C81 (2/2)
Four or five guns were no longer pointed at me. The man who was grabbing me let go of me. I went into the hall. He took out the Xiao Jun's fairy tale book and flipped to a certain page. He pointed to a cartoon on on it for the mayor to see and said: ”Look, Xiao Jun said that this Prince Charming looks exactly like me. Do you think he looks like me?”
The county magistrate wiped the tears off his face and took the book from me. He looked at the comic book and nodded. ”It really does look like it!” Look, there were even words written by the Xiao Jun! Uncle Jin Shile is a kind, tall and handsome guy. I let him down, but he didn't take my revenge. Uncle Jin Shile hugged me to sleep at night and gave me warmth so that I wouldn't feel cold in the winter.
AHH! My little army! My good boy! Daddy bastard! Why did you throw you at a drive-in bastard! I'm a f * * king blind bastard! ” The county magistrate was so angry that he pounded his chest and stamped his feet, wailing incessantly.
Most of them did not make a sound. They stood there motionlessly, watching the county magistrate cry. Many people's eyes turned red, and tears began to fall from their eyes.
The love of a father is like a mountain. The pain of losing a child is the greatest pain in the world. The county magistrate was such a large official, yet he looked helpless and regretful.
When he was almost done crying, he shouted with his red eyes wide opened: ”Where's that bastard Jin Yunshan?”
A strong and sturdy man beside him called Er Nengdan his boss, and also kicked my wife, Xia Lu, and said: ”He is putting him to bed in his room!”
The county magistrate gritted his teeth in anger, his clenched fists turned white, and his red eyeballs bulged out of his eye sockets. His thick body trembled non-stop as he panted, ”Pull him out!”
A few people immediately rushed into the East Room.
Very quickly, another person rushed out from the East Room, and shouted loudly: ”Er Nengdan is dead!”
Hearing this, the county governor also rushed into the East Room.
Er Nengdan was indeed dead. He stabbed himself in the waist with a sharp dagger. You couldn't see it under the covers. However, when he lifted the blanket, he saw that his body and bed were covered in blood. Even if he died, his eyes were still bloodshot, and they were bleeding profusely.
The county magistrate stomped his feet in anger and said, ”This is suicide out of guilt!” ”It's all because of him!”
I stood aside and said, ”I don't want to bury this thing on the ancestral grave of the Jin family. Can you pull away the body of the whip or cut it into pieces?”
The county governor said, ”Forget it, we're in socialism now, not the old society. Let's find a place to bury him! ”
Xiao Jun's body was carried away by the carriage. The county magistrate also left in tears. The armed police and the police also withdrew. The group of villagers were the only ones left discussing what had happened. Xia Lu and I hid in the living room and closed the door. Sometimes, we would peek through the crack of the door to see how many villagers had gone. I hope they leave quickly.
Xia Lu asked me: ”Did you tell the county magistrate the truth? Was Er Nengdan that ruthless? He doesn't look like that kind of person! ”
I said angrily, ”What do you mean!?” Er Nengdan was not that ruthless, who killed the Xiao Jun? Could it be me?! Do I look like a cruel person to you!? ”
Xia Lu looked at me and shook her head. She curled her lips and said, ”You don't look like a fierce person. You look like a coward.”
”Then that's it!”
In the evening, the villagers in the courtyard finally left.
Er Nengdan's body was still lying on the bed inside the East Room. I was hoping that the San Geda would come and bury him! But even when he waited until midnight, he did not see the San Geda. Normally, he would come to my house very frequently, but this time something really big happened, why didn't he come! It must be because there were no benefits that he didn't come.
”Er Nengdan, oh Er Nengdan! I thought you had a good relationship when you were alive! Using money to smash others with money, everyone was trying to curry favor with you. It's fine if you're dead, but there's no one who can even collect your corpse! ” I stood at the East Room entrance, and muttered to the corpse on the bed.
Xia Lu looked very scared and cold. She held his body tightly and hid in the living room, not daring to come out. She said: ”Marrying to the Ye Family is really bad luck! The day after the wedding, the body of Ye family was placed on the table! She couldn't just leave it there. She had to bury it quickly! Open a pair of bloodshot eyes, big night is not enough to frighten people! I wouldn't dare to go out even if I wet myself! ”
I said I'd bury him in the morning and sleep first. Xia Lu said that it was in case of a corpse being faked. I said it was late at night and the ground was frozen solid.
Late at night, I opened my eyes. Xia Lu was snoring evenly by her side. I reached for the cord and pulled the light. She sat up in bed, found the book, and opened it to the third page. It had changed: you can now turn to page four. Excited, I rubbed a corner of the page with two fingers and was about to open it when there was a knock on the door. Startled me, I reflexively tucked the book under the covers.
After a while, the knocking continued. Having a sense of rhythm. It seemed to reflect the mood and character of the person knocking on the door: calm and steady.
”Who is it?” I asked nervously. Worried that Er Nengdan would trick the corpse again.
”Open the door!” The voice sounded familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember who it was.
”Tell me who you are first!”
The people outside did not answer and continued knocking on the door. I was annoyed and angry. The moment a person became angry, their courage would increase. He threw back the covers and got out of bed, shuffling his shoes to open the door. He saw a person standing outside the door. His hair was parted at the middle of his ears and his face was abnormally pale. It was hard to tell his age.