My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

I don't know if it was the guard's scream that made the sedan bearers turn their heads and stare at him. One of the sedan bearers in white said in a stiff voice: "The fallen leaves return to their roots and rest in peace. The descendants of the Zhang family have been returned." After that, the eight sedan bearers repeated in unison: "The fallen leaves return to their roots and rest in peace. The descendants of the Zhang family have been returned."

They repeated the words several times, then lifted the sedan again and walked towards the Zhang family's special worship room, seemingly attracted by the smell of incense there, or perhaps looking for a place to shelter from the rain. The security guard looked at them in panic and shouted, "Hey! What are you doing? That's the Zhang family's worship room, you can't trespass!"

However, these people completely ignored his shouts and continued to carry the sedan chair towards the room that smelled of incense.

At this time, outside the Zhang family's courtyard, a man in a black cloak glanced at the Zhang family's wall, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "This is the only way for now. The shopkeeper said that there is a rule among corpse drivers that you cannot send your own corpses to avoid being possessed by evil spirits. Besides, there is no time to explain anything to them now. Brother Qilin is in trouble, and I don't know if he can handle it. I have to send all the corpses to the Nine Gates as soon as possible, so that I can go back to find Brother as soon as possible."

Standing outside the Zhang family's courtyard was Hao Xie. Because of the rules of the footman, "carrying corpses outside the house, delivering corpses inside the house", and Hao Xie was a member of the Nine Gates, which was also considered a large family, so he could not deliver corpses to his own family.

But fortunately, Hao Xie is now an accomplished paper-making craftsman, skilled in the art of paper-making and able to turn beans into soldiers. So he made a few paper figures temporarily and gave them ghost ages, and thus the current scene of paper figures carrying the sedan chair to deliver the corpse came into being.

However, paper people were used to carry the coffin, but people were not allowed to enter the room, which was the same as the rules of corpse drivers, so Hao Xie had no intention of staying.

What he was most worried about was Zhang Qilin's situation. He didn't know whether he was safe.

After delivering the corpse, he had to hurry over to help. He couldn't stay here too long because Brother Qilin couldn't wait for him too long.

Therefore, Hao Xie is now in a hurry to send all the corpses to Jiumen and complete the task so that he can find Zhang Qilin as soon as possible.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Zhang Qilin's words when they parted: "Tomorrow at 11:00 p.m., under the western locust tree."

This is the place they agreed to meet.

Shaking his head, Hao Xie didn't have time to think about it. He knew that Zhang Qilin was in critical condition and he couldn't afford to delay.

He rang the Yin-Yang Corpse-Driving Bell in his hand again, chanting, "Ring...Ring...The Yin people are on the road, the Yang people should get out of the way! Dang! Dang! The ghosts should retreat, don't frighten the people returning! Dang! Dang!"

Every time the bell rang, the corpse would jump along with Hao Xie's bell.

And that night, it was drizzling.

Zhang family, Huo family, Hao family...

On this rainy night, a strange bell and a strange gong were heard in every house in the nine gates of Changsha.

Afterwards, eight very strange people in white clothes carrying sedan chairs appeared in their yards, and the people sitting in the sedan chairs happened to be corpses.

That night, Jiumen was shocked and Changsha was shaken!
Early the next morning, the gates of the mansions of the nine tomb-robbing families in Tanzhou were closed tightly. Paper money soaked by rain was scattered in front of the gates, like fallen autumn leaves, covering the streets.

Every mansion presented a similar scene, with people looking tired, as if they had not slept all night.

The servants' eyes revealed dullness and helplessness.

In the courtyard of the Zhang family mansion, all the servants gathered together, and Zhang Wenshan, the head of the Zhang family, sat opposite them.

A noisy discussion broke out in the yard as the servants discussed the strange events that happened last night.

"What happened so early in the morning?" someone asked curiously.

"Don't you know yet? Something happened at home last night!" another servant responded in a low voice.

"Something happened? What happened?"

"I heard that eight people in mourning clothes broke in last night carrying a corpse, and now it's in the ancestral hall!"

"The ancestral hall is an important place for the Zhang family. How can they get in?"

