I miss you
Chapter 28 Funeral
The dirge played by the suona had a strange smell amidst the bustle.
Zhou Jiayu didn't dare to look any further, with his head slightly lowered, he stared at the string of white shadows from the corner of his eye, and disappeared into the depths of the jungle.The singing voice also became blurred from near to far.
After everything was over, the sky broke, and the sunlight projected from the gaps in the treetops to the ground. They survived the most difficult time and finally waited for the day.
"Is it really dirty?" Zhou Jiayu, who was cleaning up the camp, was a little puzzled when he extinguished the fire, "What kind of dirty thing did you see the night before?"
As soon as this was mentioned, Xu Ruwang's expression became very subtle, and he said: "Do you really want to listen?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Just tell me."
Xu Ruwang said: "Didn't I sit by the fire, and I saw a hanging man in the woods."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
Xu Ruwang said: "White clothes, long hair, hanging on the top of the tree, as if looking this way with one's head tilted."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Look at it so carefully?"
Xu Ruwang smiled wryly: "Can you not be careful, it's right next to my fucking head."
Zhou Jiayu said: "Then what are you going to do..."
Xu Ruwang sighed: "My master said, as long as this thing doesn't take the initiative to provoke you, it should be regarded as not seeing it." So Xu Ruwang's body froze and he endured until morning.
When it was almost dawn, he took a look there again and found that the thing was gone, so he was relieved.
Both of them had lingering fears on their expressions. They had encountered so many things before entering the village. It seemed that the feng shui in this village was really bad.
Zhou Jiayu muttered as he walked forward, saying that he should not follow the national policy. If he was cremated, there would be no chance of fraudulent corpses. It would be simple, convenient and fast to pack it in a jar.
Xu Ruwang listened helplessly and said, "Why don't you take the civil servant exam with your awareness?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "There's no other way. I have done something bad and I have a criminal record."
Xu Ruwang was surprised and said: "How can you do bad things like this?"
Zhou Jiayu deliberately snorted coldly: "The bad things I did are beyond your imagination."
Xu Jin thought about it for a while: "That's right, don't rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
As the two walked, Zhou Jiayu suddenly exclaimed, "Hey? Is this the way?"
Xu Ruwang took a closer look and found a small path made of stones appeared at their feet. There were very few weeds on the path, and it could be seen that people often walked around.
Xu Ru said wildly: "It's finally here!!" He carefully calculated the position again, and after confirming the position, the two ran all the way.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang, who were out of breath, arrived at the entrance of the village. There was a big stone at the entrance of the village, with the words "Heiyan Village" written in small seal characters on it.
After Zhou Jiayu passed by, he actually saw the staff set up a small stall there. Seeing them coming, he smiled and said, "Are you here?"
Xu Ru pretended, "Which one are we?"
The staff member said, "Second and third, Tan Yingxue arrived yesterday."
Xu Jin thought of the beads on Tan Yingxue's broken bracelet, and said, "Is she alright?"
The staff member said: "It's all right. You live in a wooden house at the east end of the village. If you have any questions, you can ask the village chief first. Of course, the village chief may not be willing to answer some questions."
Zhou Jiayu said: "Let's go, let's go crazy."
Xu Ru said: "Let's go, let's eat something first."
After running around for the past few days, I finally arrived at my destination, and I can finally relax a little bit.
After Zhou Jiayu entered the village, he observed the surrounding environment, and found that there was no trace of modernity in the village. The houses were either made of stone or wood, with a maximum of two floors.
It was daytime now, and there were people walking around in the village. They looked a little wary when they saw outsiders, which made Zhou Jiayu feel embarrassed to go up and talk to him.
Xu Ruwang was even more impossible. He was tall and tall, with a shaved head and a cigarette in his mouth. He looked like a prisoner who had just come out of prison. Zhou Jiayu wanted to hide when he saw it.
Xu Ruwang said: "This village is very particular."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What do you mean?"
Xu Jin pointed at the door of the family: "Look, there are mirrors hanging at the door of each of their houses."
Zhou Jiayu said: "Hey? It's hanging upside down, but why is it upside down..." There are also some things about hanging mirrors. They can't be hung upside down, they can't face the east, and they can't shine into the door of the neighbor's house.
Xu Ruwang touched his chin and didn't speak.
However, after Zhou Jiayu came in, he was sure that the black air was indeed coming from the village, and the specific location seemed to be on a hill not far from the village.
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang walked and watched, and soon arrived at their room, where their surnames were hung on the room.Zhou Jiayu noticed a circle of yellow powder sprinkled around the house, so he dabbed some of it with his hand and sniffed it: "The realgar powder is used to repel insects, the staff probably sprinkled it."
Xu Ru said vainly, "I have a heart."
They each entered their respective houses, and after taking a short rest, they decided to take the time to find out about the situation with the village chief.
The village chief's residence is the only two-story wooden building in the village. There are still some dried fish and other dry goods outside, presumably in preparation for the winter.
Zhou Jiayu knocked on the door and said, "Sorry to bother you, we are here to participate in the competition."
"Come in." A middle-aged man's voice came from inside.
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang walked in and found that Tan Yingxue was also in the room, but her face was a little stiff, and she didn't see the relaxation at the beginning of the game.
"You are coming too." The village head said, "Sit down."
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang looked at each other and sat down beside Tan Yingxue.
"It's really time for you to come." The village chief exhaled his cigarette, showing his teeth blackened by the inferior smoke, and said, "One day later, we will be in trouble."
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang didn't understand, but Tan Yingxue said softly beside him, "They usually don't go to the cemetery."
Zhou Jiayu instantly understood what Tan Yingxue meant, and he said, "Someone... died?"
Tan Yingxue nodded: "I left this morning."
The village chief seemed to be in a bad mood, and he couldn't even squeeze out a polite smile. He said, "Get ready, we'll leave around nine o'clock in the evening."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to..."
The village head glanced at him, and said in a hoarse and smokey voice: "When the time comes, just follow along, don't make a sound, we taboo this."
Zhou Jiayu nodded.
The village chief said: "Let's go, come to me tomorrow if you have anything to do. After the burial, you can investigate the cemetery. Usually we don't like to go there."
The implication is to tell the three of them to leave.
Tan Yingxue stood up first, and went out without saying a word, followed by Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang, who also left the house.
The three of them randomly found a corner, and Tan Yingxue smiled wryly, "This village is not normal."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What?"
Tan Yingxue said: "I was the first to arrive yesterday, and within a few hours of arriving, I heard that someone died in the village. It seemed that an old man accidentally fell down while carrying water. I was too old, so I just left."
Xu Ruwang listened silently.
Tan Yingxue said: "I happened to be there at the time. When the old man was carried away, I heard her screaming for retribution or something."
Xu Ruwang said with a half smile but not a smile: "The reason for your judgment is not limited to this."
