Chapter 69: The Funeral
After Ali left, the two of us closed the door, sat down on the bed and began to work on countermeasures.
"Zhong Xiaoxian, isn't it a bit worthless to buy a member for 10 million?" Tan Fangshen also seemed to be a little distressed about the money, in fact, I can understand him, after all, we don't really want to go to play with women in it to get a member, we just want to find out who the person who auctioned the rosewood that day was.
"How do you say this, if you want to say that 10 million to buy a life, it's not expensive, but if there is another way, let's try not to break too far!"
"Do you have any good ideas for that little immortal Zhong?"
I said: "You call your friend named Xie Quanxiang and ask him how he took you in that day, if it really doesn't work, we will go again in the evening, it is best to wait at the door before the staff inside go to work, pay some money to buy a few people, and then let them go in to inquire, if anyone gives valuable clues, it doesn't matter if you give more money, at least it is much cheaper than directly applying for a membership card." โ
Tan Fangshen nodded and said, "I can only do this first."
After that, he took out the phone and called Xie Quanxiang, in the phone the man said that his invitation card was also given by a friend, and a card can only bring one more person, and said that his friend could not come to Thailand during that time, and he was very idle and wanted to come over to see, by the way to relax, as for how his friend got the invitation card he didn't know, and then Xie Quanxiang asked Tan Fangshen if the piece of rosewood was built, Tan Fangshen didn't seem to reveal the ghost in the material to him, so he replied hesitantly that it had not yet reached the completion of the project, and then chatted a few words about what was not, and hung up the phoneใ
Xie Quanxiang's road is impassable, it seems that we can only go to the club again in the evening, and then after Ali brought back the meal, during the meal, we asked Ali about the business hours of the club, and then told him the idea, and said that he didn't need to follow, just rest in this hotel and wait for us.
Ali is also a very transparent person, probably thinking that the two of us are going to play at night, it is inconvenient to take him, and it is impossible to get him a card to go in together, it is better to wait at the door than to wait here comfortably, so I didn't say anything, I happily agreed, and went back to my room, I guess he may regard us as a particularly rich master, and he will definitely not leave him and run away, let alone treat him badly.
One afternoon, the two of us were in the hotel, during which I also talked to Lu Shen on the phone, asked about the situation over there, the other party said that Lu Zhi made two more mistakes, the dark spots on his body were bigger, and now he had just eaten and rested, and let us go back as soon as possible if possible, otherwise he was worried about the lack of time, I calculated the time, from I received this work to today, it has been five days, it is indeed not much time, I quickly agreed to hang up the phone.
Tan Fangshen and I barely said anything in the afternoon, and when it was about four o'clock in the afternoon, Ali dropped us off at the door of the club and drove back to the hotel.
The two of us stood under the tree not far from the clubhouse and waited, about ten minutes or so, a young man came, it seemed that he was going to enter the clubhouse, Tan Fangshen and I hurriedly stepped forward to stop the man, and then said in Chinese: "Hello, are you the staff of this club?"
Originally, I was worried that it would be a language barrier, but suddenly I thought that in such a high-level clubhouse, the staff definitely know at least two languages, and Chinese and English should be the most basic!
Sure enough, the young man nodded and replied in not very fluent Chinese: "Yes!
"Oh oh! That's right," Tan Fangshen said, pulling the young man to the side and continuing in a slightly hidden place, "I want to inquire about something, may I ask who was the auctioneer of the last rosewood at an auction more than half a month ago?
The young man frowned, looked at Tan Fangshen and me suspiciously, and asked defensively: "Why are you asking this? We have a rule here, you can't disclose any guest information to others, otherwise I will not only lose my job, but also may be harmed."
As soon as I heard what he meant, it seemed that I knew who the owner of the timber was, otherwise he would have replied directly, "I don't know," wouldn't it be over? What are you doing with all that? Losing your job and getting hurt.
Tan Fangshen is not a fool, he seems to have guessed this, and then took out a thick pile of thousand yuan baht from his pocket and shook it in front of the young man, saying:
"The two of us are from China, I heard that there is a good rosewood material, but it was auctioned, so we want to ask the auctioneer of the wood to see if he has any excess there, if the little brother you know and tell me who this person is, the money in my hand is yours, and I will definitely keep it secret, we Chinese talk about it"
The young man seemed to hesitate at first, but after his eyes came into contact with the thick wad of banknotes in Tan Fangshen's hand, he glanced around, saw that there was no one else, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "His name is Pasong Shinawatra, and he lives in Chiang Rai", so he grabbed the money in Tan Fangshen's hand and ran away.
Tan Fangshen and I didn't stop him, we all knew in our hearts that this man would never lie to us, because a person's eyes can tell us a lot of things, not to mention Tan Fangshen, an old fritter who has been in the mall for a long time, it is not so easy to fool me.
What's more, this kid can also run the monk and run the temple, as long as he works here, it will not be difficult for us to find him, so I discussed with Tan Fangshen again, due to the urgency of time, we can only rush to Chiang Rai overnight.
After that, we called Ali and asked him if it was convenient for him to go to Chiang Rai with us, the price could be increased, and he would be given 10,000 baht a day.
