Lotus Tower is the second best in the world

Chapter 11 A Monument without Words in a Solitary Grave in a Barren Mountain

This is really... meeting a match!
Li Lianhua, who usually travels around the world, [-]% deceives and [-]% deceives, and her skills and true feelings are equally divided, for a moment, she couldn't help but look solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Unexpectedly, Monk Kongkong's ability to talk words was not even half as good as his!

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel strange.

With such ability, why do you need to go to a quack doctor like him and just lie about eating and drinking?The world is so big, it’s not a good idea to do whatever you want...

"Oh, by the way, Lotus, speaking of this salvation, how much silver did we earn this time?" Li Lianpeng asked, but there was not much difference in his tone.

Li Lianhua's thoughts were interrupted by him. She raised her head to look at him and said casually:
"Not much. Including helping to collect the body, I gave a total of 20 taels."

"Twenty taels?" Li Lianpeng didn't have much idea about silver. He felt that although the 20 taels were not much, it was just enough for the number he picked up from the Lotus Building. He immediately told Li Lianhua carefully:

"You have to keep it carefully and don't lose it. Let's buy clothes for the party and prepare more oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. We only need these 20 taels."

Li Lianhua: "..."

It's so annoying. Why is he more stingy than me?

Monks, Taoists and the like help the dead to transcend the afterlife, drive out thoughts before rebirth, and promise blessings in the next life. They can get incense and money.The owners are generally not stingy in this regard, and will spend more or less free money.

Li Lianpeng, who transformed into a monk this time, was slightly tricked by Li Lianhua. Of course, he himself was not idle, and even helped collect the body.

As what happened, Li Lianpeng was forced to participate in the whole process and had a rough understanding of the process.

Liu Bingkun, the head of the Liu family who had been running a coffin shop for a hundred years, was suddenly and brutally murdered at home yesterday.Because the death was so strange, the corpses were scattered all over the yard. They were so bloody and horrific that no one dared to collect his body. The widower who came to Yunze County for questioning all night shook his head and said it was his 20th birthday. This is the most miserable corpse I have ever seen in my many years of working.

I don’t know who Liu Laoer, who has always been quite famous in Qingyi Town, had such a grudge with and suffered such a misfortune.

The widower was unable to handle the work alone, so he asked Liu Bingkun's family to find a doctor to help collect the body.

But this town is not big and is located in a remote area. There are only two doctors who can treat patients.

He was eighty years old, his movements were slow, and his eyes were dim. If someone looked at the body again and was frightened, it would be another white trouble in the town.

Liu Laoer's death has caused enough panic in people. If he accidentally scares a doctor to death, the news will be spread back to the county government. The two officials who came to investigate the case, plus the gangster, will all be punished.

So, they found another doctor named Zhang. Who would have known that Dr. Zhang fell ill on the spot when he heard that he was going to collect the body of Liu Bingkun, the coffin shop owner.

Two officials made a special trip to see Dr. Zhang and found that he was indeed seriously ill.His whole body was like a thread, and his whole body was covered with sores. He was about to die and die, so he had no choice but to give up.

The reason why a doctor was asked to help collect the body was because only a doctor could understand the meridian diagram of the human skeleton, so it was relatively easy to put it together.

In addition, doctors often have benevolent hearts and are not too taboo about the corpses of the dead.

I couldn't find the right person after looking around, so I became anxious and worried about two official servants and a gangster who came from the city.

Although it was the autumn harvest at this time, the weather was still very hot. If the body could not be put together in a short time, it would stink and rot. It would be even more difficult to perform an autopsy and find out the cause of death of the deceased.

The longer the delay, the more unsolved the case becomes.If it really drags on and becomes an unresolved case, the two officials who have received the errand will cry to death.

Daxi has strict laws. Every time a murder occurs in every place under his rule, if it cannot be solved in time within the limited time, the person responsible for investigating the case will be punished to an unknown degree.If the case still cannot be solved, the government will transfer the case to the Baichuan Court of Jianghu Punishment Hall, which is in charge of Jianghu affairs, and let it be dealt with as a Jianghu matter.The officials responsible for this case will be dismissed.

As for why Daxi has such unkind laws... it has a lot to do with the current world where there are many warriors and many ancient inheritances.This move by the Daxi court was really a helpless move.

The two doctors were of no use, so the official immediately posted a reward in the town. They happened to be bumped into by Li Lianhua and Li Lianpeng who came to the town in the rain. Li Lianhua, who had lost 20 taels, volunteered himself, claiming to be a wandering doctor and willing to help. Gather the body.

The two unlucky officials were overjoyed and invited each of them to the scene of the murder.

Li Lianhua was once the best in the world, and he was very clever and ingenious. Before the coward could even react, he pieced together a corpse.

Then he recommended Li Lianpeng, a fake monk, to the shocked Liu Laoer family, saying that those who died should find monks and Taoists to redeem them as soon as possible and appease the souls, so as to keep the family safe...

It took the two of them a long time to make 20 taels from a person who died violently. As for the people who died violently, they were all innocent... Judging from the thoughtful expression on Li Lianhua's delicate face, I'm afraid something happened. not that simple.