Tan Yingxue glanced at Xu Ruwang.
Zhou Jiayu didn't speak, and he also felt that Tan Yingxue was hiding something, but they were competitors now, and it was understandable that Tan Yingxue was unwilling to say what he judged.
Tan Yingxue hesitated for a while, and said: "There is something in the village, half of the Gu worms my master gave me are dead."
Xu Ruwang's expression froze, and Zhou Jiayu was also a little stunned.
Tan Yingxue sighed: "That's all I've told you, be careful yourself." After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, waving her hands and said, "See you tonight."
Xu Ruwang said, "I feel very uncomfortable."
Zhou Jiayu nodded.His inspiration is sharper than Xu Ruwang's. When he entered the village, he felt very uncomfortable. When he talked with the village chief just now, he even felt like he was being spied on, but after searching carefully, he felt that it might just be own illusion.
"Go and take a good rest." Xu Ruwang said, "I can't think of anything now, at least I have to see what the cemetery is like before I can make a judgment."
Zhou Jiayu agreed to Xu Ruwang's proposal.He returned to his residence, ate something casually, and then lay down on the hard wooden bed. He said, "Jiba, do you think I can be the protagonist if this is a horror movie?"
Ji Ba said: "I don't know about the others. Generally, it is not the protagonist who asks this question."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
Ji Ba said: "Don't be afraid, you have me in your mind."
Zhou Jiayu thought you would come less, I have not forgotten the last time you said that if I die, you will find a host again.
He chatted with Ji Ba without saying a word, his tired body soon fell into a dream.
A few hours later, Zhou Jiayu woke up naturally. He didn't know whether it was because the wooden bed was too hard or because he had exercised too much. He always felt sore all over his body, especially his calves.
The sky outside the window had already darkened, and it was around six o'clock in the afternoon, more than three hours before the village chief said nine o'clock.
Zhou Jiayu went to wash up briefly, ate something to replenish his strength, and then went to find Xu Ruwang next door.
Xu Ruwang was still asleep, but was awakened by Zhou Jiayu's knock on the door, he said, "It's six o'clock?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Hmm..."
Xu Ruwang said, "What's the sound outside?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "It's like knocking on wood."
Xu Ruwang said: "Let's go and have a look together."
When the two went out, they found several people knocking on the coffin in the middle of the village.Holding hammers, they tapped on the finished coffin, as if to make sure that the coffin was strong enough.
Xu Ru pretended to be joking and said: "They are so worried about what to do, the dead will not get up."
As soon as he said this, Zhou Jiayu immediately thought of the hexagram that Lin Zhushui had calculated for him - the big disaster.He said, "Who knows."
Xu Ruwang didn't say anything.
For the next few hours, the whole village was preparing for the funeral.They don't seem to use modern tools very much, and even the lighting is torches.
The whole village was eerily quiet. The villagers came and went silently, with a stiff expression like a wax figure on their faces.Zhou Jiayu watched from the side, and even had the illusion that those who were acting in front of them were not human at all.
Xu Ruwang looked similar to Zhou Jiayu, his brows were furrowed all the time.
It was almost nine o'clock in the blink of an eye, and Tan Yingxue also came. She had two more white clothes in her hand and said, "Put them on."
"What is this?" Zhou Jiayu asked.
Tan Yingxue said: "Everyone who attends the burial has to wear white clothes, if you want to go." She has already put on a white coat over her coat.
Zhou Jiayu took it, hesitant, but put it on anyway.
The clothes are a bit like surgical gowns, and they are all white when they are put on directly.
"Let's go." Tan Yingxue said, "It's probably about to start."
The three of them walked slowly behind the crowd.
As soon as nine o'clock arrived, the old man's body was carried out of the house, and then carefully put into the coffin.
Zhou Jiayu was far away, and could only see a vague outline. He saw the village chief appearing next to the coffin, holding a palm-sized copper rattle in his hand, walking slowly around the coffin, shaking and chanting wearing something.
Xu Ruwang understood, and said, "Tsk, this is the first time I've heard someone recite the Diamond Sutra to a dead person."
Zhou Jiayu said: "What's the point?"
Xu Ruwang said: "This kind of burial is usually done by reciting the mantra of rebirth, and the Diamond Sutra suppresses evil things." To put it bluntly, this thing is quite harmful to the soul and the like, and it is generally not done this way.
After the village chief finished reading, he raised his voice and said loudly: "Coffin--"
The lid of the coffin was closed heavily, and then several young and middle-aged men from the village stepped forward, holding coffin nails one foot and seven inches long in their hands, and began to knock into it with a hammer.
Zhou Jiayu watched them hammer all the nails in, leaving only a ring exposed, he frowned and said, "This is wrong, why did they knock all the nails in?"
Xu Ruwang said: "I think they are burying their enemies."
Generally, only half of the coffin nails are knocked in, because it is said that if all the nails are knocked in, the soul of the deceased will be sealed in the coffin.From the beginning of the funeral, big and small mistakes have been made. It would be too strange if it was not intentional.
But they are outsiders, and it is not easy to comment on other people's funeral customs.
After the coffin was sealed, four young and strong young people lifted the coffin, and the team began to move slowly towards the cemetery.
Holding a torch in his hand, Xu Ruwang walked with Zhou Jiayu and Tan Yingxue at the back of the line. At the end of the line was an old man who was walking, throwing rice on the ground, and chanting words that no one could understand.
The team in white moved slowly like this. They left the village and followed the narrow mountain road to the cemetery that was already shrouded in darkness.
Zhou Jiayu lowered his voice, and said to Xu Ru, "You don't think this scene is familiar at all?"
Xu Ruwang also thought of something, and suddenly said: "What we saw last night was not dirty things, but villagers from this village?"
"It seems so." Zhou Jiayu said, "Tan Yingxue, didn't you arrive yesterday, did you see anything?"
Tan Yingxue frowned and shook her head: "I was already very tired when I arrived yesterday. I fell asleep as soon as I fell down, and I fell asleep until this morning."
Zhou Jiayu said: "That's weird..."
They were talking in low voices, but there was the tick-tock sound of the suona from the team. Zhou Jiayu had heard it before, and the woman's singing sounded again, but it was a pity that she sang in a dialect. Zhou Jiayu and the three of them I don't quite understand.
The cemetery seemed far from the village.
On the winding and circling mountain road, they walked slowly with their heads down.The mountain wind whistling out from the bushes made rustling noises. At first glance, it sounded like a woman's howling.
After night fell, Zhou Jiayu confirmed that the source of the black mist was the cemetery.With the singing, the black mist began to twist again, as if it was dancing a weird dance with the mourning music.
Zhou Jiayu's uncomfortable feeling became stronger again.
Seeing that his expression was not good, Xu Ru whispered, "Are you alright?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Did you feel anything?"
Xu Ruwang said, "What?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "It's very uncomfortable."
