Chapter 35: Teenager's Elegy 13 Wait Patiently
Chapter 13
Lu Changfeng called Director Yuan in the name of purchasing medicinal wine.
Yuan Suo immediately said that he would ask his wife to help buy it, and then let his son deliver it to the Municipal Bureau.
Lu Changfeng quickly refused: "I can go get it myself, why would I waste your time?"
He changed the subject and said, "By the way, Yuan Suo, the bodies of Tang Wenxuan and the others have been transported back. How are the funeral preparations going?"
Yuan said: "The mourning hall has been built, the burial pit has been dug, and we are just waiting for the time to bury the body."
Lu Changfeng sighed and said to Yuan Suo, "He was at the prime of his life, but he met with an unexpected disaster. His life came to an abrupt end. His family must be heartbroken."
Yuan said: "Who says it's not true? People in the town helped wherever they could, and our station also went to help."
"Give me the address of the medicinal wine, and I can pick it up myself when the time comes. My sister-in-law and the others won't have to make the trouble of going all the way there."
"Okay, I'll ask my wife to give you the address."
Early the next morning, Lu Changfeng and his team rushed to the Bailong Town Police Station with wreaths they had prepared in advance.
He visited suddenly and didn't say hello to Yuan Suo in advance, so Yuan Suo came back in a hurry.
Lu Changfeng quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry, we came here so suddenly and didn't tell you in advance."
He explained: "After the phone call yesterday, I felt so sorry that the child was about to be buried and we still had no clues. After thinking it over, I decided to come and send the child off to express my grief."
Yuan said immediately: "If the family knew that you came all the way here to send their child off, they would surely be extremely grateful and feel a little comforted."
Lu Changfeng: "Please ask Yuan to show us the way so we can send a wreath."
Lu Changfeng bought this wreath with his own money.
Since he had asked for it since he had brought it all the way from the city, it was naturally difficult for Yuan Suo to refuse.
Five mourning halls for the five deceased were set up in their own homes. Lu Changfeng and his team went to send wreaths one by one from near to far, the nearest being Ma Shanping's home.
Ma Shanping's parents and brothers and sisters were all in the mourning hall, and the sound of mourning music could be heard from far away.
The person in charge of receiving the mourners was Ma Shanping's father. When he saw the police coming, he did not welcome them.
Everyone in the serious crime team had a sad look on their faces. Zhou Yu and Jing Jue carried wreaths and placed them outside the mourning hall, one on each side, with elegiac couplets on them.
Yue Fanglin and Lu Changfeng said to Ma Shanping's father: "We are in deep sorrow."
Ma Shanping's father could only nod, invite them inside, and allow them to say goodbye.
The people in the town could understand that Yuan Suo came to mourn, after all, they were all from the same town. Yuan Suo was an old cadre in the town, and they had some friendship both in public and in private.
It is neither reasonable nor logical for the police in this city who are in charge of the case to come and pay their respects.
But they are police officers. They came and sent wreaths. They don’t look like they are here to cause trouble, and it is impossible for relatives to kick them out.
The village has to set up a banquet for the funeral hall. Yuan Suo had already given a gift, with each family giving 100 yuan. Lu Changfeng and his friends sent a wreath but no other gifts.
The family invited them to stay for the banquet. They came from far away to pay their respects, and it would be unreasonable not to invite them to the banquet.
Lu Changfeng rejected the family's invitation as they had to rush to the next house.
Tang Wenxuan's home was opposite to that of the other deceased person, and their mourning halls were facing each other, with wreaths filling the doorways.
The members of the serious crime squad first went to Tang Wenxuan's home, and then went to the home of another deceased person in the same way.
The families on both sides also thanked them for coming to pay their respects.
There are only so many people in the town, all of them are neighbors. Unless two families have a feud, most of the other families have to go. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing in the future if they only go to one family. Most of the time, all family members go, and one person goes to one family. Therefore, many children can be seen at the funeral, including students from Yulong High School.
