Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty-One

"The setting sun is infinitely good, but it's almost dusk."The sky has become dark, and the mountains are silent. "Enter the mountain to see the mouth of the water, go to the hole to see the bright hall", the cemetery in the mountains surrounded by dense pine forests, yellow grasslands, and gurgling streams is like a chessboard, and the tombstones are like chess pieces.What a treasure land of geomantic omen that "hides the wind and obtains the water", "takes the dragon's energy inside, and connects the hall's energy outside".But on the edge of this game of chess, an even more thrilling chess game is staged.

In the office of the cemetery management office, someone turned on the lights casually, and the room suddenly became much brighter, changing the gloomy atmosphere just now.I also raised my spirits and looked at the door, only to find that Brother Meng, Lao Shi, and Xiao Wang also stood in the room at some point, and they seemed to have been the audience for a long time.There was no sound in the room, and a needle could be heard falling on the ground.All eyes were on Captain Chen, not knowing what would happen next. Everyone was shocked or stunned, with different expressions, and their emotions must be complicated.The director sat next to Captain Chen, blushing and feeling uncomfortable.What he was most afraid of was that Zhang Da would tell the old things about himself and accountant Xu in a broken jar, even if he said that they had called Miss Escort together, it would be enough for him.Seeing that Zhang Da stopped talking now, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, puffing out his cigarettes to hide his nervousness.

Director Sun was sitting on the sofa. He didn't smoke, but kept playing with his car keys and remote control. His face turned red and then purple following Zhang Da's speech just now.He didn't expect that there were such scum within the scope of his jurisdiction. This not only discredited the cemetery, discredited the funeral director, but also discredited the director. Save. Zhang Da's cousin, Lai Luzi, was sitting on the sofa next to Director Sun, his eyes wandering around, secretly measuring the distance between himself and the doors and windows.The windows have iron bars, and it is impossible to get out. The only place where you can escape is the door of the office.However, Meng Ge, Accountant Shi, and Xiao Wang were standing by the door, and if anyone blocked him, he would miss.He was about seven or eight steps away from the door. If he jumped up suddenly, Team Chen's bullet would arrive after three steps.After thinking about it again and again, he still didn't dare to act rashly.

Zhang Da was sitting next to his cousin, with his head buried deeply.I don't know if he is sincerely repenting or calculating something, no one can see his expression.The more this is the case, the more unpredictable it feels. One of Xiao Wang and Accountant Shi was bewildered and the other was bewildered.They obviously knew very little about Zhang Da.At this time, the two stood there stupidly. Although they didn't understand many plots that Zhang Da said, they couldn't ask others questions in this situation, and the two of them kept staring. Although Brother Meng was standing beside them, his expression was much restrained.It was he who turned on the light just now.Now he was standing at the position closest to the door, leaning against the door, with a nonchalant expression, as if the story Zhang Da told was within his expectation.

Sitting on the folding chair next to me are Mr. Sun and Xiaojing.Mr. Sun was resting his eyes with his eyes closed, looking like a fairy, as if what happened just now had nothing to do with him.However, it can be seen from his slightly frowning brows that his heart is not so peaceful.Maybe because of Xiaojing's tears, I felt that I saw that innocent and helpless little girl again.Although I know that under the appearance of this innocent girl, there are too many secrets that are not known to us.I even think that the most dangerous person in the room is neither Zhang Da nor Lai Donkey, but the weak girl in front of me.No matter how evil Zhang Da and Lai Donkey are, they are human after all.And what about Xiaojing?I thought of the photo on Xie Mengmeng's admission file again, and thought that the little girl in front of me was the medical student who had been dead for a year, and I shuddered.

Captain Chen's expression was very calm.He leaned on the desk with his arms around his shoulders, and the small Type 77 pistol was within reach.Under his feet was an ashtray that had been broken into several pieces.At this moment, he was staring at Zhang Da intently, as if he was reading a book, and he wanted to understand everything from every detail of his expression. Time seems to freeze in a moment.This momentary stalemate made everyone feel awkward, but no one came out to break it.The air in the room was stifling with tension. A figure strode in from outside, it was Old Wangtou.He was still wearing an apron, but I don't know why he was still holding a bloody knife in his hand.He also froze for a moment, he didn't expect that there were so many people in the room, and why there was no sound, everyone looked at him with strange eyes. "Ah, I'm sorry. Are you guys in a meeting? This knife is too blunt for killing chickens. I'm here to get a whetstone..." As soon as he uttered the word "stone" in the phrase "whetstone", the following words still Before I could say anything, the lights in the room suddenly went out.Only the sound of heavy footsteps, human voices, and shouts can be heard instantly.

