"Here, it looks like a paper shop." Li Erxing took a closer look at the place and affirmed: "It's a paper shop, the shopkeeper's surname is He, she is an elderly woman, and people nearby call her Granny He." ”

"Why do you paint black when it's a paper shop?"

"Because of the taboo." Li Erxing secretly glanced at Gu Changfeng, "If it is an ordinary paper shop, naturally there is no need for special marking, but this paper shop of Granny He is a little different." ”

"What's the difference?"

"Granny He didn't originally run a paper shop, but sold cooking cakes near their house. Granny He has only one son, named He Sheng, who is a boatman. That year, the river was flooded, and He Sheng, the son of Granny He, rescued a girl from the river. The girl lived in Granny He's house for more than half a year and married He Sheng, and the next year gave birth to a boy named He Fu to the He family. Another year passed, and on the day of Xiao He Fu's first birthday, his mother, who was rescued from the river, suddenly ran to the river and jumped down again, and never came up again. He Sheng, the son of Granny He, was heartbroken and stayed on the river beach all day long, and later, somehow, people also died in the river. The big guys all said that He Sheng was martyred for his mother. Since then, the He family has only left Granny He and his youngest grandson He Fu to rely on each other.

In a blink of an eye, another two years passed, and when He Fu was five years old, he suddenly developed a high fever, and kept muttering about his father, mother, Granny He was frightened, and hurriedly took Xiao He Fu to see the doctor. After seeing a lot of doctors, they all said that it was useless, and asked Granny He to prepare for Xiao He Fu. Just when Granny He was about to take Xiao He Fu to seek death, she met a white-eyed Taoist person, who told her mother-in-law a way to make a paper piercing person in the appearance of her little grandson He Fu, and then take it to the river and burn it. Granny He did so, and the next day, Xiao He Fu's illness was cured. Later, Granny He closed the cake shop and opened the current paper shop. ”

"It sounds quite mysterious, but I still don't understand why this paper shop is painted black."

"That's because there are always strange things happening in Granny He's paper shop, and the people in the city both need this paper shop and are afraid of it." Regarding those strange things, Li Erxing didn't say anything, and Yan Su didn't ask, because she decided to go to this paper shop to see it in person.

Granny He's paper shop is located in the middle of Baihualou and the rouge shop, close to the corner alley, the store is very small, not eye-catching, the door is also very general, only two spliced wooden boards, with crooked two words "He Ji" written on it, if it were not for Li Erxing to lead the way, ordinary people really don't know that this is a paper shop.

The shop was closed, and the door was tied with a hemp rope, and it was not locked.

"Granny He's paper shop is only open in the evening, and it is tied with such a hemp rope during the day. It is full of things used by the dead, and the living do not need them, no one steals them, and no one robs them, and this hemp rope is only for the living to see. ”

"Can we go in and have a look?" Yan Su asked.

"This ......" Li Erxing looked back at Zuo Zongquan: "I know where Granny He lives, I'll go find her." Yu Gong, we can go directly to this place, but Yu Li, we should still ask the owner of the store. ”

"Hmm." Yan Su asked and nodded: "You go, we will wait here." ”

Li Erxing was young and fast, and after only a while, he led an old woman over. The old woman, hunched at the waist, her hair had turned gray, and the folds on her face were layer after layer, squeezing out all her original features.

"The old woman has seen several officials."

"Granny He, we want to come into your store to have a look, can you see it?"

"A few officials want to enter, it is said that I should not stop the old woman, but a few of them have also seen that my shop is for the dead, and the things in it are all for the dead. When the living see it, they are very unlucky. Several officials are noble, and the old woman is not afraid that you will go in, but that you will be collided. ”

"Then we are peers, and I am also in the dead man's business." Yan Su asked and squinted his eyes: "I'm a puppet, a private puppet." ”

"Lady?"

"Yes, Da Wei's premier maid." Yan Suwen was not ashamed to press himself first.

Granny He's eyes dodged for a moment, and she knew that she couldn't get around, so she stepped forward tremblingly and pulled off the hemp rope tied to the door.

"Let me tell a few officials, there is a coffin in this store, and the coffin contains my son and daughter-in-law. A few, but don't open it. ”

"Your son and daughter-in-law?"

