When Yin Daochang appeared, I began to doubt, and with the later postcards, in this series of things, I made a decision - to throw bricks and lead jade.

So I'm not the only one who can tell the family of the deceased some of the information I know, so that I can be sure that the murderer will be caught.

And this Yin Daochang, if he had nothing to do with all this, he should not interfere, but he actually interfered, which means that he is likely to be the murderer behind him, or his own interests are suspected of being the murderer.

But I don't have a chance to catch the murderer now, and compared to this case, what is more difficult at present is Li Sansi's matter.

If I can catch him in the clan mausoleum, things will be much clearer, so when I heard him say this, I also pushed the boat down the river and agreed.

But he didn't say exactly how it would be implemented, just that I said yes.

After separating from Yin Daochang, I called Baizhou and asked him to help check some of the deceased's contemporaries and living people, and tell the deceased's son the results of the investigation.

Since I don't bother with this matter anymore, it's better to give the news to the people in the bureau.

When I hung up the phone, I told him about meeting Yin Daochang just now, but I didn't tell him bluntly about what I had to do with Yin Daochang and the murderer.

I don't know what he thinks, and there seems to be an inexplicable sense of trust in my guess, so I just said that this Yin Dao Chang came to help on his master's orders.

The other party was silent for a while, and he didn't know whether to believe or doubt? It wasn't until the end that he said, "I know, now it's time for us to prepare!" ”

After hanging up the phone, we all went back to the hotel, and as I lay on the couch, I looked up at the ceiling and pondered what had happened recently.

In a blink of an eye, the sun had risen the next day, and when we met Baizhou again, we found that his face was a little pale, and I asked him what was wrong.

The other party looked at me and said with a wry smile, "I didn't find any news of Li Sansi, and the deceased still has a key in his hand, which was left by the old patriarch, five pieces respectively, and each elder holds one piece, but the whereabouts of the deceased are unknown." ”

"In such a big city, it's so easy to find people, but we should still find a way to enter the clan mausoleum first."

Baizhou nodded, he had been visiting some old-timers in the past few days to ask about Li Sansi's news, but there was no progress, and then by the way, he helped me find the friends of the deceased back then, and there were many people alive in this big circle.

Seeing that this road didn't work, we had to wait for another clue, that is, the clue provided by Yin Daochang.

Baizhou was a little frustrated, nodded and said, "I just hope that Taoist priest is not playing tricks on us!" ”

I comforted him a few words to put him at ease, but despite this, I could tell that he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days.

On the third day, the deceased will be ready to be buried, and then the older people in the clan will pass, and perhaps the murderer will also be mixed in, so we might as well go and take a look.

Let's go, we took a car, and came back to the village, compared to the previous days, today's village is rare to gather a lot of people, each with white paper flowers.

When we arrived, we saw that it was Elder Li who was in charge, and after he took the other three elders to incense the deceased, he ordered the coffin to be carried on the road.

We arrived a little late, and as we squeezed into the crowd, we saw the two sons of the deceased walking in front of the coffin, white paper money scattered in the air, and a burst of mourning came from the funeral procession.

Accompanying the coffin were several elders, who were dragging a white flower rope in their hands, each with a blank face and a solemn expression.

The funeral procession was long, almost everyone in the village came, and as we chased through the crowd, we saw the procession stop in front of a grave that had been chosen at the back of the village.

The procession parted left and right, and only the coffin bearer passed through the gap in the procession, and then lowered the coffin in front of the tomb.

But I found out that the coffin was not placed directly on the ground, because I don't know when, two stones were placed there, which just cushioned the bottom of the coffin.

Waiting by the tomb was a group of people, all dressed in gray-white robes with a strange white bird on them.

One person stepped forward and shouted, "Homecoming!" The door is open! ”

When the words fell, the man threw another handful of paper money around the coffin, and then called the coffin bearer and whispered something.

The other party nodded, turned around and made a gesture to the others, and they began to lower the coffin.

"The road wind is late, the wind and dust come, and now the fallen leaves return to the roots, pray for the grace of heaven and earth, and the husband will live so far, and there will be no more concern with the world."

As he spoke, the man turned around, took a small oil lamp from the little brother's hand, lit it three times on the coffin, the flame jumped slightly, and then left the coffin.

After taking his hand, the coffin fell to the bottom of the pit, and the man waved his hand, "Everyone, come and send off the deceased!" ”

After speaking, several elders and family members came over and began to return to the earth, but everyone did not speak, only heard the calm voice of the person just now, "The dark loess, also the family and the people, one side of the sky, one corner of the earth, the heavy god first, the second hold, the gloom, rumbling and mourning, do not forget and do not disturb, and the aftermath of anger." I don't bother, send it to Anzhi, meet strangers, and have mercy! ”

After speaking, he looked up at the crowd again, and then raised his hand and said, "Go back, the deceased will go, and ascend to peace!" ”

When everyone heard this, they wept bitterly, but they all turned around to hide their faces and walked back slowly.

