Lao Cai was still lying on the ground, his eyes wide open and his right hand tightly clenched on his chest.

He Liusi wiped away his tears, first put down Lao Cai's right hand from his chest, and then went to caress Lao Cai's still-closed eyes.

He Liusi immediately felt that something was wrong. Lao Cai's eyes couldn't be closed at all, and even after stroking them several times, it didn't work.

Xiao Wu on the side said a little fussed: "Will you die in peace?"

He Liusi's nose felt sore: "He was so close to being saved, of course he won't die in peace!"

Seeing this, Xiao Wu said sorry and pressed Lao Cai's eyelids hard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Wu let go, Lao Cai's eyes suddenly opened again.

The workers surrounding him were startled, whispering and retreating. He Liusi felt a little frightened. Thinking of what Yuan Yangzi said yesterday, He Liusi couldn't help but feel frightened. Xiao Wu, the one with the most evil ideas, was also scared.

No idea.

In the originally clear evening sky, a rain cloud suddenly appeared, and a violent storm suddenly came. He Liusi and Xiao Wu hurriedly carried Lao Cai's body back.

At night, there was thunder and lightning on the island, and a group of people crowded into Lao Cai's house. Lao Cai's wife threw herself on Lao Cai and cried non-stop, while several older workers encouraged her in low voices.

He Liusi stood aside, watching the rich man's wife and daughter crying and feeling extremely sad.

"Brother Cai died unjustly. We are about to reach the shoal. Alas!" He Liusi hammered the wall in frustration.

"Hey? I remembered it! Didn't the old Taoist give you a tip bag?" Xiao Wu said softly.

"Everyone is dead! What's the use of having a tips bag?"

"You're confused!" Xiao Wu said anxiously: "It's already this time, and you still don't believe what the veteran says?"

He Liusi looked blank for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "I'll get the tips bag!"

The two of them ran back in the rain. He Liusi took out the kit from under his pillow, opened it and took out the note.

The note read:

If a person dies, wear expensive clothes, cover his body with hay, and put three sticks of incense outside the door. Guests who are paying homage need to step over the incense and pass by. There is a yellow talisman in the brocade bag, three copper coins, the yellow talisman is attached to the forehead, and the copper coins are

Cover her mouth and eyes. The wife and children kneel on the ground, and the coffin is turned over their backs. The body cannot be buried, but is refined. During the first seven days, the daughter needs to be sent to a relative's home. The wife will offer sacrifices to the ashes alone, and the guests who come to mourn will also burn the ashes at home.

Offer incense and offer sacrifices. This person died a sudden death. If you don't follow these instructions, your body may become mutilated. Please remember this.

He Liusi has read books, so he understands this passage, especially the last sentence.

If you don't do what the old man says, Lao Cai will undergo a corpse transformation. The meaning of corpse transformation can't be simpler, it means turning into an evil ghost.

After reading the note, He Liusi fell into deep thought. Death by accident refers to death due to an accident. It describes death as sudden, fast, and unwilling. Therefore, since ancient times, people who die by accident have resentments and have a high chance of turning into evil spirits.

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He Liusi knew all this, but what really puzzled him was that Yuan Yangzi had such magical powers. With just one chance encounter, he could tell that Lao Cai was in such trouble? He even seemed to have expected that Lao Cai would die, so he gave him

I got this tip of my own.

He Liusi looked at the brocade bag. Sure enough, there was a yellow talisman and three copper coins in the brocade bag. The yellow talisman was painted with a red pen on it like a ghostly talisman. He didn't know what it was. The copper coins also looked very old.

"What does this mean?" Xiao Wu asked, looking at the note.

"I told you something. If you don't do it, Brother Cai will turn into a ghost!"

"Then just do it!"

"No!" He Liusi pointed to the note, "Just the fact that it must be cremated is embarrassing enough! My sister-in-law and Lao Cai are so loving, how could she agree?"

Xiao Wu was speechless. The folk customs of Guangyan Prefecture emphasized that burial should be done in peace, and destroying the body was a taboo. Now that it was necessary to burn it, not to mention the rich old wife, even Xiao Wu couldn't accept it.

