Chapter 17: The Grave
Puwen is not very far from Simao, Wang Guangrong's car drove into Puwen for about an hour, Li Dong sat in the passenger seat, pointing back and forth like a local, after three turns and two turns, Wang Guangrong's car stopped under a small two-story building.
"That's where he came?" Zhang Guozhong got out of the car and looked left and right, only to see that all the people around were ethnic minority residents, but the door of this small building was pasted with couplets, and it seemed that the degree of discoloration of the paper was not very long, and the ethnic minorities did not have the habit of pasting couplets, from this point of view, the owner of the house should be Han Chinese.
"It should be here!" Li Dong opened the door and got out of the car, walked to the door of the small building, weighed the lock on the door, squatted down and looked at the keyhole carefully, "This room has been locked for a long time......!" ”
"Brother Li, you're a local, right?" Wang Guangrong also got out of the car.
"I've never been here......" Li Dong smiled back, "You told me all about it......"
"Me?" Wang Guangrong really wanted to break his scalp, and he couldn't think of when he would show the way to the guy in front of him who was shorter than himself.
"He said that Mr. Ai was here for a funeral when he came!" Li Dong pointed at Wang Guangrong, "And Mr. Ai stayed here and let him return to Simao by himself!" ”
"I ......" Wang Guangrong had the heart to die, hammered his head and thought about it, it seems that someone did hire him to come here a few months ago, but he didn't tell the buddy in front of him anyway......
"Hey...... This friend ......" Qin Ge chatted with a young man from an ethnic minority who was sitting at the door smoking in the next building, and pointed to the locked building, "I want to ask, do you know this family...... What's the last name? While asking, Qin Ge handed over a hundred-yuan bill.
"Su ......!" The young ethnic minority seemed to know two sentences of Chinese, and took the banknote and put it directly in his pocket.
"Sue!" Zhang Guozhong suddenly remembered the IOU of Alxun, "Is it called 'Su Tieli'?" ”
"No!" The young man shook his head, "Su Zhongwen! It's dead, and the family has moved away! ”
"When did you die?" Zhang Guozhong was stunned.
"It's been a month...... "It's been a month," said the ethnic minority youth, "it seems that people have been killed, and a lot of police have come!" The family was scared and didn't know where to move......"
"How long have you been moving? Who else is in his family? At this time, Li Dong also came up, "What is that Su Zhongwen doing?" ”
"As soon as a person dies, he will move, just a mother-in-law......" The young man of the ethnic minority pouted, his face was full of weirdness, "He is a strange person, he is usually elusive, I don't know what he does, I guess he is not a good bird...... His mother-in-law messes with others, and the rumors are all over the city, and it's not a good thing......"
"According to the airline's records...... Alcom's only four days in China! He shouldn't have gone anywhere else......," Qin Ge said, "The things on his body may have something to do with the killing of this Su Zhongwen!" ”
"It's possible...... Old Liu nodded, "But his problem shouldn't be a soul thing...... According to Wang Guangrong, he should have stayed here for a night, what did he do for this night? Could it be that you have gone to the cemetery? ”
"I ...... When did I say it...... "Wang Guangrong is about to die unjustly......
"Little brother, are you dead people buried or cremated?" Lao Liu Tou handed a cigarette to the young people of the ethnic minorities.
"Whatever...... Yes, anyway, the cemetery doesn't cost money......" The young man of the ethnic minority was stunned, not knowing what the old man's intentions were, "But Su Zhongwen was buried, so he was buried in the cemetery in the west......"
"Then, can you please take us there?" Old Liu smiled.
"Oops...... It's so far away, what's the point of going there...... Ah...... Big brother...... Are you ...... Ay...... That's okay......" The young man just wanted to excuse himself, but if he did, he was blocked back by the RMB in Lao Liutou's hand......
Several people followed the young man to walk the mountain road for about an hour, and finally arrived at the so-called cemetery, only to see the bare hillside and the foot of the mountain are graves, the forms of the tombs are varied, there are rectangular, there are also stone tablets without graves, at first glance it is the tomb of the ethnic minorities, but there are also many traditional "pointed tombs" of the Han nationality.
"Which one exactly...... You can find it yourself......" The ethnic minority youth shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know where he is buried, you can find it yourself......"
"Little brother, it's hard work...... Lao Liu Tou dug out his pocket, took out a pack of Chinese cigarettes and stuffed it into the young man's hand......
