Seeing his son in such a pitiful state, Xiao Mao seemed a little shaken...
He approached Li Miao and whispered.
"Mr. Li, can you go back with us? Let's see the situation first. As for remuneration, it's easy to negotiate."
Li Miao shook his head: "The money aspect is not the problem, the main thing is that your son's situation is too strange. I don't need to say it, even you know it in your own hearts."
yes!
The person who had obviously been drowned for more than ten days was now as alive and kicking as when he was alive.
Who doesn't know how weird and evil this is?
At this moment, the more Xiao Sheng behaves like a living person, the more terrifying it becomes!
But pity the hearts of parents in the world.
Even though I knew it was a zombie, I still couldn't bear to abandon it when I saw it pitifully calling "Mom and Dad".
Xiao Mao continued to speak cautiously.
"Mr. Li, if my son really wants to harm someone, there is no need to make it so troublesome, right? I have heard some things from the old people in our rural area."
"If a person becomes a zombie, he will not be able to speak, and will most likely be very cruel. He will not even recognize his parents. Even if he still remembers his parents, relatives and friends, his memory of his life will be incomplete. But my son's situation is different. ah."
Li Miao also nodded.
Some folk taboos in the mountains are basically known to the older generation. It is not surprising that it is also passed down among ordinary people.
He indeed felt that the child corpse in front of him was too weird.
It was so weird that it made him feel a little nervous!
Li Miao thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "It's definitely not possible to bring it home. It's too dangerous. If your home has a place like a cellar, you can lock it in there first. I'll think of a solution later. So solved.”
ah?
Mrs. Xiao was stunned and seemed a little bit intolerable.
"Lock Sheng Sheng in the cellar? Will this, will this..."
Before she finished speaking, Li Miao immediately interrupted her: "This is the best way. Otherwise, no matter how weird and powerful your son is, once the sun comes out after dawn, he will never be able to survive."
He's right.
The light of the sun, the bright sun, is the absolute nemesis of all monsters and monsters.
Even corpse demons, corpse kings, and even more powerful things... can't hide under the strong sunlight during the day. It can only be destroyed into ashes.
Li Miao believed that although the child corpse in front of him was strange and strange, it would never be able to withstand the sunlight.
Therefore, temporarily locking him in a deep cellar is the best way.
Moreover, it is more convenient for him to apply some sealing methods in the cellar.
Seeing how determined Li Miao was, Xiao Mao nodded in agreement and persuaded his wife for a while. Everyone agreed with the decision.
As for the child corpse himself, he was only five or six years old, and he still didn't understand many things. Just curled up in mother's arms, eyes closed, as if asleep.
If it weren't for the fact that its whole body was soaked in water and turned white, and there were corpse spots on its face, it really looked like a living person.
So, Li Miao followed the Xiao family back to Xiao Mao's home.
This is a three-story small foreign-style building built in the village. Although it is not as high-end as the villas in the city, it is still very good.
There is also a wall around it, enclosing a small courtyard with an area of more than two to three hundred square meters.
The cellar is on the west side of the yard.
Xiao Mao took Li Miao to the entrance of the cellar, looked at his son curled up in his wife's arms next to him, and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but didn't.
Li Miao knew what he meant and said coldly: "Don't even think about staying with it. Locking it in the cellar is the most merciful way."
Xiao Mao nodded and smiled bitterly: "I understand, Mr. Li. But no matter what, my son's various behaviors and consciousness now are the same as when he was alive. How to convince him to stay alone in the cellar?"
Li Miao waved his hand: "That's your business. I'm just a corpse collector and can't care about that much."
It's not that he's heartless.
It is indeed true!
Originally, I helped the Xiao family do this out of the sense of justice of people in Xuanmen. There's no way you have to help coax the kids, right?
He was homeless and didn't know what to do.
So, Xiao Mao walked over and whispered something to the corpse Xiao Sheng with his wife.
Xiao Sheng seemed to be a very obedient child, and he actually nodded vigorously, as if he agreed.
So, the couple came over holding it.
Then Xiao Mao opened the cellar door and took Li Miao down.
Generally in the Sichuan and Chongqing areas, at that time, almost every rural home would have a cellar. Even the richest man in the village, like the Xiao family, would prepare one as a habit.
Usually it can be used to store some sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and the like.
