Mr. Kou and I went upstairs. The morgue is on the second floor.
I don't know whether it was because the morgue was occupied by Mr. Kou or because the business of this funeral home was not doing well. It seemed that the only corpse temporarily stored in the morgue was Mr. Kou.
Mr. Kou pushed the door open and suddenly felt an extremely cold air hit his face.
I didn't take a few breaths before vomiting all the warm air in my lungs. There were three people in dark green military coats in the morgue, all middle-aged.
Mr. Kou said to those people: "Uncle, second aunt, let me do it. You go out to warm yourself up and go back to rest."
Those people didn't look very good. I don't know if it was because of the cold or something else, but there was a greenish tint on their faces.
The leading man nodded and led the others out.
Who can feel better after staying in a place like this for a night?
They left the general's coat where it was, and Major Kou picked it up and handed one to me: "It's cold in here, put it on first."
"Yeah", I simply put it on.
Mr. Kou's coffin is placed in the middle of the morgue.
A simple mourning hall was built at the other end of the coffin, and the black and white portrait of Mr. Kou was placed in the middle.
The portrait happened to be facing the door and facing us. There was a vague feeling of being stared at by the portrait.
After seven days of morgue, the body cannot be left outside, it can only be placed in the morgue, otherwise the body will be decomposed after seven days.
For mortuary, the coffin is not sealed and the lid of the coffin is not closed, but a gap is left between the head and the body.
As soon as Mr. Kou entered here, he was obviously in a much lower mood.
Looking at the portrait, I was lost in thought for a long time.
I patted Mr. Kou on the shoulder, then stepped forward. I walked around Mr. Kou's coffin and stopped at the head of the coffin. I could see inside the coffin at a glance.
Looking down, he happened to look into a pair of gray and dull eyes. The bloodless old face and the shroud were none other than Mr. Kou.
Mr. Kou didn't close his eyes...
I didn't pretend to die and help Mr. Kou close his eyes. Mr. Kou is still here.
Who could stand to put his hand into his father's coffin in front of others?
"Dong dong... Mr. Kou".
Someone outside the door yelled, "Woof woof... woof..." and a dog barked?
Master Kou put on his military coat and went to open the door, only to see a few people standing outside.
Master Kou signaled, and those people came in.
The strange thing is that one of them is holding a black dog, one is holding a big yellow chicken, and the other is holding a glass box containing a green snake.
"Master Kou, do you see these things right?".
Mr. Kou looked around and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, these are the things. Give me the green snake and black dog. If you want the yellow chicken, tie it up at the door."
"good".
The three of them handed the black dog's chain and the green snake glass box to Master Kou, and then took the chicken to the door to get busy.
I looked at the black dog and snake, and asked in confusion: "What is this?".
Master Kou suddenly remembered and said angrily: "I told you all those things, but I forgot to mention this."
"On the morning when my father died, there was a note in the hand of my father's corpse, which contained his instructions."
"He not only had to bury the body for seven days, but also found a black dog, a green snake, and a yellow rooster on the night of the seventh day. The black dog's chain was tied to the coffin, the green snake was placed in the coffin, and the yellow rooster was tied at the door".
'The person keeping watch on the seventh day must be me or my sister'.
"When the rooster crows, the night watcher must leave immediately. When the black dog barks, everyone must close their eyes and pretend to sleep. When the green snake bumps around in the coffin, the coffin lid must be closed immediately."
"Black dog, yellow rooster, green snake?" I couldn't help but be surprised. I had never heard of such a vigil method.
This is as strange and strange as the death of Kou Lao.
Mr. Kou smiled helplessly: "I haven't seen anything strange these days. This note is in my father's hand. I must follow his wishes."
"You've been on guard for the past six days, are you still afraid of today?"
"I'll have someone take Mr. Zhang to the hotel later. I have to stay here to watch the night and can't accompany you."
I left the coffin and took the glass box from his hand: "I stay here."
"Although Mr. Kou's surviving family asked you to keep vigil tonight, they didn't say no outsiders would be allowed."
Mr. Kou: "Hey, how can Mr. Zhang be considered an outsider, but Mr. Zhang really wants to stay vigil here?"
"The temperature here is low, and this is very unlucky."
"Aren't you afraid of being here by yourself? Relax, your dad, you also said that I am a person with great opportunities. You should be happy to have me with you."
Mr. Kou smiled and felt relieved. He would be really scared if he had to stay alone all night.
Those strange things before had made him extremely afraid of his father, and now he was even more afraid of the corpse.
The people outside tied the chicken to the door, while Major Kou tied the black dog's chain to the legs of the platform supporting the coffin.
I opened the glass box, and the green snake suddenly got into the coffin.
They each found a soft cushion and sat down wearing dark green military coats.
The black dog was originally very irritable and barking, but as soon as he entered the morgue, he immediately calmed down and lay down next to the coffin.
Mr. Kou blew the hot air into the palms of his hands, then covered his face. He asked:
"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of my father's death? Do you think his death was a normal sudden death?".
"Do you think there is such a sudden death? Mr. Kou's death is very abnormal, and Mr. Kou's will is also abnormal."
"The coffin has been suspended for seven days, black dogs, green snakes, yellow chickens... What does this mean?"
"I think something might happen tonight," I said, touching the knife box.
Mr. Kou trembled when he heard this: "Don't scare me, I'm so scared to begin with."
"It would be unfilial not to comply with my father's last wish, but it would feel weird if I followed it. I am also in a dilemma. Now that Mr. Zhang is here, I have a backbone."
"I hope you have a safe night."
Dinner was brought by Master Kou. The two of us went out to finish the meal and then returned to the morgue.
When we passed by the door, the big yellow chicken didn't bother to slap our arms and pulled a bunch of chicken, which made Mr. Kou want to eat a big plate of chicken tomorrow.
Return to the morgue and continue vigil wearing a military coat
I looked at the black dog next to the coffin. The black dog’s eyes were also dark.
It huddled in the shadow under the coffin,
From time to time, snakes crawled around inside the coffin and hissed.
I sorted out my thoughts. There was definitely something fishy about Mr. Kou's death. It was so weird.
Mr. Kou's mood changed drastically at first, and then abnormalities appeared in the room. Things that Mr. Kou and others couldn't see frequently appeared.
Mr. Kou returned to normal after the Taoist priest came. The Taoist said that there was no problem. Mr. Kou was possessed by an evil spirit. After the Taoist priest exorcised the evil, Mr. Kou returned to normal.
But not long after, Mr. Kou suddenly died.
Mr. Kou arranged everything the night before he died, and even wrote a note asking Mr. Kou to do this.
What is the implication of this?
Among them, the Taoist priest is a key figure in the middle, and Kou Lao's strange instructions after his death are the result.
