After the eldest brother set up the banner of rules, his side was a lot quieter, but there were more things on my side, because many people came to me as a younger brother with a fluke mentality, hoping that the eldest brother could open up for my sake, but I directly refused. Later, I couldn't wait to pull a flag and explain that my eldest brother would not look at my face, and I didn't care about the corpse.

So about a week later, I suddenly received a phone call, these days people keep calling to intercede, I want to hang up, but look at the number, the last four numbers are 8, such a number is definitely valuable, I am not a snob, but after seeing this number, I think what if it is the leader? And he picked it up.

"Little brother, it's me, Tang Renjie, remember?" There was a middle-aged male voice over there.

"How could Boss Tang not remember?" I said that I would have liked to ask him how he knew my number, but on second thought, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to know my number.

"That's right, I have a Shibo, a big man who holds up to the sky, you can understand this, right? In the past, he had fought guerrillas near Luoshui, many soldiers died and sank in the Luoshui River, and finally were involved in the ghost cave, recently I talked to him about this, he was very interested in Sun Zhongmou's brothers, and also wanted to fish out the corpses of his comrades-in-arms, I know that brother, you have the ability, your grades are good when you go to school, and it is a pity to be assigned to the village, I want to find your eldest brother, but he has that strange rules, so I will ask you to do me a favor, if this thing is done, the benefits are not measurable with money, Brother is a person who understands, you understand my words, right? Let's make friends. Tang Renjie said.

To tell the truth, I'm really a little excited, Tang Renjie's mouth is a big man, that determines the lifeblood of my little person can be said to be a phone call, which is related to the future of my life, but when I thought about the day I took Ma Laosan over to negotiate the price, the eldest brother's cold eyes were a little chilling, and said: "Boss Tang, to be honest, I really want to help, but you also know my eldest brother, so I can't help my little brother in this matter." ”

"I've heard this, Brother Zhongmou's temper is really weird, in this way, you pull a line, meet each other, whether it is successful or not, I will receive this favor, what do you think?" Tang Renjie said.

I hesitated for a moment and said, "Cheng, Boss Tang, you wait for my call." ”

After hanging up the phone, I went straight to my eldest brother's house, and after seeing him, even though I was a little afraid of him, I still told the situation, and finally I said in an almost pleading tone: "I know you have your rules, but this is a matter of your brother's future, just meet with them, it's okay to refuse, brother?" ”

The eldest brother glanced at me, nodded, and said, "It's okay to see, the rules can't be broken." ”

Tang Renjie quickly arranged a dinner, probably to show respect for the eldest brother, the dinner was arranged in the farmhouse in Sanlitun, this day the farmhouse was full of straight people in black suits standing everywhere, watching the lively villagers were driven away, as soon as I entered here, I was a little nervous, because it gave me a feeling of Hongmen banquet. When I entered the private room, I saw a silver-haired old man sitting in the main seat, and Tang Renjie sitting on the side.

Seeing us coming, Tang Renjie stood up and said with a smile on his face: "Ye Zi, Zhongmou, come and sit here, and introduce to you, this is Liu Lao, from Beijing." ”

Liu Lao stood up and stretched out his hand to shake hands, but the eldest brother stood but did not move, I quickly reached out to hold Liu Lao's hand and said, "Big brother doesn't like to contact people, Liu Lao forgive me." ”

Liu Lao glanced at his eldest brother and sat down without speaking.

After we took our seats, Tang Renjie opened a bottle of red wine and said with a smile: "Zhongmou, it's the first time to sit down and eat together, and I want to drink two more glasses today." ”

The eldest brother picked up the wine glass, buckled it directly on the table, and continued: "What to do Ye Zi has already told me, if it is still that thing, forget it, the rules are the rules, and you can't mess around." ”

The atmosphere instantly became awkward.

A trace of anger flashed across Tang Renjie's face, but he quickly changed his smile and said, "Why are you so serious?" I said, let's just make friends and come to dinner. ”

The eldest brother stood up and said to Liu Lao: "Old man, I respect you as a hero during the war years, and I also know that you want to return the bones of your comrades-in-arms, you can be the first to come on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, and I can only help you fish out three people." This bottle of wine, I should accompany you. ”

After speaking, the eldest brother picked up the wine bottle and drank it all, and then hugged his fists to Liu Lao and Tang Renjie and said, "Farewell." ”

After saying that, the eldest brother pulled me and was about to leave.

"Come as you say, leave as you say, when I'm someone in the mud?!" At this time, Tang Renjie slapped the table and shouted.

Outside the house, more than a dozen people rushed in in an instant, each with an iron rod in their hands, as soon as I saw this situation, my intestines were about to regret it, I shouldn't have dragged my eldest brother to the appointment!

"Boss Tang, I have something to say, my eldest brother has such a temper, didn't he help you before?" I hurriedly said.

Who knows, as soon as I finished speaking, there was a crackling fight behind me, and when I turned around, my eldest brother was grabbing this person's head and slamming it against the door of the private room.

The space in the room itself was small, the battle started quickly and ended even faster, and there were more than a dozen people lying on the ground, they wanted to get up, but they just struggled to get up.

The eldest brother glanced back at Tang Renjie and said, "Can I leave now?" ”

Tang Renjie looked at the people on the ground, his face was a little pale, and he opened his mouth and didn't speak.

