The painting turned out to be my father Ke Zuo, standing by the river, looking sideways at the bridge. There was a person on the bridge. The person was very small, but the painting was very clear. It was my mother Yun Bai. I was stunned. Isn't this too weird
Liu Yang looked at me.
"Whose painting is it?"
"Dong Xiaoqiang's, Dong Jun's son, that's really weird."
"Roll it up first, eat, and go ask tomorrow."
Actually, I just want to ask, what does this mean? What is this telling me
That day, after Liu Yang and I had dinner and watched TV, Shen Zhiyang came with his wife and two children. His wife was very pretty and his two children were also cute, a boy and a girl, a twin boy and a girl.
I understood what Shen Zhiyang meant. That day, the two children insisted on recognizing me as their godfather. I really had no choice but to refuse to leave. Liu Yang also knew about that incident. He frowned and forced them to recognize me as their godfather that day, and then they left.
"what to do?"
"It's really sad to watch. I don't understand this either. How about this, see if there are any other people in this woman's family, or give her money as compensation and get her family's forgiveness. Maybe that will work."
"It's just that this woman is pestering me. If I don't do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of her."
"Let's go home first."
The next day, I went to the woman's house.
The person who opened the door was a man with a long beard and a dull look in his eyes. It seemed that he had suffered a great blow.
"Who are you looking for?"
"I'm a friend of your wife's, and I want to know something."
He actually let me in, and the woman's photo was there.
I thought, if I tell on Shen Zhiyang now, he would be dead. What should I do
"I'm so sorry your wife is dead. Also, how are her parents?"
My question was a bit strange and illogical.
"You know the murderer."
He said very affirmatively, I didn’t say yes or no.
"You are the murderer, and you are here to apologize?"
The man suddenly stood up and looked fierce.
"Don't get excited. I'm not the murderer, but I know."
"Who? Tell me, tell me, I killed him, killed him..."
I feel like this man is crazy and I'm afraid we can't continue the conversation.
I rushed to the door, opened it and ran. The man chased me, but I managed to escape.
I think there is no way to talk to this man.
That day I went to the woman's parents' home and knocked on the door. An old man opened the door and he didn't look well.
When I went in, the old lady's eyes were red.
"Uncle and Madam, I'm here to tell you something today. I know who the murderer is, and I want to ask for your forgiveness, or money, or some other way to resolve the issue."
"Are you the murderer?"
I waved my hand immediately.
"I'm here to help."
"No, let him pay with his life."
I was speechless. I didn't expect that the old lady was so thoughtful and called the police. The old man held me back. I really couldn't beat them.
The police took me away. I have no choice but to speak out about this. In fact, I also think that Shen Zhiyang should stand up and accept the facts as a man.
I said, I took him to Shen Zhiyang's home, there was really nothing we could do, he was taken away, I asked the police, how many years would he be sentenced to
"Very serious, at least fifteen years, possibly the death penalty."
I started sweating. I didn't expect it to be so serious, but this is what happened.
When I got home that day, I told Liu Yang.
"You did the right thing, you should do this."
In fact, I felt very uncomfortable.
The next day I went to Shen Zhiyang's house, but unexpectedly, they didn't open the door for me.
At work, sitting in the office, the female ghost appeared and stretched out her hand to ask for a bone. She told me that everything was over, he was punished, and I should not harm his relatives again.
I didn't expect this to happen. There are kind ghosts among ghosts.
I shook my head. This makes people have a new understanding of this world, or other things.
That day, Heli called me over when I was getting off work and asked me to go in. The food and wine were already served.
"Let's drink together?"
"Can."
I sat down and spoke together.
"Your father used to sit here and drink with me."
He always mentions my father, what does that mean? And what does Dong Xiaoqiang's painting mean
"What does Dong Xiaoqiang's painting mean?"
Heli didn't say anything for a long time. It seemed that he already knew what the painting was.
"I want to tell you something. You can read it yourself and maybe you can understand it. I can't tell you anything else."
