The cabin door of the cabin was closed from the outside, and the whole bottom cabin was suddenly blacked out, and nothing was seen. Although I am a corpse scavenger and I have seen many corpses before, I have never had such an experience, being crowded by so many corpses.
I suddenly regretted it. In this airtight bottom silo, there was a rancid smell everywhere. Although I couldn't see it, I could think that there were dead bodies in front of and behind.
There were constant gurgling sounds around. At this time, the boat started moving, and the boat traveling on the river could not be particularly stable, and it was somewhat bumpy. The ship bumped slightly, and the silo was shaking like a mountain, and all the dead bodies stood upright, shaking.
I was constantly squeezed around by dead bodies, and occasionally, I could feel their arms and legs and touch me from time to time. My scalp was so numb that I didn't feel it. Not only was I scared, but I also felt nauseous and nauseous.
In the end, I really couldn't stand the pressure anymore, so I took a torch out of my arms and lit a small torch. This small torch was brought out of Yang Lei's house. It was very delicate. There was lamp oil in the small iron cylinder. Although the flame was not very bright, it could burn for a long time.
At the moment the fire ignited, I saw black faces. Some of the corpses had begun to decay, their faces mottled, and some of the corpses looked as if they were painted with paint.
My intestines were all regretful. When there was no light, I was muttering in my heart, but I lighted this small torch and looked at the corpses around, and I was even more panicked.
I was so dizzy, I didn't know what I was thinking, and I got into the pile of corpses. However, this point has been reached, and it is no use regretting it now, and you have to hold on if you bite the bullet.
The boat has been driving, according to my judgment, it should be heading southward downstream. I secretly calculated the time. It was about two hours after driving. The sky should have been bright, and the boat seemed to have stopped. Less than two quarters of an hour later, it started again.
At this moment, I heard someone opening the door outside the hatch, and hurriedly shrank and hid among the corpses.
The cabin door was opened with a bang, and two light bearers appeared outside the door, one of them picked up his own long bamboo pole and stretched it into the cabin and shook it. The other one struck a gong.
All the corpses seemed to tremble with the sound of the gong, and jumped upright in the cabin.
The lamp bearer knocked again, and all the corpses jumped again. In this way, the two lamp bearers nodded in satisfaction, and swayed the small lamp on the bamboo pole around.
"Nothing." A lamp bearer said: "The smell is too unpleasant. Let's smoke a bag of cigarettes at the door to let the smell dissipate."
"Yes." Another light bearer sat outside the door, took out his pipe, put it on the light, and while smoking, said to his companion: "Poor Yun is very temperamental, if something doesn't suit her. She wants to scold someone again, I don't want to look at her face."
"She's the God of Wealth, you have to see if you don't look, we ran so far, didn't we come here just to make money?"
"Where did Yun Po's money come from? It was spent like running water. We collected twenty taels of gold, and together it was 60 taels. I heard from the people in the Five Elements Hall that they are one at a time.
A total of about a hundred or two hundred people have been mobilized. How much will it cost to hire them? "
"People on the road of the world are living gods of wealth, we don't have to worry about so many." Another person smoked a cigarette and said, "Do your business well, don't let Yun Po keep picking things up, and avoid being scolded by her. I'm satisfied."
The two of them sat chatting, and I secretly listened to them quietly. Hearing what they said, this boat will have to sail for a whole day, and at night, it may be able to reach its destination.
When I heard it, my head got big. As long as the boat sails, I will stay here for as long.
The two light bearers talked for a while, and for about half an hour, the smell in the bottom warehouse had dissipated a little, and they closed the hatch again and left.
As soon as they left, I hurriedly moved my hands and feet. This place really made me unbearable. I squeezed all the way forward to see if the hatch was locked. If it is not locked, I will find a way to go out first and find a place to hide.
It really doesn't work, even if I jump into the river and follow them secretly, I am willing. This season, the river is freezing cold, but I feel that it is better than staying in the silo.
However, the hatch is locked from the outside and cannot be opened at all. I sighed and squeezed into the middle of the corpse again to avoid being found when the lamp bearer came to check again.
Just like this, I waited. From the morning until the afternoon, two more lamp bearers came, and they shook the light on the bamboo pole a circle as before, and then knocked the gong a few times.
They were obviously examining these corpses to see if there were any abnormalities. As long as the gong rang and the corpses bounced, it meant that there was nothing troublesome.