Xu Ruwang showed worry, but he had come here, so he couldn't turn around and go back, so he had to let Zhou Jiayu be patient.The people around lowered their heads and did not speak. At first glance, they looked like corpses without souls, and they could only walk stiffly.
After walking straight for more than an hour, Zhou Jiayu had gotten used to the weird atmosphere around him, and even occasionally took a distracted look around.
Just when he thought he was about to reach his destination, there was a scream from a person in front of him, followed by a loud bang. Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang both showed expressions of astonishment—the sound was the coffin being slammed on the ground. Voices from the ground.
It is an extremely bad omen for the coffin to fall to the ground before it is buried in the ground. Generally, coffin bearers will be very careful.But based on his previous screams, it was obvious that something had happened to him.
There was a commotion in the team, and Zhou Jiayu saw fear in the eyes of the villagers.
After hesitating for a while, he squeezed to the front and saw the coffin bearer lying on the ground and the coffin quietly placed aside.
Holding the coffin with his hands and screaming, Zhou Jiayu shone a light on his torch, only to find that his feet were covered in blood. Following the blood, there was actually a nail buried on the road they were walking on.Most of the people in this village wear straw sandals and step on the nails while carrying a heavy coffin.
"It's nothing, it's a nail." Zhou Jiayu said.
"Unknown! Unknown!!" The village chief's hoarse voice sounded again, but this time there was fear in the voice, and he said, "Nail——nail!"
Zhou Jiayu didn't understand why he reacted like this at first, but Xu Ruwang who was beside him bent down and pulled the nail out of the soil.The nail is one foot and seven inches, with a ring at the top... It turns out to be a coffin nail.
Xu Ruwang was about to ask a question, but the village chief snatched the nail out of his hand rudely, stuffed it into the bag hanging on his waist, and said something in dialect with a distorted expression.Although Zhou Jiayu and the others couldn't understand, they could vaguely understand that he was swearing, but they didn't know who they were swearing at.
The sudden accident disrupted the team, and the villagers were all confused. The village chief gritted his teeth and pointed at a young man casually, saying, "Come on, continue."
The young and middle-aged man was obviously very scared, but he didn't dare to refute. They were about to straighten the ropes and lift up the coffin, but Zhou Jiayu suddenly said: "Wait... did you hear... what's strange the sound of?"
Xu Ruwang said, "Huh?"
Zhou Jiayu's expression was a little stiff, and he said, "Here, did you hear any sound?"
Xu Ruwang said, "What?" At first he thought Zhou Jiayu was talking about the voices from around him, but when he listened carefully, his expression froze like Zhou Jiayu's.
The coffin that fell not far from them actually made a faint cracking sound. The sound was very soft, but in such a silent night, it was piercing and scary.
"What is this, what is this voice?" Even Tan Yingxue, who was as bold as she was, felt a little nervous at this moment, she said.
Zhou Jiayu said stiffly: "Like, does it look like someone is inside the coffin... Scratching the coffin lid with their fingernails..."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone stopped talking, and the sound of the night wind whistling was accompanied by that weird rattling sound, and everyone's hairs stood on their backs.
"This..." Zhou Jiayu said, "What should I do?"
The village chief gritted his teeth with a gloomy face and said, "Keep lifting!"
Several coffin bearers showed terrified expressions, but under the cursing of the village chief, they still reluctantly prepared to lift the coffin.
Zhou Jiayu was about to say, aren't you going to open it and have a look?What if the person in the coffin is not dead?
But Tan Yingxue seemed to know what he was thinking, and said stiffly: "It's dead, it must be dead, my bugs didn't even respond."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
The weird sound made everyone go crazy, and the coffin bearers couldn't lift the coffin smoothly because of fear. The village chief scolded them very hard, and almost hit him.In the end, there was really no other way, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Just open the coffin here for inspection!"
Everyone's expressions were not very good, it seemed that this was the first time they encountered such an accident.
The seven nails on the coffin that had been nailed to death were all forcibly removed. The hands of several people holding the coffin lid were trembling. Then they lifted the coffin lid vigorously, revealing the corpse wrapped in white cloth inside. .
Nothing, nothing, a few young and middle-aged men checked around the coffin, but found nothing in the coffin, but the rattling sound continued. Listening carefully, it was actually coming from the corpse. of.
Now even the village chief's face turned blue.
Fortunately, Zhou Jiayu had a flash of inspiration at this moment and asked, "Is the bottom part of this coffin empty?"
The village chief glanced at him.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Look up and take a look?"
The village chief scolded: "Lift up!"
Several young and middle-aged men, with soft hands and feet, managed to lift the coffin.
Zhou Jiayu looked at the ground, and saw a scorpion slowly slipping out from under the coffin, and the sound it made just now, it was obvious that it was the culprit.
It has nothing to do with the supernatural event... Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing this scene, but at the same time, doubts arose in their hearts. When did this scorpion get stuffed into the gap under the coffin?
The village head cursed a series of swear words and asked several people to close the coffin again.It's just that their luck seems to be unlucky, there is something wrong with one of the removed nails, and it can't be stuck in anyway, Xu Ruwang took it over and looked at it, and said: "I didn't do it right when I pulled it out, it was bent... It probably won't work."
The village head was so angry that he wanted to find the idiot who pulled the nail, but the night was so dark and the time was so chaotic, the four people who pulled the nail were all dazed and didn't remember who made it.
In desperation, Xu Ruwang said: "Just use six pieces and forget it, and make up for it later."
"Six pieces won't work, six pieces won't work." The village chief muttered, with a distorted expression, "Six pieces will cause big things, big things will happen--" He looked around, but suddenly had an idea, and stuck the front from his pocket to the person. The nail on the foot was taken out, and someone nailed it in.
This time, they plunged into the coffin smoothly, and the coffin was closed again. Everyone's faces showed a weak expression that was exhausted by fear.
"Go on, go, go on, go!" After such a commotion, the previously calculated burial time was somewhat delayed, and the village chief urged the coffin door to continue to move forward.
Zhou Jiayu also felt a sense of exhaustion, he said: "If I die, don't do this, just find a random place to scatter the ashes after burning."
Xu Ruwang said, "Didn't you say you were going to be made into a jar?"
Zhou Jiayu said: "Fuck the pot, if someone breaks me, then I will be miserable."
Xu Ruwang said: "You are very thoughtful."
The coffin was being carried forward, and everyone was thinking in their hearts, don't let anything happen again.
The burial place seems to be on a small hill next to the village, where all the trees have been repaired, leaving an open space.
Walking along the winding mountain road, Zhou Jiayu looked up at the sky, and found that the weather today was very good, the sky was full of brilliant stars, and there was also a round of bright moon hanging on the night, casting a cool light.
