Glancing at the two people who were silent and only cared about eating and drinking, Yue Yinchen thought that he seemed to have to find a breakthrough. But I happened to see that one of the two people at the next table was choking on his throat because he ate too hard, as if he was choking on food, and he burped one after another!

Seeing this scene, Yue Yinchen hurriedly greeted the vendor and said, "Shopkeeper, I paid for this tofu brain with my ingots of broken silver, there should be any leftovers, right?"

Hearing this, the vendor nodded again and again and said, "This master said that he laughed, your ingot of broken silver is more than enough!

Holding the two bowls of soy milk handed over by the vendor, the choked person poured two mouthfuls violently, and then rushed down the food stuck in his throat, and then hurriedly said to Yue Yinchen: "Thank you for this young man's generous gift! If it weren't for the soy milk you sent, I'm afraid that everyone would choke to death on this fritters!"

Yue Yinchen waved his hand indifferently and said: "What's the point of worrying about trivial things? But this soybean milk with fritters is a folk tradition that has not changed for a hundred years." Why do you only eat fritters and don't drink soy milk?"

Looking at Yue Yinchen and asking, this sturdy man was a little embarrassed, and seemed to be unable to speak: "This... ”

Seeing him squirming, another person who was with him replied indifferently: "What is this? It's not because he's poor! If he was rich, who would just eat dry fritters! Let's also drink tofu brain, and we want two bowls at a time, drink one bowl, pour one bowl! Let's also taste what it's like to be rich!"

When Yue Yinchen heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head. But the sturdy man scolded his brother and said, "Eat your fritters! Tomorrow you will be able to drink tofu brain, drink a bowl, pour a bowl!"

"What's the hurry? The dead man won't lift his legs and run away! As for having breakfast, do you choke like this?"

Hearing this, Yue Yinchen frowned and said, "Two big brothers, what dead people are you going to carry?"

Suddenly, hearing Yue Yinchen ask such a question, the man who spoke before looked a little embarrassed, and seemed unwilling to speak. However, the sturdy man who was relieved of the difficulty of choking by Yue Yinchen glanced left and right and saw that there was no one around, and then whispered back to him: "Little brother, you don't look like a local, you are from a foreign country, right? Originally, this matter is the biggest taboo in this 'Xudu City', and it is not enough for outsiders! But for the sake of you saving the life of a contemptible person, I will tell you today." Actually, my brother and I are both corpse pickers! And the recent period of time in this 'capital city' has not been peaceful, about twenty

A few days ago, I heard a strange knock on the door every night, and as long as the person in the house answered the door, the person who opened the door would die inexplicably the next day, and finally the body would not even be seen before the first seven days had passed. You said that the corpse was gone, and that we, as 'corpse pickers,' had nowhere to move the corpse, so what did we rely on to eat? This strange thing went on and on, and then the residents of the 'capital city' learned to be obedient, and even if they heard someone knocking on the door at night, they would never forget to sleep with their heads covered. Hey! There are no dead people in this 'Xudu City,' and even if there are dead people, there will be no corpses, won't it cut off our financial resources? Therefore, now the poor are left with only the life of gnawing dry fritters!"

Look at the strong man, when he said this, he slowly closed his voice. Yue Yinchen didn't know why he said: "Then why did the two of them say that they were going to carry the dead when they were late for breakfast?"

Seeing that the sturdy man had said so much to Yue Yinchen anyway, the companion who was with him simply didn't hide it, wiped his lips stained with soy milk and said: "Little brother doesn't know anything! Just last night, the nephew of a deaf and dumb old man in this 'Xudu City' came to the province, and in the second half of the night, he heard a knock on the door, but he opened the door by mistake! He also deserves to be unlucky, his uncle is deaf and dumb, and this 'Xudu City' recently encountered a ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night, and he didn't know at all! Therefore, he never mentioned it to his nephew, who would have thought that this nephew would have wanted to show his filial piety when he passed through here, but he had become a ghost who had died unjustly for no reason! I said, little brother, since you are not a local, you must have come to this 'Xudu City' province to do business, right? I advise you! Don't stay too long, and leave as soon as the matter is settled! This 'Xudu City' is also known as a ghost town, and it is very evil in nature! There is really nothing to linger in. ”

Seeing that his companion was also chattering to Yue Yinchen before he stopped, the sturdy man looked at the sky, and then patted him on the shoulder and said: "Wu Laosan, the hour is not early! That unlucky ghost will be in a coffin today and transported back to his hometown for burial, let's hurry up and collect cash!"

When Wu Laosan heard this, he didn't delay any longer, and hugged Yue Yinchen and said, "Little brother, thank you again for your soy milk! ”

Who knew that just as Wu Laosan got up to leave, Yue Yinchen grabbed his arm and said with a suspicious expression: "Brother, slow down! Listen to what you mean, the nephew of the deaf and dumb old man heard a knock on the door last night and opened the door, and then unfortunately died? But last night the third watch until today, I have never heard any knocking sounds, little brother!"

Hearing Yue Yinchen say this, Wu Laosan broke free of his palm and said: "This is impossible! Little brother, this knock on the door comes every night, never stopping! Maybe you slept too heavily last night, so you didn't hear it, right? If you don't believe it, just listen to it tonight."

Be. But remember! No matter what sound you hear, don't squeak and don't open the door! Our acquaintance is also fate, and our brothers don't want to collect your body! The hour really can't afford to delay, farewell, farewell!"

This time, Yue Yinchen did not stop the eager figures of the two again, but hugged the two of them slightly to show each other!

Seeing the two of them leave in a hurry, the more Yue Yinchen thought about it, the more strange he felt, and he didn't have the heart to visit the style of this 'Xudu City' again, so he accelerated his pace and turned back towards the location of the coffin shop.

When I returned to the front of the shop, I saw Ji Fengshuo frowning and looking outside the shop. Seeing that he hurried back, he immediately jumped up from the low stool, walked quickly to meet him, and said, "Uncle Shi, why don't you wake me up when you go out alone!

Yue Yinchen didn't bother to listen to him worrying about this, and waved his hand at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense! Let me ask you, did you hear a knock on the door last night?"

Ji Fengshuo looked a little embarrassed, shook his head and said, "Xu... Xu slept too deeply, and the disciple didn't hear any knocking on the door last night. ”

Yue Yinchen held his cheek with one hand, and said thoughtfully: "No, it's not that you slept too deeply!

"How is it possible?" Hearing Yue Yinchen say this, Ji Fengshuo hurriedly retorted: "Uncle Shi, if there was no strange knock on the door last night, how could there be inexplicable dead people in this 'Xudu City'?

Yue Yinchen nodded slightly and said, "I already know about this!" But last night, no matter whether other people were knocked on the door or not. But this coffin shop really didn't hear a knock on the door. ”

"What do you mean ... Ji Fengshuo looked stunned.

And Yue Yinchen frowned slightly: "Maybe... They already know we're coming!"

Ji Fengshuo said noncommittally: "Uncle Shi, maybe it's that weird knock on the door, maybe every family will encounter it every night, right? Besides, the two of us act so secretively, except for Granny Meng, we hardly have any contact with others, how did they know that we have arrived in the 'Xudu'?"

Yue Yinchen glanced at him, and said with a flat expression: "It's useless to guess here!

Listening to Yue Yinchen's instructions, Ji Fengshuo only nodded and said, "This... Okay! Then please wait a while, and the apprentice will go and ask for details!"