What do you mean, you don’t even know how you died?
"Sir, do you remember how you got here?"
"I just had a sleep, and when I came together, I saw a group of ragged people walking in line on the road, and some people were holding lanterns to guide the direction... Someone waved me to follow him, I was scared, and ran away. I kept
I kept running, and when I looked up, I saw your sign... The people here seem to be friendlier."
Could it be that what this young man saw was Huangquan Road?
He died after just one sleep... Zhou Shi couldn't help but feel empathy.
"Don't worry, think carefully first, where did you sleep last night? What happened before going to bed?"
"Last night... I slept at Zhang Yuanwai's house in Tanzi Village..."
The young man opened up his chat box and talked about yesterday's experience.
His name is Chen Zhu, and he is a salesman. He walks around Jiangdu carrying a load, carrying small items such as candlesticks and bamboo hats, and he can also do some craft work by himself.
That day he made some lanterns to sell at the market. When he walked to Tanzi Village with the remaining lanterns after sunset, he was suddenly stopped by an old man in black.
This man claimed to be the housekeeper of Zhang Yuanwai of Tanzi Village. Today was the wedding day for Zhang Yuanwai’s young master. However, before the bride came, several of the red lanterns hanging at the door were broken.
When a wealthy family gets married, it is natural to pay attention to the spectacle. The lanterns hanging at the door are as big as round tables. Where can I find a replacement? So the Yuanwai ordered the whole family to go out and look for craftsmen who can tie lanterns.
As soon as the housekeeper left the village, he happened to see Chen Zhu walking on the road carrying a lantern. He approached him and asked about his identity. He was overjoyed and hurriedly took Chen Zhu to the Yuan's house to make a few more big lanterns before the bride arrived home. p>
As a traveling merchant and salesman, Chen Zhu had no fixed place to live. He could only find a random house in the countryside, give him a few pennies or some goods, and ask for a place to stay. Since the housekeeper promised him to stay at Yuanwai's house for one night, he
There is no reason to refuse.
When he arrived at Yuanwai's house, he saw that it was decorated for a happy occasion inside and out, except for the lanterns. Chen Zhu immediately started to dismantle his lanterns, asked the housekeeper for some red paper, and tied them into two large lanterns.
Lantern.
His craftsmanship is really unparalleled. Even two people can’t carry the lanterns used by Yuanwai’s family. Ordinary craftsmen really can’t make them.
After solving the urgent need of Yuan Wai's family, Chen Zhu immediately became a guest. The chubby Zhang Yuan Wai held his hand and thanked him endlessly, and invited him to stay for a drink.
He was arranged in a side room. The butler brought a large amount of fish, meat, wine and food in front of him. He apologized and said that all Zhang Yuanwai's friends were celebrating in front of him and it was not convenient for him as a salesman to show up. Chen Zhu didn't care and ate as much as he wanted.
After a drink, we followed the butler to the guest room to rest.
As a result, when I woke up, I saw that Huangquan Road was crowded with people.
After telling the story of the salesman, Zhou Shi only felt a headache.
No wonder he doesn’t know how he died...
"Seeking wealth and murder? What kind of wealth can he, a salesman, be attracted by a rich man outside the Yuan Dynasty? Kill him and silence him? He didn't see the wedding scene all night, so he doesn't know anything. Looking for sex? This is even more nonsense.
……
"The only strange thing about this matter is that there is no way to get married at night? However, it does not rule out the possibility that the bride and groom have different horoscopes and the best time is in the evening..."
Zhou Shi thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a clue, but Chen Zhu came back to his senses from being confused all night.
"Alas, I am a salesman who lives in the open, exposed to the sun and rain, and is beaten up by his servants even when he takes shelter in front of Zhu's door. How can I die in a mysterious way... I haven't married a wife yet!
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Me neither! Zhou Shi thought impatiently in his mind, and he became more and more impatient when he saw Chen Zhu crying.
"Sir, please don't cry first..."
