"Thank you to the four young heroes for saving their lives. ”

Seeing that the coffin had stopped shaking, the four coffin bearers breathed a sigh of relief, and one of them hugged his fists to Ye Qing and the others.

"You're welcome, it's just a gesture. Ye Qing replied with a fist.

"What about your heads?" Chu Nianjiu asked as he looked at the four of them.

Hearing this, the four coffin bearers suddenly showed vigilant eyes, and their eyes were not good.

"The king of the corpse must have at least five people, and four of them should carry the coffin and explore the way, so as not to stray into some dangerous places. Chu Nianjiu said slowly: "I thought that your head was exploring the way in front of it, but now it seems that this is not the case. ”

If there is a way to find the way, the four of them will never stray into the Yin Gathering Land.

The eyes of the four became more and more unkind.

"Hehe, four brothers, don't be nervous, we're not bad people. Chu Nianjiu smiled, the fingers of both hands were overlapped horizontally and vertically, and the thumbs were downward, like a person kneeling on the ground, compared to a strange gesture.

"It turned out to be my own person. Seeing this, the coffin bearer who had spoken earlier was visibly relieved, and the fingers of both hands were pressed downward together, but the thumbs were upward, like a person respecting the heavens, compared a similar but different gesture.

"All three of them are my friends, and none of them are bad people. Chu Nianjiu smiled: "My name is Chu Nianjiu." ”

His gesture is a gesture of identity and communication between coffin bearers, his gesture means to carry the coffin corpse to the ground, and the gesture of the person in front of him means to worship the coffin.

This is also the rule of the coffin bearer, the corpse belongs to the land, and the corpse should respect the earth before the coffin, but the coffin needs to be eaten by God, so before departure, you must worship the heavens and worship God.

This gesture is generally only practiced among coffin bearers, and is rarely known by outsiders.

"My name is Peng Hu, and the three of them are my own brothers, Peng Lin, Peng Shan, and Peng Chuan. The coffin bearer introduced.

"Both are surnamed Peng, are you from the Peng family in Jiannan?" Chu Nianjiu said curiously.

"Brother knows my Peng family?" Peng Hu said unexpectedly.

Although the Peng family in Jiannan belongs to a big family and a martial arts family in Jiannan, few people know that their Peng family is a coffin bearer.

Chu Nianjiu said with a smile: "When I traveled to the rivers and lakes three years ago, I had a relationship with a disciple of your Peng family. ”

"I wonder who that person is?" Peng Hu asked.

"Peng Feibao. Chu Nianjiu said with a smile: "He said that he is the eldest son of the Peng family in Jiannan, and there are two younger brothers below who are not successful, and nothing can be done, which makes him break his heart." ”

"Hehe, it turned out to be the Flying Leopard Boy. Hearing this, Peng Hu smiled and said: "But the Flying Dragon Son is not the eldest son of my Peng family, but the third son, and it is true that he has two elder brothers." ”

"And the two elder brothers of the Flying Leopard are more powerful than the Flying Leopard Son, and have begun to take charge of the family business, only the Flying Leopard Boy is idle and has achieved nothing, and was kicked out of the house by the head of the family a few years ago. ”

"It turned out that he was kicked out of the house!" Chu Nianjiu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I said, the son of the dignified Jiannan Peng family is actually worse than a beggar." ”

"When I first met that kid, he hadn't eaten for three days, and he was squatting on the street to trick a little girl into eating marshmallows, tsk......"

"Later, when I was drinking, that kid also boasted about how he was a genius, how powerful he was in the Peng family, and when I arrived in Jiannan City, I was invited to the city's Mengming Courtyard and Zilan Building, and my feelings were all fucking lies!"

"Huh...... Flying Leopard Boy is indeed a little ...... sometimes" Peng Hu scratched his head, he really didn't know how to describe it, he felt ashamed for Peng Feibao.

However, he was still a little skeptical of Chu Nianjiu's words before, but now it is deep

Believe it, because only people who really know Peng Feibao know Peng Feibao's virtues.

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Chu Nianjiu looked at Peng Hu, who bowed his head and was silent, and said, "You can tell me now, what about your head?"

Peng Hu hesitated for a moment, but still told him frankly: "Don't hide it, we killed our heads." ”

"Dead?" Chu Nianjiu was slightly shocked, the head is generally the strongest and most experienced among the coffin bearers, and the four coffin bearers have the strength of the middle stage of refining, so their heads are at least in the late stage of refining, and even cleanse their spirits.

"Since you have all your heads dead, you still dare to carry the corpse king, aren't you looking for death?"

Chu Nianjiu's tone became a little stern.

Peng Hu was not annoyed, and smiled bitterly: "I can't hide it, this coffin contains an elder of my Peng family, no matter what, we have to take him back to the Peng family for burial." ”

"The people of the Peng family, the fallen leaves must return to the roots. ”

"Your Peng family's clan elders?" Chu Nianjiu wondered, "Why did your Peng family's clan elders die in other places and become so evil?"

The movement and breath in the coffin just now were terrifying and weird.

