After this incident, I got in touch with Mr. Liao.

His old man also had a good impression of me, and took the initiative to come over and say with a smile: "You dare to think and dare to speak, this is very rare!" When we encounter abnormal and strange things, we should use our brains and communicate more, so that we can get out alive. ”

I hurriedly responded politely: "Mr. Liao has won the award." ”

When I replied, I took the opportunity to take a look, and saw that his outfit was different from that of other rats.

He didn't wear a headlamp, he didn't carry the same backpack as us, he had two rough hemp ropes tied to him, the hemp ropes were full of bells, two strange bamboo poles on his back, and a sack tied around his waist, which was bulging, and I don't know what it contained.

I said half-flatteringly, half-inquiringly: "Mr. Liao looks like Yuanliang with a big top, and this outfit is different from ordinary Tufuzi. ”

Mr. Liao smiled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "You are wrong, I am not a good Yuanliang, and I am not walking with these people." ”

I was stunned when I said this, could it be that this old gentleman is not a native master?

At this time, Sister Hong next to me introduced me with a smile: "Rong Sheng, you don't know, although Mr. Liao also followed us into the pot, he was not a peer." He is from Xiangxi and is a well-known corpse chaser. Rong Sheng, do you know what a corpse chaser is? ”

I nodded and said I knew.

Xiangxi corpse chasers, this is a well-known name in the rivers and lakes.

Although I have never been exposed to this craft in my daily life, I can often come into contact with stories and legends about them when I watch movies and TV dramas.

According to legend, the profession of corpse chasers originated in ancient times, thousands of years ago, Chiyou led troops to conquer the world, and many soldiers died in battle. Chi You values love and righteousness, and can't bear to see his brothers die in a foreign land, so he orders his wizards to perform witchcraft, so that these soldiers who died in battle turn into zombies, and follow Chi You back to his hometown.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, a generation of folk warlocks in Guchenzhou learned ancient witchcraft and became the earliest corpse chasers full-time. Inherited to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the line of chasing corpses was more prosperous, especially in the four counties of Yuanling, Luxi, Chenxi and Pupu in Xiangxi, and the common people could often witness the corpse chasers driving a large number of corpses, and the third watch returned from the field in the middle of the night.

At first, I learned about corpse chasers through watching movies, and I always thought that ancient corpse chasers could really turn dead people into zombies, put on charms, and jump with their arms up.

Later, I met a colleague who came from Xiangxi, and accidentally talked about this anecdote about the corpse in Xiangxi, he said that the corpse chaser is not so powerful, and what is a spell and a spell to let the corpse walk by itself, it is all nonsense!

They just erected the corpse with bamboo poles, tied it with hemp rope, and two corpse chasers carried the corpse in the middle, one after the other. The corpses shook as they walked, and in the distance they looked like they were just walking on their own.

As for the plots played in those movies, they are completely artistic processing by later generations.

I still believe what he said, because he said that he had a classmate's grandfather who was a corpse chaser. He also told me that this is not a job that anyone can do, and that corpse chasers must have long hands and feet, a straight body, and most importantly, they must be ugly.

As for why he must be ugly, my colleague can't say, he only knows the rule, but he doesn't know the origin of the rule.

Now that I see Mr. Liao's appearance in front of me, I recall the words of that colleague, and I can't help but feel that what he said is really right - at least Mr. Liao is indeed ugly.

Straight to the point.

Sister Hong told me that Mr. Liao has a great background, their Liao family is one of the three major families in Xiangxi, and the ancestors of the Liao family began to drive corpses during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been passed on to Mr. Liao's generation, which is already the forty-third generation.

When I heard this, my first reaction was that the Liao family was unlucky enough, forty-three generations, and all generations were corpse chasers, which shows that their children and grandchildren of each generation are ugly enough, otherwise they would not be able to inherit this family industry.

But on second thought, the power of genetics is powerful, and our ancestors have been corpse chasers for generations, which makes it possible.

Talking about this, I have a doubt in my heart.

Since Mr. Liao is a corpse chaser, then he doesn't go outside to chase corpses, what are he doing with the shopkeeper Wang and them going to the tomb?

Could it be that the shopkeeper Wang, like Chi You, is a person who values love and righteousness, and he can't bear to see his brother die tragically in the tomb, so he took Mr. Liao down and wanted to take out all the brothers who died in the tomb?

But that's not right!

Xiao Shuai, who died tragically outside the wall of the tomb, and the earth dog whose throat was sealed with a knife in the tomb passage, these are all the henchmen of the king's shopkeeper, and they were all thrown to the ground alone, and the king's shopkeeper had no intention of transporting them away!

I couldn't suppress the curiosity in my heart, and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Liao, take the liberty to ask you." What are you doing at the grave as a corpse chaser? Could it be that there are corpses in this ancient tomb that you need to drive out? ”

Hearing this question, Mr. Liao did not answer, but looked at the shopkeeper Wang not far away, as if asking what he meant.

Shopkeeper Wang immediately turned his head and glared at me, and scolded me very unceremoniously: "Don't ask blindly if you shouldn't ask!" Do you know what it means to kill a cat with curiosity? A newcomer, asking questions and asking questions, there are no rules at all! Xiaohong, take a good look at your people! Teach him the rules! ”

Sister Hong hurriedly nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, the pot, don't worry, I'll talk about him!" ”

After that, he dragged me aside and whispered, "Rong Sheng, you kid, what are you asking about!" Shopkeeper Wang and Mr. Liao, the less you know, the better, let's be bitter at the moment, just listen to the arrangements above, you can know what you know, and don't ask if you don't let you know, understand? ”

I didn't want to cause more trouble, and I didn't want to make trouble for Sister Hong, so I immediately nodded and said, "I understand, Sister Hong, I won't say more about this kind of thing in the future, and I won't inquire about their affairs." ”

"Well, that's right." Sister Hong smiled at me and reached out and pinched my face.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the king said loudly: "Everyone hurry up and filter the pit, take away all the valuable things in this tomb, look carefully inside the sarcophagus, and don't leave anything behind!" After sweeping this room, let's continue to move forward, the public can't figure out what is on the way here, and give me some profit under my hands! ”

"Understood!"

The rats under his command echoed in unison, and even Sister Hong shouted along, and after shouting, they scattered into the tomb and began to turn over a sarcophagus and a sarcophagus.

While this group of rats was busy, Uncle Mei and I quietly got together.

Uncle Mei has always been thinking about the bronze dagger that killed the earth dog, because it was clearly the murder weapon that killed Aunt Mei.

He lowered his voice and said to me, "Rong Sheng, how do I think that the murderer who killed your aunt is that fairy girl in white!" Maybe we are all wrong, the murderer is not the king's shopkeeper. ”

I also nodded: "Indeed, judging from the murder weapon, the murderer of Aunt Mei and the murderer of Tugou are likely to be the same person." And I look at the reaction of the shopkeeper Wang, he really doesn't seem to have seen the bronze dagger, we may be wrong to blame him, the murderer of Aunt Mei is not his person. ”

"Makes sense." Uncle Mei pinched his chin and nodded slowly, then became excited again, and said excitedly: "Anyway, our two fathers have not worked in vain this time!" Next, you must find a way to find the fairy girl in white, find her, and your aunt's murder and An An's whereabouts will all be settled! ”