Lu Tang was very punctual. He said he would come to see us at Haishi. As soon as nine o'clock arrived, he appeared at the door of Yiba Pavilion.
“Let’s go!” Lu Tang said.
I looked Lu Tang up and down and found that both of his hands were empty and he didn't hold anything.
"Are you going empty-handed?" I asked curiously.
"I'm just going to have a look. I'm not going to do anything. There's no need to bring anything." Lu Tang said.
The three of us drove the broken bread to Baihu Village.
Because the grave was opened once, when I buried it, I just buried the big red coffin in it and did not pile up the grave again. So at this time, Cui Lianrong's grave looked a bit messy.
Lu Tang dipped his finger into some mud from the grave, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.
"There is no smell of decay. Could it be that the corpse buried underneath is not rotten at all?" Lu Tang muttered to himself there.
“Can you tell if the corpse is rotten by smelling the mud?” I looked at Lu Tang with some confusion.
"You can smell it yourself." Lu Tang glanced at me and said, "No matter how good the quality of the coffin is, it is impossible to completely seal the putrid smell of the corpse. Once the putrid smell comes out of the coffin, it will inevitably Integrated into the soil on the grave, even if it evaporates in the end. It will leave a little bit of smell. Of course, people whose noses are not sensitive enough will not be able to smell it."
There is some truth in what Lu Tang said. As for whether my nose is very sensitive. , To be honest, I’m not very clear either. Out of curiosity, I picked up a handful of dirt and put it in front of my nose.
It has a fragrance. This soil has a fragrance, that kind of faint fragrance.
“Not only does it not stink, it also has a fragrance.” I said.
“Scent?” Lu Tang looked at me in disbelief and said, “Why didn’t I smell it?”
"The fragrance is very weak, and you just dipped your fingers into a tiny bit of soil, so it's not easy to smell it!" I put the large handful of soil in my hand in front of Lu Tang's nose and said: "Smell this."
"It has a scent. "Lu Tang frowned, quickly changed his position, grabbed a handful of soil again, smelled it, and then said: "It still smells good."
"The grave soil is fragrant. This is my first time. I heard about it once." Some doubts immediately appeared on Yi Ba's face.
"After so many years of chasing corpses, I have seen countless graves. The soil in the graves is fragrant. This is the first time I have seen it." Lu Tang said.
“Since this is the first time for everyone to see it, let’s just open the big red coffin and see what’s inside!” I said with curiosity on my face.
Yi Ba looked at Lu Tang and asked: "What do you think?"
"In the business of exorcising corpses, you are doing it with your life. Such a strange thing as the fragrance of the grave soil has never happened before. I have encountered it before, and now that I have bumped into it, I have to figure it out no matter what." Lu Tang said.
"When you were learning how to drive away corpses, did Master ever mention to you that the grave soil is fragrant?" Yi Ba asked.
“No.” Lu Tang shook his head.
"I have never heard of it, so I am very curious." Yi Badao said.
"Didn't you notice before that the person buried in this grave should be a young woman? Since she is a woman and she is still young, could it be the smell of perfume on her body? After all, women like to wear perfume and so on! "I suddenly thought of this, so I said it.
“Didn’t you say before that there was an old woman buried in the grave?” Lu Tang looked at Yi Ba and me in confusion.
"Yang Fusheng said that this was the grave of his wife Cui Lianrong, but after we dug it up, he said that the big red coffin inside was not the one buried at that time. We vaguely saw that there seemed to be a person buried under the big red coffin. The coffin is suspected to belong to Cui Lianrong. Since we can’t get rid of the big red coffin, and we didn’t dare to open the coffin, we can’t be sure what’s inside.” I briefly explained the situation.
"I judged that a young woman was buried inside through the grass on the grave. However, this can only be used as a reference and is not necessarily 100% accurate." Yi Badao said.
"This tomb is not easy to get rid of. I have to go back and prepare it. I will give you the confirmation in three days."
Lu Tang did not do business in Guquan Old Street. After the broken bread drove back to the city, he got out of the car and left on his own.
"Isn't it interesting that the corpse doesn't stink and still has a fragrance?" I asked Yi Ba.
“The more bizarre it is, the more dangerous it is.” Yi Ba paused and said, “Lu Tang is a man of real ability. He is so cautious and said he would give us the correct letter in three days. It is enough to show that the thing inside the big red coffin is easily untouchable."
"Our goal is to move Cui Lianrong's grave. Is it possible to accomplish it without moving the big red coffin? For example, we just lift the big red coffin first, and after cleaning Cui Lianrong's bones, Let's put it back and make a new grave for it," I said.
"The big red coffin is not a good thing, we can't do whatever we want." Yi Ba sighed helplessly and said: "The big red coffin has to be dealt with by Lu Tang, we two It’s useless to say more, let’s take a look at Lu Tang’s opinion first!”