The person who was blown by the mountain wind felt a little chilly, Zhou Jiayu watched him getting closer and closer to the black mist, and finally reached the foot of the black mist.Their final destination was a neat cemetery, large and small graves were neatly arranged, and there was a stone tablet in front of the grave, with the name of the deceased engraved on the stone tablet.
The burial pit for this coffin has already been dug, just to the right of the path leading into the cemetery.I don't know if it was Zhou Jiayu's illusion, since he entered the cemetery, he smelled a faint fishy smell, but he didn't react when he saw the people around him.
After encountering so many accidents, they finally reached their destination. Everyone was a little relaxed. The village chief said, "Get down to the coffin!"
Several young people aimed the coffin at the dug hole, and then lowered the heavy coffin.
However, no one expected that after the coffin was put down, black liquid overflowed from the soil next to the coffin, accompanied by a fishy smell.
The sky was too dark, most people didn't see this scene, but Zhou Jiayu and the three of them could see it clearly.
The village chief's face changed drastically, and without saying a word, he directly asked people to fill in the soil.
So a few people piled up the soil with shovel after shovel. They were close, and naturally saw the black liquid, and their faces were as white as paper. In the end, some people couldn't hold back, turned and ran Spit it out in the woods.
Zhou Jiayu said wildly to Xu Ru: "Blood?"
Xu Ruwang said: "80.00%..."
Tan Yingxue thought about it: "It's blood, but it's not human." The bugs around her are very sensitive to things stained with blood, so she is not lying about this matter.
At any rate, it wasn't human blood, and the expressions of several people relaxed a little.
The coffin was covered with shovel after shovel of soil, and the matter was not finished until the coffin was filled into a small slope.
The stele in front was erected before, Zhou Jiayu looked at the names on it, but found nothing unusual.
The burial was finally over, and the village head smoked a cigarette again, and said to Zhou Jiayu and the others, "If there are tombstones but no earthen bags, the corpses were stolen. If you want to investigate, you can go and have a look."
Zhou Jiayu looked in the direction pointed by the village chief, and he saw several special cemeteries. The soil on the cemetery had been dug up, revealing the pit and coffin inside.
They approached a stolen place and found that the lid of the coffin inside had been lifted and the body was gone.
"When did you disappear?" Zhou Jiayu asked.
The village chief's attitude towards them was slightly better than before, and said: "It didn't take long, it started half a year ago."
Zhou Jiayu thought to himself that it's been half a year and it's not long. If you reported the case earlier, the case might be solved. Of course, he didn't dare to say this, for fear of being beaten.
Xu Ruwang was observing the cemetery, probably also thinking, if the theft of the cemetery was done by someone, then what is the purpose of the person who did it.
The village head said: "You guys look here, we are leaving."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Going away?"
The village head nodded: "There are still some ceremonies that haven't been completed, we have to take advantage of it before dawn..." He exhaled and said that Zhou Jiayu and the others can inspect whatever they want, but don't touch anything in the cemetery, it's theirs. rule.
"What will happen if you break the rules?" Xu Ruwang suddenly asked.
The village chief's expression suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly, "Where you stand is the final destination of those who break the rules." He left after speaking, leaving behind an indifferent back.
But Xu Ruwang scolded in a low voice: "It's just nonsense, as if if you don't break the rules, this is not the place for people to live." No matter how wonderful it was in life, after a hundred years, it will be a handful of loess.
The villagers followed the village chief, leaving the three of them in the cemetery.
Tan Yingxue sighed, "I don't have a clue, how about you?"
Xu Ruwang said: "Haha, I won't tell you if there is."
Tan Yingxue: "..."
Zhou Jiayu observed the cemetery and said, "Let's go and see the one that was buried just now."
Xu Ruwang said, "What?"
Zhou Jiayu said: "I think there is something wrong with the soil."
So the three of them returned to the place they had just arrived. Zhou Jiayu bent down and took a handful of soil, put it between his nose and sniffed it: "It's wet, it must be blood."
Xu Ruwang said, "Mmm..."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What do you think is going on?"
Xu Ruwang said: "Too much resentment? It doesn't look like it. It hasn't been buried yet. The tomb is wet first."
Tan Yingxue frowned: "Their burial ceremony is too strange, it is very strange from beginning to end." Since this village has a special burial ceremony, it shows that it attaches great importance to death, but the ancient method followed is only for people to see. When it comes to their fear of death, they don't see any nostalgia for the dead.
"That's right." Zhou Jiayu said. During the funeral procession, no one cried. It even made people wonder if the old man had any relatives in the village.
All three of them were thinking about something.
There weren't many clues in the cemetery. Zhou Jiayu checked several places that were stolen. Perhaps there was too little information on the tombstones, so he didn't find anything in common among the people who were stolen.
Xu Hehe and Tan Yingxue didn't have any clues, and finally when the sky broke, the three decided to go back to the village first and then come back later.
When they came here before, the coffin they were carrying probably affected their speed. They set off at nine o'clock and walked for more than three hours to reach their destination.
The speed of going down the mountain was very fast. After an hour, the three of them returned to the village.
When they arrived at the village, two other contestants just entered the village. Judging from the appearance of these two people, they should have encountered a lot of trouble.
"Wow, when did you guys arrive!" the white and tender Sichuan-Chongqing guy asked.
"We were yesterday, Tan Yingxue the day before yesterday." Zhou Jiayu said, "You missed a funeral." He originally wanted to say that you were unlucky, but when you think about it carefully, rushing to the funeral is not considered good luck.
The boy said, "Okay, thank you, I know your name is Zhou Jiayu, you can call me Yu Xiaomian."
Zhou Jiayu: "...Small noodles?"
Yu Xiaomian said, "That's right."
Zhou Jiayu: "...a good name sounds delicious."
Yu Xiaomian said: "Let's put our luggage first, bye."
Zhou Jiayu watched him walk away, Xu Ruwang said beside him, "Why, is this your food?"
Zhou Jiayu glanced at him: "I don't know if he is my type, but you are not my type anyway."
Xu Ruwang said aggrievedly: "Why do you despise me, I like you so much."
Zhou Jiayu said: "You are bald and haven't become stronger yet, I am very disappointed in you."
Xu Ruwang: "..."
Tan Yingxue laughed beside her, saying that you guys are so funny.She probably thought that the two of them were joking, but she didn't know that Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang were discussing serious life events.
In the end Xu Ruwang lost his way, Zhou Jiayu looked at his back and was called out to him: "Xu Ruwang——"
Xu Ruwang turned his head in surprise.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Your head is actually reflecting light!"
Xu Ruwang: "Fuck!" Oh shit!
The author has something to say: Zhou Jiayu: If my husband likes me, I will eat a ton of cakes.
Lin Zhushui: Are you trying to cheat food and drink?
Zhou Jiayu didn't dare to look any further, with his head slightly lowered, he stared at the string of white shadows from the corner of his eye, and disappeared into the depths of the jungle.The singing voice also became blurred from near to far.
