Liu Shougui took a long time to speak.
"Did you see that female student? The dance she performed was the ghost dance. I remember when we were moving the old corpses, an old corpse came back and was buried right at the spot where the stage was. Can we dig it out?"
"Xiaozhe may remember that I was returning to the world, but I didn't know when I migrated."
"Oh, I almost forgot."
Liu Shougui always treats me as a trick. In fact, I always do the same, but I control myself because I am returning to the human world after all.
I know the old morgue. Liu Shougui told me what happened that year.
"That would be troublesome."
Everyone knows that the old corpse is the most evil.
The three students were still dancing.
"What's next?"
"Find the confirmed location of the old corpse, then dig it out and see what happens."
We went out and saw the dean waiting outside, along with quite a few other people, including family members and other staff.
We are in the office, said Liu Shougui.
"People were indeed inside, and we saw it, but there is a problem now. We are trying to confirm one thing, and we cannot say yet that all the doors of the theater should be sealed immediately."
The dean wanted to ask something, but Liu Shougui turned and left. We went to Liu Dana's place, and Liu Shougui called Xiaozhe over and told him what happened.
"I'm on hold at that location. I'll find it tomorrow."
"The rich boss..."
Liu Shougui asked halfway and looked at me, realizing that he shouldn't ask in front of me.
"It's quite troublesome. I have to deal with it tomorrow, but I can just go in the evening."
I don't want to know anything about Yun Bai and the rich family's boss. This is what hurts me the most, and it is also one of the reasons why I came back to the world.
The next day, we arrived at the theater at dawn. The director's eyes were red and he had not slept all night. The family members also refused to leave the office building. They wanted their child. Everyone could understand their feelings.
"Let's go in and don't let anyone disturb us. We may need workers, and there is a possibility that they will dig a pit inside."
"Whatever you need, just call us, we'll prepare it."
We also know that the mayor was alarmed by this matter and came here several times.
We went in, and Xiaozhe walked back and forth several times, then tied the black line and pulled one end on his hand. The black line actually jumped, and Xiaozhe drew a circle at that position.
"Here it is."
"Tell the workers to come in and dig. And Xiaozhe. I'll go back to the cremation room and get a big coffin. I'll ask the crematorium's corpse truck to bring it."
Xiaozhe went to Chixian to pull a large coffin, and the workers came in.
“We sit here and watch.”
The workers were digging, and the dean came in alone.
"Masters, let me take a look."
"I think you'd better watch over the people outside and don't let anyone in."
The man in the yard glanced at us, said nothing more, and went out. The weird things in here were really scary.
After the workers had been digging for more than two hours, Xiaozhe came back and the workers said they had found something.
We didn't tell the workers what to dig. If it was corpses, I'm afraid no one would be willing to dig. But based on what happened today, they probably know something.
"You can go out now."
After Liu Shougui finished speaking, the workers dropped their tools and ran away. They sensed something.
"I'll go down and hammer in the nails."
I know that kind of nail, the one that is hammered into the four corners, is made of a kind of iron, but it is nourished with human blood.
After the nails were hammered in, Xiaozhe and I started digging. The coffin came out, rotten, and then there were the bones. The old corpse had turned into bones.
Liu Shougui called the dean.
"Find someone to carry the coffin in. Four people, one for each corner. It can't touch the ground."
The dean agreed, but the coffin didn’t come in for a long time and the bones were picked out.
Liu Shougui got angry and went out. When he came back, he asked us to leave. I saw that the atmosphere was not right. Liu Shougui looked angry.
Let’s get in the car.
"Walk."
I drove back to He Dana's place. Liu Shougui didn't say anything and Xiaozhe didn't ask any questions. I sat aside and looked at the pool.
The dean found his way here.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. We tried to find someone to carry it, but no one was there. We're also trying to coordinate. That vice president is nothing. He went a little too far..."
We don’t want to say anything, let’s see what Liu Shougui says.
"We are not doing this for any purpose, and we are also quite dangerous. Asking you to do something seems like we are doing something for no reason."
"We found someone to carry the coffin."
"We are tired now and have no time. Xiaozhe, get some wine."
"No, it's my treat."
