Zhang Ma threw himself on Zhang Liangmu's corpse, crying and scolding: They are all Su family members who killed a thousand knives, if it weren't for them, my son would not have died, Xianggong, this matter can't be just settled!

Zhang Xiucai was also very sad, he looked at his son's gradually cold corpse, and hated the Su family in his heart.

The rest of the Zhang family was also wiping tears.

Zhang Mashi stood up violently, and she said sharply: Although my son is dead, the family has not retreated, and he still counts, I can't let my son go to the underworld so alone, and there will not even be a person who burns paper in the future!

After Zhang Mashi finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and said: If it weren't for this kiss, my son would not have been angry to death, this is all caused by the Su family!

Zhang Ximu said in a low voice: Mother, we have already made a bad relationship with the Su family, they have to say that they will marry their daughter next month, my brother can't wait for that time, next month, I'm afraid that the body will rot.

Zhang Xiucai said in a deep voice: Early tomorrow morning, you go to the town to buy the coffin and the shroud, and arrange the aftermath of Liangmu first, and talk about the rest later.

Zhang Mashi was unwilling: Is it so cheap for the Su family?

Zhang Xiucai sneered: It's not cheap, let's remember, Liangmu's future is the most important, if we insist that the Su family marry their daughter, they will definitely not be able to live in peace, I don't want to disturb Liangmu's tranquility.

Zhang Mashi said with red eyes: Okay, I'll buy it in the town tomorrow.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Xiucai let Zhang Ma go to rest, saying that she would be busy tomorrow, so as not to have no strength, Zhang Ma refused, she said that she wanted to accompany her son, and then Zhang Ximu hugged the quilt and let his mother squint at the side of the spirit, and the family kept watch by the corpse all night.

The next day, as soon as the morning dawned, Zhang Ma took Zhang Ximu to the town with silver, and invited a few villagers to help, while Zhang Xiucai wrote a funeral message at home, and also informed the villagers of the news of the death of their relatives' sons, and they were all busy.

The affairs of the Su family were put aside for the time being.

Zhang Ma borrowed a donkey cart to go, when they arrived in the town, the city gate had not yet opened, Zhang Ma waited at the city gate for a while, and when the city gate opened, she was going in with her son and the villagers, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the city: uncover the donkey cart and see what it contains?

Zhang Ma said: We didn't pack anything, we came empty-handed. As he spoke, he lifted the curtain of the donkey cart.

After looking at it carefully, the officer asked another question: Where are you from and what are you doing in town? He began to interrogate.

Zhang Mashi felt strange in her heart, but she didn't dare not answer, she said honestly: We are from Zhangjia Village, and we came to the town to buy things.

When the officers and men heard this, they asked again: What do you buy, could it be to buy medicine? If the village comes to buy medicine, it has to be strictly investigated! Who knows if it's the disease from eating dead pork!

Fortunately, the county magistrate strictly investigated the matter of dead pork, and those who ate pork were quarantined, and I heard that most of the people who were quarantined were sick, not to mention high fever, and they had no strength all over their bodies, and medicine didn't work!

This caused panic in the hearts of the people.

Later, news came out that people in villages outside the county also bought dead pork, and when the people of the government heard about it, they sent people to investigate, but they checked and checked, and only found a few villages that began to buy meat, and later the villages said that they had never seen the person who sold pork, and had not bought pork.

However, since then, the gate for entering the city in the village has been much stricter, and it has been strictly checked in and out of the city.

Zhang Ma shook his head again and again: No, we are going to the north of the city.

The officer and soldier looked at Zhang Ma and found that she was not lying, so he let the people in, and at the same time advised: Don't go to the City God's Temple, the infected people in the town have been put in that area, but you must avoid it, if you are infected in the town, then you will not be able to get out of the town.

Zhang Ma nodded again and again, she was sad about her son, and she didn't ask what was going on with the infection, she wasn't in that mood.

Zhang Ximu helped her and said: Mother, don't think about it, let's go in.

Zhang Mashi sat back on the donkey cart, Zhang Ximu drove the donkey cart into the town, Zhang Ma's eyebrows have not been loosened since yesterday, and they have been wrinkled tightly, adding age to the plain.

They went directly to the coffin shop in the north of the city, leaving one person to guard the donkey cart, while the other four went into the coffin shop.

To Zhang Ma's surprise, the business of the coffin shop turned out to be good, when she went in, there were two people who were negotiating the price with the owner of the coffin shop, and the owner of the coffin shop said: We don't negotiate the price in this business, if you think the price is not good, then go to another house to see, I am a small business, and I can't afford to talk about the price.

