Chapter 22 Funeral and Cremation
Gu Xiaodong went to the coffin shop and bought a coffin. Mo Yu went to the paper shop to buy funeral utensils. Then the two of them carried Luo Feng out of the inn and put him in the coffin in front of everyone. Mo Yu hired someone to help and sent all the utensils to Yizhuang. They left the coffin for three days.
At the funeral, Mo Yu took care of the drummer and completed the funeral decently. Finally, they put the coffin on the wood fire and prepared it to be burned. Before they could light the fire, the government sent someone to conduct an autopsy. Gu Xiaodong couldn't get the formalities, so he had to let them open the coffin. Since it was summer, the corpse had already begun to decompose. The coroner only made a cursory examination and proved that Luo Feng had indeed died of food poisoning.
The fire was blazing, and the flames were rushing upward. Gu Xiaodong's eyes were staring at the tree opposite. The red firelight reflected Gu Xiaodong's face, and his pupils jumped with red light. He suddenly looked at the burning coffin on the fire and said, "Brother Luo! Good go! ”
Luo Feng was on the tree that Gu Xiaodong was looking at at this time. He didn't notice any movement in the village. There was some disappointment in his heart.
After Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu left. He just wanted to jump off a tree. only to find that four people had walked out of the other two rooms in Yizhuang. They glanced at each other, then split up and went in different directions. Luo Feng hesitated for a moment and followed two of them to the south.
The two men took a detour and came to the outside of the Jinju city wall. The gates were closed, and they took out their hooks and climbed up the walls.
Luo Feng learned "cuckoo" twice under the city. There was an echo from the city walls. By the time Luo Feng jumped onto the city wall, Mo Yu was already waiting for him there. Gu Xiaodong had already followed the two of them.
Luo Feng and Mo Yu returned to the inn in the dark. Because the lights in the inn were dim, the innkeeper was very sleepy. Did he think it was Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu who came back?
"Poor thing! Good people just went! Luo Feng and Mo Yu went upstairs and heard the boss sighing.
In order not to alarm others, Luo Feng and Mo Yu went to bed hungry. They slept until midnight, and Gu Xiaodong came back. He was holding a roast chicken in his hand.
The shopkeeper rubbed his eyes and looked at Gu Xiaodong for a long time. Didn't he just come back? When did you go out? Why didn't I see it? Did I just fall asleep?
"Boss! Do you have any alcohol? Gu Xiaodong said with a hippie smile.
"Where did you get the wine in the middle of the night! Go and rest! The innkeeper waved his hand.
Gu Xiaodong ran upstairs "poutingly". He pushed open the door to his guest room and walked in. Luo Feng and Mo Yu sat up.
"Eat chicken!" Gu Xiaodong unscrewed off a chicken thigh and ate it. Luo Feng and Mo Yu were indeed hungry. They felt that Gu Xiaodong was still smart, or they would have to go hungry all night tonight.
"How?" Luo Feng asked after wiping his mouth after eating.
"They have a point of contact in the south of the city, about six people! Let's act tonight, just leave a living mouth! After Gu Xiaodong finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the back window and pushed open the window. Luo Feng and the three jumped down in turn.
The night in Jinju Fortress is surprisingly quiet. The three of them walked against the wall.
The round moon illuminates the streets as if it were day. On the contrary, the shadows of the houses are exceptionally dark.
Gu Xiaodong took Luo Feng to a house in the south of the city. Luo Feng jumped onto the tree. Gu Xiaodong and Mo Yu touched into the house.
Luo Feng heard the sound of a fight. After a while, an injured man fled through the door in a panic. Luo Feng followed him. But the man was alert, and from time to time he ran and looked backwards. Luo Feng had no choice but to go up to the roof to track him.
When the man ran to the north of the city, it was already three watches. He ran to the door of a large house.
Luo Feng hid behind a tree and watched as he knocked on the door and entered. Luo Fengfei went up to the wall. He saw the lights in one room come on. Luo Feng jumped off the wall and went back to the inn.
Luo Feng hibernated in the inn during the day, and at night he and Gu Xiaodong went to the big family in the north of the city. The two men checked the room where the lights were on yesterday, only to find that it was nothing more than the gatehouse of the inner courtyard.
Luo Feng and Gu Xiaodong jumped onto the high wall of the inner courtyard and were dumbfounded. There are many houses in this house, and there are countless pavilions and corridors. Luo Feng and Gu Xiaodong looked at each other.
They took a rough look at the cornices and walls, and there were seventy or eighty houses alone, plus an ancestral hall and three attics.
