At the celebration banquet in the evening, after three rounds of drinks, there was endless topics to talk about, and a group of people ate, drank and made noises until more than half of them were drunk.

After the banquet was over, Li Shao washed up and lay on the bed, then he breathed a sigh of relief. He suddenly felt that attending the celebration banquet was much more tiring than killing people.

Now that he had some free time, Li Shao took out a booklet from the space. The booklet looked ordinary at first glance, but it inexplicably exuded a strange aura.

The cover is dark in color, the surface is rough and mottled, the texture is intertwined, the lines on the spine are twisted and mysterious, and the whole book is full of traces of time.

When I touched it with my fingers, it felt creepy and slippery.

Li Shao touched it carefully again with his hand, and sure enough, it was made of human skin.

I just don’t know what special technology was used to preserve a book made of human skin.

Opening the booklet, there were only a few pages inside, filled with ancient and obscure texts and some bloody patterns.

Although Li Shao did not recognize the words on it, there were pictures next to each paragraph of text, so he could roughly understand that what was recorded on it should be some evil magic.

Judging from the pictures, each kind of evil magic requires a large number of human organs and lives. Such an evil book that cannot be more evil is actually the holy book of the witch tribe. It's really...

The last page is the bloodiest, filled with dead people, corpses on the ground, rivers of blood, and altars made of human bones...

This should be the resurrection technique that Wu Fan mentioned.

I remember that Wu Fan was so crazy at that time that he insisted to believe that the art of resurrection was not nonsense.

He failed to successfully resurrect Xiaona because he was not capable enough and could not do it, but the magic was real.

Before he died, he was eager to confide in him the conditions for successfully performing the resurrection technique, which was people, a large number, countless people.

At least an entire country is needed. Only by killing a large number of living people and using their bones and flesh can the mountains of corpses and seas of blood that exist in the underworld be built on the human world. By using their resentment to connect the present world with the underworld, the dead can be led out and resurrected.

The more Li Shao thought about it, the more he felt that this was impossible. He must have lost his mind. Why had he listened to Wu Fan for so long and not gone to bed yet, reading the booklet over and over again?

He laughed at himself and threw the booklet back into the space, thinking that Wu Fan had been killed by him, and the task given by the emperor was completed. He would finally be able to go home and see Ye Ge'er tomorrow.

Considering that he has been traveling a lot in recent years, he should consider resigning.

Otherwise, he would always be sent to other places to suppress bandits and quell rebellions, killing this and that, which would greatly reduce the time they spend together as a couple. This would have a huge impact on their relationship over time.

The next day Li Shao and others were going back to the capital to report. Li Gu was still a little reluctant to let them go. Yesterday when he talked with Li Shao, he realized that they had met too late.

"Brother Li, you are leaving so soon. I haven't treated you well yet. I don't know when we will meet again after this separation!"

"Brother Li, there will be opportunities in the future. When you come to Beijing to report on your work, we brothers will have a few drinks together. Then I will treat you."

"Okay! Next time you go to a local area to handle a case, be sure to come and see me if you're nearby."

"Okay, Brother Li."

After the two men said goodbye for a while, Li Shao and his group set off back to Beijing.

The task was completed quickly and well. Everyone was in a relaxed mood on the way back to Beijing. In addition, Zhuo Zhen, Ye Deyuan and others were also returning with us, so the speed was much slower.

They were in a good mood, but the poor people of the Wu Clan searched almost every corner of Snake Mountain but still couldn't find the last volume of the Wu Ling Secret Book.

Many people in the tribe suspected that the secret book was in Li Shao's hands, but due to the tribe leader's orders and Li Shao's terrifying strength, they did not dare to look for him.

Everyone could only return to the Witch Clan first, and then send people to Snake Mountain regularly to look for it again. Although they knew that the possibility of finding it was slim, it was still a thought.

From now on, the witch clan will guard the witch spirit secret book more strictly, and this matter has come to an end.

The journey back to Beijing for Li Shao and his party was very slow and it took them ten days to arrive.

After reporting back, Li Shao finally returned home. After entering the house, he nodded casually to the servants who saluted him, and shouted: "Brother Ye, Brother Ye, I'm back, your husband is back."

Instead of calling out Zhao Ye, the two children were called out.

"Dad, you're back, you're back!"

"I miss you so much, Daddy, kiss me!"

"Daddy's not at home, you don't have to shout."

Li Shao smiled and picked them up one by one, and kissed their faces affectionately, "Where is Daddy?"

"I'm going to find Uncle Cen."

"Dad has been going to see Uncle Cen these past two days."

"Dad said Uncle Cen needs someone to accompany him now."

The two children were talking to each other.

Li Shao felt puzzled. Before he left, Zhao Ye muttered something, and now he would not be able to attend Su Cen's wedding banquet.

Su Cen just got married, and the couple is in love with each other. Why does his brother Ye go to see them every day?

At this time, Shen An, who was waiting on the side, had a strange expression on his face, and whispered to Li Shao, "Master, just a few days before Young Master Su got married, his fiancé, Second Young Master Xu, passed away, so my husband has been accompanying him every day these days."

He deliberately lowered his voice because he felt it was not appropriate to talk about things like death in front of the two young masters.

"What?!" Li Shao was very surprised. He wanted to continue asking, but he immediately received a hint from Shen An's eyes and did not ask.

It's not that he thinks the children can't listen to anything about death, but he is afraid that they are still young after all, and if they listen to something they only understand half of the information, they may say something bad in front of Su Cen in the future, so he coaxed them to go play nearby.

"You two should be good and go play with Shunzi and the others in the toy house first, or ask Li Da and Li Er to take you to the martial arts arena. Dad has something to do right now, so I'll come find you later."

"Ah?! Dad, you just came back and you didn't spend more time with us!"

"Yes! Dad, we want to play with you, play with us!"

"Dad, Dad, Dad..."

……

Fortunately, the two were sensible and obedient. Li Shao talked to them nicely and promised to come find them when he was done with his work. The two agreed and went to play somewhere else obediently.

After they left, Li Shao continued to ask: "What happened so suddenly?"

Shen An replied: "Yes, a few days before the wedding, Mr. Xu somehow fell into the river and drowned."

"He died young! My husband was afraid that Master Su would be upset, so he went to comfort him every day."

Li Shao felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Su Cen was Ye Ge'er's good friend. She was kind to Ye Ge'er and his two children, and she often visited his family.

Although Li Shao always said that he disliked Ye Ge'er for monopolizing Ye Ge'er's time, in his heart he also hoped that this simple-minded and kind-hearted boy could live a happy life.

"Is it an accident?"

"Yes, sir. I heard that Jingzhao Prefecture and the Imperial Censorate have conducted a thorough investigation and found that there is no doubt that it is an accident. God is jealous of talented people!"

"Yes."

"Master, you haven't had a good rest for so long since you came back. I've been talking to you all the time. Now the bath water and food are almost ready. Do you think..."

Li Shao thought about it and decided to go find the two children first. There was no rush to eat or take a bath.

He had asked all the questions he wanted to ask, so he let Shen An go back and do his own thing.

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