Tomb Keeper

Chapter 15 Reconciliation with the village chief (2)
Bai Mei called, explaining that the mother of that kid in Houshan had contacted her, and I had to talk to Bai Mei as soon as possible.However, Ye Zi sat by the phone in the main room without moving. I was anxious but could only wait for the right time.

God help me, the opportunity will appear soon, Zhou's mother's voice suddenly came from the direction of the courtyard gate, Ye Zi, someone is looking for you outside.Ye Zi replied and walked out immediately.

Seeing Ye Zi leave the courtyard, I immediately dialed Bai Mei's cell phone.Bai Mei said that the woman named Yuan Yanjie was found, and she contacted me after seeing the missing person notice in the newspaper.It's just that she was confused by the fact that some distant relatives wanted to find her.I said I was from the newspaper office, and your relative entrusted me with your mobile phone number.She said she didn't have a mobile phone, so she gave me a landline number, Da Xu, please write it down quickly.

I took out my pen and quickly jotted down the phone number in my palm.Looking at the gate of the courtyard again, Ye Zi hadn't appeared yet, so he immediately took the time to talk to Bai Mei.I asked the woman surnamed Yuan what her occupation was, and Bai Mei said that she was a native of the provincial capital, a laid-off female worker many years ago, and now works as a nanny for a family, taking care of two [-]-year-old elderly.She said that she can be found by calling at any time, because the two old people have bad ears, and she always answers the phone at home when it rings.

Just as Bai Mei was talking about this, I saw Ye Zi had already stepped into the courtyard gate, so I hurriedly said to Bai Mei, someone is here, so be it.Bai Mei said, okay, you have to pay attention to safety, I said no problem, so I quickly put down the phone.

I began to plan how to contact the kid's mother.I thought of the tombstone of the eight-year-old child on the back hill, the words "Mother Yuan Yanjie Ai Li" engraved under the tombstone, and Yang Huzi's fear of this tomb, so that a bereaved family came to buy a cemetery for the child. Also declined.Now that the dead child's mother has been found, through her I may soon find the key to the secret door of this cemetery.

I thought of two ways to contact this mother.One is to go back to the provincial capital and find her for an interview; the other is to go to the post and telecommunications office of Xihe Town and talk to her in detail on the phone.I tend to adopt the second method, which is more timely and avoids Ye Zi's suspicion due to asking for leave to return to the provincial capital.

My mind quickly made up my mind, and I said to Ye Zi who had just sat down in the main room, oh, my back hurts a little, it may be from falling on the cemetery last night, I have to go to Xihe Town to see See a doctor.

Ye Zi immediately said with concern, is it?Then you have to go to the hospital for a checkup.It's almost noon, you go after lunch.

It can be seen that in Ye Zi's attitude, apart from concern, there is also a little guilt, because last night on the cemetery, I tripped over the tombstone because of panic, and that incident had something to do with her.To be honest, I didn't know at the time whether the snoring figure in the grave was a person or a ghost. When I fell, I must have made a miserable cry in my throat, which woke up the sleeping person. He also yelled "Mom" miserably.Hearing this voice, I am no longer afraid, as long as it is human, there is nothing to be afraid of.I quickly got up from the tombstone, rushed to the man and shouted sharply, who?What are you doing?Under the dim starlight, I saw the man lying on the edge of the grave, his whole body trembling like a convulsion. He said intermittently, don't, don't eat me, I am, I am a good person.

What he said suddenly made me realize that I was wearing thatched clothes all over my body. I laughed out loud, took off the thatched hood covering from head to legs, and said sternly, I am the gravekeeper here, who are you? ?

As soon as I said this, I saw that the person looked very familiar. It turned out that this person was Luo Erge, the person I met on the road during the day and wanted to send Ye Zi a ride on a motorcycle.He also recognized me, got up from the ground and said, scared me to death.I asked, why did you sleep on the graveyard in the middle of the night?He said drunkenly, I made a bet with my friend that I would sleep on the graveyard overnight and bet on a round-trip air ticket to Hainan.Of course, although I am very brave, I dare not come here without drinking a lot of wine.

It was as simple as that.However, when I was about to leave, the daring guy suddenly asked, why didn't Ye Zi come up the mountain?I froze for a moment and said, we take turns on the night shift, and I should be there during this time.

