Tomb Keeper

Chapter 29
Shortly after passing this tomb, the mute and I entered the back mountain.Although this is the site developed later by the Xitu Cemetery, there are more and denser tombs, and there are many small hills on the ridge, which look like black waves frozen under the sky under the moonlight.Ye Zi said, the focus of our night watch now is the back mountain, and the mute and I first came to the grave that was stolen the night before.The urn has been reburied, and the surrounding pines and cypresses are solemn, as if the tranquility of the deceased has never been disturbed.The area of ​​this tomb is equivalent to that of more than a dozen ordinary tombs. The tombstone is made of white marble and has a granite pedestal.I read the text on the tombstone. Judging from the solemn wording and the lineup of signers, if something happened to this tomb, the Mausoleum Company, the village chief and other shareholders may not be the opponents of this tomb.I was a little bit embarrassed, feeling that the honor and disgrace of life were soaked into the vast graveyard like this moonlight.

I gestured to the mute and said, this grave is really big and magnificent.Unexpectedly, the dumb gesture surprised me. He told me that there is a bigger one on the top of this mountain.

The mute led me up a small hill, and a dark red wall appeared in front of me, with a closed courtyard gate, and glazed tile cornices were built on the courtyard gate and the fence.I remembered that I saw this place when I visited the tomb during the day, and I always thought it was a wealthy family or some unit, but I never thought it was a tomb.The tomb was inside the wall, so I couldn't see it. Under the moonlight, I could only see dense trees in the courtyard, and there was a scent wafting from it. It must be some kind of tree blooming.I wanted to climb up the wall to see inside, but the cornices on the wall prevented me from doing so.If you try to force it, I will cause big trouble if I damage this cornice.

I asked the mute, who is buried in, here, inside?The mute answered with gestures, not yet buried, people, yes, empty.

This courtyard-like empty tomb opened my eyes.The next day, when I told Ye Zi about this matter, she said with an unhappy face, let you visit the tomb to see what the empty tomb is doing, and no one will steal it.You should focus your inspection on the graves below. I froze for a moment and argued, so what if you take a look?We've been everywhere.The chickens were crowing when I came back last night with the mute.Only then did Ye Zi calm down and said, oh, it's been hard work.You have to know that I'm not a good temporary supervisor, I'm afraid that something will happen again.When Yang Huzi comes back, I don't care where you went to watch the night.

In the morning, after Ye Zi took people to the cemetery, I received another call from Yang Huzi in the main room.He said that the company inspection team had returned, and he was already in the provincial capital, but he would not be able to return to the cemetery until a few days of meetings at the company headquarters.He already knew about the tomb robbery incident that happened a few days ago, but he didn't blame us, but said that with Murakami's assistance, the matter was resolved to his satisfaction.He also happily said that after returning from this inspection, the company will hold a meeting to study the great development of Xitu Cemetery, and that we will have professional security here in the future. Finally, he asked us to work hard and wait for him to come back to convey the company's new deployment.

Although I responded happily to Yang Huzi's words on the phone, in fact I was not interested in what he said at all, because I cared about things different from him.After putting down the phone, I chatted with Zhou's mother who was cooking in the yard.I asked her about the mansion-style tomb I saw last night, and sure enough, Mother Zhou knew a lot about it.

When she came here five years ago, the vampire was built, she said.That is really grand, in addition to the tomb, there are corridors and pavilions in the courtyard, and many trees, such as pines, cypresses, ginkgoes, and camphors, were transported by large trucks.Who is the owner of this yin house may only be known by the company headquarters.However, although no one has been buried so far, the yin house has to be cleaned twice a month.In the beginning, Meizi did the job, and after Meizi left, Yang Huzi did it. This time, Yang Huzi was on a business trip, so he handed over the key to the private house to Ye Zi. Why do you go in and clean it twice a month?Sweeping fallen leaves, removing moss, etc. are the requirements of the owner of the tomb, saying that if the yin house is well managed, the owner can prolong his life.

The empty yin house intrigued me because it connected plums, poplars, and leaves.Thinking that Ye Zi must have gone in to clean the place recently, so after lunch, I asked Ye Zi about the situation in the yin house. Unexpectedly, Ye Zi was first surprised by what I heard from Zhou Mama. I didn’t know that it was cleaned at the first time. No wonder when I opened the door and went in a few days ago, I suddenly saw a woman standing under a tree. When I was about to fix my eyes on her, she hid behind the tree.When I walked over to take a closer look, there was no one behind the tree.At that time, I thought it was an illusion caused by the dim light in the courtyard, but now that I think about it, the woman must be Meizi.

Ye Zi's words reminded me of meeting Meizi on the attic terrace. Strangely, since I burned incense and returned her ghost shoes, my fears have eased a lot.Therefore, when Ye Zi mentioned her again, I said, you give me the key to the yin house, and I will go in and have a look in the afternoon.Unexpectedly, Ye Zi resolutely said, how is this possible? Yang Huzi said that no one is allowed in except me for cleaning.

Originally, I was just curious about this yin house, but what Ye Zi said made me suddenly suspicious. Is there any secret in that yin house?It doesn't matter if you don't give me the key. When I visit the tomb tomorrow night, I will definitely try to climb over the wall and go in.The shadow of Meizi is everywhere, and it seems that the gravekeeper from many years ago has something to say to me, an unannounced visitor.

