The door was pushed open, and we saw the familiar backyard, the familiar wall, the familiar back door, and we could even see the sign of the convenience store opposite.
"Hoo ho ho", Lao Youxin breathed a long sigh of relief, ignoring the still rainy weather, and rushed out with a single stride.
The first foot stepped on the step, the second foot stepped on the cement floor, and the third foot stepped on the cement floor again.
"This...this is not right!" Lao Youxin suddenly felt that the environment he was in was different from before, "The backyard is deserted, there is only a stone slab paving to the back door, and there are a lot of weeds growing in the yard.
I don’t usually deal with it, but when has there ever been such a smooth cement floor?”
Lao Youxin looked up, his face suddenly turned pale, and his heart suddenly contracted.
The light from the convenience store sign came in from the window and illuminated the room in front of me. On one side of the wall, there were rows of coffin-like freezers neatly placed.
What kind of backyard is this? It’s basically the morgue of the hospital!
"Bang!" There was a sound of the door closing suddenly from behind.
Lao Youxin looked back and saw that the door of the morgue was closed. What he just pushed open was not the door at the end of the corridor at all, but the door of the morgue.
After running for most of the night, why couldn't he get out of this place? So what would be waiting for him here next? Lao Youxin was desperate and slowly turned his head. In the rather spacious morgue,
It was no longer empty as before. The light coming from the window cast two long black shadows on the cement floor.
Just when Lao Youxin turned to look at the door, unknowingly, there were two more figures in the morgue.
One of the two uninvited guests was a child, about ten years old, with tattered clothes and bare feet. When he saw Lao Youxin's gaze, he raised his head, turned towards Lao Youxin with a blue face, and said,
Hee hee laughter.
The laughter echoed in the silent morgue, which seemed particularly chilly and penetrating.
The other figure was very familiar to Lao Youxin. This was not the first time he saw it tonight. It was the male corpse that had been stolen.
And now he was standing in front of Lao Youxin, slowly raising a hand and pointing to the freezers lined up on the wall.
Despite the extreme fear in his heart, Lao Youxin couldn't help but look in the direction of its finger. When his eyes fell, he suddenly froze and his whole body started to tremble.
The corpse was pointing to the freezer where it had lived before!
…
"Wow, it smells so good!"
I weighed the big and fragrant meat buns in my hands and took a bite. The juices overflowed and my mouth was immediately filled with the incomparable aroma of meat.
In just a few sips, I completely destroyed the meat buns, picked up the soy milk, drank a few sips, and then lay on the sofa, stretched out my hands, and stretched out comfortably.
"Well, Lin Kun, the buns at this store taste pretty good, right? This is a time-honored brand that has been open for decades. I got up early to buy it. Oh my, that guy's business is so good. I went there so early.
I waited in line for more than half an hour to buy it." Xu Duobao leaned his head over with a flattering smile on his face.
"The buns are good, keep up the good work, and continue to deliver them to me tomorrow. Don't be like those young people who spend three days fishing and two days drying nets." I nodded with satisfaction.
So Xu Duobao's charming smile froze on his face, neither did he agree, nor did he agree. Finally, he said sarcastically: "You brat, I have never been so attentive to your sister-in-law."
"It's my fault." I ignored his complaint at all, "Who told you to beg me? Next time when I beg you, don't be polite. Just tell me what you want to eat."
After I went back yesterday, I thought about something
In the evening, although there is still an important case to be investigated on Ren Yonghai's side, there may not be any big breakthrough in the past few days. I simply took advantage of the free time in these few days to investigate the matter of the soul-suppressing mirror, and also
So that Xu Duobao's family can completely calm down.
"Lin Kun, do you really not know that your sister-in-law is worried every day now? I'm thinking that if this matter cannot be completely resolved, our family may never have peace." Xu Duobao started another day of Tang Monk chanting sutras.
, chattering around me.
I simply closed my eyes and fell asleep. The reason why I didn't agree to Xu Duobao's request was because I instinctively sensed the danger behind this matter.
Let’s not talk about what is wandering in the tomb. After experiencing the thousand-year-old corpses in the Warring States tomb, I certainly know how powerful these thousand-year-old rice dumplings are. But what is the background behind this group of tomb robbers?
It's not clear yet.
"Grave robbers, grave robbers, why have you been entangled with these guys these days?" I felt depressed again. You must know that I am a real contractor of gods and ghosts. These grave robbers have to kneel down and worship me when they see me.
, but now that people’s hearts have changed, these tomb robbers have completely become guys who recognize money but not people, and no one cares about what is “taboo” or not.
"It's obvious that they have a back-up plan, but if they don't know who is behind the scenes, how can they act so recklessly as a pawn?"
"I understand everything you said, but we can't do nothing." While Xu Duobao was chattering, my phone rang. I picked it up and looked at the caller ID. It was Ren Yonghai calling.
"Old Ren, what's wrong?"
"Lao Youxin is dead." After I answered the phone, the first sentence from the other party made my face darken.
"What?!"
"I don't know the specific situation. Lao Youxin had an accident early this morning. The hospital called me in the morning. When Lao Youxin was found, he was lying in the freezer containing the body."