The two were not together, one of them ordered a small coffin, and the other turned and left.

After the business was negotiated, the owner of the coffin shop noticed Zhang Ma's, Zhang Ma's was looking at the coffin, the coffins were big and small, good and bad, Zhang Ma's couldn't afford the most expensive, but he didn't want his son to use the cheapest, so he was picking.

The owner of the coffin shop walked over with a smile and asked, "Guest officer, I have everything here for what price you want to choose."

Zhang Ma asked: Do you have any wood here that is better and cheaper?

The owner of the coffin shop raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: Come and see how these pairs are here, these are made of fragrant fir wood, look at this one, the painting is a hundred longevity map, and this, it is a hundred blessing pictures, and this ...... Look at what you like, the coffin here is not expensive, six taels of silver will be.

Six taels!

Zhang Mashi felt that the price was really not expensive, and she was a little entangled: Isn't there a better coffin?

The owner of the coffin shop smiled: Yes, yes, but they are all made of nanmu, and the best thing in our store is a coffin of golden silk nanmu, but it costs a few hundred taels, you see......

Zhang Ma's heart tightened, and he asked again: What is the price of Nanmu on that side?

The owner of the coffin shop smiled: No matter what, it will cost dozens of taels.

Zhang Ma said: So expensive? Don't you have a dozen taels?

The owner of the coffin shop shook his head and said: There are more than a dozen taels, and it is also a fir coffin, but it is made of oil sand fir wood, and there is no spot in the store.

Zhang Mashi thought for a while, shook his head and said: It's too late, forget it, just give me a cedar coffin.

The owner of the coffin shop smiled: Okay. After he finished speaking, he asked casually: Is your coffin for the elderly at home?

Zhang Ma shook his head and said: It's for my son, you have a shroud here, take me to take a look.

When the owner of the coffin shop heard Zhang Ma's words, he was stunned at first, but when he heard the latter sentence, he laughed: Yes, yes, you come with me, here.

Zhang Mashi looked at the shroud for a while, the coffin could not afford to buy the most expensive, but she picked the most expensive shroud, but the most expensive shroud in the store was only two taels of silver, because the general rich families have embroidered girls, there is no need to buy shrouds from the coffin shop, and the people who will buy shrouds here are all flat-headed people, if a shroud is over five taels, it will definitely not be sold, so ah, the owner of the coffin shop makes the material of the shroud is only medium and upper.

Zhang Mashi bought a shroud and said critically: This size is a bit big, can it be changed here?

The owner of the coffin shop nodded and said: "Yes, we have an embroidery girl here, you come with me, you tell her the size, and let her change it according to your size."

After speaking, he took Zhang Ma to the back compartment for a few days, where the embroidery lady was making shrouds, and the owner of the coffin shop brought Zhang Ma over and asked them to discuss it themselves, and then the owner of the coffin shop said: You are also thirsty, I will find someone to bring a pot of tea.

After saying that, he went to the backyard, and as soon as he entered the backyard, he called the man who made the coffin over, and he covered his mouth and said something in the ear of the fellow, and the young man nodded again and again.

After that, the young man slipped out of the back door quietly, and the owner of the coffin shop went to the embroidery room with tea with a smile on his face.

Zhang Ma took the modified shroud and compared the size with his hand, not big or small, just right, she nodded with satisfaction, she took a sip of tea, stood up, and said to the owner of the coffin shop: Your coffin can be delivered to the door.

The owner of the coffin shop frowned and said: This, if you are in the town, you can do it, you don't look like a person from the town.

Zhang Ma's face fell suddenly: You still treat it differently, you can't do business like this.

The owner of the coffin shop said with a bitter face: But this village is far and near, and some are far away, and you can't get to it in a day.

Zhang Mashi said: We are from Zhangjia Village, not far away, if you drive a car, it only takes two and a half hours to come and go, and it is very close.

The owner of the coffin shop squinted, it turned out to be from Zhangjia Village, this strong guy from Zhangjia Village died for no reason, there must be something weird, isn't it related to the dead pork?

Fortunately, he was smart and asked the guy to go to the yamen to find a quick catch, so that he could get the yamen's reward.

The county magistrate said that there is a reward for reporting, but you can take a tael of silver for nothing!

But ah, this has to be true, and the most important thing now is to keep people, if the catch is coming soon, this person is gone, isn't it a report in vain.

