Merchant of the Underworld

I thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out. I turned to Xiao Wu and said, "Although your grandfather hasn't woken up yet, the curse has been suppressed by the energy of gold and iron, and it won't get worse for the time being. Let's go, take him with you." I’ll go to your grandpa’s room and take a look.”

"Okay." Xiao Wu nodded and walked out of the secret room, casually grabbing a flashlight on the kitchen wall.

Mr. Wu's room is at the corner of the third floor.

right!

That's right, it's around the corner.

From the outside, the entire small building looks luxurious and elegant. Ordinary people would definitely think that the furnishings inside must also be very luxurious.

I did think so just now, especially after seeing the darkroom filled with gold and silver bricks, I became even more convinced.

This first floor is no different from the general villa design, but there is only one bedroom, and Xiao Wu said that it is his own room.

When I walked up the stairs, I was immediately surprised!

The entire second floor was empty, with no decoration at all. It was still the most primitive rough room with only a broken wooden door that was half closed. Xiao Wu said that it was the room of the mute uncle and his wife.

It's the same on the third floor, there isn't even a door or a light.

Only then did I know why Xiao Wu grabbed a flashlight and went upstairs!

Xiao Wu turned on the flashlight and looked around. The ground was covered with a thick layer of soil and covered with weeds.

It's not the kind of orchid grass that is deliberately raised by idiosyncratic homes, but the kind of dogtail grass, purslane and the like that can be seen everywhere in the wilderness. Different lengths, different heights. Moreover, the old and new are mixed together, and the green and yellow are intertwined. It is almost the same as the barren mountains and wilderness.

Mr. Wu's 'room' is on the third floor at the corner leading to the exposed window.

It's not quite accurate to say it's a room, it's just a coffin.

The coffin made of poplar wood is more than four inches wide - this is the cheapest material and size available across the country!

Moreover, most of them are cracked and full of horizontal lines. It looks like they have been parked for many years! Areas that were frequently touched had been worn away, revealing smooth grooves.

The lid of the coffin was half open, and there was a thin black-bottomed floral quilt inside. There was a large stone that had been polished and rounded and shiny, which could be his pillow.

This is Mr. Wu’s bedroom!

I really didn’t expect that the famous Wu Laobao, a generation veteran of Yinwu, has lived here for decades.

Moreover, in such a luxurious manor villa, there is actually this scene!

Even if I were a guest in Wu's hometown, had tea with him several times in the living room on the first floor, and had meals in the extremely luxurious restaurant, I would never have thought of it.

Xiao Wu may have predicted my expression. After I calmed down a little, he explained to me: "When I was a child, there were walls on the steps on the second floor, and the only door was also locked. Grandpa They never let me go up. It wasn’t until I officially entered the business of being a femininity merchant and paid incense to my ancestors that my grandfather took me up. At that time, I opened my mouth in surprise and stayed there for a long time, waiting for me to wake up. Shen'er's chin is numb..."

"I once asked my grandpa why it was designed like this. Our family is not short of money and cannot afford decoration."

"He just said you would understand later and never explained anything to me."

I thought for a while and said, "Maybe your grandpa has his own reasons. You can go down first. I will also feel your grandpa's feelings here. By the way, you should also calm down and think about it carefully. Is there any difference between your grandpa before and after the accident?" Ordinary behavior, or if there is any special situation happening near your home."

"Yeah." Xiao Wu responded, left the flashlight with me, turned around and went downstairs.

I stepped on the weeds all over the ground and walked around in a big circle on the third floor.

There is a row of wide windows from south to north. If it is a clear day, the whole room should be bright, but it cannot illuminate the corners at all.

That is to say, there is always darkness in the coffin.

I pushed the coffin lid to the side, lay down on my back and closed my eyes.

White bones, pieces of white bones, and a nine-story pagoda stands on the pile of bones in the distance.

This is the illusion in the Nine Life Tower. Once my mind is completely calm, I will see this illusion.

In other words, as soon as you lie in this coffin, your mind will become extremely calm and return to its original state.