"How about we talk to my sister-in-law first? If that doesn't work, wait until Mr. Guo comes tomorrow and ask him to tell his sister-in-law!"

He Liusi nodded: "That's all we have to do."

After a night of silence, He Liusi and Xiao Wu came to Lao Cai's house early in the morning and began to help take care of Lao Cai's affairs. There were already people in charge on the island who had gone to report to Guo Ruqing's house.

He Liusi wanted to discuss the matter of cremation with Lao Cai's wife, but Lao Cai's wife and daughter had already cried so much that they couldn't talk to anyone at all.

In desperation, He Liusi could only hope that Guo Ruqing would arrive early in the morning.

Soon, there was a sound outside the house.

He Liusi ran out in a hurry and found that it was not Guo Ruqing, but Liu Ping, the housekeeper of the Guo Mansion.

Seeing Liu Ping coming, He Liusi frowned.

The relationship between He Liusi and Liu Ping is like fire and water. For no other reason than because Guo Ruqing appreciates He Liusi very much and even tries his best to cultivate him. Liu Ping is not willing to be just a housekeeper. What he wants is to be in charge of the Guo Mansion.

All businesses, and the business on this small island, is an extremely important part of the Guo Mansion's huge business.

Therefore, He Liusi, who was given high hopes, was naturally a thorn in Liu Ping's side.

Although he didn't want to see Liu Ping, Liu Ping was the housekeeper after all. On weekdays, Liu Ping was responsible for all the major and minor matters in the Guo Mansion. It was only natural that he came to offer incense to the old man on Guo Ruqing's behalf. He Liusi had nothing to say.

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He originally wanted to ignore Liu Ping, but then he thought about Lao Cai's matter, so He Liusi had no choice but to face him.

Liu Ping looked at the note handed over by He Liusi and listened to what He Liusi finished with a look of disdain.

"Everyone is dead, isn't it wrong to listen to your hearsay and make people panic?" Liu Ping said with a cold snort.

He Liusiyi handed over his hand: "Steward Liu, this matter is not that simple! It's best..."

Liu Ping interrupted He Liusi with a wave of his hand, and said impatiently: "How can you believe the nonsense that the alchemists are talking about? There is no resurrection after death! If you miss time and work like this, stop doing it!" After that, he walked into the house.

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He Liusi watched Liu Ping pretending to express his condolences to the old wealthy wife outside the door, and became very angry.

Xiao Wu came up and asked quietly: "What did Liu Ping say?"

He Liusi said angrily: "He doesn't believe it at all! And he won't let me do it."

Xiao Wu rolled his eyes, took the plan seriously, and said, "If he doesn't let me, then we'll do it secretly!"

After speaking, Xiao Wu muttered something in He Liusi's ear. He Liusi was stunned for a moment, but now he had no other choice but to nod in agreement.

More and more workers came to pay their respects, and the two of them raced against time. Xiao Wu first placed three sticks of incense on the path not far from Lao Cai's house, so that everyone could pass by.

He Liusi went to cut down a lot of dry branches and dead grass and came back. He sneaked in through the back door and worked hard to get a prosthetic leg for Lao Cai.

Then the two hurriedly ran out of the back door, carried several barrels of oil to the beach, and parked a wooden boat with white cloth and alum hanging on it. Lao Cai's body was to be transported back to his hometown in Suhai County for three days.

The boat was used to transport Lao Cai's body.

He Liusi and Xiao Wu cut down a lot of hay and dried branches and spread them on the bottom of the boat, and soaked the hay in oil.

"Put the coffin on the boat later, and we will light it before going into the sea!" Xiao Wu said confidently.

"Is this possible? Doesn't my sister-in-law hate us both to death?" He Liusi was worried.

"You don't care about it! If you apologize more in the future and take care of me more in the future, my sister-in-law will figure it out! If you don't do this, what will happen if the corpse transforms?" Xiao Wu advised.

After hearing this, He Liusi nodded seriously and finally no longer hesitated.

In fact, even he himself didn't realize that from the beginning he was dismissive of these supernatural things, he had become convinced.

When the two of them returned to Lao Cai's house, the funeral was almost over and only the coffin and coffin were sealed.

