On a mountain road in central Sichuan, a group of people was escorting a carriage.
There was a coffin placed in the carriage, with white cloth hanging down on all sides. Two servants drove the coffin, and four bodyguards escorted the coffin.
They set off from Luzhou to escort the body of Mr. Lin, a wealthy businessman from Luzhou, back to his hometown in central Sichuan for burial. They had been traveling for nearly a month.
In order to prevent Mr. Lin from suffering after his death, the servants tried their best to protect the coffin from sun, rain, moisture, bumps and noise, so as to ensure a stable future.
The journey was uneventful. Unexpectedly, shortly after entering Shu, disaster struck from heaven.
They walked into a forest, and as soon as they stopped to catch their breath, more than a dozen big men jumped out of the woods and surrounded them.
It was obvious that they were surrounded by bandits and robbers
These third-rate escorts and servants had never seen such a big scene before, and their legs were so frightened that they became weak.
The bandit leader was too lazy to talk much and announced in a routine manner that they wanted wealth rather than life. After asking for your cooperation, he raised his knife and ordered the robbery.
The gangsters shouted and rushed forward. The bodyguards resisted symbolically. Knowing that they were not as strong as their opponents, they gave up the resistance.
The gangsters searched them for a long time and found dozens of taels of silver. They felt unhappy.
The bandit leader thought for a while and said: "It seems that the dead man's family is quite rich. Maybe there is good stuff hidden in the coffin. Brothers, open the coffin for me and search it!"
The old servant turned pale with fright: "Master, you must not do it. There is only my corpse in this coffin. If you open the coffin at will, you will be punished by God."
The bandit leader kicked him hard and thrust a spear into his ear. The old servant fainted immediately.
"Open this coffin quickly and take away all the valuables."
The gangsters took out their knives and guns to pry open the coffin lid. Unexpectedly, the coffin lid was extremely loose and they were pushed open at once.
Everyone craned their necks and stared into the coffin, but they saw nothing.
As soon as the coffin lid was opened, a faint mist rose from the coffin and spread quickly.
Inhaling the smoke into their noses, they stared blankly and fell down