At this time, another gust of wind blew from nowhere, this wind was not very big, but the white sails around it were flying, and the paper flowers fell from the willow branches.

Falling on the coffin and also on the person, it is really like the cold snow of winter, leading people to another sorrow.

"The road ahead is long, don't stay longer, the worldly world is over, the clouds are bleak, thousands of miles are long, the breeze is sent, don't be too late!"

Reciting the eulogy, the man motioned for the others around him to help him return to the earth, but he was not busy resting, and chanted in his mouth, "Don't read it, don't disturb, it's a long way!" The wind will ......"

As the crowd left, the coffin was finally buried, and there were a few willow saplings buried around the coffin.

The crowd faded like the sea, and all that was left was white paper flowers flying in the sky and gusts of cold wind coming out of the surrounding hills.

The wind blew unscrupulously, and the sand and dust were blown overhead, and with the sound of a trumpet, it gradually wandered around.

Walking back with the crowd, the voice slowly faded away, but the cry was like a fallen leaf swaying in the autumn wind, fluttering and sprinkling, wandering around, like this depressed and lonely world.

Back in the village, someone has already set up a funeral tent, and people who come from all over to help will eat together here.

Elder Li, who was in charge, instructed people to arrange the personnel of those who carried the coffins, and at the same time arranged a banquet for those who returned to the soil.

But those people's banquets are different from us, because they are the gifts of the family, one is for thanks, and the other is for respect, but those things will be postponed to the evening.

In the shed, after Elder Li returned, he greeted everyone and asked everyone to take their seats, and then handed a strip of white cloth to the eldest son of the deceased.

After the other party took it, thanked him and tied it to his arm, I looked around him and found that the cloth strip was rusted with some seals.

After Elder Li took the throne, everyone began to discuss the future affairs, first let the eldest son of the deceased inherit the position of elder, and then arrange the affairs within the clan.

I didn't care much about what they said, but I didn't have much appetite when I looked at the big chunks of fat in the bowl.

Searching through the crowd, I didn't see the shadow of Yin Daochang, but I didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, and the funeral was all done, and I didn't see him come out to show up.

We promised him not to investigate the case again, but we didn't see him help us find clues about Li Sansi or going to the grave.

Thinking about it, I saw Elder Song arrive in a hurry, and without greeting the people around him, I walked straight to Elder Li's side and whispered a few words.

Elder Li's face changed after hearing this, and he sat up suddenly, but as soon as he sat up, he looked around at the others again, and said that there were still some private matters to deal with, and I am afraid that I would have to leave first.

As he spoke, Elder Li motioned to several other elders to come out with him, and Baizhou was also called out by them.

Naturally, we followed along, but looking at the posture just now, it seemed that the news brought by Elder Song was not simple.

As they spoke, everyone came to a secluded area, and Elder Li opened a door here and let everyone in.

There were a few people waiting here, and when they saw us enter the courtyard, they came out of the back room.

After greeting Elder Li, Elder Song said to them, "Time is tight, so let's make a long story short!" ”

One of the big black men was the first to speak, saying, "Something has happened to the clan tomb, and we have found a robbery hole in the nearby mountains, and according to the shovel marks and soil, we can determine that it was dug up recently. ”

"Where's the approximate location?"

"About five hundred meters to the left of the mound, the terrain is remote, when we listened to your order to look for it the day before yesterday, we didn't find it, but when we looked carefully today, we found this thief hole,"

Elder Li frowned and did not answer.

Listening to the words of this person just now, since Baizhou told everyone about Li Sansi, Elder Li had already sent people to inspect the vicinity of the clan tomb, but it was not until now that there was no result.

Originally, it was just a suspicion, but now that a clue has been found, it made Elder Li hesitate, after all, this is his son, if he really goes down to the tomb and finds him, what should he do?

After thinking for a long time, he finally shook his head and asked Baizhou, "What you said, are they all true?" Is it really the rebel who is coming to steal the mask of the god king? ”

Baizhou glanced back at me, but I said I didn't know how to help him, so I shrugged helplessly.

"The matter has come to this, Elder Li, you have to let me enter the clan mausoleum, even if I am not a junior brother, there are other people who have broken into the clan mausoleum, what is the reason, I should also ask clearly!"

Elder Li finally sighed, "I can't make up my mind about this matter, and you should know that in the past hundred years, no one has ever entered the clan mausoleum from top to bottom, and there are still too many dangers and taboos. ”

"I understand, but we can't afford to wait long now! If they are not captured as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable, and they will most likely still have the drawings of the clan tomb in their hands. ”

When I said this, I felt that the atmosphere around me suddenly sank, until Elder Song said, "Lao Li, don't you think this drawing appears very strange?" ”