But facing the white-haired elder and the villagers, there was no extra time to think about what the problem was. However, I had a vague idea in my heart, so I called the old man aside and explained to him in detail the purpose of our visit to Ishigaki Village, which was not to kill people or do anything wrong.
If we really killed the person, why would the dead body jump out of the Gu family's door? This is the first point. After we killed someone, we dared to carry the body back to the village. Isn't that stupid? This is the second point. When we came here, everyone saw that the body I was carrying just now was different from the appearance of old man Miao now. This is the third suspicious point. And just now, after Xiaofan opened the door and showed up briefly, the body changed. This is definitely related to the Gu family.
The old man was not a stubborn person. After we said this, he kept nodding his head and his suspicion of us was basically reduced to zero. But what he couldn't figure out was that the Gu family had always been honest people who abided by their duties. They had never heard that Gu Qinglin could use evil magic. Now that he was dead, could his youngest son do all this? What was the purpose? Was it just for the money that Boss Jiang brought with him when he came to collect the medicinal materials? But how to explain the matter of Miao Fengyi's father
I said if you don't want people to know, then don't do it yourself. We will investigate slowly and the truth will eventually come out. The old man shook his head and said that Gu Qinglin was going to be buried today, so the villagers came to help early in the morning, but they didn't expect that the door of the Gu family was closed and everyone was refused entry. If Miao Fengyi hadn't made such a fuss, everyone would have gone back. If Gu Qinglin was buried today, it is said that after the funeral, Gu's wife would take her son back to her parents' home in the city. How can this matter be investigated
After hearing this, I seemed to guess something in my heart, so I said to the old man: "Uncle, I have a request."
"Tell me, I will do my best to help you. This is the honesty of the people in Ishigaki Village." The old man said, patting his chest.
I said gratefully, "Thank you very much, old man. By the way, what is your name, old man? I don't know it yet."
"Hey, what's your name? My name is Wei Jiaxiang, and I'm the village chief."
"Uncle Wei, I ask all the villagers to help the Gu family complete the funeral today. This will also serve as evidence that we are not bad people. I will try my best to find out the truth at the funeral and give an explanation to the deceased." I said sincerely.
"Well, that's easy. I'll ask the villagers to wait outside the Gu family's door. After all, when a family has a funeral, the work of carrying the coffin still requires the help of the villagers, right?"
After we made the decision, we separated from Old Man Wei and I called Shen Bing and the other two over. I first told the Shar Pei dog to hide behind the house, and then asked Gu Xiaoning to think about whether there was any special skill in the jade refining technique that could be used to do something with corpses. Finally, I told Shen Bing to use the corpse listening technique to see if the two corpses were real or fake, and if they were real, to determine the location of their souls.
The Shar Pei dog immediately slipped quietly to the back of the house. Gu Xiaoning stood there, looking up and thinking. Shen Bing squatted down, put his ear to the body and listened for a while, then stood up and whispered to me: "The body is real, and the soul is in the house!"
I was not surprised to hear this answer. It was basically expected. Then she walked to the body of old man Miao. After listening for a while, Shen Bing frowned and said, "This body is fake. His soul cannot be found!"
This surprised me. If it was a fake corpse, how could I not see anything wrong? Yes, there is an explanation that can prove that this is a real corpse, that is, the soul of this person has been reincarnated long ago, so you can't tell where the soul is by listening to the corpse's language. And this corpse is a real zombie. The lips are painted just to cover up the real face. With Xiaofan's spell, he can become the same as Miao Laotou. But no matter how it changes, what we see is not the real Miao Laotou.
At this moment, Miao Fengyi's tears had dried up and her voice was hoarse, but she was still crying. This made me very angry. They made a fake corpse of an old Miao man and made this girl cry like this. If she continued crying, she would hurt her body. I walked up to her, but I knew that it was useless to persuade her. Instead, it would arouse Miao Fengyi's hatred, so I quietly squatted down, reached out and touched the corpse, and got a little answer in my heart.
At this time, Old Man Wei had already opened the door of the Gu family. Gu Qinglin's wife stood inside the door, her eyes red and pitiful. Xiao Fan was wearing mourning clothes and kneeling beside the coffin in the house. His cold eyes, like a wounded little beast, stared outside vigilantly.
"Uncle Wei, because Qinglin is going to be buried today, I felt so sad that I fainted from crying, so Xiaofan refused to open the door. Please forgive me..." The woman said as she burst into tears again. Her miserable look was really pitiful.
"Hey, Xiaodong, the dead cannot be resurrected, so you should mourn and accept the change. How can we blame you? The time is almost up, you should go back to your room and have a rest. The villagers will help you bury Qinglin." Old Man Wei sighed.
"Then I'll leave everything to Uncle Wei!" The woman named Xiaodong ran into the inner room, covering her mouth and crying.
Old man Wei looked at me with a heavy face, as if to say, you see clearly, there is nothing to doubt about them being an orphan and a widow. I nodded and walked through the crowd. Just when I reached the steps, the Shar Pei dog came back from the back of the house and whispered something in my ear. Now I understood what was going on.
Gu Xiaoning also ran over and whispered to me, "Brother Xi, I remembered that Uncle San once said that there is also a corpse refining technique in the jade refining technique, but he only heard it from Grandpa, and even Grandpa doesn't know whether it is true or not."
I nodded slightly to her to show that I had received the news. Then I winked at them, walked up the steps, stood at the door, and looked inside carefully. The living room of this house should be used as a small shop. Because the body was to be kept, the counter was moved to the base of the wall. A coffin was placed in the middle of the room, and in front of the body were placed incense burners and braziers, as well as photos of the deceased and a lantern.
The light in the room was very dim. Even though the sunlight shone in from the door, it still looked quite dim and had a somewhat eerie atmosphere.
Xiao Fan's short and thin figure kneeled on the left side of the coffin, looking very miserable. The boy's eyes were so fierce that I dared not look at him, and turned my eyes back to the coffin. But I saw a thin layer of moisture in the gap of the coffin lid, just like the situation in winter when the house is warm but it is too cold outside, causing a layer of mist on the window.
My heart moved, and I said loudly to Old Man Wei: "Uncle, there is something wrong with the coffin, I want to open the coffin for an autopsy!"
"What?" Old Man Wei opened his mouth wide, his face filled with disbelief. After a long while, he said, "That's absolutely not possible. A coffin that is about to be buried cannot be opened. Firstly, it's disrespectful to the deceased, and secondly, it's bad for the family."