Chapter 230: Zhang Fu's secret

Zhang Fu stood on his knees in front of the tombstone. His face was covered with blood stains, his eyes were swept away by people, and the blood remained on the sides of his face and solidified.
In addition to the eyes, Zhang Fu's hands and fingers were also missing a knuckle, ten fingers facing down, which means that someone stiffly grabbed Zhang Fu's ten fingers and pressed it down towards the ground to give a live break.
Such a brutal method is undoubtedly revealing a message that the murderer is extremely cruel.
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"Mr. Fang, in my experience, this is not a vendetta, nor should it be a revenge killing."
Cao Liang said at this time, "We have investigated Zhang Fu's experience. Before he was burned, he was an ordinary migrant worker. He later entered the cemetery to work because of the disfigurement of the rented house."
"For the past two decades, Zhang Fu has spent most of his time in the cemetery and has little contact with the outside world, and there will be no offenders in this job."
"Regarding Zhang Fu's death method, his eyes were dug out, and then his fingers were broken. This cruel killing method generally has only two possibilities, revenge or punishment."
"But the former has been ruled out by me, so the last possibility left is that this is the punishment of Zhang Fu by the murderer."
Listening to Cao Liang's words, Fang Ming looked somber, "Then what do you think Zhang Fu did wrong and will be punished in such a way? What can a cemetery tombkeeper do?"
"Mr. Fang, we found something strange in the house where Zhang Fu lives."
Cao Liang said meaningfully, Fang Ming was stunned, and then followed Cao Liang to the place where Zhang Fu lived.
Zhang Fu has worked in the cemetery for more than 20 years, but the place where he lives is only a small wooden hut, which was temporarily built 20 years ago. Zhang Fu has lived here for the past 20 years.
At the moment, there were several Cao Liang players in and out of the wooden house, and they greeted Cao Liang and Fang Ming quickly.
Fang Ming ignored the team members and went straight into Zhang Fu's wooden house. When he entered the wooden house, he understood why Cao Liang said that Zhang Fu's house had something special.
In Zhang Fu's wooden house, there are three coffins, one normal black coffin, one red coffin and one white coffin.
These three coffins occupy almost half of the space of the house, followed by a clay stove, a table and a wooden bed.
Simple, but neat and tidy.
"Mr. Fang, we have seen that all three coffins are empty." Cao Liang introduced the situation.
Fang Ming was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Dig the grave and dig the grave that was buried recently in the tomb."
"what!"
Hearing Fang Ming's request, Cao Liang froze for a moment, but he was a decisive person. Although he didn't know the purpose of Fang Ming's request, he nodded.
Every burial grave in the cemetery is recorded. When Cao Liang took people to dig the grave, Fang Ming was still in the wooden house. He was observing everything in the wooden house.
Thermos, vacuum flasks, yellowed newspapers, old-fashioned flashlights, everything looks like a family in the 1990s and early 1920s, which shows that Zhang Fu is not a very enjoyable person, and can even be said to have nothing on the outside. pursue.
In the end, Fang Ming's eyes fell on the wooden bed, and the bed was lifted up. There was a layer of newspaper underneath, but there was a prominent piece on the side near the inside.
When the newspaper was opened, something was revealed below. It was a notebook with a red cover, a bit similar to the one used in the 1990s. The cover was still the Tiananmen pattern.
Holding the notebook in his hand, Fang Ming's eyes have two colors, because there is no dust on this notebook, which can only explain one thing, that is, Zhang Fu often took out this notebook before his death.
Perhaps the secret of Zhang Fu is recorded in this notebook.
When he saw the three coffins, Fang Ming knew that Zhang Fu was not just a tombkeeper in a cemetery, but also hidden some unknown secrets in Zhang Fu's body.
On the first page of the notebook, the handwriting above is already a bit yellow, but Fang Ming can see the last time. Twenty-three years ago, it means that the content on this notebook was written by Zhang Fu twenty-three years ago. Too.
After reading it carefully, Fang Ming finally knew Zhang Fu's past.
Twenty-four years ago, Zhang Fu was disfigured because of a fire in his rental house. He stayed in the hospital for half a year before he was discharged from the hospital. Because he was not injured on the construction site, he was not counted as a work injury. Without guarantee, Zhang Fu did not get a cent of compensation.
