Chapter 26 Lang Gao
Lang Gao gave a wry smile, took out a box of cigarettes, took one out and handed it to me, saying, "Little brother, I have no choice but to invite you here to go through the motions. I hope you don't blame me."
"Why?" I asked curiously.
"Ai! The deceased is my uncle. My aunt called me yesterday. Her words were very simple. If you don't arrest you, you will come to the police station tomorrow. You also know that those women in the countryside will never end the trouble once they start it.
She is my aunt, and I can't do anything drastic, so I have to wrong you!" Lang Gao lit a cigarette, took a puff, and spoke more sincerely.
He was telling the truth. Some shrews in the countryside are indeed like this. They rely on their relatives to become minor officials and show off their power in the village, thereby bringing down their relatives. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the countryside.
I sat down on the stool and asked, "Don't you doubt that I am your uncle's murderer?"
"No way, we are police officers and we don't believe in those superstitions. Besides, I have checked your information clearly for the past ten years. I have no grudges against my uncle at all. If I have to say some grudges, it's because of what you said a few days ago.
There was a little fuss over the funeral because of the work of carrying the coffin, but you have stayed in Aozi Village since then and have never left the village. Our police only rely on evidence and will not arrest people randomly because of some superstitious claims." Lang Gao.
He tapped his fingers lightly on the table and changed his tone: "Of course, if you let me know that someone used some messy means to kill my uncle, Mr. Lang will not let him go easily."
What he meant was very simple, that is, he asked me to provide evidence to prove that I don't know those messy methods. My action was also simple. I took off my clothes and said, "Can I take my friend away?"
Lang Gao stared at me for a few minutes, his expression changed several times, and then he shouted out the door: "Old Song, bring that little fat guy here."
After a while, Fatty Guo was brought in. When he saw that my upper body was naked, he took off his shoes and took them in his hand. Then he threw them at Lang Gao and said angrily: "I'm a fool, what did you do to Brother Jiu?"
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"Fat man, stop making trouble! Let's go!" I called to the fat man, pulled him and walked out the door.
The woman made no sound, just knelt on the ground and sobbed softly. I bent towards her, and regardless of whether she agreed, I walked straight to the coffin, stretched out my hand to lift the white paper, and couldn't help but step back two steps.
Bu, this is not a human face at all. A pair of eyes are as big as bull's eyes, with squirming maggots crawling on them. The facial features are almost twisted together, wisps of sewage are dripping down, and a group of flies are hovering on it.
After seeing those fake immortals, I took Fatty Guo to the main room. Fatty Guo refused to go in, saying he was afraid of ghosts, so he squatted at the entrance of the village to watch the women.
To be honest, I have no way to suppress this evil bubble. I can only ask them to use mugwort to clean up the fake immortals, and then burn some yellow paper to the deceased at night.
I had some doubts in my heart, so I stepped forward and lifted off the cover of the deceased. A strong putrid smell hit my face, and then I saw that the body of the deceased was also covered with wriggling maggots, just like his face.
The original appearance of the shroud cannot be seen at all, so we can imagine what kind of corpse is inside the shroud.
Lang Gao smiled and sent us to the door of the police station, asking me to contact him if I encountered any difficulties in the future. He also asked me to find out the cause of his uncle's death. I nodded and said nothing, and rented a car with Fatty.
Motorcycle, go straight to Licun.
"Little brother, wait a minute. As an apology, these three hundred yuan are considered as your mental damages. When you go to Licun, tell my aunt that you are not a criminal suspect. This is the note I wrote for you. It is stamped
The red seal of our police station." Lang Gao stopped us and stuffed 300 yuan and a piece of white paper with some words on it into my hand.
I came to the main room alone again. The room was filled with a strong rotten smell. A large black coffin was placed in the middle. The lid of the coffin was slightly removed, revealing the face of the deceased, which was covered with white paper.
I think so, but some people don't think so. This person was Fatty Guo. He grabbed three hundred yuan in one hand and said, "You locked us up for two hours. Why don't you pay three hundred yuan?"
This is what we deserve."
When they saw me coming in, they didn't raise their heads and just went about their own business. I smiled helplessly, asked the Taoist priest for three pillars of incense, lit it, and bowed three times to the deceased.
This time with the note from the police station, we successfully entered Licun. The wives of the fake immortals did not make things difficult for us and took us to the fake immortal's room.
I really want to beat him up, because he will not be able to do practical things because he is so fat. I really regret letting him come to Aozi Village. I don’t know if I will be scared to death if I ask him to carry the coffin in the future.
I took the blank piece of paper and pushed the three hundred yuan over. People who are poor are always ambitious. This is the principle of my life. What’s more, with the note from the police station, it will be more convenient for me to go to Licun, and I don’t need to worry about those fake people.
The immortal’s wives are causing trouble.
"Sister, this is a note from Director Lang. I am not the murderer of Li Hazi. I am covered with blisters like him now. I want to see Li Hazi's body, is it okay?" I asked Li Hazi.
The son’s daughter-in-law said.
I looked at those fake immortals one by one. The evil blisters on their bodies were exactly the same as mine. They were thumb-sized blisters with a numb and black surface. When punctured, a liquid with a strong putrid smell would flow out.
I took a breath of air. This Li Hazi died less than three days ago. Although the weather was a bit hot, it would never rot so quickly. It was not in line with the laws of nature.
The Taoist priests attending the funeral all wore masks, even some of Li Hazi's relatives were no exception.
However, their situation is more serious than mine. They have begun to itch a little, and when they scratch it with their hands, there is a puddle of sewage.
"How can you organize a funeral when the corpse is rotten like this!" I raised my head and yelled at the Taoist priest in charge, "Spread lime! Remove the evil spirit!"
"Chen Baxian, this is a funeral we have undertaken. I hope you can be more careful and don't think that you, the coffin bearer, can handle any funeral." The Taoist priest laughed contemptuously, "Just carry your coffin well and don't cross the line.
Take over the funeral, otherwise don’t blame us Taoist priests for being unreasonable.”
Hearing this, I was speechless. The Taoist priest was right. The so-called state-owned laws and practices have rules. When I took over the funeral of Li Jianmin's family, I went beyond the profession of a coffin bearer.
But Li Hazi's body has rotted like this before he was buried. It is obviously abnormal. If it is buried, I don't know how many people will be killed. What's more, the lives of me and the seven fake immortals are implicated in Li Hazi's body.
Together, we can figure out the reason why the body decomposed too quickly, and maybe we can figure out the whole thing.
Chapter completed!