I instinctively dodged backwards, my thighs were pinned to Xiao Jing's body, and I fell on my back.Fortunately, someone from behind supported my shoulders, and I broke out in a cold sweat. In fact, it's not completely dark outside yet, just now everyone just didn't get used to the darkness for a moment.Gradually, the situation in everyone's room gradually became clearer. The position of the coffee table changed, accountant Shi and Xiao Wang looked shocked.The director sat there without moving, Captain Chen stood up with a Type 77 pistol in his hand, Xiao Jing sat on a chair but looked pale, and it was Mr. Sun who stretched out a hand to support me and kept me from falling down.Old Wangtou was still standing at the door with the bloody knife in his hand.Brother Meng hugged a person tightly with both hands. The person's thin body could not break free. This person was Lai Donkey.But there was only one person missing in the room——Zhang Da.

Captain Chen pointed a gun at Donkey Lai, motioned him to go back to his original place and sit down, and asked the others to go back to their seats as well, as if he had no intention of going out to chase Zhang Da. Teacher Guan's voice came from outside the room: "It was fine just now, but when the range hood was turned on again, the fuse broke again. Xiaomeng, I'm holding the lamp and you can connect it for me." Brother Meng agreed and went out to help Teacher Guan connect the fuse.Old Wangtou went out with a whetstone.Lai Donkey sat back in his original seat like a deflated ball.Originally, like Zhang Da, he had thought about it and escaped from the door when he found the opportunity.They all noticed a detail, Captain Chen's gun had a safety on it, which meant they had a second or two more chances to escape.The fuse broke very suddenly, and he followed Zhang Da to the door, but he didn't expect to be hugged by Brother Meng and couldn't get out.

"Call Team Chen, call Team Chen." Captain Chen's walkie-talkie rang. "Please tell me. It's over." Captain Chen picked up the walkie-talkie and replied. "Fish caught, awaiting instructions. Over." "Zhang Da is a repeat offender. He has three lives in his hands. He will be under strict surveillance. I have another suspect here. Come here and bring them back together. It's over." "Received. Over." No wonder Captain Chen was in no hurry to arrest Zhang Da. It turned out that there had been an ambush outside, and the police car that came to maintain order at noon hadn't gone far at all. It seemed that Zhang Da's capture was a certainty.

The fuse was quickly connected, and the light was restored in the house.Sirens sounded outside the door, and two policemen with live ammunition escorted Lai Donkey away.Captain Chen chuckled, clasped his fists at Director Sun and everyone in the room: "I'm really sorry, everyone. Just now, I took advantage of the precious place to interrogate the suspect and arrest him, which surprised everyone. There is nothing else I can do as compensation. In response to Director Sun and Director Sui's kindness, I stayed here for dinner. No one here is allowed to leave for a while, and I will offer you a few extra glasses of toast to surprise everyone. Also, Xiaomeng is both wise and brave today, But I have made a great achievement, and I will pay my respects in a moment." Everyone applauded and applauded, and everyone's mood settled down.

