Chapter 169: Closing the Coffin
A new day is coming, and the sky is shining again.
On the open space in front of the cave, construction has entered a new phase.
Countless adobe walls were built, countless thick logs were smashed into the ground, and a slightly rudimentary building was taking shape.
Among them, Wu Fugui is constantly running before and after, directing the progress of each link, and at the same time measuring some key data, so that the entire building can be completed in strict accordance with the established specifications.
"That, that...... On the second day of October, push the adobe over there, and there will be two more logs......"
"Ah, you don't call it the second day of October, it's the first day of October, okay, then the first day of October. You still push the adobe a little bit, and then come with two ...... No...... Three logs, and another ashlar. ”
"Yes, yes, whoever is, just put things there. ”
"Oh, who is that, don't move, you have to straighten it upright, and then smash the log down. ”
"On the first day of October, come here, you take him down, I see how you are a little smarter than him"
“......”
Busy, very busy, Wu Fugui spent the whole morning like this, shouting so dry that he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at a glance of his eyes, he saw that his two wives and brothers were resting leisurely.
Suddenly, Wu Fugui was angry, and walked forward, one person is one kick.
"Oh, brother-in-law, why are you kicking us?" said the two of them.
"It's you guys!" Wu Fugui waited for his eyes and said, "I didn't see that I was busy like this, you are still idle, get out, go to your sister, help cook." Let me see you idle again, and I have to break one of your legs. ”
"Brother-in-law, I've already broken one, don't be so ruthless. Wu Fugui's lame wife and brother said.
"You can give it a try!" Wu Fugui said with squinted eyes.
The two trembled and fled.
And Wu Fugui snorted again, and shouted towards the construction site again, "Who's that, on the first day of October, move the log to the top for me." ”
"On the first day of October, plug the hole in the adobe for me. ”
"On the first day of October, show me why the new adobe hasn't come yet?"
"On the first day of October, I straightened the wall with some effort. ”
"...... on the first day of October"
Wu Fugui shouted desperately, more than 300 big men worked hard, the buildings were getting taller and bigger, and slowly occupied one of the eighteen districts that had been divided in front of the vacant land.
"Whew. Wu Fugui breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment, the muscles in his whole body tensed again, because Sun Li appeared in front of him.
"Sun ...... Grandchild...... Sun Gongzi. ”
"Oh, this is something I just made, and I'm going to do it next, you can take a look, and if you don't understand, ask me. Sun Li said, and then handed a thick pile of paper to Wu Fugui.
Wu Fugui took it, opened it one by one, and then slowly grew his mouth, and finally couldn't help shouting, "My God, what is this!"
"I call him Eighteen Cloud Castles. Sun Li spoke, then looked at Wu Fugui, "How can you understand?"
"If you can read it, you can understand it, after all, Sun Gongzi, you have marked all the places for me, if I can't understand it, I will be a fool. ”
"That's good, can it be done in ten days?"
"Ten days?" Wu Fugui frowned as he looked at the thing on the paper, and after a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "No problem." ”
"That's good. Sun Li nodded with satisfaction.
"But......" Wu Fugui suddenly whispered again, "but there is a small problem. ”
"What?"
"Do you have any meat to eat today?"
"Yes. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they just caught a bison today. ”
"That's okay, that's okay. Wu Fugui became excited, took the paper and ran to the side, and began to shout, "That one, on the first day of October, will move three thousand adobes for me first, and I want the best one." ”
"On the first day of the tenth month, bring me a hundred logs, the thickest one. ”
"On the first day of October, hammer the ground for me again. ”
"...... on the first day of October"
“......”
......
At the same time, on the outskirts of Ping'an County, the ancestral grave of the Chen family.
More than a dozen big men were digging with shovels, and finally dug out a coffin, and then carried it to the tent set up by black yarn and pried it open.
And Chen Xi was watching all this from the side, looking at the fourth brother who was unrecognizable in the coffin, his throat shook uncontrollably.
"Shopkeeper Chen, look, these four young masters have also come out, are they ready to close the coffin?" asked a big man wiping the sweat on his face.
"Okay, close the coffin. Chen Zhen's body was a little stiff and said.
"Okay, let's get started. The big man nodded, and then beckoned the rest of the group to walk towards the other coffin in the tent.
It was a blackened wooden coffin, with little artificial ornamentation on the surface, and it looked so natural that not even a single crack could be found.
Well, not a single seam? Not really!
So how did the coffin come out, and how did the dead man get in?
A few big men with hammers and wedges ready to open the coffin were slightly stunned, and then they circled around the coffin, circle after circle, and when they turned to the tenth circle, the big men finally couldn't help it, and looked at Chen Shu again, "Shopkeeper Chen, this coffin seems to be a little wrong." ”
Chen Zhen watched from the side, and naturally saw that something was wrong with the coffin, and his heart was slightly cold, but then he forcibly suppressed it, turned around and walked out of the tent.
Outside the tent, there was a woman, a relative of the woman, who was not allowed to enter the tent where the coffin was closed according to the rules, so she stayed outside.
Chen Xi looked at the other party and said, "Mrs. Zhang, the coffin of the young lady of your family seems to be a little strange." ”
"Weird?" Mrs. Zhang was slightly stunned, "how is it possible, we use the best coffins." ”
"I know this, but this coffin doesn't seem to have a crack, how can it be opened? I don't know, how did your family put Miss Gui in it in the first place?"
"This ...... This ......" Mrs. Zhang's gaze was a little evasive, and after a while, she said a little reluctantly, "This coffin for my family is made by a master, and it is said to be ...... Be...... It's a bit special, it's to prevent being disturbed by those damn Tufuzi, so it can't be opened when it's closed. ”
"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" Chen Zhen frowned, his tone slightly heavy, "Now, the coffin is going to be closed, what should I do?"
"This ...... This ......" Mrs. Zhang's eyes rolled slightly, "Otherwise, just smash the coffin, anyway, it's going to be combined into one coffin, and my coffin is useless, as long as you get people out." ”
"Is this good?" Chen Zhen hesitated slightly, faintly feeling that something was wrong.
"Look at what you say. Mrs. Zhang spoke, "I'm not worried about my daughter, what else are you worried about." ”
"Okay. Chen Ying nodded helplessly and shouted towards the inside of the tent, "Smash the coffin open!"
"Okay. The big man, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately nodded in response, took the tool and began to work, erecting the peg and smashing the hammer into it. But with a "bang", the working man felt that he had smashed on the stone, and the tiger's mouth was numb.
"What a hard wood!" said one of the big men at the head, but then he looked at him and beckoned, "Use some force, continue." ”
"Good. The rest of the people were obedient, picked up their hammers and began to smash them again.
"Bang bang bang", two times and three times at a time......
Dozens of times later, with a "click", the coffin finally cracked. What no one noticed was that an extremely faint black gas was wafting out from this gap.