Chapter 688: Vigil
The brothers of the Zhou family seemed to suddenly recognize the reality, and honestly played the role of filial sons and grandsons, and the night before the funeral, the two brothers took the initiative to take the responsibility of guarding the spirit.
Xu Chunliang thought that these two goods must be fake compassion for cats crying rats, and he didn't agree with his grandfather's handling of this matter in his heart.
Mei Ruxue advised him to focus on the overall situation, and at this time, try not to make extraneous branches, and An Ansheng finished the funeral.
Xu Chunliang couldn't help but feel a little upset when he saw the Zhou brothers performing in the mourning hall, and when he came to the street alone, out of sight.
I saw my father Xu Jiaxuan standing alone under a big locust tree and making a phone call, looking in a good mood, grinning quite happily.
Although Xu Chunliang can understand that his father does not have much affection for his uncle and grandfather, if he is seen by his grandfather, he will have to be served by a big-eared scraper. Xu Chunliang quietly approached behind him, wanting to hear who Lao Xu was chatting with so happily.
Xu Jiaxuan was extremely vigilant, Xu Chunliang had already noticed it as soon as he approached him, he turned around with his hand on the phone, glared at him after seeing that it was his son, and said to the phone: "Someone is here, let's talk next time." ”
Xu Chunliang looked at him with disdain: "What kind of underground work are you doing?" Still unsightly, huh? ”
Xu Jiaxuan said confidently: "I can't have a little privacy? I said, why are you so gossipy? It's a virtue with your mother. ”
Xu Chunliang said: "Fortunately, I didn't follow you, otherwise I would rather die headfirst." ”
"How do you speak? In your heart, you are so unbearable? ”
Xu Chunliang stared at him for a while, feeling that his appearance and outline were really a little similar to Zhou Renhe, and reminded: "Old Xu, the past two days have been more restrained, just the elated appearance you just now, if you let grandpa see the consequences, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Xu Jiaxuan heard him mention the old man, and quickly looked around, convinced that his father was not around, so he was relieved, sighed and said: "What else do you want, I flew all the way over, sacrificing a few days, I don't know much about this uncle, to say that I am a little lost, but I am really not too sad, your father and I are more real, not good at disguise." ”
Xu Chunliang knew that what he said was also the truth.
Xu Jiaxuan took out a box of cigarettes and smoked one himself, and Xu Chunliang helped him light it.
Xu Jiaxuan grinned, the baby son finally honored himself once, he took a puff of cigarette and said, "Why did you come out?" ”
Xu Chunliang said: "The guests are almost here, nothing is wrong." ”
Xu Jiaxuan said in a low voice: "Are you not used to seeing the disgusting appearance of those two goods?" "Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, he still knows a little about his son.
Xu Chunliang nodded.
Xu Jiaxuan said: "Old man Zhou left the inheritance to you, it seems that you have made a big gain, but in fact it has left you a big trouble, although our Xu family is not a top rich man, but it is not bad for these two melons and dates." ”
Xu Chunliang said with a smile: "It's a big tone, what my uncle and grandfather left me is not a couple of jujubes, and the real estate cash must add up to 50 million, and the most important thing is the trademark of Renhetang." ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "We have our own Rejuvenation Hall, but in this way, you will become the enemies of the Zhou family brothers, they are not good people, and I don't know what tricks to deal with the Xu family in the future." ”
Xu Chunliang said: "Have you ever worried about the affairs of the Xu family?" ”
Xu Jiaxuan was stopped by his son's question, was silent for a while, and sighed: "I know I'm sorry for my family all these years, son, I heard that Old Man Zhou was killed by someone?" ”
Heo Chun-liang told all the stories of Zhou Renhe's murder, and now the Jeju police are also investigating the matter.
Xu Jiaxuan said: "Who do you think is the most suspicious?" ”
Xu Chunliang said: "It's not easy to talk nonsense about things without evidence. ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "What if there is evidence? ”
Xu Chunliang looked at him in surprise: "You seem to know something?" ”
Xu Jiaxuan hurriedly shook his head and said, "That's what I said, I always feel that this matter is a little suspicious. ”
"You mean! What do you suspect? ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "What did we two say, I always felt that it was not so coincidental, I have also observed this old mansion, who would be interested in this place?" Nine times out of ten, the people who did this knew the inside story, and they took advantage of Old Man Zhou's absence to find out the secrets in this old mansion. ”
Xu Chunliang nodded, don't look at Xu Jiaxuan's cynical and very cerebral situation, in fact, he also thinks so, Xu Chunliang said: "The police investigation shows that there should be nothing lost here, saying that someone has burglarized, and it happened to be seen by the uncle and grandfather, and the gangsters were in a hurry to get out and pushed down the uncle and grandfather." ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "Your uncle and grandfather probably didn't see the gangster's appearance clearly, the gangster should have made a disguise, otherwise he might kill people." ”
Xu Chunliang said: "This is not much different from killing people. In fact, the first thing he suspected was one of the Zhou brothers, but the uncle and grandfather did not identify them after waking up, Xu Chunliang thought that maybe Zhou Renhe had the reason for thinking about the relationship between father and son, before he died, he wanted to sever the father-son relationship with Zhou Yiwen and Zhou Yiwu, what made him make such a decision.
