Mystery Leaks

Chapter 11

I immediately walked out of the counter to meet him, full of questions I wanted to ask him.

For example, things about the Feng family, why he left me alone on the mountain, and what is the plot of the ghost locust tree planted on the grave.

Compared to Huang Mao, an outsider who doesn't understand, Chen Laogen is more trustworthy.

But Chen Laogen blocked me back with one word, he said: "Don't say anything, don't ask anything, just follow me." After speaking, he turned around and left.

I was choked for a bit, and had no choice but to respond with a cry and catch up.

Chen Laogen's footsteps were fast, and he left the fair in a while, in a hurry.

After leaving the fair, he headed south all the way, and I immediately understood that he was going to Li's house.Li Qishan's family, who died of a stroke yesterday afternoon, is just three to five miles south of the fair.

Soon we arrived at Li's house, and the Li family immediately greeted Chen Laogen. The person in charge was Li Qishan's eldest son, Li Gensheng, who had done business with me, so he knew me.

I was keenly aware that the expressions of the Li family members were not right, not only them, but also some neighbors from the village who came to help were far away from the coffin shed, as if there was something taboo.

Li Gensheng looked unhappy, and said, "Uncle Chen, you are here. My father refuses to close his eyes, so please give me a caress."

My heart skipped a beat. It is a troublesome thing to do in funerals if a dead person does not close his eyes;

After Li Gensheng finished speaking, he bowed to the end and made a big salute, and the rest of the Li family followed suit, which was much more polite than the Feng family.

"Take me to see."

Chen Laogen nodded. The sun was just setting. He glanced at the hill to the west and put away the big black umbrella that he had opened.

After that, the Li family entered the coffin with us. There was a coffin inside. Li Qishan was lying on a door panel, covered with a shroud, and wearing a pair of brand new black cloth shoes.

My heart tightened slightly, the person who went to the door of my store last night was indeed him, and I did not admit my mistake.

Chen Laogen stepped forward and slowly lifted the shroud on his head. Li Qishan was lying there with his mouth open and his eyes wide open. There was a trace of struggle in his cloudy eyes.The strange thing is that he has been dead for a day, and there are not many corpse spots on his face.

Chen Laogen frowned slightly, pondered for a while and suddenly said to me: "You come to the coffin!"

"I?"

I was stunned for a moment, and my scalp tingled when I realized it. As the old saying goes, if you don't die with peace, there must be grudges. In addition, he clearly cheated on the corpse last night, so evil.

Chen Laogen didn't answer me, but turned to Li Gensheng's family: "Kneel, bow three times and kowtow nine times, weep!"

After he finished speaking, he himself began to mutter, and the Li family naturally followed suit, kneeling down while crying; I had no choice, so I stepped forward and carefully lifted Li Qishan's body up.

But this lift surprised me, it was so heavy that I couldn't lift it at all, like a piece of iron.I instinctively tried my best, but the body remained motionless.

"I can't lift it!" I yelled, my heart beating wildly, something was wrong with the corpse.

Chen Laogen's complexion changed, and he immediately yelled at the corpse: "Li Qishan, your lifespan is over, and it's time to go to the underworld to reincarnate. If there are unfinished things, you can entrust your family with dreams in the first seven nights. What is your intention for such an attitude?" Tolerate?!"

The roar was rolling, shocking the eardrums.Everyone in the Li family was panicked and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Gensheng's scalp was red, and he cried and said, "Father, you can go safely. If you have unfulfilled wishes, just entrust your son with a dream, and I will make it for you. I beg you, please... ..."

Strange to say, after he finished speaking, Li Qishan's body suddenly lightened, so that I didn't have time to pull back, and I staggered and stared back.

"Hold on, the golden body can't fall to the ground!" Chen Laogen's face changed drastically, and the Li family also screamed in shock.

I managed to stabilize myself, almost fell down, and I couldn't help but sweat all over my body. According to the burial rules in the country, no matter whether it is a corpse or a coffin, once it is off the ground, it must not fall to the ground before the burial; otherwise If it falls, it must be buried wherever it falls.

This is the front yard of the Li family. If the body falls on the ground here, the Li family will tear me up.

I took a deep breath and slowly put Li Qishan's body into the coffin.

Chen Laogen stepped forward, "Li Qishan, no matter what last wish you have in this life, it has nothing to do with you. Let the lights go out when you leave, so that future generations can have peace."

After finishing speaking, he muttered again, faster than before. After reading for a while, he stretched out his hand and slowly wiped Li Qishan's eyes.

Li Qishan's eyelids closed, but before Chen Laogen could fully withdraw his hand, his eyes opened again.

Chen Laogen's complexion changed, and his brows immediately frowned into Sichuan characters. Seeing this, the Li family started crying loudly again, telling Li Qishan to leave in peace.

Chen Laogen looked at me and said, "Come and try."

"Me?" My eyes widened, but I didn't realize it; what are you kidding, I'm not a mage.

"Quick!" Chen Laogen could not be questioned.

