Chapter 31: Cremation
Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Lei Baoquan and the others got up, Jin Guo put on his coat and went out to find Uncle Li, and the remaining three people were still thinking about where to put this headless corpse, otherwise when other colleagues came, there were many people and it was not easy to move.
"I think it's better to wait for Uncle Li to come." Li Bai said, "We don't know what to do with him yet, so it's better not to move." ”
Lei Baoquan didn't think so, and said: "No matter how he handles it, there are so many people coming in and out here, if anyone says it, it will be troublesome." Therefore, you should find a place where no one is there first, and it will be convenient to deal with it when the time comes. ”
The old horse thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, let's get to the back mountain first, there is an abandoned quarry station at the foot of the mountain, there are three brick houses, and now there is no one there." ”
The other two also agreed, and the three of them went to the warehouse to move the headless corpse to the back trunk, and the strange thing was that the headless corpse at this time did not struggle, or even move at all, and really became a veritable headless corpse.
"Why doesn't this thing move?" Li Bai carried the headless corpse to the car box, found it motionless, and asked.
"Are you dead?" The old horse said.
"It wasn't meant to be alive," Li Bai said with a shrug.
Lei Baoquan doesn't care about this: "It doesn't matter if it's alive or dead, as long as it can't run." ”
As he was talking, Wang Guobin happened to come to work, looked at the three people surrounding the car, and shouted: "Early in the morning, what are you doing here?" ”
As soon as Li Bai saw that someone was coming, he immediately closed the rear car cover, Wang Guobin looked at them strangely, and also felt curious, and asked, "Isn't there anything good hidden in the car?" ”
"Young man, don't inquire so thoroughly, this is a secret of the bureau, once it is leaked, we will all be finished!" Lei Baoquan used his acting skills to scare and scare him.
Wang Guobin obviously took it seriously, really thought that what was in the car was highly secret, nodded and promised: "Okay, don't worry, I will never say it." But... Can you let me take a look at that? ”
Lei Baoquan continued to stretch his face, shook his fingers and said no, Wang Guobin stuck out his tongue and smiled, and said, "I understand, I understand, I don't ask about the affairs between leaders, you continue to discuss." Then he ran into the house with a puff of smoke.
"Let's go, let's go." The three of them informed Jin Guo, and then drove to the quarry station, which was not far from the town, but because it was close to the mountain and there were no houses nearby, few people came here.
Lei Baoquan and Li Bai carried the headless corpse to the brick house, while Lao Ma looked around to see if anyone else was nearby.
After a while, Jin Guo came with Uncle Li on a bicycle.
Li Bai looked at Uncle Li sitting on the back seat of the bicycle and wanted to laugh, and said, "Brother Guo, where do you get a bicycle?" ”
"My neighbor's, whoever asked you to drive over didn't say to pick us up." Jin Guo replied.
A few people didn't say much and immediately went straight to the point.
Uncle Li followed Lei Baoquan and them to the brick house, looking at the headless corpse lying on the ground, there was nothing abnormal. Uncle Li leaned in and observed it carefully for a while, and said, "Isn't this just a corpse?" ”
"Uncle Li, this is not an ordinary corpse! This is the body that disappeared in this case. Jin Guo said.
"So you found a vanished corpse? Then you should go to the police. Uncle Li still didn't understand what they meant.
"Uncle Li, don't you understand, why did it disappear? It's because it moves on its own. Li Bai added.
"Will it move? You say it? Uncle Li was also surprised when he heard this, and looked at the corpse in front of him, which was lying motionless at this time.
Uncle Li touched the corpse with his toes and said, "I didn't move." ”
"I don't know why, he didn't move when we got him out this morning. But it did move last night, and it took a lot of effort for us to catch it. Li Bai clarified.
Uncle Li fell into deep thought after hearing this, and the expression on his face was also quite puzzled. Looking at his expression, the rest of the people's hearts were also at a loss, didn't Uncle Li know what was going on?
