Chongqing in July can be described as piping hot. Although Nanchuan leans on the mountains, life is not good. The outdoor activities in the afternoon were forced to be cancelled, and Liu Chaoyang thought that outdoor activities in such weather should be recognized as murder!

"I thought you were taller here than Chongqing, and it should be cooler than Chongqing, but I didn't expect ......" Chaoyangjun was very depressed in his heart, and said that he would go to Chongqing's back garden to escape the heat, but he didn't expect to be heated into a roast duck. I can only deeply regret this, not to mention that he is a native of Henan, I have been practicing for more than 20 years and have not been able to immune.

I proposed to move to the countryside for the summer. In addition to escaping the heat, I want to relax my brain. What happened in the past few days has completely freed my mind. The dilapidated office, the handkerchief with hidden words written, and the statue of Chiyou, according to the experience I have summarized from many years of reading classics such as "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Notes on Tomb Robbery", I will soon have to deal with demons and monsters, cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods. Chaoyang Jun scoffed at my arguments, saying that with my dignity, even if I have an incomparable soul, it is impossible to have the slightest connection with this kind of incident, let alone become the hero of such and such an incident. Although the words are not listening, they are also realistic.

This is indeed an era of face-seeking!

Wait, isn't it a technical job to be a captain of gold? You also need to look at the face!

As the so-called drowsiness meets the pillow. I was thinking about where to go to escape the summer, and the old friend Silong called and invited me to go to Taiping Town together. My mother has worked together for more than ten years, and the two families are a good family. We have been playing together since we were children, and in his words: we grew up wearing a pair of open crotch pants. The Taiping town he said is located in the northernmost part of Nanchuan, and although its town is small, its history can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. In ancient times, it was the junction of three counties, and it was also the only way for Nanchuan County to Chongqing Prefecture. Naturally, it is a place of abundance for peddlers to come and go, horse gangs to fight, and it is called Zhendian, which is really a rich place. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the construction of highways and railways, the former avenues gradually became sparsely populated, and Taiping Town gradually declined. When I was a teenager, I spent a few months there with my aunt. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the folk customs are simple, it is indeed a good place to enjoy the coolness, and the main thing is that the watermelon there is quite delicious. Since the dead friend came to invite him personally, he naturally couldn't save his brother's (watermelon) face.

Along the way, I saw that the old dragon had a solemn face, which was definitely not the mood of touring the mountains and rivers, and seemed to have something important to do. Remembering that Lao Long's hometown was not Taiping Town, I wondered why he suddenly went. Only then did the old dragon tell the truth. It turned out that Lao Long's mother's cousin lived in Taiping Town, widowed for many years, and her only son was also killed in an accident a few years ago. A few days ago, news came that the old man had passed away, and according to the old man's last wishes, her property was handed over to Lao Long's mother. In addition to thanking for the long-term help, I also hope to give back to the neighbors. Lao Long's mother was quite sad, and it was said that the deceased was in a miserable state and feared that the living would be frightened, so Lao Long went to deal with the affairs of Taiping Town on behalf of his mother. The old dragon felt that he couldn't handle it alone, so he pulled me in. When I heard this, I really wanted to kick him out of the car. I wanted to revisit the old place and enjoy the coolness, but I didn't expect to have a big job. If it weren't for the heat with the windows churning and the rough mountain roads, I would have wanted to get out of the car right away.

"You know that I am a person, and it is not my strong point to deal with these people's feelings. You help me come up with ideas, and I have less trouble. After the deed, we stayed in Taiping for a few days, and the cost was mine. "Lao Long has always done things with reason and with profit.

"It's my duty to you, brother. It's just that I've been experiencing a lot of things lately, and I'm trying to relax my brain. As he spoke, he told the old dragon about what happened to him, and he also used it as a way to relieve his boredom. After listening to my story, Lao Long immediately said that I was unfounded. In this new society of the 21st century, where is it the turn of civilians like us to fight monsters and upgrade, and my appearance will definitely be the life of moving bricks.

If you have something to say, let's not mention looks.

After a two-hour drive, we finally arrived in Taiping Town. We hurried to my cousin's house, which had been packed up as a mourning hall. There are a few wreaths scattered in front of the door, and the couplets float with the wind; Under the door, an old man was hunched over the paper money for the deceased; A few young people came in and out, as if they were setting up a mourning hall; Two police officers were talking to a middle-aged man who looked like a leader. Everything went according to plan, but what puzzled me was that most of the people who stood in the distance and pointed at the mourning hall except for the people who helped, and the people who passed by also quickened their pace and did not stop.

When we saw someone coming, the leader-like person greeted us and asked if we were relatives of the deceased. After receiving an affirmative answer, he said that he was the deputy mayor of the town, and asked the comrades from the local police station to brief us on the situation. As he spoke, he led us to the two policemen, one of whom claimed to be the head of the police station, and said, "You should know about the situation." The deceased, Li Fenglan, was found dead at home in the afternoon two days ago. We went to the scene to investigate and preliminarily determined that it was a natural death. The body of the deceased has been sent to Nanchuan for further forensic examination. ”

Natural death?

Forensics?

Which one is your old man singing, my lord? I looked at the old dragon suspiciously, and said to myself, you have to give me a reasonable explanation. Lao Long also looked at the police officer who spoke blankly, completely unaware of what the other party was talking about.

"I said Uncle Policeman, what are you talking about?" In just a few minutes, my mouth was dry, and sweat was running down my back.