"Why is my life so miserable? God, I don't want to die, ah..."
Forget it, let him cry first. Zhou Shi took out the iron abacus and said: "Tell me your birth date."
"Bazi? Oh, it's..."
Zhou Shi put out the iron abacus, substituted the eight characters into it, and used the lifespan algorithm to calculate.
Three times five divides two, four times five makes one.
Life and death are determined by fate, and grudges must be repaid in person.
Hmm?
He moved the arithmetic beads at the last moment, and they just returned to their positions.
Life span is twenty-seven, and there is no remaining life?
Not murder!
In this case, it should be a natural death. In ancient times, nutrition and medical conditions were poor. Chen Zhu walked around with a pair of bare feet. It was inevitable that he would have suffered from some disease. He may have died suddenly in his sleep.
He told Chen Zhu his conclusion, but the other party cried even more sadly.
"I don't believe it, I don't believe it! I have never done anything harmful to nature in my life, so why am I a lonely ghost, ah..."
Seeing that he had no intention of letting go and dissipating, Zhou Shi felt extremely troubled.
This iron abacus says that you died at the end of your life span, why don’t you believe it?
He could only let Chen Zhu lie on the table and cry loudly, and ran back to ask Mr. Mo for help.
"Mr. Mo, it's difficult to handle."
Mr. Mo was originally focused on wiping the counter. After hearing his words, he slowly twisted his huge head and pointed a strange eye at him.
"It's difficult for you to handle, but it's easy for me to handle it?"
Zhou Shi told the salesman's experience and the results calculated by the iron abacus, and said:
"If you ask me, this guy died of natural causes. Just let him drink with us for a few days and find an old friend to enlighten him. That's all. Let him be for now."
Mr. Mo listened a little absently, took out his pipe and said:
"It's not that simple. If it still can't be dispersed after three seconds, it must be that the earth soul is bound by something. This is something he can't control himself."
Zhou Shi frowned and said, "So, his death was really strange?"
A large piece of skin was missing from the right half of Mr. Mo's face, and his teeth were exposed. If he didn't make a sound, you wouldn't be able to tell whether he was smiling.
"What do you think?"
I said, what can I say...
Zhou Shi didn't dare to argue with the strange old man, so he had to think along the lines of the salesman being killed.
The problem can only lie with Zhang Yuan's family. There must be something weird about the Zhang family's young master's overjoyment...
By the way, Chen Zhu’s soul is with me, but his body is at Zhang Yuanwai’s house!
It's just dawn now. Zhang Yuan's family may have just discovered that the salesman was dead on the bed. What will they do? Report it to the official? Then they must protect the scene first, so the body may not have been disposed of yet.
Go check his body to see if there are any injuries!
Zhou Shi made up his mind, asked Mr. Mo for leave, asked the still sobbing salesman for directions, and went out to the west.
Tanzi Village is right next to Zhou's store, and Shopkeeper Zhou has a vague impression in his memory.
Tanzi Village got its name because there are several hills around it, and the terrain in the middle is higher than the surrounding areas. It looks like a pickle jar.
Zhou Shi took a look at the soil bag and found that, as Chen Zhu said, the only compound was Zhang Yuan's house, which was very eye-catching.
At this time, the sun was high in the sky. He did not hesitate and immediately walked towards the Zhang family courtyard.
It's definitely not okay to walk in so arrogantly. Check at the door first to see if there is any movement.
He hid behind a mulberry tree and watched the silence at the door of Zhang's house, with no trace of a wedding held all night long.
Just when he was considering whether to climb over the wall and get in, the door suddenly opened, revealing a human head.
The man looked around furtively, retracted into the door, and soon came out with several people carrying something.
Zhou Shi’s pupils shrank.
That’s a lantern! It’s what Chen Zhu described, a lantern big enough for two people to hug!
What's different from his description is that those lanterns are all white.
The white lantern and the black word "囍" look extremely weird.