The hospital’s money was paid by the landlord, but don’t even think about compensation. Zhang Fu, who was born penniless and disfigured, returned to his hometown to see his wife, directly after he went through the divorce procedure with his wife. Came to the cemetery.
It was a dark period, at least for Zhang Fu. It was not until three or four years before he came out of the shadows, but even then he still dared not show up in front of strangers because he couldn’t stand the other person’s aversion or It is sympathetic eyes.
A person with a rich heart and loneliness, Zhang Fu chose to use a diary to record everything about him. This habit lasted for more than ten years and did not change until ten years ago.
Zhang Fu's diary is almost at the end here, and Fang Ming's attention is one of them.
"I met him. Before I met him, I never knew that there were ghosts in this world. He opened my eyes, so that I could see the ghosts in the whole cemetery, and let me communicate with ghosts. A lonely person."
Judging from the handwriting, Fang Ming can perceive the happy mood of Zhang Fu at that time, not seeing the fear of ghosts at all, and more of being happy, because ghosts do not dislike his hideous face.
The following days were very bland. Zhang Fu was immersed in dealing with ghosts every day. He thought that the ghosts of these cemeteries were his relatives and friends.
However, things changed six years ago.
"He came and opened it again to me after six years. He gave me a task. I wanted to refuse this task. However, he told me that if he refused, not only would I die, but these Ghosts are going to die."
"He killed several of my friends in front of me, which made me very angry, but I know I am not his opponent, he is a demon, in order not to let more friends be killed, I can only promise His request."
"I dig up the ashes of eligible bodies every month according to his requirements, and put them in the three coffins he brought me, and he will come over once a month to transport the coffins away until the first Two days later, the empty coffin was brought in again."
...
Seeing this, Fang Ming's eyes contracted a bit, and the rest of the content is almost the same, probably Zhang Fu is describing his inner pain.
Until I see the last page.
"In the past two months, no new deceased came in the cemetery, but he even dug up the ashes of my friends. This is not what I can accept. I have to resist..."
...
The content of the notebook is over here, Zhang Fu mentioned resistance, but how to resist is not written on it.
Fang Ming was silent, and it was at this time that Cao Liang came in from the door.
"Mr. Fang, there was a major discovery. After we dug up the grave that was buried in the latest cemetery, the ashes in it disappeared, and judging from the color of the soil, this grave should have been given twice recently. Dig."
Cao Liang looked a little excited, but Fang Ming just handed him the notebook and motioned him to look at the contents.
"what is this?"
Cao Liang took over the notebook and quickly read through the contents. The shock on his face grew stronger and stronger.
"This blessing guard guards against theft, helping people steal the ashes of dead people in the cemetery, and then transport them through these three coffins?"
Taking a deep breath, Cao Liang suppressed the shock in his heart, but his face was confused. "I have seen people stealing various things, but I have never seen anyone stealing ashes, and even if they want to steal ashes, Just take it away, why should Zhang Fu be placed in these three coffins?"
"Because these three coffins have different meanings, the black coffin is for those who are married and under the age of 70, the red coffin is for those who are over 90, and the white coffin is for the minors Used by the dead."
Fang Ming explained that even if he lives ninety, he will be happy even if he dies, so many places will use red coffins, while normal people will die if they are black coffins. White coffins are only for those children who die or are unmarried. use.
"These three coffins are not simple, they are all made of more than 100 years of wood locust, but there is a proverb in the folk called: mulberry, jujube, du, pear, huai, do not enter the Yin and Yang house.
"These five kinds of wood are generally not used to create furniture or coffins, and Huaimu has a role in attracting the spirits, but if it is made into a coffin, it is equivalent to a closed space, trapping the spirits. among them."
"If I didn’t guess wrong, the person behind Zhang Fu made all the ashes that Zhang Fu dug were ghosts that didn’t go to the underworld, and the ashes were dug out. These ghosts were trapped in the coffin and later Take away."
"So, stealing ashes is not an end at all, the real purpose is for those ghosts."
Fang Ming has a certain color in his eyes. This is the purpose of the people behind Zhang Fu, and choosing Zhang Fu is just to keep things from being discovered.
"That is to say, Zhang Fu's death was because he did not complete the task assigned to him by the people behind him, and he did not want to go to dig the grave, so the people behind him became angry and killed him cruelly."
Cao Liang also quickly judged. After all, he is a criminal policeman with rich experience in solving crimes, and many things can be inferred by inconsistency.