Ancient Corpse in the Mountain Village (Twenty-One)
Jiang Yu originally wanted to confess to Zeng Zhiqiang about the ghost of He Yuhua, but Yu Shu persuaded him to keep it secret. On the one hand, he was worried that Zeng Zhiqiang, a police officer, might not agree with his views, and on the other hand, there was no need to let more people know about the mountain spirits and ghosts.
As requested by He Yuhua, they gave the paper materials to Zeng Zhiqiang.
With written records as evidence and the sounds Zeng Zhiqiang collected from the coffin, the evidence is irrefutable and sufficient to make those involved in the case pay the corresponding price. It is also possible to finally seek justice for the victimized women and children and give an explanation to their families.
But Zeng Zhiqiang never imagined that He Yuhua's death would be so tragic.
He looked at his old colleague's body, which was split into two parts and had dense scars. His fists were clenched until his knuckles were white and bloodless and still creaking. The bloodshot threads crawling on his eyeballs were like vampire vines, sucking out large patches of red from the stiff whites of his eyes.
"She..." Zeng Zhiqiang's lips trembled for a long time before he squeezed out a word. Anger and sadness blocked his throat. Breathing was difficult and speaking was even more difficult. This "she" had almost drained all his strength.
Tears slowly welled up in Zeng Zhiqiang's eyes, blurring his vision. Looking at the girl who had faded to a white body, he felt heartbroken.
He Yuhua will always stay at the age of twenty.
How could she be killed in a foreign land, her body still intact? Why hadn't he found her then? They'd agreed to meet her parents once the human trafficking case was solved, but what they got was a mute corpse.
Yu Shu walked over, gently stroked his back, and whispered, "Don't be sad. If she were in heaven, she would be worried if she saw you so sad."
Zeng Zhiqiang's heavy breathing was intermittent, and he had lost the ability to control his breathing rhythm in the huge wave of grief.
He wiped his red eyes, and his heart trembled violently when he met Yu Shu's sincere and gentle eyes. He hadn't seen clearly in the dark rainy morning, but now that he could see clearly, he was shocked and didn't know what to say. After a long silence, he replied in a weak voice: "Thank you, thank you."
Yu Shu left time to Zeng Zhiqiang and took Jiang Yu and Yu Huan away.
The sun slid from the dome to the west, burning half the sky red, and also covering the entire village with the quiet and peaceful orange afterglow.
"Everyone! Put your heads down and squat down!" It seems that Zeng Zhiqiang has calmed down and issued the order.
A large group of police officers filed in, breaking the false calm. The elderly male villagers who were having a meal were panicked and looked very ugly when they saw this scene, while the women took a long time to feel a little stimulation from their numbness, and confusion gradually appeared in their empty eyes.
Yu Shu's expression was a little complicated. He knew that insisting on his own ideas and decisions would inevitably plunge the village into chaos. Before he saw the chaotic scene with his own eyes, he always thought that he had done nothing wrong.
However, the scene before him made him confused. The real cause of Grandpa Cha's death was related to an old event from decades ago. Most of the men in the village who were over 60 years old were either imprisoned for a few years or spent the rest of their lives there.
When women saw their men being captured, their first reaction was not joy and excitement at being rescued, but disbelief at what was happening.
That was the situation of being trapped in darkness, tortured, and completely hopeless, unable to believe that there was light coming in.
"Walk!"
The police handcuffed the men's hands behind their backs and pushed them out by pressing hard on their shoulder blades.
The funeral hall, which was originally full of people, was suddenly half empty.
The police compared the electronic portraits and identity information one by one. Most of the remaining women were abducted, and a small number were born to abducted women. The number of them in the village could be counted on ten fingers.
Yu Shu walked away quietly, and when he reached the corner, he saw Jiang Yu and Yu Huan enjoying the cool air under the shade of a tree.
The cool breeze after the rain tugged at Jiang Yu's clothes, outlining the tight and undulating curves of his muscles. He was playing with his mobile phone with a piece of wood sorrel in his mouth as if nothing had happened. He glanced at Yu Shu but was too lazy to look up. He shook his calf and bumped into Yu Huan to remind him that his brother was out.
Yu Huan was originally staring at the floor with his brows lowered, trying to digest the explosion of information he had received that morning. When he looked up and saw Yu Shu, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Is it not scary?" Yu Shu didn't know how to start the conversation. After thinking for a long time, he asked a question that he had not considered when making the decision.
