The coffin contained a dead person, and even if a dead person had nails, it was impossible to scratch the coffin. But now, everybody heard the voice, and it was very piercing.

"Yunfei." Gu Changfeng winked, Gu Yunfei nodded, and walked to the coffin. Unlike the usual coffins, this black lacquered coffin in a paper shop is nailed with seven coffin nails the thickness of a little finger. The coffin nails are arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, and between the nails, they are connected by threads dyed with black ink. Because the coffin was black, the coffin nails and ink lines were also black, and the lights in the store were dim, so several people didn't notice the difference in this coffin just now.

"How?"

Originally, the sound of scratching the coffin suddenly stopped when Gu Yunfei approached. At this time, Gu Yunfei was standing in front of the coffin, heard Gu Changfeng's question, observed it carefully, and replied: "There are seven coffin nails nailed to this coffin, arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, and between the nails, they are connected by the kind of black ink wire commonly used by carpenters. As he was talking, Gu Yunfei suddenly paused, and then said, "Master, there is actually blood on the nail head of this coffin. ”

"There's blood on the coffin nails?" Yan Suwen felt strange and leaned over.

On the side, Zuo Zongquan stretched out his hand and wiped it on his head, and said hesitantly: "That...... Xiangye, Mrs., when the lower official was making the county order, I heard that it was said that there were some corpses with particularly heavy grievances, and when the morgue was stopped, there would be water vapor condensation in the place where the corpse's mouth and nose were opposite. An experienced feng shui master can judge the severity of the corpse's grievances by the amount of water vapor, and it is said that those who are resentful can become fierce. This Big Dipper may be used to suppress evil, and the blood on this coffin nail should be the blood of Granny He or his grandson He Fu, which is also used to suppress evil. ”

"Granny He, what the hell is going on?" Li Erxing suddenly ran to Granny He, "Do you know who these people standing in front of you are?" That Lord Zuo served in the Criminal Department, and the little general's surname was Gu, who was with Gu Xiang. ”

"Then the two of them are ......"

"It's Gu Xiang and his wife, the second lady of the Yan family, the former imperial physician family."

"The old woman was so blind that she did not recognize a few of them, and she was guilty of sin." Granny He trembled and was about to kneel.

"Oh, mother-in-law, at this time, it's not a matter of sin or not, what's going on with that coffin inside." Li Erxing was anxious, and while asking, he stopped Granny He, who was about to kneel.

"Don't hide it, it's my daughter-in-law lying in that coffin."

"Isn't it your son and daughter-in-law?" Li Erxing asked.

Granny He shook her head: "No, it's just my daughter-in-law." My son was born and dead, and even I didn't know that he was floating in that part of the river. ”

"Then is your daughter-in-law dead or not, and what's going on with the coffin?"

"It's a long story, if a few officials are interested in hearing it, please come out of the shop. The coffin is very evil, close to it, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not let a few masters get stained with evil spirits. ”

"Xiangye, madam, let's go out." Zuo Zongquan also persuaded on the side.

Yan Suwen gently pulled Gu Changfeng's sleeves, and several people left the paper shop one after the other, but they didn't go far, just standing outside the paper shop, Li Erxing, who was clever, borrowed a stool from the shop next door while a few people were talking. So, after a while, it became, Gu Changfeng, Yan Suwen and Granny He were sitting, and the rest of the people were standing.

"I have had a hard life since I was a child, my father and mother died early, and I grew up with my uncle and aunt. Just after the age of thirteen, he was promised to the He family by them. said that it was promised, but in fact, it was almost the same as selling. My husband, who was twenty years older than me, was a poor man with a dead mother-in-law. He bought me for only one basket of steamed buns. I know that my uncle and aunt are willing to raise me until I am thirteen years old, which is already affectionate and righteous. Even if I promise the He family, no matter how old He is, I have to live my life hard.

In the second year of my arrival at the He family, I gave birth to my son, He Sheng. He Sheng was less than a year old, Lao He was sick, the family was poor, and he couldn't even get the money to buy medicine, and our mother and son could only watch him die at home. Lao He died, and he was buried in a thin coffin. But it also takes money to buy a thin coffin, and these years are enough to feed my son for half a year. I gritted my teeth, was ruthless, rolled Lao He up with a broken mat, carried him to the river alone, and threw him into the river. ”

"Throw it into the river? When a person dies, shouldn't he be buried in the ground? Li Erxing asked in surprise.

"The rich and noble have to go into the earth for peace. But we are poor families, we don't eat or drink, and we don't even have a piece of land to bury people. If there is no land, how can he be put into the ground. There is a mass grave outside Yecheng, but people can be left there, not to mention the wind and rain, and the arms and legs that have to be eaten by wild dogs are not complete. I've grown up by rivers since I was a child, and I've seen people who drowned, even if they were gnawed by small fish, and they could still have whole corpses. Besides, the river is spacious, and cleaner than a mass grave. I thought that it was better to be buried in the water than to be thrown in a mass grave, and at least I knew where to go to worship him during the New Year's holidays. ”

Granny He said, sighing.

