Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 182 A Gang of Living Hells
"Li Qing, why are you so afraid of my master?"

On the way, Xiao Ran asked Li Qing.

Li Qing tilted his head and looked at Xiao Ran: "Your master has a strong smell of death. My master said that the corpse is only one-tenth of an inch long, and the older it gets, the scarier it becomes. Every time I see him, those eyes staring at me make me feel creepy."

"Go to hell, there are many corpse stitchers who have survived past the first level, your master is just talking nonsense."

Xiao Ran cursed, but he knew in his heart that what he said was not groundless. When he went to see the bald old man before, he said the same thing to himself.

But this is not absolute. My grandfather lived to be 92.

Of course, there are reasons for this. On the one hand, the country has undergone reforms, first with shooting and then injection, and cremation has become popular.

The old man didn't sew that many corpses. He mostly helped repair the bodies of people who died suddenly.

The deathly aura on my body is not so heavy anymore.

Later, he opened a shop, making money from living people. It was not a big business, so he could not hire the old man to help. In addition, the old man knew some health-preserving methods, so he was able to survive until he was 92.

However, my grandfather once said that his skill of sewing corpses should not be used after the age of 40, and he seemed to be worried that it would affect me.

Compared to Xiao Ran, Li Qing looked melancholy: “The four Yinxing families are Zhou, Yang, Xiao, and Fang.

The Fang family's business has been down in the past two years. I heard that they have changed the practice to execution by firing squad, and the old man in their family is even thinking about retiring from practicing magic.

I'm afraid you guys might have to consider changing your profession in a few years with your corpse sewing skills."

After saying this, Li Qing seemed to realize something and glanced cautiously at Xiao Ran beside him. In the past, if he had said this, Xiao Ran would have scolded him given his temper, but today he was exceptionally calm.

"Aren't you angry?"

"angry??"

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Why should I be angry? This is the trend of the times. If I am really the last corpse stitcher, then I will guard the last shift. If I can end this thousand-year-old shady business, isn't it also a good fate?"

Li Qing almost bit his tongue when he heard that. He stared at Xiao Ran in amazement for a long time: "Oh my, grandma, have you been hiding something from us recently? How come you suddenly become so enlightened? I'm starting to wonder if you're possessed by a ghost?"

Xiao Ran glanced at Li Qing and said, "I think you are itching for a fight and really want to be beaten."

"Hahahaha, this is more like what you would say."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing immediately grinned.

The houses of this era are all very dilapidated. Looking into the once prosperous capital city of Shendu, there are neither tall buildings nor tiles. The dilapidated city walls in the distance are broken up in sections to the east and west. Every house is a dilapidated old tiled house, and even the red brick walls cannot be seen.

Of course, there is no construction team to build a house, so relatives and friends are called upon to help. These days, without a few good brothers to support you, it is difficult to go out and make a living, let alone build a house.

When Xiao Ran and the others arrived, they saw several young men sitting on the ground, talking and laughing.

"Old Seven!!"

Li Qing waved his hand, and his voice travelled over before he even arrived.

When everyone looked over, Li Qing and Xiao Ran immediately waved their hands enthusiastically. The man called Lao Qi was a small guy, very short, only about 1.65 meters tall, but in this era, it was acceptable.

Due to poor living conditions, everyone's average height is only around 1.7 meters. Only someone like Xiao Ran, who is 1.72 meters tall, is considered tall.

Xiao Ran looked around and found that although he didn't recognize these people, he had seen them in the photos at the bald old man's house.

A few people gathered together, talking and laughing, and after chatting for a while, they started helping with the work.

The foundation pit has been dug. Because it is next to a section of the city wall, the bricks are ready-made. Although it is hot in the sun, the cool breeze blowing from time to time is very refreshing.

Xiao Ran was observing several people while working. He didn't know who among them were beginners and who were natives of the mystery city, but he didn't feel tired at the work. He could lift a basket of 20-jin bricks with one hand and build walls and beams with ease.

Xiao Ran also took advantage of the time he was working to write down the names of several people.

I won’t mention Li Qing. The remaining five people are Zhou Shang, Yang Fengchui, Sun Miao, Zhao Qingming, and the seventh one is Xie Yutang.

Especially the one called Sun Miao, he finished building a wall in just half an hour. His wall was built one piece after another, so neatly that no one could find any gaps.

"Old Sun, your skills have improved. Could it be that your grandfather has taught you something new?"

Everyone looked at the high wall and couldn't help but praise it.

Sun Miao scratched his head shyly: "Stop teasing me, my grandfather's mouth is tighter than the cracks in the wall. He only taught me half of the thirteen-movement Tan Leg and the twenty-eight-movement grappling. He still refuses to teach me the iron sand palm."

"Your old man is really stingy. My grandpa was eager to teach me, but I was too lazy to learn. I just learned a set of Eighteen Falls of the Clothes. Let's have a competition when we have a chance."

Xie Yutang looked calm and composed, but everyone could see that his mouth was almost crooked.

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but show envy on their faces.

The Eighteen Falls When Touched is the Xie family's signature skill. Anyone who is touched will fall, and it is specially designed to counter grappling attacks.

In addition, the Xie family has a unique skill called Flying Star Fingers, which is said to be a powerful hidden weapon, but few people know the specific method.

Sun Miao curled his lips and said, "If I knew how to use the Iron Palm, I would definitely slap you to the ground."