When he and Jiang Yu were communicating and discussing with Yu Huan, they were only thinking about how to make them speak out in person and bring the people involved in the case to justice, and ignored Yu Huan's feelings.
He couldn't help but blame himself. He was good at handling interpersonal relationships outside, but he was always not careful enough with Yu Huan. He was obviously the older brother, but Yu Huan had always taken care of him more since he was a child. In their brotherly relationship, he was actually more like the younger brother.
Yu Huan smiled sheepishly and nodded, "A little. I didn't expect it would involve so many things. No wonder Grandpa told me before he died that he would pick an auspicious day to take you out of the village five years after he was buried."
This is what Yu Huan knew but didn't tell Yu Shu.
However, Yu Huan actually knew more, and he was afraid that if he told Yu Shu, Yu Shu would not be able to accept it and would collapse, so he thought about it and said only the things that were easier to accept.
Yu Shu's fingers pressed against his brother's hairy, curly hair, stroking it back and forth. "I never thought Grandpa had done so many heinous things." He paused, took a deep breath, and said, "Thank you for your help."
It was difficult for Yu Huan to see a ghost, difficult for Yu Huan to accept the truth that shattered his cognition, and difficult for Yu Huan to decide to let Jiang Yu disperse Yu Ding'an's soul.
Yu Huan grabbed his brother's wrist and pressed it into his palm.
"I didn't expect that it's all over now. Don't blame yourself, we really helped them." Yu Huan comforted.
Yu Shu raised the corners of his mouth but frowned slightly: "Hmm."
The two brothers tacitly agreed not to speak, both knowing that the other needed time to digest the situation.
"You look like you're touching a dog's head." Jiang Yu complained mercilessly.
Yu Shu rolled his eyes: "If you can't speak, just shut up."
"Go back, everything is done, I should pack up and leave." Jiang Yu glanced at Yu Huan: "Thank you for your help, just pay half of the balance." His principle is that if you help, you will get a share of the money. Since Yu Huan is the employer, then he will pay half of the balance.
However, after returning to the Yu family, Jiang Yu did not pack up his things, but called the two brothers Yu Shu and Yu Huan to the backyard.
Yu Shu stopped digging after he found the evidence. Jiang Yu had a sixth sense that there was something else in the ground, so he continued digging after arranging Zeng Zhiqiang to fake his death.
As expected, he dug up something else that had nothing to do with the trafficking of women and children. It was the birth certificates of Yu Shu and Yu Huan.
"I dug this up." Jiang Yu hesitated for a moment and only took out Yu Huan's birth certificate. He didn't dare to take out Yu Shu's birth certificate.
It was a paper birth certificate from the 1990s. The paper had turned yellow, but the red imprint of the child's feet and the wrinkles of the skin that had not yet grown were still visible.
The name in the mother's column was one he had never heard of or recognized, but when Yu Shu saw the name in the father's column, he suddenly felt dizzy and his vision went dark.
Yu Dingan's name was clearly written on it.
Yu Ding'an is Yu Huan's biological father?!
He never imagined that Yu Huan's biological father was actually Yu Ding'an, and that the man he had called "grandfather" for decades was actually Yu Huan's father?!
How ironic and ridiculous.
"What about mine?" Yu Shu rubbed his temples.
Jiang Yu shrugged and spread his hands: "No, I only dug up one."
Yu Shu didn't believe it and reached into Jiang Yu's pocket. Jiang Yu cooperated and raised his hands to let him search. He didn't find anything and breathed a sigh of relief, as if he could deceive himself into thinking he was different from Yu Huan by not seeing the birth certificate.
Yu Huan patted Yu Shu's shoulder, took the birth certificate, and let out a long sigh: "I knew it a long time ago. But I haven't seen yours."
"I never dared to tell you because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to accept it. Do you remember when I was in fifth grade and was very rebellious? That was because I knew about this. But I didn't dare to tell you because I was afraid it would affect your high school entrance exam."
As he spoke, Yu Huan lowered his head, like a child who had done something wrong and was afraid to look his brother in the eye.
This was the truth Yu Huan knew but didn't dare to tell. He was afraid Yu Shu wouldn't be able to handle it. He couldn't bear to see Yu Shu collapse, so he kept it hidden.
Moreover, Yu Huan had long suspected that there was something wrong with his grandfather. He was also curious about who the mother on his and his brother's birth certificates was. He also had doubts about the unspoken rule that one cannot leave the village for too long, so he found Jiang Yu, who had a good reputation, to handle the funeral.
