Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 51: Autopsy

"Let me take inventory?"

Lin Beixuan pretended to glance at Liu Fei beside him casually, and saw that the other party had a blank expression and slowly took a step forward.

"Brother Mo, he is not professional enough. Let me do the autopsy."

Lin Beixuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing what Liu Fei said. How come you Liu family are in charge of weddings and funerals, and you are also interested in autopsies? You are not a forensic coroner.

But how could he ask an inappropriate question at this time? He just remained silent and looked at the black-robed man named Mo.

However, the man in black robe shook his head and still pointed at him.

"Just let him come."

At this time, Ma Lu came out and interrupted, "Brother Mo, we have been doing business for so long, don't you trust our Liu family?"

The Liu family has done business with the Xiangxi corpse-carrying clan for several times, and everyone is basically familiar with each other. Except for the first time when the other party picked people to perform an autopsy, the rest of the time the Liu family just randomly called people to take a look and that was it, and everyone knew it tacitly.

Unexpectedly, the other party would pick someone again this time. This showed that they did not trust the Liu family, and Maru could see it clearly.

"It's not that I can't trust you. Both parties to a transaction have the right to designate who should inspect the goods. This is the rule."

"Although we are just doing business in these two worlds and are not as powerful as your Liu family, we hope that you can also follow the basic rules. If everyone does not follow them, then it will be a mess. What business can we do?"

"Or do you not trust your own people?"

Maru frowned when he heard this. He didn't expect the other party to say it to this extent. It was originally just a small matter, but now both sides have lost face.

Seeing that Maru looked unhappy, if he continued, not only would he lose face, but the deal would probably fall through. Since he had already accepted the things from others, he should do something for them.

Lin Beixuan sighed and walked out from behind Malu.

"Since Brother Mo has said it is the rule, then we will follow the rule. If there is any problem with the goods, Brother Mo should not shirk responsibility."

Lin Beixuan said this in advance, and at the same time he also meant for Malu and Liu Fei to keep an eye on things themselves.

At this moment, a faint voice like a mosquito came to his ear: "Remember the taboo I said."

Liu Fei's voice.

Lin Beixuan turned his head slightly to glance at the man in black robe and found that the other party seemed unable to hear what Liu Fei said to him.

One, don’t touch the corpse; two, don’t blow air on the corpse; three, don’t break the red string.

The short sentence kept echoing in his mind. Lin Beixuan shrugged his shoulders and walked forward as if nothing had happened. He passed by the man in black robe and caught a glimpse of the other's slightly cruel triangular eyes from the corner of his eye.

If only the man guarding the door and this Brother Mo are alive, that means those standing behind are actually corpses.

Lin Beixuan held his breath and walked forward to remove the hat on the first person's head.

The hat was taken off, and the cloth covering the other person's face also fell down. Lin Beixuan suddenly felt a cold wind blowing in his face, which stung his skin a little.

Hidden under the black robe was the body of a man. His neck was broken, but it had been sewn up with red thread. His eyes were closed and his cheeks were covered with a layer of light yellow powder, covering his dead white skin.

When examining a corpse, one must not only look at the face but also the body. Lin Beixuan has seen many dead people in the secular world, so he is not afraid of corpses. After thinking about it, he prepared to take off the robe on the corpse.

"Wait, why are you taking off the corpse's clothes?" Brother Mo suddenly spoke up to stop Lin Beixuan's actions.

"Autopsy, how can I know if the body is intact if I don't take off my clothes?"

Lin Beixuan first glanced at Maru, and when he saw that the latter didn't say anything, he grinned at him and said, "This is not beyond the rules, right?"

"No." The man in black robe looked at Lin Beixuan with cold eyes.

Although he was angry, this was indeed within the rules. If he stopped the other party from taking off his clothes for inspection, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?

Lin Beixuan didn't waste any more time and took off the robe from the corpse.

Under the robe, the corpse was wearing rags, a style that could be found in the secular world. Its hands and feet were cold and stiff, and its nails were much longer than those of ordinary people. "They are all fresh and high-quality corpses, and have not yet been completely transformed into zombies." The man in black robe sneered.