The coffin shop owner Liu Bingkun just died yesterday, and today there are rumors and strange stories spreading in the town.Onlookers said that Liu Bingkun, the second oldest brother, had been building coffins for ghosts all year round, and accidentally offended a mountain spirit who liked to dig holes at night, dig graves, and eat corpses.

Let’s not talk about whether this weird talk is true or not. I just want to say that Liu Bingkun’s making coffins for dead people was supposed to be a good thing to accumulate moral virtue. Why did he offend such a ferocious species?

Some people say that it is all because of Liu Bingkun's excellent craftsmanship and the quality of the coffins he made for the deceased. The mountain spirit who likes to eat human corpses finally dug a hole, but was helpless about the wooden coffin in the tomb. The fresh corpse lying there was scratching one's head and one's head, but could not look at it.

Just once, that's it. If it happens again and again, the mountain spirit will be extremely hungry and will feel resentful if it can't eat the corpse.

So, they found the "culprit" Liu Bingkun, who had a weird temperament and lived alone all year round, and took revenge. He said he had noses and eyes, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Some people also say that Liu Bingkun did something outrageous when he was young, and he suffered retribution in his old age.

It is said that one day 20 years ago, a mother and son came to Qingyi Town. The woman was young, in her twenties, and looked like a fairy. The child was about four or five years old, and he was also born with pink and jade. , quite endearing, the two claimed to be a mother-son relationship, not siblings.

The two lived in the town for a while. The beautiful woman suddenly announced that she was terminally ill and that she was not going to die soon. She wanted to entrust her son to a trustworthy person in the town. In return, she could In the last days, as his bride, the dowry is her son.

The people in the town didn't believe it at first, thinking that such a beautiful woman with skin as thick as gelatin looked like she was suffering from a terminal illness.But ever since the day the woman announced that she had a terminal illness, her expression had become visibly thinner, and others couldn't help but believe it.

The woman who had been staying at the inn since she came to town saw that no one was willing to accept this 'marriage', so she was waiting and watching, so she increased her stakes.

As long as someone is willing to help her raise her son, she also has a secret treasure that she is willing to give away. As soon as this news came out, it immediately aroused the covetousness of many people with evil intentions. But the strange thing is that these people who secretly approached the woman , and finally disappeared for no reason.

Suddenly, there were a lot of rumors in the town, saying that this woman was some kind of monster. She looked young, but she was actually over a hundred years old. She specialized in eating human blood to maintain her youthful appearance.

Later, he was the second son of the Liu family, a coffin shop that has been passed down for a hundred years in the town. He had an eccentric temperament and rarely interacted with others. Liu Bingkun, who was an expert in making coffins, didn't know which wire in his head was connected wrongly, so he took over the business. Buy and sell.

With three betrothal gifts and six gifts, he married that woman and ended the rumors in the town.

After all, if there is no elderly person in any house in the town, the elderly person will die, and they will all bear the coffin shop.

A year later, the woman died of illness. Liu Bingkun, the second eldest son of the Liu family, buried her on the hillside behind an unknown mountain outside Qingyi Town. He guarded the coffin shop and raised the beautiful boy alone.

Two years ago, the boy who grew up and changed his name to Liu Nianli left Qingyi Town, went out to wander the world, and never came back.

Liu Bingkun died tragically at home yesterday evening. He was discovered by a hunter who came to buy a coffin for his seriously ill mother, and informed the people in charge of the town. This is roughly what happened.

It was said that Liu Bingkun had done something outrageous before. No one could tell exactly what it was, because at the time, it seemed that what Liu Bingkun did was indeed a good thing, although he might also have what the woman said. A secret treasure that will disappear.

Just when Li Lianpeng was guessing what the connection was between these sudden legends of strange creatures and the past 20 years ago, Li Lianhua, who was in a daze on the side, suddenly spoke, with a soft tone, like a whisper:
"Since we have taken this 20 taels of silver from others, we should do something for them, otherwise, this money will be too hot to hold..."

He spread his palms and looked down.

I saw two silver ingots covered with grease lying in the palm of my hand.

"Kongkong, let's go to the Wuming Mountain."

Li Lianpeng looked at the two silver ingots in his palm, and thought of the short and sturdy man in the room who was cautious and simple like an old farmer. He was silent for a moment and nodded.

"Anyway, there's nothing else to do. Just go with Lianhua."

……

The two of them asked people in the town for the direction of Wuming Mountain. After more than an hour, they left the town and came to a low, bare hill.

At a glance, he saw an unmarked tombstone standing in front of the grave on the hillside, a solitary small earthen bag.

The two looked at each other and knew that this was the grave of Liu Bingkun's wife who died young.

　This chapter has been cut and deleted, no matter how I write it, I am not satisfied with it, but looking at the time, it is already past nine o'clock, and Hua Luozi didn't even bother to eat when he came back from get off work... I'll post it first, if you are not satisfied with it or feel something wrong. Suggestions can be mentioned in the comment area...

　　I'm going to eat first~
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