after death strike

Zhou Ming raised his thick eyebrows, his eyes were full of anger, as if he was really angry.The brothers around him also had a fierce look on their faces. They first came over to stop the musicians, and then surrounded the couple aggressively.

The festive and lively atmosphere just disappeared in an instant when the drums stopped, and the atmosphere of the scene was a bit dignified for a while, especially the outsiders who were invited to greet the relatives looked at each other in a daze, not quite understanding what happened .

Zhou Ming went to the side and made a phone call. Although the voice was loud, the dialect was used. Li Zhizhi didn't understand a single word. He only guessed that he might have called home to report the sudden "accident".

The corpse... disappeared?

Li Zhizhi and Ah Wang glanced at each other, and stood on the periphery of the team in a tacit understanding.When this kind of thing happened, no one wanted to get involved.Li Zhizhi glanced at Zhou Ming silently again, deeply feeling that once this cousin got angry impulsively, he would be indiscriminate, which was a bit scary.

The "bride" disappeared on the day of the wedding. Can this wedding still be held?

"How could we lie to you! We are usually from the village, and now we are married. You know our family's situation, how could you regret it?" The middle-aged woman was so anxious that the voice of the explanation approached Hoarse, with tears in his eyes.She wiped her face and said in tears: "We have been at home for a long time, and we just changed the girl's clothes until yesterday. Who knew that when we got up this morning, we found that she was gone, and the body was gone. But everything is still the same .”

Probably because her appearance was too earnest, Zhou Ming, who was originally angry, gradually calmed down, looked at her suspiciously, frowned and remained silent, as if evaluating the authenticity of her words.

Seeing that Zhou Ming looked like he was about to be persuaded, the middle-aged man also squeezed in front of him, and said with a sad face: "If you don't believe me, come in with us to have a look, we only opened the coffin lid, everything else Didn't move!"

The expressions of the husband and wife did not seem to be fake, but the matter had come to this point, and Zhou Ming, who had completely calmed down, also understood that things might not be as he thought, but his frowning never relaxed.Zhou Ming ordered a few people to go in with him to watch the scene, but apart from the few brothers who were with him, Zhou Ming actually called Li Zhizhi out loud.

"Cousin, you can go in with me and have a look."

He ignored Li Zhizhi's slightly surprised expression, and entered the door with the couple first.

Li Zhizhi hesitated - he was originally just a spectator and had no intention of participating in it.However, he was also curious about the development of the matter, so he patted Ah Wang to reassure him, and waited outside, while he took a few steps forward and followed inside.

The house of this family looks old, and there are some damaged and dusty plow tools in the corner of the yard, which gives a sense of dilapidation in vain.Like the auditorium arranged by the Zhou family, the family also hung red silk and pasted red paper in the hall where the coffin was held, removed the posthumous photos, and offered red candles and incense.It's just that because the real wedding ceremony was not held here, the dark coffin was still parked in the center of the hall.

The coffin lid was pulled open and stretched straight towards the hall door.A few people walked over to take a look, and it was indeed empty inside, like an enlarged rectangular box.

Li Zhizhi didn't go over.The shape and color of the coffin overlapped with what he remembered, which made him instinctively resist.It's just that he is used to concealing his heart, pretending to be indifferent on the surface, turning his eyes around, but actually listening to the conversation of several other people in the hall.

Instead, let Li Zhizhi hear some details.

The couple's names were Zhou Weimin and Liu Cui, and his dead cousin's relative was Zhou Xiaoling, the eldest daughter of the family.The day after Zhou Jun died in a car accident, this young girl also died of a serious illness.Out of the customs of the village, the two families got together and wanted to make a yin marriage for their children who died young.

Although Yinqin sounds weird and scary, but the two families seem to be holding a wedding of a living person. The man gave the woman's family a gift of nearly [-] yuan.But the woman's family is relatively poor, so she only pays the ceremony fee as a dowry.

After all, their family was still married—if Zhou Jun and Zhou Xiaoling were both alive, the marriage might not be settled so smoothly and quickly.

No wonder Zhou Xiaoling's parents treated the man in such a submissive manner, flattering both inside and outside, and it's no wonder Zhou Ming became so unkind when he got angry. It turned out that the bride price was involved.

Find out the pros and cons, Li Zhizhi's mood is a bit complicated.He could see that Zhou Guohua's family had done a lot of hard work for the dead young son, but the attitude of Zhou Xiaoling's parents was a bit intriguing.

After leading people to carefully inspect the mourning hall, and unceremoniously searched every corner of Zhou Weimin's house, they really did not find the whereabouts of the corpse, so Zhou Ming was able to confirm that what they said was true.

"What are your plans?" Zhou Ming directly asked them this question.

"This..." Zhou Weimin glanced at his wife with some unease, seeing her glare at him secretly, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "We will get the girl back."

"Get it back? How many days will it take? Can you guarantee the integrity of the body?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Ming could say such merciless words, the couple's complexion turned pale, their lips were murmured and they wanted to speak, but Zhou Ming threw another sentence at him. "Even if you can wait, my brother can't wait."

