At this moment, Zhen Xinglong was listening carefully as Qian Fufang continued to talk in her sleep, but she stopped talking. A nurse came over to check the ward. Zhen Xinglong, who was sitting there, stood up and came to greet her. He pointed at his wife who was still taking a nap and whispered to the nurse that she had talked a lot in her sleep just now. Is this considered an illness? The nurse was a fair-skinned and beautiful girl. She felt that this had nothing to do with her or their hospital, so she shook her head and answered in the same low voice, "I don't know."
Suddenly, Qian Fufang woke up from lying down, sat up and looked at the nurse and yelled, I want to be discharged from the hospital, I am dead, you can't cure my disease.
The nurse looked at her face covered with sores and asked calmly, "You have been in the hospital for less than a day and the medicine has not been given yet. How do you know that our hospital cannot cure your disease?"
How could Qian Fufang answer so rationally? She couldn't answer any more, so she just repeated what she had just said in a noisy tone, and she became excited.
She got off the hospital bed and put on her high heels, pushed her husband and said, Xinglong, go back, you can't live anymore, go and go through the discharge procedures quickly.
Zhen Xinglong was calm. He didn't say anything. He just walked around to the nurse who was about to leave and didn't want to care about this matter. He asked, "Can I be discharged from the hospital today if I was admitted to the hospital last night?"
I don't know, ask the doctor. The nurse turned her head and body away as she spoke, and immediately left the ward.
Zhen Xinglong turned around again and was about to ask Qian Fufang why he was discharged from the hospital. Unexpectedly, Qian Fufang spoke first. Yesterday, I took a nap in the ward of Jundu County People's Hospital and dreamed of that tall old man. Today I am in Jianye Province. I was taking a nap in the ward of the People's Hospital and dreamed of that tall old man again.
What did the old man say to you in his dream? Zhen Xinglong asked, thinking that she had said something scary in her sleep just now.
Let’s not talk about it for now. Qian Fufang, who was in charge of the hospital, saw that there were other patients and their families in the ward, so of course she would not tell anything about her privacy or worries in the dream, so she answered like this.
Zhen Xinglong had no choice but to obey her and said, "Okay, I won't ask anymore." What if I go through the discharge procedures for you and your illness doesn't heal after you go back?
You don't care. The old man in the dream said that if you follow what the old man said, the disease will be cured without treatment.
Qian Fufang's statement made other patients and their families think it was nonsense and quite absurd. Can anyone believe what he said in his dream?
But Zhen Xinglong believed that because after Qian Fufang woke up from her nap yesterday, she said that Hou Jinzhi's mother boiled water and poured water on the scarecrow at home, causing Qian Fufang to get sores all over her body. In the afternoon, he and Qian Fufang rushed to see it, although Hou Jinzhi The door of Jinzhi's parents' house was locked, and she didn't see her mother boiling water to pour water on the scarecrow. However, through the crack in the door, she saw a scarecrow stuck on the edge of the patio above the main room. The color looked dull, as if it had been soaked with boiling water. At this moment, he was really determined to go through the discharge procedures for Qian Fufang.
The next afternoon, a man and a woman suddenly broke into the office of Deputy Director Gu of Wujinshan Police Station. When they saw Deputy Director Gu sitting in front of his desk, they knelt down. The man and woman, Deputy Director Gu, are already very familiar. They are Zhen Xinglong and his wife.
Deputy Director Gu looked at Zhen Xinglong and asked, "Do you want me to give you the 4,000 yuan?" No, not even kneeling, because no one can testify that you gave the 4,000 yuan to Hou Jinzhi’s mother.
Director Gu, we are not here to ask you for the 4,000 yuan. We are here to surrender. Zhen Xinglong said this with great courage, even though Deputy Director Chaogu raised his face and closed his eyes slightly, not daring to look at him.
What? Deputy Director Gu was a little surprised when he heard what Zhen Xinglong said. He asked, why did you surrender? What crime was committed?
Zhen Xinglong sighed, and instigated the story that he had murdered the old man under Qian Fufang's instruction in order to avoid paying the debt and to stop Hou Jinzhi and her mother from burning the fire and pouring water on the scarecrow, causing Qian Fufang to get sores all over his body. Mom's failed attempt.