Lu Changfeng's memory is pretty good, but compared to Zhou Yu, it is still far behind. Zhou Yu can almost remember everything he has seen.
After Lu Changfeng and his friends go to the next house, the people from the previous house will definitely gather together to discuss.
The last two families live at the other end of the town, a certain distance away, and are relatively deserted.
Some people came to pay their respects, but not as many as those from the Tang and Ma families.
There were five funerals being held at the same time, with people being hired to cook, write rituals, and play music. All of these things were happening at different times, so conflicts were inevitable.
After delivering the wreaths, Lu Changfeng returned along the same route and took Jing Jue to Ma Shanping's home.
He remembered that Ma Shanping's mother was hesitant to speak that day, so perhaps he could use her as a breakthrough point.
The first time they came to send a wreath, it was Ma Shanping's father who received them. This time, when they met Ma Shanping's mother, her eyes were red and swollen as if they had been stung by a bee. She must have been crying for the past few days.
Yue Fanglin comforted her: "Sister, the dead cannot be resurrected, so don't be too sad and hurt your body."
Ma Shanping's mother said: "Everyone is telling me the same thing, but it's my son who died. How can I not be sad?"
Ma Shanping's mother burst into tears.
The serious crime squad is made up of only men, so it is not easy to comfort them through direct physical contact, so they can only comfort them with words.
"I think your son certainly wouldn't want to see you harm your body because of sadness." Yue Fanglin said: "I also have a son, who is about the same age as your son. I can understand your sadness."
"We, the police, are still working hard to find the murderer of the child and give the child justice."
After hearing what Yue Fanglin said, Ma's mother cried even harder, and her niece came over to comfort her.
Yue Fanglin left with the others.
After Ma's mother's emotions were calmed down, there were no police officers in the mourning hall, only the wreaths they had sent.
Several people returned to the police station, where Chief Yuan poured them some tea and then he was called away.
The town is surrounded by high mountains, and the funeral music played in the village rises and falls one after another.
Jing Jue looked out the window and asked Lu Changfeng: "Captain Lu, is this trip really useful?"
Lu Changfeng said: "As long as they feel aggrieved and want justice for their sons, they will definitely come to us."
"After all, only a very small number of people feel that their relatives deserved to die. Most people, after their relatives died inexplicably, would want justice for their relatives, and would inevitably reveal everything they know. In the eyes of the relatives, it is not necessarily because someone else's child caused the trouble that led to their own child's innocent death, and their own child was just unlucky because he was close to someone else's child."
He said to Jing Jue, "Just wait patiently."
Jing Jue didn't understand: "What are we waiting for? Wait for them to come find us?"
Lu Changfeng nodded, "Wait until the body is buried and the balance is broken."
There were five funerals taking place in the town at the same time. Even if a chef specializing in buffets was hired, most people were helping out. The eldest sister who cooked in the institute also went to help, so there was no one to cook for them.
Yuan Suo came back and discussed with them that they might as well just go to the banquet. They also sent wreaths when they came, so it would not be excessive to go to the banquet.
Jing Jue didn't want to go, so he asked Yuan Suo, "Is there any food in the kitchen? If so, I'll cook it. I have nothing to do right now anyway."
Yue Fanglin didn't really want to go to the banquet and agreed with Jing Jue's opinion.
Yuan said: "There are vegetables."
Jing Jue and his friends had just finished cooking and before they had time to take a few bites, they heard that a fight had broken out between Ma Yuheng's family and Li Fei's family across the street.
Several people hurried over to check the situation.
The cause was that Ma Yuheng's third uncle came to pay his respects and was in a hurry to go to the toilet. There was someone in the toilet, so he thought of finding a corner where there were not many people to solve the problem. He went to the drainage ditch behind the building of Li Fei's house opposite. As a result, he was seen by Li Fei's grandfather, who immediately became furious. His family was also holding a funeral, and the relatives from the opposite side came to his territory to urinate. He thought the other party did it on purpose, so he took a stick from the firewood pile and chased Ma Yuheng's third uncle to beat him.
