Tomb Keeper

Chapter 28

Ye Zi looked very excited when she came back, she pulled me into the main room and closed the door to talk.Her face was so close to mine that I felt like she was trying to kiss me as she spoke.

The result of Ye Zi looking for Brother Luo was even better than I expected.After the second brother Luo heard about this, he immediately called some people to discuss in his factory manager's office behind closed doors for a while, and also made a series of phone calls.After that, his subordinate Qiang Wazi took five people out on a motorcycle.At dusk, when Qiang Wazi and the others came back, everything was cleared up.It turned out that this matter was done by a group of people from Luoying Township.Luoying Township is the most remote mountainous area in the county, nearly a hundred miles away.The mountains are poor and the water is evil there. Before the founding of New China, it was the place where bandits were born.After the founding of New China, the bandits were either wiped out, or abandoned and returned to farming, but the wind of robbery and theft still circulated in the mountains and valleys from time to time.Last night, the wind blew to the Xitu Cemetery.Qiang Wazi reported to Director Luo that the group was waiting to collect money.

Ye Zi spoke up to this point in one breath, before stopping to grab the water cup on the tea table to drink.I was anxious to ask, can Brother Luo help us get the ashes back?Ye Zi swallowed a mouthful of water and said, no, Brother Luo said that the other party did not buy his account.Speaking of getting back the ashes, it would cost at least 5 yuan for his sake.But the second brother Luo finally said that this matter can be resolved by going to his father.Since he had a falling out with his dad, he asked us to find it ourselves.

This last solution makes me suspicious.Village head Luo, an old man in his sixties, can he settle the affairs of the underworld?I said to Ye Zi, Brother Luo didn't want to shirk this matter, did he?Ye Zi said, unlike prevarication, he was unequivocal when he said his father would be able to solve it, I think you should go to the village chief for this matter.

The image of Village Chief Luo emerged in front of my eyes. His body was thin, but his beard stubble was still black, and his eye sockets were sunken, but this made him look a bit aggressive when looking at people.I suddenly thought of the tribal chiefs or the patriarchs in the clan period in ancient times. People's life, death, marriage, or theft and fornication were all handled by them.When I think of this, I have confidence in the village chief.

Before it was dark, I rushed to the village head's house immediately.But I was not in a hurry, the village head was not at home as usual, and Lianzi blocked the door to talk to me, not even asking me to come in and sit down.I think it was because I sat in this room for a long time last time, which made her feel scared afterwards.So, I had no choice but to sit down on the steps and said, I have something important to ask the village chief today, I will sit here and wait for him, leave me alone, stay away from me, so that the village chief won’t blame you and the man when he comes back Speaker.

I used this aggressive method thinking that I could go into the house to drink water and wait for the village chief, but Lianzi said, that's fine, just sit here.

However, Lianzi didn't walk away after saying this, but still stood by the door.I glanced sideways at her feet for no reason. She was wearing a pair of white sandals, the toes were exposed, and the toenails were painted red.

In the small courtyard in this remote place far away from the city, the scene on the woman's feet can't help but make me feel a little dazed for a moment.Lianzi noticed my gaze, looked down at her toenails, and said, the village head asked me to paint it red, and he likes it.After Lianzi said this, the envoy turned and went into the house.I sat on the step in front of the door, watching the night pile up and thicken in the yard, my heart was full of anxiety and uneasiness.I hope the village head will come back soon, so that the big things that happened last night will be resolved tonight, and my heroic image will make Ye Zi's eyes shine brighter.I noticed her pupils before, they were really like black crystals.

The village head returned home late at night.A small car sent him back, a man and a woman helped him into the yard, and he was drunk.After the person who sent him off left, I walked into the main room, where Lianzi was making tea for him.The village head looked at me with blind eyes, then raised a hand and said, is it Da Xu? It’s just in time, please sit down, we have two drinks.

The state of the village chief makes me worry. Under such circumstances, can I talk to him about something serious?And with such an important and urgent matter, will he fall asleep while listening to me?
However, those who are in a pinch should not have any worries, otherwise you will be a loser who missed the opportunity.I raised my voice and told the village chief what happened on the graveyard, and about the audacity of the group in Luoying Township.I raise my voice because I know that drunk people are hard of hearing, and you have to speak to them as you would to a deaf person.

The village chief obviously heard every word I said. After listening, he slapped the table and shouted, those bastards in Luoying Township have messed with me.Da Xu, you go back, it's fine, the ashes will be returned to you before the sun goes down tomorrow.

