Chapter 14: Who is the Murderer?

If you add my dead ghost quasi-father-in-law (gorgeous father) and that Uncle Hua, it will be five people, and these five people have washed their hands by the Yellow River before they die, this can't be a coincidence, right?

I already vaguely believe in Old Man Sun's words, it seems that there are really bad things every year, only this year!

I didn't tell Yanli these thoughts, for fear that she would be worried and afraid, after all, there was no conclusive evidence yet. I think it's imperative to test your ideas.

Is there any way to verify this? Suddenly I thought of Aunt Li's death, did she also go to the Yellow River before she died?

I was thinking about these things almost during a meal, and Yanli seemed to be thoughtful, and the two of them took care of themselves and finished breakfast.

I originally planned to accompany Yanli to the District Public Security Bureau today to ask about her father's body, but I didn't expect that as soon as I walked out of the gate, I heard Wang Jiliang's radio voice from the loudspeaker of the village committee.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after receiving a call from the district, the bodies of Li Gui and Sister-in-law Li can be buried tomorrow. Please gather at the village committee to help dig the grave ......"

I'm so happy when I hear it! I can skip the trip again.

Most of the common people are simple and honest, and after a while, more than a dozen men in their forties and fifties gathered in the compound of the village committee, and they all brought their own shovels and pickaxes.

Although it was someone from the village who came forward to find it, after all, it was to build a yin mansion for the gorgeous dead ghost father, and my self-styled uncle, who was a prospective son-in-law, naturally had to look at things.

After I lit a cigarette next to each other, I received a burst of approval, saying things like "Yanli is a blessed girl" and "bitter and sweet", saying Yanli with a shy face, and my heart blossomed when I heard it.

The cemetery of Yanli's family happened to be located on the side of the Yellow River dam, and seven or eight shovels and three or four pickaxes were quickly dug out of the grave.

During the break, I quietly picked up the matter of "the evil murder of the Yellow River" and told Wang Jiliang about it, and expressed my judgment.

After hearing this, Wang Jiliang shook his head again and again, muttering "impossible, impossible", but shook his head a few times, and suddenly stopped.

"If you want to talk about sister-in-law Li, before she died, someone really saw her appear on the edge of the Yellow River, whether she had touched the water, no one saw ......"

It turned out that a few days ago, the task force came to the village to do an investigation, and a sheep herder saw Aunt Li.

Wang Jiliang suddenly changed his words, shook his head and said, "That's not right! Taozi also touched the river last night, why is it okay? ”

"Taozi? Why didn't I notice? ”

"It was when I was throwing a willow stick, and the Taozi hat fell into the water, and when I picked up the hat, I must have touched the water! You were staring across the river in a daze! Maybe not! ”

Coincidentally, Taozi also came to help dig the grave today, sitting not far behind me, I glanced back, he was foaming at the mouth and talking to Li Xiaobai about yellow jokes!

Seeing his vigorous appearance, I was also puzzled, could it be that my previous analysis and judgment were wrong?

In the morning, the grave was dug up, and in the afternoon, Wang Jiliang and Li Xiaobai and I went to the town to buy coffins and trivial things for burial.

Secretary Wang was shocked when he saw a wad of 100 yuan bills in my bag, and thought I had done something illegal. I can't tell the truth, so I have to say that Li Gui left it, and I, the prospective son-in-law, just spent the dead man's money on the dead man.

Now that I have money, there is no need to live as much as before, and before returning to the village, I bought cigarettes and alcohol, plus oil, salt, meat and vegetables, and pulled a small tricycle.

I bought Wang Jiliang and Li Xiaobai each a "red general" (local middle-class cigarettes), which was regarded as a reward.

With the happy precedent of last night, I counted the time from noon in the hope that it would be dark, and looked at the broken watch no less than fifty or sixty times in one afternoon.

Waiting, waiting, finally it was night.

"Appreciation dinner" I asked Li Xiaobai to pour wine for me and Yanli to pour wine for the neighbors and entertain them well, and I claimed that I would go back to her house with Yanli if I had a little headache.

"Go ahead! Go ahead! I have a headache and I need to rest early......"

A room full of people laughing, all old oils, you know what I'm thinking when you look at me.

Back at Yanli's house, before Yanli took off her coat, I came to a bear hug from behind.

Yanli only symbolically struggled a few times before snuggling meekly into my arms.

Lang's affection for concubines is naturally warm, and affection is not a problem.

The two of them got tired of it for a while, and Yanli broke free from my "clutches" and went to the kitchen to cook.

In less than five minutes of a meal, I finished eating, and I urged Yanli to eat quickly......

I'm most excited and looking forward to it!

At first, Yanli still asked to sleep in separate rooms, so I continued to sleep in Li Gui's bedroom. I pretended to be obedient and went back to the bedroom, spent more than ten minutes playing cross-legged, sitting and practicing, and then opened the window.

There was a large urn more than one meter high on the east side of the courtyard of Yanli's house, and I took out the small stone in my pocket, threw it over, and threw it three or four in a row.