Calculating the time, it has been nearly a week since Zhou Jun's death. The weather will get hotter as the weather goes down. No matter how good the embalming method is, there is probably no way to keep the body intact.

The story has been said for this sake, and everyone who should understand understands it.However, Liu Cui suddenly took a step forward, stood in front of her husband, threw herself on the coffin, and began to cry as soon as she raised her voice: "My poor girl, you are really suffering, people say you are gone!" It's gone, and I don't know who has stolen the corpse right now, we are sorry for you, and we can't let you rest in peace..."

She suddenly started crying in pain, which shocked everyone, and immediately stepped forward to pull them away to comfort them.At this moment, Liu Cui suddenly knelt in front of Zhou Ming, hugged his leg and cried, "Give us a few more days, we have already called the police, and we will definitely get the girl back. Even if you resent us, you will We shouldn't let two children be alone down here..."

Although it was obviously Zhou Ming's side that was right, but seeing the elders who were a few rounds older than him crying and kneeling in front of him, Zhou Ming's refusal seemed to be his fault.

In the end, when the commotion subsided, Zhou Mingsong wanted to go home and ask his parents, and the two families discussed together again.

Li Zhizhi, who watched the whole process, had to sneer. The couple's thoughts were too easy to guess. The [-] dowry gift is so important?

He didn't want to watch this farce anymore, and while everyone was still discussing, he sneaked out of the mourning hall, wanting to go out to find Ah Wang.

However, just as Li Zhizhi walked under the eaves, his eyes were attracted by a little boy in the yard.The clothes he wears are a bit too big, like the old clothes of the brothers and sisters above, the trousers are baggy, the collar almost falls to the shoulders, and he is holding a dirty toy car in his hand, a pair of dark eyes The eyes seem familiar, very agile.

He also noticed the stranger, looked over with vigilance, and asked, "Who are you?"

This little boy should be Zhou Xiaowu, another child of Zhou Weimin and Liu Cui.

Li Zhizhi is very patient with children, and even he himself has the aura of the king of children.Li Zhizhi was an intern in pediatrics during his undergraduate years. No matter how bearish the child was in his hands, he was able to receive the needle without crying or making noise, which is a miracle.If it wasn't for his lack of ambition, the director of pediatrics almost wanted to keep him.

He squatted down, came up, with a smile on his face, dispelled Zhou Xiaowu's vigilance with a few words, and pulled the distance between the two of them at once.

Until the few people in the mourning hall came out after discussing, he was still squatting in the yard playing with Zhou Xiaowu, and the bright smile on his face was so happy that Zhou Ming couldn't help but look sideways, and almost didn't recognize him.

... This childish ghost is really his cousin?

Li Zhizhi didn't notice his gaze, and he and Zhou Xiaowu still smiled and pushed the toy car back and forth until he saw Zhou Ming when he turned around to pick up the car, then Shi Shiran pretended nothing happened He stood up, coughed and stood beside Zhou Ming.

"Cousin, are you done talking?" Li Zhizhi pretended to be innocent.

Everyone else had already left the yard, only Zhou Ming stayed and waited for him.When he mentioned this matter, Zhou Ming's expression showed a trace of irritability. He nodded, "Three days. Let's go home first." Li Zhizhi let him go first, and he squatted down again to bid farewell to Zhou Xiaowu.

"Brother is gone, you have fun." He pinched the little boy's thin face.

Zhou Xiaowu blinked and looked at him, with a hint of reluctance in his dark pupils. "Brother, do you want to leave like your sister?"

Li Zhizhi remembered that he had lost his only sister not long ago, and he didn't know what to say for a while.Rather than consolation, how to make him accept the reality may be a better choice.But it wasn't relative, Li Zhizhi didn't say anything, just ignored his question, and said goodbye with a short "goodbye" - he believed that he and this child would definitely meet again.

But the similar experience made him sympathize with Zhou Xiaowu in his heart, and couldn't help but give him a hug.

This hug was only for a few seconds, but it was enough for Zhou Xiaowu to notice his abnormality.As soon as Li Zhizhi put down the little boy in his arms, he suddenly heard him say: "Brother, why are you as cold as your sister? It's so comfortable."

At this time, the sun was at its hottest in the afternoon, and everyone was flushed and sweating profusely from the heat, and only Li Zhizhi's cheeks were still as pale as a piece of cold jade.Zhou Xiaowu missed his cold body temperature and rubbed against him again.

There is no need to lie to children.Even though his biggest secret was punctured by him, Li Zhizhi was not angry or panicked, but just patted his head helplessly and gently.

"Then help your brother keep it a secret, okay?"

The author has something to say: Li Zhizhi: Compared with adults, children are still the cutest

Ah Wang: (silently looking down at himself)

Li Zhizhi: As handsome as I am, I can get double-digit kisses a day in pediatrics!

Ah Wang: (stepping forward without saying a word) I can kiss you too

Li Zhizhi: (bewildered by being kidnapped)...

Ah Wang: I can kiss more passionately, if Zhi needs it.

Li Zhizhi: (laughing angrily) Thank you so much...you go!I'm not asking you to actually kiss me!