Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Inside the letter was a piece of burned off skin with blood, which was obviously torn from Lin Shuxiang's body.Normally, Lin Shuxiang is knowledgeable and reasonable, but now she ruthlessly left a piece of skin for me, all showing her ruthlessness.Look at the words written on the letter, there are only two words, shut up!No need to think too much, everyone understands that Lin Shuxiang wants us to keep tonight's affairs a secret.Of course, I also want to keep it a secret. If Boss Mo goes to the police, I won't be arrested, and I won't be able to escape the blame.Ghosts would believe anything like self-defense, and besides Lin Huo ran away, no one knew if the person fighting with him was Lin Shuxiang.

I nervously put the letter on the table, then wrapped the human skin on the ground with a tissue and threw it into a black garbage bag.It's early morning now, and I really don't have the heart to burn hot water with firewood, so I asked Liu Qin to take out the hot water, and everyone took turns to take a shower.Wu Lingchun felt that the piece of human skin was disgusting, and when she saw the garbage bag I put in the dormitory, she helped to take it out and throw it away.The water didn't heat up all of a sudden, so we three female teachers kept the lights on, and went out to watch the naughty elementary school students in the village with Ouyang Xin.

In the distance, the screeching sound of the helicopter continued, and the primary school students were discussing it as if it was New Year's Eve.I saw that the red light in the sky had dimmed a lot, and I was relieved just now.The adults came back one after another and reported the situation to us, saying that the fire should be extinguished soon, and a few people will stay there to watch tonight, lest the pine fire be rekindled.The adults took their children home one after another, and the parents with a few children wanted to stay in the pine forest, so they went to the neighbor's house for a night.

The street lights were on in the village, and there were people and shadows. I sent the students away one by one, and when I saw the groom king came back, I called out to him.The Groom King is Wang Jingui's father. His real name is Wang Heizi. Since he worked in the old horse farm when he was young, everyone calls him Groom King.Groom King's wife was electrocuted to death, so he never used electricity, and went to the mountains to chop firewood. It can be said that he is the person who is most familiar with this terrain. The groom king didn't have much contact with me, and when he heard me call him, he thought he heard it wrong.I stepped forward, looked at the crowd that was gradually dispersing, and then said, "King groom, is Principal Zhang back?"

"He's still at the old horse farm." The Groom King scratched his head as he said, "You don't need to go there, the fire should be under control. Lao Zhang wants to stay there overnight, he's afraid the fire will burn again." When I heard this, my heart sank. If Principal Zhang stays there, will he see the epidemic prevention building?That's okay, leave a few people there to check if there are any dead bodies in the burned pine forest, maybe Lin Huo didn't escape the flames.However, Principal Zhang also has a purple bruise on his forehead, which seems to be left from a fight with someone, which makes me suspect that the person who fought with Lin Huo may also be him.

Tonight, everyone is really under suspicion! Unlike me, the Groom King has become suspicious, and walked into an unlit alley after he finished speaking.I saw that people nearby started to turn off the street lights, and the students had finished walking, so I went back to the primary school dormitory with Liu Qin and others.The negative pressure of the wires at the school is not enough, so you can only use one at a time to heat up quickly, otherwise the circuit will be blown.We had a fever until after four o'clock in the morning, and everyone took a shower. At this time, everyone was exhausted and fell asleep without saying anything.

As soon as I lay down, I had a dream—Shuxiang Lin died and turned into a ghost, rubbing my half-burned face violently on my neck, and finally biting it off.When I woke up, it was already dawn, Liu Qin also got up, and she was still looking at me strangely. "What's wrong with you?" Liu Qin asked me. "I had a nightmare, it's okay." I sat up in embarrassment, wiping the cold sweat from my brow. Since class was about to start, Liu Qin and I didn't talk much, and ran to the teaching building after washing up.Before I entered the classroom, the students were talking about the fire last night. I heard that the relevant departments would go there today to check and determine the cause of the fire.In order to find out this matter, the person who went to pick pine fungus yesterday will also be called for interrogation.But who would admit it, anyway, it burned, and it was difficult to check on the spot, and usually nothing happened.