"Mr. Liu, do you think Ah Xun will come here?" Looking at the graves all over the mountains, Qin Ge also frowned, "Could it be that if you get here, you will get the same disease as Ah Xun?" ”
"It's not like you're going to get it if you come...... Brother Ai, maybe you did something you shouldn't do...... "To be honest, Lao Liu Tou is also a little puzzled, according to the theory in the ancient books, if you don't come to the cemetery, a place where hundreds of ghosts gather, you shouldn't be infected with ten thousand calamities, but according to common sense, to participate in the funeral, you often symbolically bow in front of the ranking, and there is no need to follow the cemetery at all...... But then again, this kid came all the way to China to participate in this person's funeral, could it be that he is close to this Su Zhongwen? "I think...... Brother Ai may be related to this person......"
"I've read Mr. Ai's resume and I think ...... If Mr. Ai really knows this person, then this person is most likely Mr. Ai's informant! Just when Lao Liu was guessing, Li Dong suddenly said, "This kind of thing also happens from time to time in Hong Kong, once the identity of the informant is exposed, he will die a miserable death!" ”
"Brother Li, I don't think so......" Old Liu Tou didn't seem to agree with Li Dong's opinion, "I don't really understand how close the relationship between the police and the informant is, but if it's you...... Will it be just to attend the funeral of an informant and make a special trip from the United States to China? Will you make a special trip to the cemetery? ”
"Surely I won't!" Li Dongdao, "The informant and the police are in a working relationship, and the informant is trading for money, not to mention in the United States, even if I am in Hong Kong, I will not make a special trip to the mainland!" But Daochang Liu, don't forget Mr. Ai's IOU? According to Mr. Sun's description, Mr. Ai is a very traditional boy, very righteous, if he owes someone money, he will definitely pay it back, and 10,000 yuan is not a lot! I guessed that Mr. Ai must have been unable to contact this person in the United States, so he came to China from the United States and wanted to repay the money in person, but when he came here, he found that the informant surnamed Su had hung up! This also explains why Mr. Ai came here: Mr. Ai wanted to pay the money, but he was a step late, so he would definitely go to the grave to pay his respects! ”
"Doom...... It's also reasonable to say this...... "Old Liu Tou frowned, it seems that Li Dong knows all the clues he knows, "But the person on the IOU is called Su Tieli, and this person is called Su Zhongwen......"
"Oh, Daochang Liu, an informant, how can you use your real name?" Li Dong spread his hands, "Some informants in Hong Kong simply used the relationship of the police to get two sets of ID cards!" One of them is fake, but all the anti-counterfeiting is there, except that it can't be found on the Internet, and even the chief inspector can't tell the truth from the fake, because it was originally made by the equipment of the police station! ”
"Found it! Over here! Just when Lao Liu Tou and Li Dong were discussing the relationship between Su Zhongwen and Aierxun, Zhang Guozhong had already found Su Zhongwen's grave, because it was a new tomb and a new monument, so it was easier to distinguish, the texture of the monument was cement, and the paint on it was crookedly written "The Tomb of the Deceased Husband Su Zhongwen", but there was no payment of the wife's name below, it seems that the relationship between the two people is really not good, not only the quality of the tombstone is so poor, but as a wife, even the name is not left.
"Guozhong, dig out the guy!" In front of Su Zhongwen's tomb, Lao Liu Tou put the bag on the ground, picked up a stone and drew a circle on the ground.
"Daochang Liu, do you want to summon his soul......?" It seems that this Li Dong is also a little familiar with Taoism, and the old Liu Tou just drew a circle and didn't say what he wanted to do, but he had already seen the purpose, "This person was killed, will it be dangerous to do this?" ”
"It's fine!" Lao Liu Tou is full of confidence, and his heart said that you have enough "Zhu Youshu", and it is also my turn to show off Maoshan Technique, "We should not be the introduction, let it be a ......" said this, Lao Liu Tou pulled a handful of artemisia grass from a lonely grave not far away, and made a straw man in three times and two times, at this time Zhang Guozhong has drawn a "living charm *", according to the theory of Maoshan Shu, the greater the resentment, the lower the IQ, and the easier it is to deceive, it seems that not only the living are easily carried away by anger, but also the ghosts, If this Su Zhongwen was really killed and died, the straw man and the "living talisman" were enough to fool him.
Put the straw man in the middle of the circle, Zhang Guozhong lit the incense, Lao Liu began to summon the soul after chattering, wisps of yin soul incense turned in a circle and floated in all directions, about four or five minutes later, I saw Lao Liu tossing and sweating, but the straw man was still a straw man, and there seemed to be nothing.
