Chapter 7: The Old Man

Twenty-one years of heaven, March 5, stunned, avoid burial.

Great Xia Dynasty, Peach Blossom County, Ferry.

Zhang Yuanmian and others had already rushed to the ferry, but unfortunately they missed the first boat time of the day, so they could only wait for the next boat, around 8 o'clock in the evening.

Wait, wait, wait, gradually approaching the evening.

There are even more people shouting and rubbing shoulders, but most of them are traders doing business.

"Senior brother, let's eat a roasted sweet potato, this sweet potato is so delicious, it's the first time I've eaten it."

Daotong Wang Dalong handed over a sweet potato.

This is from the hands of the merchants, it is said that it came from the Western Regions, this time after going back, you must tell the family, you have to try your best to get the sweet potato planting method, this is an opportunity to get rich.

Zhang Yuanmian was curious: "Where did you get the money?" ”

In Deyunguan, he, Daotong Wang Dalong and Li Fengxiao all rely on their master to make money outside, and their lives are very poor, and they basically have no spare money on hand.

Master is a good gambler, so he is a moonlight clan every month.

The money for their boat ride was still sold by the little eunuch, and it was barely enough.

"No money, this is what the vendor gave me." Wang Dalong said proudly, he only said a word, and a vendor obediently handed him the roasted sweet potato.

Zhang Yuanmian was puzzled, but soon knew how he did it.

I saw him wandering around among the vendors, and when someone asked him his name, Wang Dalong replied:

"Mother Yuanyi."

"It turned out to be Yuan Yi, disrespectful and disrespectful, this bunch of grapes transported from the Western Regions for you to taste, my name is Zhang San, remember to mention a little bit when you go to Beijing."

"Something."

"Little brother Li Si, this is a rare tribute dish, please smile."

"Just call me the sixth child, this is a peach, please smile."

"Okay, when you go to Jingshi, remember to come to the Star Picking Tower to find me, I will pick up the wind and dust for you, remember to pick the Star Tower." Wang Dalong came back with a bunch of things to eat, which stunned Zhang Yuanmian.

Seeing this, Daotong Li Fengyan ran to the other side, and cheated and drank like his senior brother Wang Dalong: "Mother Yuanyi, I took this bunch of grapes." ”

So, he was beaten up.

Li Fengyan couldn't understand why he was not good, so he went back and asked Wang Dalong.

Wang Dalong patted his junior brother on the shoulder and said, "This is my trick for walking the rivers and lakes (cheating to eat and drink), if I tell you, I will not starve to death." ”

Li Fengyan frowned, forget it, don't bother to ask, I'm hungry, I'll eat first and then talk about it, anyway, Wang Dalong's fruit is his, and there is no need to be polite between senior brothers.

Zhang Yuanmian secretly wrote down the name Yuanyi, and he couldn't say that he would be able to use it in the future.

He waited on the bank of the river for another half an hour, and when the time for departure was near, the captain shouted from the boat: "Prepare to sail, please get on the boat quickly, and wait for the expiration date." ”

Everyone boarded the ship one after another.

The ferry soon fell silent, and the boat began to be lively again.

Just as the boat was about to start, a group of uninvited guests came to the ferry, carrying seven black coffins, and the lively boat suddenly fell silent.

The captain frowned: "Are you going to get on the ship?" ”

"Yes."

"I'm sorry, the coffin can't be on board."

Because of the bad luck, and today is the fifth day of March, it is taboo to be buried, and if the coffin is also carried to the ship, it is a taboo.

An old man in his seventies walked out quickly and said, "Boatman, let's discuss." ”

The captain said, "There is no negotiation, and even if I agree, it is impossible for the people on the ship to agree." ”

The old man said: "The old slave pays the money, and he pays double the money." ”

The captain shook his head: "It's not a matter of money or not, we do business, and we do like money, but we have our own rules, if we can't do it, it's not good, it's really not a matter of money......"

The old man stopped talking, waved his hand, and two servants came with a heavy box and lifted the lid.

"Whoa."

A box full of gold and silver jewelry, glittering.

"What do you mean by that? Are you trying to break the rules? ”

The captain said sonorously and forcefully, and his words were sharp, "The coffin can't be on the boat, this is the rule set by the ancestors, no matter how much money it is, the rules of the ancestors can't be broken, you can't get on my ship." ”

"Let's get on board, it's all yours." The old man pointed to a box of gold and silver jewelry.

The captain bent down ninety degrees: "Please." ”

The old man took two steps, turned his head and asked, "Didn't you just say that the rules of the ancestors can't be broken?" ”

The captain smiled and said: "The destiny of heaven is not enough to fear, the ancestors are not enough to be law, I have new rules, please get on the ship." ”

In the face of real money, even the ancestors should not be able to resist the temptation.

"With so much money, you can retire early and make money."

The captain squinted his eyes, touched a box of real gold, and was very happy, and ordered the sailors to carry a box of gold to the ship.

Someone said to the captain: "The coffin is on the ship, it is unlucky." ”

"If it's unlucky, let me go down." The captain scolded him, and the people who pointed and pointed shut up, no matter what, this ship still has to sit.

The uninvited guest carried the coffin and quickly boarded the ship.

The captain shouted again: "There is no one else on the boat, no one is on the boat." ”

There was no response for a long time, and the captain ordered: "Sail." ”

The boat slowly sailed towards the bustling town of Puliu.

Because of the problem of the coffin, everyone was a little depressed at first, but the old man knew the current affairs, accompanied the smiling face, and had many talents.

