What does Mao Xiaoli mean by telling me so much
"If you want to find Zhang Xiaoxue, you have to go to Chi County, to Zhang Xiaoxue's home. Zhang Xiaoxue's family has an old house in Chi County, and there is an old man watching over it. That old man should be a distant relative of Zhang Xiaoxue's family."
Everything was twisted, and I was momentarily unable to get my bearings.
"Slow down, let me turn around."
I lit a cigarette and sat down thinking, this is all so strange. Zhang Xiaoxue's hometown is actually Chixian. What's going on with the coffin and stone corpse in Chixian
I was just thinking about it when Shen Qing called me and I answered the phone.
"Why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
"I'm sorry, this job is a bit too big for Master Ji and I to handle."
I hung up the phone and didn't want to hear what Shen Qing had to say anymore.
"who?"
"Oh, a friend."
"No way?"
"Shen Qing from the Chi County Crematorium."
"Hmph, Shen Qing, the one with Ghost Green, is famous in Chi County. She is known as the Three Beauties along with Yin Yan and Zhang Xiaoxue. Shen Qing's Ghost Green really adds a lot to her appearance."
Ghost blue adds color
"You may not know that when she doesn't cover her eyes with veil, that ghostly blue color is simply a kind of beauty."
I don't believe it. Isn't this ridiculous? A person with a blue spot on his face is beautiful? Is there something wrong with Mao Xiaoli's brain? I have some doubts, but this time it has been linked to Chixian, and I'm afraid I can't get away from it for a while.
I went to Chixian, and the house where Mao Xiaoli, Zhang Xiaoxue lived was indeed big enough, it was completely an old house.
"This is what the general left behind. He died in the Battle of Xingcheng, leaving behind only this house."
I know about that war. It seems that Zhang Xiaoxue's family background is not ordinary. I knocked on the door and an old man came out. He was too old. I was worried that he would fall down in a gust of wind.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Looking for Zhang Xiaoxue."
"Oh, no one from the Zhang family has come back for a long time. I don't know when my old bones died. I have to give an explanation!"
Zhang Xiaoxue's parents are here, why don't they come back? Maybe there are too many things going on here.
"Can we go in?"
"Can you help me find someone from the Zhang family?"
"Of course, we are their friends. We will tell them when we get back."
"Well, come in!"
The yard is really big, and the buildings are all Manchu style, a bit luxurious.
When I entered the room, I found it was really a general's house. There was a general's portrait hanging on the wall. He looked like a murderous man and it seemed that he had killed many people.
We sat down and Mao Xiaoli looked around. This was Zhang Xiaoxue's house. I really didn't know why they didn't stay here, but went to the city and never came back. I don't know.
After chatting about some small things, we left.
"The Yin family also has a big house like this, but it's a little worse than this one. Anyway, the Yin and Zhang families are well-known in Chi County. Apart from the two beauties, no one knows how rich the general's family is. Even a house as big as this is scary enough."
That’s true. When I came out of the house, I felt like I had never seen the world.
Mao Xiaoli asked me to call Shen Qing and ask him to come to the hotel. Shen Qing came and sat down.
"You can take the veil off."
Shen Qing hesitated for a moment and took it off. I was stunned. Mao Xiaoli was right. If it weren't for this ghost Qing, Shen Qing might not be so pretty. It was simply the finishing touch. I was a little stunned. Mao Xiaoli looked at me and smiled, and I turned my head away.
"Shen Qing, the matter of the stone corpse has not been dealt with yet, right?"
"No, I don't know where to start. I don't know what to do. I only know Yinyan, but she's still dead."
"I can help you. All of this seems to be related to what you need. Everything about the deceased is very troublesome. Let's start from the deceased. Let's go find the person who once bullied him, Shisan Lingjiao. The fox skin is at his house."
Shen Qing was obviously a little hesitant, as if he knew this person.
