My master is the coffin

Chapter 33 Night Detective
Liars are the common enemy of all human beings, but the abbot can perform such an elegant deception, which is simply an art.

Seeing that the proprietress was being restrained by the abbot, I took the opportunity to ask, "Madam proprietress, tell us, what happened to the coffin shop?"

The proprietress nodded repeatedly, sat down and said, "Since you have seen it, master, I will tell you about it."

I nodded and urged her: "Say it quickly."

The lady proprietress looked around at the people who were eating with their heads down, and said, "I don't know how many years that coffin shop has been there. People in our village died one after another. The coffin shop always buys coffins. It is said that there lived a Mute, but I haven’t seen him come out for ten days and half a month.”

I nodded silently: "I'm still an otaku."

The proprietress looked at the abbot, and said nervously: "The coffin shop is a bad place. We hate it at the worst, but it's not a big deal. When it's critical, some people say they saw ghosts there."

When I heard this, I quickly stretched my neck and listened carefully.

As for the abbot, who is usually blah, blah, blah, today he is very professional, he has always been dignified, and he pretends to be a monk.

The proprietress went on to say: "One night, an old man in our village was seriously ill, and he didn't know what it was like cancer. No food. In half a month, only about forty or fifty catties are left with the thin skin wrapped around the bones. Hey, this soft-hearted person has to go back and cry secretly when he sees it.”

I hurriedly urged: "What happened next? Has this old man seen a ghost?"

The proprietress nodded: "This old man is a good person. When he is good, he is kind and charitable, and everyone gets close to him. In the end, I don't know why I can't think about it. It is probably because I was tortured by this disease so badly. I secretly took it from home. A bottle of pesticides, I want to die. This old man is a good man, and he doesn’t want to bother others when he dies. Everyone who dies has to go to the Earth Temple to report. The old man thought, I don’t want to go to other places, just in front of the Earth Temple Die, let the land master save some trouble.

"The old man walked slowly towards the Earth Temple. After taking two steps, he happened to pass by the coffin shop. Suddenly someone called him. The old man turned around and saw that it was an acquaintance who was inside the coffin shop, talking to him on the wall. The old man It's also strange, why is this acquaintance at the coffin shop at night? The two of them talked a few words, and the acquaintance suddenly retracted his head, and he was no longer seen.

"The old man shook his head, and then walked towards the Earth Temple. After walking two steps, he realized that something was wrong. The acquaintance just now seemed to have died a few days ago. Now, the old man was terrified and didn't care about committing suicide. I hurried home and told my family about it. Fortunately, this time, everyone found that the old man wanted to die, so they watched him more closely. Unfortunately, after a few days, he still went there .Hey, everyone says that people who are about to die will see ghosts if their yang energy is insufficient."

I nodded, and asked a little suspiciously: "Could it be that he read it wrong?"

The proprietress shook her head: "Later we found out that children under the age of five are not allowed to approach the coffin shop no matter day or night, and those children who come close will cry and faint from crying. The old people said that children are still I haven't grown up, so I can see ghosts. These rumors are getting more and more evil, and everyone gradually wants to move away."

I scratched my head: "You don't want to go in and take a look, what's inside?"

The proprietress glared: "Who dares to go in and have a look. We invited Mr. Ghostbusters. He didn't come at all. When he heard that it was here, he said it was too late to hide. Hey, if it wasn't for my family here, I would be reluctant to let the old man come here." I will also move the things left in the house.”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

There is indeed a problem with the coffin shop, which has been confirmed.But according to the proprietress, no Taoist priest dared to come here, which was beyond our expectation.Those Taoist priests are much higher than me.They don't dare to touch it. I'm tossing around here today. Isn't this courting death?

After the proprietress finished speaking, she didn't plan to leave, but looked at the abbot eagerly: "Master, are you willing to help us catch the ghost?"

The abbot nodded, and said with dignity: "It's a trivial matter, and it's easy to grasp."

I quickly stopped him: "Abbot, don't pretend, how can we catch ghosts? Let's do what we should do."

The abbot actually pretended to be addicted, waved his hands and said, "Xu You, saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. We monks must save people in danger. If you are afraid, you should go first."

I was impatient, did this kid take the wrong medicine or what?I tugged and pulled him up, dragged him to the corner and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Only then did the abbot show a mean smile: "So many people regard me as a master and support me. I feel quite fulfilled."

