Chapter 18: The Humiliation of the Corpse (I)
The night is dark, the moonlight in the sky is scarce, and there is always a wind blowing in front of the Yizhuang gate, like a ghost wandering.
Yu Xiu followed the cheap master to raise corpses for many days, and he cultivated the Tao again, so he naturally would not be frightened by this scene. But he didn't sleep either, but half-squinted his eyes, wary of his surroundings.
Yu Xiu has just come into contact with Uncle Seven, although I heard that this person has a good temperament, and he has no stakes in the other party, but this is the first time to get along, and he can't help but pay attention.
"It's better to take the opportunity to practice the Thoughts of the White Bone Yaksha. An idea arose in Yu Xiu's mind, but immediately, the thought was dispelled by him.
This place is Yizhuang, surrounded by coffins, the corpses are horizontal, once out of the Yin God, and attract demons and monsters, he can't parry.
As a last resort, Yu Xiu leaned against an empty coffin, facing the door, he held a long sword, and forced himself to keep vigil.
Sometimes it was quiet, sometimes the wind blew in, echoing in the morgue.
Yu Xiu squinted at the night, wondering if Uncle Seven really had a way to solve the corpse qi in his body, if not, he had to find another way earlier......
While thinking about it, Yu Xiu suddenly felt that a dark shadow flashed at the door of Yizhuang, and it seemed that someone was standing in front of the gate of Yizhuang to test it. He squinted at the door, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement at the door.
"There's someone in this place stealing too?" Yu Xiu thought to himself. The words "corpse theft" rose in his mind, and he quietly pulled out his long sword, pinched it in his hand, and did not get up directly to check.
If something really wants to steal the body, the other party must not be a good thing. Yu Xiu didn't want to be able to capture and kill the other party, he just wanted to save his own life, so as not to be killed by the other party.
Three times in a row, with different intervals, there were black shadows flashing at the door repeatedly, as if they had caught a glimpse of the rest of the hall, and did not dare to come in, but they did not give up, and only dared to be tempted repeatedly.
Yu Xiu's eyesight has increased greatly, and he can already see things at night and see that the other party is in human form. Knowing that the person who came was not a monster, he was relieved: "This fang is very cautious, always passing by in a flash, I can't see his appearance clearly?"
Yu Xiu thought about whether to call Uncle Seven up and go to inspect the black shadow together. As for letting him go alone, this is not to be discussed!
Suddenly, another shadow flashed in the doorway. An object suddenly flew through the door.
"Who!" Yu Xiu shouted, and immediately burst into flames with his sword, staring at the gate.
The shouts echoed through the morgue, but the shadows did not move.
The thing that was thrown fell five steps away from Yu Xiu, who didn't look at the thing on the ground, still staring at the door of the morgue. But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement at the door.
Then he held his mind and looked at the things on the ground. It was not anything else that was thrown into the church, but clods of earth that could be found everywhere on the roadside.
Yu Xiu immediately woke up to the fact that this was deliberately done by the other party in order to test him whether he was pretending to be asleep or not.
"Could it be that this person has a necrophilia, likes to peep at corpses at night, and was disturbed by me tonight?" he thought to himself for no reason.
Yu Xiu looked at the clods of soil on the ground again, pondering in his heart for a while, but still didn't come up with any reason. When he saw that the black shadow had run away, he didn't want to chase it, he didn't dare to sleep, he just held the long sword and continued to sleep in front of the coffin.
......
The night slowly pulls away.
"Cluck!" a rooster crows in the distance.
There was a sound of rustling in Yizhuang's single room, it should be that the seventh uncle got up. Yu Xiu also picked up his long sword, immediately walked out of Yizhuang, and disappeared into the morning.
Half an hour later, the sky was twilight, and Yu Xiu stepped on the withered grass again and appeared in front of the gate of Yizhuang.
At this time, Uncle Seven had already gotten up, and he was wrapping himself in a leather jacket and sweeping the floor with a broom. Seeing Yu Xiu, Uncle Seven was a little surprised and said, "Didn't you leave?"
Yu Xiu was carrying an oiled paper package in his hand, greeted him, and said with a smile: "The younger generation specially bought steamed buns from the county for breakfast, please enjoy it to Uncle Seven!"
