Uneasy

Chapter 25
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The moment the car stopped outside the cemetery, the small "rustling" sound in the coffin finally disappeared.

Feng Santing got out of the car first, walked to the rear of the car, opened the tailgate of Iveco, and the red-painted coffin sandwiched between eight coffin bearers and two mourners appeared in front of him.

With a serious face, Feng Santing raised the mallet in his hand and hit it on the clapper.

"Du-duk-duk-duk-duk-duk-"

Zhou Yuanyi had learned the code language represented by the sound of the clapper beforehand, and knew that Feng Santing was ordering them to carry the coffin out of the car.He hurriedly stuffed his shoulders under the coffin's pole at the same time as Xiao Gao, and then stood up together with the other six coffin bearers.The red-lacquered coffin left the ground tremblingly. Perhaps because the coffin-carriers on both sides were unusually tall and short, the coffin was slightly tilted, and the delicate sound of "rustling" reappeared.

Hearing this voice, Feng Santing's expression was very strange.He wanted to say something, but because of the silence rules of "Night Burial", he had no choice but to swallow his words, shut his mouth tightly, and raised the clapper in his hand without saying a word.

The greening of the cemetery is very good. Among the pines and forests, there is a narrow cobbled tomb path winding and winding, straight into the depths of the cemetery.The cemetery is very thoughtful. On the pine and cypress trees on both sides of the tomb passage, a white lantern that can be lit is hung every few steps.

The light from the lanterns was just right, and the tomb passage was just shrouded in light, but behind the pine and cypress forests on both sides of the tomb passage, there was darkness, and you could hardly see your fingers, only a few clusters of green will-o'-the-wisps flickering away.

Because it was a specially arranged burial ceremony, the entire cemetery has been cleared. Except for this group of people and the necessary cemetery staff, there are no outsiders in the cemetery.

Feng Santing walked in the front. He had obtained the topographic map of the cemetery before, so he knew exactly which way to go in order to reach the tomb prepared for Feng Shu.As he walked, he knocked on the clapper.The sound of clappers penetrated the quiet night sky, startling a few sleeping night birds from time to time.When the night bird was startled, it fluttered its wings and made a strange scream, making the cemetery in the middle of the night even more gloomy.

If someone climbed to a nearby pine tree and looked down, he would be able to see a blurred picture.An old man in a Taoist robe knocked on his clapper and walked in the front of the funeral procession, followed by eight men in strange costumes carrying a red lacquered coffin that was two meters long and one meter high, and at the end of the procession were two A well-mannered mourner.Except for the sound of clappers, the surrounding area was completely silent, only the whistling wind and the tragic birdsong.

In fact, on a few nearby pine trees, someone really climbed up and was watching the funeral procession.These people are all police officers sent by the police station to perform surveillance tasks.This condescending surveillance method is called "bright under the light" in criminal investigation, and it is an effective method to prevent accidents.

Police officers had climbed to the top of the tree before dark, lurking in the cover of leaves.The entire cemetery has been searched carefully, even the crowns of the pine trees have been inspected. Except for the police, there will never be anyone else hiding in the cemetery.

Zhou Yuanyi knew that it was the arrangement of the police station leadership to let the police officers hide in the top of the tree to monitor.Although the leader is sometimes very harsh on Zhou Yuanyi, he is still very good at business.In the woods, the usual monitoring is to hide behind a big tree, but if someone sneaks in from behind the monitor, it is easy to find the lurking monitor.So I have to say that the leadership arrangement is well thought out.

The cemetery was also cleared, and all irrelevant employees left Yuanbao Mountain Villa before midnight, and the most dedicated toll collector in the cemetery was arranged to guard there at the toll gate of the archway.Anyone who wants to enter the cemetery through the gate of the archway must obtain the consent of the police station leader, which is why Wu Qiang was stopped outside the archway.

Since the precautions are so strict, some police officers can't help but think in their hearts that no outsiders will sneak into the cemetery, and today's mission will be safe and everything will go smoothly.

However, Zhou Yuanyi believed that it is not a good thing to be too strict.He even hoped that Feng Shu would appear in the cemetery late at night, only in this way could he catch the current situation and make Feng Shu undeniable.

——Isn’t it ironic that Feng Shu was caught by the police at his own funeral?

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The square, deep and flat tomb had already been dug by the gravediggers assigned by Yuanbaoshanzhuang Cemetery in the afternoon.After the excavation, the technical backbone of the cemetery has also done corresponding waterproof and anti-collapse treatment.

Looking at the tomb, Feng Santing nodded in satisfaction, and then rang the clapper again.

Under the command of Bangzisheng, Zhou Yuanyi, Xiao Gao and the other six coffin bearers parked the coffin beside the tomb in unison.