Peng Hu was silent for a while, and said: "To be honest, we don't know very well, this clan elder of my family came to Tianyong to help at the invitation of a friend of his, but a few days later, my Peng family received news that this clan elder was found dead in a barren mountain, and the cause of death is unknown, so the head of the family ordered us to take back the body of the clan elder. ”

"To tell you the truth, we had a total of nine people at the beginning, eight coffin bearers and a handle, before the coffin was loaded and set off, the corpse of the clan elder was no different, we were just carrying it as an ordinary coffin, but it didn't take long for some strange noises to come from the coffin one after another, and soon after a brother inexplicably turned into charcoal in front of the coffin, but there were no traces of fire around. ”

"We didn't care, but the next day, another brother died inexplicably in front of the coffin, his whole body swollen and white, and his nose and mouth were covered with mud and sand, as if he had drowned. ”

Speaking of this, Peng Hu's voice trembled a little: "We realized that something was wrong, and there were frequent abnormal noises in the coffin, so we turned our heads and asked us to carry the coffin according to the regulations of the corpse carrying king." ”

"At first, it stopped for a while, but after two days, something strange happened. ”

"First a brother broke into countless pieces for no reason while carrying the coffin, and then another man fell into the quicksand and died. ”

"What's even more terrifying is that with the death of the brothers, the abnormal movement in the coffin is getting bigger and bigger, and it took four corpse nails to calm the coffin. ”

Speaking of this, Peng Hu's eyes were a little evasive, and his body trembled.

Ye Qing frowned and said, "What happened in the coffin, didn't you take a look?"

Peng Hu shook his head: "We have rules for coffin bearers, and it is unlucky to carry the coffin without opening the coffin, and it is unlucky to open the coffin." ”

Chu Nianjiu explained: "This is indeed a taboo in the line of the coffin bearer, in the process of carrying the coffin, the coffin bearer is allowed to open the coffin and replace the coffin unless the coffin is damaged due to force majeure factors, otherwise it is never allowed to open the coffin halfway, on the one hand, it is disrespectful to the deceased to open the coffin halfway, and on the other hand, it is unlucky to open the coffin halfway, and it is easy to provoke evil and weirdness." ”

Ye Qing pursed his lips, life and death were at stake, and he still cared about the rules of a fart.

Chu Nianjiu asked, "What about your heads?"

Peng Hu said in a sad tone: "The head was in trouble last night, last night the four of us carried the coffin and explored the way, but when passing by a forest, there was a strange sound in the coffin, and the head seemed to be evil, and he fell into a ravine and was pierced by a bunch of branches and died." ”

"Until now...... There were only four of us left. ”

After a pause, Chu Nianjiu suggested: "To tell the truth, you have your head dead, just if the four of you want to carry the coffin back, it will definitely be a life of nine deaths." ”

"In my opinion, you might as well temporarily seal this coffin here, and then send a letter to the Peng family, so that the Peng family can send someone to pick you up. ”

Peng Hu shook his head and said stubbornly: "No, the Peng family has calculated the auspicious day and auspicious time for the funeral for the clan elder, and set up a mourning hall, which cannot be changed, we must carry the corpse of the clan elder back on time." ”

"You guys are really ......" Lin Yuhuai opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"I know that several friends have good intentions, but my Peng family has the rules of the Peng family, and we also have our insistence. Peng Hu looked at Ye Qing and the others, his eyes resolute: "So I can only live up to your kindness." ”

"In that case, I won't say much more. ”

Chu Nianjiu sighed, and then asked, "By the way, Brother Peng knows where there are villages and towns around here, don't hide it, we are lost!"

Peng Hu replied: "Villages and towns, there is a small village more than twenty miles forward from here, named Fengxiangji, and you can reach Qinghe County from Fengxiangji to the south. ”

"Oh, thank you. Chu Nianjiu thanked him: "By the way, looking at your appearance, you should also go to Fengxiang to resupply and recuperate, can you bother to show us the way?"

Of course, Chu Nianjiu said that he wanted Peng Hu and others to lead the way, but everyone understood that he wanted to work with Peng Hu to protect Peng Hu and others.

"How?"

"I have no opinion. Lin Yuhuai said.

"I ...... I'm okay with that. The little Taoist priest also hurriedly answered.

"Then I'm going to bother Brother Peng!" Ye Qing arched his hand to Peng Hu.

"This ......" Peng Hu also understood what Ye Qing and the others meant, and wanted to refuse, but before the words could be spoken, he saw Chu Nianjiu and said with a smile: "How can you say that Brother Flying Leopard is also my friend, Brother Peng, you won't refuse, right?!"

"Okay!" Peng Hu smiled bitterly and could only respond.

"Wait a minute. ”

Immediately, Peng Hu walked to the coffin, lifted the coffin that had sunk into the ground, and said, "Rope binding coffin......"

The two of them immediately took out a rope soaked in black dog blood from their sleeves and tied the two ends of the coffin.

"Bars like mountains......

After the coffin was tied, someone picked up the peachwood pole on the ground, crossed the rope, took place in twos, and grabbed the pole.

"God and Buddha bless, there are no taboos...... Lifting the coffin ......"

Peng Hu snorted lightly, and the four of them used their strength to carry the peach wood pole on their shoulders, nodded to Ye Qing and the others, lifted the coffin, and rushed forward like a lightning speed.

"Keep up with the ......"

Chu Nianjiu greeted and followed.

......

"Quack ......"

"Crows cry in the middle of the night, gods and ghosts can't do it, it's a little ominous!"

Ye Qing frowned as he listened to the crow cries coming from time to time in the forest.

"It's just a crow, where do you get so many words. Chu Nianjiu said disdainfully.

"Brother Chu's words are not right, my master often says, if you meet a black dog digging graves, crows barking in the middle of the night, wild cats smiling, roosters shrinking their heads, burning incense with two short and one long, and chopsticks with their heads and tails downward when eating, etc., they are definitely encountering evil spirits. The little Taoist priest rode on a paper horse and said.

The so-called black dog digs the grave, and the corpse borrows the yin longevity; the crow barks in the middle of the night, and the gods and ghosts can't do it; the wild cat laughs, and the gods and ghosts scream; the rooster shrinks its head, and the ghosts are sad; if the incense is two short and one long, the person will be three long and two short; the tip of the chopsticks when people eat is downward, and the tail of the chopsticks when the ghost eats downward...... Although these proverbs are not necessarily true, they have to be guarded against.