For ten years, the dean accompanied us, and I saw that he was restless.
The dean received a phone call and went out to answer it. When he came back, his face looked strange.
"The mayor is angry, this..."
Liu Shougui didn't move and drank his wine slowly. The dean went out to make another phone call.
The mayor came in and stood there with a sullen face.
"You should go over right away. You have three children. I think you all have children too..."
What the mayor said is indeed reasonable.
"You're right. Everyone has children. We can understand the feelings of the family members. However, it is evil for us to just leave it there. It's an old corpse, and it's bone-like. It's very evil. Maybe we can't calm this old corpse down."
"I don't believe in the kind of stuff you're talking about because I'm an atheist."
"Then let's do this. Pick up the bones and put them there. There's also a coffin. Put them in the coffin and find a place with good feng shui to bury them. But I can't guarantee that there won't be any problems."
"Okay, we'll do it ourselves, so how do we find the child?"
"Once the remains are taken away, the child will naturally appear."
After they left, I asked Liu Shougui.
"Will this cause problems?"
"They are looking for the children. If anything happens to them, it has nothing to do with us. Even if we do something, it doesn't guarantee that nothing will happen."
Liu Shougui has his reasons for doing this. When he looks down on someone, there is really nothing he can do about it. He just looks down on them no matter what.
We didn't leave and slept here.
The dean called at around four in the morning.
"Something happened. Come here immediately. I beg you. I will agree to any condition you offer."
Liu Shougui put on his clothes, got in the car, and arrived at the theater entrance. Many people were there. The children had all come out in the middle of the night and gone home. However, the four people carrying the coffin were missing, and the coffin was placed at the theater entrance.
The big coffin was made by Ji Yihe. It was not beautiful, but it was made with a rare technique.
Liu Shougui said while sitting in the car.
"You two can't move the coffin, and you can't get close to it. You have to be at least ten meters away, or I won't go down."
Xiaozhe and I got off the car, the dean said.
"The four coffin bearers are missing. What happened?"
"You said you could do it, and in the end it turned out like this."
Xiaozhe is a little angry.
“We didn’t expect that either.”
Xiaozhe entered the theater and the two of us sat in the last row.
"The people were inside, walking in the big coffin, and they made a mistake. They lifted the coffin head from the inside, which was like lifting the coffin upside down. They didn't understand, so it's not their fault."
“Yes, the inverted coffin cannot be carried, and these four people are also in trouble.”
Four people carrying the coffin appeared, sat in front of us, and looked at the stage, which was empty. However, I knew that we could not see it, but they could see it, and it was an illusion.
"If we leave these four people alone, they will die in three days. The solution now is that I will go over there, tie a black rope, and then lead them out, and then carry the coffin. There is a piece of land over there on the Feng Shui platform. If the old corpse obeys after burial, then everything will be fine. If it doesn't obey, I think we have to carry it back and bury it in this place. There is no other way. If it is buried in this place, this theater cannot be used."
After Xiaozhe finished speaking, he stood up and I didn't move.
The black line was tied, and the four men followed Xiaozhe mechanically.
After they came out, the four of them stood still. The director came over and the family members also came over here.
"Keep the family away from here."
The family members couldn't control themselves. After such a big incident, it was hard to control their emotions. They came up to pull their own family members away, but those four people were just mechanical.
The dean was also a little confused. The people were taken away. Xiaozhe got on the car, and I also got on and sat aside.
"There's really nothing I can do."
Xiaozhe shook his head.
"The coffin cannot be placed here. If not, move it."
"That's all we can do."
After the dean got in the car, Xiaozhe drew the location of the Feng Shui platform and asked people to dig a pit first, and then move the coffin after dark.
"The four..."
"We'll talk about it later."
It was dark, Xiaozhe and I got off the car, Xiaozhe said.
"Teacher Zhang, when I'm moving the coffin, you stand to the side. If anything happens, you can pull me away."
Xiaozhe was standing with the coffin on his head, which was the most unlucky position.
"Xiaozhe, it's not good to stand like that, move to the side."
"I'm afraid I can't drive the coffin."
The dean and his men watched from a distance.
"Let me do it!"
Xiaozhe looked at me blankly.
