Chapter 1598 The Scam of Chasing Corpses
Xiangxi historians, the family of corpses, began in the time of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, according to legend, the world was in chaos at that time, five chaos and China, countless dead, many people were either forcibly conscripted, or they were killed by the rebels, at that time, the entire Central Plains was full of wolf smoke, and there were corpses everywhere.
Looking at the corpses all over the place, the demon Dao suddenly couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and began to make waves on the land of the Central Plains, and at that time, foreign tribes invaded, and many foreign evil gods also began to invade the land of the Central Plains, began to snatch corpses, and began to kill people.
And at this time, a family rose and became a famous corpse family at that time, and this family was the historian, that is, the famous Xiangxi historian later.
The key figure in the rise of the Xiangxi historian was the head of the Xiangxi historian at that time, Shi Gongming, who was known as the living Bodhisattva.
Shi Gongming's family used to be a family of leather goods, and the three generations of the family were all engaged in the leather business.
What's going on with this stitched corpse? It turns out that in ancient times, people who committed serious crimes were to be tortured, the lightest of which was to cut off the head, go down to the head and move the house, followed by the waist beheading, cut the person into two pieces from the waist, the worst was to count the five horses to divide the body, tie a rope to the body, arms, legs and heads, and then tie the other end of the rope to the body of the five horses, and when the execution was carried out, the five horses were directly forced at the same time, and with a click, the arms, legs, and heads were torn off.
According to the ancient people, such an incomplete person will not be accepted when he enters the underworld, so if you want these people to go down to the underworld smoothly, then you need to sew the head and body together, which requires a craftsman who sews the corpse, and this craftsman is the leatherman.
In fact, one of the above omissions, in fact, Ling Chi's execution was the most cruel in ancient times, and it was also the most incomplete criminal law in ancient times, but after the implementation of this criminal law, his descendants almost did not go to the leather trader to stitch up the body, because the workload was too great, and no leather trader was willing to take this work.
Shi Gongming's family is the third generation of leather traders, and the Shi family is still very prosperous, almost the entire Jiangnan region at that time, there are people from his Shi family in various places.
The people of the Shi family are still very united, and originally such a family has been passed on like this, but God often doesn't let it be so calm, and must give him a chance to rise.
Shi Gongming was in the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the turbulent times were turbulent, countless people died, and countless people were executed in other places, and Shi Gongming's work at that time was very busy.
And because many people died in a foreign land, many people in ancient times paid attention to a fallen leaf to return to their roots, so at that time, some people asked Shi Gongming to stitch up the body, and then send the body back to the deceased's hometown, and at that time, there were also many wealthy families who died, and these wealthy families bid very high and hired Shi Gongming to transport the corpse back to their hometown.
But a corpse is heavy and smelly, many people are unwilling to do it, and even if they are willing to carry it, a strong man can only carry one person, and it is not enough to pay back and forth, so almost many leather craftsmen refuse this sale.
At first, Shi Gongming also refused to help people transport the corpses back to his hometown, but he couldn't stand it and ask for more people, so Shi Gongming was moved by compassion, of course, he may have been tempted by the white silver.
So Shi Gongming began to study how to send the corpse to its destination efficiently and without decay, if this project is studied clearly, the money earned is not a price for stitching.
Wealth is moving, and Shi Gongming began to study under the temptation of money.
Shi Gongming is very smart, and he has a perverted perception of corpses, so Shi Gongming relied on his talent and smart and witty little brain, and really let him research some results.
First of all, Shi Gongming researched a preservative, a corpse embalming, with this preservative, the corpse can be kept for a long time without decay, and it can be completely supported until the corpse rushes to the destination.
With the preservative, the next thing is easy to do, that is, to return the corpse to the hometown, but the people at that time were not willing to do this work, not to fear the dead or anything, at that time the world was in chaos, every day died people, at that time the dead people were not much more expensive than a dead chicken, dead duck corpse.
The reason why these people are reluctant to carry the corpse is that the corpse is too heavy, and the land of Xiangxi is mountainous, and the road is bumpy, and it is really difficult to walk, so no one is willing to do it.
Shi Gongming knew that if he didn't solve the problem of the weight of the corpse, it would be difficult to carry forward the money that was carrying the corpse.
Shi Gongming was in a painstaking meditation at that time, how to lose weight of the corpse, and after several thoughts, it finally made Shi Gongming think of a very effective method, that is, to cut the corpse.
That's right, the only way to reduce the weight of the corpse is to cut the corpse, Shi Gongming is a dry leather trader, and the work of cutting and sewing is clear, and in the end, Shi Gongming studied it and decided to do it.
Shi Gongming thought of a way, first of all, divide the corpse to be transported into five parts, keep the arms, legs and head, cut and throw away the whole body, most of the weight of the person is in the body, and the body can at least reduce more than half of the weight once the body is thrown away.
At this time, Shi Gongming bought a set of wide clothes, and then sewed the head of the corpse, and packed his arms and legs on the person's back, and then found another person, got into the big clothes, and walked on the head of the deceased, so as to give people the illusion that the corpse was walking on its own.
Then, in order to make a joint explanation for this action, Shi Gongming played the role of a mage, leading the corpse in front, making it look like he could drive away the corpse, which is also the source of the Xiangxi historian's theory of driving the corpse.
The corpse was decomposed and cleared, then someone was willing to do it, so Shi Gongming played the role of a mage to lead the corpse in front, and the big man followed behind with the corpse's head in the back.
This became the earliest act of driving out the corpse, and Shi Gongming was afraid that his behavior would be exposed, so he set a rule, after the corpse arrived at home, he had to carry out the exorcism, the so-called exorcism was to lock himself in a room with the corpse, not see anyone for a long time, and only come out to see people after half a day, at this time the deceased was already lying in the coffin.
In fact, this so-called exorcism is in the house, Shi Gongming made a body for this person with straw, and then pressed his head, legs and arms, and then let the whole body lie in the coffin, making the illusion that the body has been transported back completely, and after the coffin is buried, the family members are not allowed to touch the body, so the so-called expulsion of the body is successful. (https:)
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