The Plow

Fifth Master Guan Shizhi felt that after he returned to China, the world changed.

Before leaving the country, his father, Mrs. Guan, was still there. When the sky fell, there was Dinghaishen needle to support them. Everyone had a backbone. Although the Guan family at that time was also declining day by day, the glory of the past was still there. The old man had a good relationship with local dignitaries and celebrities, and sworn brothers They also have a little bit of military and political power, which is enough to make the Guan family stable and nourished in Fengtian City.

But after he went abroad, earth-shaking changes took place in China, especially in the three eastern provinces. The Northeast that Guan Shizhi knew was no longer the Northeast of the past, and most of the familiar faces in Fengtian City disappeared.

The rest, with the death of the old man, is like a person drinking water, knowing whether he is warm or not.

The successive changes in the Guan family in the past few days have caused Guan Shizhi's world to collapse completely.

After the paper money was burned in the brazier, the ashes were blown up by the wind and floated everywhere, exactly the same as the scene where his father died.

However, this time the person lying in the coffin was replaced by his second sister-in-law.

That young, beautiful, delicate-spoken, but arrogant woman died.

The Guan family all said that He was insulted and died by Ling Shu.

But Ling Shu's whereabouts are unknown, and no one has been found so far.

Then something happened to Yue Dingtang.

On his way to the city hall, his car was bombed.

The driver was killed on the spot, while Guan Shizhi's classmate Ying Zuo was seriously injured and is still unconscious.

Guan Shizhi went to the hospital to visit Ying Zuo and Yue Dingtang. The latter was better. Although he was injured, he was fine, and he might be able to recover and leave the hospital after a while.

But the day after Guan Shizhi left the hospital, Guan's family heard that there was an explosion in Yue Dingtang's hospital, and the place where the explosion might have been was Yue Dingtang's ward.

He Guanshi was ordered to run, but returned empty-handed, because the hospital had been emptied and sealed off, and the people around had different opinions, some said that there were heavy casualties, and some said that piles of corpses were blown down, Yue Ding Tang Sheng couldn't see anyone, and he couldn't see the dead body. Guan Shi couldn't find anyone to ask, and he didn't know where he had gone. When he came back and said it, Guan's family panicked.

On the one hand, after the old man passed away, the second master was the one who took care of the affairs of the Guan family. Although the eldest and fourth child may not obey him, but now when they are needed to come forward, no one can do it. The fourth master is usually extraordinary, Don't even mention the old man who is blind to trivial housework.Mrs. He died strangely and suddenly, the second master was devastated and in a trance, asking three questions and answering one, unable to take care of Yue Dingtang's whereabouts for the time being.

On the other hand, Yue Dingtang came for the funeral, and he just disappeared in the huge Fengtian City. No one would believe it, let alone the Yue family behind him.If Yue Dingtang is alone, that's fine, but the Yue family is not easy to offend, the Guan family is worried about how to explain to the Yue family, thinking about it, there is no good reason, so they have to press the matter temporarily, and it can be delayed day by day.

Under such a situation, Lao Wuguan Shizhi had no choice but to bite the bullet and went to the municipal office first to ask about Yue Dingtang's whereabouts, but almost no one let him out. His old classmate Yingzuo is now dead or alive. , and couldn't help him to introduce a doorway, Guan Shizhi came back dejectedly, standing at the door of Guan's house, really felt a sense of desolation and desolation like the world was vast and he didn't know where to go.

Guan Shizhi stood there in a daze for a long time, still confused and clueless, he couldn't help but sighed, and walked in.

As soon as he crossed the threshold, he heard the fourth master say to the second master: "Second brother, in my opinion, it's better to finish the funeral of the second sister-in-law as soon as possible. Don't wait seven days, let's carry it up the mountain as soon as possible."

The second master was a little slow, woke up from his confusion, and when he heard the fourth master's words, he immediately flew into a rage.