Xu Jiaxuan said: "Isn't there monitoring in the old house? ”
"Yes, but it's been broken for a long time."
Xu Jiaxuan said: "You can investigate what the two brothers were doing at that time." ”
Xu Chunliang said: "The police have already checked, and the two brothers have also provided alibi certificates. ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "The alibi is not easy to prove, and the Mandela effect can easily create the illusion of an alibi." The Mandela effect, he refers to as a phenomenon of collective false memory, refers to the fact that a large number of people have a different memory of an event or thing than it actually is.
Xu Chunliang said: "You don't have to think about it, after my uncle and grandfather are buried, I will find out about this matter." ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "Actually, it is very simple to find out this matter, and now is the best opportunity." ”
Xu Chunliang looked at Xu Jiaxuan with some surprise: "Hello, you have already thought of a way?" ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "After all, I am a person who has obtained a master's degree in psychology, and I know how to use the psychology of ordinary people. ”
Xu Chunliang felt that Xu Jiaxuan was becoming more and more interesting, and smiled: "Let's hear it." ”
Xu Jiaxuan said: "No matter how good it is, it's better to act, let's cooperate tonight to find out the truth of this matter, and we can't let your uncle and grandfather die like this." ”
In the early hours of the morning, the old house in Guxiang fell into silence, only the lights were on in the mourning hall, and the wind was blowing, mixed with drizzle falling on the tent, making a rustling sound like spring silkworms eating mulberry leaves.
At this time, only the Zhou brothers were left to keep vigil.
Zhou Yiwen yawned, saw Zhou Yiwu sitting next to him dozing off, smashed him with his elbow, and asked him to check the ever-bright lamp, it was almost time to add oil to it.
Zhou Yiwu stretched out a little depressed and got up to refuel.
Zhou Yiwen squatted down to burn the yellow paper, and whispered in his mouth: "Dad, you go all the way, no matter what you do to us, our brothers are here." ”
After Zhou Yiwu finished adding oil, he also came over and squatted opposite him and threw yellow paper inside, picked up a lit yellow paper and lit the cigarette, but he was blinded by the smoke, threw down the yellow paper, and rubbed his eyes while smoking: "The old man may not receive our love." ”
Zhou Yiwen said: "Whether he appreciates it, or not, let's ask for peace of mind." ”
Zhou Yiwu snorted coldly and said: "It's good for him, he doesn't care about anything with his feet, leaving a mess, leaving so much trouble that our brothers can't deal with?" ”
Zhou Yiwen said: "The wall has ears, be careful when you speak." ”
Zhou Yiwu said disdainfully: "What's wrong with hearing it?" I'm not afraid of them. He got up and came to his father's portrait, pointed to Zhou Renhe's portrait and said: "If you really have the spirit of heaven, use your brains, Renhetang was founded by you, but the scale that has developed to this day depends on the efforts of our brothers, why do you leave what should belong to us to others?" ”
Although Zhou Yiwen also hated the old man a lot, he was not as disrespectful as Zhou Yiwu behaved.
Zhou Yiwen said in a low voice: "Yiwu, don't mess around. ”
Zhou Yiwu said: "I was forced by him to mess around, I really don't understand, do you think that if we bow our heads and give in, we will be able to move the Xu family, and Xu Chunliang will return to us what should belong to us?" Dream about it, everything we're doing now is in vain. ”
Zhou Yiwen said: "People are terrible, you don't want to be poked in the backbone and say that you are not filial, right?" ”
Zhou Yiwu gritted his teeth and said: "Why can't we be unfilial if he can be un......kind" Before he finished speaking, the light in the spirit shed suddenly went out, and both of them sank in their hearts at the same time.
The ever-bright lamp was still on, but the light in the spirit shed dimmed instantly, Zhou Yiwen looked at the swaying flames, couldn't help frowning, and said in a low voice: "Let you stop talking nonsense, you have to not listen." ”
Although Zhou Yiwu was also a little hairy in his heart, he still pretended to be calm, and said with a smile: "Isn't it just a power outage?" Do you really believe in any spiritual nonsense? There are no ghosts or gods in this world. ”
Zhou Yiwen didn't bother to talk nonsense with him: "You go and see if there is a power outage." ”
Zhou Yiwu was a little reluctant in his heart, but he still left the spirit shed, and the electricity was temporarily pulled out of the old house.
The door of the old mansion was open, Zhou Yiwu walked into the old mansion, and saw that it was pitch black inside, it was Xu Chunliang and his son who stayed in the old mansion tonight, and the others went to the nearby hotel to rest.
Zhou Yiwu looked at the hall before walking to the kitchen to the east, where the wires were connected.
Zhou Yiwu pushed open the door of the kitchen, reached out to touch the switch, turned on the switch, and there was still no response, he estimated that the safety was bursting, and when he took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight to illuminate it, someone behind him pushed him, and Zhou Yiwu staggered into the kitchen.
Then he heard the two doors behind him close, Zhou Yiwu wanted to call for help, and a light flashed in the darkness, and saw an old man with snow-white hair standing there with his back to him in a shroud.
Zhou Yiwu was so frightened that he wanted to turn around and run outside, but his two legs didn't listen to him at this time, and they stood in place as if they were frozen.
The old man with his back to him said intricately: "I died so miserably......
(End of chapter)