I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 128 Peach Blossom Beauty Makeup ([-])
Although he is full of joy, in Gu Buquan's view, being the wife of the director is not as secure as being the owner of the coffin shop.

Secretly thinking in his heart, how many coffins can the director's salary be worth for her to sell?
Does being the wife of the director affect her selling coffins?
Seeing Gu Buquan's eyeballs rolling around, Ling An knew that she was hitting Xiao Jiujiu in her heart again, and gently scratched the tip of her nose.

"Have you figured it out?"

The little secret in his heart was seen through at a glance, Gu Buquan smirked a little awkwardly, pretended to be calm and raised his eyes to look at the sharp cliff on the opposite side, talking about him from left to right.

"Fool, why did you jump off the cliff from there?" she asked.

If not for the determination to die, who would jump off the cliff?
Ling An immediately withdrew his smiling face, and his brows gradually frowned, and said with a cold air, "Because there are ghosts in the mountains."

"When I came here a few years ago, people and animals were in harmony here. But the second time I came here, the originally lively village was an empty ghost village."

He let out a long sigh.

"Not only the 230 five people in Taozhuang, but also 170 people in Xingzhuang and [-] people in Lizhuang at the foot of Taoshan. Like Taozhuang, they are all alive and dead, and they seem to disappear out of thin air overnight."

"However, it seems that they are just going out to work. Everything in the house is in order. The doors of each house are open, there is water on the stove, firewood in the stove, pickles on the table, dry buns in the bowl, and the villagers and chickens. The dogs were nowhere to be seen, only the peach blossoms were in full bloom on the top of the cliff, and that was the season of cold spring and heavy snowfall."

"The snowy peach blossoms are blooming at such an inappropriate time, there must be something strange among them." Gu Buquan couldn't help shivering, looking at the majestic peach blossoms blooming in the wind and snow opposite.

"Yeah." Ling An nodded, pointed to the top of the cliff and said, "I was trapped there by the man in black, and I jumped off the cliff in desperation. The missing persons case of Li Zhuang started, and gradually touched a big secret, the secret of Taoshan."

"The king's treasure?" Gu Buquan became excited.

"It's a treasure, but it's not gold and silver jewelry, but coal mines, which are far more valuable than gold and silver jewelry."

Gu Buquan was shocked.

From this extremely cold winter, we know that to control the coal mine is to control the people's livelihood of the entire capital and even the lifeline of the entire world.

A year ago, in order to thoroughly investigate the case of missing persons, Ling An led a team of the Jingzhao God Detective Division to go up the mountain during the day and stay overnight in Taozhuang. After many days of searching to no avail, he saw a dying man in a mountain stream People, this is when I discovered a little clue.

Even though the man was unkempt and black, Ling An recognized him at a glance as a native of Taozhuang, his name was A Chai.

"A Chai, why are you here? Where are the other people in the village?"

A Chai struggled and said, "Dig, dig, save, save them... Your Majesty..."

He tried his best to dig the ground with his ten fingers, and he swallowed his breath without saying a few words, and his eyes finally looked in the direction of the cliff top.

"Dig? What are you digging for?" Ling An was puzzled.

The legend of the treasure in the Taoshan Dawang Tomb has been passed down for thousands of years, and Taozhuang people also claim to be the descendants of the guardians of the Dawang Tomb.

But because the age is too long, the Dawang Tomb has long been unknown, and even they themselves can't tell whether there is a Dawang Tomb.

In the eyes of many young villagers, if there is a treasure, who would let it go?Who wants to stay in this closed mountain village every day from sunrise to sunset?

It is true that some people have gone out from here, but they found that the life outside is even more difficult, and it is very difficult to have no money.

When Ling An first came here, he felt that the words of men, women and children in the village always unconsciously revealed the infinite yearning for the treasures of the king's tomb, and they also had deep regrets, because the ancestors did not leave any information about the treasures of the king's tomb. Clues to the location of the mound.

Could it be that one day they suddenly discovered the secret of the Great King's Tomb, and all the men, women, children, chickens and dogs in the whole village went up the mountain to dig treasures together?
A Chai's whole body and ten fingers were all black, and there were black things between his nails. If he was digging a mountain to find treasure, it should be full of dirt, not so black.

Ling An looked at A Chai's black fingers and thought for a long time before he realized that they were coal.

Reminiscent of the disappearance of all the people in Xingzhuang and Lizhuang, it is more likely that these villagers went to the mountains to dig coal, and their personal freedom was controlled, otherwise they would not be so alive and dead.

However, he and his men searched the mountain for a long time but could not find the coal mine, so they had to go back to Shenhunsi to mobilize more people to search the mountain, but Director Lu didn't believe his words at all, and reprimanded him , thinking his suspicions were groundless.

"People are arrested to dig coal, where are the chickens, dogs, and pigs? All of them dig coal? Where is the coal dug out? Is it all eaten? You, the world's number one god catcher, think about these absurd things all day long? It would be strange if your father didn't die from your anger again if he came back to life."