"Who knows? I heard that all the security guards were busy all night last night. Look at them now. They all look listless."

"Where are the people who carried the sedan chair?"

"It seems he is still in the ancestral hall."

"No way? The master usually values ​​the ancestral hall the most, why would he let them stay there?"

"Yes, that's what's weird. The security guards said that those people didn't put down the sedan chair all night, and they didn't respond when they were talked to, just like dead people. The security guards wanted to carry them out, but they were so heavy that they couldn't lift them at all!"

"So we just let them stay in the ancestral hall?"

"What else can I do? I can't chase them away, and I don't want to make a big deal out of it, so I didn't call the police."

As the servants were discussing the matter, one of them couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Who is the dead person in the sedan chair?"

"Shh... stop talking nonsense. Someone talked nonsense this morning and has been punished and had his bonus deducted!" Another servant hurriedly stopped him.

The discussion became louder and louder, and Zhang Wenshan suddenly coughed, and the discussion stopped abruptly.

The security guard in front of him shuddered all over and looked up at Zhang Wenshan with horror.

"Tell me, what happened? Start from the beginning and don't miss any details!" Zhang Wenshan asked sternly.

The security guard quickly reported what happened last night: "Master, when I was on duty last night, I heard loud bells and gongs outside, which was very strange. Then I saw from the monitor that several people carrying sedan chairs broke in. I quickly ran over to stop them, but they didn't listen to me at all. I even suspected that these people were deaf and dumb! I asked them to go out, but they didn't go out. Seeing that they ignored me, I took a look at the sedan chair, and found that there was a dead person sitting inside! I was so scared that I didn't react. They shouted something like "the descendants of the Zhang family", and then walked towards the direction of the ancestral hall. I wanted to stop them, but they were too strong and I couldn't stop them at all. Master, this is really not my fault!" Zhang Wenshan waved his hands, and the anger on his face was obvious.

He was very shocked because he had seen the person in the sedan chair before. It was none other than his cousin Zhang Wenfeng, who was the same age as him!

Zhang Wenfeng had died fifteen years ago, and no one knew where his body was.

But she appeared inexplicably in his house at this time. What does this mean?
What is the plan of the person behind this delivery of the corpse?
The strangest thing was that the people carrying the sedan chair didn’t look like living people at all, but they had the same breathing and pulse as living people.

But how can a living person be so rigid?
Without saying a word or even changing his movements, he just carried a sedan chair and occupied their ancestral hall, refusing to come out.

"Could it be that the head of the family found his body?" Zhang Wenshan secretly guessed in his heart, "Except for the head of the family, no one else can have this ability, right?"

At this time, Zhang Wenshan’s daughter Zhang Xiunian walked up to him and said softly, “Dad, what the security guard said should be correct.”

Zhang Wenshan glanced at Zhang Xiunian, frowned and asked, "Why, do you have any other news?"

Zhang Xiunian nodded and glanced at the servants who were still present.

Zhang Wenshan waved his hand, asked the servants to disperse, and warned them to keep it secret.

After the servants had dispersed, Zhang Xiunian continued, "Father, I got the news that the Hao, Huo, and Qi families also received a body. Just like us, someone carried the sedan chair in, but they didn't say who sent it. But I heard that some of them heard a strange bell and gong sound last night. I checked the surveillance and found that several black shadows appeared in the video. They were so fast that the monitors couldn't capture their specific figures, let alone what they looked like. But the situation should be the same as ours. And today, not only the Huo, Qi, and Hao families among the Nine Gates, but other families also closed their doors, as if something very important had happened. If this is not a coincidence, I think they should have received a body as well, but chose to keep it secret like us."

Zhang Wenshan frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Is there such a thing? It seems that the person who sent the corpse is not coming for our Zhang family, but for our Nine Gates!"

However, Zhang Xiunian said again, "It shouldn't be. I heard that it's not just the Nine Gates that received the body. Last night, the same thing happened to the Tanzhou City Church. But the news from the church said that the strange black shadow was captured on the surveillance. Like the news from the other families, the specific figure could not be seen. But judging by the shadow, the man was about 1.8 meters tall. And what's weird is that there was only one figure at the church door at the time, while the Huo family's surveillance captured seven figures, and the Qi family's surveillance captured four figures. As for the Hao family, their security guards said that they only heard a strange ringtone, but no black shadow was captured on the surveillance! And the body sent by the church was Coris, who had a relationship with our Nine Gates more than ten years ago."

