In the face of the threat to his precious life, Li Cai and Li Da Butler resolutely overcame the great pain caused by the broken middle finger of his right hand at the age of 60; With this strong desire to survive, he really wrote a detailed confession of the Li family's relatives to Shen Gui. Of course, at the beginning, this cunning old man tried to get away with the trick of 'squeezing toothpaste', but under Shen Gui's purpose of 'catching the toad and taking out the urine', he finally explained it thoroughly.

Shen Gui picked up the few pages of the confession that Li Cai had just signed and drawn, gently dried the ink, and sighed while 'checking' it against the dim oil lamp:

"Although your old man's hand is a little messy due to a finger injury, it seems that with this pen alone, it will never be possible without twenty or thirty years of hard work...... Steward Li, you are not only literate, but can also be called a calligrapher..."

"Shaoxia, you praised it falsely...... The old man also has a lot of spare time......"

"But people say that this word is like the person, and it doesn't seem to me to be true...... Little one-armed, at this point, the mission of Steward Li has come to an end, and now I will hand him over to you to 'serve'. But let's say it first, since I have already answered Mrs. Wu, then this Li Cai Li steward must not die at the hands of your kid. The most important thing for us who walk the rivers and lakes is the word credit......"

Li Cai's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he couldn't care about the pain all over his body, and shouted hard:

"Young man, you're right! The most important thing for people who walk the rivers and lakes is the word credit! Now that the old man knows everything, he has said everything, and he has endured the pain and written a confession, and his appearance has been completely ruined, why do you still refuse to let go of Li? You and I have no grudges, do you have to kill me, a dog? ”

"Well, yes......"

Li Cai was so blocked by Shen Gui's straightforward answer that he couldn't speak for a long time, and after relieving for a long time, he continued to beg for mercy with all kinds of grievances:

"But you just said clearly that you would spare Lao Er's life, how can you not believe it now......"

"I did say I would 'consider' spare your dog's life! But now that I've 'thought it through', I just can't spare you! How can this be considered that I am not believing in my word? Little one-armed, you hurry up, if you don't have a job, are you still waiting to stay until the New Year! Oh yes, don't forget to cut his tongue first, I'm the softest in heart, and I can't hear people's wailing......"

Before Li Cai could scold a few words, the little one-armed man stepped forward with a sly smile, and said, "Don't worry, young helper, let this old boy ...... quietly"; At the same time, he raised his foot again, kicked Li Cai, who was in despair, to the ground, and reached out to hit the waist scarf behind his back and unhooked a big iron hook.

The original "design concept" was the "hook giant" used for water warfare, a metal blade used to pull the distance between the ship, and today, this "hook giant" has become one of the essential tools for boaters after years of evolution.

And the iron hook in the little one-armed hand is different from the iron hook in the hands of the fishing boatman and the children of the Cao Gang: the inside of this iron hook has been carefully polished, and now it is extremely sharp; Although from the outside, it looks like an ordinary iron hook; But once you are chained to the neck by this iron hook, as long as the other party touches it lightly, you will definitely end up with your throat cut and suffocated to death.

However, since the little one-armed man has already responded to Shen Gui and wants to leave Li Cai's life to his wife 'for exclusivity', he will definitely not 'kill him'.

Next, Li Cai fully felt what the 'great wisdom of the working people' was.

Little One-Arm lifted one foot and stomped heavily on Li Cai's tail keel. This foot went down, although it did not cause any hard injuries, but Li Cai's lower body was severely injured by this, and he could not move a single inch in a short time; Immediately after, he stepped on Li Cai's calf, lifted his remaining arm, picked up the hook, and cut into the gap between his Achilles tendon and ankle......

The sharpened hook was not blocked in any way, and it was directly hooked into Li Cai's Achilles tendon with an arc; Immediately afterwards, the little one-arm stepped on his calf and stomach, and his arm struggled to lift the hook handle, Li Cai only felt a sharp pain, and at the same time, there was a tearing sound in his ears, and then the left half of his body completely lost control, and he could no longer move......

Everyone in the temple looked at the skillful and ruthless little one-armed, and slowly hooked off Li Cai's four big tendons. Shen Gui looked at his indifferent face and neat skills, and said secretly in his heart: This kid really needs to be channeled in his heart......

Of course, today's Li Cai can barely be called a 'living dragon', although his hands, feet and body can't move a bit, but under the torture of the piercing pain, his mind is still clear; Begging for mercy, insulting, and currying favor, this big butler Li, who only had his head and acted as usual, was still making his last efforts, and he really did his best to tempt this little beggar who was born in a small way and whose 'social status' was so low that he was in the dust......