I don't need to ask anymore, it seems like they want to tell me something.
That day I went to He Dana's place, but he hadn't come back yet and the door was still locked. I opened the door and went in. Where did He Dana go
I wondered what Liu Shougui meant when he stopped halfway into the backyard that day. I didn’t know, and I hadn’t figured out, what that meant.
I went to the backyard and entered the backyard. There was a tomb, He Dana's tomb. I knew this. This tomb was spherical in shape and the tombstones were erected, but they were empty tombstones without any words on them.
The door of the tomb was on the side, and it was half open. I was stunned. The door of the tomb was closed, so how could it be open? I had a special feeling, an ominous feeling.
I went in sideways and walked down.
He Dana brought me in once, but we were in the outer tomb. After going down to the outer tomb, we went to the inner tomb. The path to the inner tomb was very small, and if you walked alone, you could touch the stone walls on both sides.
After turning a few meters, there was a door. The door was also half open. When I went in, I was stunned. There was a person lying on the bed. It was He Dana. I was stunned and screamed for a long time.
"Grandpa, Grandpa..."
There was no answer, and my heart tightened. I went in and walked to the side. I saw that He Dana was dead. My heart was suddenly in a panic. I didn't expect that he was dead. Liu Shougui probably knew about it a long time ago.
I cried, as if I had really died like my grandfather.
I thought, let's put him in the coffin! I held him in my arms, put him in the coffin, and closed the lid.
I was a little confused. There were several rooms in this inner room, all locked, and I didn't have the heart to think about what was inside.
That day I came out, closed all the tomb doors, and then asked someone to carve words on the tombstone.
I didn't expect that He Dana died like this. He said that after death, one can go to Room 18, but I didn't want to go in and sat there in a daze. Liu Yang called and asked me where I was, and I said I was here with He Dana.
Liu Yang came over, and Liu Shougui actually came out. I said after they sat down.
"He Dana is dead."
Neither of them was surprised and seemed to know everything.
"Everyone has to die one day. He has lived to be over 120 years old. He has made enough. You can take care of this place from now on. I think the rich family's side will be empty. I will arrange for it to be taken care of regularly. Don't worry about it. Don't live there. Just live here."
"You should move here too. The conditions at the columbarium are not good enough."
"Okay."
I thought that He Dana died without telling me because it was too late. I don’t know why, but he could use Yin science to calculate the day of his own death, but he calculated it but didn’t tell me. I was really surprised.
I went to work and Li Xiaohuan came in.
"Master, Master Lin wants you to come over."
Makeup artist at Master Lin’s crematorium.
I entered the dressing room and Master Lin saw me and said.
"Director Ke, I can't do this."
I took a look at the body and there was something wrong with it.
"Okay, Master Lin, you go and rest, I'll do it."
Li Xiaohuan stood aside.
"Master, what's going on? I think he looks normal."
"This is a pieced-together corpse. In other words, this corpse is not from one person. The head is from one person, and the body is from another person, pieced together."
I had never encountered such a thing before. I looked at it for a long time, then called Liu Shougui and told him about it.
"You can't touch the body. I'll be there later."
Liu Shougui came, took a look and said.
"Looking for family members."
The family members were called to the office and there were two men.
"Who is this person to you?"
"Our brother, our little brother, was killed."
“But that’s a corpse fight.”
"Yes, we admit that. We only found the head, not the body. The lower half was purchased."
“That’s illegal.”
"The family agrees. Why are you making such a fuss? If not, we can move it to another crematorium."
"Then take it away!"
The body was taken away and I wanted to call the police, but Liu Shougui told me not to meddle in other people's business.
I really didn't expect this matter. How could someone come up with the idea of piecing together corpses
So whose lower body would it be? I don't know.
I didn't expect that the body would be taken to the crematorium in Chi County. The director there refused to cremate it. Even the makeup artist could tell when the body was being pieced together. It looks like this is going to be a very difficult case.
