In Beiping, there is a category of people who are far away from the evil of the third-rate society, and the rivers and lakes of the lower ninth rate are like snakes and scorpions.

Lou Xuhui is one of them, he is the corpse keeper, which is a profession passed on to him by his father.

Counting up, three generations ago, his family was also prosperous, the ancestor was a tomb robber, relying on the treasure in the tomb to make a fortune, and then I don't know what evil happened, his ancestor suddenly washed his hands in a golden basin, scattered all the family wealth, and never wanted to go to the grave again.

But if you can't touch the corpse, you can't live, so you become a corpse keeper.

And this kind of business is mostly hereditary.

More than 100 years ago, wars were frequent, many people died, and there were more corpses.

But when it came to Lou Xuhui's generation, although there were signs of chaos in the world, all parties were barely maintaining a superficial peace.

Therefore, there are very few corpses that need to be cared for by the corpse keepers.

For three years, Lou Xuhui has only seen three corpses.

The third corpse, which he received yesterday, was very impressive, because the deceased looked very miserable, his body was shattered, and only the head was still intact.

"He should be a teacher. Lou Xuhui picked up the bloody head, looked at it carefully, and muttered to himself.

The corpse keeper is extremely bored when guarding the corpse, and Lou Xuhui is a restless master, so he can only fiddle with the corpse when he has nothing to do.

"It's a pity it's a male corpse, remember that the last corpse was an old lady......" he squinted, his eyes flashing with imagination, and the corners of his mouth outlined a smile.

Suddenly, a sharp slap exploded in my ears like thunder: "Hey, what are you doing!"

Lou Xuhui was so frightened that he trembled all over, and almost threw the head in his hand over.

He froze and looked out, only to see three people in sight.

Two young men, one girl.

It was a girl who spoke just now, with a goose egg face and a bookish atmosphere, even if she was angry, it would not make people feel scared, but it would look playful.

Lou Xuhui looked the girl up and down, smiling even more, he put the head back in place, wiped his hands casually, and then asked, "Three, come to get the corpse?"

"No, just to see the corpse. ”

The young man standing to the left of the girl looked like a Jianghu man, he was wearing a washed white gown, brown trousers and black cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles, exuding a sense of ability.

As soon as the young man spoke, Lou Xuhui was sure that this person was the leader of the three.

"Yizhuang's corpse is not for everyone to see. ”

Lou Xuhui casually refused, but the young man on the right had already rushed out impatiently, he took out a document from the inside of his coat pocket, and shouted: "I am Xie Zitian, an agent in the foreign concession, who is in charge of the corpse shredding case, now I need to find clues from the corpse, I hope you can cooperate!"

"It's an agent...... Lou Xuhui glanced at Xie Zitian, his eyes stayed on the pair of eyebrows for a moment, he smiled, he didn't say much, and after making a gesture of please, he staggered and got out of the way, didn't stay, and left with his hands behind his back.

"What a weird man. Xie Xiaoxiao looked at the back of the corpse keeper leaving and muttered.

"Hmph, just pretending. Xie Zitian said.

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Yizhuang was originally a small temple, but after the incense was cut off, it gradually fell into disrepair.

There are still clay statues of Bodhisattvas in the main hall, but the corpses are placed on the long table that was supposed to be used to place the tributes.

A terrifying broken corpse, barely posed in human form, was emitting a disgusting smell of decay, only the head was intact, I don't know if it was because it had been played, the deceased's eyes widened, and a miserable white light seemed to overflow from it.

Gu Fengyang originally thought that Xie Xiaoxiao would be afraid of these, but unexpectedly, the latter was holding up the camera with great interest and taking pictures with "click, click, click".

"I studied Western medicine abroad, and on the first night of school, my instructor told us to sleep with a pile of bones, and I was very scared. Xie Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

Gu Fengyang let out an "oh", and suddenly thought that his photo was sandwiched in a pile of corpse photos, and he was a little uncomfortable.

He had been observing the corpse, but unfortunately he had no clue, the corpse was destroyed and it was not the first scene, so he couldn't find any clues.

"You said you wanted to see the corpse, I brought you here, but there was a catch?"

Xie Zitian was in a hurry, he didn't know how to solve the case at all, and the identity of the detective was bought by the family at a great price, but this gentleman wanted to prove his ability, so he was involved in the corpse shredding case.

Gu Fengyang didn't answer, he circled around Wu Deyong's miserable corpse three times, and after a pause, he grabbed his head, pointed to his neck and said, "The deceased should have died with a relatively small sharp weapon." ”

At the neck, there were pits, and the flesh seemed to have been cut by scissors, and then torn apart.

"Bang. ”

Xie Zitian was taken aback by Gu Fengyang's sudden move, took five steps back, hit the door, and then looked at his sister's calm appearance, he couldn't help but blush, but he still pretended to be calm, and said, "You mean the murder weapon is a pair of scissors?"

"Quite possibly. Gu Fengyang nodded.

"Can scissors kill?" Xie Zitian said, "Don't be funny!"

"Although the minced meat is partially rotten, it does show signs of being cut. Xie Xiaoxiao agreed with Gu Fengyang's guess.

The three of them carefully observed for about half an hour, but found nothing, and they were all quite frustrated.

Gu Fengyang was bent on doing the last thing for his feet, but at this time, he felt like a cow stuck in the mire, unable to move an inch.

Xie Zitian was handling the case for the first time, and he began to doubt his ability to solve the case.

"The things of foreigners are really unreliable, just like our martial arts, they refuse to teach the real thing, hmph, I have studied Western medicine for so long. ”

Xie Xiaoxiao stomped his feet, and as he was talking, he suddenly jumped up and shouted, "We can't find clues from the corpse, it doesn't mean that others can't!"

"It is rumored that the corpse keeper will do a unique job, called lighting a cigarette to defend grievances, through which the smoke can open the boundary between life and death, and then communicate with the deceased with a special secret spell, so as to understand the grievances of the deceased before his death and administer justice for him. ”

Before she could finish speaking, she rushed out impatiently.

"Quick, while the corpse keeper hasn't gone far. ”

However, Lou Xuhui didn't leave at all, he sat on a big bluestone in the courtyard in front of the temple, scratching his head with his left hand, carrying a long cigarette stick in his right hand, he was swallowing clouds and spitting fog with his eyes closed, and he was chanting words in his mouth, as if he was enjoying it very much.

Xie Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

But I heard Lou Xuhui say leisurely: "I heard everything you said, lighting a cigarette to argue for grievances does exist, but unfortunately it has been lost in Beiping for many years, and even my father can't, let alone me." ”

He took a big puff of cigarette, spit out staggered smoke rings, and added: "But I heard that the old river god of Jinmen seems to know this trick, you can invite him to try it." ”