"It's very mysterious. Does that mean you don't know much about him?" Wang Yu understood the implication of the white-bearded old village chief's words and directly opened the skylight and spoke frankly, revealing his words.
The white-bearded old village chief showed an embarrassed look on his face, but he could only nod his head and affirmed: "Yes, some people have tried to talk to him, but he usually ignored them."
"So, we really don't know much about him. Otherwise, something like that might not have happened!"
"What happened? What happened?" Wang Yu noticed that there was something in the white-bearded old man's words, so he asked.
The white-bearded old village chief took a few deep breaths again, sighed, and said, "Alas! This matter is our negligence."
"If we had been more careful and prudent, and understood the situation first before taking action, perhaps we would not have been in this situation now."
"No? What happened? I'm asking you, what happened, and I didn't let you lament here. What's the use of lamenting here? Tell me quickly, what exactly happened, okay?" Wang Yu was almost pissed off by the old man's ink marks and inexplicable emotion, and urged.
The white-bearded old man, the village chief, sighed again, shook his head, and said, "Oh! Didn't I tell you before? That old Miao Zhu will come to our village every three days to buy some fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, and food. And, some other daily necessities.”
"Everyone, although they say they dislike him at least, but in fact, they are all used to his existence. There are even many people who are still thinking about him."
"Until one day, several villagers came to me and told me that Lao Miaozhu hadn't come for several days, and I didn't know if something had happened, or if he was sick, bedridden, and couldn't move. "
"As for them, they just hope that I can take a few young and strong boys to visit the King of Hell Temple. If old Miao Zhu encounters any difficulties, I can lend a hand and help him."
"As for me, as the head of a village, I have long regarded Lao Miao Zhu as a member of our village."
"When I heard what they said, I immediately called my son, and then called a few young and strong boys. The few of us headed towards the Temple of the King of Hell without stopping."
"When we arrived at the Temple of the King of Hell, we smelled a very strong stench before we even entered the door. The smell was so stinky that it will remain fresh in my mind for the rest of my life, and I will never forget it even if I want to!"
"When I first smelled the stench, I didn't know what it was. It wasn't until my son opened the door that I knew it was corpse odor!"
"And the source of this corpse odor is the old Miao Zhu lying on the ground. He has been dead for several days. The corpse is so smelly that we can't smell it. Several of us, including me, almost vomited .”
"He's dead? Why is he dead?" Wang Yu was dumbfounded after hearing the words of the white-bearded old village chief.
He also hoped that through that mirror, through the Temple of the King of Hell, and especially through the old temple, he could deduce the source of the abnormality in the village.
In the end, why did this old Miao Zhu die so quickly just after he appeared in the mouth of the white-bearded old village chief?
If he died like this, how could he draw any conclusions?
Wang Yu frowned, thought for a while, and then asked: "How did he die? Was he killed by someone, a monster, or died of an illness? It couldn't be a natural death, right?"
His idea was that since the white-bearded old man said that people in the village didn't know much about this old temple.
So, instead of asking him further, I probably won't be able to find out anything.
It would be better to ask about the cause of death of this old Miao Zhu. Maybe we can find some clues from the cause of his death!
As a result, he didn't expect it. The old man with white beard and village chief shook his head and said: "We don't know how the old temple pillar died."
"At that time, there was no one who followed me to the Temple of the King of Hell, so no one thought about doing an autopsy. After we brought Lao Miaozhu's body back, everyone thought it was too smelly, so they gave him his body Burned, then buried.”
Hearing what the white-bearded old village chief said, Wang Yu's face turned completely dark.
He knew that the clue of Lao Miao Zhu was probably completely broken, and it would be a waste of time to dwell on him anymore, so he said angrily: "Okay, okay, Lao Miao Zhu, don't talk about it, let's talk about that Look in the mirror."
"How did you find that mirror? How did your son accidentally break it? After breaking it, why did you take the fragments home instead of throwing them away? You have to ask these questions. Answer me calmly."
The white-bearded old village chief nodded and followed Wang Yu's thinking and said, "That mirror was placed on Lao Miao Zhu's body at that time."
"Wait!" The white-bearded old village chief just said a word, but Wang Yu interrupted him again and asked: "Put it on your body? Bronze mirrors are not usually placed on the dressing table. Really? Why would anyone carry it with them?"
"Besides, this old Miao Zhu is a man, right? He is a man, and he is still an older man. He carries a bronze mirror with him? Ah? Is this so outrageous?"
"Oh, no! You didn't say whether he was a boy or a girl. That's not right. Even if she is a girl, it's not like she is carrying a bronze mirror with her, right?"
"Bronze mirror! How much does this thing weigh? It's so heavy. Isn't it inconvenient to carry it around with you? No matter how you think about it, it's so unreasonable!"
The white-bearded old village chief shook his head and corrected Wang Yu: "Lao Miaozhu is a man. However, this is not the point. The point is that the mirror was not carried by him, but put on his body!"
bring? put?
Don’t these two words mean the same thing? Is there any difference?
Wang Yu looked at the old man with white beard and village chief in confusion. He didn't know why he was struggling with these two words.
In Wang Yu's confused eyes, the white-bearded old village chief explained: "At that time, his body was lying not far from the temple gate."
"It's like lying flat on your back, with your head facing out, your feet facing in, and your head facing the temple door. It looks like you are walking peacefully."
"The mirror was placed on his chest at that time, but his two hands were caught on the mirror."
"Are you saying that he deliberately held that mirror in his hand and placed it on his chest before he died?" Wang Yu listened to the white-bearded old village chief's description and simulated in his mind what he had probably done at that time. status.
He finally understood why the white-bearded old village chief was struggling with the difference between taking someone away and letting him go.
"Taking" refers to carrying it with you; "putting" refers to the mirror. It turned out to be in another place. It was an old temple. Knowing that his death was approaching, he deliberately took it from other places and placed it on his chest. forward.
Or maybe someone else or something deliberately placed the mirror on his chest after he died, or even after killing him.
As soon as this idea came up, Wang Yu frowned, shook his head, and rejected the idea.
Just now, the village chief Bai Xu said that the old Miao Zhu’s hand was grasping the mirror.
If so, someone else, or something else, will put the mirror up after killing Lao Miaozhu.
So, at this time, his hand can only reach up, not grab.
Because he is already dead, and dead hands can no longer grasp anything!
Therefore, Wang Yu could infer that the mirror was deliberately placed on his chest by Lao Miaozhu before he died.
But why did he put the mirror on his body?
Why grab it with your hands?
And why does it have to be placed on the chest and not elsewhere on the body?
Grab a mirror with both hands and place it on your chest.
Does such a move have any special meaning, is it a special gesture, or is it a special ritual?
Wang Yu touched his chin and felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.
The old man with white beard and village head nodded when he heard his question and said, "Yes! That mirror is quite big and it is not convenient to carry around at all."
"I have seen Lao Miao Zhu a few times when he came to the village for shopping. I have never seen a mirror on his body."
"So, when I saw the mirror on Lao Miaozhu's body, I wondered if Lao Miaozhu knew that his death was coming, and this mirror, to him, was A very precious thing.”
"That's why he deliberately placed the mirror on his chest to remind those who came to collect his body to bury the mirror with him."
