chewing dragon

Chapter 309 Buying a Coffin
Hearing Yu Dayue's question, even though Old Qi had always had a very upright mind, he didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this moment, two people and one dog were standing in front of a group of inhuman foreign objects, but they seemed to have no intention of harming them. Behind them were the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to quell the chaos. They looked very much like Master Wang who saved the people from the fire. , but which one is more terrifying...

Hehe, there is actually not much difference between human hearts and ghosts sometimes, and they may even be reversed!
Yu Dajue was born to be impatient, and he was also famous for being stupid and bold. Seeing that Old Man Qi didn't answer for a while, he immediately made up his mind.

He took two steps forward, raised his ax and shouted at the ghosts blocking the road: "We, grandfather and grandson, are on our way in a hurry, so please forgive us and give way to our friends on the road!"

The ghost figures who were arguing and arguing suddenly stopped, as if they had just discovered the existence of the two people and the dog. They all turned their heads to look, and the narrow alley suddenly fell silent.

I don’t know what these guys are. Apart from their erratic stature, they all look quite human-like.

They stared at the two people and the dog for a few breaths, then turned their heads together again, and started scolding and fighting again as if no one was watching, and all kinds of noises suddenly became a mess.

If you analyze it carefully, it seems that the two families have a grudge that has lasted for several lifetimes. In which year and month, the newly built steps in front of your house were high and big, blocking the road, making it impossible for my family to pass the donkey cart; The courtyard wall collapsed, and it was secretly moved an inch into the alley when it was being repaired. In which year and month did you have a Bagua mirror carved on the door of your house, which shines on my hut...

Such things as old sesame and rotten millet, and the shortcomings of Zhang's family and Li's family are all bad things, but they are also overwhelming resentments accumulated over many years.

Yu Dajue listened with his eyes wide open, and immediately felt happy: "I have the same virtue as my relatives. They don't want to suffer even the slightest loss, and they just want to take advantage! Even if such a thing becomes a ghost, how can it grow? ?”

He immediately waved the ax and walked forward, shouting as he walked: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, all the young and old men, please step back! This big ax doesn't have eyes, and it's no joke to get hurt when it touches it!"

Regarding Yu Dajue's seemingly reckless move, Old Man Qi did not stop him. Instead, he laughed, gently kicked the useless old yellow dog, and followed him.

"Ow!"

The old yellow dog immediately got very energetic, grinned widely, spread its four legs, and rushed forward howling like an old mountain wolf that had gone crazy.

Although it looks quite old, it is actually extremely vigorous when running. Its four legs are obviously very strong. It can jump forward a long distance with just a little push. Even those hounds in their prime may not be able to do so. .

Yu Daer'er and Lao Huanggou, who were wielding big axes, soon kept pace with each other and immediately occupied this winding narrow alley.

The ghostly shadows were unable to escape, and were rushed to pieces by one person and one dog. Many of the unlucky ones were hit by big axes or dog paws, and immediately collapsed and screamed in surprise.

Old man Qi put the wooden bow on his back and strode forward behind him.

Several defeated ghosts dispersed and reunited. When they saw the burly old man, who was walking like a tiger, they cursed and beat him in a daze.

Old Man Qi was not polite. He singled out those who cursed the most harshly and jumped the highest. He used his old fists to hit each of them one by one, and immediately beat them to pieces.

After several times like this, the ghosts in the alley dispersed and reunited several times. Although they were still swearing, no one dared to jump on them and fight.

"Hehe, this is how evil people will be punished!"

Seeing that although they couldn't help but fight, they were really resistant and could not be beaten to death no matter what, the old man Qi and Yu Dayue walked away happily without much entanglement.

Yu Dayue, in particular, felt a bit as happy as beating up his evil relatives.

Seeing the two people and the dog walking away from each other, they were about to leave the alley in the blink of an eye. The ghosts of the two families looked at each other, and it was the first time they had the same hatred.

The leader of one of the families suddenly shouted loudly: "That guy is really fierce and brave, no one like us can defeat him. Go and ask Brother Ding to come quickly, so that we can defeat him!"

When the other ghosts heard this, they all clapped their hands and cheered, and immediately dispersed.

But it was said that after stretching their muscles, Old Man Qi, two people and one dog, walked along the side streets and alleys, and soon they were far away from the noisy main street of the county town.

A stone bridge soon appeared in front of them. On the other side of the bridge was a wasteland next to the city wall. In the wasteland stood a lonely village. Two white lanterns swayed back and forth in the night wind at the door.

The two people and the dog stopped suddenly because there was a huge black shadow on the stone bridge.

This black shadow also looks like a human, but is about ten feet long. It can be vaguely seen that its face is purple and ferocious. It is sitting cross-legged on the bridge and smiling strangely at this Jie Jie.