Ma Yuheng's third uncle knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't resist and was hit hard with two sticks. Ma Yuheng's second uncle saw it, but he didn't ask the cause and effect and just pushed the old man down. When the relatives of the Li family saw that you dared to push someone from our Li family, they started fighting.
When the people in the town saw what was happening, they tried to stop the fight, but they didn't expect the fight to get more intense.
When Yuan Suo and his men hurriedly ran over to stop the fight, almost everyone on both sides was injured, and even the townspeople who tried to stop the fight were beaten.
When Lu Changfeng and his friends arrived at the scene, Yuan was sandwiched between two groups of people and was being pushed back and forth.
The verbal battle between the two sides was extremely fierce.
Ma Yuheng's uncle pointed at the old man's nose and cursed, "Our Ma Yuheng has always been an honest child. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that your Li Fei is naughty. What's wrong with him peeing in the drainage ditch behind your house? Maybe your Li Fei offended you and caused our Ma Yuheng to be implicated. Our child has good grades and will have no problem going to college in the future. But now he is lying in the mourning hall. It's already a face-saving thing for you that he didn't pee in your mourning hall."
The Li family members fought back, "Yes, your Ma Yuheng is honest, the most honest. He stole our Li Fei's cell phone and snacks from the Zhang family's store next door every now and then. The Zhang family is too generous to bother with you. Who knows, that poisonous chocolate was probably stolen from somewhere by your Ma Yuheng! It ended up killing our Li Fei."
Yuan was trying hard to maintain order, but everyone was angry and no one was willing to give in, so no one cared what he said.
The police officer in the station handed the loudspeaker to Yuan.
Yuan Suo turned up the volume of the loudspeaker to the maximum and shouted, "Everyone shut up—"
This loud voice drowned out everyone else's voice, and everyone felt Yuan Suo's anger.
There was silence for a moment.
Yuan took advantage of this opportunity and said, "No matter how big the hatred is, you shouldn't make a scene at this time. The child died with his eyes wide open, and the body is still in the mourning hall. The relatives at home are not guarding the mourning hall, but are fighting outside. Is this appropriate?"
The Li family said, "They were the first to come to our house to pee. There are so many places to pee, but they didn't go there, and they came to our back room to pee. Yuan Suo, please judge whether this was intentional or not."
Ma Yuheng's uncle explained: "I really didn't mean to do that. I just wanted to find a place to relieve myself. I was wrong. I apologize. I took the beatings from the old man."
"You didn't mean to pee. Why don't you go to the back room of your own place to pee instead of coming to our house?"
"If I had known it would cause such a big mess, I might as well have peed my pants."
Yuan Suo found out the source of the conflict and said, "Both families have mourning halls set up, and it's not appropriate to see blood. It will disturb the child's peace. Everyone, please take a step back for my sake and let this matter end here. Okay? If we continue to make trouble, it will be embarrassing."
Neighbors also spoke up for Yuan.
"What Yuan said is right. We are all neighbors, so let's all take a step back and make money in harmony."
"Just think of it as a matter of life and death for the sake of your own children. Let's both take a step back. There's no need to make a fuss."
Yuan held the hands of the two families and said, "Alright, alright, let's end this matter here and shake hands and make peace. If we really can't get over it, wait until the child is buried and we can go to the police station to sort it out."
Seeing Lu Changfeng and his team coming, Yuan said, "Don't let the leaders from Yancheng make fun of you."
The two families then shook hands and made peace.
After everyone had left, Yuan came to the serious crime unit and said, "Hey, this is a big deal."
Lu Changfeng said: "The child was poisoned and died inexplicably, and both families were in a bad mood. A small spark could cause a big fire, which is understandable."
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