I nodded and didn't force it. This is a mountain village, and the people in the village must know each other, so in the eyes of these people, although I am not wearing a police uniform, this outsider should be a policeman who came with Deng Fei.
"Why come again?" a woman around complained, "There are so many things."
"Yeah, I am really idle." Several women also complained there.
I stepped back to the crowd and looked around with countless heads. There are many paper figures on the periphery of the mourning hall. The paper figures are rich in color and form, and there are also several paper houses taller than people, and there are a few paper figures with maidservants behind them.
For rural rituals, it is already very grand.
On the left side of the mourning hall, there is an offering table on which is placed fruit cloud cakes and other snacks, as well as some candies. They are all stacked high. In the center of the offering table are two black and white photos of a man and a woman. They look all ages. It's not big. There are white paper folds on both sides of the photo, with the birth date and name written on it.
There are white cloths on both sides of the offering table, but the wind is strong in the mountains, which can be seen through the gaps in the white cloth blown up by the wind, and only a mouthful of red wooden coffins stopped inside.
"Did your village have a dark marriage a while ago? The bride died, take me to the scene of the crime." Deng Fei said to the old village chief.
The old village chief frowned slightly, looking reluctant.
"I'm a tolerance, and there will be other policemen coming over right away." Deng Fei's words meant to stand up for himself.
It's like two people confront each other and don't want to give up, one of them said, don't prick me, my brother will be here soon!
"All right, follow me."
The village chief motioned to the villagers in front of him to give way, then walked in front on crutches and said, "That house is under the dam, it's the two-story building in front."
Deng Fei was about to follow the old village chief to the crime scene. He suddenly found that I was not by his side. He searched around and found me. He said, "Chen An, go, follow me. Let's go to the crime scene and have a look first."
I separated the crowd and walked over and said, "You should call the bureau first. Ask if they have closed the case." I pointed to the portraits of the two dead in the mourning hall and said, "This is a husband and wife. Burial together. It seems that the villagers want to arrange their burial tonight."
"Huh?" Deng Fei was taken aback, looked at the photos in the mourning hall, and looked at the two coffins separately.
, Said: "It is impossible to close the case, and I am now the person in charge of the case. I haven't spoken yet. What case is closed."
"Then there is only one possibility." I didn't say the following, but the meaning was clear. The villagers wanted to secretly arrange a burial without the police.
Deng Fei glared at the village chief and said, "Whose body is in this mourning hall?"
The old village chief's face suddenly turned cloudy, but he still said: "Today is the beginning of the day, so we must be buried together. No matter what happens, it is always good to let people go into the soil early for safety."
"The case is not over yet! Where are the policemen watching the corpse?" Deng Fei carried in angrily, inconceivable. He seemed to be questioning the village chief, and he seemed to be asking himself.
Normally, the corpse of a homicide should be placed in a funeral home. But as Deng Fei said, the villagers are not allowed to inspect the corpses at all. It is normal for the corpses to be left in the village forcibly. But what is abnormal is that there should be policemen in the village watching. Why is there no police left behind? Is the police negligent or the villager? How about the police who will stay behind
The whole thing was extremely scary and made me shudder. If it is the latter, I am afraid that Deng Fei and I would be wishful thinking to prevent the corpse from being buried.
legal? Sometimes, in some places, the law simply doesn't make sense!
A young man with a white rope around his waist walked up to the village chief and reminded him: "Uncle, the hour is here."
"Get up the coffin."
The old village chief waved his hand immediately, with a certain spirit of leading an army to a general. At the same time, several young people walked to the mourning hall together, intending to carry the coffin for funeral.
"Stop! No one is allowed to move the coffin!" Deng Fei shouted immediately, then walked a few steps to the mourning hall and opened his hands to push away the young people who were about to lift the coffin.
"The case is not over yet, what kind of burial!"
Because of the burning of too much paper money at the scene, the smell of the air was not good, and the atmosphere became tense, which made people feel breathless.
But even though Deng Fei was wearing a police uniform, the villagers didn’t buy it. They began to condemn and question Deng Fei all the time. Whatever they said, the police could not break the customs. They were too lenient in their duties, and they didn’t manage the affairs of living people. They actually paid back. Take care of the dead.
But Deng Fei turned a deaf ear to these accusations.
The village chief stepped forward and said, "Officer Deng, please give in. This is our tradition and custom here. You can
I don’t understand, but please respect it! "The old village chief made a loud noise when he spoke, holding a cane in his hand and pointed directly at Deng Fei.
Usually, people would be polite when they met the police. I didn't expect that the old village chief would not pay attention to the criminal police captain coming from the city.
Seeing this kind of battle, I wanted to help and dared to help, let alone how to help.
Soon, a few young villagers went forward to push Deng Fei away to carry the coffin. Deng Fei slammed into them. The first two villagers were knocked back by Deng Fei, but there were more young men around. Villagers flooded here.
Obviously, the situation at the scene is almost out of control.
Deng Fei took out his gun, pointed it at the sky, and shouted: "Damn, see who dares to carry the coffin! The case is not over yet, who allowed you to bury it in private!"
The gun was taken out. In terms of momentum, Deng Fei undoubtedly overwhelmed everyone. Many people have seen gunfights, but in real life, when someone stands in front of a gun with a gun, the chilling fear, But not many people can really appreciate it.
No one dared to speak around, even the women who had been leaning on the side to watch the excitement, at the moment Deng Fei took out his gun, subconsciously led the children next to him to start backing.
At this time, the old village chief stood up again!
He pointed to Deng Fei and said, "Come on, you shoot! Our customs, our traditions, are our sex, this is something passed down to us by our ancestors!"
The old village chief walked forward step by step and continued: "Do you dare to shoot? We are not breaking the law. We just respect our own customs. Do you dare to shoot?"
It seems that the old village chief is right. Deng Fei just used a gun to bluff people and didn't dare to shoot.
Yes, does Deng Fei dare to shoot? The case has not been found out yet. If there is a discord between the police and the people, or even news of the shooting goes to the Internet, can he afford the consequences
Obviously, Deng Fei could not afford it.
Because the facts before him showed that Deng Fei's momentum suddenly weakened again, and he was even a little at a loss, especially when the nearby villagers started walking towards him again, he didn't know what to do.
If Deng Fei is all gangsters in front of him, then he can have no pressure and shoot them directly, just go back and make a report, but at this moment, he even has the courage to vent his guns to the sky and scare people.
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