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After speaking, she went home with the medicine she bought. The next day, Malkina went to the pharmacy to buy medicine again. She pretended to be depressed and said with a sigh, "I'm worried that he won't even be able to take the medicine anymore. I'm afraid he has passed away by now." While Malkina was buying the medicine, Alibaba also made all preparations.He stayed at home, patiently waiting for the mourning and weeping sounds from Gosimu's family, so that he could pretend to be grief-stricken and help with the funeral. Early in the morning of the third day, Malkina put on her veil and went to see Babamusta, a brilliant old tailor.She gave the tailor a gold coin, and said, "Will you put a cloth over your eyes, and come with me to my house?"

Babamusta would not do that.Markina took out another gold coin and pressed it into his hand, begging him again and again to come. Baba Musta was a money slut who was greedy for small favors. When he saw the gold coin, he immediately agreed to the request, covered his eyes with a handkerchief, and let Markina lead him into the black room where Gosimu's body was buried. house.Only then did Malkina remove the handkerchief covering Babamusta's eyes, and told him, "Put this corpse together as it was, sew it up, and then sew it up for him according to the length of the dead man's body." Put on a shroud. After finishing these things, I will give you a good salary."

Babamusta sewed up the body and finished the shroud, as Markina had ordered.Satisfied, Malkina gave Babamusta another gold coin, blindfolded him again, and led him back to the tailor's shop. Malkina returned home quickly, and with the assistance of Ali Baba, washed Gosimu's body with hot water, packed it up, placed it in a clean place, and made all preparations for the burial, and then went to In the mosque, report the funeral to the imam, saying that the mourners are waiting for him to go to the funeral, and ask him to pray for the dead. The patriarch was invited to come to Gosimo's home with Malkina, prayed for the deceased, held a ceremony according to the custom, and then four people carried the coffin containing Gosimo's body and left the house to be sent to the cemetery for burial.Marchina walked at the head of the funeral procession, with disheveled hair, beating her breast and weeping bitterly.

Ali Baba and other relatives and friends followed behind, all with sad faces. After the burial, each went back. Gosimu's wife was alone at home, weeping and mourning. Ali Baba hid at home and quietly mourned for his brother to express his condolences. Because Malkina and Ali Baba were good at coping and thoughtful, the truth about Gosimu's death was unknown to everyone except him and Gosimu's wife. After the forty-day mourning period, Ali Baba took part of his property as a dowry, publicly married his sister-in-law as his concubine, and asked Gosimu's eldest son to inherit his father's inheritance, and reopened the closed shop.Gosimu's eldest son once ran a business with a wealthy businessman, and he learned some skills from what he had heard and seen, and he seemed to be handy in the business field.

On this day, the robbers returned to the cave as usual, and found that Gosimu's body was no longer in the cave, and there were many gold coins missing in the cave, which made them very surprised and at a loss.The leader said: "This matter must be investigated seriously, otherwise, our savings accumulated over the years will be stolen little by little." After hearing the leader's words, the gangsters all felt that it was not appropriate to delay the matter, because they knew that apart from the man they hacked to death who knew the code word to open and close the cave door, the man who removed the corpse and stole the gold coins must also know this word. code word.Therefore, this matter must be pursued decisively. Only by finding out that person can the property be prevented from being stolen.After careful planning, they decided to send a vigilant person, disguised as a foreign businessman, to the streets and alleys of the city to find out who died recently and where they lived.In this way, the clues are found, and the person they want to capture can be found.

"Let me go into the city to find out the news." A gangster volunteered to ask the leader, "I will find out the situation quickly. If you can't complete the task, you can punish me as you like." The leader agreed to the bandit's request. The gangster disguised himself and slipped into the city that night.The next morning he started his activities, and saw that all the shops in the street were closed, except for the shop of Baba Musta, the tailor, who was doing needlework.The bandit greeted him curiously and asked: "The genius is bright, why did you start sewing?"

