Li Guidao said that the case would be more difficult this time, which made me a little worried. The previous Mirror House case had already injured Mai Xiaorou. If the difficulty is increased this time, it might be difficult for us to complete it.
When we arrived at the wreath shop, Li Guidao and Ning Xi were both there. The two of them were organizing the goods in the shop, and Ning Xi really started to help here.
Seeing Mai Xiaorou and I coming over, Li Guidao stopped what he was doing, then handed me a piece of paper and said, "This is the information you want to use for the case. I have compiled it for you."
I reached out and took the piece of paper, and found that it was full of handwriting. The handwriting was neat and strong. However, there was no description of the case. It only contained wreaths, paper figures and other funeral items ordered by a certain customer.
List.
After watching it for a while, I asked Li Guidao if he had made a mistake. Li Guidao said: "Yes, look at the delivery address at the bottom. That is where you are going to file the case today. Those goods happen to be from
We are delivering the goods here, and the truck carrying the goods will be here soon. You can follow that truck and help me deliver the goods along the way."
Let us help deliver the goods!? Does Li Guidao treat us as small workers?
Before I agreed, Ning Xi immediately said, "Why don't you let me go too?"
Li Guidao shook his head and said: "If you want to take a case, I can arrange something else for you. This case is not suitable for you!"
Ning Xi smiled and said nothing more.
Of course we took the case.
It didn't take long for a small truck to arrive at the door of the wreath shop. We first helped load the truck and then went with it to the delivery location.
As for the case, Li Guidao didn't go into details at all this time. He just said that when we get there, a specialized person will explain it to us.
The car went directly to the west of the county seat. According to the address on the list Li Guidao gave me, the location of our delivery was the mourning hall of a funeral parlor. The family of the deceased will hold a cremation ceremony in the mourning hall tomorrow, so we will deliver it there today.
The things are used to decorate the mourning hall.
The driver of the truck along the way didn't speak to us either, so we happened to be left alone.
When we arrived at the place, Mai Xiaorou and I helped unload the truck and delivered the things to the mourning hall. We didn't need to take care of the arrangements. There were dedicated people to take care of it.
The driver of the truck left directly after unloading the truck without asking us if we wanted to leave with him.
Mai Xiaorou and I stood in a daze at the entrance of the mourning hall. Should we find someone to ask casually, or should we just wait here?
At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a black suit and a black gauze on his arm walked over to us. He was talking on his cell phone as he walked.
As he spoke, he glanced at Mai Xiaorou and me a few times, and then said to the other end of the phone: "I seem to have seen them. Okay, thank you, Master Li. I'll go receive them right away. How about that?"
Whatever happens, we’ll contact you again.”
Master Li, it should be Li Guidao who called, telling him that Mai Xiaorou and I have arrived, and this middle-aged man should be the one who introduced the case to us.
The middle-aged man hung up the phone and greeted us: "Are they Master Chen and Master Mai?"
Mai Xiaorou and I nodded at the same time.
The middle-aged man continued: "My name is Yao Ziqiang, and it was my mother who passed away. I'm going to cause a lot of trouble for you two in a while, but having said that, you two should be relatively young, right? How many years have you been in the industry?"
Facing Yao Ziqiang's question, Mai Xiaorou said: "It's been five or six years, don't worry, tell us about your mother's affairs in detail, and we will help you deal with it."
I didn't say anything because I had only officially entered the industry for a few days, and Yao Zi would be frightened if I spoke out.
Yao Ziqiang led us to a reception room in the funeral home. When we got here, he said: "My mother's funeral ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow. All the guests will rush here to attend the ceremony tomorrow, so we need to bring my mother's funeral ceremony."
The body was sent over, but..."
Speaking of this, Yao Ziqiang suddenly became hesitant and somewhat speechless.
I asked him how he was doing, and I just asked him to tell me directly.
Yao Ziqiang then said: "But my mother's crystal coffin felt like a thousand kilograms of iron and stone had fallen. I couldn't lift it up. I looked for many people, but the coffin didn't move at all! I also hope that you two can help to see if it is my mother.
If you have any lost wishes, how can we move the coffin over? Don't delay tomorrow's affairs."
I asked curiously: "So, your mother is still at home? Which community is it in?"
Yao Ziqiang said: "Shenghuayuan, please wait a moment. I will arrange things here again and then drive you there."
Mai Xiaorou and I nodded, and Yao Ziqiang got up and left the reception room to direct the people outside to set up.
I always feel that Yao Ziqiang cares more about the funeral ceremony than her mother herself. I don’t like this person. If it were another filial son, he should be at home with his mother’s body at this time. Things here must be left to someone in charge.
I did it.
I told Mai Xiaorou what I was thinking, and Mai Xiaorou nodded without saying anything.