"And this little girl, I don't know what to call you?" Captain Chen focused on Xiaojing again. "Oh, just call me Xiaojing." Her tears were still there, and her voice was still a little hoarse. "If Xiaojing hadn't provided such strong evidence today, he might not have opened his mouth so happily. You have to make a big contribution. Are you a friend of the deceased Xiaohong?" "Well, we worked in a restaurant before and were colleagues." It suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't had time to ask Xiao Jing why she appeared here today. Could something bigger happen soon?So I turned around and asked her in a low voice, "Why are you here today?" "Why can't I come? What do you mean?" Xiao Jing turned to me and asked resolutely. I really regretted asking this extra question, why did I point the finger at myself.Well now, everyone is watching my embarrassment.Everyone probably thought she was my girlfriend.There was already laughter around. I quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, we are just ordinary friends." Another burst of laughter drowned out my voice, and I was even more ashamed to see people, wishing I could get into a crack in the ground. "What's so ridiculous, I came here today to find him." The person Xiao Jing was referring to was Brother Meng. This was beyond everyone's expectations, and the laughter stopped. Brother Meng was still laughing with everyone just now, but when Xiao Jing said this, he immediately showed fear.It's no wonder that Brother Meng pushed the matter of dating ghosts to me, but it's a pity that they were looking for him.If you escape the first day of the junior high school, you cannot escape the fifteenth day.It's just that I don't understand why Xiaojing chose such a lively day to come to the cemetery. "Of course I came today for the same purpose as others, to go to the grave." Xiao Jing said, "But the person I came to worship is not buried in this cemetery." This sentence surprised everyone again .If she wasn't buried in the cemetery, why would she come to worship? Could it be that she came to worship a living person? Brother Meng sneered and said, "Everyone, don't listen to this little girl's nonsense here. The food will be ready soon. I suggest that everyone set the table to eat first. If you have something to say, you can chat while eating." "Slow down. I don't care how you eat for a while, but since I'm here today, I can't come in vain. I have to expose to you a wolf-hearted man who wears human skin." Xiao Jing said a word, and the room became quiet again.Only the sound of the old Wang sharpening his knife was heard outside, which made people shudder. Captain Chen became interested in Xiao Jing's words, and comforted her: "It's okay, girl, just say what you have to say, no one here will stop you." Brother Meng added coldly: "Before you say anything, you must introduce your identity." I clearly saw a large drop of tears silently sliding down Xiaojing's beautiful cheeks.But what was revealed in her eyes was a kind of firmness. "Okay, since someone brought it up, I'll introduce myself. My name is Xiao Jing, and I'm the hostess of Ye Paris Nightclub now. Brother Meng, you are satisfied now." Everyone was shocked, but I was the one who was the most shocked.I said how Xiaojing's clothes changed so much. It turned out that she had become a hostess.Hearing the news, I felt sore and unspeakably uncomfortable, and more of a pity for a young girl. Brother Meng continued: "Hehe, everyone understands, she is a lady. How can a lady tell the truth, she is crazy, do we need to listen to her nonsense here?" Turning his head and talking to Xiaojing again : "If you have anything to say, find a place to say it, don't delay so many leaders from having dinner." "Xiao Meng, don't interrupt, let Xiao Jing finish the sentence." This time it was Director Sun who spoke, and when the director spoke, Brother Meng stared and couldn't speak anymore. Director Sui sat at his desk and kept looking up and down at Xiao Jing, when suddenly he remembered something.It turned out that on the night when Zhang Da was pretending to be crazy, in the "Night Paris" nightclub, when the director was embracing left and right under the confusing lights, there was a faint shadow in the distance - a girl in sexy clothes winked at Zhang Da and then swayed. He waved his hand and hid behind the wall.Zhang Da immediately followed out.Isn't that shadow the Xiao Jing in front of me?What she will say later will not be related to herself, right?You wouldn't say that you hugged those two girls in swimsuits in Paris at night, would you?It would suck if that was the case.Why is there one less Zhang Da, and another Xiao Jing.The director's heart reached his throat again. I still feel dejected.If I'm not mistaken, the guy Xiaojing is referring to is me.I know she has always liked me, but what can I do.Love is something that cannot be forced. "A year ago, I was an ordinary waiter in Shiliju. It was at that time that I heard a bad news that my cousin had left. My cousin is my best sister. The two of us have been playing together since we were young. We are closer than real sisters." , We usually talk to each other about anything. I know that she has always loved a man deeply, but it is a pity that this man already has a family. In the last days of her life, my sister cried all day long and often told me that instead of Living in such pain, it is better to die. If you can be buried with the man you love after death, it is not a waste of life. At that time, I was very worried that she would have an accident, but what should come still came. She left Yes, she went with her man. My cousin's name is Xie Mengmeng, and that man's name is Zheng