Eternal madness

Chapter 28 Guess what time it is now?
Less than two miles from the old house, Zhang Laifu's face turned ashen, and he looked like he was about to vomit bile.

Xiao Zhuzi had a hard time chasing after him; he wasn't very good at walking. "Boss Yu, I think this road is wrong."

Old Yu didn't stop walking, and casually replied, "Is something wrong?"

"Ahead lies Baicaodang. If this kid goes to the Lin family's old residence, we shouldn't chase after him."

Old Yu said, "Why can't we chase after them?"

Xiao Zhu knew that Lao Yu wasn't afraid of this, but he was scared: "Boss Yu, our professions are different. The evil spirits in the Lin family's old mansion are notoriously ruthless. I don't have your abilities. Going there would be suicide!"

“I know he’s ruthless!” Old Yu had also heard of the Lin family’s old house. “But we have to do this job. We absolutely cannot let this Zhang Laifu go.”

As they approached the old house, Xiao Zhuzi stopped in his tracks: "Boss Yu, are you confident you can take down that old devil?"

Old Yu tidied up his tools: "If you're talking about taking down this evil spirit, I'm not sure, but what we need to take down is Zhang Laifu."

"I'll subdue the ghost, you take care of the person; it shouldn't be difficult."

……

With the talisman in his hand almost torn to shreds, Zhang Laifu ran into the old house.

Just as I reached the front yard, before I could even catch my breath, the old boatman suddenly appeared in front of me and asked, "Did you buy the tobacco leaves?"

Zhang Laifu replied, "I didn't buy any tobacco leaves; I ran into an enemy in the city."

The old helmsman nodded: "You bought the best tobacco leaves as I told you, right?"

Zhang Laifu stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the old helmsman, but the old helmsman did not react at all.

He cannot see.

Zhang Laifu replied again, "I didn't buy any tobacco leaves; my enemies have come knocking on my door."

The old helmsman nodded again: "Chop all the tobacco leaves, make sure they're chopped well, and mix them with good seasonings."

He can't hear!

Can't hear or see? Can this old helmsman defeat Lao Yu?
Regardless of whether he could win or not, as long as they clashed, Zhang Laifu would have a chance to escape.

The old helmsman stretched out a hand towards Zhang Laifu: "Where's the tobacco? Give it to me now!"

Zhang Laifu didn't know how to deal with it, and now he was hoping that Lao Yu would come soon.

"Where did you put the tobacco leaves?" The old helmsman's eyes suddenly turned black, and dark green veins bulged, appearing one by one on his face.

Zhang Laifu was thinking about how to communicate with the old captain when he was suddenly pulled and stumbled as someone tugged at his clothes from behind.

He looked back and saw Xiao Zhuzi enter the yard, holding a thread in his hand, the other end of which was attached to Zhang Laifu's cotton coat.

The old helmsman sensed someone entering and shouted, "Who are you?"

Little Pillar shouted, "We're not looking for you!"

Old Yu said, "Stop talking nonsense, he can't hear you!"

Old Tuozi reached out and grabbed Xiaozhuzi. Suddenly, Lao Yu appeared, holding a short sword more than a foot long, with a talisman on the blade, which was facing Old Tuozi's face.

The talisman was blown by the wind and landed on the old helmsman's face, causing him to immediately take a step back.

"He's a Taoist master!" The old helmsman's face drained of color, veins bulged, and his pupils turned blood red.

Celestial Master, one of the 360 ​​professions, is the righteous one who catches ghosts and demons!

Old Yu, holding the short sword, began to speak: "Ooh-ya, ooh-ya, ooh-ya-ya-ya..."

Zhang Laifu didn't understand a word of what he said, but Lao Tuozi heard it clearly. Lao Yu meant: "I am just passing through this place to apprehend criminals. If I have offended you, please forgive me!"

The old helmsman chuckled: "What if I don't forgive you?"

call!
Old Yu pointed at the sword's edge, and the talisman caught fire!
The flames propelled the ashes onto the old helmsman's face, and he stood frozen in place.

He couldn't see where Lao Yu was, nor did he know where the ashes came from. He only felt as if a rope was binding him in place.

The old helmsman was controlled by Lao Yu; this was the powerful suppression that the Celestial Master sect had over the souls of the dead.

Zhang Laifu still wanted to escape, but Zhu Zi didn't give him a chance. His cotton-padded coat was being torn tightly by the threads. He took off the coat, revealing a shirt underneath. He had only run a few steps when he noticed many loose threads sticking out of the shirt, which Zhu Zi had already grabbed.

"Don't waste your energy," Xiao Zhuzi laughed. "Even if you take off all your clothes, these loose threads will still grow into your flesh."