"Your second sister-in-law died so badly that you didn't even catch the murderer, so you just want to cover up the truth!"

The fourth master said earnestly: "Second brother, it's not that I have trouble with my second sister-in-law. You also know that my second sister-in-law died unexpectedly. It's not good luck. Our family has been in trouble since the death of our father. Now even Dingtang's whereabouts are unknown. I just asked for bail." Jiaxian did some calculations, tomorrow noon is just an auspicious time, if the second sister-in-law is buried at that time, the crisis will be saved, and you don't want the Guan family to suffer from bad luck from now on, do you?"

"Fuck your motherfucker!"

The second master rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat someone up, but saw the elder master take a step forward and actually stop in front of the fourth master who he usually dislikes everywhere.

"Second brother, I, the eldest brother, would like to tell you a few words. We are all sad about the matter of the younger siblings, but now there is a lot of discussion outside, saying that the second younger siblings have misbehaved and their reputation has been damaged. She still cannot enter It's from the ancestral grave, but our Guan family is kind. You said that you want her to enter the ancestral grave and the ancestral temple. We have no objection, but this matter must be dealt with quickly, in case the night has long dreams. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the future marriage of the children think!"

Guan Shizhi was surprised that the Elder Master could suddenly utter such a lengthy speech.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems quite reasonable.

He had no feelings for this little second sister-in-law, and when he heard what the two said, he followed suit.

"Second brother, just listen to everyone's advice. If our family can be smooth sailing in the future, then the second sister-in-law will know about it, and she probably won't care about it. At worst, we will burn more things for her during the holidays, so we won't be here for a few days. gone."

The second master's face turned pale and pale, and finally sank down.

"Whatever you want!"

The matter of He's burial was decided hastily.

Early the next morning, the second master suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, and couldn’t get out of bed, but it didn’t matter, He’s funeral had already been prepared, and around noon, eight young and strong men lifted the coffin and started to leave the city from Guan’s house Walking up the mountain, there are temporarily hired dutiful sons and virtuous men dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, holding up flags and blowing suona, and the fourth master Guan and Lao Yuan, as representatives of the Guan family, followed along the way.

Not long after he left the house, the fourth master felt something strange.

"This Fengtian City, why are there so many policemen all of a sudden, and they are still asking around, what happened?"

He's funeral and Yue Dingtang's disappearance made Guan's family restless. Except for He Guanshi and Guan Shizhi, no one else went out for several days.

"You forgot, the fifth master came back and said that about the bombing of Young Master Yue's car, it was rumored that some people wanted to deal with a certain important person, but it happened that the important person changed the car temporarily, so it was Young Master Yue's turn to be unlucky, because of this matter, The whole of Fengtian is now under martial law, and we will definitely be searched if we go out this time."

Lao Yuan's voice was steady, not a little panicked, not a little calm, just like his existence in the Guan family these years, inconspicuous but indispensable, even if there were always some conflicts among the brothers of the Guan family, he did not. People make trouble to Lao Yuan.

The fourth master snorted: "Then, when we leave the city later, will we be interrogated?"

Old Yuan said: "There will definitely be an interrogation, but there are corpses in the coffin, it is impossible to make a big change into a living person, so it shouldn't matter."

It didn't take long for his words to be verified.

There were several times more patrols at the city gate than usual. When they saw someone, they would stop them regardless of gender, age or age. They didn't even miss the eggs in the basket. They lifted the red cloth to look at them one by one, and took two away. Well, that's called kindness, if someone is not greedy and just takes half of it away, the person carrying the basket can only complain secretly, not daring to complain.

The fourth master is a local, he knows the rules, before the coffin approached, people greeted him first, with a smile on his face, and gave each of the patrols a red seal.

"Drinking money, the officers are welcome!"

"What about the funeral?" Police A, one of the guards, asked.

The fourth master reported his family name: "Yes, we belong to the Guan family. My late father, Guan Desheng, was also considered a gentry in Fengtian City. I rank fourth. Some of you may remember."

