Sometimes, if a person wants to die, there is nothing anyone can do to stop him.

Because I had something to do with my cousin, I no longer deliberately avoided making phone calls.

The key is that I am not familiar with the other party, and I can't find them without calling.

But when I was thinking about how to persuade the other party, the other party had already forgotten about me and even deleted the phone number.

Even though I invited him for a meal, he refused.

Looking at the hung up phone, I decisively gave up on him.

This gave me more time, and the next person was the one I had to save.

People who believe in you will still believe you no matter how absurd your words are.

Especially when this person is an old man in the village, this trust will be infinitely magnified.

The target this time was my aunt. Just hearing me talk about this matter, she moved back to her hometown from the city alone, and also changed the numbers of the whole family, leaving only her own phone number.

Not only that, my aunt also called an acquaintance of mine through other connections.

Huang Xiaodong.

Huang Xiaodong is my cousin in the next room. He is over 40 years old. Although he does not inherit the ability of the Huang family to collect bones, he has become a person in the underworld because of his own opportunities.

Corpse chasers are the name given to their lineage.

Unlike the bone picker who often comes into contact with people, the corpse hunter often avoids living people. He is even more mysterious than the bone picker. Even I don't know what his abilities are.

When I met him, he did not go back to his hometown in the village, but lived alone in Yizhuang.

Yizhuang is the land owned by the clan.

It first started in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was used to support the clan members and strengthen the clan. It was operated on a tenancy system. There was a free house for the clan members to live in. If the house needed to be repaired, they would take care of it themselves.

At the same time, the charity village also provides a place where coffins or bones are temporarily placed in a unified manner. For example, if individual remains have not been arranged by family members in other places, or if the relatives are too poor to bury them, they can only be moved to the charity village first and then make arrangements.

Later, when everyone got rich, they each built their own houses. The function of the free village gradually disappeared, and now it is in dilapidated condition.

My notice was very short, and it was very rare for Huang Xiaodong to come back. He didn't have time to clean up the village, so he just lived in a relatively complete house on the other side of the village.

Not just him, there were six figures of different heights standing beside the shady wall in the small house.

Although there was no special smell, I could tell at a glance that those were corpses.

Huang Xiaodong naturally knew what I was doing. Seeing that I was curious about the corpses, he said: "These are corpses that have been abandoned and have no one to bury and support them. If we have been doing this for a long time, we will inevitably encounter such problems."

From his narration, I learned that the corpse collector accepted the commission and sent the corpse to the corresponding place for people to receive and bury it. But sometimes, after the corpse was sent to the place, the person who received the corpse was unwilling due to accidents or other reasons.

Receive the body.

At this time, the exorcists need to dispose of the corpse by themselves.

Although in this day and age, such things are rare. Even if there is no one to collect the body, it will be cremated and buried by the public.

However, after more than 20 years of work, there are still six corpses that have not been disposed of.

Most of these corpses died unexpectedly and were full of resentment, so they could be used as helpers for the exorcists. They were usually placed in the Yin Gathering Place to warm up, and they could be brought with them when needed.

I curiously asked if these corpses were related to the golden armor, zombies, and drought demons in movies and TV shows, but Huang Xiaodong just smiled and did not answer.

Maybe it was a professional secret, so I didn’t ask again, but directly talked about what happened this time.

Upon hearing Weird, Huang Xiaodong, who was originally relaxed, frowned. He didn't believe my statement that will-o'-wisps could deal with Weird.

For people in the underworld, weird abilities have long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and they are an existence that cannot be resisted.

Even so, Huang Xiaodong did not back down, but after decorating Yizhuang with me, he invited his aunt to live in Yizhuang.

My aunt is more courageous than I thought, and she has a very good relationship with Huang Xiaodong. After all, they are similar in age, so they should be considered childhood sweethearts.

This definitely makes my job easier.

Time passed little by little, and finally it was time for the ghost call to look for my aunt.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the time was exactly one second, and my aunt's cell phone rang directly.

I had already made a plan before, but my aunt ignored it and sat on a chair surrounded by candles.

The untouched corpse on the side, under the control of Huang Xiaodong, answered the phone stiffly.

I didn't turn on the speakerphone and the distance was a bit far, so I couldn't hear the conversation on the phone.

After the corpse hung up the phone, Huang Xiaodong let the corpse stay in the yard, surrounded by four other corpses, and then brought the smallest corpse to me.

"I can feel a very special curse wrapped around the corpse. It's very faint. I don't know if it's because the person who answered the phone is a corpse. As for the resurrection you mentioned, I didn't feel it. At least the corpse is still there.

It's not out of my control."

I took a look at the smallest corpse next to him. This corpse was covered with black cloth and its appearance was unclear. Judging from its height, it should be a child of only a few years old.

This corpse must be very special, Huang Xiaodong has always carried it with him.

After looking at it for a while, I looked away and said: "Brother Dong, please pay more attention to that corpse. The ghost phone call should be coming soon. Should you take action first?"

"Um."

We had already decided that Huang Xiaodong would take action first. After hearing this, I didn't hesitate and returned directly to my aunt.

All the doors in Yizhuang were open, and in many places there were no doors at all. Just when I was curious about how the ghost phone would appear, under the moonlight, a long shadow stretched inward from outside the courtyard.

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No one can be seen, only this faint shadow of a human figure can be seen.

The shadow extended very quickly, extending directly to the feet of several corpses in the middle of the yard without any avoidance. It merged with the shadows of the corpses.

The next moment, the newly merged shadows suddenly separated, and the extending shadow suddenly disappeared, and then a heavy footsteps sounded in the yard.

At the same time, a crisp bell sounded, and Huang Xiaodong was seen shaking the bell, wandering around the yard as if following something invisible.

As the bell rang, the corpses that had been standing still suddenly shook. One of them raised his hands in front of him and turned around suddenly. Without any bend in his feet, his whole body flew up and jumped three times.

How far is it?
Chapter completed!