I know that in this situation, she must be thinking of Grandpa Mai.
After a while, Yao Ziqiang returned to the reception room. He said that everything was arranged here and asked us to go to Shenghua Garden with him.
When I left the funeral home and saw Yao Ziqiang's car, I knew he was a rich man.
After getting in the car, Yao Ziqiang said as he drove: "After my mother died, I saw a gentleman and he said that my mother would stay at home until today, and after today she would be sent to the funeral parlor.
So I made a crystal coffin for my mother to preserve her body, and kept it at home for five days. Today was the sixth day, and I was about to move it to the funeral parlor, but something happened. Tomorrow is the seventh day, and the gentleman said
, if we don’t cremate her, my mother will be in trouble for the first seven nights if she comes back to life!”
The county town is not big. After a while we arrived at Shenghuayuan. When we got here, we discovered that this was a villa area.
Just thinking about it, if it was an ordinary unit building, how could the crystal coffin be carried in?
The crystal coffin was in the living room on the first floor, with my head facing the front door. As soon as I entered the door and saw the coffin, I couldn't help but tremble in my heart.
Yao Ziqiang pointed to the crystal coffin and said: "It's right there. There's one more thing I want to tell you. It's that the eyes of my mother's body will open inexplicably at night. No matter how we try,
She couldn't even close it. Only after 5:30 in the morning could we re-close it with our hands. It has been like this these days. I think my mother must have lost some wish, otherwise she wouldn't be inexplicably big.
Open your eyes at night!"
I kept listening to Yao Ziqiang talking along the way, and I noticed a small pattern when he spoke. Every time he called "mother", his voice was a little serious, even a little scared, and when he called "Mom", he sounded
Much kinder.
And along the way, he kept changing these two names, which made me feel that the relationship between him and his mother seemed to be a little close and far away.
After listening to Yao Ziqiang's words, Mai Xiaorou and I had already arrived in front of the crystal coffin. The old lady was wearing a black shroud, with simple makeup on her face. Her eyes were closed, and her face was peaceful. No resentment could be seen.
Of course, I also adjusted my breath and sensed the surrounding Qi. The Yin Qi here was indeed very heavy, but I couldn't find the slightest trace of ghosts.
Mai Xiaorou checked the crystal coffin, and then asked Yao Ziqiang: "Which room did your mother live in before she died? Please show us!"
When Mai Xiaorou asked, Yao Ziqiang was startled for a moment, then hesitantly pointed to the second floor and said, "I'll take you there."
When we were going upstairs, I asked Yao Ziqiang: "Your mother's crystal coffin is placed here, and no one is watching it nearby? Where are your family and relatives?"
Yao Ziqiang said: "I have no brothers or sisters. My mother raised me alone, so we don't have many relatives in this county. The ones we have are from my wife's side. But I can't bother with guarding my mother's coffin."
People over there, so except for me, no one is here to guard my mother's coffin these days. In addition, the crystal coffin cannot be moved, so I don't worry about my wife and children living here.
Let them go back to their parents’ home temporarily.”
It seems that the situation of the Yao family is still very special.
Yao Ziqiang took us up to the second floor. The yin energy here was much lighter than that on the first floor. When we got to the room where Yao Ziqiang's mother lived, I couldn't help but say "oh" because there was still the filthy atmosphere of some ghosts in the corridor.
But the room was clean inside.
This shows that the ghost has never entered that room at all.
What's going on? If Yao Ziqiang's mother lived there during her lifetime, there's no way she wouldn't have gone in to take a look after her death.
Yao Ziqiang must be hiding something from us.
Seeing that I had discovered something, Mai Xiaorou nodded to me. I understood what she meant and asked me to ask Yao Ziqiang to clarify the matter.
I thought for a moment and asked Yao Ziqiang directly: "Did your mother really live here before she was alive?"
Yao Ziqiang asked me hesitantly: "Master Chen, what do you mean? If my mother doesn't live here, where else can she live?"
I said: "It's not a wise choice for you to lie to us now, and it will even make it more difficult to solve the problem. Of course, if you don't sincerely want to solve this matter, we will just turn around and leave without saying anything more."
Yao Ziqiang hesitated again.
After a while, he said: "My mother did not live on the second floor when she was alive!"
I asked if I didn't live on the second floor, where would I live?
Yao Ziqiang stopped talking. Judging from his expression, he was very troubled and even a little regretful.
I suddenly had a feeling in my heart that the old lady must not live in a very bad place. I have often seen in the news that unfilial children drove the elderly into pig pens and cowsheds.
At this time, we suddenly heard several "bang bang bang" muffled sounds.
I said, is there someone knocking on the door?
Yao Ziqiang's eyes widened and he said: "It's a crystal coffin!" (To be continued)