Yu Dayue stared at the opponent for a moment, subconsciously clenching the big ax in his hand.

He remembered the last cry of the ghosts and said with a grin: "Master Qi, please don't come forward. This guy should be the brother Ding mentioned by the ghosts. He looks quite bluffing!"

Old Man Qi had a solemn look on his face. He did not accept Yu Dayue's kindness. Instead, he took two steps forward to protect the young man behind him: "This thing looks difficult to deal with!"

As he spoke, he put his hand into the cloth bag at his waist and took out a vellus hair that was as white as frost and snow, with a gleaming brilliance. He secretly held it in the gap between his fists. At the same time, the blood around his body surged, and a faint tiger spirit emanated.

But before the strong old hunter from Linzhou could get angry, Yu Dayue, who was protected by him, had already turned red and took a big step to rush towards the bridge: "What nonsense, Brother Ding, let's take advantage of Grandpa Yu Yu's ax first. !”

Soon enough, the big sharp ax struck down decisively, bringing up a fierce and fierce wind.

The black shadow ghost sitting on the bridge didn't even have time to get up, so he had to reach out and block it randomly. There was a loud sound when the two collided.

Looking at Yu Dajue at this moment, he looked more like an evil tiger than both the evil ghost and Old Man Qi.

Once he gained the upper hand, he refused to show mercy. He screamed wildly and danced wildly with his hands. First, he split the black shadow ghost's iron-hard arms with two axes, and then he chopped the opponent's belly heavily with another axe. Suddenly sparks flew and there was an unprecedented loud noise.

The tall ghost fell to the ground and hit the bridge heavily, unable to get up in a hurry.

Yu Dayue laughed ferociously, jumped up, and stepped on the chest of the black shadow ghost with both feet, only to feel that the place where he landed was very hard.

He didn't have time to think about it, he raised the big ax high with both hands, turned the heavy ax back downward, and hit the big ghost's bruised face hard, causing the guy's nose to collapse, his eyes to burst, and red and white filth to come out of his seven orifices. It splashed out.

This ferocious guy named Brother Ding finally let out a miserable howl, and soon his body, which was about ten feet long, shrank gradually until he was only two feet long.

Yu Dajue, a stupid and bold man, immediately bent down happily and picked up Brother Ding's body. He saw that it turned out to be a big iron nail two feet long and as thick as a giant finger. If it hadn't been for one end that was extremely sharp, it would have been difficult to pick it up. It feels like a big chisel in your hand.

He was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and smiled at Old Man Qi, who had rushed towards him, and said, "This thing doesn't look like a ship nail, does it? It's made so thick and long, I don't know where it is used?"

Old Man Qi took a closer look: "The river in the south of this small county is not deep, so there shouldn't be a need for a big boat..."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Yizhuang on the other side of the stone bridge: "On the contrary, there is a local custom of burying the dead generously. Isn't this a coffin nailed into a spirit?"

Yu Dayue was obviously convinced by the well-informed Mr. Qi. He was surprised when he heard this: "Hey, dear! How big of a coffin is that? Isn't it like a big ship?"

"Hey, there are many ancient tombs in the mountains behind my old man's house. According to old legend, there are even stone coffins made of huge rocks, not to mention wooden coffins like big ships!"

Old Man Qi's tone was like telling a story to his grandson, but it didn't sound like it was true.

He turned around and saw that the young man was still holding on to the big iron nail tightly and refused to let go. He couldn't help but frown and said, "What are you still doing with this unfortunate thing? Throw it away quickly and go back and wash your hands!" Yu Dayue immediately raised his head It shook like a rattle: "This big nail has been hit by me a few times, but it only taught Brother Ding to settle the score, but it doesn't even have a white mark on it. It's obviously a good thing that can't be found easily, so it can't be thrown away casually. Got it!"

Seeing this, Old Man Qi knew that this young man was being stubborn again. He was very much like his grandson, so his persuasion was in vain.

He immediately decided not to waste time: "Yes, yes, you kill this Brother Ding. You are also a master carpenter. It is up to you to decide how to deal with it."

While he was talking, Old Man Qi was already walking across the stone bridge, aiming directly at the lonely Yi Zhuang on the other side of the bridge.

Yu Dayue immediately followed with a smile on his face, holding his beloved big ax in one hand and holding the new big iron nail firmly in the other: "Master Qi, if this Brother Ding is really the nail in the coffin, more than a dozen of us are already here. I’ve lived in the yizhuang in the city for many days, but how come I’ve never seen it come out to cause trouble?”

"How fresh! My old man is not a god. You ask me... who should I ask?"

The two of them chatted without a word, wandered off the stone bridge with the old yellow dog, and then gently opened the door of Yizhuang.

There were already people standing behind the door, there were always as many as 20 people.

