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This bond is his mother. He has always had doubts about whether his mother was reincarnated. The last time he ventured into the ghost world for Hei Ge's affairs, one of the purposes was to find Hei Ge's wife and use Hei Ge's wife to subdue Hei Ge. , maybe there is a second purpose.

That is to go to the ghost world to look for your mother and see if the other person is there.

Unfortunately, the time was too short, and Huang Yongfa failed to achieve his second goal. This time, he chose to try again.

The reason why Su Hao thought this was because Huang Yongfa's death was obviously premeditated.

The other party gave him more than 2 Hong Kong dollars in advance when he was in the hospital, and before he died, he specifically left a last word asking him to collect the body. The first more than 2 Hong Kong dollars can be understood as body fees and burial expenses.

So the question is, why didn’t the other party call me in advance to explain?

Because Huang Yongfa was sure that Su Hao would not agree to his plan if he received the call.

This plan is too bold.

Once you fail, there is almost no way back.

The plan is that Huang Yongfa bets whether he will turn into a ghost and remain in the world after his death.

In order to increase the success rate of his gambling, Huang Yongfa deliberately chose the same suicide method as Xiaoxue.

Now that the person is dead, it is too late for Su Hao to stop him. At this moment, the curiosity in his heart can't help but be completely aroused, "Will Huang Yongfa succeed?"

Even with the golden finger, Su Hao is still not sure which people's ghosts will go directly to hell after death, and which people's ghosts can be left behind in the world after death.

Su Hao sighed, turned off the lights inside, exited the room again, and locked the door.

Then he took a taxi to the hospital where Huang Yongfa's body was kept.

In the morgue, Su Hao saw Huang Yongfa's body for the last time.

The other person was placed quietly on the cart, covered with a white cloth. Su Hao lifted the white cloth and took one last look at Huang Yongfa.

"Mr. Su, this is the medical expenses incurred by rescuing the deceased. The total is 5600 yuan. Can you help advance the payment?"

A pharmacy worker in a white coat chased him to the morgue.

Most of the hospitals on Hong Kong Island are private, and there are also some government-run public hospitals. Generally, suicides with conclusive evidence will be sent to public hospitals.

If the deceased has no relatives or any property, the cost will be borne by the government, and the police station will pay for it, and the superior will be reimbursed.

Su Hao took a look at the bill and found that the rescue fee was 2500 yuan. He frowned and said, "My friend obviously committed suicide. Why is there a rescue fee?"

The pharmacy staff explained: "This is the cost of dispatching an ambulance."

"Then where does this convergence fee come from?"

The other party continued to explain: "The cleaning and bandaging of the deceased's wounds, as well as the whole body wiping, were all completed by our hospital, which also included the rental fee for the morgue."

"Our hospital is public, so the rental fee has always been low. It only costs 200 yuan for one day's stay. Sir, you can go to other hospitals to inquire."

Seeing that Su Hao did not retort, the other party boldly continued to ask: "Sir, your friend's body will be sent to the funeral parlor for cremation next, right? I know someone there who can give you a discount package. Are you interested in finding out? "

Su Hao lit a cigarette and glanced at the other party noncommittally, "So, is this the reason why you came after me specially?"

Generally, pharmacy staff would not be so proactive and would go to the morgue to ask for fees.

If Su Hao wants to take Huang Yongfa's body out of the hospital, he must pay all the outstanding fees. There is no need for the other party to do anything extra.

The staff member smiled angrily, and without arguing, he took out a colorful leaflet from his pocket and handed it over, "You have to contact the van yourself when you take it to the funeral parlor. The vans outside charge even worse. It's not as good as that." Choose the funeral company that cooperates with our hospital and get a one-stop service. At least the funeral company that cooperates with our hospital is formal."

"Besides, if you take it to a funeral home now, you might have to queue up, but these funeral companies are run by insiders of the funeral home. If they have connections, they can jump in the queue directly."

Su Hao couldn't help but feel speechless.

He took the promotion and took a look.

I found that the one-stop package here is as expensive as 38 yuan, and the cheapest one is [-] yuan.

This includes travel expenses...that is, the cost of loading the body into the van.