On the way back, Luo Feng was thinking about a question. This must be a declining aristocracy, otherwise there would not be such a big mansion. He guessed right.
Gu Xiaodong investigated for three days in a row. He told Luo Feng and Mo Yu that the owner of the house was surnamed Li, and he was a side branch of the Li family in the current dynasty. The owner of the house is called Li Wen. He had three wives and concubines. It's just that his wife worships the Buddha in the ancestral hall all the year round and doesn't ask about family affairs. In charge of the housework was Liu Erniang, a woman in her thirties. There are 178 people in the whole house.
So many people? Luo Feng fell into deep thought. They can't all be the people they're looking for. So how many of them are in this house? Does Li Wenzhi know the inside story?
"What? Is there a good way? Gu Xiaodong took the teapot to drink water, but was snatched away by Mo Yu. He poured a cup for Gu Xiaodong, and then went out to add tea.
"Let's go to the ancestral hall tonight." Luo Feng stared at the teacup in his hand and said.
Even this focused look is so handsome! A touch of jealousy rose in Gu Xiaodong's heart. He turned to sit on his side and didn't look at Luo Feng anymore.
At night, the Li family ancestral hall is still flickering by candlelight. A woman kneels on a futon with her back to the door of the ancestral hall. Her figure was thin, but she was beautiful.
"Madame!" Luo Feng walked in. Mrs. Li heard this voice very unfamiliarly, and stood up. She didn't look very panicked when she saw Luo Feng.
"What happened to my girl Xiaocui?" Mrs. Li raised her head and looked at Luo Feng. Although her face was pale, her eyebrows and eyes were smooth, giving people a feeling of pity.
"She just slept for a while." Luo Feng smiled slightly.
"What do you think? That woman controlled the entire Li Mansion, and even my husband took possession of it. Are you still not satisfied? Even though Mrs. Li was extremely annoyed, she did not lose her proportion. Her voice wasn't loud, but it was poignant.
"You mean Mrs. Liu?"
"Who else could she have? Who are you? Why do you come here in the middle of the night? "Mrs. Li seems to be very smart. She was already suspicious of Luo Feng.
"I'm here to help you." Luo Feng's eyes were full of sincerity.
"You can't help! Let's go! Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, then turned and knelt on the futon.
"Poof!" A stone fell at the door of the ancestral hall. Luo Feng knew that someone was coming. He walked out of the ancestral hall and flew onto the roof.
"Madame! I'm coming. A man in his forties walked into the ancestral hall with a food box.
"Li Lang! I'm sorry for you! Mrs. Lee stood up and threw herself on top of her husband. It was really sad that a loving couple had to meet secretly.
"Just now a descendant said he wanted to help us, but now the person is gone?" Mrs. Li looked out the door.
"I'm here!" Luo Feng jumped off the roof and entered the ancestral hall again. Li Wen protected his wife behind him. His act of protecting his wife made Luo Feng a little moved. He knew he was halfway there.
"Who are you? Why help us? Li Wen saw that Luo Feng was a talent, and his eyes were clear, so he had a good impression of him.
"We are the people of the Exploration Pavilion in the capital. Specially to find out these wrongdoers! Luo Feng had a resolute look on his face.
"Tanji Pavilion? Wait a minute! I seem to have heard of it somewhere. Li Wen thought for a moment.
Luo Feng stood there looking at Li Wen, who was half a head shorter than him. He already has gray hair on his sideburns.
"Is your pavilion master Li Shilang's daughter called ......?"
"Li Xuehua! But! The current pavilion master is his husband, Dongfang Xuyu. Luo Feng told the truth.
"They are all descendants of the Li family. I'm glad I've lived so much longer than Li Shilang. Madam! Are you afraid? Li Wen turned around and grabbed his wife's hands, his eyes full of love.
"As a wife, life and death go hand in hand!" Mrs. Li squeezed her husband's hand. They looked at each other with tears in their eyes.
Luo Feng naturally knew their thoughts. Since these people can persistently pursue and kill themselves, it must have become the climate. It is impossible to eliminate them in one fell swoop. Then, the Li couple's concerns are not unreasonable. Now it was Luo Feng who hesitated. If they give up this plan, then although the Li couple will not be able to live as well as they want, they will not worry about their lives.
"Maybe I shouldn't have disturbed your lives!" Luo Feng raised his feet and wanted to walk out of the ancestral hall.
"Childe, please stay! It's not a pity that my husband and I died. But this terrible evil force cannot be left untouched! ”