Chapter 30 Frozen period of fortune telling (3)

Author: Han Xuefei

Chapter 30 Frozen period of fortune telling (3)

The setting sun had already dyed the treetops outside the coffin shop red. She didn't care enough just to stand up from the threshold, and then she was shocked to realize that Ling An had been standing by her side, and Hua Yangling's phoenix eyes were staring angrily.

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"Idiot, why don't you leave?"

Ling An didn't speak, and silently moved the coffin board placed outside the door into the door.

The coffin shop is different from other shops. There is no pretense. The first thing you do when you open the door every day is to place the best and thickest coffin board outside the door and move it back to the shop before closing.

Since the master has passed away, the hard work of moving the coffin boards in and out can only fall on Gu Buquan himself, and he can't move even a thin board, otherwise it will be like destroying his own brand.

"Thanks a lot, idiot."

Seeing Ling An's effortless look, Gu Buquan smiled bitterly, "There won't be any need to move it soon. There aren't many coffins left. I have to wait until I get the wood in and build a new coffin before I can make a living."

Speaking of wood, she couldn't help but feel worried.

Master never accepts servants, all coffins are handmade by Master, and the coffin bearers are all hired seaside boatmen.

Thinking about the days when she would have to dig out the coffin boards herself, her brows furrowed into wrinkles.

However, in Maple Leaf Town, no one is willing to come to the coffin shop to help her as a servant.

I remember that half a year ago some fine wood was put into the coffin. The master was very excited. He dug the coffin boards day and night and made more than a dozen coffins in one go. The backyard was full of them.

However, in the past six months since the master passed away, the business of the coffin shop has not been good, and the few who died were old and sick people who had originally bought prepared coffins.

Every time he thought the coffin shop would not be able to hold up, a business would come up at the right time.

Last month, Mrs. Ray.

Last month, shopkeeper Yu.

Last month, Mr. Chen Qi.

Up up up up...

I don't know if it's a coincidence, but except for the coffins in Chen Qi's hometown, which are adjusted and painted, they are very stable and sell one coffin a month.

"What about this month?" Ling An asked casually.

Hua Yaoling blurted out: "Five people died in the Zhu family this month. Four coffins were sold and one was given away for free..."

Gu Buquan suddenly froze for a moment and said in surprise, "They have all taken care of their lives!"

Mrs. Lei, Shopkeeper Yu, and Mr. Chen Qi, all of them have taken care of their lives. Moreover, after their deaths, there must be people in cloaks coming to collect debts with the house deeds.

It is hard not to think of the relationship between the cloaked man and the fortune telling bank. From Gu Buquan's point of view, it is not known that he is the owner of the fortune telling bank.

The man in the cloak passed through Zhu's Mansion but did not enter because there was no one in Zhu's Mansion who could tell fortunes.

The last place he appeared was at Li Zheng's home.

In other words, the person who died this month was originally Miss Qiaoer. Whether she married or not married into the Zhu Mansion, she would die.

Whether it was Mrs. Lei or Qiaoer, they seemed to have died in an accident, but they were all part of a well-designed plan.

Gu Buquan was so frightened by his sudden realization that he shuddered and heard Ling An's faint voice in his ears.

"And next month."

Yes, if the culprit behind it is not found out as soon as possible and this fateful situation is not solved, which company will her coffin be sold to next month?

"Qiao'er, Mrs. Lei, Shopkeeper Yu, Elder Chen..."

Hua Rattle murmured and exclaimed, "Oh my God, this is too scary."

Ling An also whispered in a low voice, "A foreigner in a cloak, black and white, fortune-telling bank..."

These people may seem unrelated, but they are connected by some unknown force, causing a series of bizarre deaths in Maple Leaf Town.

"There are risks in fortune telling, so be careful when casting your fate." Ling An frowned, he had said this sentence several times.

