Compared with the other backlogs that are being investigated, Xia Moqing and Xiao Yunfei are responsible for the smallest movement.

Do not invest a large amount of police force in a large-scale survey, do not organize technical people's police to watch surveillance day and night, take screenshots and then cross-compare, and narrow the scope of visits and inquiries to a very small extent, as long as one police officer and several auxiliary police officers are selected from the criminal police teams of each responsible area and the police station in the jurisdiction that are familiar with the situation, and then ask the religious and civil affairs departments to send a few cadres to assist.

It is more convenient to visit and inquire about monks and Taoists at night than during the day.

Xia Moqing was unwilling to wait for the news, so he explained to Xiao Yunfei, so he went to the countryside with Wei Jingyu, the captain of the criminal police brigade, and Zhang Siling, a female cadre of the Civil Affairs Bureau, to go around several Buddhist dojos that were relatively large tonight.

Zhang Siling is 49 years old, with short energetic hair, and looks younger than her actual age, and she is a cadre who came out of the countryside.

Her experience is legendary, she served as the village women's director at the age of 18, and was promoted to a cadre at the age of 21, successively serving as the assistant of the township civil affairs, and the vice president and president of the township nursing home.

In 2006, the county funeral home was relocated, the old director suffered from cancer, and the new director suffered a car accident after a few days. She was not afraid, the leader talked to her in the morning, and went to the funeral home in the afternoon to take office, and worked until she took a back seat last year.

Dealing with the dead every day, and coming out of the countryside, is a treasure for the local funeral customs.

"Based on the theoretical mortality rate of 7 per 1,000, about 2,100 people die in the county every year. But now the population is aging, traffic accidents and safety accidents occur from time to time, far exceeding this number, a total of 2,763 people died in the county last year, an average of 7 to 8 people a day, that is to say, there will be seven or eight Buddhist services almost every day. ”

Xia Moqing was confused, and asked with a puzzled expression: "Sister Zhang, a Buddhist event can invite a dozen monks and Taoists at most, but as far as I know, there are at least four or five hundred fake monks and fake Taoists in the county. Do they have a business? ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Siling folded her fingers and introduced in Mandarin with a Chinese accent: "Dying a person is not doing a Buddhist thing, we have formed a kind of ugly, strange and strange here for a long time, and there is a relatively fixed process. The starting point is the day of death. It can be roughly divided into three stages.

The first stage is 'send three', 'first seven', two-three-four-five-six-seven, and break seven. In these seven seven and forty-nine days, send three, five, seven, and six seven, and it will be done in a big way; The second stage is full of graves and filial piety. After passing away for three years, it is necessary to do a big job; Full meal, ten years, 100 years old, these are the subsequent stages, and each stage must invite monks and Taoists. ”

Dead a person has to do so many times, no wonder fake monks and fake Taoists are rampant.

Looking at her thoughtful appearance, Zhang Siling smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "There are many reasons why these bad customs have been repeatedly banned, mainly because they can partially cater to the psychological needs of the people. Influenced by the idea that the soul is immortal. Later generations always hope that the deceased will ascend to heaven safely, so as to facilitate reincarnation, and beg the deceased to bless their children and grandchildren with peace and prosperity.

One family looks at one family, even if it is not filial piety during life, it will be buried after death. It can be said that it has a binding force on the behavior and consciousness of the common people. It is not by laws and regulations, nor by scientific knowledge, but by the forces of habit, by the power of transmission, and by psychological beliefs. ”

Wei Jingyu added: "Now that the economy is good, the locals are afraid of being laughed at as monks and Taoists, and this market is occupied by foreign monks and Taoists. Many monks and Taoists were illiterate peasants who wore robes. Follow the leader and hum, and you can earn hundreds of dollars for one Buddhist event. ”

As he was talking, there was a sound of gongs and drums outside the car.

Looking at the probe, the lights are bright ahead. A small building is full of cars parked at the door, and there are sheds in the courtyard, many adults and children come in and out, the filial piety hat on the head, and the hemp rope tied around the waist is faintly visible.

Several police officers who were in charge of visiting and inquiring about Buddhist work at this house arrived early, but parked the police car far away. Sitting in the car and smoking, I didn't rush in to ask.

The heavens and the earth are great, and the dead are great.

A very strict religious ceremony is being held inside, and if the monks and Taoists are called out for questioning, the grief-stricken filial sons and grandsons will definitely be anxious with them.

Humane law enforcement is very important, and it can't be that the case is not investigated, but it will cause a lot of trouble first.

Xia Moqing didn't say anything, just took out his mobile phone and was about to sit in the car and wait with them, Zhang Siling pushed the car door and said, "I know the master's family, and you are not wearing a police uniform, we can go in first to have a look." ”

"Okay."