After everything was over, the sky broke, and the sunlight projected from the gaps in the treetops to the ground. They survived the most difficult time and finally waited for the day.
"Is it really dirty?" Zhou Jiayu, who was cleaning up the camp, was a little puzzled when he extinguished the fire, "What kind of dirty thing did you see the night before?"
As soon as this was mentioned, Xu Ruwang's expression became very subtle, and he said: "Do you really want to listen?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Just tell me."
Xu Ruwang said: "Didn't I sit by the fire, and I saw a hanging man in the woods."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
Xu Ruwang said: "White clothes, long hair, hanging on the top of the tree, as if looking this way with one's head tilted."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Look at it so carefully?"
Xu Ruwang smiled wryly: "Can you not be careful, it's right next to my fucking head."
Zhou Jiayu said: "Then what are you going to do..."
Xu Ruwang sighed: "My master said, as long as this thing doesn't take the initiative to provoke you, it should be regarded as not seeing it." So Xu Ruwang's body froze and he endured until morning.
When it was almost dawn, he took a look there again and found that the thing was gone, so he was relieved.
Both of them had lingering fears on their expressions. They had encountered so many things before entering the village. It seemed that the feng shui in this village was really bad.
Zhou Jiayu muttered as he walked forward, saying that he should not follow the national policy. If he was cremated, there would be no chance of fraudulent corpses. It would be simple, convenient and fast to pack it in a jar.
Xu Ruwang listened helplessly and said, "Why don't you take the civil servant exam with your awareness?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "There's no other way. I have done something bad and I have a criminal record."
Xu Ruwang was surprised and said: "How can you do bad things like this?"
Zhou Jiayu deliberately snorted coldly: "The bad things I did are beyond your imagination."
Xu Jin thought about it for a while: "That's right, don't rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
As the two walked, Zhou Jiayu suddenly exclaimed, "Hey? Is this the way?"
Xu Ruwang took a closer look and found a small path made of stones appeared at their feet. There were very few weeds on the path, and it could be seen that people often walked around.
Xu Ru said wildly: "It's finally here!!" He carefully calculated the position again, and after confirming the position, the two ran all the way.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang, who were out of breath, arrived at the entrance of the village. There was a big stone at the entrance of the village, with the words "Heiyan Village" written in small seal characters on it.
After Zhou Jiayu passed by, he actually saw the staff set up a small stall there. Seeing them coming, he smiled and said, "Are you here?"
Xu Ru pretended, "Which one are we?"
The staff member said, "Second and third, Tan Yingxue arrived yesterday."
Xu Jin thought of the beads on Tan Yingxue's broken bracelet, and said, "Is she alright?"
The staff member said: "It's all right. You live in a wooden house at the east end of the village. If you have any questions, you can ask the village chief first. Of course, the village chief may not be willing to answer some questions."
Zhou Jiayu said: "Let's go, let's go crazy."
Xu Ru said: "Let's go, let's eat something first."
After running around for the past few days, I finally arrived at my destination, and I can finally relax a little bit.
After Zhou Jiayu entered the village, he observed the surrounding environment, and found that there was no trace of modernity in the village. The houses were either made of stone or wood, with a maximum of two floors.
It was daytime now, and there were people walking around in the village. They looked a little wary when they saw outsiders, which made Zhou Jiayu feel embarrassed to go up and talk to him.
Xu Ruwang was even more impossible. He was tall and tall, with a shaved head and a cigarette in his mouth. He looked like a prisoner who had just come out of prison. Zhou Jiayu wanted to hide when he saw it.
Xu Ruwang said: "This village is very particular."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What do you mean?"
Xu Jin pointed at the door of the family: "Look, there are mirrors hanging at the door of each of their houses."
Zhou Jiayu said: "Hey? It's hanging upside down, but why is it upside down..." There are also some things about hanging mirrors. They can't be hung upside down, they can't face the east, and they can't shine into the door of the neighbor's house.
Xu Ruwang touched his chin and didn't speak.
However, after Zhou Jiayu came in, he was sure that the black air was indeed coming from the village, and the specific location seemed to be on a hill not far from the village.
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang walked and watched, and soon arrived at their room, where their surnames were hung on the room.Zhou Jiayu noticed a circle of yellow powder sprinkled around the house, so he dabbed some of it with his hand and sniffed it: "The realgar powder is used to repel insects, the staff probably sprinkled it."
Xu Ru said vainly, "I have a heart."
They each entered their respective houses, and after taking a short rest, they decided to take the time to find out about the situation with the village chief.
The village chief's residence is the only two-story wooden building in the village. There are still some dried fish and other dry goods outside, presumably in preparation for the winter.
Zhou Jiayu knocked on the door and said, "Sorry to bother you, we are here to participate in the competition."
"Come in." A middle-aged man's voice came from inside.
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang walked in and found that Tan Yingxue was also in the room, but her face was a little stiff, and she didn't see the relaxation at the beginning of the game.
"You are coming too." The village head said, "Sit down."
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang looked at each other and sat down beside Tan Yingxue.
"It's really time for you to come." The village chief exhaled his cigarette, showing his teeth blackened by the inferior smoke, and said, "One day later, we will be in trouble."
Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang didn't understand, but Tan Yingxue said softly beside him, "They usually don't go to the cemetery."
Zhou Jiayu instantly understood what Tan Yingxue meant, and he said, "Someone... died?"
Tan Yingxue nodded: "I left this morning."
The village chief seemed to be in a bad mood, and he couldn't even squeeze out a polite smile. He said, "Get ready, we'll leave around nine o'clock in the evening."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to..."
The village head glanced at him, and said in a hoarse and smokey voice: "When the time comes, just follow along, don't make a sound, we taboo this."
Zhou Jiayu nodded.
The village chief said: "Let's go, come to me tomorrow if you have anything to do. After the burial, you can investigate the cemetery. Usually we don't like to go there."
The implication is to tell the three of them to leave.
Tan Yingxue stood up first, and went out without saying a word, followed by Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang, who also left the house.
The three of them randomly found a corner, and Tan Yingxue smiled wryly, "This village is not normal."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What?"
Tan Yingxue said: "I was the first to arrive yesterday, and within a few hours of arriving, I heard that someone died in the village. It seemed that an old man accidentally fell down while carrying water. I was too old, so I just left."
Xu Ruwang listened silently.
Tan Yingxue said: "I happened to be there at the time. When the old man was carried away, I heard her screaming for retribution or something."
Xu Ruwang said with a half smile but not a smile: "The reason for your judgment is not limited to this."
Tan Yingxue glanced at Xu Ruwang.
Zhou Jiayu didn't speak, and he also felt that Tan Yingxue was hiding something, but they were competitors now, and it was understandable that Tan Yingxue was unwilling to say what he judged.
