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Chapter 15 Red Silk Corpse, Blurred Mirror

Mai Xiaorou suddenly said something, but Liu Shengfu continued to speak as if he didn't hear it.

Tang Fu Tea House did not tell Liu Shengfu and my father exactly where the grave was, but sent someone to drive them to a village not far from their destination.

Liu Shengfu said that the village is located to the west of the provincial capital, called Mao Maogou, about [-] to [-] miles away from the provincial capital.

When they arrived at the destination, the driver told them that the grave that Boss Tang asked them to dig was on the back mountain of the village. That mountain was particularly eye-catching, much higher than the nearby mountain.

After saying the address, the driver took out shovel, hammer, rope and other tools from the trunk of the car and handed them to Liu Shengfu and my father, saying that he would come to pick them up at dawn and let them be careful.

At that time, my father and Liu Shengfu had nowhere to go, let alone asking them to dig graves, even if they were asked to kill people, I was afraid that they would really go there if they got hotheaded.

The two of them carried the grave-digging tools and went around the Maomaogou Village to the back mountain.

Although the mountain is very high, the way to climb the mountain can be vaguely seen. My father grew up in the village and followed his family up the mountain to collect herbs. This mountain climbing is nothing to him.

But Liu Shengfu grew up in the city, so the steep mountain road was too much for him.

After climbing for a while, Liu Shengfu couldn't move anymore. Looking back, he found that he was already "hanging" on the mountainside, and he was trembling with fright.

My father did not leave Liu Shengfu behind, he took out a rope and trapped himself with him, and then he crawled ahead, pulling Liu Shengfu up with all his might.

The two tossed until midnight before climbing to the mountain.

The top of the mountain was not flat, but the place was very large. The two took a flashlight to take a look, and soon found a solitary grave in the middle of the top of the mountain. That was the one that Boss Tang asked them to dig.

Without any hesitation, the two of them untied the ropes on their bodies and prepared to dig.

When they thought that they would get a lot of money if they brought the dug things back to Boss Tang, they felt boundless enthusiasm in their hearts.

But before digging the grave, my father bowed down in front of the grave and said some words of apology.

Liu Shengfu didn't believe that, so he just picked up the hammer and started digging.

Seeing that Liu Shengfu had started to work, my father picked up the shovel and started shoveling the soil without any hesitation.

After a while, the grave was leveled by them, and they continued to dig down.

As a result, they discovered that this was not a big tomb, but a small grave with a small coffin inside. Judging from the size of the small coffin, the owner of the tomb was probably a child.

Seeing the small coffin, my father and Liu Shengfu did not hesitate, and went to pry the coffin directly.

The coffin was already very rotten. When they pried it hard, the coffin board split open, and at the same time, a rotten stench came out from the coffin.

The two held their noses and continued to pry the remaining coffin boards. After a while, all the coffin boards were removed.

They took a flashlight to take a picture in the small coffin, and inside lay the skeleton of a child wrapped in red silk cloth, about five or six years old, and couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, because the child had no clothes on. , just wrapped in red silk cloth.

Seeing the pile of bones, the two were still a little scared, but when they turned their heads and thought about the generous reward, the fear in their hearts dissipated.

Liu Shengfu and my father carried the skeleton wrapped in red silk out of the coffin, and then began to search for things in the coffin.

And there really was something under the skeleton.

When I was talking about this, Liu Shengfu suddenly stopped. Mai Xiaorou didn't sprinkle the ashes this time. I took a look into the clear water basin. stopped.

I couldn't help but ask him, "What's that under the coffin?"

Only then did Liu Shengfu say: "It's a bronze mirror, also wrapped in red silk, but Chen Laizi and I tore off the red silk wrapped on it."

Mai Xiaorou asked what kind of bronze mirror it was, and Liu Shengfu said: "There is a gossip pattern on the back, and the front is a little blurred, and the figure can't be seen clearly, but it must be an antique, and it should be worth a lot of money."

Mai Xiaorou and I didn't interrupt, and Liu Shengfu continued to tell the rest of the story.

After getting the bronze mirror, they threw all the grave-digging tools on the top of the mountain, and then went down the mountain with only a pair of ropes.

Just as they were approaching the foot of the mountain, they saw dozens of people rushing towards them, shouting "catch the thief" and the like.

Seeing this situation, my father and Liu Shengfu were startled, and Sa Yazi ran into the old forest on the side of the mountain.

My father has good physical strength, and Liu Shengfu lost his energy after running for a while, but the group of people behind were chasing after him. Seeing this, my father made a decision, which was to untie the rope that tied him and Liu Shengfu, and then One ran first.

Liu Shengfu called my father desperately, telling my father to wait for him, but my father just ignored him and disappeared into the old forest.

