now. There is only one orphan left in the Liu family, and you still want to do this." Sanjiangshui snorted coldly.

"Liu Cheng is not dead and has returned to Longmen Town." Zheng Wenjie said to Sanjiangshui.

Sanjiangshui blinked and looked at the puzzled Peng Si, then looked at Zheng Wenjie and asked, "Master, how is it possible? Liu Cheng's body is still in the Liu Family Pharmacy."

"Yes, brother, you must have read it wrong. The prison returned Liu Cheng's body to me, and I was planning to buy a cemetery to bury him." Peng Si swallowed. He saw Liu Cheng's body with his own eyes, and the little bit of conscience he had left didn't let him throw the beheaded Liu Cheng directly into a mass grave.

Zheng Wenjie was stunned: "I was on the street today, and an old man said that he saw Liu Cheng and his daughter last night. The old man's son is the fellow villager who was burned to death by you. How could he have mistaken Liu Cheng?"

Sanjiangshui touched his chin and said, "Master, is there someone pretending to be a ghost to cheat the Liu family mansion's title deed? It's worth tens of thousands of dollars anyway."

When Peng Si heard this, his face changed. He had already made preparations to escape tomorrow, and now all he lacked was the title deed to the Liu family mansion.

Zheng Wenjie sighed: "Let's go in and see if there are any clues. There is only one orphan left, and he is being targeted by several groups of people. Liu Cheng is really miserable."

Zheng Wenjie didn't think much about it and took the two of them to try pushing the door. The door was opened directly without any wooden buckle.

Sanjiangshui rubbed his face with one hand and said strangely: "Master, why do I feel so cold around me as soon as I come in?"

Zheng Wenjie led the two of them into the hall without saying a word. Paper figures and paper horses were piled quietly on both sides. Peng Si's face turned pale, but with a gun pointed at him, he had no choice but to follow Zheng Wenjie's pace upstairs.

Zheng Wenjie looked at the room on the second floor where a candle was lit through the window, then turned to look at the dark corridor on the other side, where there was a ghost.

"Master, there is a light over there, what are you doing over there?" Sanjiangshui asked while standing on the stairs behind the two of them.

"Looking at a ghost." Zheng Wenjie said. That should be Liu Cheng's wife, and there were two living people in the room with fire on.

Sanjiangshui immediately got goosebumps all over his body, climbed up a step and pressed against Peng Si's back: "No wonder I said it was so cold here, Master, do you want to retreat?"

Sanjiangshui knew from Lao Jiang and Lin Bao that his master was an expert, and Miss Lian also learned some magical skills from her master, but she couldn't help but feel a little scared. Peng Si was infected by Sanjiangshui's emotions, but he didn't believe in ghosts and gods. He thought Zheng Wenjie was going to kill him here. He tried to calm down and said with difficulty: "I will definitely go to the police station to surrender myself, so that Liu Cheng can clear the charges. If I am killed here, Liu Cheng's arson and murder charges will really be established."

Zheng Wenjie chuckled, turned around, went up to the second floor and came to the room with fire. Before he knocked on the door, it was opened.

Peng Si's eyes widened in disbelief, his mouth opened but he could not utter a word. He pointed at the man who opened the door tremblingly: "Liu...Cheng."

Liu Cheng was also startled. He didn't expect to see Peng Si, but he immediately became furious. When he heard the name of Peng Si, he took two steps forward, pushed Zheng Wenjie away, and waved his fist at the frightened Peng Si.

Sanjiangshui didn't care about Peng Si anymore. He raised his hand and pointed the gun at Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng, who was pointed at by the gun, thought of his daughter who was still sleeping and regained his composure. He asked angrily, "What do you want to do?"

"Master...what should we do next?" Sanjiang Shui's legs were shaking. The last time he met Liu Cheng, he was a headless corpse, but now he was like a living person.

Zheng Wenjie stepped on the back of Peng Si who was trying to escape, and reached out to pat Liu Cheng's arm, saying to Sanjiangshui: "He still has body temperature, he's alive, you're using him as a substitute? Smart."

Peng Si felt like he was hearing the sound of nature, but when he remembered that Liu Cheng was not dead, he knew that he could not escape either.

Sanjiangshui also put away his gun, stepped forward and pinched Liu Cheng's cheek. He was completely relieved when Liu Cheng slapped his hand away in pain: "Oh! Master, you are really not dead."

"Who are you and what do you want to do?" Liu Cheng relaxed a little when he saw Sanjiangshui retract his pistol and Peng Si being stepped on by Zheng Wenjie.

Zheng Wenjie retracted his foot, wanting to provoke Liu Cheng again: "We are from the Gong Family Clinic. He sold us fake medicine. He said he could get the title deed of your old house as compensation."

Liu Cheng’s first reaction was not to kill Peng Si, but to sincerely apologize to Zheng Wenjie.

Sanjiangshui helped Liu Cheng to push Peng Si, who was lying on the ground, up and mocked him, "You are indeed a master at expanding your business, but you regard your customers as more important than your own blood feuds. That's really amazing."

Liu Cheng smiled awkwardly, and pinched Peng Si's shoulder harder. He ignored Peng Si's pleas for mercy and said to Zheng Wenjie gratefully, "Thank you. I will repay you when I am cleared of all charges."

Zheng Wenjie glanced at the girl who was still sleeping in the room and said, "Don't wake up your child, go down first."