Tan Yingxue hesitated for a while, and said: "There is something in the village, half of the Gu worms my master gave me are dead."
Xu Ruwang's expression froze, and Zhou Jiayu was also a little stunned.
Tan Yingxue sighed: "That's all I've told you, be careful yourself." After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, waving her hands and said, "See you tonight."
Xu Ruwang said, "I feel very uncomfortable."
Zhou Jiayu nodded.His inspiration is sharper than Xu Ruwang's. When he entered the village, he felt very uncomfortable. When he talked with the village chief just now, he even felt like he was being spied on, but after searching carefully, he felt that it might just be own illusion.
"Go and take a good rest." Xu Ruwang said, "I can't think of anything now, at least I have to see what the cemetery is like before I can make a judgment."
Zhou Jiayu agreed to Xu Ruwang's proposal.He returned to his residence, ate something casually, and then lay down on the hard wooden bed. He said, "Jiba, do you think I can be the protagonist if this is a horror movie?"
Ji Ba said: "I don't know about the others. Generally, it is not the protagonist who asks this question."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
Ji Ba said: "Don't be afraid, you have me in your mind."
Zhou Jiayu thought you would come less, I have not forgotten the last time you said that if I die, you will find a host again.
He chatted with Ji Ba without saying a word, his tired body soon fell into a dream.
A few hours later, Zhou Jiayu woke up naturally. He didn't know whether it was because the wooden bed was too hard or because he had exercised too much. He always felt sore all over his body, especially his calves.
The sky outside the window had already darkened, and it was around six o'clock in the afternoon, more than three hours before the village chief said nine o'clock.
Zhou Jiayu went to wash up briefly, ate something to replenish his strength, and then went to find Xu Ruwang next door.
Xu Ruwang was still asleep, but was awakened by Zhou Jiayu's knock on the door, he said, "It's six o'clock?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Hmm..."
Xu Ruwang said, "What's the sound outside?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "It's like knocking on wood."
Xu Ruwang said: "Let's go and have a look together."
When the two went out, they found several people knocking on the coffin in the middle of the village.Holding hammers, they tapped on the finished coffin, as if to make sure that the coffin was strong enough.
Xu Ru pretended to be joking and said: "They are so worried about what to do, the dead will not get up."
As soon as he said this, Zhou Jiayu immediately thought of the hexagram that Lin Zhushui had calculated for him - the big disaster.He said, "Who knows."
Xu Ruwang didn't say anything.
For the next few hours, the whole village was preparing for the funeral.They don't seem to use modern tools very much, and even the lighting is torches.
The whole village was eerily quiet. The villagers came and went silently, with a stiff expression like a wax figure on their faces.Zhou Jiayu watched from the side, and even had the illusion that those who were acting in front of them were not human at all.
Xu Ruwang looked similar to Zhou Jiayu, his brows were furrowed all the time.
It was almost nine o'clock in the blink of an eye, and Tan Yingxue also came. She had two more white clothes in her hand and said, "Put them on."
"What is this?" Zhou Jiayu asked.
Tan Yingxue said: "Everyone who attends the burial has to wear white clothes, if you want to go." She has already put on a white coat over her coat.
Zhou Jiayu took it, hesitant, but put it on anyway.
The clothes are a bit like surgical gowns, and they are all white when they are put on directly.
"Let's go." Tan Yingxue said, "It's probably about to start."
The three of them walked slowly behind the crowd.
As soon as nine o'clock arrived, the old man's body was carried out of the house, and then carefully put into the coffin.
Zhou Jiayu was far away, and could only see a vague outline. He saw the village chief appearing next to the coffin, holding a palm-sized copper rattle in his hand, walking slowly around the coffin, shaking and chanting wearing something.
Xu Ruwang understood, and said, "Tsk, this is the first time I've heard someone recite the Diamond Sutra to a dead person."
Zhou Jiayu said: "What's the point?"
Xu Ruwang said: "This kind of burial is usually done by reciting the mantra of rebirth, and the Diamond Sutra suppresses evil things." To put it bluntly, this thing is quite harmful to the soul and the like, and it is generally not done this way.
After the village chief finished reading, he raised his voice and said loudly: "Coffin--"
The lid of the coffin was closed heavily, and then several young and middle-aged men from the village stepped forward, holding coffin nails one foot and seven inches long in their hands, and began to knock into it with a hammer.
Zhou Jiayu watched them hammer all the nails in, leaving only a ring exposed, he frowned and said, "This is wrong, why did they knock all the nails in?"
Xu Ruwang said: "I think they are burying their enemies."
Generally, only half of the coffin nails are knocked in, because it is said that if all the nails are knocked in, the soul of the deceased will be sealed in the coffin.From the beginning of the funeral, big and small mistakes have been made. It would be too strange if it was not intentional.
But they are outsiders, and it is not easy to comment on other people's funeral customs.
After the coffin was sealed, four young and strong young people lifted the coffin, and the team began to move slowly towards the cemetery.
Holding a torch in his hand, Xu Ruwang walked with Zhou Jiayu and Tan Yingxue at the back of the line. At the end of the line was an old man who was walking, throwing rice on the ground, and chanting words that no one could understand.
The team in white moved slowly like this. They left the village and followed the narrow mountain road to the cemetery that was already shrouded in darkness.
Zhou Jiayu lowered his voice, and said to Xu Ru, "You don't think this scene is familiar at all?"
Xu Ruwang also thought of something, and suddenly said: "What we saw last night was not dirty things, but villagers from this village?"
"It seems so." Zhou Jiayu said, "Tan Yingxue, didn't you arrive yesterday, did you see anything?"
Tan Yingxue frowned and shook her head: "I was already very tired when I arrived yesterday. I fell asleep as soon as I fell down, and I fell asleep until this morning."
Zhou Jiayu said: "That's weird..."
They were talking in low voices, but there was the tick-tock sound of the suona from the team. Zhou Jiayu had heard it before, and the woman's singing sounded again, but it was a pity that she sang in a dialect. Zhou Jiayu and the three of them I don't quite understand.
The cemetery seemed far from the village.
On the winding and circling mountain road, they walked slowly with their heads down.The mountain wind whistling out from the bushes made rustling noises. At first glance, it sounded like a woman's howling.
After night fell, Zhou Jiayu confirmed that the source of the black mist was the cemetery.With the singing, the black mist began to twist again, as if it was dancing a weird dance with the mourning music.
Zhou Jiayu's uncomfortable feeling became stronger again.
Seeing that his expression was not good, Xu Ru whispered, "Are you alright?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "Did you feel anything?"
Xu Ruwang said, "What?"
Zhou Jiayu said, "It's very uncomfortable."
Xu Ruwang showed worry, but he had come here, so he couldn't turn around and go back, so he had to let Zhou Jiayu be patient.The people around lowered their heads and did not speak. At first glance, they looked like corpses without souls, and they could only walk stiffly.
