Guan Zengbin's voice trembled a little, and he must have seen something terrifying to cause such panic. Guan Zengbin's appearance made me even more scared, and at this time, Gu Chen stepped over from us, as if to face the unknown thing that had been stroking my head all the time.
After looking at it, Gu Chen said seriously: "Stop hugging, you are dead. You have seen fifty if not a hundred dead people. Don't get bored, come and see!"
Gu Chen's voice was fast and serious, and I knew it was serious. So I quickly let go of Guan Zengbin, turned my head to look, and Guan Zengbin also looked behind me. When he turned around, he saw a dead body hanging high on a tree behind him. And it was precisely because the corpse was hanging high on the tree that the position of her hand happened to be near my head.
At this moment, her body was swinging from side to side, and the arm driven by her body also moved, so her hands kept hitting me on the head.
When we saw the corpse, Guan Zengbin and I fell silent. Because the person who hanged on the tree was none other than Wu Xiufen.
Taking a cursory look, Wu Xiufen's trousers had fallen to the ground at this moment, and she was wearing a pair of red long johns inside. But at this moment, I don't care to be surprised what happened, I just feel that I can't imagine that Wu Xiufen would hang herself here.
For some unknown reason, Wu Xiufen hanged herself on the tree behind us. And obviously, the time we left Wu Xiufen was no more than ten minutes.
"Quick!" I yelled, "she hasn't been with us long, and may not be dead yet."
Having said that, I rushed forward and hugged Wu Xiufen's leg, and lifted it up vigorously. When Gu Chen heard what I said, he didn't stop, and immediately rushed up with a few strides, and turned over to the tree with a few movements. While speaking, Gu Chen took out a dagger and cut the rope.
I suddenly sank, and Guan Zengbin who was beside me also immediately stepped forward to support the corpse. The two of us laid the corpse on the ground, and Guan Zengbin immediately went to check on Wu Xiufen's situation. And at this moment, Gu Chen also jumped down from the tree.
In order to avoid Wu Xiufen before, there was no way to turn on the flashlight, but at this time, I can't care so much. Gu Chen and I immediately turned on the flashlight to illuminate Guan Zengbin. We can see that there is a deep strangle mark on the chin of the old man Wu Xiufen. Judging from the mark above, the jawbone seems to have been broken.
The sharp "click" sound just now was probably the sound of Wu Xiufen's jaw breaking.
Guan Zengbin just touched Wu Xiufen's neck and jaw, then shook his head and said, "It's hopeless, it's fatal instantly."
Hearing this, the flashlight in my hand trembled uncontrollably. I really never imagined that the old man Wu Xiufen ended her life like this. And I really can't imagine that an old man in his sixties would take a long time to climb a tree just to end his own life.
But what is all this for
But in fact, I also understand that no matter what the reason is, it is inseparable from our arrival. Maybe it's because of the secrets, those Wu Xiufen lied to us and the reasons behind it, she will keep it to death, a secret that she can't tell even if she dies. Then old man Wu Xiufen must know something.
Guan Zengbin stood up and said, "Death happens in an instant. Wu Xiufen climbed up the tree, tied a knot on the branch, and put her head in. All of this happened It started while we were talking."
After speaking, Guan Zengbin was silent for a moment.
Following Guan Zengbin's description, we can imagine a picture. While we were standing under the tombstone talking, there was an old man in the tree preparing himself for death. She tiptoed around, as if she was playing hide and seek with us. She slowly stuffed her head into the knot and looked at us below.
We cannot know what the old man was thinking when he died. All I know is that she committed suicide in the presence of all three of us, and that there was no chance of us being able to help.
I know that the sound I broke the branch before may have made Wu Xiufen aware of our location. And when we left, Wu Xiufen climbed up the tree. When Gu Chen came back, Wu Xiufen probably just climbed the tree. That said, she probably wouldn't have chosen to kill herself if I hadn't raised my voice.
After a moment of silence, Guan Zengbin began to say again: "Suicide is certain. The horoscope mark on the neck is very obvious. From the jawbone and neck bone, the jawbone is broken, and the upper and lower gums have been bruised. I I touched her neck bone just now, and it also broke."
After hearing Guan Zengbin's words, I went to look at Wu Xiufen's face, and I could see the features Guan Zengbin mentioned.
Guan Zengbin continued: "In medical experiments, a force of 15 kilograms is enough to break a person's neck bone, and Wu Xiufen's own weight plus the gravity of the jump is far more than this force, so a broken neck bone is fatal. , plus the string above the larynx, the carotid sinus is compressed, and the vagus nerve is stimulated, it will also cause instant death. As for the detailed situation, I will only know after the autopsy."
