Hu Shu's words in defense of his friend seemed to anger the Hu family leader again, and the Hu family leader squeezed Hu Shu's wrist harder again.

The wound that had healed slightly was torn open again, and blood slowly flowed down the fingers of the Hu family.

Even though Hu Shu did not have a close relationship with his father since he was a child, he has been pampered since he was a child. Where has he ever suffered such hardship?

The sudden force made Hu Shu's eyesight go dark.

All the attention in his body was drawn away by the pain in his wrist. Coupled with the questions and confusion in his heart, Hu Shu's thinking became a little dazed.

Under such circumstances, Hu Shu did not hear clearly what the Hu family master said in his ear. He only knew that the Hu family master's voice never stopped.

After finally waiting for his ears to quiet down, Hu Shu still only wanted to know one answer——

"Why?"

His stubborn look and persistent tone have a certain meaning of never looking back until he hits the wall.

This question is also the doubt in Fu Tingshen's heart:

After all, even tiger poison cannot eat its seeds, not to mention that Hu Shu is the only descendant of the Hu family.

Sensing Fu Tingshen's doubts, Li Xingchen squeezed Fu Tingshen's hand.

Among the people in this secret room, he is probably the only one besides the head of the Hu family who knows the reason.

The head of the Hu family did not answer Hu Shu's question. He only glanced at Hu Shu who was lying on the stone bed, then turned around and walked out of the bath.

After standing at the edge of the bathtub, the owner of the Hu family raised his shriveled palm slightly, moved his wrist slightly, and several yellow rays of light flashed between his fingers.

This kind of action can be said to be very familiar to Fu Tingshen.

Li Xingchen has done this many times before.

As the head of the Hu family raised his arm slightly, the light in the originally dark secret room seemed to dim again.

On the stone bed beneath Hu Shu, some dense runes gradually began to appear.

The most important thing is that the already strong smell of blood in the secret room has become thicker and thicker, and every breath seems to be filled with the smell of rust in the blood.

As the smell of blood in the air became thicker, the look in Hu's head's eyes as he looked at Hu Shu became more intense. The expression on his face was unpredictable, and his old wrinkled face became even more weird.

At the same time, the runes that originally existed on the stone bed began to gradually spread to the surroundings, slowly crawling on the walls around the bath.

There was no one else present in the secret room. A timid person would probably be scared to death by the scene.

After the bathhouse was covered with runes, the Hu family leader who was standing outside the bathhouse finally moved.

"Dang——"

It was the sound of a dagger being unsheathed.

Pulling out the dagger, the Hu family leader simply made a cut on each of his limbs. The location of the wounds was exactly the same as Hu Shu's.

Throwing away the dagger, the Hu family leader reached out and took out a talisman, and slowly walked towards Hu Shu, mumbling something as he walked.

Seeing his father getting closer and closer to him, Hu Shu instinctively shrank back.

But the whole person was tied to the stone bed. Even if he wanted to escape, there was no way out now.

Hu Shu could only watch helplessly as the head of the Hu family got closer and closer to him, but there was nothing he could do.

"Don't be afraid, it will be over soon..."

Noticing the panic on Hu Shu's face, Patriarch Hu did not forget to comfort him in a low voice while chanting. It was easy to tell from Patriarch Hu's brisk voice that he was in a good mood at this time.

After walking to Hu Shu and standing in front of him, the head of the Hu family skillfully took out a few yellow talismans and stuck them on Hu Shu and himself respectively.

Then he lit a stick of incense beside Hu Shu.

Looking at his father mumbling words next to him, Hu Shu felt extremely strange, as if he had never really understood his father before.

But after thinking about it carefully, Hu Shu found that he did not know his father well enough.

As time went by, Hu Shu felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.

Even if he resists desperately, he still can't stop his increasingly distracted thoughts.

Just when Hu Shu felt that his whole soul was about to leave his body, he suddenly heard his father's angry inquiry;

"who?"

An angry shout was like thunder from the sky, and Hu Shu, who had been unconscious, woke up in an instant.

When he opened his eyes, he saw two figures walking out of the darkness of the secret room.

His vision was a little blurry, and Hu Shu didn't know who these two people were. He only felt that their voices were very familiar.

Until a familiar voice sounded in the secret room——

"Master Hu, we meet again!"

