Chapter 183: Chapter 155: Late Night, Cemetery!
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“A grandma who has been dead for decades?”
Xu Yang froze for a moment, puzzled: “This doesn’t seem quite the same as the previous three cases of missing bodies. Weren’t the victims aged 18 to 23 and all single?”
“The informant’s grandma was also single.”
Officer Wang said: “I’ve investigated. She died at the age of 38, unmarried, and it has been over 30 years since her death.”
“I see.”
Xu Yang suddenly realized and looked at the three ghosts kneeling on the ground: “Get up, take us to the family holding the ghost marriage.”
The three ghosts got up tremblingly.
They were merely “evil ghosts” level, underlings of Miss Yue’s ghost generals… For the current Xu Yang, these levels of Yin spirits could indeed only be considered as “Minor Demons.”
Knowing that Xu Yang was the “Master” of the Yue Mansion, their attitude was naturally respectful.
The leading ghost said: “All right, Master, but the family is in a village in Jinji Town which is not close to here… How will you get there?”
“We have a car; you just lead the way.”
Xu Yang said this and then remembered that these three ghosts didn’t have a car, so he grabbed a carton car from the shelf and went to the door.
Pop!
A flame shot out from his fingertip.
Xu Yang asked: “What’s your name?”
The ghost replied: “Master, my name is Li Si.”
The two young policemen looked at the scene with a blank expression.
Ghost?
In this world, there are really ghosts!
And those ghosts actually call this blind “Master Xu” their Master?
Could it be that…
Master Xu is also a ghost?
Where did Officer Wang meet such a person?
He actually asked for a ghost’s help in solving the case?
Moreover…
What is he doing burning a carton car?
The two young policemen were full of doubts, and in the next moment, they saw Xu Yang ignite the carton car with his flaming fingertip.
As the-carton car turned into ashes in the flames, a white Land Rover slowly appeared at the entrance of the funeral parlor… The color and model are exactly the same as the-carton Master Xu burned!
“Oh my!”
Officer Wang’s apprentice’s eyes bulged roundly.
This is the car of his dreams!
He went forward to touch the body, finding it just like a real car, opened the door, and peered into the cab, where everything was complete. He immediately asked, “Master Xu, can I drive this car?”
“This is a spirit car, can you drive it?”
Xu Yang pointed to the three ghosts: “You drive in front, and we’ll follow.”
The three ghosts were all very interested in the car, scrambling to get inside. Seeing them nearly tearing off the steering wheel, Xu Yang shouted angrily, “What are you fighting for? Li Si, you drive!”
He went forward, snatched the steering wheel, and put it back in place.
The three ghosts finally calmed down.
The Land Rover quickly started moving, heading into the night.
Xiao Zhang followed closely in his car, curious: “Master Xu, it’s amazing! Can this spirit car really be driven? How much does one cost?”
“Why?”
Xu Yang raised an alarm: “This thing is for the dead to drive, the living shouldn’t dabble in it!”
“No…”
Xiao Zhang hurriedly explained: “I had a roommate at the police academy whose biggest dream in life was to own a Land Rover of his own. He died last year while working undercover in a drug trafficking group. I want to burn one for him.”
An anti-drug police officer?
Xu Yang showed respect: “After we finish solving this case, come to my shop, and I’ll give your friend several cars for free.”
Soon.
The two cars, one ahead and one behind, left the city and headed straight for Jinji Town.
Jinji Town is one of the townships under the jurisdiction of Litong District in Wu City. It is close to Wu City, and just ten minutes’ drive southwest, you arrive at the industrial park of “Jinji Town”. There are many factories here, such as the nationally famous Xiajin Milk.
The white Land Rover “spirit car” did not stop but crossed Jinji Town and headed south, going straight into a village.
After passing through the village, they traveled another four or five miles.
This place was already the back mountain of the village, desolate and uninhabited. On both sides of the road were large fields of corn, which, being already mid-July, were more than half a person tall. As a result of the fields being recently irrigated, frog and cicada sounds were mixed together.
The white Land Rover stopped in front.
Xiao Zhang also stopped his car in the back.
Li Si, who was driving, ran over with a flattering smile and knocked on the window, saying, “Master, the ghost marriage is taking place on the mountain ahead, where there is a cemetery… ”
Xu Yang and the others got out of the car and surprisedly said: “Such a remote place, and you managed to find out about it… Isn’t the news too well- informed?”
Li Si licked his lips, embarrassed: “In my previous life, my family conditions weren’t very good, so I often went hungry. After I died I became a hungry ghost… I’ve become particularly attentive when it comes to crashing weddings, especially ghost marriages. They usually prepare two tables of empty seats with good food and drinks, but no one sits there… In our industry, this is called a Yin feast, specially prepared for people like us who crash the weddings.”
“Interesting – ghost marriages have such customs?”