I just didn't expect it to involve such a big thing.
Yu Shu's gaze flickered between Yu Huan and Jiang Yu. His brother was fine, keeping it a secret, but Jiang Yu clearly had some clues. He wanted to press Jiang Yu, but as he'd said before, if Jiang Yu was intent on hiding something, no matter how he asked, he wouldn't get an answer.
He calmed himself down, and when he felt better, he lowered his voice and said, "You only want me to see this?"
"Yeah." Jiang Yu said, "I just didn't expect Yu Huan to know about it so early."
Yu Shu didn't say anything. There was a rage stuck in his chest that couldn't go up or down. Even though Jiang Yu and Yu Huan both firmly denied it, it couldn't change the fact that he was Yu Dingan's biological son.
Yang evaporated their desire to speak, and they fell into silence without looking at each other, each thinking about their own thoughts.
The sun was getting hot, and Jiang Yuxian broke the deadlock and got up to go into the house to pack his things.
Yu Shu followed him in, and Yu Huan walked beside Yu Shu, turning his head every time he took a step to check his brother's expression and reaction, fearing that his brother would suddenly have a mental breakdown.
Jiang Yu didn't have much stuff, just a few sets of clothes and shoes, and some talisman paper and cinnabar.
Yu Shu helped Jiang Yu fold a few coats and put them in the suitcase. He thought for a moment and said, "Thank you."
"No need to say it a second time." Jiang Yu put the talisman paper and cinnabar into an exquisitely carved wooden box. It was quite easy for him to pack the few pieces of luggage, but he didn't even give Yu Shu a glance.
Yu Shu took off the knot of immortality from his neck and handed it to Jiang Yu: "I still have to say this solemnly. Without you, I might really have an accident. And this, I'm giving it back to you."
Jiang Yu took the time to free his hands and pushed the Eternal Life Knot back: "This is for you. You have a special physique, and it can help you ward off evil spirits."
Jiang Yu felt very distressed, after all, He Yuhua was hidden in the shadow of the Eternal Life Knot, but after he dug out Yu Shu's birth certificate, he had to reluctantly let her go.
He finally understood why Yu Shu, who was Yu Ding'an's son, was able to sacrifice his own son for the sake of justice.
The power of genes is not only in appearance, but also in the overall view deeply embedded in the bones and blood.
Moreover, He Yuhua was very satisfied with Yu Shu's approach, and he respected He Yuhua's choice.
Yu Shu stroked the cool, slippery Eternal Life Knot, doubting Jiang Yu's words. He didn't deal in jade, but he could tell that Jiang Yu's Eternal Life Knot's translucency and clarity had reached glass-grade quality, worth at least half a house. It was strange that Jiang Yu had given it to him like that.
"Just take it if you give it to me. I know what I can give you."
Jiang Yu patted the back of Yu Shu's hand and asked him to make room so that he could close the suitcase.
The sunlight fell on Jiang Yu's back, dyeing the ends of his short hair light gold. He walked with his suitcase, pulling up his loose collar, revealing a large part of his white neck, full of clean and fresh youthful aura.
"Thank you." Yu Shu had a lot of things he wanted to say, but as soon as they came to his lips, they broke down completely and recombined into a simple thank you.
"I'm carrying such a big suitcase, won't you see me off?" Jiang Yu walked to the door and stopped, as if he thought of something, turned around and smiled playfully.
He was certain that Yu Shu couldn't tell he was joking.
Yu Shu nodded helplessly: "I'll drive you to town to catch the bus."
Yu Shu was indeed fooled.
Jiang Yu couldn't help but think of the first night when he joked, "If you're scared, you can sleep with me." At that time, he just wanted to make a joke to ease the atmosphere, and never thought that Yu Shu, a man who seemed very smart in public, would be fooled.
He curled his lips and laughed openly: "I was just joking."
"Thanks should always be expressed through some practical action." Yu Shu forced out a cold smile, thanking Jiang Yu for helping him with the investigation and also thanking Jiang Yu for saving him in the dangerous moment. Regardless of whether Jiang Yu was joking or not, he should see him off.
Since Yu Shu said so, Jiang Yu didn't bother to be polite with him and called two of his men to take a ride with Yu Shu.
However, when they arrived at the town parking lot, Yu Shu's eye muscles twitched uncontrollably. He watched Jiang Yu get out of the car and get into another red Bentley, then waved goodbye to him from his seat.
no? !
Taoist priests are so rich nowadays, they drive Bentleys?!
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