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Chapter 41 Yao Ziqiang's Concealment
Li Guidao said that the case should be more difficult this time, which made me feel a little worried. Mai Xiaorou had already been injured in the Mirror House case before, so if we increase the difficulty this time, we might not be able to complete it.

When they arrived at the wreath shop, Li Guidao and Ning Xi were both there, and they were organizing the goods in the shop together, so Ning Xi really started to help here.

Seeing me and Mai Xiaorou coming over, Li Guidao stopped what he was doing, then handed me a piece of paper and said, "Here are the materials you need to file a case, and I have sorted them out for you."

I reached out to take the piece of paper, and found that it was full of handwritten words. The handwriting was neat and powerful, but there was no description related to the case. What was written was all funeral objects such as wreaths and paper figurines ordered by a certain client. list.

After looking at it for a while, I asked Li Guidao if he made a mistake, and Li Guidao said, "That's right, look at the delivery address at the bottom, that's where you're going to file a case today, those goods happened to come from We sent it here, and the truck that pulls the goods will come soon, so you go with that car, and help me deliver the goods along the way."

Let us help deliver! ?Did Li Guidao treat us like little workers?
Before I agreed, Ning Xi immediately said, "Why don't you let me go too."

Li Guidao shook his head and said, "If you want to file a case, I can arrange something else for you. This case is not suitable for you!"

Ning Xi smiled and didn't say anything more.

Of course we still took the case.

It didn't take long for a small cargo to arrive at the door of the wreath shop. We first helped to load the truck, and then went with us to the delivery location.

As for the facts of the case, Li Guidao didn't go into details at all this time, he just said that after we got there, there would be a special person to explain it to us.

The car went directly to the west of the county seat. According to the address on the list given to me by Li Guidao, our delivery location is the mourning hall of a funeral home. The family members of the deceased will hold a cremation ceremony in the mourning hall tomorrow, so we will send it there today. The things are used to decorate the mourning hall.

The driver of the truck on No. [-] Road didn't talk to us, and we happened to be left alone.

When we arrived at the place, Mai Xiaorou and I helped unload the truck and sent the things to the mourning hall. We didn't have to take care of the arrangements, and we had special people to take care of them.

The driver of the truck left after unloading the truck without asking if we wanted to leave with him.

Mai Xiaorou and I stood at the entrance of the mourning hall in a daze, should we find someone to ask casually, or should we just wait here?
At this moment, a middle-aged man in a black suit with a black veil on his arm came towards us, and he was talking on his mobile phone while walking.

As he spoke, he glanced at Mai Xiaorou and me, and then said to the other end of the phone: "I seem to have seen them, okay, thank you, Master Li, and I'll go to receive them right away. What's the matter, let's get in touch again."

Master Li, it should be Li Guidao who called, tell him that Mai Xiaorou and I are here, and this middle-aged man should be the one who introduced the case to us.

The middle-aged man hung up the phone and greeted us: "Master Chen and Master Mai?"

Mai Xiaorou and I nodded at the same time.

The middle-aged man continued: "My name is Yao Ziqiang. It was my mother who passed away. I will trouble the two of you for a while. But having said that, you should not be very old. How long have you been in the industry?"

Facing Yao Ziqiang's questioning, Mai Xiaorou said: "It's been five or six years, don't worry, tell us about your mother in detail, and we will help you deal with it."

I didn't speak at the side, because I have only officially joined the industry for a few days, and Yao Ziqiang would be frightened if I said it.

Yao Ziqiang led us to a reception room of the funeral parlor, and when we got there, he said: "My mother's funeral ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow, and all the guests will rush here to attend the ceremony tomorrow, so we need to bring my mother's The body was brought over, but..."

Speaking of this, Yao Ziqiang suddenly became hesitant, a little speechless.

I asked him how it was, and let him just say it directly.

Yao Ziqiang then said: "But my mother's crystal coffin is as if a thousand catties of iron and stone have fallen, and I can't lift it. I have searched for many people, but the coffin just doesn't move at all! I hope you two can help me find out, is it my mother? If there is any missing wish, how can I move the coffin over here, so don't delay tomorrow's business."

I asked curiously, "So, your mother is still at home? Which neighborhood is it?"

Yao Ziqiang said: "Shenghuayuan, wait a minute, I'll arrange things here again, and I'll drive you there."

Mai Xiaorou and I nodded, and Yao Ziqiang got up and left the reception room to go outside to direct those people to make arrangements.

I always feel that Yao Ziqiang cares more about the funeral ceremony than her mother herself. I don’t like this person. If he were any other filial son, he should stay at home with his mother’s body at this time. The matter here must be handed over to someone in charge. I did it.

I told Mai Xiaorou what was in my heart, and Mai Xiaorou nodded and said nothing.