After saying that, Xiao Zhuzi tugged on the thread, and Zhang Laifu was pulled and stumbled.

This is what craftsmen are like. Ordinary people are just like toys in the hands of craftsmen, to be manipulated at will.

Zhang Laifu has been able to hold on until now entirely thanks to the talisman paper given to him by Li Yunsheng. He has managed to keep up with Xiaozhuzi by relying on his speed.

The talisman is about to fall apart, and he doesn't know how much longer he can hold on.

Zhang Laifu looked at Lao Yu and Lao Duozi, who were also at a stalemate. Perhaps he could find a solution from them.

Xiao Zhuzi was about to use a ball of thread to trap Zhang Laifu when Lao Yu got anxious: "Don't waste time talking to him, just kill him already."

Kill him?
Little Pillar didn't want to do that.

The head of the gang wanted to live. Yuan Kuilong wanted to know how Zhang Laifu escaped, how skilled Lin Shaocong was, and how Lao Liang died.

What use is a corpse? What a great achievement it would be to capture a living one! Xiao Zhuzi is a skilled man, and he doesn't want to be a musketeer forever.

Now that Lao Yu has subdued the evil spirit, Xiao Zhu is confident that he can capture Zhang Laifu alive.

But Lao Yu didn't want Zhang Laifu to live. He didn't want Zhang Laifu to ruin Lao Song's plans, but he couldn't tell Xiao Zhuzi about it.

Xiao Zhu grabbed Zhang Laifu and pulled him forcefully toward the door.

Zhang Laifu gripped the talisman tightly and started circling around with Xiaozhuzi.

"Damn it, still not behaving himself!" With a sudden burst of strength, Xiao Zhu pulled Zhang Laifu off balance again, but he didn't fall. He staggered around to Xiao Zhu's back and threw a clay knife at him.

Xiao Zhuzi dodged the knife and spat, "You dare fight back, you son of a bitch? I'll cripple your arm!"

The silk thread really got tangled in Zhang Laifu's arm. Just as Xiaozhuzi was about to exert force, Zhang Laifu circled around halfway and ran to the old helmsman's side.

When Xiao Zhuzi tugged the thread, Zhang Laifu stumbled again. This time the force was strong, and Zhang Laifu almost fell over.

The talisman in his hand was already torn, and Zhang Laifu's strength was almost exhausted, so his speed had obviously slowed down.

Xiao Zhu added two more silk threads, preparing to trap Zhang Laifu.

Zhang Laifu exerted all his strength and circled around halfway, reaching Xiaozhuzi's back. Xiaozhuzi, fearing Zhang Laifu would throw the knife, didn't even look and quickly pulled the string. This pull was so strong that Zhang Laifu and Lao Yu both stumbled.

Xiao Zhuzi was a master of fire-knife tactics, having committed numerous murders and kidnappings. Zhang Laifu, on the other hand, was just an ordinary person, and logically, he shouldn't have gone through so much trouble. However, he didn't expect this man to be so resourceful, managing to circle around to Lao Yu's side.

The yarn got tangled up, and both Lao Yu and Zhang Laifu were entangled.

"Zhang Laifu, you little bastard, you should have died long ago! You just watch as I chop you into eighteen pieces!" Old Yu struggled to maintain his stance, still trying to control the old helm.

"Yu, you bastard, you deserve to die this time. I'll count them for you later and see if it really is eighteen yuan!" Zhang Laifu, covered in a ball of yarn, kept pulling at Old Yu.

Old Yu was about to lose his composure, so Xiao Zhuzi quickly loosened all the loose threads.

Once free, Zhang Laifu stepped forward and kicked Lao Yu. Lao Yu dodged the kick, but in doing so, his stance relaxed.

He had relaxed his stance a bit, and could have made up for it, but Lao Yu never expected that the evil spirit in front of him would be so powerful that he could move again.

Old Yu pointed the peach wood sword at Old Tuozi again, and Old Tuozi's figure suddenly disappeared.

Slide it down...

What's making that noise?

When Lao Yu turned around, he saw Lao Tuozi behind him, winding up an alarm clock.

Chuck, chuck, chuck…

Judging from the frequency of the sound, the mainspring was wound up twice. The old helmsman touched the dial and smiled.

The three hands on the dial begin to rotate. Unlike a normal clock, the hour hand rotates the fastest, followed by the minute hand, and the second hand rotates the slowest.

Old Helmsman asked Old Yu, "Guess what time it is now? One o'clock will make your death slower, three o'clock will make your death faster, but if it's two o'clock, you'll suffer more."

(End of this chapter)