The owner of the coffin shop was secretly blocking Zhang Ma's way, and looked outside the shop, what about this person, why didn't he come?

Seeing that the boss of the coffin shop didn't answer, Zhang Ma was anxious: Are you sending it or not, if not, then I will go to another house!

The owner of the coffin shop immediately said: Send, send, where is your home in Zhangjia Village?

Zhang Mashi said: Is it now or when?

The owner of the coffin shop rolled his eyes and said: The guy in the store has gone out, and it is estimated that he will be sent later. He suddenly thought that this person was gone, and he was going to send the coffin, so he naturally knew the location, and this person couldn't run, so he secretly put his mind at ease.

Zhang Ma said with a dark face: No, we have to be in a hurry, we must send it over today, if we can wait, then we can find someone in the village to do it, why do we need to come to you to buy.

The boss of the coffin shop nodded again and again: Okay, okay, send it in the afternoon, but ah, I don't know this place, do you leave someone to take me there, or ......

As he spoke, there was a commotion outside the door.

The owner of the coffin shop looked up and saw that the young man had come over with two catchers.

I saw the young man and said: It's them, they say that they are from Zhangjia Village, this woman has died of her son, there must be something strange about this, it makes no sense that a big man died for no reason, and I don't know if their village has eaten dead pork.

The owner of the coffin shop gave the young man a look, but he must not say that he is from our shop, otherwise this business will not be easy to continue.

The young man naturally understood, and the boss had told him about this before he went to the yamen, so ah, he was only reporting the case as an ordinary person now, not as a shop guy.

The two caught the coffin shop quickly, and took a pause, this has too much to do with the coffin, they can't go in, they have a lot of contact with those patients to investigate the case, they are already very unhappy, and now they see this coffin shop again, don't mention how annoying it is.

They stood outside the door and said with a cold face: Zhangjiacun came to buy a coffin and came out to speak.

Zhang Ma was holding the shroud, and was shocked when she heard this, and after a while, she realized that this catcher was talking to her, she even took the shroud out of the shop, and said with a smile: Official, are you looking for me?

Zhu Kuai looked at her and asked: You are from Zhangjia Village?

Zhang Ma nodded and said: My husband's surname is Zhang.

Catch quickly frowned and said: I heard that your son died? How did he die? Did you die of illness? This catcher is also new, and he is not polite at all.

When Zhang Ma heard this, she was angry, but she didn't dare to show it, she explained: My son died of illness.

Catch your eyes and stare at her: You died of illness after eating pork?

Zhang Ma began to shake his head, and then thought that his son had indeed eaten meat porridge and drank broth, his eyes floated, and the other caught his eyes quickly, and when he saw Zhang Ma like this, he immediately said loudly: Is it or not?

Arrest her out, let's go to Zhangjia Village to have a look.

When Zhang Ma heard this, he immediately panicked, or Zhang Ximu calmed down, he stood up and said: My brother died of illness, but he didn't die of eating meat, he has been sick for half a year, we have been taking medicine in the charity hall for half a year, the guys and shopkeepers in the store know us, if you don't believe it, you can ask.

The person who came with Zhang Ma's suddenly said: There is also a person in our Zhangjia Village who is arresting fast, called Zhang Datian, he also knows about this, if you don't believe it, you can also ask him.

When Zhang Ma heard this, he immediately nodded and said: That's right, that's right.

The two of them quickly glanced at each other, and then said, "Okay, you, come with us to the yamen, and the others will stay here for the time being."

Regarding the matter of dead pork, the county magistrate investigated it closely, and they did not dare to decide the case at will.

In this way, Zhang Ma went to the yamen with the two catchers, and Zhang Ximu also followed, he said this: My brother died, my mother was greatly stimulated, and she was always half a beat slow when answering, so it was better for me to answer. As soon as these words came out, he was allowed to follow.

Second Uncle Zhang is indeed still in the Yamen, he and Wang Zhukuai got together, and just about to go out, he met the two Pukuai and Zhang Ma's mother and son.

The newcomer said: Brother Zhang, these two people said they knew you.

Second Uncle Zhang nodded and said: We are all from the same village.

When the newcomer heard this, he said, "This is the thing, this woman's son is sick and dead, and we suspect that it has something to do with the dead pork, but she says that her son has been sick for half a year, is this true?"

Second Uncle Zhang looked at Zhang Ma in surprise: Liangmu is dead? Why die, didn't you say you could live for half a year?

