Chapter 15: Dao Corpses

Several policemen worked hard for a while, unloaded all four wheels of the car, and after removing the tires, I rushed to the reservoir with them.

Widow Zhang basically washes clothes by the reservoir at this time of the day, she was startled when she saw me with a few policemen, and the colored underwear in her hand also fell into the water, and the wrinkled waves floated away, and she asked me when she got up.

"Village Chief Li, my aunt didn't provoke you, and she didn't do anything illegal and undisciplined, you can't wronged your aunt!"

I looked at the nervous Widow Zhang, ready to explain, but the dwarf ran over, dripping water, walked to the reservoir and scooped up the underwear and handed it to her, the dwarf turned his back to me, I couldn't see his expression, but from my angle, I could still see that he was looking at the widow's chest.

"Auntie, it's none of your business, don't mix it up, there's a dead body in the reservoir, let the police comrades take a look!"

The dwarf said a word, pulled up his trousers and ran over and jumped on the boat, I looked at Widow Zhang and smiled and got on the boat, four policemen sat in the tires and followed, but the remaining two ran to Widow Zhang, and talked and laughed with her.

There were no fish in the curry, the water was clear, and even the sand below could be seen in shallow places, and the dwarf was paddled with excitement and excitement, and as he rowed the boat, it could be seen that he was satisfied with the harvest he had made yesterday.

I turned my head to look, and the four policemen followed unhurriedly, and there were many onlookers on the other side, and Widow Zhang and the two policemen were pointing fingers, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

The burned island had grown tender green weeds, and it was very warm to look at, and I didn't dare to talk to the dwarf about the seal, but I still asked him to draw slowly.

When they arrived at the place, several policemen tied the four tires to the boat, and the dwarf pointed to the bottom of the water and said categorically.

"Right down here, take a look!"

I was afraid that I would not see the corpse and be considered a false alarm, so I hurriedly poked my head out to look, but I didn't think that with the wrinkled waves, a blue face suddenly appeared under the water, and it was floating up to me, so frightened that I could not stand on my footing, and fell into the water with a thud.

One of the policemen frowned, sipped on his cigarette, thought about it, and then said to me with a smile.

"Haha...... Don't be afraid, when the waves move, the light is refracted at different angles, and it looks like it's about to float up! ”

Hearing this, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this person knew a lot, and couldn't help but take a few more looks, his eyes were very sharp, like a hunting dog, and there was a black mole on his eyebrows, which made me very impressed by him, and I fought with him openly and secretly for many years in the future.

He was very bold, took off his clothes and shoes, and plunged into a fierce man, and only a few bubbles came out of the water, and he did not see movement below for a long time.

The remaining three policemen smoked cigarettes as if they were fine, chatting with me, and from their mouths I learned that it had not been peaceful recently, and that there had been robbers, and some had even broken into houses to kill people.

Few people could hold their breath for a minute, but the policeman did, and he scooped up the body with the mask from the water, and the body was so badly decomposed that I couldn't bear to look at it, and retched at the thought.

The police placed the body on four tires and took off the mask on its face, and I couldn't help but look at it with curiosity, only to see a scary skull, its clothes were not completely rotten, it looked like a yellow robe, and there was a gossip map drawn on its chest.

After taking off the clothes, there was a small backpack inside, the police poured everything into the boat, there were bells, compasses, startling wood, and a rotten brush, I thought that this was a Taoist priest, I couldn't help but think of the missing Taoist on the South Gate Mountain, recalled his appearance, but the height difference between the two was very large, and they couldn't match it at all.

"This is the tomb robber who dominated the rivers and lakes back then-the Dao people!"

The police turned up the compass and handed it to me, and there was a big "戌" character engraved on the bottom with a knife, and I thought to myself that since he was a thief in the rivers and lakes, why would he be eyeing this inconspicuous clothed mound, could it be that something happened and he was in a hurry to use money?

"Village Chief Li, I have to give you a credit this time, the case of the Daoist has been investigated for more than ten years without results, and if you don't want to die in your reservoir, we can be regarded as a deal!"

The police washed their hands, shook off the water stains and said to me, I remembered the words of the antique shop owner, frowned and said to the police.

"I don't dare to ask for credit for this, if he still has accomplices, I will suffer!"

The police took out a cigarette plug for me, lit it for me, and then put all the evidence in the boat into the tire, took a few puffs of cigarette, and narrowed his eyes from the smoke.

"Not to mention, this Daoist really has a few accomplices, as well as two women and a man, the man's name is Wu Linchen, the means are very clever, the woman we caught one, but it's a pity to let her run away, and there is also a foreign woman, you don't have to worry, there has been no news of them for more than ten years!"