I was overjoyed.He hurriedly thanked the village chief gratefully, and almost bowed.Afterwards I realized that I had lost a lot, because I didn't deserve any thanks.Zhou's mother said that Xiangshang and Murakami both own shares in this cemetery, and our business is not their business.Besides, the village head Luo of Luoying Township is the younger brother of the village head. In that place, no matter what kind of people there are, no one dares not to listen to the words of the head Luo.

Just after noon the next day, the phone rang in the main room. I picked it up, and a man's voice said that the urn had been placed under a tree a hundred meters outside our courtyard gate.

The smoothness of solving this unexpected disaster was unexpected.According to the rules of the army, I will be recorded as a third-class meritorious service once.However, due to the intervention of the village head and township head, my heroic deeds could not help but be overshadowed.I thought, I don't care what the hell happens in the future.I, Ye Zi and everyone don't have shares in this graveyard, so why are we in such a hurry.

Judging from Ye Zi's state, her mood is more complicated than mine.On the one hand, she felt a sense of relief, and on the other hand, she felt extremely regretful for what she had done in this matter.At that time, when she was looking for Brother Luo to do business, she actually accepted the invitation to attend the weekend dance in their factory.Ye Zi told me that she was eager to do something at that time, so she agreed immediately.I really don't know what to do now, if I don't go next weekend, people will say that I've crossed the river and demolished the bridge.Hearing this, I couldn't help blurting out, alas, I really lost my wife and lost my army this time.Frustrated Ye Zi was amused by my words, she said, who is your wife?I said, don't you know, people outside say that you and I are getting married soon.She suddenly realized that, no wonder Brother Luo asked me about this, I thought he was joking, so I declared that there was no such matter, and he was relieved.In this way, if I go to the ball, it will make him even more fanciful.Oh, what should I do about this matter.

I said don't be anxious, there is still more than a week, and Yang Huzi will be back by then, so if he sends you to the city on a business trip, you will escape.She said, I don't want to travel.I said, there will be other ways.You believe that I will figure out a way when I slap my head.Ye Zi nodded, which was a preliminary affirmation of my intelligence.

From this evening, we resumed our night watch.Since the younger brother was assigned a separate job by Yang Huzi, Ye Zi divided the rest of the people into two groups, she and Poet Feng, I and the mute, and the two groups took turns to go to the graveyard to watch the night to ensure that there would be no more tomb robberies. I'm very dissatisfied, because I want to be in a group with Ye Zi, but it's hard for me to raise objections in front of everyone.I had no choice but to accept this arrangement resentfully.

Tonight's watch begins with me and the mute.The mute told me with gestures not to be afraid.I thought, I've experienced everything here, what else is there to be afraid of?
Since entering the cemetery, I have mingled with the gravekeepers here, trying to figure out what lies behind their incredible behavior.As for the tombs on the mountain, I really don't know much.Except for the graves of Poet Feng's fiancée and the eight-year-old boy, the rest of the graves have little meaning in my eyes.I ignored the messages hidden in the tomb, and they may be the key to unlock many secret doors for me.For a long time, I completely ignored them, until I resumed my night watch with the mute, and the information that these tombs may contain did not touch me.

The moonlight was very good that night, so I didn't even need to turn on the flashlight after the mute and I went to the cemetery.Since I stopped Manager Xue from taking the mute away last time, the mute seems to be much closer to me.He was bouncing around among the graves while talking to me with gestures.Now I can understand some of his gestures, and I can answer him with some simple gestures.I used to think that the dumb language was difficult to understand, but after getting along with the dumb for a long time, I will naturally understand it.I think this is the same reason as it is easier to learn a foreign language abroad.

In front of a grave, the mute stopped, pointed to the tombstone and gestured to me.Oh, this is the tomb of a bearded old man.I think this is what the mute saw from the portrait of the deceased when he was buried in the tomb, which shows that the mute has a good memory.In front of another grave, the mute gestured to me the image of a woman with an oval face and long hair.The mute also gestured and told me that the woman's eyes were smiling.I think this is normal. Many people are smiling on the portraits carried by the burial people.When I was about to reach the back mountain, I was horrified by another tomb introduced by the mute. He first gestured to me with a beheading gesture.After getting an affirmative answer, I gestured and asked him how he knew, and he gestured and told me that it was Yang Huzi who said it.Curiously, I knelt down and looked at the tombstone with my flashlight. Although it is inconvenient for me to disclose the text on the tombstone here, what I can say is that although the person died at a young age, he had not yet reached the retirement age of the unit. age.It can be inferred from this that it is unlikely that this person was sentenced to capital punishment for crimes such as robbery and murder, but is likely to be a corrupt official.My judgment based on my experience in newspaper work was later confirmed by Yang Huzi.

(End of this chapter)