In the middle of my class, Principal Zhang suddenly came to the door of the classroom and asked me to go out.I thought to myself, they came to look for me so soon, maybe they suspected that I set the fire?When I walked out, Principal Zhang held his bruised forehead unnaturally, and told me that the police were waiting for me downstairs and wanted to talk to me about something.I frowned strangely, and hurriedly asked the police, now that they are so lenient, are they also responsible for the fire?Principal Zhang didn't want to say too much, he just told me to go down with him, and I would naturally know.

In a blink of an eye, I went downstairs, and Li Zhou and Wang Jingui were waiting there. As soon as he saw me coming, Wang Jingui said first, "Tang Jiuyue, sorry for delaying your class." "What's the matter?" I asked fearfully, for some reason, I panicked when I saw Li Zhou. "That's right. We're going to open the coffin." Li Zhou replied briefly. "Open the coffin? Open what coffin?" I don't understand. "It's Grandpa Wu's coffin. We need to open it now and transport him back to the county hospital." Wang Jingui explained patiently.

"Why? We didn't complete the procedures last time, and your leaders also approved us to take the body back." After I finished speaking, I looked at Principal Zhang, hoping to get an answer from him. Principal Zhang looked embarrassed, and Wang Jingui said: "It was our negligence last time. We thought that the whole set of procedures for the chemical inspection was completed, so we approved it. But later found out..." Wang Jingui glanced at Li Zhou first, The other party did not stop him, so he continued to tell me: "I won't tell you the specifics. In short, Grandpa Wu's hyoid bone was cut off after his death. The cause of his death was not suffocation, but other reasons. The corpse will be taken back for another chemical examination. You were the one who applied for the execution at the time, so I will tell you now, and ask you to talk to the people in the village, so as not to cause conflicts.”

