After listening to what Officer Li said, I was completely shocked.
"The bodies of the three people who were hanged in that yellow horn tree...are all gone?!"
This is too weird!
There must be something wrong with that tree!
But the question is, where is it?
It’s so puzzling...
I boldly asked directly: "Officer Li, I suspect that these strange things are related to the old yellow horn tree. Can you come forward and ask the town to cut down that tree?"
this……
Officer Li smiled bitterly: "Don't think about it, it's definitely impossible. How can you do such a troublesome thing without any reason? After all, it requires a lot of financial expenses. It also damages the environment."
At the end, he added: "Originally, Lao Huang was reluctant to tell you about the missing body. But I personally feel that you carried the body of the shoemaker's son to the mountain and buried it, as well as the bodies of the chef and salesman. , and it was also the first one you discovered. It doesn’t hurt to inform you.”
It can be heard from these words that Officer Huang's status should be slightly higher than him, and he doesn't seem to believe in us people.
I don’t believe in the art of metaphysics, but I am a very firm atheist!
After Lao Cao expressed his gratitude to Officer Li, he asked us if we could go to the morgue and take a look.
There was an embarrassed expression on the other party's face, but in the end he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay... Master Cao, I will write you a note. You can take it to the town hospital later and find the person on duty tonight from the management department." Xiao Liu. Tell me the situation and he will take you to the morgue."
"Thank you!"
Lao Cao solemnly saluted Officer Li, who quickly waved his hand and said there was no need to be so polite.
I can understand Lao Cao's psychology. After all, to be honest, in this era... it's really not easy for Yang Zhan to trust people like us so much.
There happened to be paper and pen in the schoolbag on my back, so I quickly took them out and handed them to Officer Li.
He didn't refuse, and immediately wrote a note by hand and handed it to Lao Cao.
Then he warned: "But Lao Huang should still be questioning some people at this time, so don't go there for now. Wait for a while. Otherwise, if you bump into him, that guy will definitely say something to me. Although I am not afraid, but I feel it’s troublesome and I’m afraid he’ll nag me. Hahaha.”
"Yeah, we understand! Officer Li, don't worry."
Lao Cao accepted the note and sent him to the door, watching him leave quickly.
call!
Yuan Fei let out a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "I really don't want to have much to do with Yang Zhan. I didn't expect that my luck could be so unlucky. Just these few days. I have a little leisure time, so I stopped by to see you two and ask about the three-color strange flower. I didn’t expect that I would be involved again. "
What he said was correct.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him!
Mr. Taoist, you rely on your craftsmanship to make a living. Collect money from people and eliminate disasters for them. Fair trade, no causality.
But now... He originally heard about Jinxian Youtan from us, and he has a good relationship with us. We're going to deal with this, and there's no way he can't help but follow.
Lao Cao deliberately joked.
"If Mr. Yuan doesn't want to go, you can just rest in the coffin shop. Anyway, there's no money for this job. At most, it's just the shoemaker's son, and we all got one dollar."
Yuan Fei rolled his eyes: "Master Cao! You know I'm not that kind of person, but you still say such sarcastic words? Let's go, let's go to the hospital. Fortunately, the guy I'm eating stays with me, no matter what I do when I go out I brought everything with me.”
I told Uncle Yuan, don't worry. Officer Li just told me to wait a while before going.
Yuan Fei muttered again, saying that he did good things to help them, and also acted sneakily?
…
After resting for a while, we were ready to go to the town hospital.
I asked Lao Cao: "Do you want to inform Brother Niu and the others?"
He waved his hand: "No need. There are only two bodies missing. I just went to check on the situation. It would be too much trouble if so many people are required to do everything together."
I think about it, you can't be so cautious and do everything together while everyone is shouting, right?
That’s too cowardly!
It's too inconvenient.
What's more, Lao Cao and Yuan Fei themselves are famous and powerful characters in several nearby towns - and even in the entire county. The two of them act together, and together with me, a newcomer who has just stepped into the Xuanmen, they are already very strong.
We left the coffin shop and walked towards the town hospital in the south.
After about twenty minutes, I saw the main door of the hospital in the distance.
