Chapter 33: Prison
"Shan, there are corpses scattered everywhere. I'm afraid it's hard to find them. Let's use puppets." Maomao suggested.
Xu Shanshan stood in the darkness with a calm expression. She took out a stack of paper figures from her sleeves and raised them in the wind. They were blown out, stretched in the wind, and finally fell to the ground precariously. stood up.
The villain shook the paper body and made "squeaking" and "squeaking" sounds.
After Xu Shanshan reported his birth date and birth date to them, he said: "Find them and bring them over."
The original owner knew the birthdays and horoscopes of the two elders of the Xu family. Everyone's fate was determined from birth. This is like the trunk veins of a banyan tree. If it is a banyan tree, it will never grow into a locust tree or a locust tree. cedar.
So it can also be a person's "new brand" for identification.
Not long after, the little paper people and the ants put food on the ground and carried two corpses over.
Xu Shanshan walked forward. The corpse had naturally decayed until only the bones were left, but the clothes on his body were still on top.
She squatted down, identified them and said, "It's them."
"The clothes are all torn. They must have been bitten by wild beasts."
"Yes."
Xu Shanshan took the two corpses out expressionlessly.
It was getting dark early, and Nan Fengxu wanted to run away many times. Isn’t it nonsense to find two corpses in such a large mass grave in the dark?
But he couldn't bear the trouble of conscience, he was angry and anxious, coming and going, frightened in the wind.
Suddenly, he heard movement behind him and turned his head suddenly, only to see a figure walking out of the dark forest.
“Xu Shanshan?”
When he saw her coming out holding two corpses, everyone was dumbfounded.
"You, you really found the two elders of the Xu family? You didn't just find two corpses to fool..."
The floating clouds were swept away by the wind, and the moon on Nanshan was bright in the shallows. He saw When he came to the two sets of familiar clothes on the corpse and the green bracelet on Xu's mother's wrist, he couldn't continue talking.
He and Xu Shanshan were childhood sweethearts. Due to their engagement, he often visited the Xu family, so he was naturally very familiar with the Xu family.
He had a lump in his throat, unable to believe that she had really found it.
Xu Shanshan put the body down and asked him: "Do you have money?"
"Of course I do, how much do you want?"
She thought for a moment, not quite He confirmed: "I will borrow as much as it costs to hold a beautiful funeral."
He looked at her in shock.
"You, you want to hold a funeral for them?"
"In name, they are my adoptive parents. I failed to fulfill my filial piety during my lifetime. After my death, I should honor them and bury them. "She talked about a set of secular etiquette.
"Xu Shanshan...are you really Xu Shanshan? Why do I feel that you have changed so much this time when you come back?"
Nan Fengxu looked at her suspiciously.
"Nan Fengxu, haven't you changed too? The Nan Fengxu who would rather cut his wrists to fight for Xu Shanshan than marry someone else is now knowing that she is suffering in the Black Island, and Nan Fengxu can still study with peace of mind. , isn’t it all you?”
Nan Fengxu’s face turned pale instantly.
Some people have said that the process of human growth is to learn all kinds of "fear", because the ignorant are fearless.
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After Nan Fengxu returned to Nanfeng's house, he soon sent someone to deliver a box of banknotes to Xu Shanshan. He did not come in person, but only told her in a letter.
"Xu Shanshan, I still think you are vicious-hearted and mean-mouthed. You make me feel like I am not a man, but a coward."
"I can no longer hold the funeral for the second elder of the Xu family with you. Because I also have my own responsibilities to bear, and I cannot put the entire Nanfeng family in danger because of my own selfishness. "The Xu family was charged with selling illegal salt, and they should have been executed, but they should have been executed." Because the second son of the Xu family died to apologize, and the Wei family also interceded for the Xu family, the others escaped their lives, but Shanshan and Shuishui could not escape and were sent to the Black Island to be punished as a warning to others. "
"Let me remind you that you were not in the Xu family at the time, and you were still an adopted daughter. Therefore, the government did not force you to pursue a crime, but if you want to disclose it to the Xu family, If the second elder holds a funeral, I'm afraid the government will notice it, and you won't be able to escape. ”
“That’s all. ”
After Xu Shanshan read the letter, his expression did not change.
She picked up the paper and began to calculate the auspicious day for burial, and then wrote it down.
Immediately go to buy suitable coffins and burial utensils, as well as mourning clothes and funeral supplies for worship.
At the end of the day, she had almost finished her shopping, so she returned to the Xu Mansion first, and the things would be delivered according to the address.
The Xu Mansion has actually been sealed for a long time, but I don’t know who broke the seal. Of course, no one will admit it. After all, if the government finds out, it will inevitably be punished.
Maomao flew in, opened the door, and Xu Shanshan stepped into Xu Mansion.
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In three days, Xu Shanshan arranged a mourning hall in the main hall of Xu Mansion. Because the Xu family was convicted and there would be no relatives coming to express condolences, she abandoned it. There are a lot of complicated rituals, just like a big burial.
She also specially invited a professional funeral procession. Apart from other things, the funeral standards were still the same.
After Xu Shanshan lit the lantern in the mourning hall, he watched the funeral at the right time.
The coffin was carried out from the Xu Mansion in a dignified manner. She did not wear mourning clothes for descendants, but was dressed in plain clothes. Along the way, a drummer guided the funeral staff to carry the coffin to the street, attracting the attention of many people. Watch.
"Whose family member is this dead?"
"I just saw it, it seems that he came from the Xu family..."
"What?! Xu Home? Isn’t the Xu family dead and exiled? Who is organizing the funeral for the Xu family?”
“I don’t know, but... I’m afraid she will do this. You are getting yourself into big trouble.”
"Alas, the Xu family is also wronged..."
"Stop talking nonsense!"
After touring all the way, we have to carry it to the "Feng Shui Treasure Land", where the sad music of the drummers Amidst the fluttering inscriptions and banners, the funeral was carried out.
The sky was low and the grayness was oppressive. Four strong men carried the coffin and carried it to a pre-dug grave on a nearby mountain for burial.
Just as the coffin was slowly being placed into the grave, a group of officers and soldiers who received the report swarmed over.
They were as fast as the wind, armed with sharp weapons. The leading officer had a stern look on his face. With a wave of his hand, the officers and soldiers behind him gathered around.
"Who are you? Are the people you buried, Xu Changnan and his wife?"
Xu Shanshan was not surprised by their appearance: "I am Xu Shanshan, and the people you buried are mine. The adoptive parents are Xu Changnan and his wife."
The officer narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "You dare to organize the funeral of a sinner privately. Do you know what crime you committed? Also, since you are so close to the Xu family? , then arrest them together and hold them accountable!"
After hearing this, Xu Shanshan did not panic or be afraid, but said very calmly: "Can you let me finish the funeral first?"
The officer laughed: "Dream! Why do you think I will let the criminals be buried in peace?"
Xu Shanshan turned away, looked in an unknown direction and said: "Inside the ruined temple, under the adobe bricks, A bag of silver, a female corpse."
With every word she revealed, the officer's face turned pale, especially the last "female corpse". He subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife and sucked it hard. tone.
There is a ghost in the human heart, and you will be frightened if you hear the news.
“Now, can we continue with the burial?”
(End of this chapter)