10,000 baht buys out Ali's time, in fact, this is also related to Thailand's low income, where ordinary workers only earn a few hundred baht a day, 10,000 baht is equivalent to a month's salary, Ali has no reason to refuse.
In less than ten minutes we saw Ali's car appear in the sight of the two of us, after which we had a casual meal, the bank card and passport were on us, and there was nothing of value in the hotel, so we set off directly to Chiang Rai city.
It is estimated that Ali also guessed that we came to Thailand not so simple to play, and on the way he was very knowledgeable and did not ask us why we suddenly went to Chiang Rai, but just gave us a brief introduction.
He said that Chiang Rai is in the north of Thailand, and Burma, Laos next to each other, with the mysterious Golden Triangle, although it is only about 800 kilometers away from Bangkok, but because the roads there are rugged, mostly mountain roads, traffic jams, so it is estimated that it takes more than ten hours to drive, and told the two of us that that place is the base camp for opium production, that is, drugs, the urban area is fine, but if you go to the mountains, you must be careful, strangers give cigarettes and water should not be touched, and must be low-key, low-key, and low-key.
Hearing him say this, I feel that the 10,000 baht given this day is too worthwhile, and others may not be able to do so much, at least they won't mention you so much.
Later, in the car, Tan Fangshen and I fell asleep in a daze, and when it was almost dawn, we were woken up by Ali and said that we were in Chiang Rai.
I got out of the car and stretched my numb legs, and was about to ask Ali to take us to the hotel to rest, but at this time, Ali stared at Tan Fangshen who got out of the car together, and didn't say a word for a long time.
I hurriedly urged the stunned Ali to quickly find a nearby hotel, Ali came back to his senses, hurriedly re-ignited the car, and stayed in a five-star hotel called Emmy, the dark spots on Tan Fangshen's face looked a little infiltrating, I was afraid that it would attract too much attention, so I asked Ali to buy a headscarf and come back, so as to cover it.
The two of us slept in the car all night, and Tan Fangshen's dark spots had begun to spread to his face, which seemed to be delayed, so the two of us went out during the day to inquire about the home called Pasong Shinawatra, fortunately, this person is more famous in Chiang Rai, and after asking a few Chinese in the local area, we finally learned that his home address is near a tourist attraction called White Temple in Chiang Rai.
We went back to the hotel to wake up Ali, told him the address, and then drove to the White Temple again, it was almost evening when we arrived at the place, we almost didn't have much effort to come to Pasong Shinawatra's house, which is also a villa building, it seems that Thai people don't like high-rise buildings, and the residents live in all villas except for civilian areas.
We got out of the car and walked a few steps, and we saw a lot of people gathered at the door of Basong Shinawatra's house, and there was the sound of ancient music, and the sound of blowing the sheng was very lively, I thought there was something happy in his house, and when I was about to go forward, Ali behind me hurriedly grabbed me, and then pulled Tan Fangshen back, we didn't know why but didn't refuse, and followed Ali out of the crowd.
"Two bosses, are you here to find someone?" Ali asked the two of us in a low voice.
"yes, we're looking for someone, what?"
Tan Fangshen glanced at Ali inexplicably, Ali's expression was also very weird, pursed his lips and continued: "This family is dead, are you coming to the funeral? If not, I advise you two to come another day, it seems that you will be buried tonight."
"Dead people?"
I looked back in surprise at the crowd of people playing gongs and drums and dancing at the door, and each of them had no painful look on their faces, and no one was crying.
"Hey, two bosses, do you understand, how can you come here to join if you don't understand?" Ali shook his head helplessly, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.
Tan Fangshen was even more surprised, and asked Ali: "What the hell is going on?
"The two bosses don't know, the person you are looking for must be a Thai Miao people, and his family is indeed dead, Miao people believe in ghosts, and the funeral is also very complicated, after the death of the person, the first song and dance suona sang the praises of the deceased, waiting for his family to arrive, and then kill the chicken and slaughter the pig to sacrifice the ghost, and then began to be buried, and the burial time will be at night"
As Ali spoke, I heard the sound of a bamboo pole tapping behind me, and then two strong men split the bamboo pole in half, and then one person hollowed out half of the bamboo pole.
Ali next to him continued: "This is making a coffin, you see, it won't be long before the chickens and pigs will be slaughtered, and when all this is done, the deceased will be buried, but the spouse and children of the deceased cannot go to the funeral, so that his ghost will come back at night and disturb the family"
As soon as Ali's words fell, the terrible howl of the pig was heard, accompanied by the "clucking" of the chicken, as if to confirm Ali's words, and he followed the steps he said one by one.
", Zhong Xiaoxian, why do I have a bad premonition?"
Seeing this, Tan Fangshen next to him pulled me and whispered in my ear that Ali may have also heard him call me, looked at me with shocked eyes, and didn't say a word.
"Anyway, we've got to go in and have a look."
Anyway, I took the lead in walking towards the villa, Tan Fangshen followed closely, Ali didn't know why he also followed the two of us in, I didn't stop it, anyway, after returning to China, no one knew anyone, he wanted to follow!
And the most important thing is that we also need him to be the translator, after all, Thai aborigines like this, even if they know Chinese, they may not be proficient, and the consequences of language barrier are very serious.