"I think you are a foreigner. Although I am old, my eyesight is very good. Yesterday, I was still in a dark room, sewing up a corpse." Hearing this, the bandit rejoiced secretly, thinking: "I only need to go through him, and I can achieve my goal." He said calmly to the tailor: "I think you are joking with me. You mean that you give A dead man sewed a shroud?" "Why do you inquire about this matter? How much does this matter have to do with you?" The gangster hurriedly handed a gold coin to the tailor, and said, "I don't want to know any secrets. I'm an honest and honest person. I just want to know, who did you do odd jobs for yesterday? Can you tell me the place, or Take me there for a while?"

The tailor took the gold coin, and it was hard to refuse, so he had to tell him the truth: "Actually, I don't know the address of the family, because I was taken there by a maid who covered my eyes with a handkerchief. Take off the handkerchief over my eyes. I sewed up a corpse that had been cut into several pieces and made a shroud for him, and then the maid blindfolded me and sent me back. Therefore, I cannot tell you The exact address there." "Oh, what a pity! But it doesn't matter. Although you can't point out the exact location of the house, we can do the same as you did last time. Let's practice it again. In this way, you will definitely remember something Come out. Of course, if you can finish this matter, I have gold coins for you.” After speaking, the bandit took out another gold coin to the tailor.

Babamusta put the two gold coins in his pocket, left the shop, and led the gangster to the place where Markina had blindfolded him, and asked the gangster to cover his eyes with a handkerchief and lead him away.Babamusta, who was a man of clear mind and keen senses, was led by the gangster and soon entered the alley that Malkina took him through.He speculated as he walked, and calculated to move forward step by step.As he was walking, he stopped suddenly and said, "I seem to have walked here with that maid last time." By this time Babamusta and the bandits were standing in front of Gosimu's house, which is now Ali Baba's house.

After the bandits found Gosimu's home, they drew a mark on the gate with white chalk, so as not to find the wrong door next time they came to revenge.Filled with joy, he immediately removed the handkerchief from Babamusta's eyes and said, "Babamusta, you have done me a great favor. I am very grateful. May Allah the Great bless you. Now please tell me, yes Who lives in this house?" "Honestly, I don't know at all. I don't know this part of the country." The gangster knew that he could not get any more information from the tailor, so he thanked the tailor repeatedly and told him to go back.He himself hurried back to the cave to report the news.

After the tailor and the bandit had left, Marchina was out on errands, and as soon as she stepped out of the gate, she saw the white mark on the door, and was startled.She pondered for a while, and realized that this was an identification mark deliberately made by someone. The purpose is not clear, but such a sneaky and sneaky move must have malicious intentions.So she used chalk to draw the same mark on all the neighbors' gates.She strictly kept the secret and told no one, even the hostess and hostess. The bandits returned to the mountains and reported to the bandit leader and his companions how they had searched for the clues. After hearing the news, the leader and other bandits slipped into the city to take revenge on those who stole property.The bandit who had marked the gate of Ali Baba's house took the leader directly to Ali Baba's house and said, "Hey! The person we are looking for lives here." The first looked at the houses there, and then looked around, and found that the same mark was painted on the gate of every house, feeling strange, and asked: "The houses here, every house has the same mark on the gate, Which one are you talking about?" The gangster who led the way suddenly became confused and at a loss.He swore: "I just made a mark on the door of a house. I don't know where the marks on the door came from. Now I'm not sure which mark was drawn by me." The leader pondered for a while, and said to the gangsters: "Because he didn't do things well, the house we were looking for was not found, which made our hard work in vain. Now go back to the mountain for now and make plans later." The bandits came here in high spirits, and returned to the cave disappointed. The leader vented his anger on the bandit who led the way, beat him up, and then ordered his subordinates to tie him up and said, "Who among you would like to go to the city again?" Inquiring about the news? If the person who steals property can be caught, I will double reward him." After hearing what the bandit leader said, another bandit volunteered and said: "I would like to go and inquire, and believe that I can meet your request." The bandit leader agreed to send him on this mission.So the gangster found Baba Musta in the tailor's shop, bought the tailor with gold coins, and used him to find Ali Baba's house. He drew a mark with red chalk on the doorpost of Ali Baba's house, and then hurried back to the cave. Report to the bandit leader.He said proudly: "Report to the leader, I have found the house. This time I marked the doorpost with red chalk. I can easily distinguish it."