"Daochang Liu?" Li Dong seemed to be a little puzzled, "I'm afraid it's ...... Reincarnated, right? ”
"Impossible!" Theoretically speaking, summoning spirits in front of the grave, less than two minutes means that two years are enough to recruit, but in order to save face, Lao Liu Tou stubbornly recruited for five minutes, and this face still doesn't seem to be saved, "Look at this tombstone, I don't even bother to engrave the lettering, it's written in paint, I don't believe that his daughter-in-law can be willing to spend money to hire someone to chant the scriptures!" Besides, if he really had the identity of an informant exposed and slaughtered, he wouldn't have been reincarnated so quickly even if he had passed it......"
"Could it be that this man is not dead at all?" Zhang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, there are two reasons why the soul cannot be summoned, one is that the soul has been reincarnated, the second is that the soul is bound in a certain place by some magic circle or special environment, and the third is that the person is not dead, with the current situation, reincarnation is impossible, even if there is no resentment and natural death, it is impossible to reincarnate so quickly without exceeding; Not to mention the magic circle or special environment, Zhang Guozhong also observed when a few people came, the terrain of the nearby mountains is very normal, there is no blind spot that can restrain the soul, and the only remaining possibility is that this Su Zhongwen is not dead at all, "Senior brother, do you think it will be like what Officer Li said, this person is really an informant, and he cheated to death to avoid trouble because his identity was exposed?" ”
"Death?" Old Liu was stunned for a moment, "I heard that young man just now say that even the police have a large group of people, even if this kid has Liu Bowen's ability, he can't fool the forensic doctor if he can fool the people......"
"That little boy is talking about the police, but he hasn't said anything about forensics......" Li Dong listened carefully, "If that person is still an informant now, if his identity is exposed, the police may help him lie and issue a death certificate, and there is no loss to the police!" ”
At this moment, Zhang Guozhong's mobile phone was ticking, and when he saw that the caller ID was Zhang Guoyi's phone, "Hey, it's me...... Ay? Yicheng? You kid doesn't go to school at this point, why did you go to your uncle's? What the? I saw that Zhang Guozhong's expression was getting more and more strange, and as he spoke, he simply covered the microphone of his mobile phone with his hand, "Senior brother, this kid Yicheng has grown up!" ”
"Huh?" Lao Liu Tou was also stunned, and said in his heart that this Zhang Guozhong would not be suffering from intermittent psychosis, right? How do you talk nervously?
"Are you sure?" I saw Zhang Guozhong frowning, "Okay!" You say! As long as it's true, I'll take you to the United States! ”
"Guozhong...... What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Old Liu Tou put his ear close to the mobile phone earpiece, but he couldn't hear anything.
"What? Birthday!? Zhang Guozhong was stunned, "How do you know?" …… Well...... Well...... You kid...... Well, I ask, well, okay...... Line ......"
Hanging up the phone, Zhang Guozhong immediately dialed Liu Dongsheng's phone again, "Brother Liu, it's me, you have to do me a favor...... Well, you can help me look up a person, called Su Zhongwen, the clock of the clock, the cultural text, hey? What does 'again' mean to check the address? What the? Guoyi just looked for you two days ago? Hey, I'm not looking up the address, I'm looking up the person's date of birth......"
"Mr. Qin, please call Mr. Sun and ask him about the date of birth of Alexun......" Hanging up the phone, Zhang Guozhong turned his head to Qin Ge, "My phone number has to wait for Brother Liu's reply!" ”
"What's wrong?" Lao Liu asked vigorously.
"This kid Yicheng has found the cause of the 'Ten Thousand Tribulations', and has cured a person who harmed the 'Ten Thousand Tribulations', and now people can speak!" For this news, Zhang Guozhong's heart is also mixed, happy is happy that although his son is playful, his understanding is much higher than himself, and he can be regarded as an excellent successor of the Maoshan faction.
"Oh?" Old Liu Tou was also surprised, "This ...... Okay with this kid...... It's not April 1st, is it? "To be honest, for April 1st April Fool's Day, the foreign festival of Lao Liu Tou is palpitating, and he is fooled by Zhang Yicheng on April 1st every year......
"It's true!" Zhang Guozhong said, "Guoyi proved to me that it was indeed Yicheng who did it, and he found that the 'Ten Thousand Tribulations' is not like what the ancient books say, it must be a thousand souls, as long as the soul has grievances, the eight characters of the birth date before life are the same as those of the living, three souls and seven souls are enough!" ”
"Three souls and seven spirits are enough...... old Liu Tou reacted for a long time, "You mean that one person's soul can make people suffer thousands of calamities?" ”
"Yes!" Zhang Guozhong cut the railway, "But the eight characters of the birthday must be the same!" ”
"Birthdays are the same!?" Li Dong also seemed a little surprised, "That means that you should be born on the same day and month of the same year, and the difference in birth time is within a quarter of an hour?" ”
"According to Yicheng, that's the case!" Zhang Guozhong nodded, "The probability of such a coincidence is very small, but it is not impossible......
