Chapter 1100: There Are Eight Professions in Ancient Times, and Corpse-Driving Is the First.

Leaving the village chief, a group of people hurried to the Wu family mansion. Their destination was the Dahe Empress Temple. They wanted to find Dahe Empress's treasure before dark.

"What kind of treasure could it be?" Lei Mingyu frowned, "Empress Dahe can't find her at night and she still cries?"

"Could it be that skeleton?" The fat man turned his head.

Chen Hao hesitated for a moment and said in an uncertain tone: "Maybe, but I always feel that this matter is not that simple. I think... that thing should be related to the paper man scholar."

Jiang Cheng ignored their exchange and turned around to find Yu Chengmu, "Mr. Yu." Jiang Cheng walked beside Yu Chengmu and talked very cordially: "Please tell us the taboos about exorcism. "

Yu Chengmu glanced at him and said with a smile: "It's okay to talk about it, but is Xiaoyou Jiang willing to believe the words of a bad old man like me?"

"Mr. Yu is a highly respected man. If you are willing to teach me, I would be very grateful." Chen Hao also came to join in the fun.

"Haha." Yu Chengmu twirled his goatee and laughed a few times, "Okay, I don't know much, so I'll just explain it briefly."

"Driving corpses, also known as moving spirits, is a part of witchcraft culture. Together with Gu Du and Luohua Cave Girl, they are called the Three Evils of Western Hunan."

"In ancient times, there were eight lines of work, the first of which was driving corpses. The corpse-moving craftsman had a very high status in the Yin line. At the same time, the rules of this line were also the most complex. To put it simply, there are three types of corpse driving and three types of non-driving.

"The so-called three categories of people are those who were beheaded, those who were hanged, and those who died standing in cages. The corpse exterminators can pick up these three types of corpses."

"It is rumored that because these people were forced to die, the Qi was suppressed in their bodies, and they were not convinced when they died. They missed their relatives and their homeland, so their souls could be drawn out with curses, and after obtaining the consent of the corpses, they would be processed through secret methods. , hold it in the body, and then drive it over mountains and ridges, or by boat across water, to return to your hometown, see your loved ones for the last time, and fulfill your wish. "

"The so-called three types of people who don't drive away refer to the three types of people who died of illness, died by hanging in a river, and those who lost limbs due to lightning and fire. These three types of corpses will never be picked up by corpse dealers."

"Among them, the souls of those who died of illness have been taken away by Impermanence. No matter how skilled the corpse exorcist is, he would not dare to ask for it from Impermanence."

"As for those who died by hanging in the river, their souls were entangled by those dirty things, and they may be fighting over them. If the exorcists intervene rashly, they will be burned."

"Those who died in lightning strikes were all guilty of serious sins. Carrying out the corpses of such people would ruin the Taoist conduct."

"Most of the corpses after being burned are completely unrecognizable and have no trace of flesh and skin. It is impossible to identify their identity. Even if such corpses are driven back to their hometown, it will be difficult for relatives to identify them, so..." Yu Chengmu paused, "I won't give you money."

After listening to Yu Chengmu's words, the atmosphere was stagnant. After a moment, someone spoke up, "You guys...how did the watchman die?" Jia Jinliang said in a playful tone.

"She should have died of illness." Chen Hao guessed based on the village chief's words.

The fat man swallowed secretly and said in a low voice: "Maybe he was drowned, I don't know for sure. Don't forget, most of the corpses we saw in the village were wet."

"That is to say, whether the watchman died of illness or drowned, he belongs to the category of people who cannot drive away corpses." Jiang Cheng touched his chin, "As a watchman, he will not know this, so tonight's corpse removal... It shouldn't exist at all."

"This is a conspiracy." Abiao's voice was hoarse with a hint of vigilance, "It's against us."

Yu Chengmu narrowed his eyes, put his hands behind his back, and walked gently, "Think about each stage of this mission together. The first night's wake, which corresponds to the waker, and the second night's pick. The paper man corresponds to the paper maker. On the third night, Yizhuang sewed up the corpse, which corresponded to the corpse stitcher. On the fourth night, the face painting in the ancestral hall corresponded to the corpse painter. And tonight... our task is to drive away the corpse. ”

Jia Jinliang and A Biao frowned slightly, and their eyes changed when they looked at Yu Chengmu. They seemed to be unclear as to why he wanted to talk so much to Jiang Cheng and others.

Yu Chengmu's words ended here, but Chen Hao and others quickly reacted, "Watch the spirit, prepare hidden treasures, bury the corpse, paint the face, exorcise the corpse...the order is wrong, it's reversed!"

Yu Chengmu nodded lightly, with a solemn look on his face, "Yes, it's the other way around. If my prediction is correct, there may be the last step tonight. That is exactly what we need to do to fish out the corpses, and it is also suitable for us. The identity of the person who retrieved the corpse.”

The fat man raised his hand and interrupted at an inappropriate time: "Old sir, you don't have to expect this. The village chief just said it. The original words were that after the watchman's body was thrown into the river, the body of the Queen of the River would surface, and then Let's seize the time to fish out the body, seal it in the coffin, and finally nail the coffin lid with 17 3-inch soul-crushing nails." The fat man relied on his excellent lung capacity to complete the task in one go, with rare coherent thoughts.

Yu Chengmu: "...It's really hard for you, a fat man."

Seeing that Yu Chengmu was silent, the fat man suddenly lowered his voice and said with some self-doubt, "Why, am I right?"

Yu Chengmu took a deep breath, "No."

With that said, they had returned to the Wu family mansion, and the group of people rushed straight to the Dahe Empress Temple without hesitation.

Stepping into the temple gate, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but I suddenly felt a chill blowing against my face. It was not completely cold, but a simple chill, like a thin sharp blade scraping against people's hair.

The decoration in the temple remained the same, and the hanging burlap white cloth and white flags were all in pieces. Everyone raised their heads and met the eyes of the sculpture of Lady Dahe.

The exquisiteness of the sculpture was something that Jiang Cheng and his men had never seen before. The woman was beautiful without being ostentatious. Her eyebrows, lips, and even the wrinkles on her clothes were all lifelike.

It seemed that when a gust of wind blew, the woman would jump down and dance beside them.

Yu Chengmu was the first to look away, and his eyes patrolled the not-so-large temple. "Time is limited. We must find the treasure before night falls. Everyone should look for it separately, so that the efficiency will be higher..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Chengmu stopped, because he saw Jiang Cheng walking towards the sculpture with his peripheral vision, and then he knelt on the mat with a "thump" and kowtowed respectfully.

While kowtowing, he mumbled something in his mouth. You don't need to guess, you know it's some polite words.

The rest of the people seemed to have found the code for survival, and immediately followed suit, one after another to worship the Great River Goddess, and soon they lined up spontaneously. Yu Chengmu rolled his throat, and later, he also lined up.

He was the last one, and in front of him were Jia Jinliang and A Biao.

Among these people, the most pious one was the fat man. He kowtowed more than ten times. If Lei Mingyu, who was standing behind him, hadn't seen it and pulled him away, he would have kowtowed a few more times.