"Yan Fei, this man is called Yan Fei. As you know, this is the land of the Qing Dynasty. Shamans were very popular at that time. It has not survived until now. This Yan Fei is probably just the last old wizard. The new wizards appearing in various countries now have no conduct like the old wizards. This man is very strange and few people can get close to him. Of course, I can. My father had a good relationship with him. After my father died, I almost never went there."
Yan Fei, I know about shamans. Many people in the crematorium have connections with shamans. Everyone knows that shamans can communicate with the underworld, but I have never seen a shaman. Their connections with shamans are all secret, and no one knows about it.
That day, Shen Qing took us to find Yan Fei. They stayed in a bungalow by the lake. It was very ordinary and there was nothing different about it. After knocking, Yan Fei came out. He was very happy to see Shen Qing. Then he introduced us. We went in. There was a colorful thing hanging in front of the house. It was weird and made my hair stand on end.
When I entered the room, it was dark and it took me half a day to get used to it.
"Uncle Yan, my friend has something to ask you."
Yan Fei's voice is hoarse and very distinctive, but there is also an evil aura. Even when he laughs, I feel uneasy.
"Just tell me what you want to say."
I told him the story and mentioned the fox skin incident. Yan Fei was a little annoyed and took a long time to speak.
"That was the boy's fate. I have already helped him break it. If not, he would have died long ago. How could he have lived this long?"
"It's just that he is now a stone corpse. Originally, he had nothing to do with us. But one of our people is missing, and they said it was a ghost cave. It should be related to this matter."
Yan Fei didn't say anything, but lit up his pipe, which choked me and made me cough.
"I don't care about this. At least as for the fox fur, I've already made it into scarves and given it away. It's not a serious matter, so it has nothing to do with me."
"I think you are also responsible. The family of the deceased will be in trouble in a few days. This person knows revenge."
"I don't know."
Yan Fei started to act like a gangster, and there was nothing we could do about it. We left Yan Fei and went back to the hotel.
Shen Qing asked us to help, Mao Xiaoli didn't say anything. After she left, Mao Xiaoli said.
"I'm afraid that Zhang Xiaoxue's disappearance is related to Yan Fei. It's a bit strange. Yan Fei seems to be avoiding something. I think if we go there tomorrow, he might have run away."
We went there again the next day and found that the door was locked. It seemed that he had really hidden himself. To be honest, he ran away after we left yesterday.
Mao Xiaoli's analysis was correct. She didn't expect that a stone corpse would cause so much trouble.
Mao Xiaoli asked me to make an appointment with Shen Qing and go to the crematorium in the middle of the night.
Some things always happen in the middle of the night. That's how dark things are. During the day, they are what the living are busy with, and at night, they are what the dead are busy with.
Shen Qing was waiting for us at the entrance of the crematorium in the middle of the night. From a distance, she looked like a female ghost, swaying back and forth. If I were standing there swaying, I would look like a male ghost. Who would sway at the entrance of the crematorium in the middle of the night for no reason? That would be really evil.
When we went over, Shen Qing didn't say anything. There was a strange rule in the crematorium in Chi County. In the second half of the night, you couldn't talk at the door. No one knew why.
Go into the morgue and pull out the dead person, said Mao Xiaoli.
"Carry him onto the corpse bed, with his back facing forward."
I didn't want to move, but from what Shen Qing said, she didn't want to move even more. I was the only man, so I had to reach out. I hugged it, but it didn't move. The stone corpse was really as heavy as a stone.
"Sister Mao, I can't hold you."
"You two carry it and put it directly on the corpse bed."
It seems that it is not impossible to lift it today, but Mao Xiaoli does not intend to do it. No one wants to do this unfortunate thing.
The two of us lifted it up and put it on the corpse bed. This stone corpse must have weighed about 200 pounds.
When he turned over, Mao Xiaoli actually lit a cigarette. The aroma of the cigarette immediately spread everywhere. Shen Qing seemed to dislike it and stood aside with his hands covering his nose.
We were all nervous, but it seemed that Mao Xiaoli didn't care, and the door was pushed open.
"Who's in there?"
The old voice scared me a little. I shivered and stood alone at the door.
