Chapter 15 The master does not make a fallen wood
I know that in our profession, there are corpse collectors, evil spirits, and demon suppressors.
Naturally, there is no shortage of corpse diggers.
It's just different from ordinary insiders.
Corpse diggers generally appear in the Yellow River area, and are also known as "Yellow River water ghosts." β
Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water.
The Yellow River is turbulent and turbulent, and countless people are buried in the Yellow River every year.
Zhang Lingchuan said that the skill content of the corpse collector is very high, and it is not something that ordinary people in the Xuanmen can do.
They live by the river all year round and are familiar with the nature of the water, and can come and go freely in the turbulent Yellow River, bringing out the corpses trapped in the river.
Although they charge a lot of money, they are also working with their lives.
Seeing that the old man Wang's not quite right look, Zhang Lingchuan clasped his hands around his chest and asked him: "You are a coffin maker, why do you have anything to do with the corpse salvage?" β
Old man Wang still stiffened: "In short, I have this one condition, if you can help, do it, if you can't, get out, don't bother me in the future!" β
Zhang Lingchuan's eyes fell on him and he spoke lightly.
"I am a man who loves money, but I also have the principle of three non-connections."
"Don't take it if you hurt the sky, don't take it if the cause and effect are unknown, and don't take it if you don't have money."
"Old man Wang, I have a request for you, so this business can be regarded as a condition exchange."
"But if you hide something from me, with my Zhang Lingchuan's ability in the circle, I may not be able to think of other ways!"
Old man Wang didn't expect Zhang Lingchuan's temper to be so hard, and he was also stunned for a moment.
Then, he sighed deeply.
Only then did he put his hands behind his back and shook his head helplessly: "Don't worry, it's just looking for someone, where will there be any cause and effect." β
Old man Wang said sadly: "The corpse digger I am looking for is none other than my son. β
Son?
Now it was our turn to be surprised.
Our small county town is 108,000 miles away from the Yellow River, and all we earn is life-saving money.
I have never heard of an example of a Xuanmen master who changed his career to go to the Yellow River to retrieve corpses.
Seeing that we didn't believe us, Old Man Wang mentioned one of his sad things.
Old man Wang's family has been making coffins for a living for generations.
The coffin he made can have a town house and keep the feng shui smooth, and it is also well-known in Liuzhou.
There are many dignitaries and nobles who come to the door and do not hesitate to spend a lot of money, just to beg him to make a pair of longevity materials by himself.
It stands to reason that Old Man Wang lives by relying on the craftsmanship of his ancestors, even if he is not rich and expensive, but at least he has no worries about food and clothing.
Old man Wang said as he spoke, his eyes moistened again.
"At the beginning, my family was harmonious, my wife gave birth to a son and a daughter, and I also felt that my life was complete like this. But who knows, but because I rigidly abide by the rules of my ancestors, I made this family in disarray! β
That was more than a decade ago.
One night, Old Man Wang heard a hurried knock on the door.
"Master WangβMaster Wangβ"
A woman's hurried voice sounded like a hurry.
In addition, Old Man Wang was woken up in the middle of the night, and he was a little irritable by the noise, so he shouted a few words.
"What is the soul called in the middle of the night! I'm going to buy a coffin and come tomorrow. β
But the woman only cried vigorously, but she had no intention of leaving.
Finally, the old man opened the door and glanced out.
The woman looked like she was in her fifties, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
Seeing that Old Man Wang opened the door, he hurriedly got up and took out a few crumpled tickets from his body.
"Master Wang, I want to make a coffin."
Speaking of this, Old Man Wang sighed: "At the beginning, I thought she was going to prepare for what happened after her, so I opened the door and let her in. β
"Who knew she-"
I listened attentively and hurriedly asked Old Man Wang, "What's wrong with her?" β
"Who knew she was going to make a coffin for her dead daughter!"
In the yin and yang industry, the coffin master has a rule, called "the master does not do the fallen wood".
The meaning of this sentence is that the craftsman who makes the coffin does not make the coffin for the dead.
In other words, people must find a coffin maker to make a coffin while they are alive.
The old woman's actions were obviously not in line with the rules of this business.
After hearing this, the old man simply and decisively refused the woman's request.
But she fell to her knees with a thud, crying miserably.
"Master Wang, you should take pity on my daughter and let her go with peace of mind, please!"
This voice also attracted the wife and children of the old man Wang, although his wife pitied the woman, but also knew that the most important thing in this industry is the rules.
The old man said to her, "Get up, we have the rules of this trade." β
"If you break the rules and annoy Master Zu, there will be disaster."
Who knows, it was this sentence that angered the woman.
After hearing this, she looked at the old man Wang's family sadly.
"When my daughter died so miserably, none of you were willing to help."
"Now, I just want her to go with dignity, what rules do you use to press me."
"There is no heavenly principle in this world! You all bully us orphans and widows, and I want to make all of you pay! β
My brow furrowed imperceptibly as I listened.
In fact, I understand that you can't make coffins for people who die because the corpse dies with resentment, and it will definitely become a demon after death.
If she didn't resolve her grievances, she would have put the body in the coffin.
In the event of a corpse change, the first person who will find trouble with the corpse is the coffin maker.
Although Old Man Wang's approach is not humane, it is also in line with the rules.
But he was already in tears: "If I had known that I would kill my wife and children because of this incident, I would have made a coffin for her even if I had taken my own life." β
The woman was actually a local street cleaner.
It is difficult for her to eat three meals a day, and she cannot afford to provide for her daughter to go to college.
"I also heard later that her daughter usually works several jobs just to provide for her college education. Who knows, one night, when she was off work, she was hit by a Ferrari. β
Speaking of this, Old Man Wang's face showed a look of pain: "There is a rumor that the girl still has one breath left at that time. But ......"
I asked him, "But what?" β
"From the Ferrari, four drunken men came down. When they saw that the girl was born beautifully, they actually had a lustful heart! β
Knocking people half-dead, and still doing that kind of beastly thing?
Zhang Lingchuan was so angry that he slapped his palm on the lid of the coffin: "Those people should be damned!" β
In the end, the girl died naked on the road, but the surveillance on that part of the road was coincidentally broken.
The killer fled, and the girl died in such a tragic condition that her mother fainted from crying.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault!"
At this time, Old Man Wang's emotions had also collapsed.
"If I had known about this, why should I have made a coffin for that girl at that time and sent her on her way."
Old man Wang cried for a while, and after his emotions eased slightly, he told us what happened next.
It turned out that after the woman had been severely struck, she went back and wore a red dress and hanged herself with the body of her daughter.
Just three days later.
Old man Wang's wife, at the door of his shop, was run over by an out-of-control car and died on the spot!