Chapter 23: Monsters

"What's going on, could it be that this person is trying to take me somewhere?" was relieving himself of his heart, but he didn't pay attention, this person disappeared in front, Runzi Dad ran over quickly, not even a ghost, only an iron fence appeared in front of him, and a sign was hung on the cement wall on the left: Limin Township Crematorium.

Slogans such as "Promote cremation, reform old customs" and "The dead should make way for the living" are written in bold letters on the outside of the long earthen walls, but otherwise look a bit like abandoned bunkers, with high chimneys reaching into the sky, like a lighthouse on the coast. Especially at night, the insects and birds chirp in the open fields, and you don't feel the slightest popularity, and when you look at it from a distance, the crematorium is silent.

"Gragra ......" Could it be that this person entered the crematorium, Runzi's father thought so and raised his hand to push the door.

The iron fence was not locked, and Runzi's father walked directly in the direction of the light step by step, because he had been here during the day and had also said hello to Niu Bo in the duty room, so he had to be energetic in the past few days. However, judging from the situation along the way just now, Uncle Niu should be asleep.

"Uncle Niu, Uncle Niu......" Father Runzi lifted the half-cloth curtain, and there was a wooden bed in the dark duty room, and Uncle Niu was sleeping soundly by the head of the bed, holding a wine bottle in his hand.

Runzi's father pushed a few times, and Niu Bo woke up, rubbed his eyes, and asked in a daze, "Who...... Who is it! ”

"I, Xiao Du, from the police station, have seen it during the day, do you remember?"

"Oh, it's you, I thought the third watch was going to burn the stove in the middle of the night!"

Runzi's father thought to himself, this old man drank and slept by himself and didn't forget to tease, what a master who should not be a big deal!

"Why are you doing in this nasty place so late?"

"Night patrol, I just lost a suspicious person, I suspect I've entered here, you...... I guess I didn't hear anything! ”

"I ...... Didn't I drink a little, if someone came in before, they wouldn't be able to escape my eyes, but this ear is not good! Otherwise, if you're not afraid, I'll accompany you around? ”

"Good! I forgot to bring a flashlight when I came, do you have one? ”

Niu Bo took out a brass flashlight from under a shabby yellow wooden table, blinked his eyes, handed it to Runzi's father, and said, "You take it, I'm used to walking at night, and I can't see it more clearly." ”

"Okay, you lead the way first!" Daddy Runko looked at his eyes, which were really a bit like cat's eyes.

While talking, Runzi's father felt that this old man's courage was really not small, a person in such a remote crematorium, he could sleep peacefully, although he also crawled in the pile of dead people back then, after all, it was a battlefield, and now there is only a ray of light in the huge place, and there is no one around, and from time to time there will be the night cry of owls, and it seems that the sky is also dark and gloomy when the day comes.

The two walked along the gatehouse one after the other, and sighed that Uncle Niu was really the same as he said, leading the way without pause, but the smell of alcohol was rushing to the nose, thinking about it, such a place where birds don't lay eggs and don't, it's strange if you don't drink and don't boil out of mental illness.

Rounding the row of morgues and turning inward, the two of them came to the burner. The crematorium is completely exposed, unlike the now dedicated enclosed crematoriums. Father Runzi glanced twice, except for the dark furnace mouth, there was nothing unusual, but Niu Bo bent down and planned to open the furnace. "Uncle Niu, what are you doing here, I said it's unlikely that this person is hiding here!" Uncle Niu ignored Runzi's father's words, but made a puzzled voice: "Hey, I just swept it yesterday, why did it come out of the ashes again?" "Runzi Dad took a closer look with a flashlight, and sure enough, some black and gray dust and mud stuck to the furnace mouth, according to his own criminal investigation experience, it should be someone who pulled out the dust and mud when he entered the furnace mouth, and said that the person he was following really went inside, but how quietly, it was really alive." What do you see, if someone jumps out later, you have to arrest them, my old arms and legs can't bear it! "Okay, I'll see you later." Runzi's father pinned the flashlight to the belt, made a arrest gesture, and waited solemnly. Niu Bo patted him on the shoulder. "Look at your body, but you are strong, I don't know how brave you are?" At this time, only listen to the "sonorous ......", and the sound of collision in the furnace from small to large constantly occurs. A black round object fell in response to the sound, hitting the mouth of the sealing furnace, the sound was very loud, and the "buzzing" sounded straight, echoing in the ears, so startled that Runzi's father subconsciously retracted his hand, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle Niu, what is it?" "Run, it's the corpse barbarian king......" Before Runzi's father could understand, Niu Bosa ran back three meters away. Uncle Niu, wait for me......" Uncle Niu hurriedly turned around and said: "Ma Yoer run, follow me, don't make a sound......" The interesting thing is that Uncle Niu circled back and forth around the big open space of the crematorium, and did not run out, although Runzi Dad said that he didn't understand, but he had no idea for a while, so he could only follow behind. And the corpse-headed barbarian king flew in the air, following behind them, and those who didn't know thought they were flying kites. After running more than ten laps, Niu Bo suddenly stopped and almost knocked Runzi's father squarely. "What's the matter, why did you stop?" "Look, the corpse-headed barbarian king is gone." Runzi's father looked around, and sure enough, there was no so-called corpse barbarian king, but there was a slight earthy smell in the air. Niu Bo sat down on the ground, kneading his legs and coughing a few times. "I'm tired, I'm tired, what year, something strange happened, something I haven't seen for many years, and I ran into it again." Runzi's father was puzzled, so he asked curiously, "Did you say that this thing often haunts, what is it?" "Hehe, you may not know if you are walking right, I think I saw it once in the nearby mountains before the liberation," said Niu Bo, who lifted his vest, and there was an irregular black green next to his navel, and he continued: "Look, this is what that thing gave me, and I haven't raised it for almost ten years." The old generation said that this corpse barbarian king will appear every time in troubled times, I remember that in March 1, when Japan occupied the Northeast, it appeared once, and once before the liberation, and this time, if I guessed correctly, the country has something big to happen, I don't know if it's good or bad! "Junko thinks he's rare and weird." You are too superstitious, maybe it's a coincidence, besides, it's not our turn to worry about the affairs of the country! ”

"The young man didn't know that this corpse-headed barbarian king was not an ordinary evil thing, only one out of a thousand. Generally common is the corpse head barbarian, this kind of evil thing is born of resentment, buried in the ground, committing murder on the ground, sucking people's brains, killing people without a trace, in mass graves and battlefields haunted more, as long as the head is buried in the soil can be avoided. And this corpse barbarian king has an extra word "king", which is naturally not ordinary. ”