Feng Santing glanced at the coffin bearers and mourners behind him, threw the mallet and clapper on the ground, then flipped the front of the Taoist robe, and pulled out a mahogany sword from the robe.In his hand, at some point, there was another small bottle of white wine.After Feng Santing swallowed a mouthful of baijiu, he showed his sword, and with a "poof", he sprayed the baijiu on the blade of the mahogany sword.

In an instant, the mahogany sword turned bright red, as if it was drenched with blood.

Then, Feng Santing took out another stack of yellow paper from his pocket, and threw it into the air with a rattle.The yellow paper was flying in the air, and he immediately raised the mahogany sword, his steps were ethereal and light, and he waved the blade in his hand.In just a moment, Feng Santing pierced all those flying yellow paper on the blade of the sword.

Feng Santing glared at the blade fiercely, and the yellow paper immediately burned and turned into a mass of ashes in an instant.

At this moment, he turned his head, stretched out his index finger and ring finger to the eight coffin-bearers, bent them slightly three times, and made a strange gesture.

When Zhou Yuanyi was studying at the Public Security University, in order to expose charlatans, he had read many books on the secret arts of the rivers and lakes. He knew that just now Feng Santing turned the mahogany sword red and made the yellow table paper burn out of thin air, all of which were tricks using chemical knowledge.Feng Santing wiped the mahogany sword with turmeric, and what he had in his mouth just now was not wine, but weak lye.Turmeric contains phenolphthalein, and phenolphthalein will turn red when it encounters weak lye, which is also the principle that phenolphthalein test paper is often used in chemical experiments.On those yellow sheets, Feng Santing had smeared white phosphorus in advance, and the white phosphorus would ignite spontaneously after a while when it came into contact with air.

Of course, what Feng Santing did could be regarded as an inseparable part of the funeral customs of the "Heisha Clan", so Zhou Yuanyi didn't bother to expose it, he only cared about how to catch the murderer.

And now the gesture made by Feng Santing is to let the coffin bearers lift the lid of the red lacquered coffin.

The burial is about to begin, and before the burial, the lid of the coffin must be lifted so that the mourners can see the last side of the deceased and see him off.

The coffin bearers took out the pliers and pulled out the three-inch coffin nails on the coffin lid.

Zhou Yuanyi and Xiao Gao walked to the two sides of the coffin lid, grabbed the edge of the coffin lid on both sides respectively, and were about to use their strength to lift the coffin lid.At this time, Zhou Yuanyi suddenly heard a sound of "hissing - hissing -" coming from the coffin.

This voice obviously surprised Zhou Yuanyi, he couldn't help but take a few steps back under the intense surprise.

And Feng Santing's face changed when he heard the voice, and he took out a talisman from his arms, bit his finger, drew a strange symbol on the talisman paper with his finger blood, and stuck it on the coffin with a "pop". cover.

The sound in the coffin suddenly disappeared.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhou Yuanyi couldn't help thinking to himself, this must be Feng Santing playing tricks again.As for how he made the noise in the coffin, Zhou Yuanyi didn't bother to guess.But now he won't worry about anything anymore, after a while, no matter what kind of weird phenomenon will appear, it is possible—perhaps, that will also be part of the funeral customs of the "Heisha Clan".

So he stood next to the coffin again, stretched out his hand to grab the edge of the coffin lid, and then exerted a strong force.

"Crunch—" With the ear-piercing sound of rubbing, the lid of the coffin was lifted, and a corpse dressed up by Mo Feng with flour and varnish exactly like Feng Shu appeared in front of Zhou Yuanyi and Xiao Gao.

But at the moment when the museum opened, Zhou Yuanyi felt something was wrong.

He remembered that when the corpse restored from the skeleton was put into the coffin, half of the inner wall of the one-meter-high coffin was exposed on the top of the corpse.But now, there is only a short section of the inner wall of the coffin above the corpse.In other words, the bottom of the coffin is higher than before.

How is this going?Is there another mystery hidden?Is there something wrong with the coffin, or is this itself a part of the funeral ceremony of the "Heisha tribe"?
The changes in the coffin caused Zhou Yuanyi to be surprised for a moment, and there was a momentary blank thinking.But in this moment of blank thinking in his mind, something strange happened.The corpse, which was restored from the skeleton and made of cardboard and flour, suddenly sat upright. It opened its mouth, revealing a row of white teeth and a bloody tongue.The facial features of the corpse were twisted and squeezed together, looking hideous.In an instant, its hands clenched into fists, stretched out suddenly, and hit Zhou Yuanyi's temple heavily with one fist, and hit Xiao Gao's temple heavily with the other.

Zhou Yuanyi and Xiao Gao's eyes went dark at the same time, and their thinking paused again.

The two of them fainted on the ground at the same time with lightning speed.