I looked at the rope that was cut by Gu Chen. It was a long red cloth belt. Rural people are not used to using belts, so it is very common to use a red cloth strip to tie their trousers. And that's why Wu Xiufen's trousers fell off, revealing the red long johns inside.
At the same time, I realized that if an old man can let go of her dignity after death, it means that the secret she keeps must be more important than her own life and her dignity.
I glanced at Zhang Qiang's tombstone, and at Wu Xiufen who was lying under Zhang Qiang's tombstone at the moment. This pair of couples who did not know why they got married finally got together again after decades, and finally lay down together again.
I sighed, and said to Gu Chen, "Contact the village chief, we'll take the body back."
Gu Chen was calling the village chief while I was calling Sister Mary.
On the phone, I told Sister Mary to look up the custom of burning black paper for deceased relatives, and what the purpose of burning black paper was, and I asked Sister Mary about the fourth story. Sister Mary told me that the time is now around nine o'clock, and everyone is waiting for the fourth story to appear, but the story has not appeared for a long time.
But at this moment, I understand that as long as the story appears, we can understand whether the murderer used the twelve zodiac signs to kill people. Sister Mary said that if there is a new story, she will definitely notify me first.
I hung up the phone with a heavy heart.
What does Wu Xiufen's death explain? At this moment, Xiao Liu is ambushing near Wu Xiufen's brother's house. What exactly is the murderer's fourth story about, and who is he going to kill? And why did he kill? These things are like a mess, and I can't find the answer in my heart for a long time, which is really annoying.
Twenty minutes later, Gu Chen also finished calling.
Gu Chen said: "The villagers said that they dare not come to carry the dead bodies at night, and that there are dirty things on this mountain. No one has dared to come here at night, of course, except for Wu Xiufen who has been coming here to burn paper for thirty years. But they said that Wu Xiufen has been alone in the house for 30 years, and she is unwilling to communicate with others, and she is not an ordinary person."
I frowned. The behavior of the village head before made people feel a little weird. It turned out that there was such a scary legend in the village. No wonder he looked left and right, but as the village chief, he must have no nerve to talk about ghosts and gods with us.
Gu Chen looked left and right, and then said: "Let's not give up on that effort, we don't know when they come. Now, I'll carry the corpse on my back, and you can light up in front."
"Sure?"
I looked at Wu Xiufen on the ground, although people in this line of work don't have much fear of dead people, but if you are asked to walk forward with a dead person on your back, it really makes people feel a little scared, people without absolute courage, Definitely wouldn't dare to do this.
Gu Chen nodded, and said seriously: "What else can I do? How about you recite it?"
I quickly waved my hands, and together with Guan Zengbin, I helped Gu Chen carry Wu Xiufen's body on his back.
We go down like this.
When I got to the foot of the mountain, my bell rang suddenly, and it was from Sister Mary.
"Got a story?" I asked.
"No." Sister Mary said: "The story hasn't appeared yet, but your customs are easy to check. As I said, I came to the vicinity of Dongxing City a long time ago, and I usually like to collect some folk customs and habits, and store them on the computer. After comparing, I really found that the customs of a place are like this.”
"Where?" I asked.
After a pause, Sister Mary said, "It's a custom called Wanghu Village, and it's also in Dongxing City. This person's death can be divided into normal death and unjust death. The custom of Wanghu Village is that if the person dies normally, then the Burn the yellow paper. If the person died in vain, then burn the black paper. The reason is that the residents of Wanghu Village believe that people who died in vain cannot be reincarnated before their lifespan expires, and if they burn the yellow paper, they will not receive it.”
"Wanghu Village?" I glanced at the body behind Gu Chenji, and said, "Sister Mary, isn't the Moulin Rouge factory in Xingdong Village?"
Sister Mary said: "I didn't find out about this. I just saw a piece of information on the Internet, which was to buy the bowls produced by the Moulin Rouge factory, and these bowls were also mentioned in it. Later, a netizen with great powers gave it to Wu Xiufen. information, so I looked it up, and as for where the Moulin Rouge factory is, don’t you just ask Wu Xiufen?”
I shook my head and looked at Wu Xiufen, she might not be able to speak again.
"That's it." I said to Sister Mary: "If possible, check whether the Moulin Rouge factory is in Wanghu Village."
"Well, I'll contact you if I have any news." Sister Mary hung up the phone.
But as soon as Sister Mary hung up the phone, I thought of a problem.
"Sister Mary said that black paper is used for those who died in vain, and yellow paper is used for normal deaths...