Li Miao went down to the cellar, chose a place, and asked Mrs. Xiao to put Xiao Sheng down.
He took off his black dog hair rope from his waist and tied the hands of the corpse. Then it was also wrapped around the waist. After confirming that there was no problem, I felt a little relieved.
The child corpse stared up at him, with pale skin and red eyes. But his expression was childish and cute, and he spoke in a crisp voice.
"Uncle, my parents said it was because I was not good. They punished me to stay here. As long as I obey, they will always love me and they won't be angry with me anymore. Right?"
Even though Li Miao didn't have children himself, this childish voice made his heart tremble slightly.
He nodded and said solemnly: "Your parents are right, as long as you are good, they will continue to love you."
Uh-huh!
The child corpse nodded vigorously and believed what they said.
So, Li Miao took Xiao Mao and dragged Mrs. Xiao, who turned back three times every step, back to the cellar. Closed the wooden cellar door.
"My little boy! He is still so young. Are you afraid of being alone in the cellar?"
Mrs. Xiao started to cry.
Li Miao said lightly: "That's not the case. Although its memory and consciousness still remain in life, its body is obviously a corpse. Even if it can't feel it, its fear of fear will definitely weaken a lot."
After finishing speaking, he ordered Xiao Mao to quickly mobilize the Xiao family relatives to go to the village to find a male black dog and a rooster.
After finding them, they tied them one to the left and the other to the side of the cellar entrance.
Let the dogs and chickens be like door gods, guarding the cellar exit.
Then he went to find an old kitchen knife that had been used for more than three years and stuck it on the wooden door of the cellar.
According to Li Miao's training, this is a very powerful method, used to suppress the strongest kind of vicious zombies or even zombies!
Although judging from the yin energy emitted, Xiao Sheng is just the most ordinary walking corpse.
But the situation was strange, and he didn't dare to be careless. So even the means of suppressing corpses at the bottom of the box were used.
By the time all of this was done, it was already getting slightly brighter.
Li Miao felt a little tired and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Xiao Mao asked him: "Mr. Li, what should we do now?"
He replied: "Don't worry about it when it's daylight. No monsters or monsters dare to cause trouble during the day. Just have a good sleep first. I'll find someone to deal with it after dark."
Xiao Mao and his wife naturally obeyed.
After a long night, I was really tired, so I went back to sleep.
Li Miao himself also took a rest. After getting up, he read through some various classics handed down from the line of corpse collectors to see if he could find a situation similar to Xiao Sheng's.
But none were found.
So through connections, Li Miao found Lao Cao and came to visit him in his coffin shop.
And I just finished dealing with the secret contract with Zhou Min, and I happened to meet him when I came back...
Li Miao sighed and looked at Lao Cao and me.
"Coffinmaker Cao, Brother Wu, the whole thing is like this. I can't figure out what happened to Xiao Sheng, so I came to ask you for advice. After all, among the several towns and villages around here, you are the most qualified. He’s an old man.”
In fact, Li Miao probably told this story to Lao Cao before I came back just now. So Lao Cao is relatively calm.
I was shocked.
Unexpectedly, there is such a weird thing.
But it seems that it feels vaguely familiar...
Lao Cao looked at me.
"Xiao Wu, what do you think about this matter?"
I shook my head: "I don't have a clue yet. But after hearing what Brother Li said, I have a feeling. That is, Xiao Sheng probably didn't know that he was dead. Perhaps only in this way can some things be explained."
yes!
Lao Cao slapped his forehead, looked at me and said with emotion: "Xiao Wu is still very good, he can see the clues at a glance. Xiao Sheng probably didn't realize that he was dead at all."
But I didn't tell him that it sounded familiar to me, as if I had heard it somewhere. After all, that feeling is vague and I haven’t caught it yet. It doesn’t make sense to say it.
Lao Cao said to himself: "Do you want to go back and ask the fairy?"
But as soon as the words came out, he quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "No, no, no. How can you trouble Fairy Aunt with this kind of thing? It has nothing to do with her in the first place. Fairy Aunt is also the most afraid of trouble."
When Li Miao heard this, she curiously asked Lao Cao who she was.
But Lao Cao just waved his hand and said it was not convenient to answer.
