I looked in the direction of Lu Xiaohong's finger, and then I discovered a corner of the roof of a tiled house peeking out from the trees on the side of the old building.
You should be able to find the tiled house from the corridor leading to the backyard from the main building, but at that time I was thinking about Gu Xiaoxi's ashes so I didn't notice it.
"That is indeed where Uncle Tong lives. How about I take you to see it first?" Director Yang said.
Lu Xiaohong shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it, let's wait until he comes back!"
Director Yang nodded, "Okay, but no matter what, I still think Uncle Tong would not do such a thing. We will ask him again when he comes back."
Lu Xiaohong nodded and said nothing more to Director Yang.
"It's almost twelve o'clock. There is a good Sichuan restaurant not far ahead. I'll take you to eat first." Director Yang looked at the time on his phone and said.
Shi Xian nodded and did not refuse.
After a busy morning, we were indeed a little hungry.
After Director Yang locked the doors of Hall 3 and the old building, we returned to the main building lobby along the corridor we came from.
There was no ceremony held in the funeral home today. The employees were sitting in the hall chatting leisurely just like when we arrived.
I didn't see the employee named Xiao Li. He must have been sent home to rest.
When an employee saw us coming out, he came over and said to Director Yang: "Director Yang, there was a call from the M Political Bureau earlier, and the notice of Xiao Li's transfer has been received."
Director Yang nodded and said to the man: "I understand. You can take everyone to the cafeteria to eat first. I will take some heavenly masters out to eat."#@$&
The man nodded, turned around and walked back into the crowd.
"Alas, our library has fewer and fewer talents now. Uncle Tong personally brought up Xiao Li's network technology. Now that he has left, no one will take over the control room." Director Yang led us out,
He said with a sigh.
"Didn't you say that Uncle Tong is almost seventy years old? He can still operate a computer at this age?" I subconsciously asked Director Yang.
"Haha, don't underestimate our Uncle Tong. He is not a simple person. In the early years, he was the only one in our library who knew how to use computers. He even built the monitoring room and database by himself! It's a pity, now we have some abilities.
People are no longer willing to work in places like ours, and except for a few old employees, there are very few people who have worked in a funeral home for more than five years," Director Yang said.
My heart moved, and I subconsciously looked at Lu Xiaohong. His face was expressionless, and he looked like he already knew.%&(&
Shi Xian probably thought the same as me, and asked Director Yang a little strangely: "Since Uncle Tong knows computers and is familiar with surveillance equipment, why don't you suspect that Uncle Tong has tampered with the surveillance?"
Curator Yang was stunned.
Shi Xian's words seemed to wake Director Yang up instantly. He turned to look at Lu Xiaohong, who had an indifferent expression, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.
"I really didn't think of this before, but I believe that Uncle Tong, with his personality, would never do such a thing as stealing a corpse." Director Yang said, wiping the sweat on his forehead, his tone was somewhat
hesitate.
"There are no absolutes in the world. How come you have lived forty or fifty years and still don't understand this truth?" Lian Ruowei rolled her eyes, her tongue as venomous as ever.
"Master Lu Tianshi, how did you find out that Uncle Tong was related to this matter?"
Curator Yang must have dealt with Lian Ruowei before, and was not angry because of her rude words. He just asked Lu Xiaohong some questions.
"There are many places!" Lu Xiaohong said, "I will tell you slowly during dinner later."
The Sichuan Restaurant is not very far from the funeral parlor, and it only takes about twenty minutes for us to walk there.
The decoration is quite simple, with two separate private rooms, and five or six wooden tables in the hall, offering cooking and fast food.
Due to the remote location, there were not many diners. There were only twos and threes of people dressed as migrant workers sitting at the wooden tables in the hall eating fast food.
It looks like it's a mom-and-pop shop, where the boss is also the chef, and the proprietress is also the waiter.
After meeting Director Yang, we greeted him familiarly and led us into one of the small private rooms.
There was no special decoration in the private room, only a round table, eight chairs, and a tea cabinet.
After ordering, the landlady made us a pot of tea, closed the door to the private room and walked out.
"Master Lu Tianshi, can you tell me how you figured out that this matter is related to Uncle Tong?"
Curator Yang poured a cup of tea for each of us and said to Lu Xiaohong.
Shi Xian and Lian Ruowei also looked at Lu Xiaohong curiously.
"You rarely go through the security door leading to the corridor in the backyard, right?" Lu Xiaohong took a sip of tea and looked up at Director Yang.
"Well, everyone doesn't like to leave that place. A few years ago, before Uncle Tong was re-employed, some people said they saw ghosts inside. Gradually, no one left. Aren't I anxious to find the body as soon as possible today?
, thinking that you are not afraid of this, I took you from there." Director Yang said.
Lu Xiaohong smiled, raised his eyes and looked at Director Yang and said: "It's not that you think we are not afraid, but you are thinking of something better. It just so happens that we can help you exorcise evil spirits. It will be convenient for everyone to walk from there in the future, but
This matter is too small, and you are too embarrassed to say it clearly."
"Hey, yes, Master Lu Tianshi is really smart. I can't hide my little tricks from you!" Director Yang said with a stern smile.
"That corridor is very clean, there is nothing wrong with it, you can completely enter and exit from there in the future." Lu Xiaohong nodded and said.
"But, this matter..." Director Yang looked at Lu Xiaohong in confusion, somewhat confused as to why Lu Xiaohong suddenly mentioned that corridor.
"The missing body walked out of that corridor door!" Lu Xiaohong said.
We were all stunned.
"That door has not been used for many years, and the lock and hinges are rusty, but when you push it open, it makes no sound at all like a new one. This means that someone has oiled or sprinkled lead powder on the lock and hinges.
The reason is that there won't be any movement from there.
As for why we should go there, Director Yang, didn't you yourself prove my suspicion? The place where Uncle Tong lives is exactly behind that door.
I don’t need to say more about the keys to those places. Uncle Tong used to be the director of a funeral parlor, so it was certainly easy for him to get the keys.
You all saw it on the surveillance video. The corpse walked out on its own. Do you remember that I told you that someone was controlling the corpse? It should be a kind of Taoism that allows the soul to leave the body, and Tong Bo happens to know some Taoism.
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"Actually, you didn't tell us that before Tong Bo knew how to use computers, what I thought was that Tong Bo had tampered with the monitoring line or used other methods that I hadn't thought of. But since he knows computers and monitoring equipment, it's better.
Got it.
So, with so many coincidences coming together, do you still think that Uncle Tong has nothing to do with this matter?"
Lu Xiaohong finished explaining the basis of his inference in one breath. This chapter has been completed!