I had no choice but to do so, stretched out my hand tremblingly, and wiped Li Qishan's eyelids.

It turned out to be effective, closed, and did not open again.

This baffles me, what is this?If Chen Laogen can't do it, I can do it instead?

Chen Laogen was thoughtful, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he turned his head and said to the Li family: "Today is the same as yesterday. No one is allowed to keep vigil at night. No matter what you hear at night, don't look out, let alone go out and open the door. Tomorrow At three poles in the sun, I will go up the mountain to be buried, go."

The Li family was very grateful, and hurriedly responded, and then went out to make arrangements.

The people who came outside to help left after a few moments, and the Li family also entered the house and closed the door tightly. In the entire huge front yard and coffin shed, only Chen Laogen and I were left.

Seeing this, I understand a little bit, no wonder no one saw Li Qishan's fraudulent corpse last night, it turned out that there was no one watching the night.But then again, because of Feng Daniu's daughter-in-law being bitten to death recently, the whole village is in panic, all kinds of rumors are flying around, and no one dares to stay outside at night.

"Old uncle, shall we come again tomorrow?" I asked, looking around, always feeling uneasy.

"We keep watch." Chen Laogen said.

I was shocked, and hurriedly said: "But...it's not safe at night." He told me not to go out at night, let alone go into the mountains; besides, Feng Deliang and Feng Daniu's daughter-in-law didn't know What's the situation?

"Some things, you have to face what you should face, otherwise the more you hide, the more trouble you will have." Chen Laogen said something pointedly.

I was speechless, so I had to bite the bullet and agree, he knows what to do, he has the final say.

After thinking about it, I planned to start asking about the previous things, but Chen Laogen seemed to see what I was thinking, and said: "If you have any questions, hold back, this is not a place to talk about things, burn paper money, don't let the brazier and the ever-burning lights went out."

It was extremely uncomfortable for me to choke in my throat, but I had no choice but to take out the paper money that was prepared next to me, squatted on the ground and burned it a little bit.

Chen Laogen sat behind me holding a stool, without saying a word, as quiet as a sculpture, I couldn't even feel his breath.

By this time, the sky had gradually turned dark.

There is a big temperature difference between day and night in the mountains, and the sultry air between the sky and the earth began to dissipate gradually, and the night was as cold as water. For some reason, I always felt chills on my back.

Looking back at Chen Laogen, he was sitting on the stool half-closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

Soon, the time passed to eleven o'clock, and midnight was approaching.

I started to get nervous. If something happens, the most likely time is now.

"Wow!"

It was too late to say it, and then a gust of wind suddenly poured in from outside the coffin without warning, like the cold wind coming out of the air conditioner, which made my whole body get goosebumps.

Immediately afterwards, "Ho ho ho..." There was a strange sound from inside the coffin, as if someone was choking their throat and desperately sucking in air.

"Well!"

I shook my hands in fright, and all the paper money fell to the ground, and I shrank back in a daze.

With a "bang", I knocked down something, and when I reached out, it turned out to be a bench.

I turned my head abruptly, and the hairs all over my body burst into fright!

Chen Laogen is gone!
"Fuck!" My mind went blank, Chen Laogen disappeared at this most critical moment, and he was clearly there a few minutes ago.

Immediately afterwards, something that frightened me even more happened; Li Qishan suddenly sat up from the coffin.

He opened his eyes and turned his eyeballs upwards, but the whites of his eyes could not see the black pupils, and a "ho ho ho" sound came out of his throat.

"Well, help!!"

I screamed and retreated desperately, wanting to stand up and run, but my legs didn't work, limp and without any strength.

No one responded to my screams, Chen Laogen was gone, the Li family might be able to hear them, but they wouldn't come out.

I turned around and crawled out desperately, and when I climbed out of the coffin and turned back, I was even more frightened. Li Qishan actually came out of the coffin, stretched out his hand, like a zombie in a zombie movie, and walked towards me with teeth and claws.

Its nails are sharp, as sharp as blades, and they also glow with a faint cold light.

I collapsed on the ground and turned into a puddle of mud. I watched Li Qishan walking towards me step by step, but I didn't have any strength left.In my head, I shouted desperately to run, but my legs didn't obey the command.

Soon Li Qishan was less than three steps away from me.

"Leizi!"

Just as he was about to rush over, there was a loud roar from behind.

As soon as I heard it, a trace of strength surged out of my body, it was Cao Nan's voice! !
With this strength, I climbed a few steps, just in time to see Cao Nan and Huang Mao rushing towards me frantically.

Cao Nan took the lead, rushed up and dragged me out more than ten steps, avoiding Li Qishan narrowly.

Then Huang Mao also rushed up, pointed at Li Qishan, opened his mouth... Paused for two seconds, froze, then turned around and asked Cao Nan and me: "What's his name?"

"Li Qishan!" Cao Nan yelled for me.

Huang Mao then roared: "Li Qishan, you are dead, lie down!"

This roar was rolling like thunder, and it was even more forceful and louder than Chen Laogen.

(End of this chapter)