Chapter 34 Corpse-raising Coffin
Liu Quezi's eyes were cold, and when he looked at me, it was as if a knife had scraped through my body. Moreover, he looked at me with an unfriendly look, full of malice.
I shuddered subconsciously, and then turned around to leave, but Liu Quezi's voice rang from behind me.
"What are you doing in Widow Wang's house in the middle of the night?"
Perhaps because of smoking dry tobacco for many years, his voice was very hoarse, and at this moment, it sounded like the sound of a wild ghost in the night, which sounded very penetrating.
I stopped in my tracks when I heard that, frowned and looked at him, then said, "I'm here to buy some wine, is that not okay?"
Liu Quezi is not only a coffin maker, but also a Yin Yang master. However, because my master is more famous and also knows Feng Shui, he can point out the Yin points, so he basically asks my master to help with funerals.
This has led to Liu Quezi often having no business. As the saying goes, people in the same industry are enemies. Liu Quezi has always disliked my master in recent years. In the early years, he even secretly did bad things to my master once, but my master easily resolved it.
So I naturally don't have a good face for Liu Quezi. When I spoke at this moment, my voice was also cold and I didn't treat him politely.
"Buy wine? Ha, Zhang Qianyu, don't learn from your master. He harmed many women in his early years, but he has stopped now that he is old. Moreover, although you and Zhang Laodao are master and disciple, he tells everyone that he picked you up, but other people may believe it, but I, Master Liu, don't." He laughed sinisterly, and then continued in a sinister tone: "I guess, you must be the bastard he accidentally threw out when he was having fun outside. As for who your mother is, I guess, she is either a country pheasant or someone else's wife. In short..."
"Bullshit!" I gritted my teeth and interrupted Liu Guizi directly.
"Liu Lame, considering that you are already old and a childless widower, I will not fight with you today. But if you dare to slander my master and make up stories about my life again next time, I will definitely not be polite."
"Hey, you little brat, how dare you speak harshly in front of your Master Liu?" He took a deep puff of the tobacco pipe, then laughed sinisterly and said, "I want to see how you can be rude to me. Your Master Liu has lived for more than sixty years, and when it comes to fighting, I'm really afraid of no one."
I didn't say anything, but just gritted my teeth and stared at him with a gloomy face. Because I was too angry, my clenched fists began to tremble slightly.
"Why, you don't dare? Then hurry home and play with your own little chicken, you cowardly coward, just like your master, a worthless piece of shit, hahaha..."
His sinister laughter completely angered me, and at this moment, I didn't care about respecting the elderly and loving the young, and rushed to the front of the carriage, and after a low shout, I raised my fist and hit Liu Quezi's heart.
But Liu Quezi was obviously on guard, and as soon as I raised my fist, he shook his wrist, and there was a crisp sound of "snap", but the whip in his hand was twisted into a whip flower, and then the whip suddenly straightened and went straight to my face.
Liu Quezi's whip is very good, not only fast, but also accurate and fierce.
I once heard someone say that when he was young, he could even whip birds down from the sky with one whip.
Of course, this may be a bit of bragging, but it is enough to show that Liu Guizi's control over the whip has reached a level of perfection, even incredible.
I didn't dare to resist this whip, so I squatted slightly, then leaned back and made a cross-legged movement.
Almost at the moment when I bent down, I heard a "buzz" sound, and the whip brushed across my face directly. This whip was fast and fierce. Although it didn't hit my face at this moment, the strong wind it brought made my face hot.
I took a deep breath, exerted my strength on my waist and suddenly stood up. Then, while the old force of the whip in his hand had just passed and the new force had not yet been generated, I rushed over and stepped on the whip with one foot. Then I stretched out my hand to grab the whip and pulled it hard.
Liu Guizi was old after all. As
the saying goes, a young man is afraid of a strong fist, and an old wolf is afraid of a stick. It means that no matter how good your kung fu is or how sharp your boxing skills are, as you get older, your reaction speed will be slower and your strength will be much less than before. When facing young people, you will often be exhausted after a few punches, and then you can only get beaten.
But I am a lively young man, and I didn't hold back at all when I pulled him off the car with the whip.
Liu Quezi had difficulty walking, and he stumbled after landing, almost falling to the ground. I took the opportunity to take a step forward, and made a sword finger with my right index and middle finger, and stabbed Liu Quezi's throat.
Hunyuan Wuji Pili Hand, one sword to seal the throat!
This move is extremely sharp. If it hits, the opponent's throat will be pierced directly and killed on the spot. Even if I hold back, it is enough to make him lose his fighting ability instantly.
Although I don't like Liu Quezi and I am furious, I won't kill him directly, so I only used 30% of my strength.
But even though it is only 30% of the strength, if it hits, with Liu Quezi's small body, he will inevitably have to lie down for ten days or half a month.
But the next moment, my pupils shrank.
Just when my sword finger was only a few inches away from Liu Quezi's throat, I saw him suddenly grinning, and then, he swung the cigarette bag pot in his hand, and pulled out a sharp and thin dagger from the cigarette bag pot, and stabbed it straight at my wrist. Under
the moonlight, the thin dagger flashed with a cold and cold light. I vaguely saw a trace of yellow smoke on the dagger, which was obviously soaked in tobacco oil for many years and was poisonous.
This scene made my heart jump in shock, and I thought to myself that Liu Quezi was completely aiming to hurt both of us.
He is old, and he knows I won't kill him. He will just have to lie down for ten days or half a month. But if he stabs me like this, it won't be a few days to recover. I might even be disabled in the future.
