Next to a tomb outside Sizhou County, Li Yi was kneeling with paper money for incense and candles purchased from the city.

He carefully added each piece to the fire carefully.

The flames swaying in the wind slowly licked the yellow paper money like a gentle tongue until they turned into black ashes.

The same flames were so gentle and quiet at this time, but the flames that burned down my home were like violent beasts.

In addition to the Li family, many other homes were also robbed by the mob.

His parents and sister were also buried here by the officials in the city afterwards.

He did not express any gratitude to the government for burying his parents and sister Li Yi.

When the mob broke into their house, all the usually aloof officials and government officials hid and did not dare to show their faces.

Afterwards, the residents of the city complained to them about the brutal behavior of the mob, but they ignored the matter on the grounds that the mob had left.

The families who were robbed in the city did not receive any explanation from the government.

It was not until a few days later that the robbed corpses started to stink, and the people complained that they hastily disposed of the corpses and buried them in this mass grave outside the city.

Li Yi followed the widowers and government officials all the way and watched them wrap his parents and sister in straw mats and bury them here.

"Dad, mother, sister! I'm back!"

Li Yi's voice was filled with tears at this time, but he was trying hard to suppress it.

When his parents and sister were still alive, they often warned him that as a man, he should not shed tears easily.

He didn't know if his parents and sister in the tomb could hear what he said.

"My son survived the disaster. Fortunately, his master saved him and taught him martial arts. Now he is a man of indomitable spirit."

He whispered while adding paper money.

"This time when my son comes back, he must investigate the whereabouts of the mob back then. My son must take revenge."

The paper money in Li Yi's hand had been deformed by his pinching, and the deep-seated hatred in his tone was like a cold wind that made the burning fire sway.

As the flames swayed, a gust of wind passed over the wilderness full of tombs, and the surrounding grass also swayed, as if feeling Li Yi's murderous aura and shivering.

Li Yi didn't know how powerful hatred was, but what happened to Yi Zhongdao told him that hatred can make people even risk death.

And Li Yi felt that if one day he encountered that group of mobs, he would choose to fight to the death just like Yi Zhongdao.

"I will definitely avenge you, I will! Don't worry."

Li Yi whispered softly, his tone low and depressed.

This tiny voice quickly dissipated over the tombs with the sound of wind, as if it had been transmitted to the ears of the dead souls underground, and it seemed that Li Yi was just speaking to himself.

After paying homage to his parents, Li Yi returned to Sizhou County with mixed emotions.

He did not immediately go to find out who he was, his fourth senior brother Jing Zizheng. Instead, he went to stay in an inn.

Fortunately, I had made some money by escorting Yang Ping and others, otherwise the money Taijizi gave me when I left the mountain would not have been enough.

The reason why he wanted to live in an inn was because the inn and restaurant were a gathering place of three religions and nine streams, where everyone was mixed together.

And there is certainly no shortage of ruffians in a place like this.

Li Yi just wanted to find these ruffians to ask about what happened five years ago.

Don't underestimate these local gangsters. Sometimes they are more powerful than the local government, especially when looking for people to ask questions.

After checking into the inn, he put his baggage and two long guns in the room, went downstairs, ordered a table of delicious food, and then generously took out a large-denomination banknote.

This heroic gesture shocked the surrounding diners and cast them strange looks.

Although most of these looks were contempt and disdain, Li Yi didn't care. His purpose was just to attract some people's attention.

Just like a beggar sitting in the corner outside the inn holding a broken bowl and begging for alms.

After receiving the meal package, Li Yi stood up and left the inn. He staggered while walking and occasionally looked at the goods sold by the surrounding stalls.

He walked and walked like this, and the beggar behind him also walked and walked with him.

Not long after, he walked into a deep alley. The alley was in a very remote location and very few people would walk into it.

Li Yi walked to the alley and pretended to unbutton his pants to release some water.

Before he could untie his belt, a smiling voice came from the entrance of the alley.

"This little brother, we are destined to meet each other. Brother, I see that you are extremely kind. Now, brother, I am a little short of money and I hope that I can borrow some money to spend."

The beggar now changed his humble attitude from when he was begging.

"You said that you are a beggar, you just rob and imitate some literary scholars, and we are destined to meet each other. Do you think it is a good fate or a bad fate?"

Li Yi said with disdain,

"If you understand the situation, it is a good karma; if you don't know what to do, it is a bad karma."

The beggar raised his eyebrows and said jokingly.

"If you have thin arms and legs and you want to imitate others, I'm afraid I'll beat you to death if you're not careful."

Li Yi squeezed his hand, and the joints made a clicking sound.

The beggar's expression changed, but he did not retreat.

"It seems that the boy is punished by drinking wine instead of toasting. You think I, Feng Laosan, is easy to bully."

The beggar named Feng Laosan put his fingers in his mouth and prepared to whistle.

Li Yi knew that a group of beggars and scoundrels would definitely come next.

Feng Laosan's whistle has the same effect as the "throwing a cup as a trumpet" mentioned in the book.

According to the normal development in the book, a big battle will follow, but Li Yi doesn't want to take the trouble.

Besides, Li Yi doesn't feel any sense of accomplishment by beating up these beggars and ruffians who don't have enough to eat every day.

So Feng Laosan became miserable. Just when he took in his breath and was about to whistle, a slap hit him firmly on the face.

The fingers that were originally put into his mouth were slapped and pushed into his throat.

Suddenly, Feng Laosan felt nausea in his throat. He immediately pulled his hand out and started to retching.

Along with nausea, tears flowed from his eyes.

"Why don't you play your cards according to the rules?"

After retching for a while, Feng Laosan covered his face and began to yell angrily.

"What's the trick?"

Li Yi blinked with confusion on his face.

Feng Laosan was also stunned on the spot by Li Yi's question.

"You should let me finish my whistle and then call my companions."

Although Feng Laosan said it righteously, deep down he always felt that something was wrong with what he said.

Li Yi was completely speechless by his remarks.

At this time, Li Yi was thinking about whether it was right or wrong to ask a guy like Feng Laosan, who was not very smart, to understand the situation back then.

But it would be troublesome to change the target now, so he could only walk towards Feng Laosan with a smile.

When Feng Laosan saw Li Yi's smile, he felt his hair standing on end.

An ominous feeling instantly surged into Feng Laosan's heart.

Then screams came from the alley.

Then Li Yi sat leisurely on the stone steps of the alley, while Feng Laosan squatted in front of Li Yi aggrievedly like a frustrated little daughter-in-law.

Feng Laosan gasped for air while blinking his purple-black eyes.

At this time, both of his eyes had turned completely black, resembling the Bazhou Baizhi, but Feng Laosan's bamboo pole-like figure could not be compared with the chubby Baizhi.

"Do you still want to rob me now?"

Li Yi asked with a kind face, but in Feng Laosan's opinion, his current understanding is not much different from that of Yama in the underworld.

"Strong man, I don't dare to come here anymore, you might as well be so noble as to let me go like a fart."

Feng Laosan cried, holding his head and begging.

"It's okay to let you go, but you have to answer some questions for me. As long as your answers satisfy me, I will let you go."

Only then did Feng Laosan understand Li Yi's true purpose.

"If you have any questions, just ask me directly. Why do you want to do this?"

Feng Laosan's tears instantly welled up in his eyes. Only then did he realize that Li Yi had been deliberately tempting him from the beginning.

As a senior beggar who has been hanging around in Sizhou County for so many years, he was actually played by a kid.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had been catching eagles all his life and finally his eye was caught by the eagle.

"If I don't teach you a lesson, how can you cooperate with me honestly?"
To be continued...