After that, he said in a loud voice, Director Gu, Qian Fufang and I are both criminals, and we surrendered just for this matter.
Deputy Director Gu was horrified. He stared at Qian Fufang with sores on his face and asked, is what your husband said true?
Qian Fufang didn't speak, only nodded.
Deputy Director Gu then called the police officer from last time to take notes and asked Zhen Xinglong to explain in detail how he and Qian Fufang committed the attempted murder.
Zhen Xinglong said, I had the intention of murder, but Hou Jinzhi’s mother still doesn’t know. The police officer who took the note recorded all these words on the paper, covering several pages, and asked Zhen Xinglong to sign on each page and press his fingers with red ink pad.
Then, Deputy Director Gu asked, why did you refuse to talk about surrendering when we found the ward of Jianye Provincial People's Hospital yesterday? I still have bad intentions, and I wish I could return the 4,000 yuan to you.
Zhen Xinglong gently touched Qian Fufang, who was also kneeling next to him, with his elbow, signaling for her to answer.
Her tears broke down and she cried and said, Deputy Director Gu, to tell you the truth, I really had bad intentions. Not only did I want to waste the 4,000 yuan that Hou Jinzhi lent me during his lifetime, but also because of the dream of Hou Jinzhi after his death. Her mother came to me to ask for it, but I deliberately refused to give it, knowing that her mother couldn't get out the IOU, so there was no way she could ask me for it. Even if she filed a lawsuit, there was no basis, and the court would not support her mother.
But my calculations were wrong. Hou Jinzhi's mother was instructed by someone unknown to use witchcraft to treat me. That is to say, she stuck a scarecrow upright next to her patio and poured a pot of boiling water in the morning, noon and evening every day. That's it. I was in trouble and had sores all over my body, including my face.
After knowing this reason, I originally wanted to pay off the debt and settle this evil debt. But the day before yesterday afternoon, Xinglong and I found Hou Jinzhi's house in Houzhuang. There was a lock on the door. When we asked the neighbors, we found out that Hou Jinzhi's mother had gone to chop wood on the mountain behind the house.
We went up the mountain to pay her back. I suddenly had an evil thought and ordered Xinglong to push Hou Jinzhi's mother down the steep cliff and fall to her death. However, a strange phenomenon occurred. Hou Jinzhi's mother was suddenly possessed by a ghost and looked like her mother. She was a woman, but she spoke with a man's voice, and she looked scary and moved weirdly. Xinglong wanted to murder her, but when he did, he got scared and turned around and ran away.
Thinking about the unpaid debt and fearing endless consequences, Xinglong took out 4,000 yuan and put it on the roadside, weighed it down with rocks, and told the man's mother to pick it up. I thought that after paying back the money, the sores on my body would slowly heal, but unexpectedly they got worse and worse.
Yesterday at noon, your police came to investigate the situation. The reason why they did not dare to admit that we returned the money to my mother was because they were afraid that careless words would expose the fact that we committed attempted murder.
But just after you left at noon yesterday, Xinglong and I discussed privately: Even after paying back the money, the sores on my body still haven’t improved. In this way, I urged Xinglong to leave the ward and chase you policemen, hoping to get the 4,000 yuan back.
Why don’t you want the 4,000 yuan today? Deputy Director Gu listened to Qian Fufang's talk about a situation that was mixed with reality, and followed her almost absurd logic to ask questions.
Director Gu doesn’t know something. You left yesterday. I was very tired. I fell asleep as soon as I lay down and had a dream. I dreamed of a tall old man scolding me fiercely. I shouldn’t have evil thoughts and not pay back the money. , and attempted to murder my mother.
Didn’t I say that the debt was repaid? The old man said that it was all in vain. You, Qian Fufang, still committed old sins and committed a new crime. You also contacted your husband and committed a felony. Although the attempted murder failed, the crime has been determined. Doing this kind of immoral thing has alarmed the animal god who is in charge of insects in the underworld. He will release poisonous gas to attach to your sores, causing the already festering sores to not only not get better, but also become more rotten and leak pus. , If you want to recover again, I'm afraid it will be powerless.
