"Junior brother, junior brother!"
Early in the morning, Russell heard Wencai yelling in a loud voice, "Something big happened outside."
Russell calmly drank the milk in front of him.
One cup of milk a day is indispensable.
Make up for what is lacking, this is a good tradition preserved from previous generations.
"Junior brother, you don't know, something new happened outside yesterday."
Wencai said mysteriously, "Master said you know that person, let me take you to see him."
"I know him?"
Russell couldn't help but be a little surprised. He usually never left the house and only went shopping with Uncle Jiu, Wencai and Qiu Sheng occasionally. How could he know anyone
He was a little curious, and looking at Wen Mu's expression, he probably didn't quite understand.
"Where is the person the master was talking about?"
"He's lying in the backyard."
"Lying down?"
The more Russell talked, the more surprised he became. Who was this person
"Yes, if you die, can you not lie down?"
Wencai whispered, "Several people died. I heard it was very tragic. They were sent here early in the morning. It seems there was also a monster."
How many people died
And there's a monster
Russell's eyes suddenly lit up. This was a power point that was delivered to his doorstep.
He put the milk in his hand on the table, lifted the stool and felt reluctant to do so. He turned around and drank the milk in the bowl clean, licked it, and then ran to the backyard.
Russell has short calves, but he can run very fast.
"Junior brother, wait for me!"
As soon as he entered the backyard, Russell saw row after row of coffins. He was used to it and his eyes stayed on the first few.
"One, two, three, four!"
Russell counted and found that four people had died. This was not a small number!
Although we are in a time of war and chaos and turmoil, human life is worthless and there are piles of people dying on the battlefield.
It was not uncommon to see people dying in the county town. Some died from smoking opium, some died from hunger and poverty, some died from hanging themselves, some died from jumping into the river, and some died from drowning.
And in a remote town like Renjia Town, four people dying in one day is undoubtedly a bombshell.
Russell looked at the tablets in front of the coffins. Wow, three of the four tablets had no names. They were the kind that no one claimed.
Only the one in the middle has a name engraved on it.
But it is extremely dazzling!
The spirit tablet of Zhang San.
Russell was a little shocked. It turned out to be this lawless criminal. No wonder the master said he was someone he knew.
Don’t you know him
Yesterday, the master used him as a guinea pig to experiment with his ability to identify people.
Today I will go to the West to see the Buddha.
Russell was a little dazed, and had some vague guesses in his mind. After all, in this era, 500 dollars was not a small amount.
Even ten dollars can cost a person's life, let alone Zhang San who was cheated out of 500 dollars.
But looking at the shopkeeper's face yesterday, he had a simple and honest look. Although he was not a good person, he would not kill anyone.
Russell suddenly became curious. He turned his head, looked at Wencai and asked, "Where is the master? Where did he go so early in the morning?"
"The master has gone to invite someone."
"Help someone?"
Russell was a little surprised. Was there someone else Uncle Jiu wanted to invite
He looked at the coffin beside him and seemed to understand something. "Are you going to ask the corpse seamer Lin Shou?"
Wencai nodded and said, "Junior brother, you are really smart. You guessed it right away."
A corpse seamer is a person who embroiders the dead.
As the old saying goes, after death, the body should return to its roots and be buried in the ground. It is important to die with a complete body. If the body is buried with missing limbs, it is a taboo and will bring misfortune and disaster.
If you are unlucky, you can't even be reincarnated, and you will become a lonely ghost in the world.
Being a ghost is not that easy.
Those who can harm others are more or less lucky. Only when they encounter a place with a lot of yin energy or a yin object can they open their minds and remember things from their past lives.
Most of them are in a daze, wandering between heaven and earth, and end up with their souls torn apart.
Russell looked at the big red coffin in front of him, and had already thought in his mind that these people might have died violently, and most of them had damaged limbs.
At this time, the help of the corpse sewer is needed.
Uncle Jiu was only responsible for cleaning the corpse, removing the dirty things first, and then moving on to the next step after the seamer had finished sewing.
If you have money and descendants, you can choose a piece of land, erect a tombstone, burn some paper money, and pray that you will have a good family in your next life and no longer have to suffer and work like a slave.
For those who have no money and no one to claim their property, cremation and ashes removal are a one-stop service. They are just wandering ghosts anyway, so it saves a lot of trouble.
Come to think of it, Russell had never heard of any mass graves nearby in his life.
Even if there were unclaimed dead bodies among the beggars on the street, the government would be responsible for the entire process from sewing the bodies to burying them, as if they were afraid of something.
Only animals that died suddenly like this would be sent to Uncle Jiu for "disinfection".
"Little Junior Brother, let me tell you, this is a miraculous thing."
Wencai finally couldn't control his mouth. That's what people who hear about things are like. They keep it in their hearts and can't help but speak it out.
"Zhang San is an apprentice of the Ancient Jade House. The owner treats him very well, provides him with food and lodging, and teaches him the craft."
In troubled times, being able to learn a craft, even if it is dealing in unpopular antiques, is a rare job.
Being an apprentice is the most difficult thing, and human rights are important
There are many people freezing to death on the street.
If you want to do evil, you have to have the capital.
Have you ever heard that poor mountains and bad waters give rise to unruly people
Although Renjia Town has not reached that point, they are all farmers, and none of them is without some strength.
Renjia Town is very small, and everyone around is from the same village. If you look up, they are your master, and if you look down, they are your uncle.
With just one shout, hundreds of people were suppressed. Which villain has such courage
If someone kills someone without paying for his life, private law will prevail over national law, and they will just beat him to death with sticks. Who wouldn't applaud
"Little Junior Brother, guess what happened next?"
Russell pinched his fingers, whispered 1234567, and then raised his eyebrows, "Stole the money."
“Amazing!”
Wencai slapped his thigh suddenly, "Oh my, Junior Brother, this is amazing, how come you are as good as Master and can tell fortunes?"
Russell smiled but said nothing.
"That Zhang San is a piece of shit. Not only did he steal 600 yuan from the shopkeeper, he also took away a lot of good stuff and ran away."
Wencai cursed, "What a heartless bastard! The shopkeeper shouldn't have taken him in. He was left to starve to death on the streets!"
600 dollars
Russell thought thoughtfully that Zhang San probably realized he had been cheated when he saw that the middle-aged man who bought the jade had not returned yet.
This was also a ruthless person. Knowing that he had been cheated, he simply ran away with the shopkeeper's remaining money and also took away a lot of good things.
Although there are many fake items in antique shops, it is difficult for buyers to distinguish the real from the fake.
But this could not be hidden from the eyes of the apprentices in the store. They must know exactly which one the shopkeeper likes the most.
As the saying goes, no matter how careful you are, you can never guard against a thief in your own home.