"That said, but it was really hard to do it at the time. I was crying when I put him in the water. Weep for him as well as for myself. I said, let him not resent me, let him go over there and bless our child He Sheng, and when the child grows up in the future, let him worry about it, find a suitable girl for the child, start a family, and leave a root for their old He family. ”

"Since the matter has passed, and so many years have passed, you don't have to blame yourself for it."

"It's not self-blame, it's that I feel that I don't have the ability." Granny He folded her hands and continued: "The days are difficult, really difficult, but in the end, the days are still passing. He Sheng grew up. My son, although he is not good at words, is very down-to-earth and filial. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, he worked as a boatman on the river, leaving early and returning late, never complaining of hardship, saying that he was tired. The child is a good child, but the conditions at home are not good, and I have invited people to talk to the matchmaker several times, but the matchmaker is unwilling to enter our door. ”

"Granny He, get down to business, talk about your daughter-in-law."

"That year, the river flooded and washed down many houses near the river and washed away a lot of people. My family He Sheng has a good heart, and he helps save people and salvage things on the river, and sometimes he also helps salvage and salvage corpses. My daughter-in-law was salvaged by my son. ”

"Your daughter-in-law should be alive, right?"

"When I salvaged her, I thought she was dead." Granny He's expression changed: "At that time, she was floating face down on the river, and under her body was a half-rotten plank. When He Sheng of my family salvaged her on the boat, her face was no different from that of a dead person, and her body was also cold. But just as the boat was about to dock, she suddenly sat up, her eyes opened, and she spat out a few mouthfuls of river water, and her body began to warm. My family He Sheng asked her, but she didn't answer, so she couldn't help it, so she brought her home. After living for a few days, her face was still ugly, the kind of blue and white, so I asked He Sheng to take her to see the doctor, but after the doctor saw it, he said that there was nothing wrong with the person, and she had been soaking in the river for a long time, and her body was a little weak. When asked where her home was and who else was in the house, she either kept her mouth shut or shook her head. After a long time, I made the decision to let her marry He Sheng.

To tell the truth, I didn't say anything to my daughter-in-law, although her face was ugly, and she didn't open her mouth to speak, but she was quick with her hands and feet, and she was diligent in her work, and she also knew the cold and the hot for our family. Not long after getting married, she had our family Fu'er, conceived in October, and gave birth once, which can be regarded as adding to our He family. I thought that the hard days of our He family were over, and they would get better and better in the future, but I never thought that the night before our family Fu'er turned one year old, she suddenly opened her mouth to speak. She said that she came from below, and she came to stay behind our He family. Now that she has a child, she has to go back. I just thought she was drunk and said crazy things, and I thought that the next day she really went to the river, and jumped without even thinking about it. ”

"Now that she jumped into the river, who recovered her body, and how did she get to this coffin?"

"It wasn't who salvaged it, she floated to shore by herself." Granny He sighed: "After she died, my family He Sheng was also like a demon, staying on the river all day and night. I don't feel at ease, so from time to time I take my family He Fu to the river to have a look. When I went there at noon that day, I saw my family He Sheng standing on the bed, and when I went in the evening, he was gone. From then on, there was no one alive and no corpse dead. They all said that my family's He Sheng was martyred for my daughter-in-law. I thought, my family He Shengzhong's feelings, maybe my son is really dead, so I broke off the idea of continuing to look for him, and only single-mindedly pulled my hard-working little grandson.

In the blink of an eye, my family He Fu will be five years old. When he was five years old, he suddenly had a high fever, I begged everywhere, and finally met a white-eyed Taoist man, according to what he said, which saved my little grandson's life. On the morning of the second day when He Fu was well from my family, someone suddenly came to my house and knocked on my door, saying that his daughter-in-law had been found by the river. I hurried to find her lying on the edge of the river, wearing the same clothes she had worn when she had jumped into the river, still holding something in her hand. ”

"What's that?"

"My He Sheng's trouser legs, the trouser legs of his right leg. He Sheng's pants are all made by me, every stitch and thread is sewn by me, I recognize it very clearly, that is my He Sheng's trousers. ”

"And then?"

"When I saw my daughter-in-law, I suddenly remembered what the white-eyed Taoist said to me when he was leaving. So, as he said, I opened this paper shop, bought a coffin, and put my daughter-in-law in it. Most of the time, she is quite peaceful, and occasionally gets angry, scratching the lid of the coffin with her fingernails to get out. I know that she misses my son, and when she came back from the river, she was also looking for He Sheng. Rest assured, when I find my son, I will let them settle down. ”

As soon as Granny He finished speaking, she heard a "bang" in the shop, followed by a puff of black smoke coming out of it. Gu Changfeng subconsciously grabbed Yan Su with his hand and pressed her tightly in his arms: "Don't move!" This smoke is poisonous! ”