Chapter 29

Chinese people have always believed that the sky is round and the place is round, so they will try to follow this when building cities. Either they will build a square. If conditions are limited, they must also build a long square.

Anning county is not a standard square. The east-west direction is slightly longer than the north-south direction, and Yizhuang is placed at the root of the east wall. This is the first place where the sun shines and where there is plenty of Yang.

However, the world is fair. The place where the sun shines first in a day means that the sun sets first. When Li Bai and Li Luoyang go out, the sun is still hanging on the treetops, but Li Bai still takes a lantern - who knows when to go home.

These two days, Li Luoyang has felt the "effect" of living in Liao's house. When he followed Li Bai, he found that he was a little witch. The "crackling" closed doors are enough to explain Li Bai's "weight".

In the evening, two red lanterns will be hung at the door of a normal rich family. If it is an inn, a restaurant and a brothel yard, it is a string of lanterns. The lanterns will also be written with their own store name. It can be regarded as an advertising light box of this era, and several white lanterns that appear in the sight from afar vaguely remind Li Luoyang that Yizhuang is here.

"Come on, come in."

Under the miserable white lanterns at the gate of Yizhuang, Li Luoyang saw an old man in a broken cotton padded clothes. It was cold. The cotton padded clothes on the old man seemed very thin. He put his hands on a charcoal stove. The charcoal stove was faintly red. Under the red light, the old man's face looked particularly black, black as if he had been poisoned and died.

Without opening his mouth, Li Bai stood quietly at the door and waited until the old man got up tremblingly, took out his key and pushed the door open.

I don't know if it's because there are fewer openings and more closures, so the "creak" sound when opening the door is very harsh in the silence, and the people listening to it have a rapid heartbeat.

There were no lights in the Yizhuang, and the old man who opened the door didn't wait for Li Bai to advance. He crossed the high threshold in the dark, and the whole figure immediately melted into the night. Only the charcoal stove he carried in his hand flashed dim red light, shaky in the black.

Fortunately, a moment later, the old man lit the oil lamps. As the oil lamps lit up, the emptiness in the Yizhuang was gradually enriched by the light. Li Bai stood in front of the threshold and paid homage with his hands folded. Only then did he cross the threshold. Li Luoyang dared not take the initiative and followed closely.

If the cold outside Yizhuang is from the outside to the inside, as soon as he stepped into Yizhuang, Li Luoyang felt a kind of cold from the inside to the outside. The cold released from the bone and soul stimulated Li Luoyang's muscles instinctively trembling.

The coffins were all in sight. The coffins, which were covered or opened, were neatly placed, like waiting for the review of the king of hell, or welcoming the arrival of Li Luoyang.

"I'm going out first. I'm sorry to disturb you."

The old man guarding the Yizhuang bowed his hands to the coffin, which made Li Luoyang feel cold again. He thought he was fearless, but now he knows it's not the case. If he doesn't respect death and tremble, is he still alone?

"Come here. Don't look at those old coffins. They are full of Yin."

In contrast, Li Bo is much calmer. He comes at least dozens of times a year, so he seems more adaptable. Coffins accumulated over the years are not rare in Yizhuang. The dead are large. Some outsiders died in Anning county. For the time being, they did not find their families or their families were unable to transport the coffins back for burial. Generally, they are parked in Yizhuang. Some coffins have been sealed for many years, and the Yamen will organize people to adjust them every once in a while, Place the coffin that cannot be transported away in the east of the hall, that is, the side where Li Bai said the Yin Qi was heavy.

If the newly arrived cannot be closed, they are parked in the westernmost position. There are two doors on the west wall of the hall, one leading to the Buddha Hall behind the hall and the other to the side room.

This side room is Li Bai's "studio". During the autopsy, it is inevitable to turn over the body or even use a knife. In the eyes of the world, it is disrespectful to the dead, let alone put it in the hall for the old ghosts who can't settle down temporarily.

Even Li Bai should follow these taboos. The four bodies transported from Li Jia village were placed in the side room at this time.

Compared with the sparse lights in the main hall, the side room looks much brighter. The oil lamps lit in four corners and eight directions can almost be said to be bright. Although there are four coffins without covers on the middle ground, it is much better for Li Luoyang.

After all, people still like to live in the sun. At this time, Li Luoyang is very sure.

"Have you seen these four people?"

The four men lying in the coffin were not old. Li Luoyang visually observed that none of them was over 30 years old. In this way, they died at a young age. I don't know if their family will be very sad.

"No."

Li Luoyang shook his head realistically. He endured the discomfort in his heart, approached the body and observed it carefully before opening his mouth to show that he was not perfunctory. Standing at the other end of the four coffins, Li Bai nodded slowly, "Wu denggui said that these four people were killed with heavy hands. When I took over, I also saw the injury. I didn't expect that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Li's village."

"What do you mean?"

"These four corpses were found in your house. Don't you think it's strange that an expert who can open a tablet and crack a stone palm appears in an ordinary farmer's house? The Constable of the prison has also specially seen the wound and asked himself that his skill is less than one tenth of that of the murderer. I'm afraid there are several such experts all over the world."

At this time, Li Luoyang just realized that Li Bai didn't let him see the body at all, but hoped to put pressure on him through this scene, so as to ask for more information. Out of his own responsibility, Li Bai's move is understandable, but Li Luoyang is still a little uncomfortable. His family is so familiar. Why do you ask directly? Anyway, I won't tell you the truth.

"These people are as like as two peas in dress, which means they are from the same place."

Li Luoyang deliberately digress. Anyway, he is still a child and an apprentice. It doesn't matter if he is wrong.

"It's easy to see this, but it's not easy to judge where they come from by their clothes. What can you see?"

Li Luoyang can't judge where the clothes come from by the material ground and the weaving method of the cloth. He knows too little about this era. Just through a rough comparison, he found that the black clothes worn by these dead people are far higher than his own, and even Lin Luoshui's clothes are not as good as these guys.

It's so jealous. With a flash of inspiration in his heart, Li Luoyang said, "they should be from a big city. No family in Anning county can wear such good clothes for the dead."

Li Bai nodded. It's good for Li Luoyang to think of these. However, this is not the information Li Bai wants. Although he doesn't believe that a ten-year-old child can do anything, he firmly believes that Li Luoyang should know more.

"Uncle Li, do you think there are really such powerful warriors in the world?"

When Li Bai turned over a body and let Li Luoyang see the dark black palm print on his vest, Li Luoyang was dazed in the face of the palm print that was almost an inch deep.

Judging from the distortion of the nearby muscles, this palm must have broken the bones in the human body. Li Luoyang can't estimate how much power it takes. He would rather believe that it was stepped out by an elephant.