Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Deceased Wife (Part 3)

"But the client's death is unclear, are you at ease?"

"The rest should be the police's business, right?"

Fang Hui sighed. Ning Helan was not on the hook, so how could he get his own Yin De? No, he had to encourage him.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Didn't Grandpa Ning ask you to take care of the matter before he went on a trip?"

Ning Helan glanced at him, "But Ding Jie..."

"Death doesn't count as solving the matter, does it?" Fang Hui said seriously, with an expression that was all for his own good, "How about when Grandpa Ning comes back, how will you explain it?"

Although this reason was really far-fetched, Ning Helan accepted it, "That's right..."

Fang Hui was secretly happy in his heart, YES! Yin De can be collected again!

"So what should we do now? After Brother Yang and the others leave, should we sneak in and take a look?" Fang Hui rubbed his hands in preparation, "I saw that you were very skilled at opening the door last time, I wonder how this anti-theft door works this time?"

Ning Helan glanced at him, "Did you awaken some strange hobby?"

"That's not it... This sneaky, tense and exciting feeling, and it's shameful. Don't you think you didn't feel this way last time? I feel a sense of betrayal..."

Ning Helan: ...

The onlookers nearby: ...

Fang Hui: ...?

Good guy, he completely forgot that there were other people around.

The onlookers were originally here to watch the show, but they didn't expect these two seemingly normal young people to stand by and say such explosive words.

The older one had already covered the child's ears, and the younger one looked at Ning Helan and then at Fang Hui, and both of them looked suspicious.

When Fang Hui got out of the elevator, he felt like he had died again, and he covered his face with his hands, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Ning Helan thought it was a little funny: "Next time, don't say such ambiguous words in public."

"I was talking about breaking into the house and picking the lock... Who knows what they will think it will be... This is their fault, not mine..." Fang Hui muttered.

Ning Helan put her finger on her lips, as if she felt that what she said just now was not right: "No, don't say it in private."

Fang Hui: ...

Not far away, the aunts who were gossiping had not left yet, but they moved from the sunny place to a place under the shade of trees.

Fang Hui frowned and looked at the bright sunny sky, feeling that he was going to melt: "You go, the weather is too sunny and I don't want to go."

"Okay." Ning Helan turned her wrist, changed her state of being about to fall asleep just now, and walked towards the aunts with her head held high.

Ning Helan cleared his throat and walked up to the aunts with his harmless smile: "Hello, aunts. I just heard you talking about Chen Wei's family. Can you tell me the details?"

When the aunts saw a stranger coming, they immediately shut their mouths vigilantly.

The lady in flowery clothes carefully looked at the young man in front of her: "Who are you?"

"Oh, it's like this, Chen Wei is my cousin, and before... something happened..." When she said this, Ning Helan's tone suddenly became heavy, and her thick eyelashes flickered, "We have always had a good relationship. Before, I was always abroad and couldn't come back. I didn't expect that this time when I came back, even my brother-in-law..."

If you want to say that she got into the role in a second, Ning Helan has been following Ning Guohua since she was a child, and has been influenced by him for more than ten years, so she has already learned it.

Maybe it's because Ning Helan looks innocent now, or maybe it's because he looks good, the ladies quickly relaxed their vigilance, and even comforted him to mourn.

"Don't be too sad, young man, your brother-in-law also misses your sister..." said the lady in white clothes.

Ning Helan clenched his fists: "No, he's not missing you..."

Seeing that he looked like he had some big gossip, the aunts suddenly perked up and reached out to pull him to sit on the bench next to them.

"Young man, what do you mean by this? Is their relationship really bad?"

"See, I told you that they were just pretending to be affectionate in front of outsiders."

The lady in flowery clothes looked at Ning Helan with his eyes downcast, sat next to him and said, "Alas, your sister is also unfortunate. She got married to such a man. Now she is gone and she is relieved. Don't be too sad. Go burn more paper for her so that she can die peacefully..."

Ning Helan raised her eyes and looked at the lady in flowery clothes with innocent eyes: "Auntie, can a person who has been wronged die peacefully?"

"Of course not!" Before the lady in flowery clothes opened her mouth, the lady in white clothes next to her took over and said, "Does your sister have any unfulfilled wishes?"

"Of course it is, otherwise why would my brother say that?"

Before Ning Helan could ask anything, the aunts started talking one after another.

"Look, I just said that Chen Wei was forced to death and you still don't believe it."