When I got back to my place of residence, instead of yelling like the last time I really met a ghost, I went upstairs and knocked on Ye Zi's door, and briefly told her what happened.After hearing this, she understood that the man might be waiting for her on the cemetery.She frowned and said, this man is crazy and disgusting.Then, she said apologetically, did he scare you when he slept in the grave?I shook my head, I didn't say that I frightened him, because I didn't want Ye Zi to know why I dressed up as a straw man-like ghost.

So, I'm going to Xihe Town to see a doctor now, Ye Zi doesn't suspect anything at all, and is very supportive.

In order to go to Xihe Town as soon as possible to talk to the kid's mother on the phone, I decided not to wait for lunch.When she walked out of the courtyard, she saw Zhou's mother standing by the door, and there was a bunch of flowers on the stone steps outside the door, which were red roses.How is this going?Zhou's mother said that the young man surnamed Luo gave up his job as the factory manager and came here to deliver flowers to Ye Zi.Ye Zi was determined not to accept it, but he stayed here and did not leave.Ye Zi told me to stand here and not allow him to come in.He was helpless later, put the flowers on the stone steps and left.

I said "Oh", and walked sideways from the bouquet of roses down the stone steps, heading towards Xihe Town.Along the way, I thought about the thing "passion of love", which seemed familiar to me.Yes, that's the kind of passion that ignited in me when the Special Forces picked up the dead girl at the scene of the plane crash.Perhaps, only a dead girl can arouse the most thorough and craziest love in a man.So, why did the leaf make that man so crazy?Could it be... Thinking of this, I couldn't figure out a clue in the incomparable confusion.

I walked in a trance on the way to Xihe Town.A small silver-gray car approached me, and I stood on the side of the road to let it pass, and then continued walking.Soon, I heard the sound of brakes. Looking back, the car had stopped, and three men came out of the car. One of them pointed at me and said to the other two, that's him, that's him!Before I could react, the men had already grabbed me.I struggled and shouted, what is it?Are you mistaken?The person who grabbed me said, yes, come with us, someone is looking for you.

I was escorted into the car.The car turned around and drove quickly.After turning east and west, it stopped in front of a red-painted gate in a short while.The driver honked the horn, the gate opened, and the car drove into the courtyard. The man who had been twisting my arm said, get out of the car.

In front of me is a country villa-style house with lush flowers and plants in the yard.I was taken into a house and a man yelled at me and took off all his clothes!I suppressed my panic and asked calmly, why?The man said, still stubborn!With a wave of his hand, the three of them rushed forward and pressed me to the ground.Although I am a powerful person, I am ultimately outnumbered.In the struggle, they were stripped naked.

Three people surrounded me, looking at my naked body, one of them said, isn't this human?Thatch ghosts are not like that.

This sentence made me understand at once that these people arrested me had something to do with what happened on the graveyard last night.

I said, did Brother Luo tell you to come and arrest me?What happened on the graveyard last night was a misunderstanding, he should be clear about it.

The man standing in front of me said, Brother Luo didn't want to arrest you, he was already scared stupid by you.Today is Luo Er's father who wants to question you.

I remembered what Ye Zi said, Brother Luo's father is the village chief.But what about the village chief, I said, you are illegally detained, and I will sue you in court.

The man snorted, the court, you should be brought to the court for pretending to be a ghost.

At this moment, I really want to speak out about my identity and mission as a reporter.However, my experience as a special soldier told me that before the task is completed, the knife rest on the neck cannot reveal my true identity

Of course, I can't say that I put thatch on my body to prevent the leaves from following me. That's our internal affairs, and it's also my reconnaissance needs.So I said that I was not pretending to be a ghost by wearing thatch, but a disguise to catch grave robbers.You've seen war movies, right? Our soldiers wear straw rings on their heads.

My quick-witted explanation was flawless, and I was secretly proud of myself when a woman's exclamation suddenly came from the door.I looked up and saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl running back and forth.She was carrying a water bottle, maybe when she was bringing water in for these men, she accidentally bumped into my naked body.

In this way, a man threw the clothes on the ground to me and said, put on all the clothes, sit here and don’t move, everything will be discussed after the village chief comes back.

These people have all gone out, and I heard the sound of a key locking the door.

This is a room full of sundries, no windows, and a dim yellow light on the roof.As the long time passed, I guess it was already dark, but no one came to see me, I wonder if that nasty village chief hasn't come home yet.

(End of this chapter)