Wei Jingyu also didn't wear a police uniform, for fear that she would have even a little accident, so he hurriedly pushed the car door and followed.

The deceased has been cremated, and the urn is placed on the top cabinet, and an everlasting lamp is placed next to it, which is said to be 7749 days and nights, which is used to light the way for the soul to go to the "western heaven".

The monks beat gongs and drums, chanted scriptures loudly, and the great monks sat on the platform to pray and confess and occupy the soul.

They brought their own gongs, drums, cymbals and other musical instruments, and hung their portraits of the Buddha on the walls. A few Taoist priests on the side hung out the portraits of the eight immortals such as He Xiangu, Uncle Cao Guo, and Zhang Guolao, and the eight trigrams were painted on the drum, and the Buddhist disciples and the Taoist disciples cooperated closely, which was simply ridiculous.

There were a lot of old people watching the excitement in the courtyard, Zhang Siling said hello to the main family, returned to Xia Moqing's side and whispered: "This is 'sending three', also called 'Yang Cheng', which is a ritual of the ascension of the undead to heaven, and it is an important stage in the funeral." At noon, relatives, friends, and neighbors should bring paper to participate, in our local dialect, life in the world three three, referring to 'happy three', 'send three' and 'three dead'. ”

The monks have been reciting words, occasionally going to the funeral shed to do a drama and recite a few verses, and whenever this time the filial son burns a package of paper in front of the brazier.

What's even more ridiculous is that some monks actually chanted scriptures while calling their mobile phones. The Taoist priest sat on the side, smoking and chatting, beating the drum twice and blowing a few suona from time to time. The main family doesn't care, maybe the important thing for them is to get the procedure done, as for the effect, only God knows.

At about ten o'clock, all the monks and Taoists walked to the front of the courtyard, chanted and burned paper towards the east, and the filial son followed to the east to bow and bow.

Under their arrangement, the family lifted out three paper sedan chairs, two small sedan chairs for two little ghosts, and one large one was ridden by the undead, and put in a "small quilt", "small quilt" is a three-finger-wide paper quilt folded with paper, and then spread a piece of cloth on the westward road, so that the undead can have a smooth journey.

As soon as the qiē was ready, the drums were once again in full swing. Burn all the paper wallets and wrap them up for the undead to use later. The important thing is to point paper in front of each paper sedan chair. If something goes wrong, the imp will play tricks on the undead and cause them to suffer.

Incinerate paper money for the undead and bribe imps. Perhaps it is the refraction of the secular concept of human affection in the view of the underworld.

The smell of burning paper was too bad, Xia Moqing was just about to go out to take a breath, the paper package had been ordered, and the filial son knelt in front of the undead sedan chair and shouted "Please get on the sedan chair".

The monks should chant the scriptures. The fat-headed and big-eared monk suddenly shouted: "Raise the soul! ”

With his order, the filial son carried the sedan chair and led all the relatives and friends and the monk to the west for one or two hundred meters, knelt down, burned the paper sedan chair, and watched the deceased go west to the sky, and the monks recited about ten minutes of sutras. Everyone stood up, and the "three send-off" ceremony was announced.

After the work was finished, the big monk took care of the master's house to settle the accounts and take the money, and the little monk and the little Taoist priest quickly packed up his things. Wei Jingyu didn't want to waste any more time, so he turned around and made a look. Several police officers who were waiting outside the hospital immediately walked in.

"From the Public Security Bureau, I'm looking for you to find out more about the situation."

No one knew if they had anything to do with the case, and there weren't many people coming, so they could only leave two assistant police officers to guard the door and block them inside for questioning. The police from the police station greeted Zhang Siling, and the main family was very cooperative, and even prepared a few rooms.

Several policemen suddenly appeared, and the great monk was startled.

Hurriedly took out the cigarettes given by the main family, and while currying favor and distributing them, he used Mandarin with a Nanhe accent. He said with a sad face: "Comrade policeman, we are just eating with a mouth, and we are not swaggering." "Diamond Sutra", "Cao Guan Sutra" ...... As long as all the sutras to be recited by the Buddha are recited, it is the same as in the temple. No cutting corners, no cheating. ”

Wei Jingyu put the cigarette aside and asked coldly, "Have you quit?" ”

What are you kidding, a few of the monks who do Buddhist things in Ruzhong have precepts, and the great monk was dumbfounded, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Comrade policeman." You know, there's no one doing Buddha things in this area. We paid the town, a hundred, with a receipt, a receipt with an official seal. ”

In order to prevent him from being dishonest, Wei Jingyu first gave the sex, and said with an expressionless face: "If you don't quit, you are a fake monk, and you are a swagger and deception." ”

This is a gray industry, and the police have the power to manage it if they want to.