He didn't wait for Uncle Seven to reply, he directly stepped forward and snatched the broom from Uncle Seven's hand, and stuffed it into the other party's arms earlier.
The seventh uncle was a little stunned when he saw Yu Xiu act like this. When he came back to his senses, he glanced at Yu Xiu, and he was not hypocritical, he directly squatted on the stone steps to eat while watching Yu Xiu sweep the floor.
After eating, Uncle Seven walked back to the morgue to move the corpse. Yu Xiu hurriedly swept the floor, followed suit, and told what happened last night.
"Is this really the case?" When Uncle Seven heard his words, he felt confused, thinking that Yu Xiu was bluffing him. Yu Xiu's thoughts turned around in his heart, secretly thinking that this matter had nothing to do with him, so he didn't argue, but served the other party more diligently.
At noon, Yu Xiu ran into the county seat and came back with a few taels of meat to prepare food for Uncle Seven. However, Uncle Seven thought he was poor in craftsmanship and drove him aside.
At night, Uncle Seven continued to sleep soundly, while Yu Xiu continued to keep vigil, but there was no dark shadow from the first night, which made Yu Xiu care a little.
For two or three days.
Yu Xiu had already sat with Uncle Seven to eat, and he followed the other party out to collect the corpse every time, carrying the corpse with hard work, and in the eyes of others, he had become Uncle Seven's apprentice.
But as time passed, Yu Xiu really found that his face was getting paler and paler, and gray and black appeared between his eyebrows and eyes. This made his heart cloudy, and a little anxiety arose in his heart.
Fortunately, he has paid great attention to recuperating his body according to Uncle Seven's words these days, and the deterioration has decreased a lot compared to some time ago.
This made Yu Xiu have a little confidence in Uncle Seven, while secretly using the Yin God to check the corpse qi, trying various methods to expel the corpse qi himself, as a follow-up, while continuing to serve the seventh uncle, as if serving his previous cheap master, respectful, meticulous and proper.
Uncle Seventh is also weird, as if he doesn't know the purpose of Yu Xiu at all, and he accepts it with peace of mind.
Finally, on the fourth day, the two went to the market to collect the corpse of a dead groom, Yu Xiu carried the corpse back, and after putting it away one by one according to the instructions of the seventh uncle, he suddenly took out the money bag from his broken book and wanted to go out of the door.
This was the first time he had taken the initiative to leave Uncle Seven's side, and it was noon, and lunch had already been prepared.
The seventh uncle was surprised and said, "What are you doing when you go out?"
Yu Xiu heard it and walked up to him and bowed his hand. After a pause, he said: "The younger generation is leaving, I'm afraid I won't be able to help Uncle Seven carry the corpse in the future." Uncle Seven is old, so he should be more careful with his corpse in the future. ”
Uncle Seven opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only said, "I asked you what you were doing when you went out." ”
"The groom left a horse just now, although it is thin, but the teeth are not old, it should be able to live a few more years, help you for a while, I want to buy it back from the yamen." After Yu Xiu finished speaking, he arched his hand and waited for the seventh uncle to speak.
Uncle Seven was silent, he sighed slightly, waved his hand, and turned his head into the stove room.
Yu Xiu stood up straight, squinted at the back of the seventh uncle, and pondered a little in his heart. Without saying a word, he carried his money bag and walked straight in the direction of the county seat.
Yu Xiu entered the county seat, found the yamen, and wanted to intercept the thin horse collected by the government. Fortunately, he has been going back and forth with Uncle Seven in the county for a few days, and he has known a few fast catchers, and the reason for buying a horse has been said, and the yamen is also willing to give Uncle Seven a face.
But even so, the other party still asked for four money.
The money is always a thousand black iron coins, and the four guan coins are four thousand black iron coins, or forty brass coins. Yu Xiu's money bag contained only fifty brass coins in total.
After a lot of hard work, it wasn't until the sun was about to set that Yu Xiu led the thin horse.
As he was walking back, Yu Xiu was surprised to find that there were many pedestrians coming and going on Yizhuang Road, all with strange faces and whispering in low voices. Two or three others appeared in front of him and hurried to Yizhuang......