Xu Yang hadn’t heard of this saying before.
After all, the forms of “ghost marriage” vary, and the customs of each place are different.
The four people and the three ghosts abandoned the car and began walking. Suddenly, policewoman Chen Ruolin said: “What is this… ”
She bent down, picked up something from the ground, and looked at it under the dim starlight, exclaiming in surprise, “Ah!” before throwing it away, screaming, “Paper money!”
Xiao Zhang turned on his cellphone flashlight and shined it on the ground, only to see paper money scattered all over the hardened country road. As they continued to walk forward, there were also many remnants of exploded firecrackers.
“It is reasonable for a ghost marriage to be conducted according to the specifications of both the joyous and sorrowful events, sprinkling some paper money and setting off some firecrackers,” Xu Yang said. “Let’s hurry up, or else it might be difficult to dig up the bones after the family has finished the wedding ceremony and buried them.”
This wasn’t a false statement.
The situation in the countryside is more complicated than in the city.
In some villages, almost everyone in the village has the same family name, and they are usually united. Digging up graves like this would likely cause a stir and be difficult to carry out.
It is approximately four to five miles from here to the mountain in front.
The hardened road leads all the way to the foot of the mountain.
From afar, Xu Yang, who is now blind, could hear the sound of gongs, drums, and suona (a traditional Chinese musical instrument). However, his spiritual power has a limited range, with a maximum range of only about 60 feet.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, the sound of the gongs and drums became even more apparent.
There were also quite a few cars parked at the foot of the mountain, which indicated that there should be a lot of people attending the Yin spirits’ event.
The mountain is not steep.
The four people and three ghosts climbed the mountain and arrived at a graveyard.
This graveyard was not small, covering about seven or eight acres of land. It was surrounded by green iron fences to prevent sheep from entering. Inside, there were numerous tombs of varying sizes and ages.
In some parts of rural China, when a child’s grave is erected, the tombstone will be quite small.
At this moment, more than a hundred people had gathered in the open area of the graveyard.
There were more than a dozen tables set up in the open area, and most of these people were sitting around them. Just as Li Si had said, there were indeed two empty tables, placed quite far from the other tables with a distance of about 60 feet.
Outside the graveyard on the flat ground, there were tents set up, with a large chef cooking inside and young people carrying out the finished dishes and laying them on the tables.
Not far from the tables, a simple stage had been set up.
On both sides of the stage were the troupe’s “orchestra,” responsible for playing gongs and drums. A middle-aged man was on the stage playing the suona, performing a well-known piece called “A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.”
There were candles, lanterns, and electric lights surrounding the graveyard, illuminating the area brightly.
As soon as Xu Yang and the others appeared, the suona music stopped abruptly.
All the people present turned their gaze to them with a vigilant look in their eyes.
The hosts of the event, a middle-aged couple with red flowers pinned to their chests, came forward and asked, “Who are you? What are you doing in our Cao family’s graveyard?”
As they spoke, they tried to drive the group away.
Officers Wang, Zhang, and Chen all looked at Xu Yang.
Xu Yang, with his eyes tightly closed, could “see” everything around him clearly. He smiled gently and said, “Uncle, auntie, we were passing by and heard that your family is holding a celebration… we just wanted to join in the festivities. There’s no need to drive us away, is there?”
“This is a private family banquet, not open to outsiders!” The attitude of the middle-aged couple was firm.
In today’s society, holding a ghost marriage is not something to be proud of, and it is even illegal. The man was also afraid that the news would spread, and he knew the source of the bones was illegal!
Although there were many people present, they were all relatives and villagers with the same family name, and they wouldn’t spread the news.
The troupe was trustworthy, being found by the so – called ” geomancy master.”
However, these seven unexpected “people” couldn’t be allowed to stay, as they had the potential to jeopardize his family’s future happiness and fate.
“Uncle,” Xu Yang said, already planning a strategy on the way here, pointing to the two empty tables far away, “We can sit over there!”
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged couple frowned.
“Young man, do you know what that seat is for?” A middle-aged man who came to attend the ghost marriage joked, “Those two tables are not for the living!”
With his eyes closed, Xu Yang slowly opened them. His eye sockets were filled with gray fog, and blood seeped from the corners of his eyes, making him look extremely eerie. He grinned, saying, “We are not alive anyway… Li Si, give them a demonstration.”
“Huh?” Li Si, who was stunned and hadn’t reacted yet, saw Xu Yang step forward, grab his head with both hands, and pull…pop!
His entire head was yanked off.
“Ding!”
“The ghost is frightened, merit points +10.”
Li Si was frightened, shouting and groping around headlessly, “Master, master, don’t joke with me… where’s my head?”
Xu Yang put his head back on and closed his eyes again, saying, “Uncle, auntie… is that alright now?”
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