Chapter 1: The Coffin Man
On the seventh day of the lunar month, heavy snow buries the knees.
Jiancheng is a city with a radius of less than 100 miles, surrounded by high mountains.
It snowed so hard today, and there were no pedestrians on the street, and the restaurant and restaurant closed early in the morning, and the shop flag was covered with frost flowers.
Yangliu Alley, although less than 800 steps long, is the most prosperous in the city.
At night, the streets are lit up, and all kinds of colorful lights wind from the beginning of the alley to the end. Upstairs in the orchestra, the staggered staggering, the beautiful woman stroked the piano and made music, all of which were full of beautiful sounds.
Here, upstairs in Xiaoyue, there are two rich and noble lords scolding each other for a fan.
Both of them are over the age of six, and the obese man in his integrated form sneered a few times, and sneered: "The old man of the palace family, the people in the city don't know which one doesn't know, you will be abolished in the morning." married five or six wives and concubines, but never gave birth to a boy and half a girl. You are a waste, why bother to fight with me?"
The old man of the palace family was thin, and when he saw him puffing up his beard, he shouted angrily: "Old dog, how much better are you than me? You take a concubine in the thirteenth room, don't you give birth to a stupid son?
"You ......"
"How?"
"Old dog. ”
"Ahh ”
The servants on both sides had seen the excitement of the half moon, and at first they were afraid that the two would make a move, and each would be its own master, and there would be a contest between the servants and the servants. How do you know that these two people seem to have made an appointment, they come at night, they scold when they come, and they always scold back and forth, and when people hear calluses in their ears, they all think that it is better to fight, whether they win or lose, it is always good to stop for a while.
The two masters scolded each other until the third watch, and the girls were tired, and the two of them went back to the room, and the napping of the children, the two of them just stopped. But it was left overnight and there was no home.
The old man lived in the north of the city, which was not far away, he glanced at the old man of the palace, snorted coldly, and led a group of followers to roar away.
The palace family lives in the south of the city, and the road is farther. On the way home, you have to pass a stone bridge, although the moon is ten winters, the water under the bridge is not frozen, and the sound of the water flow is particularly clear in the quiet snowy night, which becomes a poetic rhyme.
The bridge deck is smooth, and the people under them support the palace elder left and right, walking slowly. The white crescent moon spread in the river, which was washed away by the current, and the entire river surface was a miserable chill.
"Fugui'er, Fugui'er?" the palace elder shouted.
Walking at the forefront, the strong man who was in charge of clearing the snow road hurriedly responded: "Master." ”
Fugui'er was born quite burly, he took the palace elder's thin arm from the person who supported him, and felt like he was holding a handful of firewood in his hand, and he said angrily: "Master, are you tired of walking? ”
Gong Lao shook his head and stopped walking, he ordered: "Fugui'er stays, and the rest of the people go to the bridge and wait." ”
The crowd responded, their legs like knives, and the snow slipped to both sides.
Gong Lao said: "Rich and noble." ”
"Ah, sir. ”
"A few days ago, I always heard you say that if you worship the mountain god, the mountain god can manifest the spirit, is this true?"
Fuguier said: "Master, it's true, I heard my father say that the mountain god master can be effective." When my mother was thirty years old, she didn't move, my father worshiped the mountain god, and my mother became pregnant. ”
Gong Lao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then are you your father's seed, or the mountain god's seed?"
Fugui'er scratched her head and smirked: "I am my father's seed, the mountain god master is there, and he can't move, how can it be the seed of the mountain god?"
Gong Lao also laughed: "Haha, that's right." Who said that our rich and noble children are stupid, rich and noble are fine. He waved his hand and said, "You can also go to the bridge with them and wait, and when I call you, you will come again." ”
Fugui'er answered, and walked to the bridge on the other side, where he poured snow, and the snow flakes splashed on both sides.
"Brother Fugui'er, where is the master?" asked a few people at the bridge.
Fugui'er said angrily: "The master is behind, and he wants us to wait here." ”
"Brother Fugui'er, what did the master tell you?"
Fugui'er opened his eyes and said, "Don't ask, I won't say anything if I ask." ”
After a while, others were chatting to their heart's content, only Fugui'er vaguely heard a few shouts, so he hurriedly strode towards the place where the palace old man was, and shouted: "Master, I'm here." ”
When he got closer, he found that the old man was kneeling down in the snow, Fuguier hurriedly stepped forward to pick him up, and said in a rough voice: "Master, the snow is too thick, let me carry you away." ”
Gong Lao hurriedly shouted: "Put it down, put it down quickly, ram the goods." ”
Fugui'er hurriedly put down the palace elder steadily.
Gong Lao whispered: "Listen...... Listen, do you hear anything?"
Fugui'er held her breath and listened for a moment, and replied: "It seems that there is a knocking sound under the bridge." ”
Gong Lao nodded: "Well, you take someone down to take a look, take a closer look, and see what it is." ”
Fuguier said: "Master, it's too cold, don't freeze your body again." I'll let someone send you back first, I'll stay, and I'll go back and tell you after I find out. ”
Gong Lao hurriedly refused: "That's not good, no." The sound was like a knock on my heart, a claw scratching my heart. Hurry up and take someone down to take a look, and go quickly. ”
"That's good. ”
After a while, Fugui'er's voice came from under the bridge: "Master, look carefully, it's a coffin, and it hits the pier with a bang." ”
"Coffin?" Gong Lao's eyes rolled, and then he shouted: "Fish it up." ”
There were no salvage tools at hand, and there were no ropes, so Fuguier dripped half of the river ice water until it reached the center of the river, and then pulled the floating coffin floating on the surface of the water back to the shore.
