Chapter 1064: Embalming the Corpse
Seeing the name Yu Chengmu’s face wrinkled like withered tree bark, and after seeing the mark, Yu Chengmu’s body shook unconsciously.
"What's the matter, old gentleman?" Chen Hao asked after paying attention, "Do you recognize this name?"
Yu Chengmu took a deep breath, his face returned to normal, and he said lightly: "No "We know each other."
Jiang Cheng also noticed Yu Chengmu's abnormality. The latter obviously saw some clues, but he refused to say it, and there was no way to force him to say it under the current situation.
The clues here were almost collected. If they stayed any longer, something might happen. Yu Chengmu helped Zhou Qing close his eyes, and then the group left.
I didn’t go far when I went out and saw two villagers standing at the intersection. When the villagers saw them, they immediately ran over and said, "Masters, the village chief arranged for us to wait here. We will take you Let’s go eat.”
Speaking of eating, the fat man’s stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
We followed the two villagers, turning left and right, and finally came to a yard. There was a wooden table right at the door.
There are several dishes on the wooden table, most of which are vegetarian dishes. They are divided into bowls and chopsticks according to the head. There is also a large pot of steamed buns with mixed noodles in the middle of the table. It seems that this is the staple food.
Judging from the way the two villagers stared at the food on the table and kept swallowing their saliva, this meal should be of the highest quality in the village.
"Everyone... Masters, eat first, we are going back first."
The villagers were about to go back, when suddenly, a "rustling" sound came, and after a moment Finally, a man appeared on the wall, all in tatters, like a beggar.
The beggar was sitting on the wall, his eyes shining, staring at the food on the table.
When the two villagers saw this, they immediately walked over and shouted to the beggar on the wall: "Go, go, is this the place you should come? Come quickly, don't disturb the masters eating."
I shouted several times, but to no avail. The beggar was not afraid of people at all. He didn't even pay attention to the two villagers below. Instead, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Five grains for each person, five grains for each person!"
He was a man, about 30 years old from the sound of his voice.
Worried about failing the errand assigned by the village chief, one of the villagers said helplessly: "Well, you... you come with me, and I will take you to eat delicious food. Don't disturb everyone here." Masters, let’s eat, okay?”
Hearing that there was something delicious, the man riding on the wall jumped down with a smile on his face, trotted to the villagers, and extended his hand eagerly.
Originally Jiangcheng and the others thought that this was just a delaying tactic by two villagers. They waited for the man to come down, then caught him and dragged him away, or even beat him to make him remember. But surprisingly, The villager actually took out a steamed bun from his arms.
A steamed bun that was exactly the same as the one in the basin in front of them was given to the man. The man picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth, and then left with the villagers who said they would take him to eat delicious food.
"Five grains for each person, five grains for each person..."
The beggar man's cry like a broken gong came from outside again.
“I’m really sorry for disturbing the masters from eating.” One of the remaining villagers accompanied him with a smile.
“Who is this person?” Jiang Cheng took a bite of the steamed bun and asked seemingly unintentionally.
"Yes...he is from out of town. It is said that he came to escape famine. He was crazy when he came. The village chief saw that he was pitiful and took him in the village." The villager answered.
"What does he usually do in the village?" Jiang Cheng continued to ask, taking time to take a sip of soup.
“What can he do if he is the one with the problem here?” The villager pointed his finger, obviously saying that this beggar’s brain was not very useful.
"That's it." Jiang Cheng clapped his hands, shook off the crumbs of the steamed buns, stared at the villagers and asked, "Then I don't quite understand. A beggar who fled from other places can't help with anything. It stands to reason that if you don’t get beaten, it’s good to have leftovers to eat. Why do you want to give him the hidden steamed buns? Why should he?”
“Hiding...” The villagers were obviously panicked. .
Jiang Cheng stretched out his hand and patted the villager's slightly bulging chest. The hand felt soft but hard at the same time. He smiled and said, "Yours is hidden here too. Don't tell me, you and the brother just now have a tacit understanding."
The fat man also smiled grimly and cooperated: "I wonder if the village chief knows What will happen to you if you secretly hide the food that honors us?"
"Don't." The villager's face twitched, "Masters, I... I was just greedy. Don't tell the village chief." As he spoke, he quickly took out the steamed bun hidden in his chest and put it back on the table.
Chen Hao slowly stood up, picked up the steamed buns returned by the villagers on the table, and then grabbed two more from the basin, making a total of three. He walked over and stuffed them into the villagers' arms, "We are missing one. The steamed buns are nothing, these...you can eat them, there is not enough."
"But there is one thing, I hope you answer it truthfully, who is the beggar just now?" Chen Hao changed his voice.
The people who can sit here now are not ordinary players, they have vicious eyes. Judging from the action of the beggar climbing down the wall just now, this person is very skilled and has kung fu. He is definitely not an ordinary refugee fleeing from famine.
"He..." The villager secretly glanced outside the door and found no one, so he quickly said in a small voice: "It is said that he is the apprentice of the watchman. He followed the watchman many years ago. I don’t know if it’s true or not that he came to our village.”
When they heard that it was related to the watchman, everyone was shocked, “Is this what happened when he came?”
< br>"No." The villager shook his head The head said, "I was fine when I came here, but I went crazy later. As for the reason, I don't know. After all, there is a watchman here, so we can't offend him. Besides, this man is very powerful with fists and kicks, and we...we also I can't beat him."
The watchman's apprentice went crazy after he came to the village. Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes and thought of the words the beggar shouted just now, so he asked: "Does he often shout those words? That sentence..."
"Five grains for each person." The villager nodded and finished for Jiang Cheng, "Yes, he often called this sentence, and we didn't understand it at first. Later, someone analyzed that this man also carries Taoism. As long as we treat him well, next time the court will Distributing relief grains will give each person in our village 5 loads of millet."
As he said this, the villagers also curled their lips, obviously thinking that this explanation was too far-fetched.
After asking some other questions, the villagers shook their heads. It seemed that they really didn’t know. They didn’t make it difficult for him. They promised to keep him a secret and let him go. The villagers were very grateful.
As soon as the villagers from the front foot went out, the village chief from the back foot came down surrounded by 7 or 8 people.
Sure enough, there is nothing good going on. They are assigning tasks for tonight.
"Masters, I have to turn to you again." The village chief swallowed carefully and said with a smile: "Tonight, please go to the west of the village. There is a charity village there. There are several corpses in the charity village that need to be buried." There are additional updates today
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