"Thank you to the four young heroes for saving your life."
Seeing that the coffin stopped shaking, the four coffin bearers breathed a sigh of relief, and one of them hugged Ye Qing and others.
"You're welcome, it's just a little effort." Ye Qing replied with cupped fists.
"Where are your bosses?" Chu Nianjiu looked at the four of them and asked.
Hearing this, the four coffin bearers suddenly showed vigilant eyes with evil eyes.
"The corpse-carrying king must have at least five people. Four people will carry the coffin and explore the way with their heads to avoid straying into some dangerous places." Chu Nianjiu said slowly: "I thought your heads were in front of it to explore the way. That doesn’t appear to be the case now.”
If they had a clue to find out the way, the four of them would never stray into Juyin.
The eyes of the four people became more and more evil.
"Haha, don't be nervous, four brothers, we are not bad people." Chu Nianjiu smiled, crossed the fingers of his hands horizontally, with his thumbs down, like a person kneeling on the ground, making a weird gesture.
"It turns out he is one of our own." Seeing this, the coffin bearer who had spoken earlier was obviously relieved. He put his fingers together and pointed downwards, while his thumbs pointed upwards, making a similar but different gesture like a person respecting the sky.
"These three are all my friends, and they are not bad people." Chu Nianjiu smiled: "My name is Chu Nianjiu."
The gesture he made earlier was a gesture used by coffin bearers to identify themselves and communicate with each other. His gesture meant that the corpse carrying the coffin was respectful to the ground, while the gesture of the person in front of him meant that the coffin bearer was respectful to heaven.
This is also the rule among coffin bearers. The corpse belongs to the earth. Before putting the corpse in the coffin, you should respect the earth. However, when carrying the coffin on the way, you need God to provide you with food, so you must respect heaven and worship God before setting off.
This gesture is generally only popular among coffin bearers, and is rarely used by outsiders.
"My name is Peng Hu, and these three are my brothers, Peng Lin, Peng Shan, and Peng Chuan." The coffin bearer introduced.
"Both of you are named Peng, are you from the Peng family in Jiannan?" Chu Nianjiu asked curiously.
"Brother, do you know about my Peng family?" Peng Hu said unexpectedly.
Although the Peng family in Jiannan is a powerful and martial arts family in Jiannan, few people know that the Peng family is a lineage of coffin bearers.
Chu Nianjiu smiled and said, "When I was traveling around the world three years ago, I met a disciple of your Peng family."
"I wonder who that person is?" Peng Hu asked.
"Peng Feibao." Chu Nianjiu said with a smile: "He said that he is the eldest son of the Peng family in Jiannan, and he has two incompetent younger brothers below him. They have accomplished nothing, which makes him heartbroken."
"Haha, it turns out to be Mr. Fei Bao." Hearing this, Peng Hu smiled and said, "But Mr. Fei Long is not the eldest son of my Peng family, but the third son. It is true that he has two older brothers."
"Furthermore, Mr. Fei Bao's two brothers are both more powerful than Mr. Fei Bao and have already begun to take charge of the family business. Only Mr. Fei Bao is idle and has accomplished nothing. He was kicked out of the house by the family owner a few years ago. I guess you met him at that time, brother. It belongs to my young master.”
"It turns out that he was kicked out of the house!" Chu Nianjiu was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile: "What do you mean, the dignified young master of the Peng family in Jiannan is actually worse off than a beggar."
"When I first met that kid, he hadn't eaten for three days and was squatting on the street to trick a little girl into eating her marshmallows. Tsk tsk..."
"Later, when we were drinking, the boy also boasted about how much of a genius he was and how powerful he was in the Peng family. When I arrived in Jiannan City, he invited me to Qiqiyuan and Zilan Building in the city. What a fucking feeling. They are all lies!"
"Haha... Mr. Fei Bao is sometimes a bit..." Peng Hu scratched his head. He really didn't know how to describe it. He felt embarrassed for Peng Feibao.
However, he was still a little doubtful of Chu Nianjiu's words before, but now he is deeply
Believe it or not, because only those who really know Peng Feibao know his virtue.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Chu Nianjiu looked at Peng Hu who lowered his head and said nothing, "Can you tell me now, where are your heads?"
Peng Hu hesitated for a moment and then told the truth frankly: "To be honest, we are dead."
"Dead?" Chu Nianjiu was slightly shocked. The leader is usually the strongest and most experienced among the coffin bearers. The four coffin bearers are about the strength of the middle stage of refining, so their leader is at least the late stage of refining. It even washes away God.
"Since your head is dead, you still dare to carry the corpse king, aren't you looking for death?"
Chu Nianjiu's tone became slightly harsh.
Peng Hu was not upset at all, and gave a wry smile: "To be honest, this coffin contains an elder of my Peng family. No matter what, we have to take him back to the Peng family for burial."
"For the Peng family, fallen leaves must return to their roots."
"The elder of your Peng family?" Chu Nianjiu asked in confusion: "Why did your elder of the Peng family die in another place and become so evil?"
The movement and atmosphere inside the coffin just now were terrifying and strange.
Peng Hu was silent for a moment and said: "To be honest, we don't know very well. My family always came to Tianyong to help at the invitation of one of his friends. However, a few days later, my Peng family received news that this A clan elder was found dead in a barren mountain. The cause of death was unknown, so the family leader ordered us to take the clan elder’s body back.”
"To tell you the truth, there were nine of us at the beginning, eight coffin bearers and one coffin bearer. Before loading the coffin and setting off, there was nothing unusual about the clan elder's body. We just carried it as an ordinary coffin, but not long after, There were some strange noises coming from the coffin, and soon a brother inexplicably turned into charcoal in front of the coffin, but there were no traces of fire around him."
