Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 292: Demons Dance (Part )

"Ugh……"

Everyone walked out of the hut, each with a heavy look on their face, the joy they had just felt was instantly wiped out.

Xiao Ran took the initiative to take on the job of helping the fourth brother, whom he had never met before, to sew up the body, while the others went out to buy some wine and meat. They were not qualified to hold a funeral, so being able to find a straw mat to wrap the body was considered good enough.

The money that Xiao Ran had given him was now spent on the right things. It could buy a bag of flour for the fourth brother and give him a heart, liver, spleen and lungs. In the words of Lao Song, this was a great fortune.

The fourth child came at the right time.

If it had been any other day, no one would have had the spare money to get him a bag of flour, so they would just use straw ropes and mud to mold a shape and stuff it in.

"Uncle Song, is this situation common?"

Xiao Ran asked Lao Song.

"It's not common. I only heard about it occasionally before, but I don't know when it started, but the days are getting weirder and weirder, and it's getting harder and harder to live."

At this point, Old Song looked up at Xiao Ran. "Child, I say the same thing again. Don't think I'm annoying. If you can avoid this job, then don't do it."

"it is good."

Xiao Ran did not argue this time, but just nodded silently.

After buying the flour and spending almost all the money, Xiao Ran took out some of the flour, kneaded it into a ball skillfully, and then kneaded out the internal organs of a person and stuffed it back into the fourth brother.

Then take out the needle and thread and start suturing.

"The dog Si'er's body you stitched up is rated A, and you get 200 energy points."

"Should we initiate the seizure of the business?"

"Yes!"

Xiao Ran opened the memory book of Gou Si'er and glanced through it. There was nothing special. Gou Si'er's life was very short. He spent most of it begging. In the end, he could not make ends meet and ended up doing this job.

Turning to the last page, Gou Si'er was stitching up a male corpse whose internal organs were hollowed out. Gou Si'er used straw and mud to mold his internal organs, but the corpse suddenly spoke and said to Gou Si'er, "I have a lot of money. I hid this money when I was alive. It's enough for you to use for a lifetime. I'll give it all to you, but can you give me something?"

Gou Si'er has been poor all his life. When he heard something like this, his head buzzed. People with chronic hypoglycemia can have their blood pressure soar to 180.

The other party initially just said that he felt cold and wanted Gou Sier’s clothes.

Gou Si'er immediately gave it to the other party, and sure enough, there was a certain amount of extra change on the table.

Then he asked for one of Gou Si'er's ears. Gou Si'er hesitated for a moment, but then he thought, now he was rich, why should he care about an ear? So he simply cut off his own ear, and there appeared an extra gold ingot on the table.

As the money increased, Gou Si'er's greed seemed to ferment uncontrollably.

By the time he came to his senses, his internal organs had been hollowed out.

But the other party climbed up from the corpse-catching board, stuffed the gold and silver treasures on the table into his arms, and walked out happily.

It is said that sake makes people famous, and money makes people dazzled.

Are you saying that Gou Si'er is totally unaware of the danger?
otherwise.

He knew it, but he was greedy and got deeper and deeper into it. When he finally reacted, it was already too late.

Just like the real stock market, people know that the stock market is a scam and the so-called bull market is a ready-made trap, but why do so many people still invest their entire fortunes into it? ?
Isn't it just a bet that you can have the last laugh?

It's pitiful to see them lose the bet and go to the rooftop, but if they win the bet, they will spit on you when they meet, and then call you a "scumbag!"

At noon, everyone used the remaining money to buy food and wine, and held a funeral for Gou Si.

Old Song and the others were even a little envious. As a poor man, being able to leave with dignity was a blessing. At least compared to people like them who didn't know whether they could see the sun tomorrow, this blessing was rare.

The days passed, and in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran had been here for a week.

Bodies were still delivered every night, sometimes more, sometimes less. Most of these bodies were mutilated, and Lao Song and the others didn’t know why.

However, Xiao Ran knew clearly that the powerful and wealthy were the targets of Zhenxian Temple, and as for ordinary believers, they were mostly so-called consumables.

It’s not that he hasn’t thought about destroying the Zhenxian Temple, but the problem is that he probably can’t do it alone.

This Zhenxian Temple has turned the entire Hedong official level into a world infested by evil spirits. He himself has no idea what the situation is inside the Zhenxian Temple.

Most of those corpses were ordinary believers. Even the noble lady from last time only knew a little bit of the basics and could not touch the core of Zhenxian Temple at all.

But Xiao Ran was not in a hurry.

It's not common to see so many corpses every day. I can take this opportunity to accumulate more energy for [Suppressing Evil Order] and prepare to upgrade [Suppressing Evil Order] to C level.

After all, 10,000 energy points is not an easy number to collect.

"Xingbang, you got up so early today."

Early in the morning, Lao Song and others greeted Xiao Ran enthusiastically when they saw him coming out. Because Lao Song and others were older than Xiao Ran, it was not appropriate to always call him "little brother".

So Xiao Ran gave himself a name for convenience. As for the name Xiao Xingbang, it was naturally the name of his eldest cousin.

"Yeah, there are too many mosquitoes. It's uncomfortable to sleep."

Xiao Ran pointed at the mosquito bites on his body.

"Be patient with it, this place is like this. It's okay now that it's cold, but if it's summer... there will be a pile of flies here." Old Song pointed to the corpses piled in the distance. These had just been stored, and the previous batch of corpses had been taken away and disposed of.