"Do you know the cause of death?" The freezer where the body was stolen became the place where Lao Youxin's body was kept, and I frowned deeply.
"It's not clear yet. We are waiting for the forensic report." Ren Yonghai shook his head, hesitated, and then said, "However, according to the veteran detective at the scene, he seemed to be scared to death."
"What, scared to death? Is there any surveillance footage? Lao Youxin's death must be related to the previous body theft case. We just merged the two cases, and Lao Youxin died. Between the two,
I'm afraid there's something ulterior. Since I was scared to death, I'm afraid it was the kid I met that day who did it."
"The surveillance hard drive has been taken away by the police. I have seen it. Lao Youxin's behavior throughout the night was very strange," Ren Yonghai said.
"How weird?"
"Judging from the surveillance, Lao Youxin opened the freezer and climbed in by himself."
As soon as I finished saying this, I fell silent.
"An old hospital employee who was guarding the morgue, late at night, inexplicably climbed into a freezer where a body theft case had just occurred. The preliminary judgment was that the cause of death was death from fear." I couldn't help but feel sorry for the police department.
I'm worried about the publicity part, and I'm afraid the subsequent explanation work will be difficult. Anyone can't help but wonder, is there a ghost in this?
Only Ren Yonghai and I know clearly that there is really something behind this incident.
"Lin Kun...the name of the person who died was Lao Youxin?" Xu Duobao said with some uncertainty.
I glanced at him and said, "It's him. Why, do you know him?"
I'm a little surprised, how could Xu Duobao and Lao Youxin know each other if they can't get along with each other.
"Well -" Xu Duobao lowered his head and pondered for a while, seeming to be thinking about something. After a while, he raised his head and affirmed, "I really
I know him, but I only met him once, and he left a pretty deep impression on me."
Xu Duobao actually met Lao Youxin. I was immediately interested and urged him: "Where did you see him and what was he doing at that time?"
According to Xu Duobao's account, before, he angrily ran to find a tomb robber to settle the score, but he was deceived and settled. One time he met him outside a cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
The reason why we chose this place to meet was, according to the other party, to find a gravekeeper. Rumor has it that this person had once dealt with Zongzi with real swords and guns. However, the cemetery was sparsely populated and quiet, so we chose to meet here, by the way.
You can also look for the legendary master again.
And it was at this place that Xu Duobao saw Lao Youxin.
Xu Duobao said that at that time, he felt that something was not right about this person. This person was not going to sweep the tomb, but was wandering around the small house where the tomb-keeper lived. He didn’t know what he was doing. He was just looking around.
He looked a little dazed and seemed a little confused.
"Why did Lao Youxin come to Xi'an? What did he want to do in that cemetery again?" I remember clearly that Lao Youxin once said that his interactions with the theft of corpses all happened when he lost his memory.
Duan Li, but in the earliest case of amnesia, he could not remember what he had done at all.
After hearing my question, Xu Duobao recalled it carefully but could not provide any more details.
"Old Xu, I have to go to the cemetery. How about this? You wait at home for me to come back."
"But time waits for no one!"
"Stop talking nonsense. In short, don't do anything until I come back!"
Then I called Ren Yonghai and asked him to come directly to meet me first.
Then we went to the cemetery together.
It has been raining for the past few days. Although it did not rain today, it was still a cloudy day. Some hazy clouds rolled up in the sky, and everything was gloomy.
This is the largest cemetery in Xi'an. On the hillside, countless tombstones are neatly arranged. At a glance, there are countless tombstones.
We got out of the car and walked into the cemetery wall.
"Lin Kun, why did you come to the cemetery?" Ren Yonghai asked.
I pointed to a remote corner on the west side of the cemetery and said, "There is a yard over there, and someone saw Lao Youxin there."
"The small courtyard where the tombkeeper lives?"
"Yes." I stared and saw that in the west corner at the foot of the mountain, where the mountain col was vaguely visible, there was a courtyard that looked like a small farmhouse, with some corner walls exposed.
"Are there really tombkeepers here? Are they paid by the state?" Ren Yonghai asked curiously, "Is it possible to guard against thieves here?"
"There is nothing to steal in the cemetery. Nowadays, all cremations are forced. Although the dark tombstones may look a little creepy, they are all ashes buried underneath, not even a corpse. Who would come here to steal anything, not even a ghost?
You can’t even steal it.”
I chuckled lightly and replied: "They say they are the tombkeepers, but in fact they are not really the tombkeepers. They are just selling some incense, candles and ingots during the New Year and festivals to make money for the dead."
"But that house has been abandoned for a long time, and no one has lived in it for a long time."
While we were talking, we were already approaching the courtyard. At this time, the sky was getting darker and darker, with heavy clouds hanging over our heads, and it seemed that a heavy rain would fall at any time.
I looked up at the sky and said, "You have to hurry up, it's going to rain today."
What you see in front of you is a very ordinary farmhouse with a wall that is no more than chest high. Standing outside, the scene inside is clearly visible.
Chapter completed!