Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 22: The Illusion of Life
Fortunately, the people from the Ruan family tied the chair and him together. Now that the chair was destroyed, his hands were free.

While Taoist Akagi was fighting with Madam Li and had no time to pay attention to him, he carefully crawled into the flowers on the side and walked through the corridor along the flowers.

After completely disappearing from the other party's sight, Lin Beixuan stood up with difficulty and trotted towards the woodshed.

He was originally lame, but over time he had slowly adapted to this body, so he ran quite fast. But just as he was about to reach the woodshed, a slightly hunched figure suddenly blocked his way.

"Butler Xu, I have done what I should do for you. Now that Taoist is fighting with Madam Li, why don't you go to help but stand in front of me?"

The person who suddenly stood in front of him was Xu Shounian. At this moment, Xu Shounian seemed a little older than before, and he coughed from time to time.

"You are lucky to be alive. I will not do anything to you."

Xu Shounian slowly walked up to Lin Beixuan, and after a moment of silence, he sighed, "The Ruan family owes you this. Here is something for you to carry with you. It will temporarily protect you from the evil spirits wandering outside."

As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of paper money that smelled of incense from the wooden box that he always carried on his waist.

"This is the money offered in the temple. Take it and scatter it if you encounter an evil spirit."

"Why are you helping me?"

Lin Beixuan took the paper money, and his resentment towards Xu Shounian faded a little.

"I've told you before, the Ruan family owes you. This house has become like this because I failed the master's trust. Just grab your things and leave quickly!"

Xu Shounian shook his head and sighed bitterly. His entire spirit became extremely weak. He walked away slowly with his hands behind his back, muttering, "Master, if I had been tougher at the time and tried harder to discipline the Third Young Master, would these things not have happened..."

Lin Beixuan looked at Xu Shounian's departing back and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although he didn't stay in the Ruan family for a long time, he learned a lot about the Ruan family from Xiao Shitou.

The head of the Ruan family died early. He had three sons. The eldest son died of illness, and the second son was killed by an evil spirit on the way to study abroad. Only the youngest son, the third son, was left to inherit the family business.

However, because of Mrs. Ruan's doting, the third young master developed a lawless character since childhood. Not only did he squander a lot of Ruan family's property, he also often did evil things outside.

Similar situations to Madam Li's happened more than once, but the previous few incidents were suppressed by the Ruan family who hired someone to perform rituals in advance and compensated the other party's family with a large amount of silver, so there was no trouble.

Perhaps it was because the Third Young Master was too indulgent in the previous few games that the incident with Madam Li happened.

It would have been fine if she had beaten someone to death while she was pregnant, but no one expected that the Third Young Master would bring his servants to slaughter Madam Li's entire family, causing Madam Li to be filled with resentment that she could not resolve at all.

However, in today's world, since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has been arrogant, licentious, incompetent and lawless, causing governments in various states to follow suit. In addition, the Ruan family is a wealthy family in the village, so as long as the money is enough, the government and the county magistrate will not care at all.

The world is unfair, and all of Li's family members have died out, so naturally no one will stand up for them. This has only increased Li's resentment, leading to the current situation.

According to Lin Beixuan's opinion, the Ruan family deserved what they got. It was just their own fault. It was a pity for Butler Xu who had always been loyal to his duties.

and many more……

Why should I sympathize with him? This old man is also an accomplice. He wants to bribe me by spending a few incense money?

Pooh!
Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes and sighed that he almost fell into the trap of that old man Xu Shounian.

He has lived for decades as expected. It is impossible to resolve the resentment in his heart by using some means!
Lin Beixuan sneered, went into the woodshed and packed up all his belongings, hung the Jingguitang around his waist, tucked the hatchet behind him, and walked towards the back door of the Ruan family with the bag in hand.

He didn't dare to go through the main gate in front. Tonight the doorman named Wu was on duty, and he didn't know the other party's background. If he was stopped, he might not be able to defeat the other party with his current physical condition.

Nowadays, there are very few servants in the Ruan family, so Lin Beixuan easily came to the back door, pushed it open and walked out.

It was late at night, the streets were deserted, ghosts were vaguely seen in the deep shadows, the occasional sound of wind and the meowing of cats in the distance, the air was filled with a depressing atmosphere. Without the pretense of a vicious fate, Lin Beixuan felt that his courage had weakened a lot, and any small sound would attract his attention.

He couldn't help but want to speed up his pace, but the severe pain coming from all parts of his body made Lin Beixuan grimace from time to time, and his strength was very weak.

"We need to find a place to stay and recuperate first!"

Walking on the street, Lin Beixuan knocked on the doors of several houses with small red lanterns hanging in front of them, hoping to stay overnight, but no one answered.

Maybe you have heard it, but just don't want to open it.

Evil spirits are rampant in the secular world, and almost no family will open their doors at night.

After walking for a while, they suddenly noticed white fog rising from the end of the street. Lin Beixuan's heart tightened, and he was about to turn into an alley, but he heard a strange cat's cry coming from the alley.

Lin Beixuan suddenly got goosebumps. When he turned around, he found that there was a person standing not far behind him.

The man was short and wore a long black cloth robe. His entire face was hidden in the shadows, making it difficult to see clearly.

But Lin Beixuan could be very sure that the other party was definitely not a living person.

Another cat's meow sounded in his ears, and a black wild cat suddenly jumped down from the eaves, with green light in its eyes, staring straight at Lin Beixuan.

His eyes were attracted by the black cat for a moment, and when he looked at the man standing not far away, he found that the other person suddenly disappeared.

Lin Beixuan secretly said that something was not right and subconsciously grasped the Ghost Hall at his waist with his right hand. He didn't know whether the Ghost Hall could exert its power in his current condition.

However, just as he was about to escape, he felt a chill in his left hand, and a stiff and rough hand grabbed his hand.

Lin Beixuan suddenly looked in the direction of the person who was holding his hand, and saw an old lady with a cat face looking at him in shock.

They looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.

"…Why are you still out for a walk so late?"

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Lin Beixuan forced a smile.

However, Lin Beixuan's smile, which he thought was kind, seemed to be seen as something extremely terrifying in the eyes of the cat-faced old lady. She instantly retracted the hand that was holding Lin Beixuan, and disappeared without a trace, her feet were smoking.

Just like last night.

Lin Beixuan was stunned for a while, put his left hand on his clothes and wiped it, feeling a little relieved.

"Cat-faced Granny is a good person!"

He was scared by the other party just now, but he didn't expect that the other party was even more scared than him. Is it people who are afraid of ghosts or ghosts who are afraid of people?

However, after being startled by the cat-faced old lady, Lin Beixuan's nervousness was relieved a lot, and he even had the illusion that life in the secular world was just like this at night.

After wandering around the street for a while, Lin Beixuan finally found a dilapidated temple near the wild woods at the edge of the village. He was surprised.

But before he could go in, he suddenly heard a familiar sound of breaking wind behind him.

Before falling to the ground, Lin Beixuan still kept his eyes wide open, trying to see clearly who was attacking him from behind.

This is the second time!

(End of this chapter)