Ling An was speechless to Zhang Si's questioning, because he didn't know where all the chickens and dogs in these villages went.

Helpless, he returned to Taozhuang alone, intending to continue his search up the mountain with his men.

However, when he stepped into Taozhuang, what he saw were the corpses of his companions in disorder, and all his men and horses were killed.

Immediately afterwards, the man in black flew towards him like a locust.

He fought hard for three days and three nights, until he was exhausted, trapped on the top of the cliff, and finally chose to jump off the cliff.

Thinking of those days when there was no way out, Ling An gritted his teeth, but there was no remorse in his eyes, but the determination to fight again.

Gu Buquan remembered that when he had a headache, he said that his feet were bleeding like rivers, but it turned out to be such a difficult fight to the death, and he suddenly understood why he was so persistent with the black-clothed masked master, insisting on fighting It's up to you.

He must have thought that Master was the head of the men in black.

"The matter of coal is very important. On that day, I left my men in Taozhuang and rushed back to Shenzhusi to report to Director Lu. Except for him, I never disclosed this matter to anyone else, but then all my men were killed. I was also hunted down by the man in black. Therefore, I suspect that Director Lu is involved in this matter."

He sighed, and the mask of Zhu Rong on the top of the cliff appeared before his eyes again.

He remembers Zhu Rong's mask telling him on the cliff that the reason why the peach tree fruit on the top of the cliff is so sweet and delicious is because it uses "excellent nutrients".

The one who brought the peach back to Shenzhusi for everyone to try is Lu Zhangsi.

That day, with the determination to die, he grabbed Zhu Rong's mask and jumped off the cliff together. He hung on the peach tree on the cliff, and Zhu Rong's mask fell down before him.

However, when he came back, he saw that Director Lu was still sitting in the Shenhunsi, which made him doubt his own judgment.

This is also the reason why he repeatedly avoided the God Detective Division and did not go back.

"If you can survive, maybe he can too." Gu Buquan said.

Ling Anmei's heart skipped a beat, yes, why didn't I think of this level?
"I still remember what Master said when he left, be careful of fire and candles." Gu Buquan said again.

Ling An nodded, "Yes, Zhu Rong is the God of Vulcan."

"So, my master must not be with them."

This time Ling An didn't nod again, and the frown between his brows didn't relax.

"Coal is the lifeblood of the people's livelihood, and the imperial court regards it as the top priority. Without the support of the forces in the imperial court, it would be difficult to sustain such a major event. So..." He said not without worry.

"So, you suspect that there are senior officials in the court who are backing the man in black?" Gu Buquan said.

Ling An shook his head: "It's not just the backer, I suspect that this matter was initiated by this high-ranking official."

"It's a pity that I was able to drag down Zhu Rong to be buried with my own life, but I didn't even touch the fur of this high-ranking official. He is so powerful and omnipresent. I can feel that he is staring at me all the time, but I don't care about it." know who he is."

Gu Buquan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, if it is a high-ranking official, then it is not the master.

Master has been selling coffins in Maple Leaf Town for 18 years.

"If there is a next time, facing the same situation, I will still jump off the cliff, but before that, I must find out the culprit. Since I didn't die, God gave me a chance to do it again, I must not let it go."

He stood up, facing the cliff, calm and firm.

The peach blossoms on the top of the cliff are strange, and the water below the cliff is turbulent. There are more than a thousand miles of sea from here to Fengye Town. I don't even think about it, and I don't know how he, who was seriously injured, drifted to her side?

"I don't know how long I've been floating. I only have one thought, and that is to live." He turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "You know, the moment my hand touches your face, I know, I lived by myself."

She couldn't help holding his hand tightly, feeling distressed and joyful.

"It's too hasty to get married in prison. Although you don't care about it, I still can't wrong you. You wait, after this cold winter, when the capital is more peaceful, I will definitely lead the bridal sedan chair to marry you. you."

He looked at her with a smile, "I said that the ten-mile float will come to marry you, and I will definitely do it."

"Yeah." She nodded, then shook her head again, "I don't want a ten-mile float, just a bridal sedan chair to pick me up."

"Okay." He smiled and held her in his arms.

It's just that winter will pass, but I don't know when the capital will be peaceful?
A peach blossom fluttered down in front of her, he picked it up, and gently stuck it on the forehead for her.

Peach blossoms are delicate and charming.

"Now, I'm going to take the bride back to the coffin shop. You can count the coffins and slowly calculate the chief's salary, and then think about whether it is more profitable to be the chief's wife or to sell the coffin."

With a smile in his eyes, he held her hand tightly and both left.

Just when they left Taozhuang, King Ji climbed to Taoshan Mountain, stood on the cliff overlooking the continuous mountains, a peach petal with snowflakes fell on the back of his hand, and he gently brushed it away.

"My lord, he's awake." Little Eunuch Gao said.

"Well, Taoshan will wake up too." King Ji nodded.

His eyes were deep, and there was an unconcealable imperial air between his brows.

(End of this chapter)