The eldest brother pulled me and prepared to go out of the private room, at the door, the eldest brother suddenly stood up, I looked over, and saw at a glance that there were three people with guns in their hands, and the muzzle of the gun was facing the head of the eldest brother.

It's the first time I've seen a gun in reality, although the muzzle of the gun is aimed at the eldest brother, but it's so close to me, it's fake to say I'm not afraid, I looked back and found that Liu Lao, who hadn't spoken from beginning to end, was looking at the two of us laughing.

The eldest brother did not carry the gun hard, but retreated step by step, and the three people at the door had three guns, forcing us back again out of the private room.

"I've always admired young people with temper and character, not to mention that you're good." At this time, Liu Lao spoke slowly.

The eldest brother looked back at Liu Lao and said nothing.

"I came all the way over, and a bottle of wine sent me away, giving me a reason to stick to your rules, and convincing me that you can go." Liu Lao said, Liu Lao spoke slowly, but there was a domineering spirit as steady as Mount Tai.

The eldest brother looked at Liu Lao, and Liu Lao also looked at the eldest brother, both of them didn't blink their eyes, although they didn't speak, but the war between their eyes was sharp enough.

"Someone gave me a bite to eat and set me the rules, and if I break the rules, I will die." The eldest brother said softly.

Tang Renjie stood up and asked, "Who?!" ”

Liu Lao's face changed after listening to the eldest brother's words, and then he waved his hand and said, "I understand, let's go, I will come over on the first day of the new year." ”

The eldest brother took me and walked out of the farmhouse together, until I was sure that no one was following me, I dared to wipe the cold sweat on my forehead, and now my legs are a little weak, everything that happened in this just now, I feel like a dream.

When I returned to my eldest brother's house, my eldest brother poured me a glass of water, and after drinking the water, I calmed down a little, and I said to my eldest brother, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect things to be like this." ”

He shook his head and said, "It's okay. ”

I'm a little embarrassed, every time I get alone with my eldest brother, it makes me feel like I'm on pins and needles, and I have to admit that getting along with this person will be a lot of pressure.

After sitting for a while, I got up and was about to say goodbye, but my eldest brother sent me to the door, and said to me when he was leaving: "Don't have contact with that Tang Renjie, he has a problem, and that Liu Lao, he doesn't just want to fish out the corpses of his comrades." ”

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Intuition." The eldest brother said, after saying this, he didn't want to say too much, and just closed the door.

- Tang Renjie didn't come to harass again, that Liu Lao should have left, and after that, the eldest brother once again set up a rule, which is a supplement after he only enters the ghost cave three times a year and receives 100,000 yuan at a time, this rule is very strange, so that many people can't understand it.

That is, he only fishes the living, not the dead.

In this sentence, he still hung a flag out.

Many people don't understand what this means after seeing this sentence, only fishing for the living and not the dead? Do corpse diggers not scoop up dead people? What's that called? If you only catch people alive, it should only be regarded as saving people, right?

An incident soon happened that made people understand the meaning of the eldest brother's words.

About ten miles away from Sanlitun, something happened, four middle school students rowed in the river together, but encountered a strong wind, the boat overturned in the water, and the body could not be found, because the eldest brother has been famous recently, so the parents of these four students begged my eldest brother here.

The eldest brother asked the four parents to write down the four children's birthdays, which were written on a piece of red paper, and after writing, the eldest brother took the four pieces of red paper and went to his second floor.

After a while, the eldest brother walked down and said to one of the students' parents, "I'll catch your child, because he is still alive." ”

As soon as this parent heard this, he immediately knelt down and thanked my eldest brother, but the other three stopped and asked my eldest brother what he meant. My eldest brother pointed to the flag outside and said, "I write very clearly, I don't catch the dead." You can find other people, and you can also fish out their bodies. ”

After the eldest brother finished speaking, he went out, and sure enough, he rescued a drowning child, who was rescued by an ambulance parked on the shore, and the other three children, when they were rescued by other corpse collectors, had already died of exhaustion.

The child was rescued by the eldest brother in the family, and the family came to thank my eldest brother with pennants and money, beating gongs and drums, and sent 10,000 yuan to my eldest brother, but my eldest brother only collected 500, refused to overcharge, did not enter the twelve ghost caves to catch the living, only collected 500 at a time, did not accept more, and did not accept less.

The eldest brother's reputation has risen again, and everyone nearby almost wants to spread him to god.

His skill of dripping blood to find corpses and bones, and the skill of determining life and death with eight characters makes people talk about him as a hidden master of yin and yang.

Even the peers have great respect for the eldest brother, and the eldest brother's refusal to catch the dead undoubtedly leaves them a way to live, otherwise it will be difficult for them to eat this bowl of rice with the eldest brother here.

Some people pass on my eldest brother's magic skills, and some people say that my eldest brother is hypocritical, a corpse digger who damages yin morality, and he really takes himself seriously and sets up so many rules, which I scoff at.

After seeing the eldest brother single-handedly pick up more than a dozen people, I understand a truth.

It's not just heroes who have strange rules.

It's that only heroes have the strength to keep their rules.

Big brother is undoubtedly a hero.