Xinyuan." "Ah." My eyes widened. At first, it seemed like I was listening to a familiar story. I was not surprised until she said those two names. "After my sister left, I always wanted to help her fulfill a wish and bury her with her man. But she signed an agreement to donate her body in medical school before she died, and she didn't even have ashes after death. Then I thought of a way , as long as her and her man's name are engraved on a tablet, her wish will be fulfilled." I understood a little bit, pricked up my ears and listened down. "I know that you can't understand my behavior, and I can't do it through normal channels. I have to use my own way to achieve my goal. I first met Zhang Da through Xiaohong, and then I learned about it. On the cemetery, Tao Zi and Meng Ge are responsible for writing and engraving the stele. I tried to get close to Tao Zi, but after dating, I found that I really liked him." She paused for a while.I lowered my head, as if I had made a mistake, and dared not meet her eyes.I knew that the one who got hurt would be me.Hearing this, the director's expression softened a lot.As long as Xiao Jing is not talking about him, he can sit back and relax.But Brother Meng was ashamed. "But through several contacts, I found that Taozi is a very upright person. I suddenly felt that it might be easier to use Brother Meng as a breakthrough." "One day in April this year, I ran into Brother Meng in the vegetable market over Tengfei Bridge. I thought maybe this was a good opportunity. He invited me to his house, and I agreed. I asked him When he told my story, he expressed his sympathy and reassured me. He also said that only he can add your cousin’s name to the stele. I asked him what to do if Taozi didn’t agree to write it. He said he I have my own way. The cemetery is so big, and there are many people with the same surname and the same name. It is not difficult at all to get the two characters Xie and Meng together. Just use paper to trace Tao Zi’s handwriting and then use printing paper to rub it on the monument. I was very excited, and I don’t know how to thank him. But he suddenly told me that he actually likes me very much, and he has liked me since he met me in the restaurant. He started to touch me, and said to me Be sure to treat me well. I think Brother Meng is not bad, so I agreed to his request. But after the matter was over, he immediately confessed to me that he had a girlfriend, and said that he would promise me to engrave the stele if he had a chance. I didn't know what to do at the time. I didn't expect my life to be so hard. I just made a wrong decision. He comforted me and said that there is no need to worry. He can break up with his friends and marry me. It will take some time to process. He also said that he will help me introduce work, and if there is fate in the future, we will get together." Speaking of this, Xiao Jing was already in tears, and everyone present was moved. "But, this wolf-hearted thing. He lied to me. He has been playing with my emotions and my body. He introduced me to nightclubs, let me drink and dance with the guests, saying that this is learning social experience. And he I didn’t do any of the things I promised, and always said wait, wait. He often asked me to go to the air-raid shelter in Xishan to satisfy his desire. But that time, he lied to Tao Zi, I know He wanted Taozi and me to get back together, so that he could get rid of me. But his wishful thinking was wrong, Taozi was not the same person as him at all. Once in the children's park, I offered to show love and was rejected by him From then on, I knew that Tao Zi was a responsible and good man. Later, I didn’t count on anything, and I was dawdling in a state of half-life and half-death. I just wanted to kill him after he carved the monument for me. Killed him. He ruined my person, ruined my life, ruined everything about me." There was no other sound in the room.I didn't expect Brother Meng to cause so much harm to others for his own pleasure. It seems that my principle of life is too correct-you can play with anything, but don't touch emotions.Xiong Xiong, Xie Mengmeng, Zhang Shuqing, and Xiaojing are all women who sacrificed for love.These poor women. Xiaojing cried for a long time, wiped her tears, and her eyes became firm: "My cousin's name is finally engraved on the tablet, and my wish has also been fulfilled. Today is the day for me to avenge my revenge, but I just saw Zhang Da I suddenly understood that we should not break the law no matter what, there is a better solution for everything. What should be wrong is already wrong, and now I am just a lady in a nightclub, no matter how you look at it I, the only thing I can do is to speak out about these things, and I believe that there is always justice in this world." The room was terribly quiet, and the sky outside was completely dark. Clouds and mist enveloped the moon and stars, and darkness enveloped the entire cemetery like a big hand.In this small room in the management office, the chess game is about to end. I finally understood that brother Meng already knew about Xie Mengmeng.Maybe the photo on Xie Mengmeng's copy was deliberately shown to me by him.As for why there is Xiao Jing in the photo, two hypotheses are valid: either Xiao Jing looks a lot like her cousin, or Brother Meng put it on the photo. Brother Meng was like a deflated ball, not daring to meet everyone's eyes. "Xiao Meng, are these things she said true?" The director's face was ashen, he threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and twisted it a few times. Perhaps influenced by Zhang Da, Brother Meng felt that there was no point in defending himself. Anyway, he had not committed any