Next, Li Lu stood in front of someone else's grave and told me about the regulations for about half an hour about digging graves, harming the dignity of corpses, and insulting corpses, specific cases, and criminal responsibility. The cool midnight breeze gently lifted his words and blew his voice far away.

"Comrade, are you really just a policeman?" I was bored, forced to accept the indoctrination of knowledge from my left ear and out of my right ear.

"I went to audit law school classes when I was an undergraduate, and I remember a little bit. ”

"We're just digging up the soil and looking inside, and if there's a problem, you'll make up for it, and if it's okay, we'll cover it quietly, and God knows you and I'll know it, and there won't be a problem," I pointed to the moon in the sky, and then made a gesture of sewing my mouth on.

Under my encouragement, the serious expression on Li Lu's face loosened somewhat. I hurriedly found a discarded shovel from nearby and stuffed it into Li Lu's hand. The shovel looks to be a few years old, and the handle has been completely rusted by wind and rain, and the original metal color is not distinguishable. "There's this one here, let's see if you can take advantage of it. ”

"Okay, you can help me take care of it", Li Lu handed me the flashlight a little helplessly, then rolled up his two sleeves and lowered his hand towards the new grave in front of him. Fortunately, the coffin was not buried deeply, and the soil was relatively soft, Li Luo did not make much effort, and soon, a fir coffin painted with red lacquer of jujube wood was rediscovered. There was still floating soil on the coffin, mixed with the saffron paper money raised high during the burial, and the color had faded.

"You go to the back, stay away from here", Li Luo squatted in front of the tomb, inspected the coffin inside, and then turned to me and said, "Ordinary people can't see this." ”

"Generally, seven nails are used on one side of the coffin, but this one uses eight, which is a bit interesting", I didn't pay attention to Li Lu's suggestion, but walked over and squatted down beside him, studying the coffin in front of me. In fact, the nail nail is more like a small formation, such as the regular seven nails to imply the prosperity of future generations, and the eight nails can hold the ghost tightly and imprison the coffin. This also explains why Cao Ke felt that the surroundings were pitch black on the day of the conjuring, like insects stuffed in a jar.

While Li Lu was not paying attention, behind the back of my right hand, golden light flashed from my fingertips, and a simple spell was drawn in the air. The formation of eight nails was powerless for ordinary ghosts to resist, but for the Celestial Master, it could be easily destroyed. As soon as I finished drawing the charm, Li Lu used a shovel to pry into the gap between the coffin lid and the coffin, and the coffin lid was slightly loose.

"It can be opened, but the nails are not nailed tightly", he stood up, using the shovel as a lever, and the lid of the coffin loosened even more, revealing a dark gap. At the same time, a strange and unpleasant smell escaped, and it made my stomach feel sick again. "I'm going to open it, you stand in the back. Li Lu said as he stood sideways in front of me, blocking my view with his shoulder.

"I can, no problem", I gave a step to the left, and he followed suit, his shoulder blocking my view again. After doing this three times, I was almost defeated by his persistence, and I could only consult with him in an almost pleading tone, "I promise, I'm very bold, it's really fine." ”

He looked at me distrustfully for a moment, then finally lost the battle and made room for my gaze. "Wait, if you can't stand it, don't throw it on me. As he spoke, he repressed the handle of the spade, and the soft lines of muscles on his arms appeared, and the green tendons protruded slightly. The gap under the lid of the coffin grew larger and wider, and a swarm of flies and ants flew out with the smell of rancidity, forcing people to hold their breath and concentrate. Luckily, I brought a mask.

I gladly glanced at Li Lu, who didn't seem to be affected by the smell, and still had a focused look on his face. Fortunately, the lid of this coffin was relatively light, and he and I were able to push it open and lay it diagonally on the ground, and the situation inside the coffin was gradually revealed.

There are two corpses lying in this cold, damp cavern, which looks extremely unsettling under the direct illumination of a flashlight, even a bit like a horror movie horror shot. The corpse on the left was basically white, with a bright red horse coat draped over the skeleton, and a corsage pinned to the garment, which was vaguely legible with the words groom written on it. The corpse next to it was not so neat, it was a female corpse that could still be seen in human form—let's say it was humanoid—and the body under the red dress was visibly swollen, especially the corpse's abdomen. Some of her skin had begun to decay, covered in signs of insect infestation and bacterial invasion, while others remained intact in an incongruous and eerie way. Her face was extremely hideous, her eyes were now covered in dirt and blood clots, her lips were slightly open, and her tongue hung limply outward. To my surprise, there was a piece of yellow paper pressed under the woman's body, which seemed to have a spell to dispel resentment and urge rebirth—but unfortunately it didn't come in handy.

I know that she is Cao Ke, whether it is her in the photo or in front of me, her image is clear, three-dimensional, and real from my eyes. Her soul rose from the coffin, floating weakly in the air.

"I didn't expect you to be really not afraid. There are quite a few new police officers in our team, and they don't eat until they go to see the bodies for the first time, so as not to spoil the scene," he covered his mouth and nose with his cuffs, and looked down to examine the two bodies carefully.

"It's just that it tastes a little bad. "Coming to this world to be a ghost is like suddenly opening the eyes of yin and yang, what kind of strange ghosts have never been seen, and they have long been trained from the initial startle to a hard-hearted heart. "But I'm curious, comrade policeman, how did you react when you first saw a corpse?"

He ignored me, pulled out a pair of plastic gloves from his coat pocket, and expertly brought them up. Then he knelt beside the coffin, lightly touching the corpse's head, mouth, nose, and neck, and then, as if sensing something, he brought his head closer, almost to the corpse.

Cao Ke's ghost looked at Li Lu indifferently, as if the touched body came from an irrelevant person, a stranger who had nothing to do with her. She can no longer be called a complete ghost, because her remnants are in my place, and they have been weighed down by eight nails, so the three souls and seven spirits are not complete, so powerless, difficult and thin, faint almost about to disappear. It won't be long.

At this point, there's not much I can do. Taking advantage of Li Lu's attention to the corpse, I beckoned to Cao Ke, her empty eyes turned from the corpse to me, and a line of scarlet tears fell from her eyes.

Leave it to me. I waved my hand at her, but I thought she knew what I meant. She bowed to me, her distorted face gradually unfolded, and the plain face that belonged to Cao Ke reappeared, but it became clearer and clearer. The moonlight caressed her and caressed me equally, as loving, harmonious, and impartial as caressing all things in the world.