When Zhang Mashi heard this, he was sad: As before, he suddenly launched a high fever, and he could have lasted for a while, but he blamed the Su family, which is really hateful! Angry with my son alive!

The Su family?

Second Uncle Zhang remembered that Zhang Liangmu seemed to be married to his sister-in-law's family, could it be the old Su family?

Second Uncle Zhang asked: What the hell is going on?

When the two catchers heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief and said: Since this is the case, then this matter is a misunderstanding, then let's go, you talk first.

Second Uncle Zhang said: Okay, you guys are busy first.

After the two left, Zhang Ma replied: I originally wanted Su Guihua to come over to Chongxi, you say, wasn't there such a thing before, my son was seriously ill, and I found a daughter-in-law Chongxi, and this illness was cured, so I thought of such a way. Besides, this family affair has already been decided, it was supposed to be next month, what's wrong with it a month in advance, why can't you get married! The Su family was unwilling, and they pretended to be sick for me, and later detained the family greeting team and beat my son......

The more Zhang Ma spoke, the more sad he became, and he began to cry.

Zhang Ximu continued: They refused to marry their daughter, and they also detained all the villagers and locked them up, our Zhangjia Village is not a vegetarian, so they will take you to save people, this back and forth, there was a fight, that night, my brother died, in fact, that was yesterday's incident.

Second Uncle Zhang fell silent.

After Zhang Ximu finished speaking, he asked curiously: Uncle, what's going on with this dead pork, it seems to be very strict, you tell us, and we should pay attention to it.

Second Uncle Zhang exclaimed: You still don't know.

Zhang Ximu shook his head blankly.

Second Uncle Zhang told the matter of the dead pork in detail, and then advised: There is a plague in the south, I don't know if it has anything to do with it, if you see someone selling that cheap meat or something, don't buy it, tell the villagers, let them not buy it.

Second Uncle Zhang added: If you see such a person, just escort the person down and send someone to sue us, and then you can get a reward.

Zhang Ximu Cha Tongue: This dead pork is so strict?

Zhang's second uncle Yan said: Yes, the people who ate the dead pork moved to the Chenghuang Temple, more than half of the people were sick, sent doctors, and fed medicine, but the medicine was not good, and Yan zhòng was very good.

Zhang Ma suddenly squeezed Zhang Ximu's hand, and her body trembled slightly.

Zhang Ximu looked at her mother in surprise: Mother, what's wrong with you?

Zhang Mashi said word by word in a hoarse voice: It's okay. She pressed one hand to her chest and began to gasp roughly.

Seeing this, Zhang Ximu said to Second Uncle Zhang: Uncle, my mother seems to be wrong, it is estimated that my brother's matter has stimulated her too much, I will take her to the hospital to take a look, you are busy first, then we will go.

Second Uncle Zhang said: Go ahead.

Zhang Ximu took Zhang Mashi to the medical hall, and saw that he was about to arrive at the medical hall, but Zhang Mashi suddenly grabbed Zhang Ximu, Zhang Xi looked down at her mother, and asked: Mother, what's wrong again?

Zhang Mashi held his head and said: I'm not sick.

Zhang Ximu looked at his mother worriedly, it seemed that his brother's death had brought too much stimulation to his mother, and this person was a little in a trance.

Zhang Mashi suddenly asked him: Do you remember the pork that Su Liu brought that day?

Before Zhang Ximu had time to think about it, Zhang Ma gritted his teeth and said: That pork must be the sick and dead pork they said! Your brother was killed by the Su family!

Zhang Ximu was so shocked that he took a step back, and after a while, he finally understood what he said, and his face turned green: Mother, let's go to the yamen and sue the Su family! Let's catch them all!

Zhang Ma patted his chest, but did not speak.

Zhang Ximu looked at his mother puzzled: Mother, let's go, time waits for no one.

Zhang Mashi squinted his eyes and said slowly: I remember that when Su Liu came that day, he said that pork was extremely cheap, and that the whole village had bought it, and the people of Sujia Village had bought it......

Zhang Ximu was overjoyed when he heard this, and it was just right that he arrested all their villages.

Zhang Ma turned his head to look at Zhang Ximu, and said in a low voice: Our family has also eaten pork, so our family can't escape the relationship.

Zhang Ximu's face turned white: Mother, what should I do?

Zhang Ma suddenly laughed: Let's go to Sujia Village today, marry Su Guihua, and let her marry your brother. This time, she saw if the people of Sujia Village would dare to refuse!

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