"I'll do it."
Xiaozhe stepped aside.
"Just stand over there."
"you… "
"Go ahead!"
It seemed that Xiaozhe was not very confident, so I asked him to stand next to the dean.
I stood at the side of the coffin and put my hand on one-third of the coffin. Then I took out a knife and cut it. Blood flowed and the coffin lid slid down. I walked to the back of the coffin and drew a circle at the end of the coffin. I put three dots inside. These are the three dots of the ghost. Driving the coffin is actually using ghosts to lift the coffin.
The coffin moved, and the onlookers ran away far away.
I got in the car, Xiaozhe got in the car.
"Just follow."
We got off the car at the foot of Fengshuitai Mountain. The coffin was moving without anyone in it, which made many people confused.
Go to the edge of the pit, put the coffin down, and then bury it.
It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when we finished. The dean invited us to dinner, but we didn't go and went home.
Regarding what happened today, there are several points that were not handled properly. The external factors, just the four people carrying the coffin, are a troublesome matter, and this is the problem that remains.
The next morning when I got to work, the dean drove in and took me straight to Xiaozhe's office.
I know, it must be about those four people.
Song Meili came into my office and said she was going to have dinner with a friend tonight and wanted me to meet some of her friends. It might be a good idea.
Xiaozhe called and I went over. The dean said that the four people went home like dead people, lying in bed without speaking.
"That's their family's business. If they carry the coffin and walk with it upside down, something will definitely go wrong. I've already told you that I can't handle it."
"Director Ke, the mayor called and asked you to handle this matter."
"No one."
I understand Xiaozhe's temper.
"This is very troublesome, there is really no way."
I said on the side that, actually, it’s not that we have no other choice, but we really don’t want to get into any more trouble.
"But… "
Xiaozhe waved his hand.
The dean left. Two hours later, the mayor came. This time he was very polite. He believed some things, but his expression did not look very good.
Xiaozhe did not agree. I knew that if only four people carried the coffin and straightened it, everything would be fine. But now the coffin has been buried, and I don't know if the old corpse can stay in the ground. This is a troublesome matter.
I said after the mayor and the dean left.
"Xiaozhe, I'm afraid there will be trouble."
"At most I will go back to the paper-making room to make my own paper-making. There is nothing wrong with that. I really don't want to do this kind of work."
I didn't say anything more. Xiaozhe is already in his forties and can handle everything on his own, so I didn't want to say more.
That day, Song Meili took me to drink with her friends. We went into a private room in the hotel and all her friends were there, about six or seven people.
"Let me introduce you to my family's refiner."
I didn't extend my hand, and they just nodded at me. I could see that they kept their distance from me. I thought there was nothing wrong with them doing that.
That day, I went to the bathroom and heard two people talking about me, saying that I smelled like a dead person and it was disgusting.
I felt uncomfortable. After I came out, I didn't go back and called Song Meili.
Song Meili, come out, I said.
"They don't like either of us, can't you see?"
"You go in. There is one thing they asked us for. I know they don't welcome people like us. They said I smell like a dead person. It does smell a little bit like that, but it's not as bad as they said."
"I… "
Song Meili pulled me in and sat down. The smiles of those two people who talked about me in the bathroom were fake.
"Let's talk about things. We have something to do and need to go back."
A friend of Song Meili said.
"There are six of us in total, and we're all pretty good friends, but a strange thing happened between us. We all have long hair. There are six of us sisters, and from the oldest to the sixth, we take turns cutting our hair short. On Mondays, the oldest does it, and on Tuesdays, the second oldest does it. We cut our hair one lock at a time."
This woman showed us her hair. I didn't say it was a haircut by a stranger. We usually call it alopecia areata. However, this way of shaving is a bit strange.
I glanced at Song Meili.
"We can't handle this."
I stood up and walked away. Song Meili called me twice and then followed me out.
"Xiao Wen, why don't you help them?"
"We are both disgusting people in their eyes."
Song Meili didn't say anything.
"I think you are the seventh child. If you are missing, then this matter..."
Song Meili stopped and looked at me nervously.
"How do you know that?"
I didn't say anything, just keep going. (To be continued)