That afternoon, Xu Er and several of his rogue brothers lost all the little money they had managed to get in a gambling house in the county town.
After leaving the gambling den, several people complained to each other.
One said that money should not be gambled, and the other said that the money should be spent in the sand dance hall to let the little brothers relax.
Some people also said that there was a dancing girl from the Western Regions in the Sand Dance Hall. She was very interesting and a group of people were very attracted to her. They gathered on the roadside and discussed ways to make money so that they could ride a Western Region horse.
Several rogues discussed and discussed, but there was no good solution.
They want to take advantage of the situation, but now everyone is guarding them, so it is difficult to succeed.
Go work, even if someone is willing to do it, the scoundrels who are used to being lazy and lazy will not be able to endure the hardship.
So it’s impossible to work, and it’s impossible in this life.
Just when several gangsters were at their wits' end, a gangster named Brother Liao came.
Brother Liao heard about their troubles and pointed out a way for them to get money. He said that there was a wealthy family named Fan in Lingjie Village. The youngest son of the family owner died unexpectedly, and he wanted to find one who had just died.
The corpse of a female of the right age was placed with the young son's skeleton.
Bone-building is a type of ghost marriage, in which both parties involved in the marriage are dead.
The entire marriage process is similar to that of a living marriage.
But in the end, the bodies of men and women must be buried together in a tomb, so that they cannot become husband and wife during their lifetime, and they will have a dark marriage in the underworld after death.
According to Brother Liao, the Fan family was quite anxious to match the underworld marriage and offered a very high 'bride price'.
After several rogues heard about this incident, they were all upset that no female relatives of the right age had died in their families, otherwise they would have become dead relatives with the Fan family.
Not only can you get a large amount of bride price on the spot, but you can also rely on this relationship to visit the corpse's relatives every now and then to get some money to spend.
Seeing that this good business could not be done, the gangsters were very disappointed.
Unexpectedly, Brother Liao came to find them again early the next morning.
He said that he had inquired about the burial of a female corpse in Maliuping a few days ago. The deceased was about the same age as the young master of the Fan family, and could be used as a suitable corpse for a shady marriage.
A few gangsters thought that Brother Liao was asking them to set up bridges and earn kickbacks.
But Brother Liao instigated them to dig graves and steal corpses, and he took the bride price.
A few thugs have done many immoral things, and they don't think there's anything wrong with this. Instead, they think it's a good idea. They can get more money, so they bring their tools and follow them to dig graves and rob corpses.
They were also afraid that they would be provoked by the sneaks, so they did not dare to do anything at night. Instead, they chose to go to Maliuping at noon, when the sun was at its strongest, to dig graves and steal corpses.
There are graves everywhere in Maliuping, and no one usually goes there.
In addition, Xu Er and other scoundrels specially sent people to look out for him, so no one discovered him.
After stealing the female corpse that Brother Liao mentioned, they immediately drove the donkey cart to Lingjie Village.
After the Fan family inspected it, they were very satisfied and paid them the promised bride price on the spot.
A group of thugs divided the money, and then went to the county town to spend a few days drinking and drinking until all the money was spent before they went home.
Unexpectedly, Xu Er died just after returning home.
And the devil is still asking for his life!
So the gangsters thought that the female ghost they had dug up graves and robbed corpses must have come to take revenge!
The fair-faced and beardless rogue also regretted it after telling what happened.
"If I had known that I would offend the evil spirits, I would have never followed them to dig graves and steal corpses. But I can't understand why we dug graves in the middle of the day and opened coffins to expose the corpses to the sun.
, how come you still attract evil spirits?"
This issue also puzzled Zhu Xiucai, Qin Shaoyou and others.
Nowadays, the world is not peaceful. There are not too many graves that have been stolen and destroyed by bandits. There are even many cases of corpses being lifted out and exposed in the wilderness and being eaten by wild dogs and crows.