Don't blame them for being vulnerable.No matter who you are, if you see a dead body that can't die any more, and suddenly sit up and attack yourself, your thinking will stop and you will lose your ability to resist.

Zhou Yuanyi only guarded against the threat coming from the outside, but never thought that the real threat would come from the coffin.

The six coffin bearers of the "Heisha tribe" all forgot the rule of "night burial" that prohibits making noise, and they couldn't help screaming in fear.This can't be blamed on them. No matter who sees the horrible scene in front of them and sees the corpse suddenly attacking the coffin bearers outside, they will lose their minds in fright.

Even Feng Santing, who was wearing a Taoist robe, couldn't control the fear in his heart. He threw the mahogany sword in his hand towards his side, and let out a shrill scream: "You're a corpse! You're a corpse!"

And the corpse in a black suit with a face full of flour jumped out of the coffin with a "swish". Before Zhou Yuanyi and Xiao Gao could react, "it" raised its head and let out a long howl, then rushed in with its teeth and claws. In the lush grove on the side.In just a split second, the black suit merged with the thick ink-like darkness in the woods, disappeared as if sucked into a black hole in space, and disappeared without a trace...

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"It's a fraudulent corpse! It's a fraudulent corpse!" A five-year-old "Heisha tribe" knelt on the ground with his coffin-carrying hands, trembling and wailing uncontrollably, tears of fear poured out of his eyes.

"Ghost! It's a ghost!" Another five-year-old "Heisha tribe" who carried the coffin lay on the ground, curled up and kept knocking his head. When his head hit the ground, there was a crisp "bang bang" Voice.Even with the blood on his forehead, he didn't stop his actions.

"Wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-oooooo-woo-" Another pallbearer was crying in fear.He covered his face, covered his eyes, and kept shaking his head.He must not believe what he saw just now.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat- .No matter who tried to persuade him, he couldn't stop screaming.The cry startled the flock of birds inhabiting the pines and forests. A flock of birds flew across the low sky quickly, and another bird hit a tree trunk and fell with a "bang" before landing in front of everyone.

Chen Ziyan and Mo Feng, the two mourners, stood in the distance, watching all this in a daze, and they were so shocked that they could not utter a word.

At this time, Feng Santing didn't make any more noises, because he was already so frightened that he passed out.

More than a dozen police officers slid down the pine and cypress trees on both sides of the tomb, awakening Zhou Yuanyi and Xiao Gao.The first thing Zhou Yuanyi said after waking up was to shout at the police officers: "Why are you saving me and Xiao Gao? Why don't you go after that murderer?!"

The police officers who came forward were too embarrassed to speak.In their minds, when a companion is in danger, the first thing to do is to rescue the companion.But Zhou Yuanyi was too obsessed with catching the murderer of this serial murder case, and he felt strongly dissatisfied with the actions of his colleagues.

But Zhou Yuanyi soon realized that he should not lose his temper with his colleagues. The most important thing now is to quickly catch the resurrected corpse made of flour-wrapped skeleton.

The corpse disappeared after rushing into the dense forest next to the tomb passage, so Zhou Yuanyi immediately rushed into the dense forest with his troops.

There is a path in the dense forest.

In fact, there are many paths intersecting each other in the cemetery.The tomb passage where the lanterns were hung just now is only the road from the edge of the cemetery to the dug tomb, and there are no lanterns on the other paths, so it is pitch black.

Although it took only a few seconds for the corpse to jump into the dense forest and disappear, the police officers could no longer find the corpse at this time, because there were too many forks in the path, and it was impossible to know which way the corpse came from. escaped.

A police officer stood in front of a crossroad in the dark and said dejectedly: "It's so dark here, I can't see the road ahead at all. I really don't know how the resurrected corpse found its way, and it can still Running in the side road at such a fast speed."

Zhou Yuanyi shook his head helplessly, and said, "This guy must have prepared a pair of infrared night vision goggles in his black suit. He put on the night vision goggles as soon as he rushed into the dense forest, so he can run freely."

It's a pity that the police are not equipped with night vision goggles, so in the face of a dark jungle, they can only look at the ocean and sigh.

It was thought that more than a dozen policemen hiding in the pine and cypress trees were enough to ensure the safety of the burial ceremony, but now such a mess happened, which Zhou Yuanyi and the police leaders could not have expected at all.

When Zhou Yuanyi returned to the tomb with his head down, he saw that Feng Santing had woken up and was crying loudly while beating his chest: "Oh my God, it must be because we didn't walk the whole way to the funeral that we provoked the resentment of the 'murderer'! We You shouldn’t skip the process, you shouldn’t come to the cemetery by car! Nephew Feng Shu must think that we have not done our courtesy, and he will seek revenge from us!”

(End of this chapter)