As soon as I ran to the door, I saw Xia Min under the street lamp. I walked over in a few steps and comforted her with a smile.
"It's okay, I'm scared."
Xia Min's face was filled with indescribable complexity, and it took her a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "We don't need to come back to report anymore, right?"
I hesitated for a moment and nodded: "No need for now."
"Let's go."
When I turned around, I was still a little confused.
With Tao Zi's personality, she must be waiting to pick me up now. Why can't she see anyone?
Time was running out and I didn't have time to think too much, so I turned around and went straight to Xiaoyu's house.
When I got to the door, I leaned close to the door and listened carefully for a while. It seemed that there was really no one there.
Opening the door, Xia Min walked in front carrying wine and food, pretending to be surprised and said: "Xiaoyu's lover is not here?"
Several young people in the corner held up the playing cards in their hands and turned to look at Xia Min: "Who are you?"
"We are brothers-in-law, and Xiaoyu and my wife are brothers."
As Xia Min introduced herself to her family, several young people immediately stood up and said, "We asked my sister-in-law to go back first. This is such a big blow. I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it if I stay up all night."
I quickly asked, "Sister-in-law?"
"You are Xiaoyu's brothers, and her husband is Xiaoyu's brother. We are all relatives!"
There are two ways to build relationships, one is interest and the other is status.
Xia Min knew how to take advantage of every opportunity and opened the prepared cooked food.
"Xiaoyu disappeared suddenly. Thanks to you brothers, I can't help as a woman. I can only send some food."
The four young people suddenly laughed: "You are too polite, sister."
"Eat, eat."
"Click."
Xia Min smiled and opened the liquor: "Drink some, I'm quite tired."
Several people were startled and looked around: "There are no cups, or else don't drink."
I quickly took out the paper cup and said, "It's okay, I'm ready."
After a few sips of white wine, these people's faces turned visibly red. I left the wine company to Xia Min, while I stayed away on the grounds of alcohol allergy.
Everything is similar to what I thought. In the past, the filial son and grandson had to kneel down for three days, and the biological children had to wear the shabbiest clothes, and then they kept the filial piety for another three years.
These old traditions have gradually been abandoned, and wakes have become social occasions.
I gave Xia Min a look and started wandering around the room.
Xiaoyu is lying here, and only the few little brothers who are keeping watch are asleep, so it is not difficult to steal the body.
The most important thing is that I need to prepare a few other things.
I can't help but miss my days as a Taoist priest.
If I were still a Taoist priest, why would I be a thief and steal the corpse? I would write a letter of submission and burn it to the City God. It would not be difficult to interrogate a newly deceased person.
But things are different now, and I can only miss them.
Xiaoyu's house is not too big, with two bedrooms and one living room.
I took a quick look and found the master bedroom easily.
I looked back and saw that Xia Min had turned into a social butterfly and was chatting enthusiastically with these young men.
"Click."
The master bedroom was not locked, so I gently opened a gap and ducked in.
When I walked in and looked up, I was immediately dumbfounded.
I need the pillow that Xiaoyu used when he was alive. This is an important medium for summoning souls. Without this thing, it is easy to invite the wrong person.
But the two pillowcases on the bed were exactly the same, even the pattern and color had not changed!
Obviously, one of them belongs to Xiaoyu's lover.
If you get it wrong, it won't be Xiaoyu himself at the funeral.
The emergence of this idea is tantamount to bringing huge pressure.
How to find the pillow I want has become the biggest obstacle now.
I stared at it for a long time and walked to the bedside, hoping to find some clues.
When I touched it behind me, the mattress was a bit hard.
The moment I lifted up the mattress, I suddenly had an idea.
What catches the eye is the old-fashioned spring mattress. This kind of mattress has a characteristic. Once used for a long time, the springs will collapse and collapse to varying degrees.
I slowly squatted down, keeping my eyes level with the bed.
Looking at it this way, the left side of the mattress is indeed a little shorter than the right side.
I have met Xiaoyu’s lover, and he is neither as tall nor as heavy as Xiaoyu.
found it!
I happily hid the pillow in my arms, turned around and got out of the room.
Right now, the most critical thing is missing - the hanging rope.
For such a person who died violently, his greatest resentment before his death was all about the thing that killed him.
It stands to reason that this thing will be burned together with the deceased. In other words, there is a high probability that this thing is still in this house.
In the living room, Xia Min and several boys were drinking heavily, and their eyes were a little blurry.
The moment I came out, Xia Min suddenly turned around and nodded lightly at me.
Boy, she didn't drink too much!