At noon the next day, as soon as Yi Balang and I came back from having lunch, Yang Fusheng came.
"I have inquired everywhere I can, but I really haven't been able to find out anything about the big red coffin." Yang Fusheng looked at Yi Ba helplessly and asked, "My wife Can the grave still be moved?”
“We can’t decide yet. I’ll give you the answer in three days.” Yi Ba said.
"Okay, I'll go back and wait for three more days." Yang Fusheng left. Looking at his retreating, hunched back, I suddenly felt that my nose was a little sore.
Yang Fusheng didn’t do anything evil either! Didn't he simply want to fulfill his wife's last wish before his death and move the grave back to the Upper West Village? This request is not too much!
Lu Tang said he would give us the answer in three days, and today is the third day. It's already evening now, and Lu Tang hasn't come yet.
Not only did Lu Tang not come, even Sister Shaoyao, who often came to Yiba Pavilion to check in, never came again.
"Will Lu Tang come?" I asked Yi Ba.
"I'm not sure whether he will take this job, but since he said he would give us a guarantee, he will definitely come." Yi Ba said calmly.
As soon as Yi Ba finished speaking, Lu Tang came.
"I thought about it and decided not to move the big red coffin for now. Isn't it that Yang Fusheng came to you just to move his boss's grave? Let's help Cui Lianrong move the grave first. As for the big red coffin, let's move on. Think about it in the long term." Lu Tang proposed his plan. In fact, what he said was what I had thought about before.
"Okay!" Yi Ba nodded and said, "Should we go now, or make preparations later?"
"This matter should be done sooner rather than later, let's go now!"
We drove the broken bread to Baihu Village and told Yang Fusheng our idea. Yang Fusheng just wanted to move his wife's grave. As for the red coffin, he naturally had no interest at all! Therefore, he agreed to our proposal without even thinking about it.
Yang Fusheng went to find a few people, took the tools, and we headed up the hill.
"Do we still need to light incense and burn paper money this time?" Yang Fusheng asked.
"Just do what you need to do! It won't cost much." Yi Ba said.
Yang Fusheng followed the steps last time, lighting candles, offering incense, and burning some paper money. After doing this, Yi Ba greeted the villagers and dug up the grave.
As soon as the big red coffin was revealed, a fragrant fragrance immediately came out.
“We didn’t smell this fragrance when we dug it last time, right?” I asked Yi Ba.
"No." Yi Ba replied, and then looked at Lu Tang.
"Everyone, please step aside. I'll go down and take a look."
Lu Tang is a responsible man. He jumped into the pit without saying a word. After entering the pit, he tapped on the coffin lid with his fingers.
“Dong dong…dong dong dong…”
When Lu Tang knocked, his movements were very light, and there were some changes in his fingers. I don't know anything about the art of exorcising corpses.
Corpse chasers also originated from Taoism. Yi Ba saw it with great interest, which shows that he should have some understanding of it.
"What is Lu Tang doing? Do you see it?" I asked.
“Judging from the changes in his fingertips when he knocked on the coffin lid, he should be communicating with the person lying in the red coffin.” Yi Ba paused and said, “Let’s I came here tonight just to move Cui Lianrong’s grave. It’s not about doing anything to the person lying in the big red coffin. It’s best to use communication and make each other peaceful.”
At the beginning, Lu Tang just used the method of communication. His fingers tapped lightly on the coffin lid. After knocking for a while, he began to mutter something in his mouth.
Lu Tang's voice became louder and louder. At first, it could be said that he was communicating with the person lying in the coffin. Later, I felt like he was quarreling.
"It looks like the situation is not good!" I put my mouth next to Yi Ba's ear and whispered to him.
“I hope Lu Tang can negotiate.” Yi Ba said.
At this time, Lu Tang closed his mouth and stopped talking. He jumped out of the grave pit, picked up the rope on the side, ran down and tied up the big red coffin.
“Pa!”
After tying it up, Lu Tang suddenly took out a talisman and stuck it on the coffin lid.
"It's hard to say no, you asked for it!" Lu Tang yelled at the big red coffin, and then said to Yang Fusheng: "It's time to lift the coffin."
The eyes of the villagers There was some fear in them. They had seen what happened just now. The man in the red coffin was not persuaded by Lu Tang, but was restrained by Lu Tang with a talisman.
Lu Tang is a corpse chaser. He is capable and dares to mess with the person lying inside, but the villagers are just ordinary people! They couldn't afford to mess with the one lying in the red coffin.
"Old Chang, I know this is a bit evil, but there are three experts here, nothing will happen." Yang Fusheng said to the older one. "Nothing will happen while the three of them are here, but after the incident is over, the big red coffin will still have to be buried here. When the three masters leave, the thing inside will do something, and we can't resist it. ”