"You don't know, huh?" The other party was very surprised.

"I don't know!" The old dragon's head shook like a rattle, "Why is my aunt's death still involved in forensic identification?" ”

"This ......" the director looked at the deputy mayor, and stopped talking. Looking at the officer's hesitant expression, I can conclude that things are not as simple as we thought. I turned around and looked at the open road, hoping that a bus would appear, and I promised to get on the bus and leave, never looking back!

"I'll tell you." The police officer next to him drank the water in his hand at an inopportune time, "We received a report yesterday afternoon that the deceased died at home, and when we arrived at the scene, we found the deceased facing the stove, kneeling on the ground, and we checked and confirmed that the deceased had no vital features. There were no visible injuries on the deceased's body, and there were no signs of a fight at the scene. At this moment, the sweltering heat around him turned into a chill that ran down his backbone and into his brain...... Comrade police officer, I'm still young, don't scare me.

I pretended to be calm and reluctantly used my brain to analyze: when the deceased died, he was facing the stove and kneeling on the ground, obviously not a normal death. This can only indicate what activity the deceased may have been doing at the time of his death that caused his or her posture to be unusual. There's nothing hard for the police to talk about. The old dragon didn't speak, just stared at the three of them, hoping to hear what was going on.

The deputy mayor threw away the cigarette in his hand, sighed, and said, "I thought that Wang Laozhuan had already told you about the situation by calling you. We didn't deliberately hide it from you, but when your aunt's body was found, she was bleeding from all over the place, and her eyes were wide, and the person who found the body was scared half to death, and she is still lying on the bed. That's what we saw at the scene, so we asked the police to intervene. Their initial judgment was that they died of natural causes. After listening to the deputy mayor's words, the two police officers nodded in affirmation.

"Then what's the matter with the old man's seven orifices bleeding?" The old dragon asked.

The deputy mayor looked back at the crowd of onlookers around him and whispered, "We don't know about this." That's why you sent your aunt's body to Nanchuan for an autopsy, and you have to trust the government and the science on this issue. Now that you are here, you should think about how to arrange the funeral of the deceased, and her memorial service will be held at home. "I followed the deputy mayor's gaze, and the crowd of onlookers was still talking to each other, there must be something strange in it, and this is not what I am concerned about—didn't I say that I would dispose of the property, and why did I still take care of the aftermath now. I looked at the old dragon angrily, and he pretended to be fine, and walked away with his phone.

This concludes the discussion about the deceased. I followed the deputy mayor in the direction of the mourning hall. According to rural customs, when someone in the family dies, the main hall of their house is slightly arranged as a mourning hall. I glanced at the main hall, and the ice coffin was already placed in the main hall, just waiting for the deceased to be buried; Other things used in the home need to be placed by relatives; Several elderly people next to the ice coffin helped to tie up the funeral sedan chair; A few strong laborers were trying to get the coffin out of the side room—it looked like they were going to have a lot of work to do.

After a while, the old dragon came in from outside. Before I could speak, he said, "I talked to my mother, and they got my aunt's autopsy report, which was determined to be a natural death." They will transport my aunt's body back tomorrow to do the funeral, so let's put the preparations in place today! When he says "we", he can accentuate his tone - I K! I knew you were a pit! Before I could get mad, the deputy mayor let out a sigh of relief, reasoned that there was other work and left.

"Need any help?" Chaoyangjun, who had not said a word since entering the town, spoke. If he didn't speak, I almost forgot that I had a tourist with me.

"Lao Liao, I don't understand any of these. You help me see what else you need. The old dragon handed over a cigarette, "I guess we'll be busy for a few days." ”

I scratched my head, I wasn't very familiar with this process. Now that I'm on your thief ship, there's still a chance I can jump ship and escape? I can only make a bold head-to-head idea. "First of all, Chaoyangjun shouldn't run around. You're not familiar with the situation here, so help me run errands. Chaoyangjun nodded.

"It's up to you to live." Arrange Chaoyangjun, the old dragon is the big one. "Secondly, you have to go to a local governor and ask him to help you arrange and coordinate your aunt's funeral. I'm a layman, and I'm not a local, so I'm definitely not going to. As I spoke, I pointed to the departing deputy mayor and motioned to the old dragon to go to him for coordination.

"Then you have to contact Mr. Daoist, this dojo will open tomorrow; It is best to clean out the side houses on both sides and arrange a place for the helpers to rest, and you also need to rest for the vigil; There is also the arrangement of this mourning hall, the remains of the elderly, incense and candles, tributes, paper money, artillery, etc., you have to prepare. "While talking, I found a pen and paper to help Lao Long make a list." In addition, since your aunt's funeral is organized by your family, you need to contact your aunt, and the organization of relatives and friends who come to pay tribute needs her help. ”

The old dragon took my list and was about to leave, I quickly grabbed him, smiled and said, "And the last and most important." Your aunt has no descendants, and her longevity clothes and shoes will definitely be worn by you in person. "I'll admit, I'm a little gloating.

"I'm going to wear it? Isn't it scary? "The old dragon is a little unacceptable. I can only spread my hands, after all, your family sent you, and you are the only one to do the work of this filial son. Now that I think about it, the police uncle didn't explain that your aunt's death was a sign of love for you.

There was no way, the old dragon could only shake his head and go to the deputy mayor with the list I had made. I saw that it was still early, so I led Chaoyangjun to the wind and rain covered bridge nearby.