"Huh?" I was a little puzzled, so I asked Lao Wang, "Then why did you let me go up and speak?" ”

"Jiu Yanzi, do you really don't know, or do you not know, I heard the people from the town government say that the mayor plans to let you lead the eight immortals of our town to continue to hold funerals in Dongxing Town, but those officials in the county said that the eight immortals of our town are doing their hands and feet on the coffin, which can easily attract the anger of the people, resulting in bloodshed, and even murders, affecting the stability of the town." Lao Wang explained it to me.

Liu Weimin interjected on the side and said: "Chen Baxian, this Eight Immortals Meeting, said to be jointly organized by the Eight Immortals of eight towns, but in fact, the mayor of the town is working in the back, and he has only one purpose, our funeral in Dongxing Town, we can do it ourselves, and we don't need outsiders to come in." And, the most capable Eight Immortals in our town now are you. However, you made a move on the coffin in the last funeral, and let the eight immortals in other towns know, and they used this matter as a topic in the county to prevent you from doing a funeral in our town, so that people from other towns can come to our town to do funerals. ”

"Nine gentlemen, when the mayor of the town calls you up to speak, you must deal with the matter of pasting red paper. Otherwise, the funeral in our town can only be handled by outsiders, and now there are several Eight Immortals who have contacted those Eight Immortals in other towns. Wang patted me on the shoulder.

I glanced at them, I always thought that this Eight Immortals Meeting was just a meeting within the Eight Immortals, but I didn't expect that there were so many doorways inside, and I didn't expect that the town government would participate in it.

However, the town government's worries are not unreasonable, because of funeral fights and homicides, which have happened several times in our town, the most serious one, the county sent a lot of public security to calm down.

I nodded at them, didn't speak, and my right hand involuntarily reached into my trouser pocket and tightened the dagger inside.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man on the stage slapped his palm on the platform in front of him, and said angrily: "The funeral rules handed down by the ancestors, you eight immortals have forgotten everything, and you only think about how to make more money, completely ignoring the economic conditions of the main family, what is the difference between this and robbers, as the head of a town, I don't know much about funeral customs, but I know that in the places under my jurisdiction, there must be no homicide because of funerals, I propose that the funeral in our town be planned by Chen Baxian." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to me and said, "Chen Baxian, you come up and tell everyone." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the first row of the audience raised an objection, "How can a Eight Immortals who are doing things on the coffin be qualified to do funerals, I propose that our Eight Immortals from Liuyang Town come here to do the funeral." ”

"The eight immortals of your Liuyang Town are not good birds, I propose that the eight immortals of our grain town come here for a funeral."

"Mayor Lin, Mayor Wu, our funeral in Dongxing Town should be solved internally, and it is not the turn of the two of us to intervene!" The middle-aged man said coldly.

"Okay, it's up to you Dongxing Town to solve it, I only have one sentence, a Eight Immortals who are working in the coffin, he has lost his professional ethics and is not worthy of a funeral, once he is allowed to mourn, it will only cause more cases, and the county will never allow this kind of Eight Immortals to do funerals." Another voice rang out.

"Chen Baxian, you come up. Tell them about your funeral. The middle-aged man beckoned to me again, not mentioning the matter of sticking red paper, presumably deliberately covering it up for me.

I nodded at him, stood up, walked to the stage, and glanced inside the auditorium, a group of people in the dark, and there were many ordinary people standing at the door, probing in to see the excitement.

To be honest, I was a little nervous, and my palms were sweaty. I took a few deep breaths, calmed down my mentality, and slowly spoke, saying, "My name is Chen Jiu, a person from Dongxing Town, Aozi Village, nineteen years old this year, a student who has just come out of school. ”

Speaking of this, there was a sigh from the audience, I didn't care, and continued: "As a new Eight Immortals, I am not qualified to make a big fuss here, just the coffin sticking red paper, I don't want to explain anything, I say too much, it seems that I Chen Jiu is hypocritical, that thing is my impulsive mistake, I took it, no matter how Liu Kai is, no matter what my Chen Jiu character is, and no matter the grievances and grievances between me and him, since I put red paper on the coffin, it is my fault, that is, I violated the professional ethics of the Eight Immortals, for this." , I'm willing to pay the price. ”

As I spoke, I took out the dagger from my trouser pocket, put my left hand on the table, held the dagger, and slashed it down on my thumb, the dagger was very sharp, but just like that, my thumb and palm parted, and blood flowed out.

Soon, Yin Hong's blood stained the table red, and the audience was in an uproar, and there were many discussions, and they stammered several times and wanted to rush to the stage, but they were all stopped by Lao Wang and Liu Weimin.

The pain from the palm of my hand made me almost faint, I took a few deep breaths, let myself barely calm down, and said slowly: "As the Eight Immortals, I dare not say, what can I do for this society, at least, I can solve some problems for the people in the funeral, at least, I can do the funeral in my own heart, at least, I will not offend the dead for money, we Eight Immortals should put the dead first, and the Eight Immortals like me who work in the coffin should pay the price of blood." ”

After saying this, the audience fell silent, no one spoke, the whole auditorium was so quiet that the needles could be heard, and the blood on the fingers flowed more and more, and the blood dripped down the table and fell to the ground, making a 'tick, tick' sound.

I don't know if it was because of the excessive blood loss, or because I didn't sleep last night, I was extremely tired, and I almost fell down several times, but fortunately there was a platform in front of me, and I leaned forward a little with the elbow of my right hand to allow myself to barely stand up.

At this moment, Chen Papi, who was sitting in the second row, made a move, he first stood up, patted his palm, and sneered: "What a bitter meat plan, one finger for a person to be crazy for a lifetime, Chen Baxian, don't you think it's shameless?" ”

"Chen Papi, do you have a conscience, then Liu Kai is crazy and has a fart relationship with Brother Jiu, don't forget, the red paper was torn before the funeral began, and he had an accident later, that is because he usually did too many bad things, and got the retribution he deserved." Stammered and got up, stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Papi, and scolded angrily.

Because of his stammering, he said this for a long time, but no one in the Eight Immortals present interrupted, and they all listened patiently to him.

ps: A new plot will be opened tomorrow, Rong Xiaojiu will sort out his thoughts.