They all looked at Yu Dayue with fear on their faces, as if it was their first day meeting Yu Daer, who was often teased by everyone.

Seeing the expressions of these people, Yu Dayue chuckled and raised the big iron nail in his hand: "Don't be afraid, everyone, this Brother Ding is not as bold as Yu, me!"

He was the last one to cross the threshold, turned around and closed the courtyard door of Yizhuang, and slid the latch on the door.

Everyone in the Yi Zhuang calmed down for a moment, and one of them exhaled heavily and said with lingering fear: "This ghost is really vicious. You can bring it back to the Yi Zhuang. If it suddenly cheats the corpse when everyone is asleep, we I’m afraid no one can escape!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately cheered: "Yes, yes, Yu Daring, please don't harm everyone!"

Yu Dayue immediately became unhappy: "What do you mean I harmed everyone? If I, Yu Dayue, hadn't killed it, none of you huddled in the Yizhuang would be able to escape!"

"Besides, in order to save money, we even live in such an unlucky Yizhuang. Why are we afraid of scamming corpses?"

Before anyone could persuade him again, the young man waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, you guys, stop making noise and get a torch!"

"Don't they say that ghosts are most afraid of the sun and fire? I will burn it in front of everyone. No matter what kind of ghost or weird thing it is, it will be blamed!"

After hearing this, someone immediately brought a torch over.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yu Dayue wrapped the round head of the big iron nail with a coarse cloth to make it easier to grasp later, and then put the tip of the nail into the flames.

After a dozen breaths, the big iron nail showed no abnormality.

Yu Dayue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the people watching, and said with a proud smile: "How is it?"

He was about to move the big iron nail away, but his wrist was grabbed by Old Man Qi, making it difficult to move even an inch.

"hold on!"

Old Man Qi's tone was very serious, and there was no doubt about it.

Yu Dayue immediately stopped moving and continued to burn the big iron nails honestly.

After another long while, when the tip of the nail had been burned red, the big iron nail suddenly began to tremble violently.

Most of the onlookers cheered and ran away, while the rest retreated in panic and stayed away.

"Damn it, he actually faked the corpse!"

Yu Dajue's eyes suddenly widened as he made a pair of extremely bright moves. Not only did he not let go, he threw his big ax away and held the nail head tightly with both hands, so that the big iron nail could not be let go.

The big iron nail struggled several times to no avail, and blood suddenly dripped out from the tip of the nail.

The dirty blood fell on the blazing flames and turned into bursts of smelly and pungent black smoke, which was disgusting to smell.

Yu Dayue was the first to bear the brunt and almost vomited out his dinner.

He had a livid face, but he put more force on his hands and blew hard at the same time, trying to blow away the black smoke floating towards him, but it was a pity that he had little effect.

Old Man Qi, who was the only one on the side who did not dodge, suddenly punched out. The edge of his fist was faintly glowing with white light, and he immediately dispersed the evil black smoke that could not be dispersed.

After a long time, no blood emerged from the big iron nails, and the large plumes of foul-smelling black smoke were dispersed by Old Man Qi one after another, and then gradually disappeared into the night wind.

"Ahem, cough, cough, sure enough ginger is still spicy!"

Yu Dayue no longer held his breath, and his expression obviously relaxed.

Seeing this, everyone gathered around again, staring at the big steaming iron nail and marveling.

Yu Dajue glanced at it and immediately believed Old Man Qi's evaluation of these people: "At times like this, filial piety alone may not be enough. The only ones who have the guts to cross the forbidden water are me and Mr. Qi." ...Well, at most add an old dog.”

With these thoughts running through his mind, the young man concealed his contempt for everyone very well, and his face became smug again: "Are you relieved now? Mr. Qi and I are here to keep you safe and sound." thing!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a heavy knock on the door of Yizhuang.

Boom!dong dong!dong dong dong!

The heavy knock on the door was as loud as a loud one, and the door of Yizhuang courtyard swayed wildly, and dust fell.

Old Man Qi frowned, threw the black hair in his hand into the fire, and then put his hand into the cloth bag at his waist.

The old yellow dog who had been lying lazily by the door reluctantly stood up and let out an angry growl.

Yu Dayue, with a dark face, yelled out the door angrily: "Who is it? You didn't sleep at night, so you came to Yizhuang and knocked on the door, disturbing your grandpa Yu's dream!"

After hearing this, a gloomy voice immediately answered outside the door: "Oh, I'm really sorry! It's just that my family is in urgent need of a few coffins. Do you know if there are any for sale here?"

Yu Dayue's face turned even darker: "All the coffins in this yizhuang have owners. If you sincerely want to buy them, Grandpa Yu can ask you if there is anyone willing to let them go!"

(End of this chapter)