Volume 1: Die with Unclosed Eyes 48. Woman with a Crooked Neck
Later I learned that the so-called "life-threatening money" that sounds so mysterious actually happens very often in this society. The most common form is that of thieves or robbers. The property obtained by these criminal means falls into the category of "life-threatening money". Another case is that someone greedily takes money that he shouldn't, and the news leaks out. When the creditor finds out, he takes away both the person and the money. This is also a kind of "life-threatening money".
To put it bluntly, there will always be people in this world who take things that do not belong to them, but people's luck and fate are destined. If you get good luck that does not belong to you, then you will lose something correspondingly to balance the luck and fate that cannot be seen by the naked eye but exists in reality. No one can have all the good things. This is the principle that there must be gains and losses.
This is like a poor guy who is over 30 but still has no woman to like. He must envy the tall, rich and handsome guys who pick up girls every night, but how can a guy who can only masturbate to porn movies know that the handsome guy may be found out about his cheating by his girlfriend or wife, which will cause a big uproar at home , or even if he doesn't have a partner, he may suffer from kidney problems due to excessive indulgence in something.
So God is actually fair to everyone. This fairness is not reflected in "equalizing wealth and poverty, sharing life and death", but no matter what kind of person you are or what you do, when you gain too much, you will inevitably lose something from other aspects. Similarly, if you are extremely unlucky, you will inevitably gain something from certain aspects. God is so clever in using the art of balance on everyone that he will not let you gain anything cheaply, nor will he let you lose forever.
Of course, I understood this principle later, but at the moment, my main goal is still to listen to the "story".
Fourth Uncle said, "Third Brother, whether or not we can take this job, we will listen to you."
Uncle San thought for a moment and said, "The Hong family must have heard about this from those in the know, and they've learned a solution. That's to do good deeds and donate the gold that doesn't belong to them. But human greed means they won't fully hand over this batch of deadly gold, so the retribution has continued to Hongyuan's generation. The old village chief did a great deed and finally saved the Hong family's only child, but the Hong family is destined not to donate this batch of gold. If we take this job, there will be no solution."
"What a pity, a pile of gold flew away." Chu Sen whispered to me.
Who knew that Third Uncle had very sharp ears? He immediately asked, "Chu Sen, didn't you hear what I said before?"
"I, I heard it." Chu Sen blushed.
Damn it, it was the first time in my life that I saw Chu Sen blush.
"Then you didn't understand?"
"I understand that, too."
"Since you heard clearly and understood what I meant, why do you still want to earn the life-threatening gold?"
"I, Third Uncle, I was just joking. I don't really want to make this kind of money."
"I hope you're just joking." Uncle San handed the gold bar to Luo Tianbao and said, "We'll stay here for a day. You return the gold bar tomorrow."
I felt heartbroken to see such a large sum of gold fly away right before my eyes, but my third uncle acted as if nothing had happened and took us into the car and left Wanghu Village.
However, just after the car left the village entrance, we saw six or seven police cars coming towards us with sirens blaring, raising clouds of dust. The leading one flashed its headlights at us. Luo Tianbao, who was driving, parked his car on the side of the road, but the other police cars did not slow down, speeding past us almost close to the car body, and drove into Wanghu Village at lightning speed.
Uncle San said, "Something must have happened. Let's go back and see what happened."
So we returned to the village again, only to see six off-road jeeps parked in front of the village chief's door. The police officers who got out of the cars were obviously not from the township police station, but at least criminal police from the county-level public security bureau.
Seven or eight policemen in plain clothes and three policemen in special police uniforms were guarding the gate of the yard. The village chief's yard was surrounded by villagers who came to watch the excitement. We also went over. Luo Tianbao asked the villagers what had happened. These people, like us, were led to the village chief's house by the anxious police, but no one knew what had happened.
Then something happened that stunned me. Chu Sen walked towards the gate of the village chief's house.
"Who are you and what do you do?" A burly young man stopped in front of Chu Sen and asked.
"Which branch are you from? What are you doing here?" Chu Sen asked another question that left me stunned.
The young detective was stunned by his question. He looked at Chu Sen carefully for a while and said cautiously, "You are..."
"What do you care who I am? Why don't you answer my question?" Chu Sen's tone suddenly became stern, and the young detective was actually frightened by him.
Just as the situation was at a stalemate, a middle-aged policeman in his forties walked out of the yard with a bulging belly. He said calmly, "What's going on?"
"Captain Ning, he, he..." The young detective couldn't figure out Sen's approach, nor did he know what tone to use to talk about this matter.
I was sweating profusely. I didn't know what Chu Sen had done wrong. The other party was a police officer performing his official duties. He could be arrested on the spot just for "obstructing public service". Moreover, the captain of the criminal police team was guarding the gate of the courtyard. This showed the seriousness of the case.
But Chu Sen was not afraid at all, and said loudly: "Are you the captain of the criminal police team?"
Captain Ning said calmly, "Yes, I am the captain of the criminal police team of the Ning County Branch. Then who are you?"
Chu Sen pretended to smile slightly and said, "I'm with Inspector Wu."
Captain Ning's expression suddenly grew serious. He rolled his eyes and said, "It's quite a coincidence that we meet in Wanghu Village. Are you here on business or personal matters?"
"It's a private matter. I came here with some friends. By the way, what happened? Why are so many comrades coming here at once?" Chu Sen said seriously.
"This..." Captain Ning looked around and then pulled Chu Sen into the yard.
When he came out again, Chu Sen gave us a smug look, and the people around him who didn't know the truth were looking at him with awe.
"What are you doing?" I said angrily after he came back.
"With so many police officers coming here, of course I have to ask the reason." Chu Sen said.
"Are you willing to take the risk of obstructing public affairs just to satisfy your curiosity?" Uncle San was no longer calm.
"Hey, there's nothing to be afraid of. If you take them seriously, they will think they are very awesome. If you don't take them seriously, then that's it." Chu Sen said proudly.
"I think there is absolutely no need for you to do this. We have never been in opposition to the police. You are just looking for trouble." Uncle San's tone was a little annoyed.
"Uncle San, don't think that I don't respect the police. Many of my relatives are in the police system. Inspector Wu is my uncle. He is the inspector in the municipal bureau. I just want to know why they are looking for the village chief. Isn't it for this matter that you turned back?" Chu Sen said.
Uncle San couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why are all you kids so reckless these days?"
"Uncle San, that's just him. My second brother and I don't have that bad temper."
"Don't make excuses for your cowardice. Do you think I don't know who you are?" Chu Sen said with a smile.
My aunt said, "Stop bickering. Why are the police here?"
"It's a homicide case, but the way it was solved is very strange." Chu Sen subconsciously glanced at the police as he spoke and continued, "The corpse thief who was caught that day suddenly went crazy after being taken back by the police. He said that a woman with a crooked neck and a red scarf was standing next to him and blowing cold air into his ears. The police thought he was pretending to be crazy at first and didn't take it seriously, but after a while, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the air, knocking his head until it was broken. He said he was sorry for her and shouldn't have dug her body out of the ground and sold it to others."
"That's when the police realized something was amiss. The site where the township police station was built was once a cemetery , and it's said to be a place of intense negative energy that attracts evil spirits. So the police asked him where he had dug up the female corpse. He told them the location, so the police took him to identify the scene. To their surprise, they actually found a female corpse with her throat slashed there. The woman was wearing a white robe and a white silk scarf around her neck, all stained red with blood."