During this period, Lao Song and his friends were quite grateful to Xiao Ran. Since Xiao Ran came, their living standards here have risen sharply. Sometimes when there are a lot of corpses, Xiao Ran will take on most of them by himself. When there are many corpses, he can sew seven or eight corpses in one night.

The badges he got were exchanged for food and distributed to Lao Song and his friends.

This made Lao Song and others feel extremely grateful to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran rubbed his eyes and sat in front of the campfire, chatting with Lao Song and the others. Yang Jian, on the other hand, kept his head down and said nothing. No one knew what this guy was thinking, but he would occasionally glance at Xiao Ran's house.

"I heard that the hunger and plague outside are getting worse. Last time I went to the top of the city and took a walk, I saw a dark mass of figures from afar. They walked past like evil spirits, eating whatever they saw. The corpses left behind were eaten clean in a short while..."

An old man made a bitter face and slowly roasted his hands over the campfire as he spoke.

Xiao Ran had not left the alley during this period of time. When he heard them talking about the situation outside the city, he couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted and asked, "Is it already so serious?"

"Yes, the city has been under lockdown for so long, and food is becoming more and more expensive. A bushel of rice now costs 50 coins."

"50 cents? Oh my god, are they going to eat me?"

Hedong is also a grain-producing area. Today, it is not as expensive as it was during the Zhenguan period when the country was founded. At that time, a dou of rice cost only eight cents, but now ten cents is enough. However, now the price of rice is 50 cents. This price is too outrageous.

"There's nothing I can do. I heard the price will go up tomorrow. Then I'll have to sell my land and my daughter."

"So, we are still lucky. At least we have something to eat."

As they were talking, Xiao Ran thought for a moment, "Uncle Song, didn't they say that the government invited the gods from the Zhenxian Temple, so they couldn't cure the famine outside?"

"This... I only heard those officials say that we should wait a little longer until winter comes."

Xiao Ran's heart sank when he heard this. When winter comes and the weather is freezing, those people outside who have been infected with the hunger plague will be frozen into ice. That would be easy to deal with. But the problem is that in another month at best, the yellow disaster will probably come.

With the yellow disaster, evil spirits, and the famine outside, Xiao Ran could already foresee that the land of Hedong would soon become a Shura hell.

"Uncle Song!"

Xiao Ran took out some tags. These tags were the rewards he earned from sewing corpses during this period. Xiao Ran handed all the tags to Uncle Song.

"This……"

"Please take these signs and exchange them for food immediately, and then share them among everyone. Otherwise, food will become more and more expensive in the future. I'm afraid... we may not be able to eat in the future."

"That's alarmist, isn't it? Although we are worthless, we are also members of the government. The emperor is not afraid of starvation. How can the government lose our food?"

Old Song was about to return the sign to Xiao Ran, and whispered, "Kid, you are a good person. We have lived to such an age and have already accepted our fate, but you can't. Listen to me, change these into silver. When those families can't hold on any longer, you can use the silver to buy houses and land at low prices. If you are lucky, you can even buy a wife. When the world is balanced, don't do this business anymore."

"Yes, yes, this is a good opportunity for you to change your identity."

Everyone listened to what Lao Song said and nodded, thinking that this was a good idea. As long as Xiao Ran had the skills, he would not be afraid of starving to death. By keeping some capital, he could take advantage of this turmoil to turn things around as soon as possible.

Old Song's idea was correct, but he overlooked one point, that is, the subsequent unrest was completely beyond his imagination. Not to mention the houses and fields, this place might become a dead city. No matter how much money he had, it would be useless. It would be better to exchange it for food, which might give him a chance to escape.

Just when Xiao Ran wanted to explain, he saw Master Lu and other yamen runners coming over from a distance: "You are all here."

When everyone saw Master Lu, they all stood up.

Old Song stepped forward and said, "Master Lu, why is it not time yet?"

Bodies are usually delivered at night; it is not time to deliver bodies during the day.

Master Lu smiled when he heard this and said, "Don't be afraid. The master has ordered another errand and needs two of you to come. If you do it well, each of you will be paid one tael of silver."

When they heard about one or two taels of silver, Lao Song and the others looked at each other, but no one dared to accept it. Having been sewing corpses here for so long, they knew that the more money there was, the hotter it would be, and they were afraid that they would not be able to spend it even if they earned it.

"Why! You're not talking?"

When Mr. Lu saw this, his face immediately darkened.

"I will go, sir."

Xiao Ran stood up. He wanted to see what these people were going to do.

"Okay, who's the last one left?"

Seeing Xiao Ran take the initiative to step forward, Mr. Lu's expression looked much better.

"I'll go."

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with one blind eye. He usually curled up in a corner and kept silent, but this time he took the initiative to stand up.

"Okay, then you two, no need to pack up, just follow me, with luck we can be back before dark."

"Sir, wait a moment!"

Xiao Ran asked Master Lu to wait for a moment, then turned around and stuffed the signs into Old Song's arms: "Listen to me, exchange them all for food."

After saying that, Xiao Ran immediately followed Master Lu and the others and walked out of the alley. As he walked, Xiao Ran approached Master Lu and whispered, "Master Lu, where are we going this time..."

Master Lu grinned, looked at them and said with a smile: "Hehe, you are lucky, we are going to see the gods today..."

As soon as Xiao Ran left, Yang Jian quietly entered Xiao Ran's room, holding the quilt on the bed with both hands, his eyes shining brightly: "Mine, mine, hahahaha, now no one can snatch it from me..."

(End of this chapter)