“Hahahaha, it’s your old man’s fault for not teaching you… Aaaaa…”

Before Xie Yutang could finish his words, he suddenly screamed. Turning back, he saw an old woman with a stern face standing behind Xie Yutang, grabbing her ear with one hand: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll hang you up and beat you!" When everyone saw the old woman, they all enjoyed laughing at her.

Everyone knows that the grandmother of the Xie family is notoriously hot-tempered. It is said that in the early years, the old man of the Xie family was a smoker, whore, gambler and other bad people.

The huge family fortune was almost ruined, and seeing that things were not going well, someone found him a wife.

The daughter-in-law was fair and clean-looking. Her surname was Sima. It was said that she was a girl from a wealthy family and she got married because she fell into trouble.

He thought she was a lady from a wealthy family, but he didn't expect that this daughter-in-law was so powerful after she came into the family. Within three or five days, she forced Mr. Xie to climb a tree.

Later, this lady forced him to quit smoking by hanging him on a tree. Whenever any of his bad friends came to her house, she would either beat them out or knock them down.

Within a year or two, Mr. Xie was completely subdued and became a notorious henpecked man.

Even now, my elders would still make fun of me about it from time to time.

Of course, joking aside, the elders still admired this great grandmother very much when they talked about her. She had held a gun and fought bandits. Everyone who knew her would give her a thumbs up and say that she was as good as any man.

When everyone saw her coming, they stopped what they were doing and walked up to her, calling her "Seventh Grandma".

Grandma Qi then let Xie Yutang go, her face full of joy: "Okay, okay, thank you for today. Stop working and take a break. I've stewed a chicken for you in the back hall. Wash it and go eat."

When they heard there was a chicken, the guys' eyes lit up.

After thanking them again and again, they ran to the backyard, drew a bucket of ice-cold water from the well, and poured it over themselves. They all felt refreshed and refreshed.

On the dining table, in a yellow enamel basin, a chicken had been stewed until it was tender, accompanied by a plate of peanuts, a few cucumbers, and fried eggs, which was a great meal in those days.

Each person is served with a large bowl of noodles.

Several people sat down, held the noodles, and stuffed them into their mouths.

"Hey, have you heard that a few days ago, a child from the Cai family lost his soul on the street in Mashi."

At the dinner table, several people were eating noodles, and Li Qing spoke.

"Lost soul?"

Everyone looked up at Li Qing, and even Xiao Ran had a strange look in his eyes. He seemed to have thought of something, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

"It's not surprising to lose your soul. Wait until night, hold up a lantern, go out, shout every ten steps, then slowly walk back. Try a few more times and your soul will return."

Zhao Qingming curled his lips and took two bites of the noodles.

Zhao Qingming's grandmother is a local fortune teller who knows all about these things. For a young child, whose head is still open, the most taboo thing is for him to run around everywhere, not to mention what he might run into, he would just be afraid of getting frightened.

Sometimes it is common to lose your soul after being stimulated.

Therefore, children usually wear hats when going out, on the one hand to protect them from the wind, and on the other hand to prevent them from being frightened.

"Alas, it's different. Even if your grandmother came, there was nothing she could do. The soul of the Cai family's child was called away by someone. If you don't believe me, go back and ask your grandmother."

"Calling souls?"

Zhao Qingming raised his head and said, "This shouldn't be the case. In this bright and clear world, who would dare to do something so immoral?"

"There is such a thing."

Everyone immediately became interested, and Li Qing said, "This man is very wicked. Not only does he want money, he also wants to bankrupt the Cai family and leave them no way to survive. I also heard that the Cai family is already the third largest family, and the government will not intervene in this matter."

"What will your family say? During Qingming Festival, no one cares about your grandma, either."

Everyone looked at Zhao Qingming. Zhao Qingming lowered his head and said nothing. He just stuffed the noodles in his hand into his mouth. He slurped two mouthfuls and said, "My grandma doesn't care. We will."

"we??"

"I don't dare to hit him. Yu Tang, didn't you learn the Eighteen Falls? What about Sun Miao's grappling skills? With our skills, it won't be difficult to deal with him."

Several people at the table were all children of underworld backgrounds. They had been influenced by the underworld since childhood and were all very bold. Each of them had a special skill. After hearing what Zhao Qingming said, their eyes lit up and they were eager to try.

"Yes, his family may not be able to come forward, but we are not afraid, let's deal with him!" Zhou Shang slammed the table and stood up.

But at this time, Yang Fengchui frowned: "But we don't even know who the other party is, what should we do?"

Just one sentence, half a bucket of water, immediately calmed everyone down.

At this moment, Xiao Ran cleared his throat and said, "Last night, when I went to the toilet, I saw a group of beggars sneaking around. These beggars don't look like locals. I think they are probably locals."

Has Xiao Ran seen it? Of course not, but he knew about this matter. Since he knew it, there was no need to make everyone go the wrong way, so he simply found a reason to point it out.

Zhao Qingming nodded: "That's right. There has been no disaster recently, so how can there be any beggars? If it were a local, they would not dare to do this kind of business, but beggars are different. They just move to other places after doing their business."

Xie Yutang slapped the table, stood up, put one foot on the bench, and said with a sinister look: "Well, after dinner, let's go find this group of people and keep an eye on them for a day to catch the thief and the stolen goods. If it is really them, we will call Mao Si, the tomb robber, to dig a pit in Beimang Mountain. We will entrap them, strip them naked and bury them in there. Even gods will not be able to find out!"

Xiao Ran sat aside and listened, feeling ashamed: "Are they all a bunch of living devils?"

(End of this chapter)