After walking straight for more than an hour, Zhou Jiayu had gotten used to the weird atmosphere around him, and even occasionally took a distracted look around.
Just when he thought he was about to reach his destination, there was a scream from a person in front of him, followed by a loud bang. Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang both showed expressions of astonishment—the sound was the coffin being slammed on the ground. Voices from the ground.
It is an extremely bad omen for the coffin to fall to the ground before it is buried in the ground. Generally, coffin bearers will be very careful.But based on his previous screams, it was obvious that something had happened to him.
There was a commotion in the team, and Zhou Jiayu saw fear in the eyes of the villagers.
After hesitating for a while, he squeezed to the front and saw the coffin bearer lying on the ground and the coffin quietly placed aside.
Holding the coffin with his hands and screaming, Zhou Jiayu shone a light on his torch, only to find that his feet were covered in blood. Following the blood, there was actually a nail buried on the road they were walking on.Most of the people in this village wear straw sandals and step on the nails while carrying a heavy coffin.
"It's nothing, it's a nail." Zhou Jiayu said.
"Unknown! Unknown!!" The village chief's hoarse voice sounded again, but this time there was fear in the voice, and he said, "Nail——nail!"
Zhou Jiayu didn't understand why he reacted like this at first, but Xu Ruwang who was beside him bent down and pulled the nail out of the soil.The nail is one foot and seven inches, with a ring at the top... It turns out to be a coffin nail.
Xu Ruwang was about to ask a question, but the village chief snatched the nail out of his hand rudely, stuffed it into the bag hanging on his waist, and said something in dialect with a distorted expression.Although Zhou Jiayu and the others couldn't understand, they could vaguely understand that he was swearing, but they didn't know who they were swearing at.
The sudden accident disrupted the team, and the villagers were all confused. The village chief gritted his teeth and pointed at a young man casually, saying, "Come on, continue."
The young and middle-aged man was obviously very scared, but he didn't dare to refute. They were about to straighten the ropes and lift up the coffin, but Zhou Jiayu suddenly said: "Wait... did you hear... what's strange the sound of?"
Xu Ruwang said, "Huh?"
Zhou Jiayu's expression was a little stiff, and he said, "Here, did you hear any sound?"
Xu Ruwang said, "What?" At first he thought Zhou Jiayu was talking about the voices from around him, but when he listened carefully, his expression froze like Zhou Jiayu's.
The coffin that fell not far from them actually made a faint cracking sound. The sound was very soft, but in such a silent night, it was piercing and scary.
"What is this, what is this voice?" Even Tan Yingxue, who was as bold as she was, felt a little nervous at this moment, she said.
Zhou Jiayu said stiffly: "Like, does it look like someone is inside the coffin... Scratching the coffin lid with their fingernails..."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone stopped talking, and the sound of the night wind whistling was accompanied by that weird rattling sound, and everyone's hairs stood on their backs.
"This..." Zhou Jiayu said, "What should I do?"
The village chief gritted his teeth with a gloomy face and said, "Keep lifting!"
Several coffin bearers showed terrified expressions, but under the cursing of the village chief, they still reluctantly prepared to lift the coffin.
Zhou Jiayu was about to say, aren't you going to open it and have a look?What if the person in the coffin is not dead?
But Tan Yingxue seemed to know what he was thinking, and said stiffly: "It's dead, it must be dead, my bugs didn't even respond."
Zhou Jiayu: "..."
The weird sound made everyone go crazy, and the coffin bearers couldn't lift the coffin smoothly because of fear. The village chief scolded them very hard, and almost hit him.In the end, there was really no other way, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Just open the coffin here for inspection!"
Everyone's expressions were not very good, it seemed that this was the first time they encountered such an accident.
The seven nails on the coffin that had been nailed to death were all forcibly removed. The hands of several people holding the coffin lid were trembling. Then they lifted the coffin lid vigorously, revealing the corpse wrapped in white cloth inside. .
Nothing, nothing, a few young and middle-aged men checked around the coffin, but found nothing in the coffin, but the rattling sound continued. Listening carefully, it was actually coming from the corpse. of.
Now even the village chief's face turned blue.
Fortunately, Zhou Jiayu had a flash of inspiration at this moment and asked, "Is the bottom part of this coffin empty?"
The village chief glanced at him.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Look up and take a look?"
The village chief scolded: "Lift up!"
Several young and middle-aged men, with soft hands and feet, managed to lift the coffin.
Zhou Jiayu looked at the ground, and saw a scorpion slowly slipping out from under the coffin, and the sound it made just now, it was obvious that it was the culprit.
It has nothing to do with the supernatural event... Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing this scene, but at the same time, doubts arose in their hearts. When did this scorpion get stuffed into the gap under the coffin?
The village head cursed a series of swear words and asked several people to close the coffin again.It's just that their luck seems to be unlucky, there is something wrong with one of the removed nails, and it can't be stuck in anyway, Xu Ruwang took it over and looked at it, and said: "I didn't do it right when I pulled it out, it was bent... It probably won't work."
The village head was so angry that he wanted to find the idiot who pulled the nail, but the night was so dark and the time was so chaotic, the four people who pulled the nail were all dazed and didn't remember who made it.
In desperation, Xu Ruwang said: "Just use six pieces and forget it, and make up for it later."
"Six pieces won't work, six pieces won't work." The village chief muttered, with a distorted expression, "Six pieces will cause big things, big things will happen--" He looked around, but suddenly had an idea, and stuck the front from his pocket to the person. The nail on the foot was taken out, and someone nailed it in.
This time, they plunged into the coffin smoothly, and the coffin was closed again. Everyone's faces showed a weak expression that was exhausted by fear.
"Go on, go, go on, go!" After such a commotion, the previously calculated burial time was somewhat delayed, and the village chief urged the coffin door to continue to move forward.
Zhou Jiayu also felt a sense of exhaustion, he said: "If I die, don't do this, just find a random place to scatter the ashes after burning."
Xu Ruwang said, "Didn't you say you were going to be made into a jar?"
Zhou Jiayu said: "Fuck the pot, if someone breaks me, then I will be miserable."
Xu Ruwang said: "You are very thoughtful."
The coffin was being carried forward, and everyone was thinking in their hearts, don't let anything happen again.
The burial place seems to be on a small hill next to the village, where all the trees have been repaired, leaving an open space.
Walking along the winding mountain road, Zhou Jiayu looked up at the sky, and found that the weather today was very good, the sky was full of brilliant stars, and there was also a round of bright moon hanging on the night, casting a cool light.
The person who was blown by the mountain wind felt a little chilly, Zhou Jiayu watched him getting closer and closer to the black mist, and finally reached the foot of the black mist.Their final destination was a neat cemetery, large and small graves were neatly arranged, and there was a stone tablet in front of the grave, with the name of the deceased engraved on the stone tablet.
