When I heard what the old man in the coffin said, I could tell immediately that he was still alive and not dead.
My mind couldn't turn around, I didn't know what was going on at all, and I was stunned when I stood next to the coffin.
"I'm not dead... They are going to bury me alive..." The old man in the coffin took a long breath and said quickly, "Please..."
"Who wants to bury you alive?" I couldn't help asking: "Squire Ma is not your son? The son wants to bury his father alive?"
"He is not my son..."
I feel that the old man in the coffin is an ordinary person, but he is stronger than the old man of the same age. When he said this, I felt a strange feeling in my heart. Looking back on the process of Xie butler bringing me to Ma's house, the more I thought about it, the more I felt a bit wrong.
"What the hell is this?"
Before the old man had time to speak, there was a sound of footsteps outside the shed. I quickly stood next to the coffin, and then, butler Xie walked in from outside the shed and smiled at me.
"Brother, I'm so sorry. Several people in the family are eating. Today's work is going to be a long time. If you can't fill your stomach, you won't have the strength. Brother, you can come and eat too."
"I ate too much yesterday." I pretended to be innocent, patted my stomach, and said, "I'm not hungry, but I didn't sleep well, and my eyes were astringent."
"This is no way. Those few people are eating, there is still some time, brother, you take a nap."
I nodded, Xie butler went to urge the few people, waited for him to go out, I seized the opportunity, and quickly asked the old man.
At this age, the old man is still very clear-headed, and his speech is clear. He probably knows that there is not much time, and wants to rush the steward Xie to clarify things before bringing someone to him.
This old man was indeed the former owner of the Ma family, and Squire Ma’s relatives, but he was old. He gradually let go of his hands more than a decade ago and left the business and family business to the Squire Ma to take care of.
About four or five years ago, a distant nephew of Old Man Ma was desperate, and took his son to surrender. The old man in Ma's branch is very mediocre. This nephew is a child of Ma's cousin's family. Because there are few relatives in the family, the old man Ma takes great care of his nephew. He originally wanted his nephew to help Squire Ma and take care of the business. But his nephew said that he was not in good health and could not take care of things. The old man Ma didn't care, anyway, the house at home was very large, so he arranged a place for his nephew, father and son in the backyard.
His nephew was called Ma Yuan. After he came to Old Man Ma, he took his son to live in the backyard. He didn't usually do anything. He ate, slept and seldom went out of the door.
The old man Ma didn't take care of these things. The Ma family had a solid family background. Not to mention raising two people, it wouldn't be a problem to have another twenty people. Squire Ma is also a kind person, usually
After doing business, I will go to my cousin to chat and have a drink. After three or four years, nothing happened.
Until half a year ago, Ma Yuan and his son suddenly left without saying goodbye. Old man Ma felt strange that their father and son lived here for three or four years. They probably wouldn't leave without saying hello. Squire Ma later told Old Man Ma that Ma Yuan had actually greeted him, and he also gave him some entanglements.
This incident made Old Man Ma feel uncomfortable. He thought that he agreed with Ma Yuan and his son to settle at home, but he didn't say hello to himself when he left. This was too rude. However, after all, it was not a big deal. Squire Ma also persuaded a few words. After some time passed, Old Man Ma would forget about the matter.
After this incident, Squire Ma resigned from the original housekeeper and hired housekeeper Xie, and some of the servants in the house were replaced. Some of these things, Old Man Ma knows, some don't. He is old and just wants to be free, so he never asks.
Until a few days ago, Old Man Ma suddenly felt uncomfortable after dinner and wanted to call someone, but the servants who had been waiting here seemed to be all gone. He had no strength all over, lying straight on his body, and his mind began to be confused. In the end, his body was completely stiff.
However, he still had a little remaining consciousness. After a while, Squire Ma and Butler Xie came. Although the old man Ma could not open his eyes and could not speak, he could still hear the voice of Squire Ma and Butler Xie when he was talking. Hearing the voice of Country Squire Ma, the old man still felt saved. After all, this was his own son.
However, the later words of Country Squire Ma and Steward Xie made the old man Ma's heart thunder one after another.
It wasn't until this time that Old Man Ma knew that his real son and grandson had disappeared six months ago. The Squire Ma who appeared in front of him in the past six months turned out to be Ma Yuan.
The old man Ma refused to believe, he refused to believe this, because although his son and nephew were both from the Ma family, their appearance was so bad that they could be seen at a glance.
However, in the conversation between Squire Ma and Butler Xie, every word fell into Old Man Ma's ears. Old Man Ma didn't believe in others, so he couldn't help but believe what these two people said. He didn't know how Ma Yuan suddenly became like Ma Squire.
What's more terrible was the conversation between Squire Ma and Butler Xie. Old man Ma realized how he would be so uncomfortable after eating dinner today, just like death. He added something black and gray to his meals. This black hemp ash is mixed in the diet and is colorless and tasteless. After eating it, people will die soon, and from the outside, no signs of poisoning can be seen. The result of a sudden illness and sudden death.
"They... They want me...
…Bury me in… Thang Long fainted… ”
"Shenglong faint?" I was slightly taken aback. The legend of Shenglong faint, I had heard people say a long time ago.
The so-called Shenglong halo is said to be the eye of the big river. Because it rotates slightly like a whirlpool all year round, it is called a halo. People say that this is a supreme treasure in the big river, and the dragon king in the big river soars into the sky from the halo of the rising dragon.
If the old man in the family dies, and the relatives have the ability to find Thang Long Halo, and bury the old man in the Thang Long Halo, a family will rise to the top, and the people in the family are likely to crack the soil and seal the king.
These are all rumors in the early years. The former Qing Dynasty has been dead for more than ten years, and there has been no such thing as cracking the earth and sealing the king. However, many people think that cracking the earth to seal the king is just a moral, meaning that if the elderly in the family are buried in Shenglong's halo, the family will definitely have a big man.
Hearing what Old Man Ma has said, I probably understand. If what he said is true, then his nephew Ma Yuan may have some extraordinary means to change his appearance and voice like Ma Squire.
The real Squire Ma, even the son of Squire Ma, died six months ago. Ma Yuan and his son Li Daitao stiffened and replaced Squire Ma and his son. This thing was done very secretly, even the old man Ma was kept in the dark. The old man Ma is at this age and will not live for a few years. When he dies, his wealth will be returned to Ma Yuan.
However, Ma Yuan was not only so vicious. He probably found the rumored Shenglong faint. He knew that the old man Ma would not live for a few years, but Ma Yuan refused to wait for several years, and wanted to poison the horse to death. The old man, then buried the body in Shenglong's halo. The Ma family is thin, and the sons and grandchildren of the old man Ma’s pros and cons are dead. If the rumors of Shenglong's dizziness are true, then the final beneficiaries must be Ma Yuan and his sons.
I heard a chill on my back, such a vicious heart, more than Jin Yutang’s Fang Meng. It’s also because of Old Man Ma’s hard life that he was not poisoned to death. He can bear it. He knew that the servants and the nursing home were replaced by Ma Yuan. If he jumped up, he wanted to find Ma Yuan and said, There will be no good results. He had no other way, so he just lay in the coffin abruptly, taking a little offering when there was no one in the shed, and boiled it for six or seven days.
"Help me..." Old Man Ma said eagerly in the coffin: "I still want to... I want to give my son and grandson... revenge..."
I'm in trouble. It's not that I'm timid and afraid of death. I don't want to care about it. I have been blessed by others. If I can, I'm willing to help kind people tide over the difficulties. But right now I don't know at all, Old Man Ma. Whether what is said is completely true. Even if it is completely true, I am an outsider and weak, how can I help him
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