Chapter 24: Mass Graves

I looked at Xiaozhou, a little worried in my heart, and couldn't help but say: Your business, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to do.

When Xiaozhou heard me say this, his legs immediately weakened.

I waved my hand and comforted him: you don't have to be afraid, it's just a little troublesome. Then I said to Xue Qian: Do you want to go somewhere with me?

Xue Qian said vigilantly: The place you are going to is probably not a normal place. I thought he was going to refuse. Unexpectedly, he put his arm on my shoulder and said enthusiastically: My shop is open, and I will be righteous to the end. Where are you going? I'll walk with you.

I immediately felt in a good mood and burst out laughing.

I took out the big knife from the room, and beckoned to the boat: Follow me. Chen Xiaomei is dead, you haven't mourned yet, have you?

Xiaozhou whispered: How dare I. Then he followed me.

The three of us walked to Chen Xiaomei's house. I saw that the group of people were gathering around the courtyard last night to keep a vigil.

When the bald man saw me coming, he hurriedly came up and asked, "How is it?" Can Chen Xiaomei be buried?

I shook my head: I have some business to do tonight. If it is done, it can be buried in peace.

I looked in the yard, and Ah Fei was squatting in the corner, muttering to a tree, and kept calling Mom.

Bald kept shaking his head and sighing: Look at it, how pitiful, so alone, crazy like this.

I smiled and whispered, "Not necessarily crazy."

Although Chen Xiaomei is much older than me, after all, she is not a relative, so I didn't kneel to her. I took a piece of yellow paper from beside the funeral bed, bowed, and lit it in the brazier.

Xue Qian in the back did the same, and also burned a piece of paper. Xiaozhou knelt down and kowtowed respectfully.

I squinted at Ah Fei. Ah Fei circled around the tree a few times, and then stood beside us.

If Ah Fei can really see Chen Xiaomei, then he can use it as a sign to tell us where Chen Xiaomei is.

I looked in Ah Fei's direction and said, "Old lady, we plan to go to the mass grave back then to see if there is room for relaxation in this matter."

Ah Fei didn't move, and Chen Xiaomei didn't show up.

I said to the bald, "Keep a good watch, don't be afraid tonight, nothing should happen."

Afterwards, I took some incense, candles, and paper money from the mourning hall at random. I found a bag and put it up, and handed it to Xue Qian.

Xue Qian whispered: I have never heard of mourners bringing paper money, and it is the first time I have heard that I took paper money back. But what do you want to do with all this paper money?

I smiled slightly: You'll know when the time comes.

I waved my hand, took Xue Qian and Xiaozhou, and walked towards the mass grave in Wangzhuang. Ah Fei followed us from a distance, so Chen Xiaomei also came.

Along the way, Xiaozhou was very nervous, and seemed to have lingering feelings about what happened back then.

I bought a loaf of bread on the way and devoured it. In the past few days, I have been upside down, and I have eaten the last meal but not the next, and if I continue like this, my stomach will soon be broken.

I asked Xue Qian: I only came here after college. Are you a local, have you ever heard of this place in Wangzhuang?

Xue Qian shook her head: I haven't heard of Wangzhuang, but I know that there is a Wangzhuang Park. It may be that after the demolition, it was converted into a large park, but not many people went there.

The boat took us for a long time with his memory. After all, it's a distance of ten miles. By the time we arrived, our tired ankles ached.

Xiaozhou stood on the main road, and said with some uncertainty: I haven't been back for many years, theoretically, it should be here.

I looked ahead, and it was indeed what it looked like in a park.

Xue Qian said: It seems that it is right. This place in Wangzhuang has really been transformed into a park.

I'm a little confused: this place has been turned into a park, can we still find mass graves?

On the way, I told me about the boat. At this time, Xue Qian heard me say this, and said with confidence: It is easy to find a mass grave.

I asked him a little strangely: why is it easy?

Xue Qian said: Once the mass grave is rebuilt, it will definitely not be built into a residential building, because no one is willing to buy this kind of place. It will definitely build a school or something, with a high population density and strong yang energy, which can suppress lonely souls and wild ghosts.

I pointed to the park in front of me and said, "But there is no school in front of me." Your argument doesn't seem to work.

Xue Qian laughed: Have you forgotten the locust forest near our house? If there was a haunted place, no one could take care of it. It's easiest to build a park. Otherwise, what would a big mound of earth be placed in the city, overgrown with wild grass and trees?

I nodded: you have a point. Let's go inside and find out if there is a place like a mass grave in the park.

Xue Qian said: No need to look for it, I know where it is. I used to be here when I was a kid.

Then he led us inside. While walking, he said to himself: When I was a child, I was still strange, such a big park, and it was very beautiful, why didn't anyone come? It is estimated that many people know that there is a mass grave hidden here.

The park is well equipped, with street lights, stone benches, and tiled floors on the paths. But the floor tiles were full of fallen leaves, and the stone benches were covered with dust. Those street lights are also broken a lot.

It seems that after the park was built, very few people really came.

We walked for a long time on this flickering path, and Xue Qian stopped. Then he pointed to a rockery in front of him and said: Inside this rockery, there is a mass grave. The outside is a rockery, and the inside is a grave bag.

I looked back at Ah Fei and asked into the air, "Old lady, are you still going in?"

Ah Fei shook his head and shook his arms, as if he was resisting something. But he eventually bent his legs and knelt down.

I thought about what he had just done. It should have been Chen Xiaomei who asked him to kneel.

I took the incense candle paper money in Xue Qian's hand. Squatting beside Ah Fei. Then one by one they began to burn paper money.

By the candlelight, the shadow of an old lady began to appear beside Ah Fei.

My heart was pounding. But I forced myself to calm down and burned the paper silently. And Xue Qian and Xiaozhou were so frightened that they took two steps back, and their faces were colorless.

I looked at Chen Xiaomei and had the courage to discuss with her: After a while, will you follow us to the mass grave, or stay here?

Chen Xiaomei looked at me, then shook her head. She knelt beside Ah Fei and began to burn paper one by one.

I stood up and said to the boat, "Man, let's go, and return the snuffbox to its owner." I hope people will let you go.

The boat is like an earthy color: Am I going too?

I said a little unpleasantly: Aren't you talking nonsense? Isn't it just for you that I've been working for you in the middle of the night? You're the protagonist tonight, we're all foils, let's go.

Xue Qian followed behind me and called: "Lao Zhao, you are waiting for me."

I looked back at him and asked in surprise, "Are you going too?"

Xue Qian waved her hand: Aren't you talking nonsense? There's an old man here. Can I stay here?

I pointed to the mass grave: there must be ghosts up there, you can figure it out.

Xue Qian sighed: Do you still need to think about it? Lu Laodao said, your kid has a hard life, and it is safer to follow you. Then he beckoned to me: Don't stay here, let's go.

The three of us looked at Ah Fei and Chen Xiaomei, who were kneeling on the ground. Then he walked to the top of the rockery step by step.

There is a winding path on the rockery. From time to time, a mad tree stuck out of its branches to block our path, but we walked smoothly.

When the three of us walked for a while, and were about to approach the top of the rockery, I suddenly felt a light.

I was a little surprised: how could anyone get a few street lights in such a place?

Xue Qian took a step up, then turned back with a suspicious face, and said to me: Something is wrong, there seems to be someone living on it.

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Is it really a human being?