Shen Gui, a 'naturally soft-hearted person', of course has no interest in seeing how Little One-Arm collects debts and how Mrs. Wu takes revenge; He woke up Liu Banxian, who was resting against the threshold and was snoring like thunder at this time, and muttered to him that he didn't know what to discuss.

In the early morning of the next day, when the sky had just dawned, Li Gao, the eldest elder of the Li family's relatives, took his own grandson Li Sanlin, as well as a group of elders of the Li family, descendants and grandchildren, and the messenger Scar Man who listened to him, appeared outside the east gate of the Great Wilderness City.

The final destination of this group of people is not far from the City God Temple where Shen Gui and everyone settled. On the eastern outskirts of the Great Wilderness City, between a beautiful scenery surrounded by mountains and rivers, stands a shaman altar.

Today is the 'auspicious day' for the Li family to start sowing seeds after consulting with the scar man.

In the folk of Youbei Sanlu, the reputation of shamanism is very high, and the believers are all over the country. These farmer coolies who dig out the soil to feed their families are like gods to the shamans and shamans who can heal the sick and old of the village, and can also help them predict the weather and pray for a good harvest. Their way of thinking is as simple as their workflow, like the most ordinary and simple land: what you plant must bear fruit.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, all walks of life in the three roads of Youbei will invite a shaman to help them hold a ceremony to worship the heavens and pray for blessings on the day of the start. Each of them believed that as long as they received the blessing of the shaman, then all walks of life would be able to enjoy good weather and prosperity throughout the year.

However, because the Dongyou Li family did not grow grain this year, but instead planted the Elephant Valley, their stinging prayer sacrifice this year was postponed to the rainy season of the valley in the middle of summer; And these relatives of the Li family, although most of them are disrespectful and fearless snobs, today they also invited shamans to pray for the spirit, and 'pretended' to other Youbei who came to watch the ceremony: first, it was to appease those farmer coolies who believed in shamans, and second, they also did too much for their lack of virtue and wanted to get the forgiveness of the ancestors' spirits.

The thoughts of these Li family relatives are actually really difficult to figure out. After all, when they do evil and evil, they are not afraid of the wrath of the ancestral heavenly spirits; But once you have to participate in such an occasion, you will become a devout fanatic. Like them, the practice of 'burning incense and beating monks' doesn't know what kind of feeling those gods and Buddhas will feel in their hearts after seeing it.

"Elder Li, the time to sow seeds in the Elephant Valley is already very urgent; Today, after the prayer ceremony has been completed, no matter how complicated the rules you may have, you must not delay the sowing process. Presumably, you know much more about the climate and solar terms of the three roads in the north than I am......"

The scarred man who was talking was originally a person from Nankang, and he naturally disdained the shamanic 'animistic theory'. Of course, if there really is a god who says that a cold-blooded killer like him will not be able to overturn his sinful body.

Li Gao, who was urged by him, is now also a lawsuit: originally he had Li Cai by his side, a good helper; But now the Wu woman in Li Cai's family has suffered a very serious traumatic injury to her thigh; He really couldn't make it difficult for others, so that this old slave, who had been loyal for many years, snubbed his wife at home; And in order to avoid leaking the news, he can only rely on himself to do everything, and he is exhausted. But fortunately, as long as he is busy today, the Li family's business will be on the 'right track', and he can also take advantage of this east wind to replace Li Deng and become the de facto master of the entire Dongyou Road.

So, in the face of the partner of the scar man, Li Gao held up a smiling face and explained flatteringly:

"The southern envoy is clear, why doesn't the old man want to sow seeds as soon as possible? But the 'cultivation of the land' is, after all, done by the poor coolies; And those poor and lowly people believe in shamanism, and they do not dare to 'go to the earth' before holding a spiritual prayer ceremony; For many years, these untouchables have been as stupid as pigs and stubborn as donkeys, and the old man has exhausted all means, but he is still helpless. But Nan reassures you that the old man has already calculated carefully, and he will never miss the time to sow seeds......"

The two walked while talking, and it didn't take long for them to come to the altar with a group of people and horses, Li Gao raised his eyes, and saw that there were already two shamans sitting on the altar with neat crowns. So he waved his hand to the junior of the Li family behind him:

"Offer tribute and sacrifices, so as not to disturb the communication between the two shamans and the gods......"

Several timid descendants of the Li family nodded yes, carefully picked up a few burdens, and walked towards the altar......