Chapter 1237
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At three o’clock in the afternoon.
Ye Qiu and the Long-browed True Man arrived in Badong County.
Badong County is surrounded by mountains and close to the Yangtze River. The scenery is very beautiful, just like a paradise.
Lao Xiang’s hometown is in a village under the jurisdiction of Badong County called Xiangshui Village.
Ye Qiu and the Long-browed True Man took the shuttle bus for over an hour before arriving at Xiangshui Village from the county town. After some inquiries, they found Old Xiang’s hometown.
Old Xiang’s hometown was a tile-roofed house, located among the green mountains, quiet and remote.
From a distance, Ye Qiu and the Long-browed True Man saw a white paper with black characters couplet hanging at the door of the tile-roofed house.
It was very eye-catching.
Ye Qiu and True Man Changmei walked into the courtyard and found that except for an old man who was watching the door, a single figure could be seen. It was a bit too desolate.
“Hello, is Old Xiang living here？” Ye Qiu asked.
The old man who was watching the door raised his eyes and saw two strangers, and asked vigilantly, “Who are you？”
“We are colleagues of Old Xiang.” Ye Qiu said, “The courtyard heard that Old Xiang’s father passed away from illness, so they sent me to visit.”
The vigilance on the old man’s face disappeared, and he quickly stood up and said warmly, “So it’s his colleagues. I’m sorry for neglecting you.”
Ye Qiu asked, “Where is Old Xiang？”
”Alas, don’t mention it.” The old man sighed deeply and said, “They went to the cemetery. Those damned people dug up Old Xiang’s father’s coffin from the grave.”
Ye Qiu frowned and asked, “Grandpa, what exactly is going on？”
The old man said, “It’s like this. Last year, our town started to advocate for a change in social customs and called on everyone to be cremated after death. For this purpose, several million yuan was spent to build a funeral parlor.”
”However, after people here die, they all pay attention to being laid to rest in the soil. It has been like this for thousands of years, so the business of the funeral parlor is very bad.”
”At the beginning of the year, this funeral parlor was contracted by a ruffian in our town.”
”Since then, our town has been in a turmoil because of this ruffian.”
The old man said here, with an angry face, and continued, “Since this ruffian contracted the funeral parlor, he has gathered a group of lackeys. Then, whenever there is a death in a family, they will go and make trouble.”
”If they are sent to the funeral parlor for cremation, they will take the opportunity to sell wreaths, paper money and other things at high prices. Without 20,000 yuan, the family members simply cannot get the ashes. But if there is a family that is not willing to cremate, they will keep making trouble. They will blackmail money at least, and fight and wound people at worst.”
”There are several families in the town where people have died and are not willing to be sent for cremation and are also not willing to spend money to settle the matter. In the end, they were beaten into disabilities by that group of people.”
Ye Qiu asked, “Isn’t there anyone to take care of it？”
”Take care of it？” The old man sighed, “Don’t mention it. At the beginning, there were still people to take care of it. Later, when there were more such things, there was no one to take care of it. Sometimes, after the people from the relevant departments came, they also said that cremation was in line with the policy and also persuaded the family members to send the dead for cremation.”
“I heard that the ruffian has a deep background and there are people in the county. The town doesn’t dare to offend him either.”
“Just like this, after Old Xiang’s father passed away from illness, that ruffian came again with a group of lackeys and demanded that Old Xiang send his father to the funeral parlor for cremation.”
“Old Xiang’s father said before his death that he wanted to be buried with his mother after his death. Old Xiang is a filial son and naturally couldn’t go against his father’s wishes.”
“In order to calm down this matter, Old Xiang took out five thousand yuan and gave it to that ruffian yesterday, hoping that they could be lenient.”
“Who knew that the ruffian thought the money was too little and asked Old Xiang to take out fifty thousand.”
“Old Xiang didn’t want to and quarreled with that ruffian. In front of everyone, that ruffian slapped Old Xiang and when he left, he also said that if Old Xiang didn’t send his father to the funeral parlor for cremation, then he would bring people to dig up the grave.”
“Just like this, Old Xiang’s father was only buried at noon and that ruffian came with people and an excavator. Now they are all in the graveyard.”
When the old man said this, he angrily cursed： “Old Xiang’s father went to the battlefield when he was young and killed soldiers on the other side of the Yalu River. He is a veritable combat model. Unexpectedly, he still has to suffer such a crime after his death.”
“These damned people will surely come to a bad end sooner or later.”
Ye Qiu quickly asked： “Grandpa, where is the graveyard？ We want to go and take a look.”
The old man pointed to the road in front of the door and said, “Walk east along this road, and it’s one li away.”
”Okay, thank you.” Ye Qiu said, and then led the Long-browed True Man to the graveyard.
A few minutes later.
The two came to the graveyard.
The graveyard was at the foot of a mountain. At this time, there were hundreds of villagers gathered here.
Ye Qiu took a glance and saw that a new grave had been dug open by the excavator, and a pitch-black coffin was exposed to the sun.
Lao Xiang was lying on the coffin, with blood all over his face.
Beside Lao Xiang, a man with a crew cut wearing a flowery shirt, accompanied by several big and strong men was loudly scolding.
”Xiang, I gave you a chance yesterday to send this old guy to the funeral home for cremation, but you didn’t know how to appreciate it.”
”Let me tell you, cremation doesn’t take up farmland and doesn’t pollute the environment. This is the national policy, and I’m also acting in accordance with the policy.”
”You get out of the way immediately, otherwise, be careful that I kill you.”
The man with the crew cut was holding a steel rod in his hand. After speaking, he knocked on the coffin several times with the steel rod, and then said arrogantly to the onlookers, “And you, all remember this.”
”In the future, when someone in your family dies, you must send them to my funeral home for cremation. Whoever dares to bury them privately, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
”Xiang is the lesson from the past.”
After the man with the crew cut finished speaking, he raised the steel pipe in his hand and suddenly smashed it towards Old Xiang.
However, at this moment.
“Ah…”
The man with the crew cut suddenly let out a painful cry, and the steel pipe fell to the ground.
This made the onlookers feel a burst of confusion.
“Brother Jun, what’s wrong with you？” A strong man beside him asked.
The man with the crew cut looked down and saw a very long golden needle piercing through his wrist, and blood was oozing out from both ends of the golden needle.
“Brother Jun, you’re injured?” The strong man who spoke earlier shouted: “Damn it, who attacked my Brother Jun? Have the guts to stand up for Laozi!
Ye Qiu and the Long-browed True Man walked over.
Soon, the eyes of everyone present fell on Ye Qiu and the Long-browed True Man.
Because they were unfamiliar faces.
“Director！” When Old Xiang saw Ye Qiu, he was first stunned, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face. He quickly stood up and said, “Director, why are you here？”
“I heard that your father passed away from illness, so I came here specifically to see you.”
After Ye Qiu finished speaking, his gaze fell on the man with the crew cut and said coldly： “In broad daylight, digging up people’s graves, has your conscience been eaten by dogs？”
Pa！
Ye Qiu slapped the man with the crew cut in the face.
