Chapter 6: The Sound in the Coffin
Forced by someone's obscenity, Miao Miaomiao still compromised.
After all, the knife in his hand was really cold when it was on her neck.
Early in the morning of the second day, Miao Miaomiao received her exclusive palace card.
A cat's paw print brand made of solid gold.
"It's quite suitable~" Si Yubai touched his chin and looked at her, "I won't be afraid of being bullied when I go out in the future." ”
"Who dares to bully me?!" The black cat grinded its paws with an unkind face, "My paws are not forgiving!" ”
"In that case, you can go to a place by yourself."
"Where?"
"At the gate of the palace."
"What are you doing there?"
"Stupid." The man flicked her little head lightly, "Someone from Hong Hong's house came to collect the corpse today......
"I'll go!" Before the man's voice fell, the black cat disappeared.
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The majestic palace gate.
The forbidden army guards, and no one can enter or leave without permission.
A black cat swaggered in front of the palace gate, but no one dared to step forward to stop it.
"This is the main gate...... Transporting corpses will definitely not go here...... Further on is the West Side Gate...... Go there and try your luck. ”
Miao Miaomiao muttered as she walked.
In the eyes of others, she is a little black cat that "meows".
Sure enough, when she arrived at the West Gate, she saw two civilians standing outside the palace gate waiting for someone.
A man and a woman, looking to be in their forties and fifties.
It's just that the two of them don't look sad, but always look inside, looking a little expectant.
"Could these two be Hong Hong's family?"
Hearing the black cat's bark, the woman looked at her.
"Hey! Shunzi, look at this palace, even the cat's neck is hung with a pure gold brand, we can't play a gold earring pendant in our lifetime! ”
The man squatted down and sat cross-legged on the stone steps: "What do you envy?" When someone comes out, they will definitely give us a funeral fee, and then we will have the money to marry our daughter-in-law. ”
"How much can you give?"
"I heard Ge Erdan from the next village say that one of his cousins died in the palace, and the family lost twenty taels of silver! and the lady she served before her death also gave some silver, adding up to a total of fifty taels! Hong Shun stretched out five fingers and trembled excitedly.
"So much?!" The woman's eyes widened, and she grabbed his hand, "Then our son can marry his daughter-in-law!" ”
Seeing the excited appearance of these two people, the black cat reluctantly jumped on top of the stone lion and lay down.
Use funeral expenses to marry a daughter-in-law.
This person's blood steamed bun is not afraid to hold on.
At this time, three people came over from the end of Gong Dao.
Two eunuchs carrying coffins, and one grandmother leading the way.
Chen Wuxiang flipped the money bag in his hand, which was full of loose money.
"It's coming, it's coming!" The middle-aged woman outside immediately pulled the man from the ground.
The two of them greeted each other with a sneer, bending over and looking subservient.
"Three adults, we are Hong Hong's uncle and aunt......" Hong Shun said.
Chen Wuxiang handed him the money bag in his hand: "Do you want to take a look?" Hong Hong, she ...... I died so miserably, I soaked in the water for so many days that I couldn't see my face clearly......"
"Hey......" The man put the money in his hands, lowered his head, and waved his hands, "No, no, since they are all in the coffin, I won't bother her......"
"In that case, Hong Hong's body will be handed over to you."
Chen Wuxiang said, the two eunuchs put the coffin at the palace gate, and then the three of them left.
Both husband and wife were born in farming, and their strength was extremely large, but the weight of this coffin surprised them a little.
"Junko! This coffin is not made of good wood, and our Hong'er is not so fat! How can it be so heavy? The woman walked behind and faltered.
"You mother-in-law talk so much, don't you have the strength to walk a few more steps? Let's get out of town quickly! ”
The man said, looking down again at the position of the money bag on his chest.
The legs and feet are much lighter.
……
Miao Miaomiao followed Chen Wuxiang back to Huanyifang.
This woman is her second suspect, the first is Lai Yifa.
That day, I was able to identify an unrecognizable corpse with that glance, and this "skill" was not something that ordinary people could practice.
However, after this Chen Wuxiang returned to Huanyifang, he did not do anything suspicious.
Is it because the body has been sent away, so she feels fine, so she doesn't have to do those things to cover up?
Miao Miaomiao was worried that she couldn't find clues, but she saw a palace maid, a eunuch and a guard gossiping in a corner.
"Why do you think I'm so unlucky, every time I am on duty, I can encounter strange things!" The little guard looked tired with panda eyes.
Little eunuch: "I remember that you were also on night the day before yesterday, why were you on night yesterday?" ”
"Hey! Isn't this a shift change?! ”
"What happened yesterday?" The little palace maid clenched her handkerchief, scared and expectant.
"The morgue next to the Punishment Division, there was a noise again last night......" The little guard lowered his voice mysteriously, "I heard...... The sound of someone scratching a plank......"
"Grab the plank?!" The little eunuch and the little palace maid were shocked.
Little Eunuch: "Could that be a cat again?" ”
The little guard shook his head: "I went in again later to take a look, there are no cats." The sound of the wooden board scratching came from inside the coffin......"
The little palace maid rubbed her arms: "Inside the coffin?!" You're bold enough to dare to go in! Don't be afraid of Hong Hong, she ......"
"Huh!" The little guard laughed helplessly, "I'll tell you, I was scared to pee at the time!" Rushed straight out of the room......"
Oops!
Coffin!
A black cat slammed towards the palace gate.
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Hong Shun and his wife carried the coffin out of the city.
On the outskirts of the city, the two put down their coffins exhausted and sat on the ground.
Seeing that there was no one around, the woman poked Hong Shun with her elbow: "Take out the money bag quickly and see how much money is in it!" ”
"What's the hurry?! We won't be missing. Although the man said this, the movements in his hands did not stop.
"Hey, it's pretty weighty......" The woman stared expectantly at the movement of his hand.
Open the money bag.
There were only strings of copper plates and a little bit of broken silver.
"This ...... This...... Is this fifty taels?! The woman snatched the purse and poured out the silver and the brass plates that were in it.
The money in it "Ling Ling Yao" is scattered in his pocket.
"One, two, three......" The two lowered their heads and counted.
After a while, Hong Shun roared angrily: "Fuck! There's not even five taels of silver here! ”
"There is a dead person in this palace, so you will pay such a little silver?!" Hong patted his legs and wailed, "Oops! In vain, we have spent so much effort carrying this coffin and running this long way! I'm tired of it! ”
"Shut up, bitch! What's the use of you howling here?! Why don't you get up and carry Hong'er home! ”
"Still carrying? It's more than 20 miles from home! If you move, I can't walk! ”
With that, the woman hugged a tree trunk on the side of the road.
"You...... You ......" The man was so angry that he had nothing to say, and sat on the ground, "What do you say?" Now with this little money, I have to spend some money when I go back to the funeral, and I don't have much left......"
Hong glanced at the coffin and had a plan: "I said Shunzi, why don't we dig a pit nearby and bury her?" ”
"Here?"
"Aang!" She nodded, "Isn't that good here!" You go to the neighborhood to borrow a shovel, and I'll go into the city to buy some yellow paper, and we'll finish the funeral here!" ”