I didn't understand it for a while, so I asked Gou Xuan what he meant by being fooled?
Gou Xuan then told me in a low voice that one of his brothers had stolen the beads used to seal the body. When he was caught, he handed over the beads and was exempted from the family rules.
But looking at it now, this bead is obviously fake.
The beads in the corpse's mouth are all treasures that can ward off evil spirits. They have not broken after so many years. How could they break on this day?
It was obvious that he would really drop the bag.
As he spoke, Gou Xuan's face turned even more ugly, saying that no wonder the corpse still turned into evil spirits and made trouble.
It itself showed signs of transforming into an evil spirit, and they quickly went to arrest people to get back the corpse-fixing bead, but what use could a fake thing have? It must be true before the corpse can be determined.
I heard his explanation clearly.
If there are corpse-fixing beads, the corpse will not be troubled by evil spirits, and the beads will also have the effect of suppressing corpses!
It’s just that I frowned. According to Gou Xuan, that person should have been hit and thrown into the river, right?
While I was thinking, the "people" in the yard moved again.
They no longer stood at the door of the courtyard, but came to the barrel. Two of them actually pulled the body out of the barrel.
The body was laid flat on the ground.
There was no moonlight in the yard because there was a roof above it, so the entire Gou family house was airtight.
Under the reflection of the lantern and candlelight, I clearly noticed that the lower body of the corpse was damaged. It was now steaming white, and even the knees were burnt black.
The strong smell of blood has disappeared, and even the transformation of the corpse from black evil to blood evil has stopped, and the fluff on its body has become black and red.
I immediately understood that although the imitation compass did not restrain its head and did not completely suppress the corpse, it was still effective, interrupting the possibility of him becoming more vicious and injuring its body.
But the current situation does not allow me to take the imitation compass back.
And at this moment, there were two people standing in front of the barrel, staring straight into the barrel, motionless.
Gou Xuan put away his face and emotions, and asked me cautiously if I wanted to go find Mr. Jiang.
I shook my head directly, took a deep breath and said: "Master, leave this matter to me, and I will definitely be able to handle it. Where did your brother drown himself in the river? Fish him out and bring him back." Corpse fixing beads.”
"This..." Gou Xuan's expression kept changing.
I told Gou Xuan that at least he didn’t have to worry about anything else now. The compass was hanging here and no sneaky things could come out of the yard. We would find the corpse beads and just stuff them into the corpse’s mouth and that would be the end of the matter.
Gou Xuan also scanned the compass. He hesitated for a long time before nodding.
He asked me to wait here. He sent the young master to the room first, and then arranged a few people to watch the entrance of the courtyard to prevent anyone from disturbing the compass.
I nodded in agreement.
Gou Xuan hurriedly helped the child up on the ground and walked out along the corridor from where he came.
I observed the corpse for a while, and I also looked at the other "people" who were haunted.
Only then did I confirm that they were all still breathing weakly and were not dead. They were just knocked out and completely unconscious.
I took another look at the compass. The compass cannot be taken down at the moment. Otherwise, I can follow the method of waking up Gou Xuan and the child just now and let the head of the Gou family wake up as well.
My thoughts became much calmer, and I confirmed again and again that my calculations should not be wrong.
If it really doesn't work, go to Jiang Yihong again and try to avoid disappointing him.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Gou Xuan came back, with at least seven or eight people behind him.
Soon, they reached me.
These are all corpse collectors, wearing green linen jackets, divination knives at their waists, and green linen ropes wrapped around their shoulders.
Gou Xuan first asked them to call me Mr. Li, and then said that I was Mr. Jiang's apprentice.
After those people bowed and called me, they pointed to the compass hanging on the eaves of the courtyard.
Let them all watch carefully with their eyes wide open. If the compass is lost, they will all jump into the river and commit suicide.
Gou Xuan's voice was stern, and the faces of those people were solemn, indicating that they were obeying the order.
At this point, Gou Xuan made a gesture of invitation, indicating that I could go out.
As we were walking out, I still noticed that the corpse collectors looked at me very strangely.
There was confusion, curiosity, and a bit of confusion in his eyes.
And more of their eyes glanced at the statue hanging around my neck.
Not long after, the two of us walked out of the corridor and arrived at the main hall of the Gou family.
At a glance, I could see that there were still more than ten people collecting corpses standing by the tributary river outside the gate.
The faces of these people are more or less fierce.
Licking blood from the edge of a knife, fishing for money from dead people in the river, few people are kind, even Gou Xuan, who actually has a lot of stern expressions on his face.
Gou Xuan then told me that the place where the traitor jumped into the river was also a bit strange, but it was fine to be careful, and the Gou family's corpse collectors would not act alone, and there would only be enough people to take care of them.
A moment ago Gou Xuan had called that man brother, but now that he knew that the corpse-fixing bead had been transferred, he directly called him a traitor.
In a few steps, Gou Xuan took me to the tributary river.
The moonlight was cold, the river was sparkling, and both sides were densely packed with corpse fishing boats.
The dozen or so corpse collectors looked at my neck with shocked expressions.
Obviously, Gou Xuan probably didn't explain it to them either.
The corpse collector standing at the front had a skinny body, a weird head, a big forehead, a hooked nose, and a protruding chin.
A pair of eyes, slightly narrow at the corners.
His hairline is very high, almost halfway up his head, and there is a braid on the back of his head.
In the early years, many people in Lijia Village still wore braids, but later they were basically cut off.
When he looked at me, there was a fierceness in his eyes that made me and him look at each other.
My eyes scanned the others as well.
Almost at the same time, Gou Xuan revealed my identity.
And he made it clear that he was going to fish out the corpse now, fish out the corpse of the traitor, find the corpse beads and come back to suppress the corpse.
Gou Xuan raised his hand and made a gesture to ask someone to support the boat.
However, the skinny man with a sharp chin in front of him suddenly said to Gou Xuan: "Consul, is there something wrong with this?"
"Just a bastard, saying that he is Mr. Jiang's apprentice, that means he is Mr. Jiang's apprentice? Why don't you just give him the statue of Ai Gong? Doesn't that make him our leader?"
"Don't rush to the doctor when you're sick. You're worried about things within the clan. If you don't see Mr. Jiang, you'll be deceived by the gods."
When he said this, his eyes were full of suspicion, and he was vaguely touching the divination knife on his waist, as if he wanted to do something to me!