But these dead people did not turn into ghosts and come back to claim their lives.
But this female corpse turned into a fierce ghost, and her attacks were so ruthless...
There may be a problem behind this.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaoyou asked: "Did you find anything strange when you were digging tombs and robbing corpses?"
He walked out of the room with a pale face and no sooner had he confessed.
"Weird situation?"
The pale-faced and beardless Pipi thought carefully for a moment.
"If we want to talk about strange things, there is one thing. After we dug out the coffin and opened it, we found the female body lying inside. She looked as if she was still alive. She didn't look like she had been dead for several days at all. There was no trace of blood on her body.
What stink and changes..."
"oh?"
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai looked at each other.
They all felt that there might be something wrong with this female corpse.
Generally speaking, after a person dies, if the body is not refrigerated, a corpse smell will come out within one to two days, and green corpses will appear.
Three to five days later, the gas produced by the decomposition of the corpse will enter the subcutaneous tissue, causing the face to swell and turn black, the eyeballs to bulge, the lips to become thicker, and the abdomen to swell, giving the appearance of a giant.
However, both gangsters mentioned that the female body they stole did not show the changes that it should have.
This is obviously not right.
In addition, there is another place that is also quite weird.
Generally speaking, the more wealthy a family is, the more particular it will be when it comes to yin marriage.
Calculation of horoscopes, acceptance of wedding invitations, wedding receptions, etc. The process is more elaborate than a real marriage. The fear is that the marriage is not well matched and a good thing will be turned into a wrong thing.
But the attitude of the Fan family in Lingjie Village is interesting.
After the gangsters drove the donkey cart to the Fan family, the Fan family just took a look at the condition of the female body and asked about the approximate date of death.
Neither asking for the birth date of the female corpse when she was alive, nor checking the identity of the gangsters, or their true relationship with the corpse, they left the corpse behind and paid the bride price to the gangsters.
And according to what the two scoundrels said, the Fan family did not hold any wedding ceremony. On the same day, they dug up the grave of the family head's youngest son and buried the female body in it.
After Zhu Xiucai heard this, he couldn't help but said: "I'm afraid the Fan family in Lingjie Village may also have problems."
Qin Shaoyou nodded, he thought so too.
Monk Ma said seriously: "Sir, these scoundrels who dig graves and steal corpses are naturally unpardonable. But the female ghost who asked for her life must also be eliminated. Because she not only killed Xu Er, but also mutilated innocent people.
.If left alone, it will kill more innocent people. And if it turns into a ghost because of this, the harm will be great."
Qin Shaoyou nodded again and made an arrangement: "Old Liao, take two people to the houses of other rogues to see their situation. If they are still alive, catch them for me."
"Yes!" Liao Lishi accepted the order and immediately tortured the two thugs, asking them to tell them the address of their companions.
In fact, there was no need to torture him. I heard that Qin Shaoyou was going to send people to capture his companions. The two gangsters asked one to cooperate and even offered to help lead the way.
Their idea is very simple: We have all committed capital crimes, why should we suffer? It is only fair that we must die together! Besides, when they chopped off the chicken heads and burned the yellow paper, they made it very clear that they do not want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day.
, but I wish to die in the same year, the same month and the same day.
Now is the time for everyone to be sentenced to death together and hanged together.
Qin Shaoyou ignored what the two rogues were thinking, and then made arrangements: "Monk, take people to the homes of these two rogues to lay traps. The female ghost will probably come to them tonight, so we can make arrangements in advance so that we can be prepared.
.Remember, there must be many traps and they must be arranged secretly enough so that the female ghost doesn’t discover them as soon as they arrive.”
"Okay." Monk Ma nodded and accepted the order.
Qin Shaoyou himself was not idle either.
After arranging various matters and giving the trap layout plan to Monk Ma, he turned to Zhu Xiucai and said:
"You come with me to Lingjie Village, and we go see what's going on in the Fan family!"