The Underworld Detective

Song Jie and Granny Yan simply greeted each other. Granny Yan slowly walked over the field. Song Jiela lowered my sleeve and said: “Let's go slowly, don't go with her! ”

And I said, "Why? ”

“You listen to me.” Song Jie didn't explain much.

Granny Yan moved too slowly. In order not to get in front of her, Song Jie took us around from the side.

We came to a mountain, from where we could see the whole village, and the quaint ancient buildings looked delightful, with a large banyan tree in the center of the village, with leaves covering the sun, with some colourful cloth on it, and Song Jie handled it with a finger: “My mother said that the case you are looking into is inside that banyan tree. ”

“The case is in the tree?” I asked surprised.

“That's what she said, I'm not sure, but this tree is a god tree in the village. It's best not to be seen when you investigate, especially the old lady!” Song Jie warned.

When Granny Yan entered the family, we snuck into the middle of the village. The fog was so high in the morning that I didn't worry about being seen. I circled around the tree, and Song Jie sat on a large grinding plate next to me and was eating wild fruit from the road.

I asked Song Xingsheng to slap the tree slowly with his knife sheath, and then I put my ears together on the trunk to listen, and I changed angles and heard some foreign objects in the tree. Sound travels at different speeds in different objects, and those foreign objects are shaped like... a corpse.

And I said, “There's a body in there! ”

Song Jie was surprised: “So powerful, can you hear it with your ears? Are you a dolphin? ”

I said, "Listening to phonetic arguments is the basic merit of Wensong. ”

Song Jie praised: “Too strong! I wish I had this kind of listening skills, I could cheat on exams, hip-hop! ”

I laugh so hard, I've never done anything like this.

But how do we get this skeleton out? Banyan is an extremely resilient tree that slowly grows into a tree, even if a branch of a tree that is drowning in the land. In South-East Asia, some temples are often surrounded by banyan trees.

Since this tree is a god tree in the village, if it is sawed, it will surely offend the people. If I pass the Song family test, I have to abide by the rules here.

I looked at the trunk for half a day, and I frowned: "I need a sharp prick! ”

Song Xingsheng asked: "Is my knife okay? ”

“Is your knife refractory?” I asked.

“Yes!” nodded Song Xingsheng.

But we don't have a lighter, so we have to go back. At this time, there was a noisy noise in the village. Only a group of people came out, each wearing a white belt. Some of the women were crying. Granny Yan walked in front of her and sprinkled yellow paper as she walked. She said in her mouth: “The soul is back! Return home; heaven and earth, thieves and traitors!” Seems to read the passage in "True Words and Soul Recruitment."

I whispered to Song Jie: “Is this a funeral in the village? ”

“No!” Song Jie's face had a smile on it: “This is called taking a bone burial. You haven't heard of it in town, have you? Let's go. Look at the noise! ”

We followed the team to a huge mess of graves outside the village. We saw the team come out of two strong men and cut a grave open. Granny Yan knelt down and recited the soul spell, while removing the dead bones from it with a bamboo clip, put them on a table and wash them with liquor and pick them up in a can.

It turns out that the local folk wind, three years after the death, needs to take out the bones and bury them separately, which is the real ground for peace.

This is not the end of the ceremony. Granny Yan took the altar to another grave and removed the second bone. Place the two bones in a jar, then kill a large rooster, pour it on the jar with chicken blood, seal it with red cloth, and give it to the family solemnly.

Song Jie whispered to me that the bone collection and the intermarriage were carried out together. The deceased was a young man and a woman, who were not lovers at birth. In local folklore, the death of a person who had not been married was a child burial, so the two families negotiated to hold the intermarriage, so that the souls of the two men and women could have a companion under the yellow spring.

Song Jieyuan said, “If these new people were to be human again, they would probably become brothers and sisters. What do you think, Brother Song Yang? ”

I nodded: "Maybe! ”

Song Jie's face was red: “Don't get me wrong, I was just saying. ”

I don't know why she reacted so strongly, and I didn't get it wrong.

I asked Song Jie, is there a mayor in the gang? Song Jie pointed out an old man, and when the ceremony was over, I went to say: "Hello village chief, I am a relative of the Song family, I want to ask you something. ”

The mayor wondered, “Whose family are you? ”

I forgot there are more than one Song family here. Song Jie pulled my arm and said: “Uncle Song, he is my cousin from the city, outside is a famous detective, I know a lot of cops and officers! ”

The village chief immediately saluted: “Oh, I heard about you in the crane pavilion, you are Song Zhaolin's grandson, right? ”

And I said, "Yes! ”

“" In fact, we are the same family, "the village chief laughed." The Song family name in this village is all related to each other. Ask me anything. ”

And I said, “Has anyone disappeared in the village in the last 10 years? ”

The mayor frowned: "Ten years? It's too broad, I can't remember very well. ”

“Do you have an entire village registration file in your home?” I went on to ask.

“Yes, you can come and find out.” The village chief promised in full.

“Then I'll come back tonight!” I grinned and cuddled.

Song Jie mumbled beside him: “At night, people are going to sleep. This is a rural area. Unlike your city, there is a nightlife or something, or tomorrow! Uncle Song, we'll come to you in the morning. ”

The village chief said, "Okay, you can come over at noon. I'll have my family cook you a meal. ”

I thought the pace of life in the countryside was too slow, but I couldn't help but procrastinate for a day.

Song Jiela's my arm said: "Song Yang cousin, it's early, let's go play in the gun building! ”

I wondered for a moment, "What gunhouse? ”

Song Jie's cheek turned red again: “It's the gun building that used to deal with the bandits. I used to play there with Cousin Song Xingsheng. There is also a cannon on it! ”

We went from the trail up the hill to the gun tower, which is actually two earthen brick towers, nothing unusual. There is a winding stream ahead, with crystal clear water, where the little fish are chasing each other in a playful way.

I stood by the river with Song Xingsheng and exclaimed: “The air here is so good, it's just natural oxygen. ”

Song Xingsheng suddenly turned around, so Song Jie was going to attack him from behind, trying to kick his foot into the river. Song Xingsheng scolded: “How old are you? This is ridiculous! ”

Song Jie dressed up as a ghost face and suddenly pushed Song Xingsheng with his hand. Song Xingsheng stepped backwards, and he jumped backwards from the stream. Song Jieyang threw a few small stones and shouted: "Watch out for the darkness! ”

The stone splashed a splash of water flowers, Song Xingsheng waved a knife, actually scattered all the water flowers, not a drop on the clothes.

The two of them fought on both sides of the creek, and I stayed away from them for fear of getting hurt by mistake. I didn't think Song Xingsheng had this side. He and Song Jie grew up together, like green plum bamboo horses.