Chapter 1: Corpse Fraud
The sky was overcast, and white paper money was flying in the air.
The funeral procession came from afar in a white cloth, and the first was a solemn girl, dressed in a brown Chinese long robe, draped in a white cloth, wearing a Qiankun Thai hexagram hat, holding high the long sail in her hand, leading the procession forward, while reciting the funeral song in her mouth.
In the procession, two coffins were carried, the former was well-made, with exquisite carvings, and family members wearing white cloths and scarves followed behind the coffins with sad expressions.
And the coffin at the back is much more ordinary, an ordinary black coffin, as if it was an ordinary gift for a time to buy and get one free.
It is extremely rare for two coffins to be buried at the same time, and if a family loses two people at the same time, it must be a matter of great sorrow, but today these two coffins are buried together is a bit special.
Liyue's funerals are usually organized by the Hall of the Dead, and this one was no exception.
In the coffin in front of him is an old man from a wealthy family surnamed Luo in Liyue, who died at the end of his life, which is a wedding funeral.
And in the coffin behind was a young man who had nothing to do with the Luo family.
This young man was found by the Luo family in the river, as if he had fallen into the water, and when he was found, his body was cold, without any breath of life, and he was obviously dead.
After several days of investigation, the Liyue General Affairs Office did not find any records of this person in Liyue, whether there was any identification on his body, and the clothes and clothing did not look like those of people from nearby countries, and no family members came to claim them.
But a dead person can't just leave it alone, so the eccentric deceased hall master made a decision and buried him together, just as she was going to engage in a buy-one-get-one-free activity, so this unknown corpse became the one who was "sent".
There must be people who oppose this kind of unobtrusive thing, but under the persuasion of the hall master, the Luo family also agreed, after all, they don't need to pay extra money, and the corpse can't be left alone if no one claims it, so it should be regarded as accumulating some yin virtue.
The funeral procession gradually approached the cemetery, and the sound of suona gradually became clear from far to near.
Jiang Bai felt his head groggy, as if he had been thrown into a barrel washing machine and shook the water, and it took a long time before he opened his eyes in a daze.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he found himself trapped in a box with no fingers in his reach, as if he was being carried, and the sound of singing and suona came to his ears through the box.
Connecting with this black box and this shaking feeling, Jiang Bai had a bad premonition in his heart.
Thinking of the scene he was about to face, Jiang Bai did not hesitate to take action, he used the bottom plate as a support, his hands and feet worked together, and the sealed coffin was opened by him so hard!
Seeing that the coffin board suddenly opened like this, the people inside sat up, and the legs of several people carrying the coffin were weak, and the coffin fell to the ground with a loud noise.
"Hell... Hell! ”
The screams came from the rear and also attracted the attention of those in front.
The hall master at the front frowned, calmly motioned for everyone to stop first, and then a spear conjured up behind him, and jumped to the back of the line like a butterfly flapping its wings.
"What's going on?" Before the person arrived, the light and crisp sound had already come, which also reassured several coffin bearers.
Although their hall master is sometimes out of tune, he is still very serious and reliable in matters like funerals.
Jiang Bai was still in a daze, when he saw a slim girl standing in front of him with a gun.
Looking at the person sitting in the coffin in front of her, the girl stretched out her head curiously to look, and then tilted her head.
As one of Liyue's most professional funeral experts, she can certainly see at a glance whether the person in front of her is a human or a ghost, and whether she is possessed by a soul or not, but this is what makes her strange.
She had personally examined this man's "corpse", there was no breathing or heartbeat, even his body was cold, and he couldn't die anymore.
But now that he is alive, even his face is ruddy.
The girl's head stretched forward, her nose sniffed, and Jiang Bai's body shrank back, distancing herself from her.
He didn't even know what the situation was now, let alone where it was, so it was better not to act rashly.
Seeing the confusion and confusion in his eyes, the girl tilted her head again, and then reached out and touched his face.
"Warm... It's really alive......"
"Hall Master, is this a living person?" The hall master came, and the few coffin bearers next to him were not afraid, so they came forward boldly and looked at Jiang Bai curiously.
"What kind of place is this... ...... are you? Jiang Bai let out a puzzled voice.
But the girl in front of her obviously didn't mean to answer him now, and turned her head to talk to a few coffin bearers, "Since you are alive, then you don't need to bury it, you and him are waiting here, and I will finish the funeral first......"
Naturally, there is no need to say who this "he" refers to, Jiang Bai blinked an eye, and saw this girl jumping in front like the wind.
Subsequently, the sound of suona continued, and the funeral procession continued forward.
Knowing that it was a living person, a few coffin bearers were not nervous, and sat on the ground, waiting for the hall master to finish.
Jiang Bai, who was sitting in the coffin, had time to look at his surroundings.
The sky was very gloomy, and the air was filled with the aftertaste of burning paper, and from time to time a mountain breeze blew, whimpering with a chill. They were on a path up the mountain, and the pine trees on the side of the road were lush, all kinds of plants and trees were dark in color, and there were a lot of white paper money on the ground, which was blown everywhere by the wind.
Combined with the coffin and funeral procession, there is an indescribable weird atmosphere.
For such an environment, Jiang Bai didn't have any fear, he was more at a loss, he couldn't remember where he came from, and he couldn't remember what he used to do, but let's talk about amnesia, it's not quite like it.
Just like he remembers his own name, some familiar words can instantly awaken the body's instincts, such as hearing suona realize that he is in the coffin, he can immediately know the seriousness of the matter, and choose to break out of the coffin without hesitation.
"Where is this? Who are you? He said as he tried to get out of the coffin.
It seems that because he hasn't spoken for too long, his voice is a little hoarse, and his body is like rust, not very flexible, and finally the person next to him took a hand, and he crawled out.
After knowing that this was a living person, the coffin bearers were not afraid, after all, it was not good to be timid in their line of work.
"This is Tianheng Mountain, and we are the coffin bearers of the Dead Hall." The man who spoke moved his shoulders, which were sore from carrying the coffin, then walked up to him curiously, and poked him in the face as if he were doing it:
"It's you, why did you look like a dead man before, we all planned to bury you."
There is a warm touch on the face, and the resilience is exceptional.