"Old ...... Master, it's been fished up. Fugui'er shouted with a shudder.
Gong Lao was supported by several subordinates, and approached to take a look.
Just after walking a few steps, I heard Fugui'er shouting: "Master, this ....... This man is still angry. ”
Hearing this, the palace elder scolded: "Rammed goods, who asked you to lift someone's coffin board?"
Fugui'er shivered coldly, and her teeth trembled: "Old ...... Master, this coffin has no board. ”
Gong Lao took a closer look, and there was indeed no board on the coffin.
With a touch of moonlight, you can see that the moss on the wall of the coffin is still green, and there is a corpse lying flat inside, the appearance of a man, about fourteen or fifteen years old, but the hands and complexion outside the sleeves are not blue and black and corrupt, but very fair.
It's strange to say, the snow is now covering the ground, and it can bury people's knees on the ground. But it is really strange that there is a person lying clean in this coffin, and there is no trace of snow at all.
Gong Lao glanced at Fugui'er and asked, "Angry?"
Fugui'er squatted on the side and curled up, trembling all over, and said, "I, I've touched it, my body is still hot, and my nostrils are also breathing in and out, but I can't move." ”
The palace elder paced in place, his eyes rolling, and suddenly his footsteps stopped, and said, "Carry people home." ”
Seven or eight servants immediately got into their hands, pulling their arms or raising their thighs.
Gong Lao hurriedly said: "It's all light, damn it." ”
The group rushed to the palace in the south of the city.
After walking for a few miles, Fugui'er felt that his body was a little warmer, his teeth no longer chattered, he sniffed his nose, and said to Gong Lao: "Master, have you worshiped the mountain god?"
Gong Lao glanced at him and said, "No." ”
Fugui'er sighed, a little disappointed.
Gong Lao said: "Although he didn't worship, he still has to do this for me." ”
Fuguier said: "I don't believe it. My father said that he would kowtow to the mountain god, and the mountain god would appear. Master, you didn't worship, how can the mountain god do things for you. ”
The palace elder glanced at him again and said, "Who is your father? Who am I? I am the lord of the palace. The mountain god is also a master. Between the lord and the lord, there is no need to worship, it is all about face. I give him face, and he has to give me face, which is a foot of respect and a foot of respect. If he dares not to give me face, I will scold him like he scolded the old man of Tangtai, so he must give me this face. ”
After hearing this, Fuguier was in awe: "My lord's face is bigger than the sky, and my father's face is small." My mother was pregnant for ten months before she had me, and as soon as the lord came out of face, the mountain god didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent a little master. ”
Gong Lao scolded: "You don't understand personnel, you have to be pregnant for ten months before you can give birth, how can it be so fast?" ”
Fugui'er stretched out his hand and pointed at the unconscious young man who was being carried by the subordinates, and said, "Isn't that it?"
"Hu ......" Gong Lao was about to scold a nonsense, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but be shocked, there is such a coincidence in the world?
"Stop. Gong Lao shouted. He watched the people gather in a circle, hanging the young man in the middle, a little distressed, and scolded: "I told you to be lighter, you fucking ....... Fugui'er, you come to carry it. The rest of the people went back. Oops...... It's not that you want to go back to the house, go to the river, and carry the coffin back, you don't care, if you bump it, be careful of your monthly money. ”
Fugui'er took the young man, put it on his back, and suddenly shouted, "Master, the clothes on the young master's body are too thin." ”
Hearing this, the palace elder hurriedly took off the fox fur on his body and put it on for the young man.
Walking to a mansion, there are three pairs of lanterns hanging at the head of the door, and the word 'palace' is written on it with an ink pen.
The old man named Baozhu'er hurriedly greeted him and greeted, "The master is back." He glanced left and right a few times, but only saw the two of Gong Lao and Fugui'er, and suddenly found that Fugui'er was carrying a faint young man on his back, and hurriedly asked, "Fugui'er, what about the others?"
Fugui'er hurriedly entered the door of the mansion and replied casually: "Carry the coffin in the back." ”
Lao Baozhu'er was frightened when he heard this, and he fell into the snow with a pop, and changed color: "Coffin...... Coffin? Is this a move with the Tantai family to kill someone?" He looked at the word 'palace' on the lantern in a daze, and said with a crying voice: "This is about to change the sky." The lord said that I am allowed to live in this house until I die, and he will provide for my old age. Here's how it's said, here's how it's said. ”
When the palace elder heard the crying, he shouted, "Baozhu'er, why the hell are you crying?"
Bao Zhu'er hurriedly wiped away the old tears, and said, "I didn't cry, I didn't cry." He turned his eyes and saw Fugui'er smirking, and immediately scolded: "Fugui'er, what the hell are you laughing at? ”
Fugui'er pursed her lips and held back a smile: "I, I laugh because the palace will have a little master in the future." ”
With that, he carried the boy on his back and ran to the backyard.