Xiang Sheng was telling the truth, and he didn't mean to coax Shi Jian.

In the past, even now, many people have the concept that chasing corpses is a very mournful profession, and it is easy to provoke dirty things and bring bad luck into the house. Those with good family backgrounds and good looks generally don't be Mr. Rush.

People can choose whether to be Mr. Corpse Driver, and when Mr. Corpse Chase also picks people when he accepts apprentices, what conditions must be met, Xiang Sheng told Shi Jian one by one, this is also a very important part of the inheritance of Xiangxi corpse chasing technique.

Walking into Ping'an Hall, Shi Jian was surprised to find that this place was neither the mansion of the squire and the rich, nor the temple where the people burned incense and worshiped the gods, but a shroud shop specializing in selling shrouds.

Behind the high wall gate is a small patio courtyard, in which two large houses are built, the threshold is very high, the house on the left is empty and has no furniture, and the house on the right is a shroud shop.

Behind the half-height counter sat a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, dressed in a robe rarely seen in the water, with braided hair and thin cheeks, looking gentle and elegant, with the smell of books on his body.

Seeing this person, Xiang Sheng greeted him: "Zhu Lang Gu, make a fortune today!" ”

The owner of the shroud shop is surnamed Zhu, with an ancient character in his single name, and when he heard Xiang Sheng call him 'Zhu Lang Gu', he was so angry that he trembled, pointing at Xiang Sheng and scolding: "Old widower!" ”

In the Lishui dialect, 'Zhulanggu' means boar and breeding pig. Xiang Sheng's speech was so bad that he even called people 'Zhu Langgu'. Boss Zhu is not easy to mess with, and he is an 'old widower'.

Xiang Sheng's wife died early and has not been renewed for decades, isn't she an old widower?

Shi Jian happily stood aside and watched the excitement, these two people have a deep friendship, loss is loss, scolding is scolding, no one will take it to heart.

"Is there business in the store today?" Xiang Sheng asked.

Boss Zhu said curiously: "I heard that you just came here yesterday, and you were busy taking over business for a few days?" ”

Xiang Sheng pointed at Shi Jian and said, "This guy is the apprentice of an old friend of mine, and he came to Lishui County to learn the art of driving corpses with me. You also know that you can't just look at books to learn the art of expelling corpses, you have to catch up with yourself, so that you can learn things. ”

Boss Zhu arched his hand at Shi Jian kindly, and said with a smile: "Yan'er, you have found the right person by following this old widower to learn to drive corpses, the old widower is a 'three-year-old man who has been a cow for nine years' and has rich experience." Xiangxi chases corpses, if you talk about the craftsmanship of chasing corpses, he ranks second. ”

"So powerful?" Shi Jian secretly spoke, Master Xiang still has a thick thigh.

"Less sycophants." Xiang Sheng didn't appreciate Boss Zhu's praise, and said with an unkind face: "Zhu Langgu, you call me an old widower again, believe it or not, I will dig up your ancestral grave?" ”

"I don't call you an old widower, and you are not allowed to call me Zhu Langgu."

"Okay, Pig ......"

Boss Zhu's eyes widened, and Xiang Sheng hurriedly changed his words, "Guy, don't listen to Boss Zhu's nonsense, as long as the corpse chasing technique is not ranked first, there is no competition for other rankings." ”

Seeing that Xiang Sheng suddenly became frustrated, Shi Jian couldn't help but ask curiously: "Master Xiang, you are second, so who is first?" ”

Boss Zhu was happy to reveal the old bottom of Xiang Sheng, and took the initiative to answer: "Chenyang Lei's Lei Laofu (Tiger) ranks first, and it seems that he has taken away the golden bell at the Golden Bell Conference twice in a row......"

"Three times." Xiang Sheng said sullenly.

Boss Zhu was surprised: "You ...... again this year"

Xiang Sheng smiled bitterly: "Lost." ”

Boss Zhu exclaimed: "Tianzong genius, he has been the leader of the corpse for fifteen years, there is no one before, right?" ”

"Almost, our Xiang clan has an ancestor who has been the leader of the corpse for fourteen years, and he has been the leader of the corpse for the longest time before Lei Laofu."

Shi Jian was confused when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask, "What is the Golden Bell Conference?" ”

Xiang Sheng: "The Golden Bell Conference is a grand event of our Xiangxi corpse chaser Baishi, held every five years, the conference is divided into high and low class skills to drive corpses, and the ranking is determined, and the first person will become the leader of our corpse chaser Baishi and take charge of the golden bell." ”

"What is the Golden Bell?"