I was taken aback, and then I realized that the missing Taoist and Taoist priests in Nanmen Mountain were accomplices, and the dead body in the well-dressed mound was only the foreign woman, and their appearance in the village together was enough to prove that my judgment was correct, and there must be a group of ancient tombs under Nanmen Mountain.

The dwarf sat beside me, and did not speak, his eyes staring directly at the skeleton, his expression was flat, but there was a hint of unease in his eyes.

In fact, I have also had the anxiety of the dwarf, which is the desolation of fantasizing that he died somewhere because of a tomb robbery, and no one can collect his bones.

Seeing that the dwarf and I were stunned and didn't speak, the police thought that we were scared stupid, so after picking up a handful of water and throwing it over, he pointed to the other side and said: "Don't be stupid, this is a good thing, you have to report to your whole township to record your merits, take us back quickly!" ”

I have no interest in reporting merit, if people become famous, they will have a lot of eyes on everything, and they will often be talked about, and this aura is a burden for me.

Looking at the short man, I remembered Zhang Fang's contemptuous eyes, and while rowing a boat, I said to the police: "This is about merit, but I have nothing to do, my brother found out, if you want to give him a reward or something, give him everything!" ”

Seeing me say this, the police hurriedly took out a pen and paper, asked the dwarf man's name and age, and wrote them down, the dwarf looked at me with some incomprehension, his mouth moved, and he wanted to say something but still didn't open his mouth after all.

I was afraid that he would say something bad, so I hurriedly gave me a few looks, and he gave me a blank look, turned around and sat down, put his feet in the water, and kicked the splash.

After we went ashore, the dwarf and I carried the bones into the car, and they loaded the wheels of the car, and when they left, several village officials surrounded me and asked me what had happened.

"What can happen, there were wars before, and the dead were thrown in the reservoir, don't go, a few of you cadres, let's have a meeting, the masses are scattered!"

Fabricating an excuse, I sent the masses away, and was about to hold a meeting with the village cadres to implement the "three fires", but Zhang Fang's little girl ran over, stretched out her white and tender palm to me, snapped her fingers and said.

"Village Chief Li, you have to give money for taking cigarettes, you are really a person who creates evil, either a ghost or a dead corpse, how many sins have you and the dwarf done in your last life!"

Zhang Fang's tone was very ugly, I saw that I had hurt her heart, so I didn't bother with her, but considering the short man, I had to self-destruct my image, took out five yuan, spit out a mouthful of phlegm in my hand, wiped it on the money, and said to the sun that was about to go down.

"Little Nizi, isn't it just five yuan, take it!"

After saying that, I quickly stuffed the five dollars into her hand, and the phlegm-stained side was against her palm, and judging by her disgusted expression, I knew that her opinion of me had changed slightly.

The dwarf followed her into the shop, and there was a giggling sound from it, and I shook my head and smiled bitterly, and led the village officials into the village headquarters, and when they were seated, I began my first meeting since taking office.

"You have also seen the corpse, there have been robbers in the township recently, after each team goes back, we must strengthen our precautions, and report any abnormalities at any time!"

Several village officials took out a pen and paper and wrote honestly, and no one stood up to oppose it, and I then talked about the forbidden mountain of Nanmen Mountain, and they also gladly accepted it.

"Another point is that the pig slaughtering fee in the village has been reduced from the original ten yuan to five yuan!"

Pig slaughtering is in charge of food, this person is the butcher, he immediately stood up, blushing and strongly opposed, the truth is a lot of reasoning, but I only understand one sentence, that is, the pig slaughtering fee in the village takes half.

I don't want to explain too much about this matter, because I was poor when I was a child, I was tortured every year, and I couldn't slaughter the pigs I raised without money, so I looked at the butcher and said.

"I'm not targeting anyone, of course you can't work in vain, I won't charge that part of the slaughter fee in the village, but if I hear that you charge a dime more, I will immediately change people!"

The butcher guy calculated, and saw that he had nothing to lose, so he sat down, but he didn't want the other cadres to turn their heads and complain, saying that there was no income in the village, and the cadres drank the northwest wind, I was very angry when I heard it, and slammed the table.

"What are you talking about, the cadres have nothing to eat? What are you doing if the state doesn't pay your salary, think about the hardships of the villagers, you can get a few grains of rice all year round, you don't have to support your family, you don't have to support you, don't look at how old you are, the times are advancing, and your thinking must be changed for me, and the meeting will be dismissed! ”

I scolded a few words, turned around and left, when I came to the village, the dwarf was showing off in front of Zhang Fang, and I don't know where he picked the wildflowers, snorting and disappearing, snorting and changing again, I thought about going to Nanmen Mountain tomorrow to step on the road, so I called the dwarf to go home!