A living hand is jumping around inside, as if a person is trying to break free.
The thump-dong-dong sound that Jin An and the others heard just now was exactly the sound caused by this thing banging back and forth under the coffin board.
The reason why it is said to be the palm of a living person.
Mainly skin color.
This hand is not the gray or blue color of a dead person, but has the same skin color as a living person, and you can still see veins and blood vessels under the skin, and there is still fresh blood on the tip of the index finger after the skin has been broken.
Under the coffin board, the fingertips where the skin was worn were filled with many crooked words written in blood.
…Save me…
…Save me…
…Save me…
It seems that this living palm has been sealed in the coffin for some time. It is impossible for so many words to be written in blood in a short time.
The most important thing is, in addition to being able to survive alone, this evil living palm is also like a human being and seems to have independent consciousness?
“Mother, is the coffin really alive? Why is there a human hand missing from the coffin? Donor Zhao, where did you find this coffin?”
After the old Taoist priest was stunned at first, he saw that the hand in the coffin was in no danger except that it was like a headless fly stumbling around and struggling to escape from the narrow space of the coffin mezzanine. He calmed down and felt a little palpitated.
He asked Ms. Zhao who was holding the child aside and shaking with fear.
only.
Zhao hasn’t spoken yet.
On the contrary, it was Uncle Lin who spoke first.
"Master Chen, don't embarrass Ms. Zhao. Let Ms. Zhao and the two children leave the coffin shop first, so as not to scare them. Zhao Pingfa ordered the coffin from me. But one thing I can be sure of is that before the coffin was taken away,
There are absolutely no hands inside. Because the coffins in my shop are all made by me, they are like my old friends and I am very familiar with them."
Uncle Lin looked at the living palms in the coffin and the words written in blood, with the same look of surprise and solemnity.
This matter is absurd enough no matter where it is placed.
Jin An stared at the human hands that were still in the coffin mezzanine, bumping around like headless flies, and said in surprise: "If there was nothing abnormal when we were in Uncle Lin's shop, it would have been hidden at Zhao Pingfa's house after leaving the coffin shop.
Into the mezzanine of the coffin?”
Jin An is thoughtful.
Then he winked at the old Taoist priest.
The two have known each other for so long and have already cooperated with each other tacitly. The old Taoist priest immediately understood what Jin An meant.
Next, the old Taoist priest and Li Huwei sent Zhao and the child to the Taoist temple opposite, patiently comforted them and checked their bodies to prevent Zhao and the child from being shocked and losing their souls.
Fortunately, during the day now, the living people have strong yang energy, and both adults and children are fine.
Seeing that the person was fine, the old Taoist priest began to ask carefully about everything about the coffin and its whereabouts in the past few days. Was there anything unusual along the way? He asked for clues about the manpower.
After touching a stick of incense.
The old Taoist priest and Li Huwei returned to the coffin shop. The old Taoist priest shook his head.
"The coffin was taken away yesterday and delivered today. According to Mrs. Zhao's recollection, the coffin has always been placed in Zhao Pingfa's yard. Mrs. Zhao and several family members of the Zhao family stayed vigil all night. During this period, nothing unusual happened. No one stayed alone.
The coffin, being able to secretly hide a human hand in the coffin without telling other people, basically eliminates all the suspicious places and people that can be imagined."
The old Taoist priest continued: "The only unusual thing is that today I brought the coffin to the coffin shop, and I planned to ask Mr. Lin to find someone to do the ritual for Zhao Ping. On the way, it suddenly started raining, and the coffin accidentally got wet from the rain, and there was water seepage.
It leaked into the coffin and wet the body."
The old Taoist priest has said so much. In short, no one knows how this severed hand was hidden in the mezzanine of the coffin!
At this time, there was no clue, and everyone's thoughts went into a dead end.
“Little brother! Be careful!”
The old Taoist priest suddenly exclaimed. He saw Jin An reaching out to grab the jumping human hand in the mezzanine of the coffin. He wanted to stop Jin An because he was worried that Jin An would be scratched and infected with corpse poison or something.
Even though this human hand looks like a living hand, this thing is so weird that no one can tell what this human hand is.
Jin An didn’t have so many scruples. It was broad daylight and he had never seen any evil spirits or dead people who could come out to eat people in broad daylight. He had already grabbed the hand of the person in the coffin.
“Huh?”
Jin An's eyes flashed with a look of surprise.
“Old Taoist, Uncle Lin, come and touch this human hand and tell us how you feel...”
Jin An handed the severed human hand in front of several people, and the severed hand was suddenly grabbed, as if it had an independent consciousness, and started struggling excitedly.
Jin An was amazed to see it.
This stuff is getting more and more interesting.
Even Uncle Lin and the old Taoist priest were surprised by the increasingly magical scene in front of them.