Everything was normal, and the two light bearers opened the hatch again and exhaled, sitting outside the door and chatting with cigarettes. From their chats, I have already heard that these three light bearers were specially invited by Renjianlu, each of whom was twenty taels of gold, and was hired for two months.
I smacked my tongue secretly and gave twenty taels of gold in two months, which was an unimaginable price. The road to the world is indeed rich and rich, willing to spend money to hire people.
When the lamp bearer left, I couldn't hold it anymore. Not only was it uncomfortable, but I didn't close my eyes all day and night, and my eyes became astringent. While there was nothing wrong, I sat down and took a nap.
It is probably very sleepy, and I can sleep in this kind of place. When I fell asleep this time, I didn't know what time it was, and the light bearers never came to open the door to disperse the wind.
I waited anxiously, and after waiting for a long time, the ship finally survived. Not long after, someone outside opened the hatch again, and three light bearers were there. One of them was knocking on the gong and the other two were holding bamboo poles, driving out the corpses in the bottom bin.
Two wide springboards were laid on the big ship, and all the corpses were driven to the bank of the river. I was caught in it, and jumped with them. After I got on the river bank, my eyes turned left and right. The river beach was very desolate. I used to pass by here when I was going north and south on the river beach, but I didn't stop there.
As soon as I stood firmly here, a small boat came slowly from the south, my gaze flickered. I knew this small boat, and it was the one that Yun Po and Qing Luo took at the time.
I heard Xiao Qicai say that in this boat are Po Yun and a woman in her fifties.
The woman in her fifties took the place of Qingluo and is now in charge of Huangquantu. Since the boat has arrived, Po Yun and the woman in charge of Huangquan Tu must be on board.
Sure enough, after the boat docked not far away, the figure of Po Yun appeared on the bow. The two chiefs of the Five Elements Hall and three light bearers greeted it together, probably because she was afraid that Po Yun would pick something wrong.
Several people nodded and bowed to say hello to Po Yun. Po Yun's face was straightforward, as if everyone owed her two or two black beans, and they didn't take care of others. Only slowly walked from the boat to the river bank.
Po Yun obviously wanted to come and see the corpse driven out by the light bearer, and walked slowly to this side. I knew she would definitely not recognize me, but when I saw Po Yun, my heart was overwhelmed, a little faint.
At this moment, if I expose it, the result can be imagined. I didn't even dare to breathe for a while, and shrank slightly again.
"Only these?" Po Yun glanced at the corpses on the river beach. She probably estimated the number and was not satisfied. She frowned and asked, "Is this enough?"
"Time is too tight, and I can't find a suitable cemetery." A light bearer glanced at Li Cheng next to him and said: "The search for the cemetery is all done by the Five Elements Hall. We didn't intervene. They looked for it. After the graveyard, we went to work."
The light bearer probably looked at Li Cheng not pleasing to his eyes, and underestimated Li Cheng's big black pot on his head. Li Cheng wasn't stupid, he heard it naturally, and wanted to get angry at the time. It's just that because Po Yun is by his side, he can only endure it forcibly.
"Forget it, that's it this time, but I don't have enough to count, so I still find it." Yun Po said: "Just for these seven or eight days, there will be so many more to find. You all use snacks and don't delay business. "
"As long as there is nothing wrong with the Five Elements Hall, we will definitely go well."
"Your graves on the river beach were all temporarily dug out, waiting for you?" Li Cheng couldn't help but retorted, "Don't think our job is easy."
"It's not easy, only you know it."
The two of them were about to choke, Yun Po coughed, and they all closed their mouths immediately.
"The big boss is still on the boat. What kind of style are you fighting here?" Yun Po said: "I will tell you first, the big boss, you know, a very gentle person, but these days , The big boss is in a bad mood, so don't get in touch with the mold."
"Know, know."
Several people hurriedly agreed, and Po Yun turned around and walked towards the boat, and said as she walked: "It's almost the hour. I'll bring the big boss out. You are all ready to prepare."
In fact, there is nothing to prepare here. The three light bearers prepare bamboo poles and small gongs, which means everything is ready. After Po Yun left, Li Cheng and the lamp bearer glared at each other, presumably they both greeted each other's ancestors in their hearts.
Po Yun got on the boat, and not long after, a woman followed Po Yun.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the bright moonlight shone down, reflecting the woman's face. Just as Xiao Qicai said, that woman, who is about fifty years old, is dressed in ordinary clothes. When she came out with Po Yun, she held a scroll in both hands.
There is no doubt that that painting is a picture of Huangquan.
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