Zhang Wenshan looked at Zhang Xiunian, frowning even deeper, his eyes full of confusion: "I don't understand this. What does the man who sent the corpse mean? It doesn't look like he is coming for our Nine Gates. But why doesn't he dare to show up? And he is so mysterious!"

Zhang Xiunian also curled her lips, indicating that she had not figured out the relationship here.

She just felt that this matter might not be as simple as it seemed, so she asked: "Father, whether this matter has anything to do with the Nine Gates or not, it now involves the Nine Gates. Do you think we should get together and discuss this matter?"

Zhang Wenshan nodded and said, "What do the other sects think?"

"Not sure yet," Zhang Xiunian responded, "but everyone will know about this sooner or later, and it's impossible to keep it secret. If we block the news like this, others will be able to associate us with the situations of the Huo family, the Hao family, and the Qi family. Instead of this, it's better for everyone to sit down and talk openly to see what the connection is between these people. I heard from the Hao and Huo families that the bodies sent to them seemed to be people who disappeared more than ten years ago. Later, there was no news, and everyone thought they were missing. Now it seems that there may be something that we don't know about more than ten years ago."

Zhang Wenshan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if recalling something from long ago, and then murmured softly: "More than ten years ago..."

Then he shook his head, sighed silently and said, "Go contact the parents of the other families. Also, tell those Zhang family members outside to be careful. By the way, is there any news about the head of the family now?"

Zhang Xiunian shook her head to indicate that she had not. The main reason why the Zhang family could become the head of the Nine Sects was because of the head of the family, but at this moment, she knew nothing about the head of the family.

Twenty years ago, the patriarch mysteriously disappeared and there has been no news of him since.

Zhang Wenshan sighed silently and thought to himself: "Zhang Qilin, where are you?"

In the second-floor office of the Kyoto Archaeological Association, Chen Wenjin was flipping through information about Sanjiashan Village, and his thoughts drifted back to the chance encounter at the entrance of the village that day.

"Is he really Zhang Qilin?"

She was once so sure, but as time went by, the figure gradually became blurred in her memory, making her wonder whether the person she saw that night was Zhang Qilin.

However, how could there be two people in the world who are so similar?
Not only their appearance, but also their personalities are so similar.

She shook her head and whispered to herself, "I'm sure I'm not mistaken. That person is Zhang Qilin."

As she spoke, she picked up a piece of ghost money from the drawer, carefully examined the words on it, and then whispered, "It's time to go to the Yin-Yang Inn, if you're there!"

At this time, Dapeng came in with a stack of information and sat opposite Chen Wenjin in frustration.

"The opinions from above have come out. The plan to salvage the ancient coffin from the Yangtze River has been put on hold. Let us prepare and we may have to set off in a few days." He explained that they had found clues to the Kuiliang Tomb, and Professor Jin from the Second Archaeological Team had already led people there and seemed to have found the location of the Kuiliang Tomb.

Chen Wenjin nodded and asked, "Did you say when to go?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her phone rang suddenly.

Seeing the caller ID, she frowned and picked up the phone in confusion.

"Dad? Why did you suddenly remember to call me?" she asked, because she knew that her father usually would not call her easily unless something big happened.

Sure enough, my father's voice sounded a little old but excited: "Wenjin? The family may want you to come back. Now we are going to hold a meeting of the nine gates of Tanzhou, and all the people in the family must participate."

Chen Wenjin opened her eyes wide in surprise and asked in shock: "Nine-Gate Talks? Why did you suddenly think of doing this?"

My father explained, "Last night, the nine gates of Tanzhou received a body one after another. I'll tell you the details when you come back!"

After hearing what her father said, Chen Wenjin frowned and put down her phone.

She looked at Dapeng and said helplessly: "Please ask for leave for me. I have to go home in the next few days and I don't know when I can come. Something happened at home." (End of this chapter)