Gu Buquan nodded: "Yes, this seems to have reminded fortune tellers that the risks are very high, and even hinted that they will die. But, how do I look at it, these people are aware of the risks, but they still rush there one by one.

Die, or let your relatives die?"

In short, their deaths are no accident!

The only thing they have in common is that they are fortune tellers. And they are all within the freeze period of fortune tellers.

The more Gu Buquan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"Are you cold?" Ling An looked at her blankly.

She could only answer: "Well, it's cold."

"Silly man, I'm cold too." Hua Yangling came up and stared at Ling An with her phoenix eyes.

Ling An opened his bow from left to right, holding one in each hand, and directly carried them both into the coffin.

"This way it won't be cold."

Hua Yangling jumped out screaming: "Bah, bah, bah, I don't want to go into the coffin."

Gu Buquan smiled: "This is where Sun Xiaokong and Gui Xiaobao sleep. Mine is hanging in the backyard."

She has loved sleeping in coffins since she was a child. The master carried her to the bed in the house. After a while, she slipped out of the house and crawled into the coffin, huddled with Sun Xiaokong and Gui Xiaobao and fell asleep.

I remember her master laughing at her: "Buddha has a destiny and asks you to be a good person, but you want to associate with this hairy monkey. That's all, I'll let you go."

He laughed at her but was afraid that she would freeze, so he covered the coffin with a thick quilt, which made it comfortable to sleep.

Later, when the coffin became too big to fit in, the master made a coffin specially for her, with intricate carvings and carvings, and hung it like a swing in the backyard. She jumped up and down with joy.

Master's hearty laughter warmed the coffin in winter.

"A destined person, a destined person." She suddenly sat up from the coffin.

Qiao Er Niang said that only those who are destined can understand fortune.

Mrs. Lei and others should also be destined people. So, who are the so-called "destined people"? How many more are there?

She suddenly remembered: "Others don't know much about it, but at least there is Zhang Dashan."

Zhang Dashan's beloved dog Ah Huan came back from the dead because another dog named Ah Xi died and gave the interest to Ah Huan. Now both dogs are alive and well.

Zhang Dashan was also unscathed. Is it because he was a loser or because he was the one who placed the order?

According to the currently known facts, those who surrendered or were ordered to die are all dead. Why are Zhang Dashan and his dog alive and intact?

Moreover, how could a man as good at calculating as Zhang Dashan only invest the life of a dog instead of a human and earn some "interest" for himself? Doesn't he want to live a long life?

"The only option is to come to your home and ask for advice."

Gu Buquan jumped out of the coffin, pulled Ling An and walked away.

"Zhang Dashan's family? I want to go too." Hua Yaoling followed closely.

The Zhang family is the richest man. He owns nearly one-third of the land in Maple Leaf Town and more than half of the boats. Many fishermen rely on his boats to go fishing. Zhang Dashanren Bodhisattva provided the boats for free, but turned around and asked for them.

Take 60% of the harvest.

The fishermen are in trouble. Going to sea without a boat is like farming without cattle. If you don't pay 60% of the rent, you won't even be able to guarantee food and clothing.

The island on the opposite side also belongs to the Zhang family, which controls the sea route on that side. There are special sea ships to intercept the ships coming and going. They charge "crossing money". If you don't pay, you have to take a longer sea route.

It is said that Zhang Dashan has bought several other small islands in the surrounding area, and that sea route will be designated as his family's, so that passing merchant ships will not be able to circumvent it.

It's just that the residents of those islands refused to move, and one of the islands belonged to a well-known family in the county. They agreed to sell the island but the price was quite high. Zhang Dashan made many calculations and was reluctant to part with the money, and he still feels resentful about it.

It is conceivable that such a calculating Zhang Dashan is so easy to "ask for advice"?

But Gu Buquan did not believe in evil. As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. She, Idiot, and Hua Yaoling made up three cobblers, and they went to Zhang's Mansion for advice.
Chapter completed!