I stared: "So you plan to go to that coffin shop to catch ghosts? Haven't you heard? No amount of Taoist priests dare to go."

The abbot waved his hand: "Xu You, you are an idiot in school. Why are we really going? Just bragging and slipping away?"

I sneered: "Slip away? Take a look."

The abbot looked back and was stunned.

Nearly 100 people had already gathered in the restaurant, all of them old, weak, sick and disabled, looking at us expectantly.

The proprietress of the restaurant laughed and said, "All the young and strong have gone to work. The rest are either old or young, or they are sick and unable to do heavy work. The coffin shop is counting on you two to help."

Then, these people surrounded the abbot and me and talked nice things about us.The old man who was eager to fight with us two also came over and sincerely apologized.

I saw the stubborn old man's old face flushed with embarrassment, and my heart became more and more uncertain.

Haikou has already boasted that these people have praised the two of us as benefactors all afternoon. If they refuse to say it rashly, they will drown us if each of them spits.

The abbot stopped pretending, and stared at me and sighed.Until the evening, these talents slowly dispersed.The remaining ten or so brave ones sent us to the door of the coffin shop and watched the two of us cast spells.

At this time, I noticed that there were indeed two lanterns hanging on the door of the coffin shop.The lantern swayed in the night wind, adding countless terrifying atmospheres.

I looked at the abbot and asked angrily, "What should we do now?"

The abbot sighed: "What can we do? Otherwise, let's sneak in according to the original plan and see the situation. Isn't there a small door in his room? Let's see what's inside."

The coffin shop's house is very old, and it should have been pretty good when it was built.But as the years passed, those walls got shorter and shorter.The abbot and I got on the ground without much effort.

The two of us leaned on the top of the wall and began to look inside.The hope that it didn't matter immediately startled me.

I saw the coffins scattered about in the yard, and incense sticks and candles were lit in front of each coffin.These candles are flickering in the yard, looking very eerie.

The abbot's face was pale by the candlelight, and he asked me nervously, "Aren't these coffins empty? What are you doing with candles in empty coffins?"

I pushed him back: "Are you asking me? Who am I asking? I'm all paralyzed and blame you, why don't you pretend to be a big-tailed wolf? What should I do now? This is obviously a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair."

The abbot was so choked by me that he couldn't speak. Suddenly, he grinned and laughed silently.

I whispered angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

The abbot grinned and said, "I just remembered that I bought an insurance from you two days ago, and it will come in handy now."

"Damn it", I was really speechless to the abbot, I pulled the hair on my head vigorously: "Come on, let's go down."

Then, I grabbed the top of the wall with my hands and slowly slid down.Light as a swallow, landed silently.

The voice of the abbot coming down was a little louder.However, compared to his weight, it is considered very good.

We squatted in the corner and waited for a while, and saw that there was no movement in the yard, so we walked forward slowly.Slowly approach a coffin.

I gave the abbot a wink.Then the two of us worked together and gently lifted the lid of the coffin.

I glanced inside and said, "It's empty. Fortunately, it's empty. If there is really a person lying there, I'd rather squat under the wall all night than go inside."

I winked at the abbot, and the two of us slowly approached the direction of the house.All the way was smooth, without any sound.

The two of us squatted at the door and slowly looked inside.The coffins in the house were the same as those in the yard, all of them were lit with candles, but the slight difference was that a piece of yellow talisman was pasted on them.

The abbot and I observed for a while, all the coffins were like this, except for the coffin that the mute used as a bed, it was clean.

The two of us had the courage to open a crack in the coffin in the room and looked inside, but there was still nothing.

I thought to myself: This dumb man is not mentally normal.What a waste of money to buy so many candles.

The abbot poked me, then pointed to the little door.

I was excited for a while, it's great, I was worried about how to get in the dark lights, but now it's all right, the mute helped us light up the lights.

The two of us squatted down and moved forward step by step.It is estimated that no one dared to touch the coffin shop at night for decades, so the mute slept soundly and did not notice the two of us at all.

After approaching the small door, the abbot and I took a breath, then stretched out our hands and pushed slowly.There was a stubborn sound from the small door, which was extremely ear-piercing in the silent night.

The abbot and I were taken aback and didn't dare to move.After listening for a while, the mute didn't notice.

So we continued to push the small door slowly.With a slight creaking sound, the small door was finally pushed open by us.

(End of this chapter)