I heard it's not good to be a magic stick

After this round of provocations, the mourning hall was completely quiet. Several people straightened the benches and tables and continued to watch the night.

Finally, amidst all kinds of boring waiting, the coffin bearers arrived at the mourning hall.Under the guidance of Xu Xu, a group of people carried two ice coffins to the crematorium.

Unlike the crematoriums in the city that only opened at eight or nine in the morning, the crematoriums here opened very early. When the group of them arrived before five o'clock, there were already two funeral processions in front of them.

This road lacked the local red-tape funeral ceremonies, and arrived at the destination an hour faster than last time. When I first arrived at the crematorium, the sky was still completely dark, like a black rag, dirty and rich, trying to wipe it away Get rid of all the sins before the dawn.

A group of people just came out of the farewell hall, and it seemed that they had just finished the farewell ceremony for the remains. As the first body was carried out and sent to the cremation room, another funeral team hurriedly carried the coffin into the farewell hall.

There was a gust of wind blowing all around, and it was bitingly cold, and the withered and yellow leaves fell to the ground, spreading on the periphery of the farewell hall of the corpse, with the smell of the end of winter, making people feel that life is fragile and impermanent, and the leaves in the night Same, never see the sunrise and hope of the next day.

They roughly estimated that they would have to wait for more than an hour. Zhang Linle sighed: This funeral is the same as going to the doctor. No matter how early you come, there will be people queuing in front.

The coffin bearers hadn't handed over the body of the deceased to the staff of the crematorium, and they had to wait until the body was sent to the farewell hall before they could check out and leave. The group could only stand there and wait.

The wind became stronger and stronger, and the black clouds in the sky were blown away a little.

"It's probably going to rain." Asi clutched his coat tightly, "It's a bit cold."

"Winter is coming soon, and the temperature has dropped drastically." Zhang Linle patted Asi on the shoulder, "When I get back, I'll treat you to a mutton soup pot to keep warm."

"Okay." Asi nodded, thinking of the hot mutton, he shivered in the cold wind, "The design of this farewell hall is too unscientific, one by one, what if it rains?"

"I can't help it. Several surrounding villages share the same crematorium, and they all have to line up," said one of the coffin bearers.

Asi thought in his heart: It is true that they are early today. They came to the crematorium to deliver the funeral a few days ago and waited for several hours.Today they waited for less than 10 minutes, and several mourning teams came one after another. They were in the back, and they were about to exit the gate in a blink of an eye.

The staff standing in front yelled in local dialect: "It's going to rain, the people behind will carry the dead to the shed by themselves, otherwise they deserve to be drenched (deserved)." With a wave, he cursed a few words at the slow-moving person.

Zhang Lin thought happily, "Is this person too angry to wake up?"

Asi said angrily: "Have you never heard of the deceased? Can you understand the family members' feelings? The service is terrible."

Several coffin bearers put down the coffin, and one of them shook his head and explained: "Hey, we locals have long been used to it. The crematorium here has been like this since it was privately contracted. The attitude is crooked (bad), what can you do? Isn't it burning? Isn't it just obediently waiting until it starts (waiting)."

"Private?" Xu Xu and Li Jingxing looked at each other.In their impression, the crematorium should be regarded as a public institution under the Civil Affairs Bureau, but it was actually privatized here.

Asi thought to himself: No wonder the service here is so bad. It turned out to be a private crematorium, and maybe all the staff are acquaintances of the boss.

He and his wife's thoughts got together, Xu Xu stared at the staff, and asked the coffin bearer: "Since it's private, are all the staff here friends and relatives of the boss?"

"The benefits of private contracting are not good, and everyone doesn't like this place and thinks it's taboo. How can anyone be willing to come to work." The coffin bearer waved his hand.

Zhang Linle's thoughts changed abruptly, and he hurriedly asked, "Will the young people come?"

The hand that the coffin bearer was about to put down immediately shook violently: "Which young man can't figure out how to do this? I'm afraid that the daughter-in-law will be hard to please, and now the young people in the village are all going out to work."

Asi felt that something was wrong, and was about to say something, but was cut off by Li Jingxing: "Axi, you wait here, and you can represent us in the farewell meeting later."

After he finished speaking, he gave Xu Xu and Zhang Linle a wink, and strode forward.

Asi didn't dare to ask the master, let alone pull Xu Xu, so he grabbed Zhang Linle and asked, "Are you all leaving? Where are you going?"

Zhang Linle gave him a boo mouth, Xu Xu stretched out his hand and knocked Axi's hand: "Where is there so much nonsense, don't you buy the urn in advance? Don't you go through the cremation procedures? You put some cleverness here , understand?"

Asi nodded half-understood, and could only watch the three leave pitifully.

Xu Xu, who was not in agreement, made a hexagram and pointed in the direction of the cremation room. The three of them walked faster.

The first body had already been cremated and was cooling in the furnace. Zhang Linle glanced left and right, but didn't find the young man last time. Realizing that the staff member might be somewhere else, he whispered something to Li Jingxing quietly.

Li Jingxing made a gesture and left first.Zhang Linle understood that Li Jingxing asked him and Xu Xu to stay where they were, and the two of them were standing far away outside the cremation furnace, waiting with their family members.