Liu Cheng nodded and escorted Peng Si downstairs. As the surroundings fell into darkness, Liu Cheng stumbled and passed through Peng Si.

Peng Si only felt the hand that was pressing on him was suddenly released. Without time to think, he spread his feet and started running down the stairs.

Sanjiangshui stared blankly at Peng Si's escape, looked left and right to confirm that Liu Cheng had suddenly disappeared, and looked at Zheng Wenjie calmly: "Master, come here."

Zheng Wenjie looked at Liu Cheng who had suddenly turned into a ghost and felt like he had seen a ghost. He kept using his hands to penetrate Sanjiangshui's body. Zheng Wenjie took two steps forward and asked Sanjiangshui curiously, "How do you feel now?"

"I didn't feel anything, Master. It's just that a living person suddenly disappeared, and I couldn't control my legs. Master, please help me." Sanjiangshui said calmly.

Zheng Wenjie smiled, ignored Sanjiangshui, turned and walked into the room, took out the small glass lamp for lighting, and Liu Cheng's figure appeared in front of Sanjiangshui under the light of the fire.

"This...what is going on?" Liu Cheng said in astonishment.

Sanjiangshui said with a smile that sounded like crying: "Can you please take your hand off my chest first? I'm a little scared."

Liu Cheng retracted his hand and looked at the two of them at a loss.

"How long have two ghosts been accompanying a living person?" Zheng Wenjie asked.

"what are you saying?"

Zheng Wenjie pointed to a room across the street and said, "There is a ghost there. You are also a ghost. Only your daughter is alive."

Sanjiangshui moved closer behind Zheng Wenjie, stretched his head out and didn't look at Liu Cheng, but instead stared at the candle lamp in Zheng Wenjie's hand.

"I... am dead... I am a ghost now?" Liu Cheng stared at Zheng Wenjie blankly and suddenly fell into memories.

"Believers, Liu Cheng, kneel down and kowtow, where your hometown is, silently chant a spell, go home and gather together, if you can't do it in life, you can make up for it after death. I tell you to go, you go now, and don't look back after you go! Go!"

Liu Cheng remembered what the headbutter said, and how he had been silently repeating the name of his hometown. Then the headbutt cut off his restraints with one knife, and he ran all the way to his hometown. On the way, he met Lan Xiaoqian. In just one night, he ran back to his hometown from Hong Kong Island.

The next day, Lan Xiaoqian left and returned to Hong Kong Island to find evidence of Peng Si's crime.

I originally thought that the headbutter was cutting off the hemp rope on my hand, but it turned out to be my head.

Liu Cheng reached out and touched his neck, then pulled gently and removed his head.

Sanjiangshui grabbed Zheng Wenjie's shirt tightly and looked at Liu Cheng's head in shock.

Zheng Wenjie smiled, and suddenly leaned against the fence to look at the first floor and said, "So this is the trick of my good brother Zhao Li!"

Zhao Li, who was wearing a black robe, raised his head and looked at Zheng Wenjie with a wry smile and said, "Sir, long time no see."

"Come up and say it. I've already told you that you are my good brother. You even lent me clothes to wear." Zheng Wenjie smiled and waved his hand.

Liu Cheng saw Zhao Li's appearance and said in shock: "It was you! You chopped off my head."

Zhao Li went upstairs and ignored Liu Cheng. He clasped his fists towards Zheng Wenjie and said, "I am very sorry for disturbing you, sir."

"I'm very curious, how did you do this? I didn't realize Liu Cheng was alive just now because of the light from the fire."

Zhao Li glanced at Liu Cheng and said, "This is a magic spell. As long as I keep believing in it, it will not break."

"During the Shang Dynasty, Bigan had his heart cut out in the imperial court, but he still managed to leave the palace alive until he met an old woman selling heartless vegetables. The old woman told him that vegetables can live without hearts, and people cannot live without hearts. As a result, Bigan vomited blood and died on the spot."

"As long as it is not exposed, the spell will always work, and Liu Cheng will be able to stay in the human world forever. No ferryman will come to take him to the underworld."

"But he is dead after all and has become a ghost. This lamp is burning rhino horn powder. In ancient times, there was a man named Wen Qiao. When he was on a boat, he lit the rhino horn powder and used the fire to look under the boat. As a result, he saw many strange-looking aquatic creatures."

"That night he had a dream. In his dream, someone asked him why he was looking at me when he was saying goodbye to me in the underworld. Since then, the saying has spread that burning rhino horns can help one see into the underworld."

"With the light from the rhino horn powder and the magic on Liu Cheng, he looks just like a living person. That's why you didn't realize that Liu Cheng is a ghost."

Zheng Wenjie sighed, "This magic relies on the power of one's own belief. It can even deceive me. It's really amazing. Zhao Li, why did you help him?"

Zhao Li was silent for a moment and then said, "He is a good man. His last wish is to see his family. It won't hurt to help him."

"So what are you going to do next?" Zheng Wenjie asked with a smile. He didn't believe that Zhao Li would be so kind. When they first met, he let Fang Ming go and agreed to let him stay in the human world for fifty years. After fifty years, Fang Ming would voluntarily serve as a sacrifice for a magic weapon.

So what price did Liu Cheng pay this time in exchange for Zhao Li fulfilling his wish to return home?
(End of this chapter)