The unique voice that is cold and yet has a touch of warmth, except for Li Xingchen, does not make him think.

"It's actually you?"

At this time, the head of the Hu family also saw the faces of Li Xingchen and Fu Tingshen clearly, and his eyes immediately became fascinated.

After the initial surprise, the Hu family leader has now calmed down.

Even though the appearance of Fu Tingshen and Li Xingchen had already stirred up huge waves in his heart, there was no trace of it on his face:

"You are quite capable of finding yourself here, but I underestimated you."

"No matter how capable he is, he can't compare to Master Hu." Unaffected by Master Hu's gloomy tone, Li Xingchen smiled softly.

When Li Xingchen said this, he was not mocking Patriarch Hu. After all, seriously speaking, Patriarch Hu was indeed quite capable.

After all, Li Xingchen had calculated the time just now and took action at the most critical time for the ritual performed by the Hu family leader.

If someone else were here and was interrupted like this, even if he didn't die, half of his life would be lost. How could he still be as alive and kicking as the Hu family leader is now?

While speaking, Li Xingchen did not forget to raise his hand and hit several copper coins in his hand around Hu Shu's body.

The moment the copper coin fell to the ground, a dark glow of primary color flashed across the stone bed. Then, like a tide, the runes on the stone bed slowly changed from thick to light from the inside out until they disappeared.

Seeing Li Xingchen's movements clearly, Hu Family Master's expression changed, his pupils shrank, and then he suddenly turned his head to look at Li Xingchen:

"It's you?"

If the head of the Hu family could remain calm just now, now he looked at Li Xingchen with fierce eyes.

It looked like he wanted to drink his blood, eat his flesh, and sleep on his skin.

Who would have thought that Li Xingchen, instead of being frightened by the Hu family leader's eyes, actually showed a smile:

"It seems that the Hu family master already knows the relationship between you and me."

After all, based on the information revealed by Hu Shu and the performance of the Hu family leader just now, Li Xingchen was certain that the owner of those two "puppet" words was the Hu family leader in front of him.

Li Xingchen's words directly confirmed the Hu family leader's guess:

"You were indeed responsible for what happened between Zhuo Kangshi and Xiao Ding. How dare you come to your door now?"

"Why don't you dare?"

Li Xingchen smiled softly, while not forgetting to look up and down at the head of the Hu family.

If before facing the Hu family leader, Li Xingchen was afraid of the Hu family leader because of the two puppets Zhuo Kangshi and Mr. Ding, then now Li Xingchen really doesn't take the Hu family leader to heart.

Not to mention that the head of the Hu family suffered strong backlash due to the deaths of two puppets, Zhuo Kangshi and Mr. Ding, and his body was already almost exhausted.

Just saying that Li Xingchen interrupted the Hu family's ritual in the middle was enough to make the Hu family drink a pot.

Li Xingchen's words obviously made Patriarch Hu realize his current situation, and Patriarch Hu's originally ugly face became even more ugly.

After realizing this, Patriarch Hu felt a hint of regret in his heart:

The moment he saw Li Xingchen and Fu Tingshen, the head of the Hu family knew the purpose of these two people coming to the Hu family tonight.

If he had known this, he might as well have just let those two people wandering around in his back garden go away a few days ago, which would have been better than being ruined today!

But where in the world does it come from?

Now the head of the Hu family can only think of ways to escape as safely as possible.

After all, the green hills are still there, so there is no need to worry about running out of firewood.

With this thought in mind, the head of the Hu family reached out and took out a few talismans, threw them in front of Li Xingchen, then turned around and walked straight to the door behind him.

But how could Li Xingchen, who had been paying attention to the quiet activities of the Hu family, give him such an opportunity?

He intercepted directly in front of the Hu family leader.

The head of the Hu family noticed this and launched an attack on Li Xingchen without any hesitation.

Although the head of the Hu family looks like he is about to die, his kung fu is not weak at all.

After a while, the sound of two people fighting could be heard in the air.

At this time, Hu Shu was also rescued by Fu Tingshen.

Calling it a rescue is not very accurate, because Fu Qiye, who was not good at taking care of people, only helped Hu Shu loosen the ropes tied to his body, and then threw him a few pieces of cloth.

Even the wounds on Hu Shu's body were bandaged by himself.
To be continued...