In the front yard of the Taoist temple, several craftsmen stood on the scaffolding and were responsible for painting the eaves of the main hall. Because they stood high and could see far away, they immediately saw the coffin opening the door, and then stood on the scaffolding and shouted towards the inner courtyard of the Taoist temple.
Uncle Lin was taken away by the Yamen in the early morning, and it was already sunset in the afternoon when he came back.
“Uncle Lin, the Yamen didn’t give you any trouble, right?”
“Did anyone say anything in the Yamen?”
When Jin An rushed to the coffin shop, he saw Uncle Lin opening the door, laying out the paper money, ingots, incense and candles in the shop, and preparing to do business as usual.
He also hurried forward to help Uncle Lin.
At this time, other people from Wu Zang Taoist Temple also came to help, including Li Huwei.
What Uncle Lin was like when he left was what he was like when he came back. It seemed that he was not in trouble. Uncle Lin smiled and said thank you for your help and for your concern. He is fine. It is the duty of the people to cooperate with the Yamen in investigating the case. He
He was only asked a few questions about his confession when he returned. After there were no doubts, the Yamen released him first.
“There is a case hidden in the coffin. For such a big matter, the yamen simply closed the case?” Jin An couldn’t understand the yamen’s way of handling the case.
Uncle Lin’s face straightened: “Because the coffin hides someone’s handwriting, this is not the only case.”
What's the meaning?
Jin An looked at Uncle Lin with a slight frown on his eyebrows.
It turns out that something strange happened in the government office today.
A butcher named Sun went to a wealthy family’s house to slaughter a cattle that had drowned accidentally. In the yard where the cattle were slaughtered, he heard a strange noise coming from the brick wall.
It was like someone was beating bricks against the wall to ask for help.
When he found the servants of that family and cut open the courtyard wall, he found a dying man on the courtyard wall.
Fortunately they discovered it in time.
Rescue people in time.
Otherwise, this big living person would definitely have suffocated to death inside the brick wall.
But that’s what’s strange about it.
That big living man only had half of his body, and the cut on his body was the same as the hand in the coffin this morning. The wound was flat, neat, and as smooth as a mirror.
It is said that everyone present at the time was frightened.
But the strange things didn't stop there. Butcher Sun, who was the first to hear the strange noise, panicked and claimed that on his way to kill the cow, he saw the stone cow when he passed by the stone cow that had been placed in the square for more than ten years.
Come to life...
However, the yamen regarded this matter as Sun Tufu's delusion and did not pay special attention to it.
Jin An frowned in surprise.
“But the matter is not over yet.”
Uncle Lin glanced at Li Weiwei who was listening with interest in the coffin shop. He didn't ask Jin An who the other party was and whether he was familiar with it. He continued to talk without avoiding suspicion.
"Later... the case was taken over by the captain's cavalry guards outside the city. They took the hand and half of the living body back to the military camp outside the city, and asked the Yamen to let us leave. Before the cavalry guards left,
A gag order was also issued to prohibit any leakage of these two cases."
"You just need to keep this in your stomach after hearing it, and don't talk about it to outsiders."
As Uncle Lin spoke, he held a copper basin and paper money in his hand. He walked under the eaves at the entrance of the coffin shop to avoid the rain outside. He burned the paper money in broad daylight and placed a bowl of raw rice behind the copper basin.
Add a stick of incense to the meal of the dead.
According to Uncle Lin.
The coffin containing Zhao Pingfa's body has to be brought back again and the rituals will continue so that the Zhao family can take it back and bury it properly.
However, Zhao Pingfa's body has gone through many twists and turns after his death. It has not been laid to rest for the first seven days. Uncle Lin is worried that Zhao Pingfa's soul will wander around for too long and become a lonely ghost who cannot find a home, or he may be so resentful that he wakes up at night.
corpse, so we should prepare the way for Zhao Pingfa in advance.
After listening to Uncle Lin’s words, Jin An and Li Huwei also stepped forward to help burn the paper money.
The old Taoist priest, with his quiet temperament and stupid sword-sharpening skills, folded paper money and paper ingots together in the room, and then took them to Uncle Lin, Jin An, and Li Huwei to burn them.
When all this was done and the Zhao family brought back the coffin, it was almost midnight two hours later, and the curfew was approaching.
…
At night.
The heavy rain is still falling outside, and the night is shrouded in dark clouds, so dark that no moonlight or stars can be seen. The rain has not stopped all day, and it seems that it will not stop tonight and will continue to rain until tomorrow.
Although the Wuzang Taoist Temple has not been completely expanded, the main body has been built. Now it is time to repair some details, such as painting, interior carpentry, and patching up corners and corners. These are all details that require slow work and meticulous work.
, these do not prevent the Five Zang Taoist Temple from performing rituals for Zhao Pingfa.
In the backyard of the Taoist temple, a rain shelter was put up.
There are several lanterns hanging under the awning. There is no wind in summer. The lanterns stand still under the awning, as if someone is holding the lantern and not moving, giving people a strange atmosphere.
Under the awning.
At this time there is a black lacquer coffin.
The coffin lid is opened.
In the coffin lies a dead person who died in a strange way.
It is Zhao Pingfa's corpse.
In front of the coffin, there is a yellow cloth Bagua table for rituals. There are incense burners, peach wood swords, Bagua mirrors, soul-calling bells, and Yin-Yang compasses on the ritual table.
The old Taoist priest is performing rituals for the dead and reciting sutras for salvation.
Green smoke is curling up in the incense burner, people are eating delicious food, the incense ashes are burning and falling, everything is going on in an orderly manner.
Beside the coffin, he was sharpening his sword and silently folding paper money and paper ingots.
Jin An squatted in front of a copper basin and burned the paper money to Zhao Pingfa, so that Zhao Pingfa could eat and drink well before going on the road.
The goat was chewing its little ginseng with relish in the sheep house. It either ate or slept every day, or continued to eat and sleep after having diarrhea.
In the whole Wu Zang Taoist Temple, this foodie silly sheep lives the most leisurely life every day.
"Little brother, you said this big living person was sealed in the wall. Listen to this, I still feel a chill in my back until now. Why is he so shabby?"
"I've only heard of the case of corpses hidden in walls. This is the first time I've heard of the case of living people hidden in walls. It's like driving piles, but it doesn't look like burying living people in the wall. This person was hacked twice.
Half dead, but still alive with flesh and blood, it’s more evil than running into evil spirits in broad daylight.”
The old Taoist priest took advantage of his free time to do the ritual and told Jin An about what happened during the day with a worried look on his face: "Speaking of which, Zhao Pingfa died so tragically that he could not live in peace even after death, and there was a living hand hidden in the coffin.
The case... Little brother, are you saying that the strange things that happened one after another in the city during the day today are also related to those antique dealers? "
Jin An burned the paper money in his hand, thought for a moment and said, "I don't think it has much to do with that group of antique dealers."
"As you said, this is more evil than running into evil in the daytime."
“Although that group of antique dealers are evil and do not follow the right path, they should not be so capable.”
Jin'an is not underestimating the enemy.
But tell the truth.
He has never seen a dead person who can pretend to be dead in broad daylight.
When talking about this, Jin An's eyes widened and he pondered: "Some people said that they saw the stone cow of the Corpse Executioner come to life. This is a bit intriguing with the strange things that happened one after another today...Old Taoist, let's go to the square to meet at dawn tomorrow. Know that stone cow."