Generally, two well-dressed young men (that's what it says above, it's unknown whether they are strong or not) are selected to lift the body's hands and feet respectively, and lift it from the trailer to the van. In just a few steps, the cost of a body bearer is 399. That's 800 for two people.

Because contact with a dead body is considered unlucky, there is some compensation for those responsible for transporting the dead body.

There’s also the cost of transportation…hire a van to transport the body to the funeral home.

Cost of clothing... Before the deceased is moved, he or she is usually required to put on a set of restrained clothing, usually white or gray pajamas.

The makeup fee... is usually done by the undertaker of the funeral home, because there will be a farewell ceremony later, so the deceased can go away with dignity.

The rental fee for the auditorium... is used to conduct the farewell ceremony for the deceased, the funeral home venue, the officiant, and includes a bouquet of 99 flowers.

Then there are the cremation fees.

When cremating, you can choose to burn the male and female paper figures, villas, cars, iPhones, paper money, etc. that will be buried with you. This will cost extra.

Finally, there is the urn.

If there is no cemetery for burial of the deceased's urn, you can also store it in a funeral parlor. This will compete with the longevity shops outside.

There are many, the cheapest package is [-], also known as the poor man's package.

Therefore, in Hong Kong Island, if you don’t have money, you can’t afford to die.

Su Hao secretly made a calculation, including the money from the hospital, even if he chose the lowest poor man's package for Huang Yongfa, the total would be just over 2.

Could it be that when the other party gave him more than 2 yuan before, he had investigated the market situation in advance?

Su Hao became more and more certain that Huang Yongfa's suicide was intentional.

"I'll choose this 1 package."

Su Hao pointed at the brochure and clicked on it. The pharmacy charger instantly showed a smile, "Mr. Su, don't worry, I will contact the people at the funeral company now to ensure that everything is done properly for you so that your friend won't be repaid after his death." No grievance whatsoever.”

Chapter 138 Soul Resurrection Ceremony

Since he ordered a funeral package worth RMB [-] and Huang Yongfa had no other living relatives, Su Hao had full authority to make the decision along the way. He quickly cut through the mess and brought Huang Yongfa's ashes back to his apartment that night.

This apartment was owned by Huang Yongfa before his death, and the property rights are unknown after his death.

Su Hao estimated that Huang Yongfa had arranged the inheritance of the property in advance. He might have already made a will, or he might have secretly transferred the property rights of the apartment to his good friend Acong.

It is not difficult to come to this conclusion.

Ah Cong was Huang Yongfa's only friend before his death, although he unfortunately became a vegetative state and was lying in the ICU ward of the hospital yet to wake up.

Su Hao could only occupy half of Huang Yongfa's friend list.

Su Hao carefully took out Huang Yongfa's urn from his bag, placed it on the square table in the living room, and then moved the square table to the east wall of the room.

He took out some other items one after another from his satchel...including but not limited to incense burners, incense candles, yellow paper and paper money.

Su Hao meticulously placed the incense candle on the incense burner and lit it. He then found a copper basin from the kitchen, lit the yellow paper and paper money and threw it in.

Suddenly there was a burst of fire in the room.

The orange candlelight on the square table was flickering. All the power in the room was turned off, all the curtains were tightly closed, and only half of the window was opened for ventilation.

It was already evening, and Su Hao's eyes widened. He wanted to witness with his own eyes a soul-returning ceremony in which a person's soul returns after death.

Based on his understanding of Huang Yongfa, the probability of success is very high.

However, Su Hao could not determine the specific time when Huang Yongfa returned to his soul, whether it was the first, second, third, or seventh day after his death.

According to the Bardo, there is a chance of soul rebirth within 49 days after death.

Why is time elusive?

Because the process of Huang Yongfa's return to the soul after death is different from that of ordinary people, if he is an ordinary person, he will naturally have the highest probability on the seventh day after death, which is also the first seventh day among the people.

But Huang Yongfa himself was an exorcist before his death, and he had been with the ghost (Xiaoxue) for a long time, and he was also proficient in out-of-body abilities.

Moreover, Huang Yongfa's Yangshou has long since expired, and he does not belong to the Yang world in the first place.

His mother had already died when she jumped off the building with him in her arms.

In other words, he is a person who has already died once.

Of course, Su Hao couldn't judge such a special person based on ordinary people's experience.