In the darkness all around, the streetlight above the door shed a dim light. The light was fluffy and had an inexplicable sense of weirdness, which made people feel panicked.
A place like a hospital is very special, a place with strong Yin and Yang energy!
Why?
Because most people are born and die in hospitals.
This is the place of life and death, where yin and yang meet!
Because of this, hospitals can easily become the setting for supernatural stories.
When I go to school every day, Wang Dachun sometimes tells some scary supernatural stories that are widely circulated in Lianghe Town.
It was told vividly, with noses and eyes!
He often scares the girls around him to the point of turning pale.
Especially Yao Nan.
Although this little girl is quite strong, she is not afraid of the "evil forces" in the school - she helped Wang Dachun several times when he wanted to bully me at the beginning of school.
But he is as timid as a mouse when it comes to such horrific and supernatural things.
Every time Wang Dachun told these scary legends in the town, he would cover his ears with fear and glare at Wang Dachun angrily.
I knew that Wang Dachun was interested in Yao Nan before, so I told him privately that this is not the way to chase girls.
Although I don’t know how to chase girls, as a boss, I naturally have to act like I know everything in front of my younger brother!
Unexpectedly, when this guy heard what I said, his face changed with fright, and he shook his head desperately.
He said, Brother Wu, please stop scaring me. Who in the class doesn’t know that Yao Nan is a bit ambiguous with you? I don’t dare to have any thoughts about my eldest brother’s woman! He said that his parents only knew Yao Nan's parents and had a good relationship. He used to think that Yao Nan was pretty, but he didn't dare to do it anymore...
What I heard was simply baffling!
Isn't it just that you don't go to the cafeteria for dinner occasionally, just eat some bread and snacks to cushion your stomach, and take time to discuss homework with Yao Nan in the classroom?
Why did it spread like this! It’s really scary what people say.
But I don’t care... and I don’t have any thoughts about it at all.
First, I definitely don’t have the energy to fall in love prematurely, and I have to take the first place in the exam and learn Taoist techniques.
Second, others say that Yao Nan is the beauty of the class or the top class, but compared with my master, he is like the light of a firefly or the brightness of the bright moon!
How could I be interested in this little girl?
Of course, I am too lazy to explain these words to Wang Dachun...
Back to business.
At this moment, Lao Cao, Yuan Fei and I arrived at the entrance of the town hospital and walked in slowly.
In those days, the doors of hospitals in the town were all open. There are no security guards or gate guards at all.
But on the side of the door, there is a night room with lights on.
I took a look from a distance and saw an old man watching TV. As long as the people coming to the hospital don't make any big noise and just walk in normally, he won't notice at all!
Yuan Fei is not from Lianghe Town, and I have only been here three weeks, so naturally I am not familiar with the town hospital.
But Lao Cao seems to be familiar with the road, and it seems that he has probably been here many times.
He led the two of us in the quiet and dark hospital at night, turning left and right for a long time. I came to a room with a sign hanging on the door: Management Department.
"Let me knock on the door."
As I said that, I stepped forward, raised my hand and knocked on the door.
In fact, China is a country of etiquette, and many things have rules and etiquette.
For example, when it comes to knocking on the door, it should be one light and two hard, with a slight interval, and then repeat. It's not the kind of bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang.
That's so rude!
After I knocked three times, a voice sounded from behind the door. With a hint of vigilance.
"Who is it? It's late at night?"
I find it a bit funny, this guy is quite careful!
But think about it, people who work in hospitals must also be aware of some weird and terrifying legends about hospitals. I know that some unspeakable evil things may happen in this place at night.
Naturally, I don’t dare to open the door randomly!
After all, Wang Dachun also said that some relatives and elders in his family work in large hospitals in the county. Sometimes at night I would hear a knock on the door for no apparent reason, and I would open the door to check. The corridor was empty, nothing. There was only a cool breeze blowing.
And if you open the door at will, you will be blown by this cool breeze. The next day you will get sick, catch a cold, have a fever, and become weak. It took me lying in bed for several days to recover.
It is said that it is the ghost wandering in the hospital at night!