"Master Zhao, I'm Shen Qing, it's okay."
"Oh, that's good."
"It's okay, it's the doorman who just came in. He probably went to the toilet."
I breathed a sigh of relief. Mao Xiaoli put out the cigarette butt and twisted it with her foot, as if she had made up her mind.
She walked over, took a look and said.
"Get me some scissors."
Shen Qing glanced at me.
"Wait."
Shen Qing went out to find a pair of scissors, and I asked Mao Xiaoli.
"Sister Mao, what are you doing?"
"Just watch."
Shen Qing came back after a long time and handed the scissors to Mao Xiaoli, but she didn't take it.
"Cut the clothes open."
Shen Qing was obviously unwilling. Looking at me, I was unwilling too. This is your business, Shen Qing. Don't think that you can make me come just because you are beautiful.
Shen Qing had no choice but to walk over and cut the clothes open.
The deceased's back was exposed. Under the light, I saw words on it. They were blue, all over the back. Shen Qing's hands were shaking. I was also nervous and glanced at Mao Xiaoli. She looked at it for a few minutes and said.
"Change your clothes and send him back."
Mao Xiaoli left. Shen Qing and I spent half an hour to finish the work. When we came out, Mao Xiaoli was drinking tea with the old man at the gate. When we went in, it seemed that they were having a very happy chat.
Mao Xiaoli and I returned to the hotel. She fell asleep without saying anything. I didn't know there were words on the back of the dead body. I didn't recognize the words and couldn't understand them. It was quite strange.
When she got up in the morning, Mao Xiaoli seemed to want to do something. If she hesitated, she would walk back and forth. Until around nine o'clock, she suddenly said.
"go back."
After we went back, Mao Xiaoli told me to put this matter aside for now, as she had something to talk to me about.
When I returned home, the house was deserted and Zheng Jun was not there. I saw that the matter regarding Zhang Xiaoxue would also have an outcome. When Zhang Xiaoxue came back, everything would be over.
The next day at work, Zheng Jun was fine. I called him, but his phone was turned off. I didn't feel good.
After a busy morning, I went to Zheng Jun's house after get off work. She didn't have a home. Her family said she hadn't come back. It was a bit chaotic. I didn't know where Zheng Jun had gone. She didn't tell me. Her cell phone was turned off and it had always been like this. I returned to the crematorium and asked the director and other people. They said that Zheng Jun was fine and they saw her that day.
I knew that something must have gone wrong. In a crematorium, you could never predict what would happen at any time.
I called Mao Xiaoli and told her about this, and Mao Xiaoli said.
"Look for it again. Look in the crematorium. There must be some clues or hints left there."
I felt strange, went into the office, looked around, but found no hints or clues.
When I was walking out, I felt something under my feet. I stopped and lifted my foot, and found a press pin under my foot. I don't remember using it before, and Zheng Jun hasn't used it either, so how could there be a press pin
I took it off, and what was even more strange was that it was a black push pin. Looking closely, I had no idea what material it was made of. It was neither iron nor copper, so what was it made of
I didn't understand, so I put it aside and went out, then entered the morgue, which is where Zheng Jun and I go every day, but I still didn't find anything. I stood in the yard, looking left and right, feeling a little confused.
The manager came over and asked me what was wrong, and I said I couldn't find Zheng Jun.
The manager asked me to go to his office and said it was okay, maybe Zheng Jun had gone out for some emergency. In fact, it was not the case. No matter what the emergency was, Zheng Jun would tell me, but no, his cell phone was turned off. I knew Zheng Jun had a habit of carrying two batteries on him, and the batteries were always charged. He would never turn off his cell phone for 24 hours unless something serious happened.
After thinking about it, I started to feel a little scared.
I called Mao Xiaoli and said I couldn't find it. She asked me to think about it and see if anything strange happened. I thought about it for a long time and remembered that insignificant button. Mao Xiaoli exclaimed "Ah!" after hearing it, and I broke out in a sweat. (To be continued)