Before Liang Yuanque entered the city, he happened to meet a group of mourners on the outskirts of the city. The funeral ceremony was simple, with no coffin or monument, and it was very crude.
If you are from a poor family, it may be difficult to even carry out the funeral ceremony. Just wrap them in a torn mat, dig a hole and bury them.
But if the conditions were slightly better, why would the funeral ceremony be so crudely arranged?
As a detective, he has always been sensitive to death, especially when faced with such a strange phenomenon, so he stepped forward and tried to find a way to inquire.
It turned out that what this group of people wanted to buy today was a concubine from a wealthy family. She was originally a concubine, but I heard that she died a violent death, so according to the rules, she should have been casually buried in the grave.
But this concubine's younger brother, by chance, became a minor official in a superior city this year. He thought that his sister had sold herself to support his education, and he felt very distressed, so he arranged a funeral procession, hoping that his sister would die in a dignified manner.
But after all, this poor girl was a concubine. Before she was redeemed as a concubine, she was a lowly member of a brothel. The funeral ceremony should not be too conspicuous. In the end, it became like this under the arrangement of her brother, who was a government official.
Liang Yuanque was curious about the reason for the deceased's violent death, and it happened that the leader of the funeral procession was a loudmouth. After smoking a pack of foreign brand cigarettes given by Liang Yuanque, he started talking about the stories he had heard.
The master of the deceased's family was rich before, but unfortunately his children have become useless in the past few years. Every day they know that the family property is huge. Even if they have money, they can't afford it. Within a few years, the family is empty. An empty shell remains.
But this gentleman still wanted to maintain a semblance of respectability and frequently interacted with dignitaries from all walks of life, hoping to make a comeback.
It was said that this concubine was sent to the bed of a nobleman as a gift by her master. It turned out that the nobleman might have gone too far, and she died directly, which was not a violent death.
Liang Yuanque sighed for a while, the world was really dirty.
Although he felt a little pity for this girl's experience, he just treated it as a story and didn't take it seriously at first.
Before meeting Lou Yuxin, he had asked in the city if there had been any similar cases of missing girls recently. After all, when solving one case, other cases might also be able to provide clues.
But his inquiries yielded little results, as few people heard that a girl was missing nearby.
He remembered the funeral procession he encountered in the suburbs, and he had the idea to inquire about the dead. Sure enough, he found that there had been several new graves in the suburbs recently, some of which were girls, and others were the girls' tombs.
Liang Yuanque knew that many people in this area had a problem, that is, a woman who died violently could not enter the ancestral hall or hold a large funeral, but she must be buried properly. If there is no corpse or incomplete corpse, she must be buried even if a tomb is erected, otherwise the soul will not be buried. When you enter the afterlife, your home will be restless in the future.
Liang Yuanque couldn't find the family members of these tombs, and he couldn't prove that these deceased people had any relationship with the disappearance case, but he had a vague feeling that there would be some connection, and he wanted to take some time to investigate in detail later.
As a result, a lot of things happened in the past few days, and the matter was naturally shelved before serious people had time to investigate.
But many developments of things are often so strange. He was led by Su Qingling indiscriminately, and instead he met a family whose daughter had passed away.
And what the uncle said aroused his great curiosity.
"Grandpa, who is this family?"
"The Huang family on Qianlou Street!" The old man threw the poker in his hand on the ground angrily, "What a bunch of filthy beasts!"
Huang family? The funeral procession I encountered in the suburbs mentioned that the man named Huang was not the only one mentioned!
Liang Yuanque felt that his judgment was correct. There was indeed a connection between them!
So he looked at the old man with a very sincere look, "Grandpa, although it is not good to make you sad, but please tell me how your sister got into trouble in the Huang family. Although my sister is not Huang He is a servant of the family, but he is also related to the Huang family."
The old man saw that his expression and words were sincere, and he felt that they were all poor people with the same disease, so he spoke out with tears in his eyes.
The uncle's son and daughter-in-law passed away unexpectedly before, so he and his wife struggled to find a granddaughter. A few years ago, his granddaughter really felt sorry for her grandparents' hard work, so she sold herself into the Huang family as a maid.
The Huang family was empty, and the wages they paid were not much, but fortunately they treated people well. The little granddaughter started working as a handyman and lived a stable life for several years.
A few days ago, when my granddaughter came home, she was dressed beautifully and told her grandfather that he would transfer her to be the eldest lady's personal maid, and she would be paid more in the future.
The uncle was worried, looking at his granddaughter who was growing up, fearing that she would suffer a loss, but the granddaughter felt that the uncle and his family were good people, so she insisted on staying and working.
As a result, after returning from this trip, the uncle did not receive any news from his granddaughter for a long time. The old man was worried and went to Huang's house to inquire, but he was kicked out.
Later, he met a maid who worked with his granddaughter on the street. The other party said that his granddaughter was given away as a concubine by the master because of her beauty.
The old man felt hatred in his heart. He would rather his family die in poverty than let his granddaughter suffer the injustice of being a concubine. He asked everywhere where his granddaughter was sent to in order to get her back.
As a result, before he could find out, the Huang family sent someone to send the person back. Strictly speaking, the body was sent back.
The servant who brought the body back said that his granddaughter had a strong temper and hanged herself because she did not want to be a concubine. The master thought it was unlucky and sent the body back to the Huang family.
Naturally, the Huang family couldn't take it, so they sent it to their family again. At the same time, the Huang family also pretended to give some money for burial expenses.
The uncle said that his granddaughter's body was covered in bruises, her wrists and neck were cut and bled, and she was obviously tortured to death. She did not hang herself at all!
The uncle went to the Huang family to ask for an explanation, but was beaten up by his servants. He wanted to report the case to the police station, but was stopped by the Huang family, who said that if he dared to make things worse, his whole family would go to hell.
Moreover, the Huang family master also asked the family not to set up a funeral shed for their granddaughter, and just bury her casually. It was best not to burn any paper money.
The uncle felt that they were going too far to bully others and even refused to burn paper money, just to humiliate them as poor people.
But Liang Yuanque didn't think so. According to his knowledge, this girl had her throat cut and her wrists cut to bleed. After she died, she couldn't hold a funeral or burn paper. It looked like she had been sacrificed to some evil magic!
Many poor families do not have the money or experience to hold funerals for every deceased person. However, the country has been attaching great importance to funeral culture for thousands of years. It cannot hold large funerals, but it does not mean that there are no ceremonies at all. No matter how poor the family is, they will build a tent and hang a barbecue. The paper money will be buried in the grave after its death.
Many people believe that only after going through these procedures can the soul of the deceased go to the afterlife.
They are not allowed to hold funerals or burn paper. This is because someone wants to trap the soul of this dead girl!
A gust of evening wind blew by, and the cold hairs on Liang Yuanque's spine stood up. He shuddered, thinking that Lou Yating would not be treated like this, right?
But don't worry, if Lou Yating dies like this after finding the person, then his detective career will be ruined!
He stood up and decided to go find Master Qian quickly, praying in his heart that it would be best for Lou Yating to be warm and fragrant with her boyfriend!