Later, Liu Shengfu was caught up by that group of people, and he was severely beaten, but those people did not kill him. After the beating, they did not call the police, nor sent Liu Shengfu to the hospital, but imprisoned him in the In an old temple in the village.

Every day someone would deliver food to Liu Shengfu, but none of them were normal meals, just snakes, rats, insects, and ants. Liu Shengfu resisted at first, but then he was so hungry that he couldn't care less about them.

Then one day, Liu Shengfu took advantage of the fact that there was no one around the ruined temple, dug up a wall of the ruined temple, then sneaked out of the village, and then hopped all the way back to the provincial capital.

At that time, he seemed to have become a beggar.

He went to Tangfu Tea House first, and after inquiring, he found out that my father had already exchanged all the rewards for things, and he had disappeared.

Liu Shengfu was planning to go to my father's hometown to look for him at that time. He went home first and changed into clean clothes, but when he was going out, another unlucky thing happened again. A car accident hit Liu Shengfu directly. Became a vegetable.

Liu Shengfu has been lying like this for nearly 20 years.

These years, he has been taken care of by his parents who don't like him very much, but not long ago, his parents passed away one after another, and at that time, he woke up.

After dealing with the offspring of his parents with his two elder brothers, Liu Shengfu was about to embark on the trip to find my father again. This time, Liu Shengfu was not so lucky. When he drove to the town, he collided with a big truck. Only Liu Shengfu was thrown out of the car, fell into a ditch by the side of the road and died.

The others were only slightly injured.

On the day of the car accident, my mother happened to be in town for something. When passing by the scene of the car accident, she picked up a black cell phone in a lawn not far from the car accident, and that cell phone was when Liu Shengfu was thrown out of the car. , and flew out together.

My mother got greedy for a moment, so she picked up the phone and brought it home. Liu Shengfu's ghost was wandering nearby, and when she saw someone picking up her things, she followed her.

Speaking of this, Liu Shengfu smiled and said: "This is God's will. When I arrived home with that woman, I saw Chen Laizi's photo on the table. It turned out that she was Chen Laizi's daughter-in-law. It took no effort to get it. The only one It's a pity that Chen Laizi is dead, but I learned from that woman that Chen Laizi still has a son, and it just so happens that the father's debt will be paid by the son!"

When it comes to things here, I am basically clear.

However, there are still many doubts in this matter. As Mai Xiaorou said before, why did the owner of Tang Fu Restaurant, who has a great background, ask two ordinary people to help him dig his grave, and he also paid him a lot of money? , there must be something tricky in it.

Furthermore, what exactly is the bronze mirror.

Also, the people in that village imprisoned Liu Shengfu and fed him snakes, rats, insects and ants.

When I was thinking about this, Mai Xiaorou opened his mouth and said to Liu Shengfu: "Are you hating Chen Laizi for not saving you back then, and then taking the reward alone?"

"Yes!" Liu Shengfu said sternly.

Mai Xiaoju said: "What Chen Laizi did is unethical, but if you want to vent your anger by killing his wife and children, I absolutely cannot agree."

Liu Shengfu was silent for a while, and then continued: "I really hate Chen Laizi in my heart, and I wish I could cut him into pieces, but after so many years, before I came to find Chen Laizi, I didn't hate him so much. Come to him this time, as long as he is willing to give me back my share of the money back then."

Liu Shengfu's voice began to turn a little sad: "I know that I am very unpopular. I have caused troubles for my family these years, not only dragging down my parents, but also dragging down my two brothers. I have been paralyzed in bed for these years. , my parents have been taking care of me, and my two older brothers have spent money on me. Although they don't like me, they have never given up on my life. I am not that kind of hard-hearted, and I know how to be grateful. "

Liu Shengfu's emotions were very sincere, and he continued: "My two elder brothers have grown up now, and they need to buy a house for the children and prepare for their marriage, but because they don't have enough money, the children's few partners have not been negotiated. Said, I am also the child's uncle, I want to get back my share of the money, to help my two brothers, my two nephews, this is the real reason I am looking for Chen Laizi, to collect debts!"

Hearing this, I said: "Don't worry, I will definitely return the money that belongs to you to you. Tell me the addresses of your two brothers. When I return to the provincial capital, I will send them to you personally." Come to the door, by the way, how much is your share."

Liu Shengfu said: "One million!"

"so much?"

Liu Shengfu said: "This is the share that belongs to me. My two older brothers each have 50 yuan, and one cent cannot be less."

Before I could speak, my mother suddenly said, "Xiao Yu, we will pay for this money, which is owed by your father."

I can't help but wonder how rich our family is!

Mai Xiaorou also said at the side: "I think it's necessary to go to Tang Fu Tea House when we arrive in the provincial capital to find out what happened back then. There are too many weird things about this matter."

(End of this chapter)