My feeling was right, just that night, I heard about plums from Lianzi's mouth again.When it was just dark, Lianzi suddenly called and asked me to go to her house.This is the first time Lianzi called me after I saw the village chief buy the Ming shoes, and I felt that the matter was important.When I entered the village chief's house, Lianzi closed the courtyard door smoothly. After sitting down in the main room, Lianzi was not in a hurry to tell what happened, but made me tea with a smile.She said, last time you came to the village chief, I didn't let you in, but let you sit on the steps outside the door, I'm really sorry.I went back to my mother's house a few days ago and brought back some good tea from the mountains. I invite you to come and sit for a while, as an apology.

I wondered in my heart, why is this lotus seed sold?She was wearing a tight white blouse with a pair of calico trousers underneath, giving the impression of a girl next door who had just matured.I asked, did the village chief go out to drink again?She said, no, he went to the shareholder meeting of the provincial capital to open the cemetery. It will take several days. I heard that the cemetery will expand to a few more hills in the future.

There was no trace of the dangerous things I expected to happen in this house, so I had no choice but to ask Lianzi, "You let me come, what's the matter?"She said, it's okay, can I invite you to drink tea?I said it was wrong, there must be something wrong, so I told her about the village head buying women's shoes in the shroud shop in the town, and I said I was worried all the time, if you feel that something is going to happen, don't worry , just talk, I will help you.

Lianzi stopped talking, and there was no smile on her face.After a while of silence, she said to me, you come with me.

Lianzi opened a door, and there was a bed and an old-fashioned wardrobe inside.The room was messy, like a servant's room.Lianzi said that this is where the wife of the village chief lived before she died.The village chief said that he and his ex-wife have been living in separate houses, and this place is close to the kitchen, so it doesn't affect him when his wife wakes up in the morning to boil water and cook.You said that the village chief bought the shoes for her.Because the village head had a dream before that, dreaming that his former wife was chasing him barefoot, he was so frightened that he bought the shoe and burned it for his wife to fulfill her wish.

After Lianzi finished talking about this, she pulled me out of the room, and quickly closed the door, as if worried about the breath in the room wafting out.We walked a few steps in the aisle, and she took me into another room. This is the room of the village chief I have seen. In addition to the carved bed, a new sofa was added to the room. , which makes the room present a nondescript mix of Chinese and Western styles.Lianzi asked me to sit on the sofa, and went to the main room to bring my tea to the tea table here.Then, she sat down opposite me and asked, tell me, will I become like his ex-wife in a few years?I said casually, no way.She said why not?He hit me right now and tortured me.As she spoke, she unbuttoned the collar of her white blouse and showed me her shoulder, which indeed had scars.She said it was him who bit me, he bit me like a dog.You see, he still bites me here.While talking, Lianzi had completely untied the shirt, and she was not wearing anything underneath. I saw two huge breasts, the purple nipples were like two jujubes.My heart beat faster, and I was in a trance, and suddenly remembered that I had seen this scene in my dream.I once dreamed that my younger brother was pushing a naked female corpse, and her chest was what I saw now.

I froze for a moment.I saw Lianzi pointing around the nipple and said to me, look, he bit me.He wanted me to bear him a son like crazy, and he would bite me if he couldn't.Later he took the medicine and wanted me again, but I still didn't get pregnant.He called me a slut who didn't lay eggs.He said that there are prostitutes in your mountain village, and your big tits are as hot as Meizi's tits. I finally married you, but what's the use of not laying eggs.

Lianzi's words immediately released me from my trance about breasts. I asked in surprise, what kind of relationship does he have with Meizi?
Lianzi said, I don't know if that's true, because that's what he said after drinking.He said that five years ago, someone from the Mausoleum Company drank with Yang Huzi at this house, accompanied by Meizi.When Meizi went to the kitchen to serve the dishes, he followed her and hugged Meizi, and even grabbed her chest. After the old dog told me about this incident, he asked me to undress me in the kitchen once, Here I am scratching and biting, you see, these wounds heal and come back again.

I was so embarrassed that I turned my head to look at the vase in the corner of the room. Unexpectedly, Lianzi had already sat beside me, grabbed my hand and put it on her chest, and murmured at the same time, "Touch me, touch me." Touch me and it won't hurt.At this moment, my arm was stiff, but the whole palm seemed to be melting under the warmth and full elasticity.I feel like my fingers are going to disobey my will, and that would be a bad thing.I withdrew my hand abruptly, stood up and said, I'm leaving.

At this moment, something that terrified me even more happened.Lianzi suddenly "plopped" and knelt down in front of me. She said tearfully, "Brother Xu, please help me. If you let me conceive a son, I will not be punished in this family."This is what my sister-in-law asked me to do when I went back to my natal home.She said the old dog wouldn't know anything.As long as I am pregnant, I will have status in this family.

I helped Lianzi up, closed her skirt and said, Lianzi, don't do anything stupid, if that happens, both of us will be finished.She sat back on the sofa and said with tears all over her face, what should I do then?what to do?I said to divorce him, you are still so young, you can't just be ruined like this.She said, no, if we get divorced, he will ask my family to refund his bride price.I was at a loss for words for a while, and then I sighed and said, then I have to endure it, until he dies, and you will come out.She said that he couldn't die unless his former wife came to take his life.I have to take advantage of the situation and say that it is not impossible.A while ago, didn't he dream that his wife was chasing him barefoot?
(End of this chapter)