Li Bai saw that Uncle Li didn't speak for a long time, and tried to ask, "Could it be a zombie?" ”
Uncle Li shook his head: "No, this is not a zombie at all, I think about it, I seem to have read an old book before, and I have written something similar in it." It seems to say that when a person dies in a special environment, his body will be affected by the surrounding environment and change. ”
"What is a special environment?" The old horse asked.
"For example, it was midnight at the time, the yin qi was very heavy, and the place of death, the feng shui was special, and it was easy to attract ghosts, and such environmental factors were the direct cause." Uncle Li's memories are actually mentioned in the old books he has read before, and he has never encountered this situation, and this time he heard that this moving corpse is also an eye-opener.
"So what should we do? Uncle Li, you give us an idea. Li Bai asked.
"Tsk~" Uncle Li thought for a while and said, "If you don't want it to be known by more people, just burn it quickly, lest it move again as soon as it gets dark, and it will be troublesome to burn it again at that time." ”
Lei Baoquan nodded: "Of course you can't let others know, this thing is not a good thing." However, is it okay to burn it? ”
Uncle Li pursed his lips and said very honestly: "Although I am very interested in this thing, I really haven't encountered it before, as for how to deal with it, the best way is to make it disappear, so that you can avoid a lot of trouble." ”
As soon as everyone heard this, this seemed to be the best and only way at the moment, without further ado, just do it, and a few people put the headless corpse in a brick house, where there were stones around, and there was no need to worry about fire, and then took the half barrel of gasoline in the car and poured it on it, ready to light it.
"Are you sure you want to burn it?" Jin Guo confirmed with everyone before lighting the fire, and everyone nodded affirmatively, and Jin Guo lit the fire.
Because there was gasoline on it, the fire was very fast, and suddenly, the hand of the headless corpse seemed to move, which startled everyone.
"It's... This... What's wrong with this? The old horse said in surprise.
Uncle Li frowned, quickly took off the peach wood bracelet on his wrist, used it to draw a circle around the burned headless corpse on the ground, and then muttered a few more words.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, the whole body of the headless corpse was burning, and the smell was also dispersed, and everyone couldn't stand it anymore and retreated to the door. Just as everyone was standing at the door and watching the situation inside, the headless corpse suddenly stood up, jumping and jumping, and the flames all over his body also rose and fell with his movements, and the scene was very scary.
Everyone was stunned, Li Bai stepped back and said, "It won't run out, right?" ”
Uncle Li said calmly: "No, it can only be in that circle." ”
Sure enough, the headless corpse swayed from side to side for a long time, and whenever it approached the circle line, it was like there was a wall in front of it, and it was firmly trapped inside, unable to take half a step. After burning for about three or four minutes, the headless corpse suddenly leaned back, lay on the ground and no longer moved, and after more than ten minutes, the fire gradually decreased, and the headless corpse was also burned like a piece of black charcoal.
"Now... Are you alright? The old horse asked.
Uncle Li nodded.
Everyone waited for the smell to dissipate before entering the house, and at this time the headless corpse was already out of shape, only a few bones remained. Uncle Li looked at it and shook his head to express regret, and said: "This man is also quite pitiful, he still suffers this crime when he dies, you put away his bones, find a grave and bury them, and I will do white things for him and give him a ride." ”
A few people carefully wrapped up the remaining bones of the headless corpse and took them to the columbarium ancestral hall at the edge of the town, next to the ancestral hall were some early earth graves, where everyone found a place to bury the bones, simply made a tombstone, and asked Uncle Li to do white things for him.
"Is that okay? Don't you have to give it back to his loved ones? Jin Guo asked.
Lei Baoquan was also helpless, and said: "We can't help it, you go back with a few bones, people ask you how you found it, you say we found the body, people ask why you don't bring it back, you say because the corpse will run around?" Do you think people will hit you? ”
After speaking, everyone was silent, and Lei Baoquan continued: "Maybe this is the best way, just let it become a corpse that has disappeared, so that the family at least has a thought, which is much better than being afraid." ”