"When, when, when......"

When I was done, I quickly closed the window, and a fish jumped onto the bed.

"What sound? Did you hear that? ”

Sure enough, as soon as I lay down, Yanli pushed the door in.

I pretended to be sleepy-eyed and replied, "What a sound! Didn't I hear that? ”

"In the yard! Someone seems to ......"

I pretended to be shocked again and hurriedly ran around the yard.

"No? Nothing ......"

Yanli blushed and whispered, "Xiao Zhen...... I'm a little scared, either ...... Either you're going to sleep with me tonight, right? At the end of the day, the sound was like a mosquito.

When I heard this, my heart blossomed, and my mouth still pretended to be very reluctant.

"That's not quite right! Men and women ......"

Actually, I feel disgusting, but I don't care about the means to achieve the end.

I finally lay down on the gorgeous bed again, and then naturally there was another battle of wits and courage, and the result was that Yanli snuggled up in my arms and snuggled up to sleep.

At dawn the next day, I was woken up by the sound of a rapid siren.

At first, I thought it was a dream, but when I listened closely, the siren stopped at the gate of the village committee compound.

I've just woken up like a dream, I'm damn, it's a police car again, can't it be another dead person?

As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley behind the village branch, I saw several policemen and forensic doctors carrying out a corpse, with Zhang Kailong and Wang Jiliang following behind.

"What's the matter, Uncle Wang, who is this!"

Wang Jiliang glanced at me, his face was pale, and he said in a low voice: "It's really evil, the person who died was your Uncle Taozi, and the cause of death was also myocardial infarction."

When I heard this, I shuddered! Among these people who died unexpectedly for a while, except for Han Binhua, the deaths of others have a common feature, that is, they all washed their hands on the edge of the Yellow River before they died.

It's the Yellow River that is doing evil, it's the Yellow River...... I unconsciously muttered this sentence in my heart.

As is customary, Zhang Kailong made notes for several villagers, and asked the two young female forensic doctors who followed him around the scene to see if they could collect some useful evidence.

The result is predictable, and nothing is gained.

After sending the police away, Wang Jiliang gave me a color, and I followed him into the office of the village committee.

"Xiao Zhen, you tell the truth, what secrets are you hiding! Ever since Sister-in-law Li passed away, I thought you were weird, and your hearing and eyesight were surprisingly good. Can't tell you Uncle Wang? ”

I'm a little embarrassed, I've been lonely all these years, many people look down on me and bully me, but Wang Jiliang takes special care of me, and he also sends me rice and noodles for the New Year's holiday, it stands to reason that I shouldn't hide him, but my brother has repeatedly asked me not to tell others about the people of the Yellow River......

After hesitating for a moment, I said, "Uncle Wang, it's not that I want to hide it from you, I really can't say it!" You can rest assured, I, Chen Xiaozhen, have grown up with you, and I will never do anything hurtful, in fact, it's nothing...... A few days ago, I met a master who taught me a little Taoism. ”

Wang Jiliang nodded, patted me on the shoulder, and said nothing more.

Back at Yanli's house, I told her about it briefly, and Yanli was just "oh" and didn't be too surprised, which made me feel a little surprised.

The two hurriedly had breakfast, and then went to the village committee compound to wait for the coffin of the district funeral home to transport the bodies of Aunt Li and Li Gui.

It was said that he would arrive in the village at ten o'clock, but it was almost eleven o'clock when he heard the sound of cars entering the village.

The car stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and a few brave people who helped the funeral home carry the two bodies down and put them directly into the coffin. Before the body was put away, Yanli was already in tears, trembling all over.

Aunt Wang hurriedly came up to comfort Yanli and said, "Good boy, you can't cry at this time!" Hurry up and help tidy up your appearance, put the things you bought for him in the coffin, and let everyone help him on his way! ”

Yanli nodded, and forced herself to stop crying, but she still burst into tears. She first lifted one end of the shroud, revealing Li Gui's face, which turned out to be a smiling face, the same expression as Liu Denghua and the others.

I hurriedly went to look at Aunt Li's face again (several old mothers in the village were helping Aunt Li sort out her appearance), and it was the same expression.

I remember that night very well! Li Gui's face showed a look of fear, and Aunt Li's face was expressionless, could it be that people's expressions would change after death?

There were too many people at that time, and I didn't say anything, so I helped Beibei put the gold ingots and other spiritual artifacts she bought for her father into the coffin.

There are people in the village who specialize in red and white affairs. Zhang Luo in Laomiao Village is Uncle Hao, this person is in his fifties, surnamed Hao, and he is really good.

Uncle Hao looked at the time, and whispered a few words to Wang Jiliang, then walked to the front of everyone, raised the white fan in his hand and shouted, "The western road is all open, and fortune is rolling in." Get on the road! ”

After shouting, several young men who were in charge of carrying the coffin lifted the coffin and followed Uncle Hao to the outside of the village rhythmically.