After some discussion, Lao Cao decided to help - of course, not in vain. When the time comes, he will take 60% of the Xiao family's reward.
This is also a rule!
I do things and you give me money.
The matter was resolved satisfactorily.
This is non-stick causation.
Li Miao is also a cheerful person and agreed immediately.
So, Lao Cao brought all his things and prepared to follow Li Miao to Xiaowan Village.
I gritted my teeth and spoke.
"Old Cao, take me with you. I'm going too!"
oh?
Lao Cao looked back at me with a smile on his face: "You don't go to school for self-study in the evening? You have much less time to study homework than others. You also have to ensure that you are ranked first in every test. Time is tight."
I stamped my feet fiercely: "Forget it! It doesn't matter if you don't go to self-study for one night. At worst, I will sleep less and squeeze in time to review my homework. This child corpse is too strange and rare. If you don't go and see it with your own eyes, I definitely regret it."
Hahaha!
Lao Cao raised his head and laughed: "I'm just waiting for you to say this. Let's go together. I will share 20% of the money I make with you."
Li Miao listened to the conversation between me and Lao Cao, with a strange and confused expression on his face.
I guess I thought the conversation between me and Lao Cao was strange!
Since I have chosen to be a man in the world and make money from this in the future, I am still required to have such good academic performance?
It's so weird.
Anyway, the three of us walked out of the coffin shop together and walked a few steps to a fork in the road.
There are quite a few motorcycles here.
In those days, there were not many taxis in even county towns and big cities, let alone towns. There are many kinds of four-wheeled vehicles, motorcycles, etc., which bear the function of travel.
We are also commonly known as "mo's".
Li Miao hired three motorcycles, one for each person, and drove quickly towards Xiaowan Village.
It was around seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived at the Xiao family's self-built small foreign-style building.
In addition to Xiao Mao and his wife, other relatives of the Xiao family who came to help when Li Miao retrieved the body last night were also there.
Some older people probably know Lao Cao. After seeing him, I seemed a lot more relieved and greeted him warmly.
"Coffinmaker Cao is here? That's good, that's good."
"Hello, Coffinmaker Cao. Old man, I'm too old. After I leave, can you help me carry the coffin? I'll make an appointment first."
The old people in the Xiao family all greeted Lao Cao, while the young people seemed a little stranger.
Li Miao introduced Lao Cao and I to Xiao Mao.
He had a good attitude and didn't look down on me just because I was young. His attitude towards me was the same as towards Li Miao and Lao Cao, which made me feel better about this person.
Li Miao waved his hand: "Okay, you all stay on the ground. The three of us can go down to the cellar."
Lao Cao looked at his previous arrangements, clasped his hands behind his back, and nodded frequently.
"Not bad, brother Li, your method of suppressing corpses looks very powerful. The black dog distinguishes yin and yang, and the rooster suppresses evil spirits. Then use a metal weapon contaminated with the smoke of fireworks to suppress evil spirits."
He glanced at Li Miao's waist again and continued: "Isn't the black dog hair rope of the corpse collector? It was probably used to tie up the child corpse. So cautious. Even the top murderous corpse can't turn over. I just like working with cautious people like you.”
Li Miao is also a very famous corpse collector within dozens of miles around, and he is always very arrogant.
Even if a casual person praises him, he will only respond lightly.
But at this time, he was praised by Lao Cao, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Coffinmaker Cao is ridiculous. Rumor has it that you are not only a coffin bearer, but also a paper master. Your magical paper skills are astonishing. You are much better than me."
Well……
I was a little speechless next to me.
Lao Cao and Li Miao are obviously the best in eating Yin people's food!
But they also like to compliment each other.
It can be seen that people are like this.
Many years later, I learned a word from the Internet - business blowback.
That's probably it.
"Brother Li, Lao Cao, let's go down and take a look first. I'm really curious as to what condition the child corpse is in. By the way, it's best to bring something to eat."
After I reminded them like this, both Li Miao and Lao Cao reacted. Instruct the Xiao family to bring some food.
I thought about it and told them to prepare two portions of the same food.
One portion cooked, one portion raw.
After getting ready, Li Miao unlocked the corpse suppression method, and the three of us entered the cellar.
As soon as I entered, I felt a cold air coming towards my face.
This smell is different from the original earthy smell in the cellar.
It smells like the water in the river.