"Zhang Zhangjiao, I want to ask, who is the Yicheng you are talking about? Are you an apprentice? Li Dong asked, "Will this kind of coincidence also be discovered by him?" ”
"It's my son!" Zhang Guozhong smiled, and Li Dong's face immediately showed a burst of envy, "Oh, Zhang Zhangjiao, I really envy you!" Back then, I learned Zhu Youshu, but my father forced me to learn with a stick, and with a son like you, I will accept my fate by reducing my life span for ten years! ”
To be honest, Lao Liu Tou has said this eight lifetimes ago, let alone ten years, if he can give birth to a son like Zhang Yicheng, even if he dies on the spot, he will admit it......
About five minutes later, Zhang Guozhong received a call from Liu Dongsheng, and sure enough, this Su Zhongwen and Aier Xun were really born on the same day, the same month, and the same year, although the specific birthdays of the two people cannot be verified, but the matter is basically obvious with lice on the bald head.
"Did you really let this little rabbit cub say it right?" Lao Liu Tou shook his head vigorously with his hand twisting his goatee, to be honest, at this moment, Lao Liu Tou was really panicked for the father of the little brother Cao Moyun, if his old man was also dyed with this "ten thousand calamities", he knew that it was so simple, why bother to go to Sichuan? You know, hiring a sedan chair to carry people from Tianjin to Sichuan for treatment, and there must be a large group of veterans to take care of them back and forth, but it is definitely a lot of expenditure, and the Taoist priests of Baiyun Temple have always been arrogant, but it is definitely not just rich to be able to move, it is not difficult to imagine that the cost of using the "favors" of various relationships alone should be quite exaggerated...... "Guozhong, so it is simple, and the excess surnamed Su will not be over?" ”
"Theoretically, this is true, but Senior Brother......" Zhang Guozhong frowned, "Su Zhongwen's soul...... Where is it? ”
"Doom ......" Hearing Zhang Guozhong say this, Lao Liu Tou also suddenly realized, he was sweating profusely just now, and he didn't even attract a fart, and he still recruited in front of the grave, this is the best place to summon spirits, "Guozhong, did you suspect that this grandson was cheating to death?" ”
"It was a suspicion just now, but if he faked his death, how could Elxun get sick ......?" Zhang Guozhong was also in a dilemma, "But this Su Zhongwen and Alxun's birthdays are indeed the same day, is there such a coincidence in the world?" After that, Zhang Guozhong simply took out the compass, only to see that the pointer of the plate pointed left and right, but he didn't point to Su Zhongwen's grave, looking at the compass, Su Zhongwen's grave looked like an empty grave.
"I don't think there's any need to argue about this!" Qin Ge smiled slightly, put his mouth to Zhang Guozhong's ear and muttered for a while, saying Zhang Guozhong straightened his teeth, "Master Qin, this is ...... Not quite right, right? ”
"There's nothing inappropriate...... Qin Ge frowned, "Of course, people have dignity, but they can't ignore the dignity of the living in order to take into account the dignity of the dead......
"Digging a grave?" Lao Liu Tou is not a fool, he understood as soon as he heard it, "Master Qin, this is not an ancient tomb, digging a grave in this place, let the fellow catch it, even if you can't kill it on the spot, you have to be blackmailed for three or five hundred thousand, put it in the past, stealing the grave and digging the grave is a crime to be decided!" ”
"Mr. Liu, I believe that no one else should come ......to this place at night," Qin Ge said, "We walked more than ten miles just now, and there was not a single family around, I don't believe that normal people would come to this place at night......"
"I don't think you're normal...... Old Liu shrugged his shoulders, "It's okay, dig it up and see what kind of sacred ...... this Su Zhongwen is."
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* Living Talisman: The so-called living talisman, a kind of talisman that disguises a living person, theoretically should be drawn with human blood, but some people use chicken blood, dog blood, red nitrate and even cinnabar to draw, and the living talisman drawn by these materials also has a certain effect, but the probability of blinding the evil ghost is far lower than that drawn by real human blood.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the death sentence needs to be verified and approved by the Criminal Department, and the criminal who is sentenced to "beheading" will be beheaded immediately after the approval of the Criminal Department, and the "after beheading" will be beheaded in the autumn of the following year. Under normal circumstances, most of those sentenced to "beheading and decided" are felons who are "vile in nature and have an extremely bad impact" such as "rebellion", "tomb robbery", and "killing relatives".