"In Xiangxi, when corpses are driven away, the Yin people take advantage of them, while strangers avoid them..."
"Dong dong dong!"
Gongs and drums and shouts.
Song Che opened his eyes suddenly, turned around and closed the window.
Lin Yue stood up like a carp, turned over and sat up from the straw mat, grabbed the sword and came to the window:
"Zombies crossing the border?"
"Shh..."
Song Che signaled not to make any sound, gently opened a crack in the window, and used a telescope to look for the sound——
Under the moonlight, a team of four or five people shuttled through the woods. The night was too dark and the dense forest obscured our eyes. We could only see a rough outline. They wore pointed hats, raised their arms flat on their shoulders, and stood upright. It was like The zombies in the movie and TV series jump one step at a time.
"Song Che, you'd better not read it, lest you get into trouble." Shen Wenjun urged nervously.
This thing is really unsightly.
Song Che put away the binoculars and was about to close the window, but at this moment, the corpse removal team suddenly stopped moving forward.
The sound of gongs, drums and bells suddenly stopped.
There seemed to be two figures approaching the inn.
"They're coming, they're coming!"
Lin Yue exclaimed in a low voice, shuddered, and shrank back to the bed in fright, sticking up with them.
Song Che stood at the window indifferently. The two figures came step by step. They were living people, not zombies.
Song Che raised the telescope, and his curiosity drove him to see what happened.
After a while, two figures walked out of the woods. They looked like an old man and a young man. They were wearing green cloth hats and black belts. They were carrying gongs and bells. The night was too hazy to see the specific appearance, but they should be the so-called "corpse exorcists". .
The corpse driver walked to the door of the inn, knocked on the door, and rang the bell. After a while, the door of the inn opened and a few oil paper bags were handed out with one hand.
The exorcist took the food and wine, paid the silver, and then closed the door of the inn.
Corpse drivers usually work the "night shift", so it's reasonable to come to the inn to buy some food and wine to satisfy your hunger.
After buying food and wine, the two of them returned to the woods along the same route. When they reached the entrance of the forest, the thinner corpse driver suddenly turned back and glared at Song Che who was inquiring by the window!
The moonlight only reflected half of his face. His pale face, cold eyes, and strange expression scared Song Che to the point of almost dropping the telescope in his hand.
Song Che hurriedly closed the window tightly, beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his heart pounded.
"I told you not to be curious. This is a taboo." Shen Wenjun came over and wiped Song Che's cold sweat with a handkerchief, "Look at your face turning pale with fright... Are you okay?"
Song Che took a deep breath and shook his head.
"Jingle Bell……"
"Dong dong dong!"
"In Xiangxi, when corpses are driven away, the Yin people take advantage of them, while strangers avoid them..."
The gongs and shouts gradually faded away, and the night fell into silence again.
That night, few people could sleep well.
The next morning, just after dawn, they got up early and planned to leave quickly.
Unexpectedly, a boy suddenly ran into the inn next door and exclaimed from all the way:
"My lord, my lord, it's not good, it's not good... the guest who stayed at our inn yesterday was bitten to death by a zombie!"
Upon hearing the news, all the soldiers were shocked.
The captain opened the door and welcomed the inn boy in, asking what happened.
"The villain went to the woods early in the morning to pour night fragrance. He found a man sitting under a locust tree. He went over to check. Unexpectedly, he saw the guest who came to stay yesterday. He was bleeding from all his orifices and his eyes were bulging and wide open. There are holes all over the body, it’s so scary, so scary!”
The boy turned pale with fright.
"Is he the cloth merchant who is in his thirties and very fat?" Song Che asked.
The boy nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's him!"
"What bad luck!" the captain cursed: "This guy must have violated a taboo at night and was caught by a zombie and sucked his blood!"
Song Che frowned slightly, saying that exorcising corpses was just weird and terrifying, but zombies sucking blood was simply shocking.
"Has the body been moved?" he asked.
Xiaosi said: "I haven't moved. I came to report to you as soon as I found out that the guest was dead."
"Let's go take a look." Song Che said.
However, the commander of the soldiers hurriedly spoke out to persuade: "Officials, just leave it to the government to deal with the death of the person. This fact is too unlucky, so don't bother with it."
Song Che shook his head firmly,
Although Li Si didn't have any good character, he would not be bitten to death by zombies. What's more, Song Che saw the corpse exorcism team last night, but he was peaceful for his own sake.
Zombies kill people, it’s ridiculous!
"No, it's about a human life, so we still have to go and see."
Song Che asked Shen Wenjun and Qin Ruo to stay in the inn, while he, Lin Yue and several postmen asked the inn boy to take Li Si to the place of death in the forest.
Li Si's death was even more tragic than what the boy described. His distorted face must have been horribly frightened. There were two dental holes in his neck, dozens of bloody holes in his chest, and body spots on his arms. Spread, the time of death is at least four hours.
Four hours ago, the corpse removal team happened to pass by.
Judging from the state of Li Si's death, he was probably frightened to death, or died of excessive bleeding due to his heart and lungs being pierced by some kind of sharp instrument.
But he was definitely not killed by some so-called "vampire zombie".
It was definitely murder. A well-planned, contrived murder!
"Boss Li is not in particularly good health. Sometimes he has to get up several times a night. It is very likely that he was targeted by zombies when he got up to go to the latrine."
Said the two young guys who were doing business with Li Si.
But Li Si's death place was in the woods, about twenty feet away from the inn's latrine, and the latrine was inside the inn and blocked by a wall.
Li Si was so frightened that his face was distorted, indicating that his consciousness was clear before he was killed. He had also seen the murderer, so why didn't he scream?
Song Che barely slept last night, and it was so quiet at night. He could hear a little noise, but since the corpse removal team left, there has been no other movement.
Li Si had a lot of money on him, so the murderer did not kill for the purpose of robbing money.
Love killing?
Vendetta?
There are too many doubts.
Song Che said to the two guys: "Zombies are just a way for the murderer to hide his identity. Your master's death was a man-made homicide. If you want to seek justice for him, send the body to the government office."
The two waiters were both servants and could not make the decision themselves. They could only follow Song Che's instructions and load Li Si's body onto the bullock cart.
After all, the murder happened in Sanxinggang, the inn and the inn. The corpse removal team that passed by last night, including Song Che, were all suspects.
Anyway, Song Che and the others were going to pass through the county town. This "zombies" incident was too suspenseful and strange, so they stopped by to seek clarification and the truth.
Before midnight, a group of people set off from Sanxinggang in a mighty manner. Song Che's carriage was at the front, and the captain of the guard led a few postmen to see them off. The two boys and the innkeeper, and the waiter escorting the body followed behind.
While he was on the road, Song Che asked the soldier commander some questions about the corpse removal team.
I learned that corpse exorcism teams often visited Sanxing Post, and it was common to find inns and inns to buy food and wine.
Performing Yin people's conveniences can accumulate Yin virtue. Everyone is willing to do it, and sometimes they will be sold food for free.
The corpse exorcism team came and went in a hurry and would not disturb the rest of the strangers. They also bought and sold food and wine as they went.
Last night's corpse exorcists, the old one was called Jin Qi, and the young one was called Asang. Anyone who can make a living from this kind of business is not only a strange person but also a ruthless person. Among the people from all over the country, especially in the eyes of the Miao people, this pair of corpse exorcists are quite famous. .
"Are this Jin Qi and Asang also Miao people?" Song Che asked curiously.
The captain nodded: "It is a Miao custom to drive away corpses, and the craftsmen who drive away corpses must all be Miao people."
"Um……"