The great monk realized that he was in big trouble, and was about to say a few good words to see if he could be punished less, Wei Jingyu directly asked him for his ID card, and after handing over the ID card to another policeman, he then asked: "Miao Chunshan, how many years have you been a fake monk in Ruzhong?" ”

The outside was also asking, and the great monk didn't dare to lie, so he replied honestly: "Six years." ”

"Do you have a division, which group of people is responsible for which part?"

"Before, there was no one, whoever received it did it. The year before last, the government asked us for a meeting, divided the area into districts, which was equivalent to contracting, and a group of people were responsible for one piece, and we were not allowed to run around again. ”

"Have there ever been conflicts before because of the robbery of Buddhism?"

"Yes, several groups of people were driven away, but we didn't do it. The area we are responsible for is not as rich as the people in the south, it came early, and it is familiar with the main family, and no one fights with us. ”

He is a relatively honest one, and he even has a little reputation in the local area, so he will first ask him to understand the situation, Wei Jingyu motioned for him to sit down, and asked with a hot iron: "Do you know what the people who drove people and the people who were driven away know what their names are and where they come from?" ”

It didn't look like he was looking for trouble because of Buddhism, the "big monk" breathed a sigh of relief, handed over a cigarette and said: "I remember the names of a few people, but my family is not in the same county as us, and now I don't have much contact with them." ”

"Write it down, think about it, you can't miss one, you can call and ask if you really can't remember, but don't say that we inquired."

Although the police did not say it explicitly, their attitude was very clear.

If you cooperate, you can lift it high and put it down gently, and if you don't cooperate, you will be treated as a fake monk who is swaggering and cheating, Miao Chunshan goes from house to house every day, and his brain is very active, and he is very cooperative to take the pen and paper and write down all the people he knows.

The handwriting is beautiful, neatly written, and very well organized.

Those who drive out are above, and those who are driven away are below. I took out a small notebook and marked the phone number one by one after the name. I called Wei Jingyu and Xia Moqing to ask in front of Wei Jingyu and Xia Moqing, and in less than half an hour, a list came out.

Comparing it with what the people outside wrote, it was almost certain that he wasn't lying.

The Religious Affairs Bureau turned a blind eye to the matter, so the Public Security Bureau would not really do anything to them, but a warning was still needed. They are required to keep it strictly confidential, and if anyone leaks the situation asked tonight, not only do not want to continue to be a fake monk and fake Taoist priest in Ruzhong, but also pursue their legal responsibility.

Jobs are more important than anything else, and no one dares to joke about such things. The monks and Taoists swore an oath to promise that they would resolutely keep it secret and would not say anything about death.

Xiao Yunfei immediately ordered the police officers to check on the Internet whether there were any ex-convicts, and at the same time issued a notice to the public security department where the household registration was located, asking if anyone who had gone out to work as a monk or Taoist priest had disappeared three years ago.

Xia Moqing had just gotten in the car and was about to go back, when Xiao Yunfei's call came.

"Director Xia, the fake monks Wang Haitao and Hu Jingguo from Nanhe have been dealt with by the public security department for fighting and brawling, and the reason is the same as what you just learned, to rob Buddhism and business. According to the interviews of several other teams, one of the people they were expelled three years ago resembled a victim with physical features. ”

"Where are they?"

"It's still like this, there are two Buddhist events tonight, and Wang Haitao's one is not over yet. Hu Jingguo's scene had just ended, and he was packing up his things and preparing to go back. ”

There is not much movement tonight, but there are many fake monks and fake Taoists who know about it, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Xia Moqing immediately ordered: "Anyway, they are fake monks, and they can't run away from swaggering." Immediately arraigned, first detained for 24 hours, separated into custody, and then tried again after the whereabouts of the suspected victim were clarified. ”

Wei Jingyu leaned on the steering wheel and asked, "Director Xia, what about us?" ”

The commissioner's speculation may be infinitely close to the truth, Xia Moqing forced down the excitement in his heart, and said lightly: "Organize the police force to side the situation of the two suspects just now, remember to bring the victim's clothes to see if anyone can recognize them." ”

"Yes!"

It was destined to be a sleepless night, Miao Chunshan, who had just been asked and had just written down a list, returned to the rented house in the town, and was approached by several policemen, and was questioned for more than an hour.

Wang Haitao had just finished doing Buddhist work, just finished sharing the money with a few subordinates, stepped on the motorcycle and was about to go back to rest, when several figures suddenly surrounded him from the shadows, grabbed his arm, and stuffed him into a Santana car, while shouting: "Wang Haitao, we are from the Public Security Bureau, come with us!" ”

At the same time, his partner Hu Jingguo has been locked up in the detention cell of the Third Squadron of the Criminal Police, and he is in a state of shock and anxiety. (To be continued.) )