"Yes! My son and daughter-in-law drowned in the river, old woman. The drowned were all water ghosts, and they could not be reincarnated, but the old woman could not bear to let them stay alone in the cold water, so she asked the master to do the trick, invited them to the coffin, and asked them to help guard the shop. ”

Granny He pushed the door open, and there was an orange light inside. Raising his foot to enter the door, Yan Suwen found that the orange light was emitted by a candle, but there was a red gauze lampshade on the outside of the candle. Because of the lighting, this originally small paper shop has a bit of a treacherous atmosphere, and even the paper people who have been tied have revealed a little eerie feeling.

Gu Changfeng and Gu Yunfei are naturally not afraid, they are afraid that there are more people they kill than Granny He knows.

Although Yan Suwen has never killed people directly, he has seen a lot of dead people, so he naturally does not superstitious about those gods and ghosts.

Zuo Zongquan belongs to the Criminal Department, this Criminal Department is the place where the Great Wei is in charge of life and death, although he is in awe of the ghosts and gods, he is not very afraid.

Li Erxing was the only one who was a little scared, but he was young and a young man, and he was more curious about these things than he was afraid.

Therefore, the wave of people in front of them did not have any special reaction after hearing Granny He's words.

Granny Ho's shop was indeed very small, especially when all of them walked into the shop, and it became more and more crowded. Looking around, there was nothing extra except for the paper tie and the tools used to make it. This small shop doesn't seem to be able to hide anyone.

"My lord, let's go out." Yan Suwen gently pushed Gu Changfeng.

"Did you find anything?" Gu Changfeng asked in a low voice.

"No, this place doesn't look like it can hide people. Just now, when I was outside, I also carefully observed, and the shop was surrounded by other shops, and there were no secret rooms. Should...... It's just an ordinary paper shop. ”

"Should?" Gu Changfeng grasped this key word.

"I smelled a special smell."

"What smell?"

"I can't tell." Yan Suwen shook his head: "It's like the smell of a rotting corpse, and it's like the smell of something that has been over-pickled." ”

"Is it the smell of the coffin?"

"It's possible that Granny He didn't say it, saying that it was her son and daughter-in-law lying in the coffin. Although it is a little scary, it is normal for an old man of this age to do something out of the ordinary and unbelievable. Yan Su asked, and glanced at Granny He, who was still standing outside the shop: "In Li Erxing's narration, I haven't heard him mention Granny He's husband, that is, He Sheng's father and He Fu's grandfather. It is not mentioned, which means that this person is gone, and it also shows that Granny He grew up alone with He Sheng. For orphans and widows, life is already difficult, and the relationship between mother and son is deeper than usual, and it is normal for the old man to be unable to accept the sudden departure of his son. ”

"If she really left her son and daughter-in-law in that coffin, she would have disturbed them."

"Adults have read books, and they have read a lot of books, and they know these truths. Granny He is just a poor woman who is illiterate, where does she know this, even if she does, she is not reluctant. Yan Suwen sighed: "I was pregnant in October, once I gave birth, plus countless days and nights, countless children who were scared to pull the child, even if he died, I still want him to stay by my side." ”

Yan Su asked about the emotion, but Gu Changfeng frowned when he heard it. Suddenly, he suddenly grabbed her arm, looked into her eyes, and said seriously: "We don't want children in the future, okay?" ”

"Oh?" Yan Suwen looked cute.

"We don't want children anymore!" Gu Changfeng repeated it very seriously, and now Yan Suwen was completely messy.

My lord, my lord, we will wait two years before we can have a round house, why are you thinking about the problem of children at this time? Besides, do you always think it's appropriate to discuss this issue in front of a paper shop?

"You want children?" Gu Changfeng saw that she didn't reply for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask again.

"It's okay to want it, it's okay not to want it." Yan Suwen scratched his head unnaturally: "I haven't had time to think about this question yet." Why don't you give me some more time and let me go back and think about it?" ”

"Hmm." Gu Changfeng nodded, and the speed made Yan Suwen suspect that he didn't like children at all, let alone have his own children.

Woo, the prime minister who does not have the concept of inheritance is simply rare in this feudal dynasty. is such a rare one, and she was lucky enough to "pick it up". Yan Su asked if he didn't know whether he should cry or laugh, and was thinking about whether he should find an opportunity to ask in the future, when he suddenly heard Granny He outside say in a loud voice: "If you look carefully, please come out." This place is full of yin, and if a few people are injured, the old woman's sin will be great. ”

As soon as the old woman finished speaking, the sound of nails scratching the wooden planks sounded in the coffin, and the scalp of the listener was numb, and the hairs exploded. So, everyone turned around and looked at the black lacquered wooden coffin parked in the corner.