"We didn't pay much attention to it, but the next day, another brother died inexplicably in front of the coffin. His whole body was swollen and white, and his nose and mouth were full of mud, as if he had drowned."
At this point, Peng Hu's voice trembled a little: "We realized something was wrong, and there were frequent strange noises in the coffin, so we asked us to carry the coffin according to the regulations of the corpse-carrying king."
"It calmed down for a while at the beginning, but two days later, something weird happened again."
"First, a brother broke into countless pieces for no reason while carrying the coffin, and then another person fell into quicksand and died."
"What's even more frightening is that as the brothers died, the movements in the coffin became larger and larger. It took four nails to stabilize the coffin."
Speaking of this, Peng Hu's eyes were a little evasive and his body was trembling.
Ye Qing frowned and said, "Didn't you take a look at what happened in the coffin?"
Peng Hu shook his head: "We coffin bearers have rules. Do not open the coffin when carrying it. Opening the coffin is bad luck."
Chu Nianjiu explained: "This is indeed a taboo among the coffin bearers. During the process of carrying the coffin, the coffin bearers are only allowed to open the coffin and replace it unless they encounter force majeure factors that cause the coffin to be damaged. Otherwise, they will never be allowed to do it halfway. Opening the coffin halfway is disrespectful to the deceased; on the other hand, opening the coffin halfway is unlucky and can easily attract evil spirits."
Ye Qing curled his lips, life and death were at stake, and he didn't care about the rules.
Chu Nianjiu asked, "What about your boss?"
Peng Hu said in a sad tone: "What happened to Baotou last night? Last night, the four of us carried the coffin and explored the way with Baotou. However, when passing by a forest, there was an unusual noise inside the coffin. Baotou seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit and he lost his footing. In the next ravine, he was pierced by a pile of branches and died."
"As of now...there are only four of us left."
After a moment of silence, Chu Nianjiu suggested: "To be honest, your head is already dead, so just the four of you trying to carry the coffin back will definitely have a narrow escape."
"In my opinion, you might as well seal this coffin here temporarily, and then send a message to the Peng family, asking the Peng family to send someone to pick you up."
Peng Hu shook his head and said stubbornly: "No, the Peng family has already calculated the auspicious date and time for the funeral of the clan elder and set up the mourning hall. It cannot be changed. We must carry the clan elder's body back on time."
"You guys are really..." Lin Yuhuai opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"I know that several of my friends have good intentions, but my Peng family has the rules of the Peng family, and we also have our own persistence." Peng Hu looked at Ye Qing and others with firm eyes: "So I can only live up to your good intentions. "
"In that case, I won't say more."
Chu Nianjiu sighed, and then asked: "By the way, Brother Peng, does he know where there are villages and towns nearby? To be honest, we are lost!"
Peng Hu replied: "Villages, there is a small village more than twenty miles ahead from here, named Fengxiangji. From Fengxiangji to the south, you can reach Qinghe County."
"Oh, thank you very much." Chu Nianjiu thanked him with a cupped hand: "By the way, judging from the looks of you, you should also be going to Fengxiangji for supplies and rest. Could you please show us the way?"
Of course, Chu Nianjiu said he wanted Peng Hu and others to lead the way, but everyone understood that he wanted to work with Peng Hu and protect Peng Hu and others.
"how?"
"I have no objection." Lin Yuhuai said.
"I...I don't have any objection either." The little Taoist priest also responded hurriedly.
"Then I'll bother you, Brother Peng!" Ye Qing bowed his hand to Peng Hu.
"This..." Peng Hu also understood what Ye Qing and others meant, and wanted to refuse, but before the words left his mouth, Chu Nianjiu smiled and said: "Brother Feibao is also my friend, brother Peng, you won't refuse. Bar?!"
"Okay!" Peng Hu smiled bitterly and could only agree.
"Everyone, please wait a moment."
Immediately, Peng Hu walked to the coffin, lifted the coffin out of the ground, and said: "Tie the coffin with rope..."
The two men immediately took out a rope soaked in black dog blood from their sleeves and tied the two ends of the coffin.
"As strong as a mountain..."
After the coffin was tied, someone picked up the mahogany pole on the ground, passed the rope through it, got into position two by two, and grabbed the pole.
"Blessed by gods and Buddhas, there are no taboos...lifting the coffin..."
Peng Hu let out a soft cry, and the four of them put the mahogany pole on their shoulders with all their strength. They nodded to Ye Qing and others, lifted the coffin, and ran forward like lightning.
"Follow up..."
Chu Nianjiu greeted and followed.
…
"quack……"
"The crow crows in the middle of the night, it's a bit ominous!"
Ye Qing frowned as he listened to the crows calling from time to time in the forest.
"It's just a crow, how come there are so many explanations." Chu Nianjiu said disdainfully.
"Brother Chu, what you said is wrong. My master often said that if you encounter a black dog digging into a grave, a crow crows in the middle of the night, a wild cat smiling, a rooster shrinking its head, two short and one long when burning incense, or chopsticks with the head and tail down when eating, etc., absolutely I encountered evil spirits." The little Taoist priest said riding on the paper horse.
The little Taoist priest talked about some folk taboos and sayings. The so-called black dog digs the grave, and the corpse will live longer; If two are short and one is long, people will have three long and two short; people eat with their chopsticks pointed downwards, and ghosts eat with chopsticks tailed downwards... Although these admonitions are not necessarily correct, they must be guarded against.