"I hope you can come back smoothly."

Su Hao sighed.

He decided to stay here for seven consecutive days.

Su Hao was sitting alone on the two single sofas in the living room. When he reached for a cigarette from his pocket, he accidentally touched a hard object.

He took it out and admired it for a while. It was an old-style pocket watch that Huang Yongfa had given to him before committing suicide.

Su Hao opened the cover of his pocket watch and placed it in front of the urn on the square table.

Then he leaned back and completely huddled in the single sofa.

tick tock...

The second hand on the pocket watch rotated little by little. Su Hao seemed to have completely fallen into silence. His magic eye lasted for a while and then closed.

"Ah Hao, Ah Hao, are you here?"

A soft shout appeared inexplicably in the corridor.

The silence in the room was interrupted. Su Hao stood up from the sofa, opened the door and saw Zi Ning holding a pile of things and looking back and forth in the corridor.

"This way."

Su Hao waved his hand, and Zi Ning seemed to have found a backbone and rushed over like a late swallow returning to its nest.

Then he asked for credit and complained, "These are the spiritual tablets and wooden boxes you asked me to bring, as well as some tributes bought from over there."

Zi Ning's arms were full of treasures.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Su Hao touched the other person's forehead, took the spiritual tablet and wooden box, and led the other person back to the living room.

Su Hao placed the spiritual tablet with the words "Huang Yongfa" in front of the urn, and placed the urn again in the wooden box. The size of the wooden box was just larger than the urn, just like a mobile phone case on a mobile phone. .

Zi Ning glanced around at the layout of the room strangely. For a moment, he was infected by the silent atmosphere inside, and asked worriedly: "Ah Hao, have you had dinner?"

Su Hao replied with a slightly hoarse voice: "No, I just came back from the funeral parlor not long ago. I have been busy with his affairs today."

"Then I'll go down and bring you some food."

Su Hao did not treat Zi Ning as an outsider, and handed her the keys to his Passat, "When you come up, bring the paper man in the trunk with you."

After Zi Ning left, Su Hao threw his whole body into the sofa.

He was eager to find out whether Huang Yongfa could return to his soul. In addition to missing and reluctance to leave his friends, he also wanted to verify whether the person who appeared at the end of "The Exorcist" and dressed up like the Western God of Death would appear again.

this point is very important.

A kind and simple person like Huang Yongfa should not go to hell. There is at least a place for him in the world.

Su Hao actually felt a bit honored to be able to clean up Huang Yongfa's affairs and be regarded as half a friend.

The room fell into silence again.

Half an hour later, Zi Ning rushed in panting.

"Oh, why did you ask me to hold this paper figurine? It made several residents downstairs look at me strangely, thinking I was the god of plague."

Zi Ning was holding the takeout in one hand and holding the paper man in the other.

To be honest, holding such a cold paper figure in her arms in the middle of the night felt a bit intrusive even to her, let alone the other residents.

Su Hao took the takeout and took out two plates of stir-fried vegetables, a bowl of steamed eggs, two bowls of rice, and a can of beer.

Even though she had not been in contact with Su Hao for a long time, Zi Ning was familiar with his preferences. She knew that Su Hao had a big appetite and liked to eat steamed egg rice.

Su Hao sat at the table and feasted, "You also know that Huang Yongfa is our friend. He just left. I was worried that he would be lonely down there, so I will burn a paper man for him and go down to accompany him."

Zi Ning placed the purchased tributes on the square table, including one roast chicken, four cold steamed buns, and four apples.

In order to liven up the dull atmosphere in the room, Zi Ning said half-jokingly: "People who burn paper usually burn beautiful women of the opposite sex. How about you burn a male paper figurine for him, and then we can call him brothers together?"

"I'm afraid he will be lonely."

Naturally, Su Hao would not tell Zi Ning about the wonderful use of this paper man.

Zi Ning stood alone and noticed that Su Hao was not in a high mood today. Her gentle eyes fell on Su Hao without any care, her face was full of worry and tenderness, "Ah Hao, you won't be alone here. Will you keep vigil for him?"

Su Hao said: "Fa Zai doesn't have many friends in front of him. I take care of his funeral affairs. If I don't come, who will?"

"Do you want me to stay with you?"