Returning to the village, the grandfather pulled Wang grass carp again, wanting to find some people in the village, dig a grave pit for Wang Xiaojin according to the location of the smoke ring, and then dig Wang Xiaojin's coffin out of the mass grave. However, after a long circle, no one in the village was willing to help.

Wang Caoyu whispered to my grandfather, it was all the ghosts of those three old guys, and he must have told the people in the village not to help you!

When the master heard this, he was not in a hurry, smiled faintly, and asked Wang Caoyu to wait under the big tree in the middle of the village, and he turned around and went home.

Back at home, my great-grandfather and my great-grandmother were taking a nap, and Xiaocui was taking care of the housework. The master went into his house without saying a word, took out the small bag used to rob the tomb before, and took advantage of Xiaocui's inattention to quietly steal the gong that my ancestor used to beat more.

Returning to the big tree in the center of the village, the gong was handed over to Wang Caoyu, and Wang Caoyu rang the gong and shouted: Whoever helps Liu Bingshou move the grave, each person will be given a gold ingot!

Wang Caoyu is a person who can pull down his face, knocking on the gong and shouting things, he is the best. Besides, he was reluctant to bury his sister in a mass grave, so he rang the gong and shouted at the top of his voice.

After shouting four or five times, some villagers who heard the movement gathered around, probably thinking of coming over to see the excitement, but when they looked at my grandfather and Wang Caoyu, they all gave a surprised "wow".

I saw the grandfather sitting on the stone bench under the big tree, and on the stone table next to the stone bench, there were more than a dozen large gold ingots the size of eggs and shining gold.

Many people in Sanwangzhuang have never seen such a large silver ingot in their lives, let alone gold ingots, or more than a dozen......

After a while, dozens of people gathered under the big tree, and when the grandfather saw that it was almost over, he stood up from the stone bench, hugged his fists at the villagers, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, Liu Bingshou is polite, dare to ask you, is anyone willing to help me move the grave?" ”

When everyone heard this, look at me, I look at you, all of them were silent, and the master then said: "I have sixteen ingots of gold here, as long as sixteen young and strong men, each with one ingot of gold, take the gold first, and then help me move the grave." ”

Again, you look at me, and I look at you, and they are all attracted to gold, but they are all looking at each other.

At this time, Wang Caoyu stopped shouting, walked to the stone table, reached out and took a ingot, and said loudly: "I am one, if the people in our village are not willing to help, we will go to other villages to find someone, such a big ingot, half a lifetime can not earn one!" ”

The crowd suddenly stirred, there was a big man who looked strong and strong, but he was wearing tattered clothes, separated from the crowd and walked to the stone table, reached out and grabbed a gold ingot, and then asked the master stupidly: "Is it really for me?" ”

The master nodded slightly, "As long as you help me move the grave, the gold is yours." ”

The big man was happy, and held the gold ingot tightly in his hand, "I can marry a daughter-in-law......

Seeing this, the crowd immediately became commotion, followed by five or six young people in their twenties and thirties who walked out of the crowd, and the grandfather said to them: "Just help me move the grave, one ingot per person!" ”

Several young people rushed over and grabbed a ingot, and after a few young people took it, the other villagers finally couldn't hold their breath and rushed up.

In the blink of an eye, sixteen ingots of gold were taken, but not everyone could take them, they had to be young and strong male laborers, not old and weak women and children. Among them, there was a sturdy middle-aged woman with a tiger head, holding on to a piece of gold, saying that she was more capable and energetic than men, and the grandfather made an exception for her to take an ingot.

Subsequently, the master instructed these sixteen people, each of them to go home and get something, dig the grave pit and dig the coffin today, move the coffin tomorrow and bury it, if it is done well, there is also a reward for silver, and the sixteen are overjoyed when they hear it.

When the other villagers heard this, they all gathered around and said to my grandfather, don't let a few of them do the work, you can do it for us, you can do anything, the gold is gone, and you can give the silver.

When the grandfather heard this, he glanced at the villagers and said, "I need a new coffin now, a full set of paper work, and a ...... to build a spiritual shed." ”

When the other villagers heard this, they were full of promises, and one of them, a forty-year-old woman, asked my grandfather: "Do you cry in the spirit of wearing linen and filial piety?" ”

The master nodded, "As long as you are willing to wear linen and wear filial piety as a filial son, adults and children can do it." ”

"Medium!" The woman was happy, "I'll give Xiaojin a ...... When a girl ......"

The grandfather raised his hand and threw her a piece of silver.

The villagers who got the gold and silver, according to the master's instructions, went to their own work. Seeing this, Wang Caoyu came to my grandfather and gave a thumbs up, "Uncle Bingshou, you really have a way!" ”

The master laughed at himself lightly: "It's just that money can make ghosts grind......"

Subsequently, the Taiye separated the sixteen people who got the gold, the Taiye took eight to dig the grave pit, and Wang Caoyu took eight to dig Wang Xiaojin's coffin.