I don't know if this place is unlucky, or if there are too many rumors, there are not many relatives of the deceased, and only a few people guard it.One of the young women couldn't help but burst into tears. The people next to her hurriedly supported her and comforted her. Seeing the woman's sadness, the people around her were also infected, and some people began to wipe away their tears.

One of the old women said: "Everyone is going to be born, old, sick and die. We can't do anything. You see, people are burned to ashes. No matter how hard you cry (hardly), it's useless. You have to cherish your body." "

The young woman couldn't stop crying: "I don't want to live anymore, since everyone is going to die, let me let him go."

The family members were anxious, and slapped the woman heavily: "Nonsense? So many people died in the next village. Now it's our village's turn. Can you stop saying a few bad words (talking about bad things)?"

Zhang Linle turned to look at Xu Xu, and whispered in doubt, "It's not just this village that has problems."

Xu Xu frowned and nodded, and glanced at the relatives of the deceased who were attending the funeral. There were only a few people, which seemed to explain this problem.

"What's going on?" Zhang Linle took a few steps with folded arms, and then quickly came back, "Brother Xu, what do you think Sirius will kill people? Do you want to absorb souls?"

"That's what I thought before. Soul ingestion usually takes place before cremation. Soul-returning nails must be nailed into the top of the deceased's head, and the feet must not touch the air to prevent the soul from being released. And those attacks happened during the vigil. , let us mistakenly think that they are going to take the soul of the dead."

"Brother Xu, you mean that their purpose is not in the soul."

"The souls of ordinary dead people are useless, unless the souls of the yin and yang, the more I think about it, the more I feel that a lot of things are evil," Xu Xu laughed, "let us shift our attention to the night of vigil, another way Thinking, what if their purpose is not the soul of the dead, but the corpse?"

Zhang Linle was shocked, "Here!"

"Last time he said he had a guess." Xu Xu said in a low voice, "The ashes..."

"It was indeed real ashes last time," Zhang Linle whispered, "I have tested it."

Just as he was speaking, the door of the cremation furnace was opened and the ashes were brought out.

"Look." Xu Xu tilted his head, and walked a few steps forward with Zhang Linle.

Although the public facilities and equipment here are relatively old, because the country fully promotes cremation, spark equipment is constantly being optimized in various places, and the cremation furnace is still considered advanced.Although the cremated remains are melted ashes, a complete human skeleton can be seen.Several family members gathered around and were picking up the unburned heads.

Xu Xu and Zhang Linle looked at it neither far nor near. There were not many family members of the deceased. Even if they stood at a distance, they could still see the skeleton clearly through the cracks.

Seeing that the ashes were really personal, Zhang Linle hesitated and said: "It's not easy to test the authenticity of the ashes, and we don't know this family."

Xu Xu pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head: "Six bowls, I'm too careless."

"What?" Zhang Linle hurriedly turned his head, "Brother Xu, are you okay?"

"Look at the shape of this ashes, does it look like a human?"

Zhang Linle nodded: "It's human, what's the matter?"

"Use your mobile phone to search for pictures of human skeletons."

Zhang Linle glanced around, but no one noticed them, so he quietly opened the pictures on his phone to compare them.

"Did you see it?" Xu Xu asked.

Zhang Linle smiled wryly: "Brother Xu, are you taking my physiology test? If you have any questions, just let me know."

"Liuwan, when we have more tasks in the future, it is very likely that we will not be accompanied by each other to perform the tasks, and it is more likely that you will perform the tasks alone. You must think about everything comprehensively. At critical moments, you must and can only rely on yourself."

Zhang Linle looked at the serious Xu Xu, and then listened to these concise words, his heart fluctuated a little.

Xu Xu is not a person who is willing to open his heart to everyone. Even with Asi, Xu Xu takes it as he pleases. He usually scolds sourly, but it is enough to protect him at critical moments.But Xu Xu was surprisingly nice to Zhang Linle.

From the very beginning when he mentioned that he should carry a weapon for self-defense, Xu Xu often gave him advice in a casual manner. However, Zhang Linle was careless and only regarded it as a kind reminder from his seniors, but Xu Xu was clearly not a person who treats others well. caring person.

When was Xu Xu willing to trust him so much?

Was it the first time that he took Li Jingxing to hell in order to find Xu Xu when he met Longzhuang?

It was the first test when Lin Qing told him that Li Jingxing and Xu Xu had already been eliminated. If he wanted to put all his eggs in one basket to save them, he would have to leave Xuanming together if he lost. Was he still determined to fight Lin Qing to the death?

Was it during the First World War in the South China Sea that they cooperated with each other and entered a fantasy world, fighting the enemy to the end with the determination to die?

......

There is no unfounded belief in this world, and the relationship between people is never unconditional.

You are willing to help me, to fight for me, to let me see my weaknesses, to fight for me, and even, when necessary, to hand over your life to me, all because I have passed the necessary tests, let you see To my sincerity and bravery.

You know, I will do the same to you.

Zhang Linle nodded vigorously: "I see."

"What are you thinking about?" Xu Xu pursed his lips and smiled, "Silly boy, your reaction is a bit slow. Did the reflex arc go around the village twice?"

Zhang Linle smiled and quickly waved his hands, without saying much, he continued to look at his phone with his head down.

Since business matters, Xu Xu stopped joking and asked, "Did you notice any difference?"

"A human's pelvis is not so wide." Zhang Linle pointed to the corpse.

Xu Xu nodded.

Zhang Linle took a breath, it was scary.