Xiao Hei was very sensitive. He recalled that four days ago, a beggar had eaten his vomit. If it was that beggar, did he die of poisoning?
Feeling uneasy, he walked over and got into the crowd and took a closer look at the corpse. Sure enough, the beggar's mouth and chin were still stained with a bit of his little black vomit that had dried.
At this time, someone called the police. A police car whined over and stopped suddenly. The onlookers heard the sound and dispersed, waiting for the police to conduct an autopsy.
The three police officers got out of the car and saw the bodies lying on the roadside. There was a young man kneeling next to the body, mumbling, not knowing what to say.
A tall policeman walked over and asked the young man what he was talking about, his relationship with the deceased, his name, and where he was from. Facing a series of inquiries, the young man answered one by one, saying that he was talking about sorry for the deceased and that the deceased had nothing to do with him. He also said that his name was Zhu Zhi, who ran a passenger bus on this line and was a local self-employed driver.
The tall policeman signaled Zhu Zhi not to kneel down, but he grabbed the key sentence and continued to ask, what did you mean when you said you were sorry for the deceased?
Zhu Zhi truthfully told the story that four days ago, this slightly crazy beggar ate the dirt he vomited on the roadside due to motion sickness. He may have died of poisoning and illness.
Zhu Zhi became more and more excited as he talked and asked the police to arrest him as a suspect.
The tall policeman asked, are you telling the truth? Zhu Zhi kept nodding, and the tall policeman said, we can't accept everything you say. We can only draw conclusions after the forensic doctor's autopsy report comes out. However, you can come with us to the police station. Once the cause of death of the deceased is fully understood, we will give you an explanation.
The other two policemen were walking around the body. One took out his camera and took pictures from different angles; the other took out his notebook and was thinking about writing and drawing.
After a while, another police car drove up, and a forensic doctor got out. He put down the medicine box he was holding, opened the lid of the box, took out a pair of gloves and put them on, then turned the body over, covering it from head to toe. After looking over and over again from his chest to his back, from his left armpit to his right ribs, he finally concluded that the beggar had no external injuries, and it was ruled out that he had committed suicide. He probably died of starvation. However, an autopsy and medical examination are still needed to determine whether he died of organ disease or poisoning. It is difficult to say.
The next day, the autopsy results came out. He died of poisoning due to accidental ingestion of filth. This confirmed what Zhu Zhi said that the cause of death of the beggar was eating his vomit.
On the third day, Zhu Zhi was acquitted on the grounds that he had no subjective intention to kill or harm anyone's life. Although the beggar accidentally ate his vomit and died, it was purely an accident and Zhu Zhi had no legal basis for conviction.
What's more, Zhu Zhi took the initiative to "please admit guilt" and had a good attitude. However, when he came out of the police station, the tall policeman told him that he would not be allowed to drive from now on. If he got motion sickness while driving and vomited dirt, causing a wandering beggar to eat and die of poisoning again, then he would not be forgiven as he is now.
When transporting the beggar's body to the funeral home for cremation, there was a problem, that is, the police station reported that the funds had not yet been allocated. The funeral home was worried about being repudiated, so it delayed the cremation and asked for the money to be received before cremating.
There are many cases at the police station, and it is difficult for the police in charge to force this matter. This is not about arresting suspects. They can use legal coercive means to force people to submit. Now they can only reluctantly let the beggar's body hang out.
It’s not like the police didn’t do their job. Many notices for claiming the body with photos and descriptions were printed and posted for many days, but no one claimed it. If someone claimed it, the funeral expenses would be settled.
At this time, two young geologists from the provincial capital, one named Gong Jizhong and the other Wu Chuanbao, were classmates in the same class and had now entered the internship stage. In order to write their graduation research thesis, they were working near the funeral home. Exploring the geological conditions of mountainous areas in order to master real data materials.
After returning to the town from the wild, I heard that the body that had been sent to the funeral parlor for cremation had not been cremated for several days. After understanding the reason, Gong Jizhong and Wu Chuanbao discussed that they would each contribute some money to raise the funeral expenses and let the funeral parlor take the beggar's body. Cremation is also considered a good deed done in partnership.
When the funeral home director asked them if they were relatives of the deceased, they shook their heads. The person in charge said, since they are not relatives, why should they bear the funeral expenses?
Gong Jizhong replied, just think of us as relatives of the deceased! Wu Chuanbao looked at Gong Jizhong and smiled. They had done this good deed and they had a tacit understanding with each other. That was because they went to the mountain to explore the geology a few days ago. They walked into a temple together and heard an elder preaching to several lay people. , and also told several stories about doing good deeds and accumulating virtue. Finally, the elder concluded that if you do more good deeds, you can turn bad things into good fortune.
Gong Jizhong listened to these words. After worshiping the Buddha and Bodhisattvas from the Main Hall and leaving the temple, he said to Wu Chuanbao, we should also do some good deeds and engage in geology. We often run in the wild and inevitably encounter poisonous insects and beasts. We usually do Do some good deeds, accumulate some merit, and if you encounter any unexpected situation, you can turn bad luck into good luck!
Many years later, Gong Jizhong and Wu Chuanbao both obtained doctorate degrees and went to South America for inspection. They flew into the blue sky with other passengers on a passenger plane. When passing through the Andes, due to heavy haze, the plane suddenly broke down and crashed from high altitude.
The strange thing is that the pilot and other passengers on the same passenger plane who did not have time to parachute were all killed. Only Gong Jizhong and Wu Chuanbao survived.
According to Gong Jizhong's recollection, when the plane was smoking and catching fire in the air, he grabbed Wu Chuanbao's trembling hand with fear and said, "Let's jump out of the cabin!" Even if we fall to death after jumping out, we can still keep our bodies intact. Otherwise, not only will we fall to death along with the crashed plane, but our bodies will also be burned.
At this critical moment, Gong Jizhong suddenly had an idea. Previously, he was burning incense in an ancient temple and heard a monk say that in times of crisis, sentient beings can be saved if they recite Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to save suffering.
Gong Jizhong tried to recite a few words to the Guanyin Bodhisattva to save those in distress, and then he pulled Wu Chuanbao, who was still in shock, to jump out of the cabin. He felt in a trance, as if someone was holding him up and slowly landing.
When this dreamlike feeling disappeared, the two of them still held hands and sat cross-legged opposite each other on a natural cushion entangled with thick trees and vines in the jungle of the Andes Mountains.
This place is inaccessible and is a habitat for raptors and monsters. No one knew that Gong Jizhong and Wu Chuanbao, two geological expedition personnel from the west coast of the Pacific, had survived, so they naturally lost the chance of rescue.
At this moment, Gong Jizhong climbed down from the natural cushion that was suspended several meters in the air. Wu Chuanbao did not move, but frowned and let out a cry of pain. Only then did Gong Jizhong realize that his left leg was injured. It was caused by a sudden malfunction of the plane. He was trampled and sprained when a commotion among passengers arose.
Gong Jizhong found a wooden stake to lean against the natural cushion, and asked him to climb down slowly, and sat with him on a piece of ground covered with rotten leaves to rest.
Wu Chuanbao said, I am very hungry. Of course, the dry food they put on the plane cannot be expected. Gong Jizhong looked at the densely shaded woods around him, but there was no fruit tree. He stood up and said, Chuanbao, your feet hurt. Sit here and don't move. I'll go into the woods and look around to see if there are any fruits. Pick. Of course I have to look for water and see where there are streams.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Chuanbao suddenly screamed, Jizhong, pay attention, the monster is coming.