Lin Beixuan took a quick glance. He actually didn't know how to perform an autopsy. He mainly looked at the expressions of Malu and Liu Fei. If they looked normal, then there was no problem.

"It's good."

Nodding in pretended appreciation, Lin Beixuan continued to check the next corpse.

There were basically no problems with the ones in front, until the last one, Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

On the surface, this corpse was no different from the previous ones, but the width of the suture at the neck was a little wider. If he hadn't carefully observed the neck of the first corpse when he examined it and had a deep impression of it, he probably wouldn't have been able to see anything by looking at this corpse alone.

Lin Beixuan once visited the Shuiliangjie communication group in his spare time and saw this common saying in a post in the square.

"The knife seller, the executioner, and the mourners are everywhere: the second shoemaker, the tomb keeper, and the thousand thieves of orchids are all in tune with the god."

A total of nine occupations are mentioned in it, among which executioners and tomb keepers are more well-known to the public. One beheads people at the execution ground, and the other guards tombs for others. However, they are both low-class occupations and are not very popular.

However, there is another profession that is even more unpopular, and it can be said that people would want to avoid it when they see it. That is the shoemaker, also known as the corpse seamer.

The leather worker, the executioner, the coroner, the paper-folder and the corpse driver all belong to the Laoyinmen business. Among them, the executioner, the leather worker and the corpse driver have formed a special system of walking on the Yinmen.

Generally speaking, those who were convicted and beheaded by the executioner would have their heads sewed back on by a leatherworker who specialized in this business under the government office, and then the bodies would be handed over to corpse drivers to be sent back to the deceased's hometown.

Apart from some individual jobs, it can be said that most of the work for corpse drivers comes from government offices.

But no matter whether these shoemakers are official or folk, they all have one thing in common, that is, they do this job for a living, so their techniques are naturally skilled, and it is impossible for them to have different widths. Even if they are apprentices practicing, the master still has to be there to supervise them.

Of course, if anyone wants to question it, then they are questioning the professionalism of the leatherworker industry!
Lin Beixuan didn't think that people who specialized in this business would allow corpses to be stitched up with uneven quality, as that would only damage their reputation. So he looked up at the man in black robe and expressed his doubts.

"Is the second shoemaker in Brother Mo's family sick?"

His words were so roundabout that the man in black robe didn't react for a moment and just stood there in a daze with his eyes wide open.

Malu instantly understood the meaning of Lin Beixuan's words, and looked at the man in black robe, waiting for his reaction.

"Young man, what do you mean by this question?" The man in black robe noticed the question in Lin Beixuan's words, and his tone gradually became unfriendly.

Lin Beixuan made an apologetic gesture: "It's nothing serious, I just think the neck line of this corpse is a little crooked, it's not the same as what I remembered."

"Really?" The man in black robe looked at Maru who had already noticed something strange and was walking towards him, and suddenly laughed grimly.

"Then you can go down and ask Old Man Mo why their second leatherworker's craftsmanship is so poor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Beixuan found that there was a gust of wind behind his head. The originally cold corpse came to life strangely, opened its eyes, and revealed its blood-red pupils.

"I'm so suffocated. I told you not to put on this show. You can just lure them in and kill them. Why do you have to keep me pretending to be dead? There's no need for a sneak attack to deal with these people."

The corpse spoke.

Lin Beixuan was stunned for a moment, then he reacted suddenly. Without thinking, he lunged forward, dodged the opponent's arm, and rolled on the ground.

"You are not Brother Mo!"

Compared to Lin Beixuan, Maru was obviously more shocked. He took a big step and quickly stood in front of Lin Beixuan.

"Brother Mo? I have never admitted that I am one, you just keep calling me that."

The black-robed man looked around at Lin Beixuan and the other two, pointed at a corpse in the middle of the row and said, "Hey, the old man Mo you mentioned is standing inside."

"You actually want to rob your fellow thieves?" Liu Fei's face was solemn, with a questioning tone in his voice.

"It's just a thug robbing another thug. What can you do to me?"

(End of this chapter)