My master is invincible

Chapter 264 Empty Coffin (30)

The woman first bowed slightly to us, showing courtesy, and said: "Chen Baxian, I don't know about the funeral of my mother-in-law, do you have any opinion?"

When I heard this, I felt a little inexplicable. When I was looking for the corpse a few days ago, her attitude was no different from that of a rural woman, but now, both her attitude and her tone of voice seemed to be a different person. .

However, I still bowed to her to return the salute, and tentatively said: "I don't have any opinion, but I feel that there is something wrong with this tomb. I wonder if you have any suggestions?"

I was very respectful to her tone, one, it's reciprocity, and two, I felt that she seemed to have something important to say.

Seeing me bowing to him, the woman was slightly taken aback, let it go, walked to me, sat down, and said: "During the mourning period, I saw you staring at me, and you must have begun to guess my identity." , my mother-in-law is about to go to the funeral, and I won't hide it from you, as you guessed, I am a fairy couple just like my mother-in-law."

After she finished speaking, she took out a pack of cigarettes, red beans, two yuan and five packs, gave me one, lit one herself, and took a puff. Her smoking posture was really unsightly. It looks like it makes people want to laugh, and it always feels awkward.

I took the cigarette, looked at her in surprise, and was about to say something, when Qingxuanzi pulled me, and let it go, meaning, don't talk, listen to her.

I nodded and didn't speak, just glanced into the main room, those people saw the woman smoking, they didn't look surprised at all, they seemed to be used to it, which made me very puzzled.

Logically speaking, the countryside is relatively conservative, let alone smoking, I am afraid that if you show a ditch, those gossips can drown people.

That Qingxuanzi seemed to have also noticed this phenomenon, and remained silent the whole time.About 2 minutes later, the woman dropped the cigarette butt in her hand, looked at us, and said, "You two must be wondering why my sisters, the man, have such an attitude towards the funeral of my mother-in-law, right?"

I nodded, motioning for her to continue.

She said: "It's a bit long to say, so I'll make a long story short! Four years ago, my sisters found a passbook at my house. It contained 20 yuan, which was the name of my mother-in-law. Since then, I have been clamoring for my mother-in-law. The 20 was taken out and distributed to everyone. The mother-in-law refused, saying that she would save it for the elderly. For this matter, everyone quarreled for a year. After the mother-in-law fell ill, those sisters were fine because of the 20. Come to our house, in the final analysis, it was the 20 that caused the trouble."

20?I was stunned. In the eyes of urban people, 20 may not be much, but in rural areas, 20 is a huge sum of money. It can even be said that this 20 can change a person's life. so fierce.

"Where is that 20 now?" I glanced at her and asked.

"I don't know, the passbook should be hidden somewhere by the mother-in-law. Only the mother-in-law knows the password. To tell you the truth, after the mother-in-law fell into the river, I asked Yaoyao to search in the mother-in-law's room for a while. That girl is not sure about finding it. , In the end, I said to take the 20 yuan to my mother-in-law to take care of the funeral, and she agreed." She was very addicted to cigarettes, and after saying this, she took out her cigarette again and lit it.

Hearing what she said, I remembered that Wang Chuyao had indeed stayed in the room for a long time after we left when I checked the room of the deceased, presumably looking for the 20 yuan to do the funeral for the deceased.

"Then how long have you been a fairy wife?" After thinking for a while, I asked the biggest doubt in my heart.

"For three years, after my mother-in-law fell ill, I took over her team. During these three years, I was afraid that flower arrangement would bring bad luck to Xixi and Yaoyao, so I stayed at home all the time. The habit of smoking also suddenly appeared three years ago. ’ she explained, taking a deep breath.

The hobby she mentioned, I've seen it before, most fairy women have the habit of smoking, presumably the people in the main room should know that she is a fairy woman, so it's not surprising that she smokes.

After hearing this, I stared at the woman for a while, observing her expressions and movements, trying to find signs of lies. After all, we had suspected her before.

To my disappointment, her expression has always been calm and calm. Judging from the situation, what she said is probably true.As for not telling us that she is a celestial wife, there should be some unspeakable secrets about her, and I didn't ask why, that's her privacy.

Afterwards, I chatted with her for a while and asked some questions about 'Grandma Vershaw'.

She told me that she knew early on that 'Grandma Fushaw' was a fake, and I asked her why, and she said that her mother-in-law had done immoral things before she was alive, and she used a fake 'Grandma Fushaw' to cover up people's eyes and ears. do not know.

I suddenly remembered what Wang Xi said. The deceased never gave birth to a boy to carry on the family line of the Wang family, so he invited 'Grandma Fushaw'.

However, since 'Grandma Fushaw' is fake, how was Wang Chengcai born?
I asked my doubts, and she said she didn't know, only the dead knew what was going on.

Later, we chatted until 03:30 in the middle of the night. I learned many things, such as the deceased who had been ill for three years. According to her, the deceased spent a lot of effort to calculate the disaster during those three years. The reason why the disaster was not prevented , saying that he was afraid that the disease would be transferred to future generations.

After clearing up these doubts, I asked her what happened to the death of chickens in the bamboo garden, and she said that she did some calculations when she went back to "Shangqiao". , It is for this reason that she will talk to us and discuss the solution to the plague.

On this issue, the three of us have different opinions. What I mean is, first fix the tomb, and then investigate the reason, so that we can not only respect the dead, but also find some abnormal things in the process.

What Qingxuanzi meant was, first go to the river to find the body of the deceased.

And the woman's meaning is very simple, the plague started from the bamboo garden, so the cause should be found in the bamboo garden.

Three different opinions, we discussed for a while, and finally decided to follow my way. After all, this is a funeral, and everything is the dead.

As soon as the matter was discussed, Wang Xi led eight middle-aged men in and said, "Ninth brother, these eight are responsible for carrying the coffin, can you see if there is any problem?"

I was slightly taken aback, and raised my eyes to glance at the eight villagers. They were about the same age, and they all looked about forty to fifty. Well come back.

The eight of them saw me and smiled at me. One of the older men came over, handed me a cigarette, and said, "When I was in the cemetery, I heard from Wang Xi that you are from Hengyang." The Eight Immortals are very famous over there, and they are destined to work together today, so I hope you can give me your advice."

(End of this chapter)