crime, so he replied, "It's about the same." The director shot up: "Xiao Meng, you are too disgraceful. I didn't see why you are such a person. You have completely disgraced our cemetery staff. Adding names to other people's steles at will is a shame. Do you know what kind of behavior? If a customer comes to your door, who will bear the responsibility? Tell me." Brother Meng was speechless.The director's expression became even more excited: "Today, in front of the two leaders, Director Sun and Captain Chen, I will deal with you, an unrighteous person. Listen up, everyone, Xiaomeng's life style is disorderly, he carved a stele privately, and the plot is bad. , The impact is extremely bad. In order to maintain the working environment and strict discipline in the cemetery, I now announce that Xiao Meng will be expelled." Brother Meng sneered: "Old Sui, don't be so pretentious there. I don't know what you mean. If you want to drive me away, no one will know about your scandal, right? You made a wrong calculation. I must If you say it, let everyone know who you are.” "This..." The director suddenly became half shorter, and all the arrogance just now disappeared. "Everyone knows, this director is really good at it. He even put the accountant in his office on the bed. He is proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. After Accountant Xu died, he discussed with me how to frame Zhang Da. Hehe, Now it seems that we have done a good thing, which is to help the government eliminate harm for the people. Also, don’t say you didn’t know when Zhang Da first stole the stele, why didn’t you deal with it? You dare to speak out when he is crazy In a word, you are full of morality, benevolence and righteousness, what good deeds have you done? So, we two are like toads watching toads, so don’t talk about anyone else.” The director usually doesn't speak fast, but at this time he stuttered even more, trying to stop him but couldn't get in a word. Brother Meng continued: "To be honest, I have already rented out the storefront house, and I don't want to do it without you telling me. It's a fucking life here, and I have to be angry with you officials every day. You can do whatever you want if you have a black hat, but our part-time workers are raised by stepmothers, and we are inferior to others no matter what we do. If I want to leave, sir, I will leave in a dignified manner. Go and eat your imperial food." Director Sun was so angry that he asked Director Sui with a stern face: "Old Sui, are the things Xiao Meng said true?" The director was also confused, "This, this..." For a long time, he couldn't explain why. Director Sun sighed: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. A good cemetery, which was originally a place where you can rest in the soil and live in bliss, has been turned into a miasma by you." Then he pointed at the tip of the noses of Brother Meng and the director: "One by one, let me tell you how you are doing. I won't say much today, you wait for the office to deal with it." Captain Chen smiled: "Everyone, I'm all to blame today, and everyone is unhappy. What's the matter, let's talk about it another day. Let's have a good meal together later, and let's have a ghost festival, right?" Accountant Shi hurriedly used his authentic southern dialect to smooth things over, and more than half of the people present did not understand.Xiao Wang translated it again, to the effect that if there is any unpleasant matter, we will talk about it later, and we will have a reunion dinner together first. Mr. Guan and Old Wang Tou probably have poor ears, as if they were deaf to the many battles in this room.The old Wangtou also cheerfully invited everyone to have dinner in the outer room.A group of us moved to the outhouse, many of us were in complicated moods and didn't have the mood to eat.Helplessly, it was getting dark outside, and there was still a thin autumn rain falling. It was impossible to get a taxi when going out, so we had to wait until after dinner and everyone went down the mountain together.Xiaojing hesitated for a while, and finally heeded my advice to stay for dinner. Teacher Guan and Lao Wangtou showed off their culinary skills, and the food and drink were very rich.Just two of the farm's big red roosters were stewed, and there were countless fruits for dessert.Director Sun asked Mr. Guan to take out two bottles of Wuliangye from the kitchen.This wine was distributed to the cemetery by the Civil Affairs Bureau during the Chinese New Year, and it has always been reluctant to open it. Today, there are many distinguished guests, and maybe after this meal, everyone will go their separate ways, so it is very meaningful.Many years later, whenever I see the famous painting "The Last Supper", the first thing I recall is the scene of that night. Captain Chen exchanged cups with everyone, but everyone was in a bad mood and didn't have the mind to eat and drink. After a while, some people left the table one after another.Xiao Wang and Lao Shi were overwhelmed with alcohol, so they returned to the office and continued to play chess.Mr. Sun, Lao Wangtou, and Teacher Guan went back to the hut and sat on the hot kang to chat about their topics.Only Captain Chen, Director Sun, Director, Brother Meng, Xiaojing and I were left on the table.Xiao Jing may have practiced drinking in nightclubs recently, but she also drank a few drinks with everyone. Director Sun explained to everyone that there was rain and slippery mountain roads tonight, and several drivers drank alcohol again, so no one should drive.He notified the driver Zhao in the office that he would pick up the people in a big Ivek later, and promised to send everyone home one by one.