In the evening, when I had been busy, the grave was dug. When the master returned to the big tree in the center of the village, the other villagers had already set up the mourning shed, and the left and right of the mourning shed were filled with paper people, paper cows, paper horses, paper houses, etc. required by the grandfather. Outside the mourning shed, there is also a brand-new black lacquered coffin.

Seeing this, the master was very satisfied, and each of them was rewarded with a small ingot of silver. When it was almost time for dinner, Wang Caoyu came back with eight other people, and he also carried a large coffin.

The grandfather looked at the coffin, and his heart was mixed, and then instructed Wang Caoyu to put the coffin next to the new coffin, don't move it today, and replace Xiaojin's body into the new coffin early tomorrow morning.

After placing Wang Xiaojin's coffin, everyone dispersed, and the grandfather returned home.

At this time, the whole family was about to have dinner, and the grandfather washed his hands and face and sat down at the dining table.

My ancestor was sinking like water at this time, glanced at the grandfather, and asked coldly, "Where have you been this time?" ”

The grandfather replied softly: "Where have I been, can you not know?" ”

Gao Zu suddenly snorted coldly: "You have offended all the three elders in the village!" ”

The master said in a low voice: "What kind of elders are they, a group of stubborn old things. ”

"Presumptuous!" Gao Zu raised his hand and pointed at my grandfather, "You, you, you are a big rebellious brute, in the future, you are not allowed to talk like this, elders!" ”

"I know, listen to my father's teachings."

After a while, Gao Zu let out a long sigh, "Bingshou, about Xiaojin's grave...... You're doing it right! ”

The grandfather smiled.

Early the next morning, the master took Xiaocui and Wang Caoyu to the spirit shed, to the surprise of the three of them, there were many people gathered around the spirit shed at this time, and there were twenty or thirty people wearing linen and wearing filial piety, adults and children, who seemed to have been waiting for the battle, just waiting to cry.

Seeing this, Wang Caoyu whispered to my grandfather: "Uncle Bingshou, there is really money that can make ghosts grind, so many people come to cry, if that old guy knows, he won't be angry?" ”

The master smiled: "I'm afraid I already knew." ”

From Wang Xiaojin's death to this time, less than two years, in order to maintain the face of her body, the grandfather asked everyone to carry the two coffins into the mourning shed together, and no one was allowed to enter.

After a while, the coffin lid was pried open, and the grandfather looked into the coffin, and immediately gasped, threw down the crowbar and came out of the spirit shed, and then, with a serious face, he ordered Wang Caoyu and Xiao Cui to watch at the door of the spirit shed, no one is allowed to enter the spirit shed, and neither of you are allowed to enter!

Wang Caoyu and Xiaocui didn't know what was going on, and they didn't dare to ask more, so they quickly nodded in agreement.

The grandfather then strode back to the house, at this time, my ancestor had just had breakfast and lay down, and the grandfather called out to my grandfather, "Dad, Xiaojin's body is gone!" ”

"What?" Gao Zu was originally dazed and sleepy, but at this moment, the whole person came to his senses, and his eyes widened, "You, what did you say?" ”

The grandfather said: "I wanted to give Xiaojin a new coffin, but who knew that after the old coffin was pried open, it would be empty!" ”

"Empty?" Gao Zu showed an expression of disbelief, "How can this be, I watched the grass carp put Xiao Jin in the coffin with my own eyes." ”

Taiye glanced at Gao Zu suspiciously, "Dad, tell me the truth, Xiaojin is not dead, you hid her." ”

"Nonsense!" My ancestor said, "Can a dead man tell nonsense in such a big matter?" ”

"What's going on?"

Gao Zu hurriedly got out of bed, "Let's go, I'll go over with you and have a look." ”

The master hurriedly asked: "Are you going to the spirit shed now, aren't you afraid of offending the elders in the village?" ”

Gao Zu roared: "What time is this, my daughter-in-law's body is not here, am I still afraid of offending people, don't say it, go!" ”

Gao Zu came to the spirit shed with the grandfather, and at this time, Wang Caoyu and Xiaocui were guarding outside the spirit shed, those who watched the excitement, helped, and cried Ling, whimpering A large group of people seemed to be guessing what was going on.

My ancestor looked at the people in the crowd who were dressed in linen and filial piety, and showed a helpless expression.

Wang Caoyu and Xiaocui at the door of the spirit shed, the father and son got into the spirit shed, my ancestor looked into the coffin, and was dumbfounded, and saw that the coffin was empty, not only Xiaojin's body was gone, but even the quilt that was buried, and a few pieces of jewelry that my grandmother put in, were also gone.

Gao Zu was stunned for a long time, and muttered, "Didn't you meet a tomb robber?" ”

When the grandfather heard this, he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly went to check the coffin board and the coffin gang, it didn't matter if he checked, the grandfather's heart sank, and he saw that the coffin board and the coffin gang, in addition to the traces he had just pried, there were several old marks, and these old traces were already a little blurred, so that the grandfather did not find it when he pried it just now.

Based on the experience of tomb robbing in the past few years, the old traces should have been pried into the coffin not long after it was put into the ground.

The master immediately gritted his teeth and said to my ancestor: "They are not tomb robbers, they are corpse thieves!" ”