Deep in the fog, a funeral procession dressed in white mourning clothes, carrying a black coffin, slowly emerged in the distance.
Leading the way was a Taoist priest dressed in a blue robe.
As he scattered paper money, he chanted, "The road to the underworld is long, may your soul return to the netherworld, may paper money pave the way, may the deceased rest in peace."
Why would someone be having a funeral in the middle of the night?
What's strange is that the funeral procession had neither swirling incense nor mournful music, and there wasn't a single person weeping around.
Moreover, these people all appear to be professional funeral workers.
Who goes to a funeral without a single family member present?
In an instant, the words Huang Tao had once said to me flooded my mind like a tidal wave.
He said Niu Hongsheng's death was extremely suspicious. According to local custom, the funeral was originally scheduled for noon, but for some reason, his family suddenly changed it to the evening and strictly forbade the playing of funeral music.
I squinted, trying to see through the thick fog.
Following behind the Taoist priest, a person dressed in white mourning clothes was holding a portrait in both hands.
The portrait showed a young man.
Could it be such a coincidence that we're running into Niu Hongsheng's funeral?
I turned around and saw that the matchmaker and her entourage had stopped and were standing less than twenty meters behind me.
He was staring straight at me!
No!
They weren't looking at me, but at the funeral procession in front of me!
Even more chillingly, the dragon and phoenix sedan chair that had appeared in the funeral home before has reappeared, carried steadily by eight sedan chair bearers.
A gentle breeze stirred, and the curtain embroidered with mantras for rebirth, which blocked the sedan door, was quietly lifted by a corner, revealing a striking bright red color in the eerie night.
You can vaguely see a bride sitting in the sedan chair, dressed in a bright red wedding gown and wearing a veil.
She stood motionless like a frozen statue, yet exuded an endless chill.
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