In fact, I peeked at the chemical test reports twice, and I knew that Grandpa Wu's hyoid bone was broken, that is to say, he was strangled to death.The second time I peeked at the report, it was written that there was a broken dog tooth on Grandpa Wu’s body, so they concluded that Grandpa Wu had been bitten by a dog before his death.Now it seems that these people think that Grandpa Wu was bitten to death by a dog. The dog owner was afraid of being responsible, so he cut off the neck of the corpse, making everyone think it was a vendetta. When I was thinking about it, Li Zhou thought I was afraid, so he said: "The coffin must be opened today. The longer the time is delayed, the worse the test will be. We have already brought the documents. You can show the photocopies to the villagers and ask them to cooperate." one time." "Why didn't you find out earlier, let me tell you now, can they agree?" I stared at Principal Zhang and asked uneasily. "I'll tell you with you, don't worry." Principal Zhang couldn't bear the look in my eyes, so he had to slow me down. "By the way, when I came to your village just now, I heard Xiao Weihai say that his two black dogs were lost. Is it true?".Li Zhou asked me, "We have made a record. On the afternoon of Grandpa Wu's accident, someone saw him walking to Xiao Weihai's orchard. What a coincidence, the dog was lost today." "Hey!" Wang Jingui winked, implying that Li Zhou should not disclose the case in front of others, and then advised me to let the villagers understand as soon as possible, they will start digging graves soon. I stood in a dilemma under the teaching building without moving a step, not knowing how to persuade the villagers.Digging up the buried corpse is considered the most unlucky thing in the local area, and it is more terrible than burying for more than seven days.When the police dug up the body, the villagers would stop at the entrance of the village and cause a big conflict.Asking me to be a lobbyist now, isn't that asking me to die? They really plan to.But how dare the grassroots fight with the yamen, I took the photocopy of the document, hesitated for a while, and planned to go to the village with Principal Zhang to find some people and figures to explain, and let them split up to appease the villagers. At the same time, another pair of people from the yamen was walking towards the old racecourse, ready to investigate the fire.I haven't heard of anyone finding Lin Huo in the pine forest, and I thought he was so lucky that he wasn't dead yet.There are so many people going to the pine forest at present, Lin Huo must not dare to stay there, I hope he will go to Guizhou quickly, and stop staying near Machang Village, it really makes me sleepy and difficult to sit and stand install! On the way, I didn't have any communication with Principal Zhang. He kept covering his forehead, as if he didn't want me to see him.When the villagers saw Principal Zhang and me coming out, they figured out the purpose of our visit, so they gathered together and expressed their disapproval of the police's request.Principal Zhang and I talked about it, but they didn't agree, and Village Chief Wang and Aunt Liu didn't agree either.In the backcountry, the most precious thing is not the mountain treasures, but the unity in special circumstances.Although everyone fights against each other on weekdays, no one will violate the customs and habits set by their ancestors when encountering such a thing. Later, Principal Zhang said to everyone: "Listen to me! Grandpa Wu was not burned to death, he was murdered! The police will not dig graves for no reason! Think about it, if the murderer is still there In our village, are you not afraid that you will be the next to die? Don’t you want to find the murderer and give our children a safe environment? The village has not been peaceful recently, and everyone should cooperate with the police to catch the murderer as soon as possible. I can sleep and eat in peace!" I stood aside and nodded, expressing my agreement with Principal Zhang.At the same time, I was also thinking, no wonder Li Zhou and Wang Jingui revealed a little bit of the case to me just now. It turned out that they wanted us to persuade the villagers, or that Principal Zhang was more sophisticated!However, Xiao Weihai was not seen in the crowd, and I knew the case better than everyone else, so I suspected that he packed up his bags and ran away.The villagers were kept in the dark and knew nothing about it. Fortunately, they believed Principal Zhang and finally agreed to let the police open the coffin after an hour of long talk. At noon, when school was over, Ouyang Xin and Wu Lingchun came to see me and asked me why the police had come.Liu Qin didn't come, she went somewhere, and she didn't answer her cell phone.I told Wu Lingchun and Ouyang Xin about the opening of the coffin. They were very surprised, and even more surprised that the villagers agreed to open the coffin.Wu Lingchun was very curious about how Aunt Liu and others were persuaded, and bluntly said that the coffin could not be opened, and that the villagers would blame me for any fall. Don't think that they will be fine if they agree now.Wu Lingchun is a different person now, always thinking of me, which makes me a little uncomfortable.But now to tell the villagers to go back on their word is to make things difficult for the Yamen. I don't have the guts. When opening the coffin, everyone chose noon. The villagers believed that opening the coffin at this time would dilute the bad luck, so that the crops would not be harvested in the future.A group of villagers and I gathered around the cemetery outside the village to watch the police dig the grave. Ouyang Xin and Wu Lingchun were also nearby, but Liu Qin couldn't be seen.The process of digging the grave lasted for nearly an hour. Some people went back impatiently, but only a few people persisted.The police didn't let everyone see it, but the villagers were afraid of the police digging randomly, so they left a few people to watch, and the police couldn't chase people away. When digging the grave, the police shovel broke the lid of the coffin, and the soil slipped in through the hole.In order to prevent the bones from being destroyed, Li Zhou and several criminal investigators lifted the coffin to the ground, and the coffin was opened on the spot.The cold autumn wind made people shiver, and the few of us onlookers couldn't help being afraid. This was the first time everyone had seen the opening of the coffin.People have been buried for more than a month, and I don't know what the bones have become.Fortunately, only the charred bones remained of Grandpa Wu's body. If it was a whole body, the coffin must have turned into a pot of rotten broth. Strangely, when the coffin was brought out, we smelled a foul stench, much worse than poop.For a while, several mice and black snakes sprang out from the soil wrapped in the coffin, which made everyone scream in shock.It is said that autumn snakes are the most poisonous. When the villagers saw black snakes scurrying around, they immediately slapped them to death with shovels.There were also a few mice running fast, slipping into the haystack around the cemetery in the blink of an eye, before they could be caught in time. Finally, the coffin was carried out, and Li Zhou immediately asked someone to open the coffin.Every policeman is wearing a mask, as if he is afraid that the corpse will stagnate in the coffin and be rushed when the coffin is opened.Before opening the coffin, I looked up at the sky, and a black cloud floated in the gray sky, covering the village with a strange atmosphere.The coffin was not formal, it belonged to the unfinished type, and even the nails were not nailed in, so the police opened it all at once.Originally, the police had prepared a black bag next to the coffin, and wanted to transfer the body into it immediately, but they took two or three steps back collectively as soon as they opened it. Although the villagers standing aside felt unlucky, they still stretched their necks curiously, wanting to see what had become of the corpse.However, I heard that there were constant screams from the onlookers, everyone was terrified by the scene in the coffin, even I took a deep breath, and shouted in fear in my heart: "My God! What happened in the coffin? Has it become like this?!"