Chapter 1 Sheltering

“Sheltering?”

Hearing this, Hu Ma and Sweet Potato Wine were slightly surprised, but Miss White Wine remained silent, as if she had already expected it.

"Yes, stop all cooperation, no matter how good the opportunity is, don't take it for the time being."

Erguotou's voice sounded unusually serious, "Even the usual calls and connections of reincarnators must be stopped."

"I think you have already guessed the reason."

"People from the Tongyin Meng family have arrived in Mingzhou City and are now settled in Zhumen Town, and it seems that this guy wants to stay for a while."

“……”

"Just because of them?"

Sweet Potato Wine blurted out what Hu Ma wanted to ask, "Could it be that the Tongyin Meng family can discover the secret of the reincarnators?"

"Not sure, but caution is the best policy."

When Erguotou wasn't joking, his voice was still very stern. He said in a low voice, "In theory, even the Ten Families shouldn't be able to see through our ability to exchange information in dreams, but in any case, it's better to be careful. After all, many reincarnators have been purged by the Ten Families before..."

"Purged?"

Hearing this, Hu Ma couldn't help but be slightly startled.

If it was just one or two reincarnators who were caught because they were not careful enough, then so be it.

But according to Erguotou, quite a few had accidents?

But before he could ask, he heard Miss White Wine say, "He's right."

"Remember, not only here, but also in the future, you must be extra careful in places where people from the Ten Families are."

“……”

Hu Ma understood the reminder and was about to agree when he heard Sweet Potato Wine say "Oh" and then stopped talking.

He said "Oh" in his heart.

Miss White Wine also seconded this matter before saying, "But listening to you, it's a bit strange. The Meng family came here, isn't it to issue incense orders?"

"In the early years, incense orders were occasionally issued to some powerful evil beings to help them obtain incense offerings."

"But what is the status of the Meng family? They issue them and leave. They never stay. They appear and disappear mysteriously. Why did they stay this time?"

"Also, Red Lantern Society, are you going to attack the Qingyi Gang?"

"I also have some industries that need to be transferred in time."

“……”

"I'm afraid it's not a transfer, but you want to fish in troubled waters, right?"

Seeing that Miss White Wine and Erguotou were talking about serious matters, Hu Ma just listened and pondered silently.

Although the cooperation between the reincarnators was to be temporarily suspended, relying on this news, while the Red Lantern Society was annexing the Qingyi Gang, Miss White Wine could probably make a fortune.

Just as he was obediently learning the operations of the old seniors, he heard Erguotou's reply with some doubts: "It's strange here."

"According to the previous rules, now that the Qingyi Evil Ghost has been defeated, it no longer has the qualifications to gain a foothold in Mingzhou Prefecture."

"The blood food mine that their Qingyi Gang used as a bet in this fight must of course be taken, and other industries and even manpower must be taken over by the Red Lantern Society one by one."

"Even the Qingyi Children he raised will be killed without a single one left. This is to prevent him from reneging on his promises and counterattacking."

"But this time the Red Lantern Society did win the fight, but this action that should have happened was suppressed by that Meng family figure."

“……”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised: "Suppressed?"

"Yes."

Erguotou's voice was full of doubts, and he said in a low voice: "The fight has already been won, and the Red Lantern Goddess has the opportunity to build a temple in Zhumen Town, needless to say."

"And more importantly, the matter of taking over the Qingyi Gang's blood food mine and various sub-gangs has no follow-up. Now the Qingyi Gang has only handed over the blood food mines that it used as a bet, and all the others have been left behind, and those Qingyi Children have not been killed at all... This means that the Qingyi Evil Ghost's strength has not been damaged!"

"But the Red Lantern Goddess actually has no objection to this."

"There is only one possibility for such an irregular thing, that is, the people of the Tongyin Meng family have spoken, and the Goddess dares not disobey."

“……”

Miss White Wine was silent for a while before saying, "What is the identity of the Qingyi Evil Ghost that it is worth the Tongyin Meng family showing mercy to it?"

Hu Ma was just thinking about listening more and talking less.

Sweet Potato Wine suddenly interjected cautiously: "Or, is there a place where it can be used?"

Hu Ma immediately nodded in agreement in his heart.

The Qingyi Evil Ghost had already lost, but the Red Lantern Goddess was not allowed to kill it completely. There was only one possibility, that the Meng family wanted to use it.

"Everyone..."

At this time, Erguotou took a deep breath and said, "The information above is just my friendly gift to you."

"But what I'm going to say next involves some extremely risky secrets. You have to owe me a favor for listening to it."

“……”

As he said this, everyone pricked up their ears. Erguotou also seemed to wait for a moment to see if anyone would withdraw from the connection at this time, and then said:

"The people of the Meng family do want to use that Qingyi Evil Ghost."