"I'm really sorry, I don't make you happy, these little money are a little little bit of an old slave, please bear with me."

The old man waved his hand and asked the little servant to give money to everyone on the boat, regardless of men, women and children, even a dog on the boat, all of them were given a golden ingot of gold.

The old man invisibly shortened the distance between everyone.

Gold is such a good thing.

Looking at the kind old man, the captain was very pleased.

Looking at the harmonious crowd, the captain was even more pleased.

Wang Dalong leaned forward and said:

"Mother Yuanyi, my name is Wang Dalong, may I ask where you are from Lao Weng, why are you so generous, I have made a friend of yours, if you go to Beijing to play one day, you must find me."

The old man hugged his fists and saluted: "It turns out that my mother is Yuan Yi, and she is disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

Wang Dalong continued to set his message: "Old man, why did you come to this place where birds don't?" ”

The old man wiped the cracks in the corners of his eyes and said: "My master made a small profit in Qiantang business, let the old slave go back to his hometown, and take his family over, but I didn't expect that two days ago, I was ambushed by gangsters, and I heard that it was a group of tomb robbers. ”

"You should be on the road together, why are you still alive and not cut by tomb robbers?" Wang Dalong was a little puzzled.

The old man's face froze.

Then he continued to cry, beat his chest and said: "The old slave is sorry for the master of the family, I can't take your family over, I'm really sorry, the old slave deserves to die, he shouldn't live in the world." ”

As he spoke, he was about to jump into the river.

The crowd grabbed him and comforted him:

"The deceased is gone, but the living are like this, may heaven and earth be well together."

Everyone was comforting the old man, Wang Dalong felt bored, returned to Zhang Yuanmian's side, and said:

"I don't look at this old man like a good person, everyone else is dead, why is he alive. I suspect that he killed the whole family and then used the tomb robbers to cover himself up for some purpose. ”

The little eunuch rolled his eyes: "You are talking nonsense without evidence, right?" ”

Wang Dalong said: "As long as you have read a thousand books, you can easily guess the direction of the vein. ”

Zhang Yuanmian smiled: "Aren't all the little yellow books you read?" ”

Wang Dalong Zhenzhen said: "I read the speculative little yellow book, although it contains exposure, gore and fornication, but I don't like to read these contents, I like the reasoning stories in it." ”

"Who are you getting?"

Zhang Yuanmian was speechless, and this product would put gold on his face.

Wang Dalong said: "What do you think of this old man? ”

No one paid any attention to him.

Only Li Fengxiao raised his hand weakly and said, "Senior Brother Wang, I'm hungry, you go and trick a plate of peaches back, I want to eat peaches." ”

No one paid attention to him, and everyone went to sleep.

Gradually, the moon rises, and in the middle of the night, the stars twinkle and the moonlight pours out.

Zhang Yuanmian, who was asleep, suddenly moved the tip of his nose and smelled a strong smell of blood.

With a vigilant face, he hurriedly called Wang Dalong, Li Fengyan and the little eunuch up.

"It's a heavy smell of blood, I know that the old man is not simple, he is a murderer, the coffin is definitely not a corpse, it should be a killer, he is going to rob the ship?" Wang Dalong slapped his forehead, and suddenly became enlightened, "Now I know why he is so generous, it turns out that the gold, silver and jewelry will return to him sooner or later." ”

"Don't speculate, let's go out and have a look, be careful."

Zhang Yuanmian opened the door and poked his head out.

He found that many people also poked their heads out and stared at a certain room, which was where the old man's people lived.

"Puff puff ......"

Blood could be seen splattering out, staining the white wallpaper red.

"What are you going to do?" The old man was frightened, "Don't kill the old slave, the old slave is rich." ”

"Poof!"

Slash it with a knife.

The old man's head fell to the ground.

Click......

A random killing.

The speed was so fast that almost the moment Zhang Yuanmian probed it, the battle was over.

The old man's room was quiet.

Then the door was slowly opened, and the captain was the first to walk out.

The captain looked left and right, and saw that many heads were staring at him, swept coldly, and said:

"This old man holds gold to pass the market, he deserves death, I hate rich people the most in my life. I advise you not to meddle and pretend not to see it. ”

With so much money, how could the captain not be impressed?

There was a killing intent in the daytime, but it was well disguised.

Waiting until late at night, he finally couldn't help it, and the people who beckoned him sneaked over and killed all the old man's people.

After this wave is finished, there will be no worries about food and clothing.

First of all, you have to buy a small courtyard, marry more than a dozen wives, sing songs day and night, this kind of life, the emperor is nothing more than this, thinking about it, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hurry up and throw all the corpses into the river."

The captain watched the dead people being thrown into the river, breathed a sigh of relief, and commanded his men, "You carry all seven coffins to my room." ”

Because he knew that there was no body in the coffin, only gold and silver jewelry.

The corpse is just an excuse for the old man.

Soon, all seven coffins were carried to his room.

"I sent it, I sent it." There was a sound of laughter in the room, and the captain couldn't wait to push the lid of the coffin open to see his money.

Bang.

He pushed the lid of the coffin open.

Pupils shrank suddenly.

There was no gold or silver jewelry in the coffin, and there was a corpse lying quietly inside, the old man he had just killed.

It can be clearly seen that this is a young version of the old man, probably a teenager.

The captain pushed open the second coffin again, and it was another corpse, also an old man, an old man in his twenties.

He pushed open the remaining five coffins in one go.

They are the corpses of old men.

An old man in his thirties.

An old man in his forties.

An old man in his fifties.

An old man in his sixties.

An old man in his seventies.