I gritted my teeth and took my hand back unwillingly. But I was unwilling to accept that my killing move didn't work, so I kicked him again at the moment I retracted my sword.
This time I kicked him hard and fast. Liu Cunzi was caught off guard and was kicked in the stomach.
I heard him groan, and then I kicked him into the air. After he landed, he made a "bang" and sat on the carriage.
"Fuck!" Liu Quezi was sitting in the carriage, holding his stomach. He looked up at me viciously and cursed, "Little bastard, you really dare to kick your master Liu?"
"Didn't you want to kill me just now?" I took a look at the dagger in his hand and said coldly, "Your dagger has been soaked in tobacco oil for many years. If I was stabbed just now, I'm afraid it would not be as simple as just a hole, right?"
"Haha, it's just toad smoke. At most, it will make your wound fester, but you won't lose your life." Liu Quezi laughed sinisterly, and then put the dagger back into the smoke pot. I didn't say anything after hearing this. I looked at him coldly, then looked at the coffin on the carriage, and then turned around and left.
I had already taken advantage of him and kicked him. This anger was vented, so there was no need to linger with him.
"Boy, Master Liu, remember this kick, you wait for me!" The sinister voice of Liu Quezi sounded behind me. I didn't turn around when I heard it, and walked towards home, saying, "Okay, I'll wait for you. When my master comes back, I will tell him what happened tonight, and then I will let my master come to visit in person."
Liu Quezi didn't say anything else, obviously he was very jealous of my master. I smiled coldly and then quickened my pace.
But there was something very strange, this Liu Quezi actually sat in the carriage without moving, just staring at me straight, I felt a little scared when he looked at me, thinking that Liu Quezi was dragging a coffin around in the middle of the night, so why was he still standing at the door of Widow Wang's house?
"Who is this coffin for?"
Liu Quezi was willing to break the rules and risk attracting ghosts to deliver the coffin overnight, which shows that the other party was in a hurry. However, if there was a funeral or death in the nearby villages, it would be impossible for our village to have no news at all.
Because there are no entertainment projects in the countryside, rural people are particularly gossipy, especially those rural women. Their greatest pleasure is to get together and talk about the Zhang family and the Li family. With their gossipy hearts, it is impossible for them not to hear anything about such a big thing as a death. I
was thinking all the way, and a few minutes later, I arrived at the gate of Liu Laohan's house.
The soul-calling banner was still hanging on the gate. When the night wind blew, it made a "banging" sound, as if an invisible hand was constantly fiddling with the soul-calling banner.
The dwarf donkey was still tied in front of the gate. At this moment, it was lying under the soul-calling banner, and seemed to be asleep.
"What a lazy donkey!"
I shook my head, and then looked around with a vigilant look. After seeing that there was nothing unusual, I bypassed the dwarf donkey and came to the gate. I pried through the gap in the gate and looked into the yard.
Because tonight was Liu Laohan's seventh day of death, Liu Laohan's house was pitch black. Except for a brazier in the yard where paper money was burning, there was no other light.
The reason why the lights were not turned on was because they were afraid that Liu Laohan's soul would be frightened when he returned.
Although the three sons of the Liu family were bullies, they were still filial to Liu Laohan. After Liu Laohan died, not only did they ask my master to choose the tomb for his funeral, but they also took care of all the other formalities.
On the chimney on the roof of the main house, there was a ladder made of white paper. It was called the Ladder to Heaven, which meant that the soul of the deceased could ascend to the heavenly world by following this ladder, which had the meaning of ascending to heaven.
On both sides of the ladder, there are many paper-made boys and girls. Some of them hold a cornucopia filled with gold coins and paper ingots, and some lead horses with their front hooves kneeling on the ground and their heads hanging down, which means that the person who is about to ride it is of noble status and is kneeling down. It
can be said that the things that the three sons of the Liu family bought for Liu Laohan are the highest pomp in our rural areas. In this way, although the three sons of the Liu family are bullies, unreasonable and oppressive evil forces, they are not without merit. At least, they are much better than those scum who are timid outside and beat their parents when they go home.
I peeped through the crack of the door for a long time, but I didn't see Hu Zi. I couldn't help wondering, could it be that Hu Zi didn't come?
Or did he sneak into Liu Lao San's house?
And why didn't I see that ghost baby tonight?
Just when I was hesitating whether to sneak in to take a look, I suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves again. I turned around and found that it was Liu Guizi who came in a carriage.
"Why is he here?" I was shocked. I didn't have time to think about it. I quickly dodged and hid in the darkness of the corner.
A few minutes later, I heard a "cry". It turned out that Liu Quezi stopped the carriage at the gate of Liu Laohan's house. He kicked the donkey and cursed, "You idiot, get out of the way, don't block the road."
The donkey jumped high and made a strange "hmmmm" sound.
"Fuck you!" Liu Quezi whipped the donkey and drove it aside. Then he opened the gate and led the carriage to the yard.
"Why did Liu Quezi bring the coffin to Liu Laohan's house? Could it be that someone in Liu Laohan's family died? Who could it be?"
I was shocked. Tonight is Liu Laohan's seventh day, and someone in their family died tonight?
"Could it be that Liu Laohan is causing trouble?"
Just as I was puzzled, a strong wind suddenly blew up, and it lifted the black cloth on the carriage.
When the black cloth was lifted, I was shocked to see the coffin underneath. Then my eyes widened with a horrified look.
I recognized the coffin. It was not an ordinary coffin, but a... corpse-raising coffin!