"Although I didn't dare to eavesdrop when they were talking, but I was close to the Goddess, so I guessed a little."

"That Meng family member should have given the Qingyi Evil Ghost a secret order, asking it to help find someone. Not only did he want the Qingyi Evil Ghost to use its own mana and power in Mingzhou City to help him find someone, but he even told the Red Lantern Goddess that during this search, the Red Lantern Goddess also needs to fully cooperate with this Evil Ghost."

“……”

"Looking for someone? And so mobilizing, driving Mingzhou Prefecture's..."

Suddenly this sentence made everyone present startled, and Sweet Potato Wine blurted out: "Could it be looking for us reincarnators?"

"I thought about this possibility, but rejected it."

Erguotou said slowly: "In theory, the only people in the entire Mingzhou Prefecture who are worthy of the Meng family are our reincarnators."

"But soon I felt it wasn't like that."

"The reason is also very simple, what is the Qingyi Evil Ghost? If the Meng family really wants to find us, sending it here would be underestimating us, right?"

“……”

Hearing these words, Hu Ma couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he thought, it really made a bit of sense.

Suddenly talking about the Qingyi Evil Ghost and the Red Lantern Goddess, it is indeed quite scary, they are all mysterious and unpredictable, and irresistible existences.

But compared with the identity of the reincarnators, they seem to be not enough.

How do you say that?

Who is the most powerful evil being in Mingzhou Prefecture today?

...The four who are in the meeting!

However, if the Meng family wants to find someone who is not a reincarnator, then who is worthy of him staying here, and even specially driving the Qingyi Evil Ghost to find?

Now Erguotou, Miss White Wine, and Sweet Potato Wine are all guessing.

Only Hu Ma was silent, but in this conversation, he originally said little, so it didn't seem strange.

He just listened to the information shared by Erguotou, and a slightly scary possibility gradually emerged in his heart.

The person that the Meng family is looking for, could it be himself?

Or, to put it another way, what he came here to find is actually a descendant of the Hu family?

After seeing the honor guard earlier, he was almost completely sure that this Tongyin Meng family should be the enemy of the Hu family that his mother-in-law said.

Hu Ma didn't know much about the others, but he could see that the Meng family's honor guard for travel was somewhat similar to when his mother-in-law returned to the ancestral hall. The two sides had a strange unity at least on a certain level, and if you want to talk about the real enemy, then often the two sides are not much different, so they are qualified to say that...

Of course, he didn't have any real evidence, but there was nothing wrong with thinking in this direction first.

However, if it was really the Meng family coming to find him, why would it be so troublesome?

When his mother-in-law left earlier, she didn't ask him to change his name and hide his identity.

So he just followed the steps, joined the Red Lantern Society to learn skills, step by step, turning himself into a living person.

In theory, if the people of the Meng family entered Lao Yin Mountain and inquired about Dayang Village, they could easily find him, and they seemed to have no reason not to know the existence of Dayang Village, who had sent a great evil being into Lao Yin Mountain to harm the predecessor. Why is it so troublesome to find himself now?

Furthermore, if they really want to send the Qingyi Evil Ghost to find him, then what method will the Qingyi Evil Ghost use?

For a time, his mind was a little confused.

Now he had too little information to grasp, and he had a vague guess in his heart, but he couldn't analyze a result.

And Hu Ma couldn't analyze this result, Erguotou and others naturally couldn't analyze it either. In the end, Miss White Wine just sighed softly and said:

"In any case, the person worth finding by the Meng family must not be a simple person, we just need to be careful."

"What can be determined is that since the Meng family entrusted the Qingyi Evil Ghost to find someone, it means that they must not know who they are looking for."

"Moreover, they shouldn't want to make too much noise, otherwise, if they send out a word, the entire prefecture will help him find it."

"So let's wait and see what happens, we can always see some tricks."

“……”

Erguotou and Sweet Potato Wine nodded repeatedly, and Hu Ma also pondered for a long time, then sighed softly: "Yes!"

In the end, the four people can only put it down first.

Sweet Potato Wine said excitedly: "Three seniors, who are your identities in reality?"

"I only know that Senior Erguotou and Senior Lao Baigan are in the Red Lantern Society, but I don't know who you are."

"If we can't contact each other in dreams, if we really encounter something, can we directly send a message in reality..."

“……”

Hearing her words, the three of them were stunned for a moment, and then responded with a faint perfunctory laugh.

Erguotou laughed: "Those of us who have been around for a long time never reveal our true identities to others."

"Don't believe me, ask your Senior Lao Baigan..."

“……”

What could Hu Ma say, he could only laugh hoarsely and dryly: "Yes."

Saying that, he quickly withdrew from the connection, lay on the bed, and took a long breath. He couldn't help but worry in his heart: "Is this Meng family really here to find me?"