The burial pit for this coffin has already been dug, just to the right of the path leading into the cemetery.I don't know if it was Zhou Jiayu's illusion, since he entered the cemetery, he smelled a faint fishy smell, but he didn't react when he saw the people around him.
After encountering so many accidents, they finally reached their destination. Everyone was a little relaxed. The village chief said, "Get down to the coffin!"
Several young people aimed the coffin at the dug hole, and then lowered the heavy coffin.
However, no one expected that after the coffin was put down, black liquid overflowed from the soil next to the coffin, accompanied by a fishy smell.
The sky was too dark, most people didn't see this scene, but Zhou Jiayu and the three of them could see it clearly.
The village chief's face changed drastically, and without saying a word, he directly asked people to fill in the soil.
So a few people piled up the soil with shovel after shovel. They were close, and naturally saw the black liquid, and their faces were as white as paper. In the end, some people couldn't hold back, turned and ran Spit it out in the woods.
Zhou Jiayu said wildly to Xu Ru: "Blood?"
Xu Ruwang said: "80.00%..."
Tan Yingxue thought about it: "It's blood, but it's not human." The bugs around her are very sensitive to things stained with blood, so she is not lying about this matter.
At any rate, it wasn't human blood, and the expressions of several people relaxed a little.
The coffin was covered with shovel after shovel of soil, and the matter was not finished until the coffin was filled into a small slope.
The stele in front was erected before, Zhou Jiayu looked at the names on it, but found nothing unusual.
The burial was finally over, and the village head smoked a cigarette again, and said to Zhou Jiayu and the others, "If there are tombstones but no earthen bags, the corpses were stolen. If you want to investigate, you can go and have a look."
Zhou Jiayu looked in the direction pointed by the village chief, and he saw several special cemeteries. The soil on the cemetery had been dug up, revealing the pit and coffin inside.
They approached a stolen place and found that the lid of the coffin inside had been lifted and the body was gone.
"When did you disappear?" Zhou Jiayu asked.
The village chief's attitude towards them was slightly better than before, and said: "It didn't take long, it started half a year ago."
Zhou Jiayu thought to himself that it's been half a year and it's not long. If you reported the case earlier, the case might be solved. Of course, he didn't dare to say this, for fear of being beaten.
Xu Ruwang was observing the cemetery, probably also thinking, if the theft of the cemetery was done by someone, then what is the purpose of the person who did it.
The village head said: "You guys look here, we are leaving."
Zhou Jiayu said, "Going away?"
The village head nodded: "There are still some ceremonies that haven't been completed, we have to take advantage of it before dawn..." He exhaled and said that Zhou Jiayu and the others can inspect whatever they want, but don't touch anything in the cemetery, it's theirs. rule.
"What will happen if you break the rules?" Xu Ruwang suddenly asked.
The village chief's expression suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly, "Where you stand is the final destination of those who break the rules." He left after speaking, leaving behind an indifferent back.
But Xu Ruwang scolded in a low voice: "It's just nonsense, as if if you don't break the rules, this is not the place for people to live." No matter how wonderful it was in life, after a hundred years, it will be a handful of loess.
The villagers followed the village chief, leaving the three of them in the cemetery.
Tan Yingxue sighed, "I don't have a clue, how about you?"
Xu Ruwang said: "Haha, I won't tell you if there is."
Tan Yingxue: "..."
Zhou Jiayu observed the cemetery and said, "Let's go and see the one that was buried just now."
Xu Ruwang said, "What?"
Zhou Jiayu said: "I think there is something wrong with the soil."
So the three of them returned to the place they had just arrived. Zhou Jiayu bent down and took a handful of soil, put it between his nose and sniffed it: "It's wet, it must be blood."
Xu Ruwang said, "Mmm..."
Zhou Jiayu said, "What do you think is going on?"
Xu Ruwang said: "Too much resentment? It doesn't look like it. It hasn't been buried yet. The tomb is wet first."
Tan Yingxue frowned: "Their burial ceremony is too strange, it is very strange from beginning to end." Since this village has a special burial ceremony, it shows that it attaches great importance to death, but the ancient method followed is only for people to see. When it comes to their fear of death, they don't see any nostalgia for the dead.
"That's right." Zhou Jiayu said. During the funeral procession, no one cried. It even made people wonder if the old man had any relatives in the village.
All three of them were thinking about something.
There weren't many clues in the cemetery. Zhou Jiayu checked several places that were stolen. Perhaps there was too little information on the tombstones, so he didn't find anything in common among the people who were stolen.
Xu Hehe and Tan Yingxue didn't have any clues, and finally when the sky broke, the three decided to go back to the village first and then come back later.
When they came here before, the coffin they were carrying probably affected their speed. They set off at nine o'clock and walked for more than three hours to reach their destination.
The speed of going down the mountain was very fast. After an hour, the three of them returned to the village.
When they arrived at the village, two other contestants just entered the village. Judging from the appearance of these two people, they should have encountered a lot of trouble.
"Wow, when did you guys arrive!" the white and tender Sichuan-Chongqing guy asked.
"We were yesterday, Tan Yingxue the day before yesterday." Zhou Jiayu said, "You missed a funeral." He originally wanted to say that you were unlucky, but when you think about it carefully, rushing to the funeral is not considered good luck.
The boy said, "Okay, thank you, I know your name is Zhou Jiayu, you can call me Yu Xiaomian."
Zhou Jiayu: "...Small noodles?"
Yu Xiaomian said, "That's right."
Zhou Jiayu: "...a good name sounds delicious."
Yu Xiaomian said: "Let's put our luggage first, bye."
Zhou Jiayu watched him walk away, Xu Ruwang said beside him, "Why, is this your food?"
Zhou Jiayu glanced at him: "I don't know if he is my type, but you are not my type anyway."
Xu Ruwang said aggrievedly: "Why do you despise me, I like you so much."
Zhou Jiayu said: "You are bald and haven't become stronger yet, I am very disappointed in you."
Xu Ruwang: "..."
Tan Yingxue laughed beside her, saying that you guys are so funny.She probably thought that the two of them were joking, but she didn't know that Zhou Jiayu and Xu Ruwang were discussing serious life events.
In the end Xu Ruwang lost his way, Zhou Jiayu looked at his back and was called out to him: "Xu Ruwang——"
Xu Ruwang turned his head in surprise.
Zhou Jiayu said, "Your head is actually reflecting light!"
Xu Ruwang: "Fuck!" Oh shit!
The author has something to say: Zhou Jiayu: If my husband likes me, I will eat a ton of cakes.
Lin Zhushui: Are you trying to cheat food and drink?
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Mirroring the changes
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Soviet Union 1991
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Kyojuro, the life of a Hokage since the age of one
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Put away your magical powers now!
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The road to immortality is difficult, bones build immortality
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The fast-forward journey after seizing the traverser system
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