Maybe you don’t mean to harm anyone intentionally, but just playing a prank or passing by will have a certain impact on people. Make the body bad.
In addition, hospitals at that time did not have security doors, and there were no peepholes to look through. It's just an ordinary wooden door, so you can't see what's going on with the person knocking on the door.
So people who worked in hospitals in that era were more alert and careful when opening the door at night!
If the answer is abnormal, the door will definitely not be opened.
So Lao Cao said: "Dr. Liu? I am Lao Cao, the coffin bearer at the coffin shop in the east end of the town. I was introduced by Officer Li."
About three seconds later.
With a creak, the door opened.
A thin young man wearing glasses appeared behind the door. After looking at the three of us, he seemed relieved. Said with a smile on his face.
"Oh? Master Cao, we have met before. Is there something wrong with you coming so late? Please come in, please come in."
With that said, he warmly invited us to sit inside.
I heard about it before I came here. This person’s name is Liu Xiaofeng, he’s twenty-two or three years old. I went to the health college in the city and was assigned to Lianghe Town Hospital just after graduation.
However, Lao Cao waved his hand and declined his kindness.
He just handed him the note written by Officer Li and said at the same time: "Doctor Liu, Officer Li told us that two bodies were missing in the morgue today. So, we want to take a look. If it is convenient, Take us there now.”
ah? !
When Liu Xiaofeng heard this, his face suddenly turned bitter.
He looked at Lao Cao's note and found it was indeed written by Officer Li from the town police station, asking him to help.
Liu Xiaofeng also knew that the police station was investigating the disappearance of corpses recently. And they all wrote the note politely, so of course I have to give him this face!
But he said to us with a sad face.
"Master Cao, there are two others... It's not that I don't want to. It's just that going to the morgue this late at night? I'm really, a bit, scared!"
This guy didn't hide it, he honestly admitted that he was cowardly.
I laughed at the side and said, "Brother Liu, I'm just a junior high school student and I'm not afraid? What are you afraid of?"
Yuan Fei also smiled and said: "That's right! Dr. Liu, I see that you are young, have a tough face, and your horoscope is not too bad. Dirty things usually won't hit you. Don't be afraid!"
"this……"
Liu Xiaofeng still seemed a little hesitant.
With one final gritted teeth, he said.
"Is that so? I'll take you to the morgue. Then I'll give you the key. Can you go in and see for yourself?"
He probably thought that after all, they all knew Lao Cao, and he was a somewhat famous person in the town - after all, everyone has to be sick and die, and when he dies, he has to find someone to carry the coffin, right?
At that time, unlike now, there were few cars and many rules. Coffin bearer is still a respected profession!
So Liu Xiaofeng is not worried about any problems if he gives us the key.
But giving the keys to people outside the hospital is against the rules.
So he repeatedly told Lao Cao not to tell anyone about this matter. Otherwise he will definitely be criticized by the leader. The job title evaluation will definitely be affected in the future...
Naturally we all agreed.
So Liu Xiaofeng took us through the corridors and back to the deepest part of the hospital.
The morgue is usually in the most remote part of the hospital!
After all, everyone is afraid of this thing.
To be honest, I don’t know if it’s an illusion or if it’s true.
The further we walked towards the morgue, the darker the surroundings became - even if there were street lights, my vision seemed to be much blurry than outside.
It was as if a thin layer of mist was covering my eyes, making things look hazy.
And the temperature has dropped a lot.
It's not even October yet, but it feels chilly. Occasionally, a cool breeze blows through, giving people goosebumps.
Liu Xiaofeng was crying the whole time, as if someone owed him a thousand yuan.
Soon we reached the entrance to the corridor where the morgue was located.
It was originally a row of bungalows. Later, the walls of the rooms were opened and connected to form a large warehouse-type building, which was transformed into a hospital morgue.
Not only Lianghe Town itself, but also the villages within a radius of dozens of miles, as well as two or three smaller towns nearby, some bodies that are waiting to be claimed by their families or that are temporarily unowned will be sent here for preservation.
In 1999, the concept of "architectural designer" in a small place like this town was almost zero, and no consideration was given to humane things in use.
So the door to the morgue actually opens at the end of the corridor!