As soon as I heard this, I kept kowtowing to the old man, confessing my sins, and begging the old man to point out a way to save me.
The old man felt sorry for my symptoms, so he asked my husband and me to do this: first, surrender, and secondly, tell Hou Jinzhi’s mother how she attempted to murder her, and while confessing and apologizing, repay all the 4,000 yuan. And it doesn't include the 4,000 yuan given to her the day before yesterday. Since that money was given to the police station, we don't want it anymore. It can be used as a fine to punish us.
Is there such a thing? Deputy Director Gu asked suspiciously, looking at Qian Fufang, who looked disgusting with the sores on his face.
Director Gu, we have come to surrender to ask the public security department to file a case for investigation against us. The old man in the dream said, if not, I will not be able to expiate the crime, and my husband will not be able to expiate the crime. If the crime is not expunged, I will be covered in sores. It cannot be cured. Even if Bian Que is reborn and Hua Tuo is reincarnated, they will not be able to cure this evil disease! Qian Fufang burst into tears and spoke from the bottom of her heart.
We can't verify what you said about dreaming about the old man, but what we can verify is whether Hou Jinzhi's mother had a scarecrow stuck vertically beside the patio of her house, and whether she boiled a pot of boiling water every morning, noon and evening. Drained. When Deputy Director Gu said this, he immediately stood up from his chair, motioned to the kneeling Zhen Xinglong and his wife to stand up, and said to them, you go back first, I will take the police to Houzhuang to investigate tomorrow, and then decide whether A case will be filed against you who surrender.
That night, Liu Jinzhi's mother in Houzhuang was boiling a pot of water in the kitchen, and was carrying it to the patio to water the scarecrow, which had a dull color due to the vertical straw. But as soon as I walked out of the kitchen, I heard knocking on the door and shouting from the main room - alas! Old man, are you at home?
In—— Mom replied in a long voice, put down the pot of boiling water she was carrying, went to the main room and turned on the light, then opened the door and saw two people kneeling at the door, a man and a woman. They said almost in unison, "Old man, I'm sorry." ! …
My mother knows this couple. The man is a descendant who helped her carry firewood on the mountain behind the house that afternoon and disappeared later. The woman is her daughter’s classmate Qian Fufang, who now works in Jundu County Agriculture. bank.
My mother felt that the sun was rising from the west. Qian Fufang came to the door in person to say sorry, but what was the use of saying sorry?
My daughter never repaid the money she lent her during her lifetime, and the last time I went to her workplace to ask for it in person, she refused to acknowledge the debt. I was also asked to take out the IOU she issued. How can I take out the money? I'll just give up.
At this moment, after hearing the man and woman saying sorry repeatedly, my mother's heart softened and she told them to get up quickly and stop kneeling. It was easy to talk about anything.
But Qian Fufang didn't stand up immediately. Instead, the man kneeling beside her introduced her as her husband Zhen Xinglong.
Zhen Xinglong immediately took out a wad of money from his body and handed it to Qian Fufang and said, return the money. My mother looked at him and said, I know you and thank you very much. That afternoon, you helped me pick out bundles of firewood. For some reason, I became confused after a while. When I woke up again, you were nowhere to be seen. The load of firewood is still on the mountain road. I was just about to ask you. I somehow had 4,000 yuan in my right pocket at that time. I guess you stuffed it into me, right?
Zhen Xinglong, who was kneeling, did not stand up. He said yes, raised his hand and slapped himself three times, and then kowtowed to his mother three times.
Mom understood that it was right for them to pay back the money, but she didn't understand why he didn't let her, the mother, know about the last time he paid back the money. Tonight, he and Qian Fufang came to kneel together again, slapping themselves and kowtowing. , such an apology is too much.
Just as she was thinking this, Qian Fufang suddenly stood up, put the money she had received into her mother's hand and said, "Old man, I'm really sorry. The 4,000 yuan your daughter Jinzhi lent me has been delayed for a long time, so I will return it today." , and apologize to you!