Weighing and sealing the red, the weight is not light, and the other party's attitude is naturally much better.

"It turns out to be the Guan family of Mr. Guan, so we naturally recognize you. You are the fourth master Guan who has a lot of money, right?"

"Fourth Master, I remember you. Last month, my daughter-in-law went to you to do a calculation, and when she came back, she said that you have come true!"

"Fourth Master, show me too!"

I didn't expect to meet fans at the funeral. The fourth master was so happy that he almost sold Baojiaxian to them. Thinking that he had a mission, he made an emergency turn when the words came to his lips.

"How many, how many! This coffin is my second sister-in-law, who died of a sudden illness a few days ago. It happens to be an auspicious time today, and we have to send her to be buried. If the officers want to ask fortunes, they can wait until another day. , I will open the door to welcome you after closing four.”

Policeman B said: "Fourth Lord, it's not that we want to embarrass you. There has been a big incident these few days, and the city has been full of storms. We were ordered to block here and search anyone we see. Even the coffin, you have to let us take a look."

The fourth master: "That's natural! The lid of the coffin hasn't even been closed, and the coffin can't land before it reaches the grave. Please help me?"

Everyone worked together to remove a corner of the coffin cover, and a pale face came into view.

Regardless of how beautiful He Shi was during his lifetime, anyone who saw his posthumous appearance would be terrified.

The patrolmen didn't want to look too much, so they took a hasty glance as if they were on business.

"Fourth Master, let me remind you, there is a curfew at night, you have to come back in time, otherwise you will have to spend the night outside!"

"Thank you for the reminder, thank you for the reminder!"

The fourth master thanked them, and hurried out of the city with everyone and the coffin.

It stands to reason that a weak woman of the He family is not heavy, and with the coffin, eight people can carry it safely.

But for some reason, the eight people always felt that this coffin was heavier than any one they had carried before.

"Why is this coffin so heavy? Could it be some grievance?"

One of the coffin bearers couldn't help muttering.

The fourth master next to me heard the words, his heart trembled, and he couldn't help urging them: "Let's hurry up and go back before the curfew. The Guan family still has a banquet waiting for you! You have to lift the coffin firmly, don't let it fall , it is ominous to fall into the coffin!"

The cemetery had been selected and dug long ago, and the coffins going up the mountain went smoothly, but when it was time to offer incense and worship, the incense could not be lit at all, and just in time for a sudden change in the weather, the sky was clear and then dark clouds rolled in, and there was going to be a day rainstorm.

The fourth master was anxious and annoyed. He was really afraid that he would not be able to go back. He would have to spend the night in this cemetery. Running into ghosts would be the second priority. Anyway, they were all ghosts of his own family. The overnight expenses of this large group of people would double again.

At this time, Lao Yuan spoke up.

"Fourth Master, you should take someone back first, I can keep watch here, and I will seal this land."

The fourth master hesitated: "Then where do you live, where do you sleep, and what do you eat?"

Old Yuan said indifferently: "I have dry food on me, and not far in front of me is the thatched hut where I guarded the old man at night, which is enough to shelter from the wind and rain."

The fourth master breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Then I will trouble you, and when you return home tomorrow, I will definitely let the eldest brother prepare a banquet for you!"

Old Yuan: "You are polite, they are all from my own family."

Fourth master: "Yes, you are right, they are all from my own family!"

There was more than a few words of greeting, the fourth master hurriedly took the people away.

Not long after he left, it really started to rain lightly.

But Lao Yuan didn't rush to take shelter from the rain. Instead, he jumped into the pit, brushed away the soil that fell on the coffin, and pushed open the lid with great difficulty.

"You should work harder yourself!" He couldn't help complaining into the coffin.

If the fourth master was here, he would definitely be covered in white sweat.

After a while, there was movement in the coffin.

The sound of the body moving, and the dull coughing sound.