Fortunately, Uncle Lin and the old Taoist priest are not ordinary people. They have seen more dead bodies than most ordinary people have seen dead pigs. After the two saw that the human hand was subdued by Jin An and there was no danger,
They all reached out and touched it with curious eyes.
The old Taoist priest was startled and exclaimed: "Ah! This hand is warm and has body temperature. It is indeed the hand of a living person!"
Uncle Lin frowned: "It does look like a living person's hand, with the elasticity and beating blood vessels of living human flesh and blood... To be more precise, these are indeed the hands of a living human being."
“But why is this human hand still alive after being chopped off and leaving the human body?” Uncle Lin and the old Taoist priest asked at the same time in confusion.
Jin An saw the longing look in Li Weiwei's eyes beside him. He wanted to get closer and touch him but was worried that Jin An wouldn't let him touch him. Jin An looked at Li Weiwei in a funny way and took the initiative to put the hand that was still struggling in his hand.
The severed hand was handed to Guard Li.
Li Wewei, who loves to hunt for novels and encounter evil, finally touched the severed hand with excitement, and then shouted excitedly: "Damn it, this hand is really warm!"
The severed hand was already struggling in Jin An's hand, but now it was touched in a circle. It was like a beautiful woman being harassed by a bunch of old perverts, and the struggle became more intense.
Especially Li Huwei’s hands. The more he touched them, the more addictive he became. Jin An was dumbfounded and quickly stopped the extremely courageous Li Huwei.
Then I also let Xiajian touch it and get a taste of it.
This is called sunshine, rain and dew, and everyone has a share.
Zhi Jian also nodded dully: "It's alive."
After touching the whole circle, Jin An continued: "As for why this man's hand can still survive after leaving the human body, it probably has something to do with his strange fracture."
Jin An said, turning the severed part of his hand towards everyone.
Um?
Only then did everyone notice that the fracture of the human hand was actually smooth and neat. The bones, flesh, fat, blood vessels, and nerves were all clearly visible. Even the blood in the blood vessels was still flowing and circulating normally, but not a drop of blood flowed out from the fracture.
.
This strange scene made everyone present look horrified.
"Look at the blood words in the coffin. There are so many blood words, and most of the blood words have solidified, which means that this weird hand has been hidden in the coffin for at least a while." Jin An guessed.
And continued: "Why was it quiet before?"
“There was no such big noise until just now?”
"I think...this should be related to the rainwater seeping into the coffin..."
"The rainwater penetrated into the coffin, and then penetrated from the coffin board into the bottom layer. The cold rainwater dripped onto the skin of the person's hand, irritating the person's hand and waking him up from a kind of slumber. So this is why everything was peaceful until now.
, there will be no news until we arrive at the coffin shop."
"As for when this human hand was hidden and how it was hidden, this matter needs to be rethought..."
"Speaking of which, the human hand hidden in the coffin has a broad and strong palm. It should be the palm of a man who has been working hard all year round." Since discovering that this human hand is not in danger for the time being, the old Taoist priest has become more and more courageous.
, and Li Weiwei formed a pair of living treasures, and gathered people at close range to watch.
“And the skin on this hand is thick and dark, which shows that he comes from an ordinary background and has been exposed to wind and rain all year round.”
“The palms and fingers are covered with thick calluses, which also indicates that the work he is engaged in is related to strenuous work that is exposed to the sun and rain all year round.”
"I think that person's hand must be that of a carpenter or someone who has been holding knives all year round, to have such thick calluses on the fingers and palm. Judging from his thick black skin and a lot of mud in the nails, it should be
It can be ruled out that he is a swordsman in the world. There is enough mud in his fingernails, which is the mark of a woodman who goes to the mountains to cut firewood all year round."
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In fact, the matter of the corpse being faked in the coffin shop could not be hidden for long. The commotion here and the crowding and stampeding of so many people quickly attracted the attention of the patrolling government officials.
When two government officials with knives rushed to the coffin shop and saw the human hand, they were frightened and their faces turned pale instantly.
In the end, this matter directly alerted the government office.
A large number of government officials surrounded the coffin shop, and then the coffin, Zhao Ping's body, severed hands, Uncle Lin, Zhao's family, and everyone related to the coffin were all taken back to the government office for questioning.
Even the coffin shop was temporarily sealed by the government officials.
Two government officials stood at the door to prevent outsiders from approaching.
On the contrary, Jin An, the old Taoist priest, Chi Jian, and Li Guwei, who were not closely related to the case of hiding the hand in the coffin, were not taken away. They only accepted a few daily questions from the arrester and then let them go.
The attitude of the people towards Taoist priests and monks is quite polite.
“Little brother, Mr. Lin was taken away by the government officials. What should we do? Do we want to find a way to get Mr. Lin out?”
As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos. After returning to the Taoist temple, the old Taoist secretly pulled Jin An to a deserted corner and muttered.