"A broken bell!" Xiang Sheng said in disgust.

"Look at you're sour." Boss Zhu glanced at Xiang Sheng, and said to Shi Jian: "The golden bell is a sacred object that has been passed down from generation to generation in the hundred clans, and it is said that it is the treasure of the corpse path, and holding the golden bell can command the corpses." Master Xiang got it once when he was young, and it doesn't seem to be anything special......"

Xiang Sheng said dissatisfiedly: "Why isn't it special, it shakes up and keeps ringing." ”

Shi Jian was amused by Xiang Sheng's nonsense appearance, the golden bell may be an ordinary bell, and the meaning it represents is the most critical and attractive.

"Chase out the corpse? When I learn the art of chasing corpses, I must meet this corpse wizard Lei Lao Hu and take the golden bell back from him. Shi Jian thought secretly.

After chatting about the Golden Bell Conference, Boss Zhu led Xiang Sheng and Shi Jian to the back hall.

The temperature in the back hall is much lower than the front, and the yin is extremely heavy, cold and cold, and it makes people get goosebumps all over their bodies as soon as they enter.

"Huh?"

Shi Jian was startled by the thing on the ground in the back hall, it was a bloody corpse, placed on the bloody mat, the corpse was separated, the skull rolled to the side, but he was still dead, staring at Shi Jian and the three of them.

Seeing the appearance of the dead body, Xiang Sheng scolded angrily: "How many blind things, didn't you ask the old secretary to help collect the corpse?" ”

Boss Zhu said with a strange face: "This person killed Lao Si's relatives, and when he cut off his head yesterday, Lao Si said that no one else was allowed to collect the body for him, and in the end, one of his fellow villagers couldn't see it, so he accepted it and sent it over." ”

Xiang Sheng was stunned, he didn't expect it to be so coincidental, and sighed in his mouth: "Evil, Boss Zhu, bring a basin of water." ”

"Wait a minute."

After a while, Boss Zhu came in with a basin of warm water, Xiang Sheng burned a hand purification charm in the water, rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands.

"You're there."

Shi Jian came back to his senses and hurriedly responded, "Master Xiang." ”

"There are three ways to drive out the corpse, and three don't catch up."

"Those who are beheaded, those who are hanged, and those who stand in a cage and die can be driven."

"Those who die of illness, those who die voluntarily by hanging their necks by throwing themselves into the river, and those whose limbs are incomplete by thunder and fire cannot be rushed."

"So before driving out the body, be sure to carefully examine the cause of the dead body."

This is the old rule, and it is said that these old-fashioned people abide by it, as long as the younger generation gives money, it doesn't matter if you are in a hurry. Out of Xiangxi, the corpse chasers in other places obey even less.

Xiang Sheng picked up a towel to wipe his hands, squatted down to examine the autopsy, "Before touching the dead body, you must clean your hands, and you can't touch your hands if you don't clean your hands, this is respect for the deceased, and it is also a rule." ”

"I made a note of it, Master Xiang."

Xiang Sheng checked that it was correct, got up and said to Shi Jian: "Boss Zhu's ancestors have been running Ping'an Hall for three generations, and he knows very well the rules of the corpse industry, since he dares to collect the corpse, it means that the corpse can be driven, but we can't trust it all, we must make our own judgment." Boss Zhu, don't mind if I say that, right? ”

Boss Zhu waved his hand with a smile, looking unconcerned.

"How can you tell?"

"One is knowledge, the other is experience. Where does knowledge come from? Zhu by the thirteen departments, Dafang Pulse Department, Zhufeng Department, Fetal Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Oral and Dental, Acne Department, Injury Department, Otolarynology Department, Sores and Swelling Department, Golden Cluster Department, Book Prohibition Department, and Needle Department. ”

The more Shi Jian listened, the more familiar he became, isn't this Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine is a huge pit, and he can't enter the industry for one or two decades.

"Master Xiang, our Maoshan disciples also have Mr. Walking, they don't seem to need to learn these things......"

"Huh." Xiang Sheng said contemptuously: "Chasing corpses is a kind of culture, a kind of inheritance, a culture, an industry, a craft, a job, a system, our Xiangxi is the birthplace of corpses, and the most authentic corpse chasing techniques are circulated, and the corpse chasing techniques in other places are incomplete, modified, and soulless." ”

It's almost like pointing at everyone and saying, 'Everyone here is rubbish.'"

"Zhu You's thirteen disciplines are just the foundation, and the essence of the corpse expulsion technique lies in the thirty-six skills."