When sealing the coffin, He Liusi secretly placed the three copper coins and the yellow talisman given by Yuan Yangzi on Lao Cai's face according to Yuan Yangzi's instructions.

After everything was done, He Liusi found Xiao Wu lying at the back door looking out.

He Liusi stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Look at Liu Ping!"

"He's here?" He Liusi was surprised.

"No!" Xiao Wu said with a smile, "He has no time to care about us! Come on, seal the coffin!"

He Liusi didn't ask any questions and nailed the coffin together with Xiao Wu.

Everything went on in an orderly manner. Everyone scattered paper money and whistled, and soon they arrived at the beach.

Putting the coffin on the boat, He Liusi gave Xiao Wu a wink. Xiao Wu immediately walked aside and stopped the old wealthy wife who was about to get on the boat.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Cai is leaving. Before going to sea, why don't you kowtow to him?"

The old wealthy wife looked at Xiao Wu with tears in her eyes: "Why?"

"Well, what Brother Cai is most worried about is his children. If you kowtow to him and tell him that you will take good care of the children, Brother Cai will feel at ease when he is in trouble!"

After hearing what Xiao Wu said, Lao Cai's wife thought it was reasonable, took a few steps back, knelt down and cried: "Don't worry! I will never marry again in this life! Support my parents-in-law and raise my children!"

After saying that, he and his daughter fell to the ground and cried loudly.

When everyone saw this, they all shed tears. He Liusi stood aside, feeling so heavy with regret and shame that he couldn't breathe.

How could Lao Cai have died tragically if he hadn't hesitated repeatedly and failed to stop Lao Cai in time? But at this time, regret is useless, and self-blame is even more useless. The only way is to try to make up for it.

Thinking of this, He Liusi suddenly said: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry!"

Then he took out the huozhe from his arms and lit the hay at the bottom of the boat.

The fire suddenly rose into the sky and swallowed up Lao Cai's coffin in an instant.

Everyone present was stunned, except for the old rich wife, who was so jealous that she cried and threw herself forward.

He Liusi and Xiao Wu hurriedly stopped Lao Cai's wife and her daughter. Lao Cai's wife cried: "What are you doing?"

"Sister-in-law!" He Liusi was filled with grief, "We are also doing this for your own good!"

"Brother Cai entrusts you mother and daughter to us, we will not harm you!" Xiao Wu also advised.

Seeing that the two of them were so determined, and seeing that the fire was so fierce that it was impossible to stop it, the rich man's wife had no choice but to sit down on the ground, crying.

He Liusi looked at the raging fire and secretly made up his mind to take good care of Lao Cai's wife and daughter.

"Come here! Put out the fire!"

Suddenly there was a loud shout, and Liu Ping pushed through the crowd and came over, while the few followers Liu Ping brought with him all ran to put out the fire.

Hearing Liu Ping's voice, He Liusi secretly thought bad and hurriedly stepped forward to stop them. Unexpectedly, Liu Ping's followers came up and pushed He Liusi and Xiao Wu to the ground.

"Steward Liu! Brother Cai's body really cannot be buried! It must be cremated!" He Liusi lay on the ground and shouted.

"Bah!" Liu Ping scolded, "You are such a cruel person! You actually want to burn the body. Do you want me to die without a complete body?"

"Brother Cai was bitten to death by a whale shark! His body is no longer intact! He died violently, and an expert has advised me! If I don't burn him, there will be endless troubles!"

"The evil words are confusing everyone! Ignore him! Put out the fire!" Liu Ping yelled, but everyone was whispering. Liu Ping was furious and shouted: "You don't want to do it anymore? Put out the fire!"

The people working on the island had no choice but to look for tools to put out the fire when Butler Liu spoke.

He Liusi watched the fire gradually being extinguished by everyone's joint efforts. He Liusi's eyes were almost bleeding, and he shouted loudly: "Liu Ping! If you insist on having your own way today! If you get into trouble in the future, can you afford the consequences?"

Hearing this, Liu Ping sneered, knelt down, patted He Liusi's face and said, "Brother He, you will naturally bear the consequences."
Chapter completed!