The two men came back, entered the office and took the money from me.
"I'm sorry, this is not about money, it's very troublesome."
"Just throw it into the furnace and burn it, that's it. We don't ask for much."
"I understand your family's feelings, but that won't work."
They left without saying anything else, and came back an hour later, followed by someone who turned out to be Liu Shougui.
"Let's get this done!"
I was stunned. What does that mean? The two family members left, Liu Shougui said.
"This person found someone to beg me, so I have to do it. I will do the makeup."
"But… "
"I know about this. The family members agreed to it. It's normal to borrow a body. I've encountered it twice."
"Will there be any trouble with putting on makeup?"
"Just follow my lead and learn from me."
I called Li Xiaohuan to the dressing room. Such opportunities are rare and scarce.
Liu Shougui changed his clothes and took out his makeup box. His makeup box was different from others'. Our makeup boxes were all provided by the director and were all uniform, but his was made by himself. There was a bone pattern on it. The bones were smashed into the wood and ground flat. The pattern was hard to describe and quite weird.
"When applying this makeup, you should start from the joint and go up, not down. Push from the bottom up to chase the qi. If you push from the top up, it will be creating qi."
"What will happen then?"
Liu Shougui glanced at me and said.
"I'll do it. There aren't many opportunities like this. Maybe you'll encounter it in the future, and it might be of some use to Yin Studies. You know what He Dana meant. He left behind more than ten notebooks on Yin Studies. I think it's time for you to take a look."
Liu Shougui has been guiding me all the time. He is a smart man.
"When will you and Liu Yang get married?"
Liu Shougui suddenly said this, and Li Xiaohuan curled her lips and glared at me.
I didn't answer, because I felt it was a bit uncomfortable to talk about this at this time.
Suddenly, the dead man's eyes opened and rolled around. Li Xiaohuan screamed, and Liu Shougui was so scared that he threw his makeup brush to the ground and then looked at Li Xiaohuan.
"You girl, your name is too big, isn't it?"
I thought Liu Shougui would be angry, but he wasn't.
Li Xiaohuan's face turned pale. The dead man's eyes kept moving.
Liu Shougui picked up the makeup pen, then covered the dead man's eyes with his hands, and they closed when he let go.
"Anyway, that's it. Of course, in a few minutes, he will see something. If he sees it in a few minutes, then the consequences will be serious. You will be in his mind, so whatever he thinks, you will do. It's a terrible thing."
I didn't expect this to happen, Liu Shougui said after putting on makeup that day.
"I'll go to the operating table and refine it."
It was already downhill at this time, the work was finished, and there was no one in the refining room. We went in and opened eight operating tables. It seemed that I just liked eight operating tables. This reminded me of too many things, Yinyan, my master.
Liu Shougui sat down and turned on the furnace. The family members of the deceased were not allowed to enter the viewing platform in the hall. There was no farewell ceremony, and the family members also wanted it to end as soon as possible.
After Liu Shougui put the deceased into the furnace, he watched.
"Watch carefully."
I didn't know what to look at. Li Xiaohuan watched and stood aside, always so nervous.
I was staring at the stove and suddenly there was a loud bang. Li Xiaohuan shuddered and I saw something.
"Remember that location, and be careful when you pick up the bones later."
It was over two hours later, and when we picked up the bones, we found a special bone in that position, which was shiny black and had not been burned.
"Take this."
Everything was over. I took Liu Shougui to Xilailou for dinner. I saw Dong Xiaoqiang again. He took us into a private room. In the room were Dong Xiaoqiang's paintings. Dong Xiaoqiang was following Dong Jun's style, but it was completely different.
Liu Shougui said while eating that day.
"This piece of black bone is black gold bone. It is rare. Most people who die like this have some reason. They drill holes in it, hang it on a string, and wear it around their necks."
This black gold bone is not big, about the size of a matchbox, but it is quite heavy. But what is the point of wearing this thing? I don't like it in a dead person's head. (To be continued)