After thinking about it, Jin An said: "Don't act rashly first. We have to believe in Uncle Lin's character. Uncle Lin must be innocent. As long as Uncle Lin is innocent and the hand hidden in the coffin has nothing to do with Uncle Lin, I believe the government will release him soon."
If Uncle Lin doesn't come back tonight, then we will look for the He family, the Xue family, and the Jia family to come forward for Uncle Lin."
These are Jin'an's current connections in Fucheng.
In just a few months, he had established close relationships with the three largest medicinal herb dealers in Fucheng.
“Speaking of the three major aristocratic families, we have something bigger to deal with in advance.” When he said this, Jin An glanced at Li Huwei, and he planned to interrogate Li Huwei’s identity this time.
At this moment, Li Huwei has been cunning and cautious since he entered Wu Zang Taoist Temple.
This is the last time he committed suicide by secretly feeding red pepper to the silly sheep, and he almost escaped being chased to the ends of the earth by the rampaging silly sheep. He was afraid of being chased by the silly sheep.
Lest the calf that looks like a sheep might come out of some corner with red eyes.
Looking at Li Weiwei's cautious and funny look, Jin An couldn't help but said, "Don't worry, Fatty Li, that silly sheep has been tied up in the sheep house and won't escape."
Li Huwei was also stubborn. He stiffened his neck and said with a stiff mouth: "Afraid? I am a dignified Mr. Li. I cannot be promiscuous with wealth, cannot be moved by poverty, and cannot be subdued by force. How can I be afraid of a sheep?"
"Taoist Priest Jin'an, please give me a little more time. I have purchased the gift in advance as a tribute to Senior Brother Yang. It should be delivered soon."
Li Huwei said the toughest and most cowardly words, which immediately amused Jin An and the old Taoist priest.
“What kind of gift?”
Jin'an didn't wait long when he heard the sound of many wheels turning outside the Taoist temple. Then, he was shocked to see baskets of carrots being transported into the Taoist temple.
Those carrots have juicy roots and tender leaves.
It is different from the wilted, dry and dehydrated carrots caused by drought around Fucheng.
This looks like fresh carrots specially transported from outside the city at great cost.
This batch of carrots was enough to transport three large trucks, weighing no less than several thousand kilograms. It was a waste of money to feed a goat. It was more than enough to open a restaurant to make Huadiao radish roots, and they could not be sold out in a short time.
Jin'an: "?"
Old Taoist priest: “?”
Sharpening the sword remains motionless.
The leading driver immediately recognized Li Weiwei as soon as he entered the Taoist temple. He was still holding a mule whip in his hand and said happily: "Boss Li, we have brought three carts of carrots here according to your instructions. May I ask how many of these red radishes we have brought?"
Where did Carrot move to?”
Li Huwei was quite familiar with it. He pointed his finger and directed the cart drivers to carry the sheep in the direction of the Wu Zang Taoist Temple.
Not at all unusual.
Even Li Huwei did it himself, taking the lead in carrying the baskets, and deliberately smearing a few handfuls of mud on his body, making himself miserable and muddy, and then ran off to bribe the stupid sheep while licking his face.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest were stunned by Li Huwei's shameless manipulation. They went to such a big fight just to bribe a sheep?
When Jin An walked to the sheep shed in the backyard of the Taoist temple, he saw a harmonious scene. Guard Li didn't know what he had said to Shayang or what unequal agreement he had reached. He was holding a horse brush and giving it to Shayang diligently.
He brushed his hair and smiled with a mean look on his face, but Shayang no longer chased Wei Wei with red eyes this time.
An Ran ate the fresh carrots that Li Wewei had just sent, still dripping with morning dew.
“Senior Brother, I’ve made you feel wronged. Are these carrots with wilted heads, droopy brains, and no water content meant for sheep? They won’t be eaten by humans. We don’t want this kind of chaff!”
"Senior Brother, come, come, eat the carrots that I sent all the way from Yanzhou Prefecture to you. The carrots from Yanzhou Prefecture are also called small ginseng. They are big in size, bright in color, sweet and refreshing in taste. Take a bite.
Click, click, click..."
Li Huwei said, brushing his fur, and started eating himself, even though he said he was hungry.
In the face of Li Huwei’s great attentiveness.
Shayang’s squinting eyes are as lifelike as those of humans.
If outsiders see this scene, they will definitely curse, this calf that looks like a sheep will definitely turn into a sperm.
“I have never seen such a shameless person.” The old Taoist priest was angry.
“Little brother, I’m going to eat a Yanzhoufu carrot with some kind of small ginseng. Let’s see how delicious this small ginseng is, how beneficial it is, and how different it is from our rotten carrots.”
It's just that the old Taoist priest will never come back...
click
click
Just listening to the crisp crunching sound, it smells so delicious.