I know that in this situation, she must have thought of Grandpa Mai.

After a while, Yao Ziqiang returned to the reception room. He said that everything has been arranged here, and let us go to Shenghuayuan with him.

When I saw Yao Ziqiang's car when I left the funeral home, I knew he was a rich man.

After getting in the car, Yao Ziqiang said while driving: "After my mother died, I asked a gentleman to look at it, and said that my mother would stay at home until today, and after today she would be sent to the funeral parlor. So I got a crystal coffin for my mother to keep the body, and put it at home for five days. Today is the sixth day. I want to move it to the funeral home, but something happened. Tomorrow is the seventh day. The gentleman said , if I don’t cremate again, it will be troublesome for my mother to return to her soul in the first seven nights!”

The county seat is not big, and we arrived at Shenghuayuan in a short while. When we got here, we found that this is a villa area.

Thinking about it, if it is an ordinary apartment building, how can the crystal coffin be carried in?
The crystal coffin was in the living room on the first floor, and my head was facing the main entrance. As soon as I entered the door and saw the coffin, my heart trembled.

Yao Ziqiang pointed to the crystal coffin and said, "It's there, and there is one more thing I want to tell you, that is, the eyes of my mother's body will open inexplicably at night, no matter how we She couldn’t even close it. Only after 05:30 in the morning can we close it again by hand. It’s like this these days. I think my mother must have lost her wish, otherwise she won’t be inexplicably big. Open your eyes at night!"

I have been listening to Yao Ziqiang's talk along the way, and I found a small pattern when he spoke. Every time he called "Mother", his voice was a little serious, even with a little fear, and when he called "Mom", he seemed to be very serious. Much kinder.

And along the way, he kept changing these two names, which made me feel that the relationship between him and his mother seemed a little close and distant.

After listening to Yao Ziqiang's words, Mai Xiaorou and I have arrived in front of the crystal coffin. The old lady is wearing a black shroud, with simple makeup on her face, her eyes are closed, her face is peaceful, and she doesn't seem to have any resentment.

Of course, I also adjusted my breath and sensed the surrounding Qi. The Yin Qi here is indeed very heavy, but I didn't find the slightest shadow of ghosts.

Mai Xiaorou checked the crystal coffin, and then asked Yao Ziqiang: "Which room did your mother live in before she died, show us to see it!"

When Mai Xiaorou asked such a question, Yao Ziqiang was taken aback for a moment, then hesitated, pointed to the second floor and said, "I'll take you there."

When we were going upstairs, I asked Yao Ziqiang: "Your mother's crystal coffin is here, and no one is guarding it? Where are your family and relatives?"

Yao Ziqiang said: "I don't have any brothers or sisters, my mother raised me alone, so in this county, we don't have any relatives, some of them are from my wife's side, but I can't bother about guarding my mother's coffin. People over there, so apart from me, no one will come here to guard my mother's coffin these days, plus the fact that the crystal coffin cannot be moved, I don't feel worried about my wife and children living here, Let them go back to their natal home temporarily."

It seems that the situation of the Yao family is still very special.

Yao Ziqiang led us up to the second floor, where the yin energy was much lighter than that on the first floor. When we arrived at the room where Yao Ziqiang's mother lived, I couldn't help but let out a "huh" because there were still some ghosts in the corridor. But the room was clean inside.

This shows that the ghost has never entered that room at all.

What's going on here? If Yao Ziqiang's mother lived there during her lifetime, it's impossible not to go in and have a look after her death.

Yao Ziqiang must have been hiding something from us.

Seeing that I had discovered something, Mai Xiaorou also nodded at me. I understood what she meant, and asked me to ask Yao Ziqiang to clarify the matter.

I thought for a while and asked Yao Ziqiang directly: "Did your mother really live here?"

Yao Ziqiang hesitated and asked me: "Master Chen, what do you mean, my mother doesn't live here, where else can I live?"

I said: "It's not a wise choice for you to lie to us now, and it will even increase the difficulty of solving the problem. Of course, if you don't sincerely want to solve this matter, we will turn around and leave without saying anything."

Yao Ziqiang hesitated again.

After a while he said: "My mother did not live on the second floor during her lifetime!"

I asked if they lived on the second floor, where did they live?

Yao Ziqiang stopped talking. Judging from his expression, he was very conflicted and even regretful.

I suddenly had a feeling in my heart, the old lady doesn't live in some terrible place, I have often seen in the news that unfilial sons and daughters drive the old man into the pigsty and the cowshed.

At this moment, we suddenly heard a few muffled "bang bang bang".

I said, is there someone knocking on the door.

Yao Ziqiang stared wide-eyed and said, "It's a crystal coffin!"

(End of this chapter)