Try again, still the same! No wonder Mr. Wu is so simple and returns to his original nature.

After sleeping here for decades, I will really forget all my desires.

But why did he collect so much gold and silver in the darkroom?

Is it because he still hasn't given up his greed, or has he foreseen that one day this room full of gold will save his life?

I looked around with a flashlight. The coffin couldn't be more ordinary. There was nothing special about it.

But why does a seemingly ordinary coffin have such an effect?

Before calling me, Mr. Wu seemed to have guessed everything and made preparations in advance.

Ten kinds of metals, each in exactly the same quantity. What does this mean? In fact, if you want to suppress the wood curse, you only need to gather enough ten gold, and there is no need to be strict about the quantity at all. But why did he choose the number five thousand and five? Mr. Wu, this is...

Um?

Suddenly I remembered something, and I suddenly turned over and sat up. Even if my head hit the coffin lid, I didn't even bother to rub it, and hurried downstairs.

When I attended Han Laoliu's wedding, Wu Laohuang also came with his grandson. When I greeted all my colleagues in the world of underworld at the door, I took the gift bag from his hand.

What is written on it is: Congratulations from Comrade Wu Qian'er.

Obviously Wu Qian'er is his real name!

It was not very common to use the character "er" as a name. In his time, the names and surnames of brothers of the same generation were somewhat related.

If he had another younger brother or older brother, it would probably be me.

Isn’t the homophone of Wu Qianwu the same as five thousand five?

He was hinting to me that it was his brother who was secretly setting him up!

When he called me, the wood curse had not yet set in. He just vaguely felt something was wrong. By the time he came to his senses and wanted to notify me, I was already on the plane and there was no signal at all.

And he had been tricked at that time, and his grandson was not very capable. If he directly revealed the suspect, he was afraid that his grandson would not be able to help but expose some flaws, and thus he would also be harmed.

That's why I hid the truth secretly and didn't let my grandson publicize it to the outside world. I just waited for me to rescue him and protect Xiao Wu!

I hurried downstairs, found Xiao Wu and asked directly: "Does your grandfather have any brothers with the same surname?"

"Brother?" Xiao Wu thought for a moment and said, "I haven't heard him say that, but when you ask me, Shopkeeper Zhang, I remembered something."

"I came back from attending Sixth Brother's wedding. When I was waiting at the airport, I asked my grandpa to sit by himself for a while and smoke a cigarette outside. An old man borrowed a fire from me and we chatted by the way. He asked me what my last name was. , I said my surname was Wu. He asked me what my name was again, but I didn’t say, but he smiled and asked me if the character in the middle was Fan'gao'? The character in the middle of your father's name was Fan'bing'. Your grandfather Fan'qian 'Character?"

"I was shocked at the time because my name is Wu Gaopeng, my father's name is Wu Bingxiong, and my grandfather's name is Wu Qian'er, and he guessed them all correctly!"

"I asked him how he knew. He said that all the people named Wu in his hometown were arranged in this way, and the Wu family should all be the same. The ancestors randomly grabbed the family tree set out in the "Thousand-Character Classic", and this Several generations have just happened to catch up with the saying 'a thousand soldiers are given to a family, and a chariot is accompanied by a high crown'."

"Later, I thought it was quite funny, so I told my grandpa. But my grandpa's expression suddenly changed and he couldn't stop coughing. I thought he had relapsed into his old habit..."

"That's right!" I clapped my hands and said, "Have you seen that old man since you came back?"

"No." Xiao Wu shook his head and asked: "Shopkeeper Zhang Da, are you saying that the old man is the murderer?"

"At least he's suspicious..." Suddenly, I remembered that there seemed to be someone missing in this house.

Xiao Wu said that there were only him, his grandfather, and his mute uncle and his wife here.

But why haven’t I seen that mute aunt?

It stands to reason that Mr. Wu has been kind to the couple, but now Mr. Wu's life is in danger. Xiao Wu and Uncle Mute have been busy, so why didn't they see her come out?

"Xiao Wu? Where's the mute aunt?" I asked directly.