"Hey, how can there be such a person? If you can't have children, you can just get a divorce. How can you force someone to death..."

"That's right, a scumbag!"

Ning Helan heard the whole story while the aunts were scolding the scumbag in anger.

From the aunts, I learned that Ding Jie and Chen Wei were an enviable loving couple in the eyes of outsiders. In the eyes of outsiders, Ding Jie was very likable, and Chen Wei was gentle and virtuous.

But Chen Wei often showed a lonely expression.

The flowery-dressed aunt turned around and looked around, then lowered her voice and said, "Actually, Chen Wei and I are distant relatives."

The other aunts heard the new revelation and their mouths opened into an O shape: "No way."

It turned out that the flowery-dressed aunt was a distant relative of Chen Wei, so when she met Chen Wei, she would occasionally hear from her that her mother-in-law's family was dissatisfied with her and that she was anxious about not having children.

As for the mistress... no one had seen her, and the flowery-dressed aunt had only heard about it once from Chen Wei.

"What Chen Wei said at the time was that she suspected her husband had someone else outside."

"Haven't you seen it?"

The lady in flowery clothes said, "No."

The lady in white clothes frowned tightly, "I think Chen Wei's suspicion is definitely not groundless. Which woman would suspect her husband for no reason? It must be that Ding Jie did something to reveal his true identity..."

When it comes to cheating and keeping a mistress, the aunts are even more excited than before, and they are all beaming with joy.

Ning Helan listened to a long summary of the experience of catching a cheating couple.

It was such a hot day, and Ning Helan couldn't interrupt the aunts' chat about meaningless gossip, so she pressed her fingers on her forehead.

The aunt in flowery clothes noticed that Ning Helan looked a little strange, and quickly signaled to the sisters next to her to be quiet.

"Hey, young man," the lady in flowery clothes moved closer to Ning Helan, "You just said that Chen Wei told you that her marriage was unhappy?"

"...Huh? Yes, that's right. My cousin once told me that her brother-in-law was not good to her, and her in-laws were not easy to get along with..." Ning Helan said in line with the ladies' words.

The sun was shining brightly, Fang Hui hid in the cool corridor and looked outside. He remembered that in TV dramas, these ghosts could not come out when the sun was so strong, and they could not see the sun.

In this way, he was much better than those things.

At least he could walk in the sun.

Staring at the hot ground outside, Fang Hui finally saw that the aunts around Ning Helan had left, so he ran over quickly.

"What's going on?" Fang Hui asked curiously, "What did those women say to you?"

"Nothing, I just listened to gossip for a few minutes." Ning Helan yawned.

"No useful information?"

"I know that Chen Wei and Ding Jie are not in a good relationship. I heard that Ding Jie has another woman outside."

Fang Hui pulled the corner of his mouth: "That's not right, then Chen Wei still shows that she loves Ding Jie so much?"

Ning Helan stood up and looked at the sky: "Maybe we should go to Chen Wei's mother-in-law's house to take a look."

"What excuse do you have?"

"Good question, I can't think of it for the time being."

"..."

Just then, Ning Helan saw Qin Yang and several other policemen walking out while talking, and his eyes lit up: "The excuse is here."

Qin Yang didn't see the two guys just now, and thought they had left, but he didn't expect them to be here.

"Brother Yang, do you have time later?" Ning Helan walked up.

Qin Yang looked at him: "...What do you want to do?"

"We want to go to Chen Wei's mother-in-law's house to see her."

Qin Yang hummed: "Okay, but Ding Jie's mother is not at home. They should be in the funeral home now."

The funeral home in Tong'an City is far away in the suburbs. Sitting in Qin Yang's police car, the air conditioning is turned on very high . Fang Hui felt refreshed as soon as he sat in. He really wanted to lie down on the seat.

He was not so afraid of heat before, but now he is sensitive to sunlight and temperature.

Qin Yang glanced at Fang Hui in the rearview mirror: "Why, Fang Hui, are you afraid of heat?"

As soon as the police uncle asked, Fang Hui immediately sat up straight: "A little bit." "

You are still running around with Xiao Lan in such a hot day. You are not going to follow Grandpa Ning to be a Taoist priest, are you?" Qin Yang teased him.

"No, no." Fang Hui quickly denied that he was not following Ning Helan everywhere. Strictly speaking, he tricked Ning Helan into following him everywhere.

"Xiao Lan, don't believe these. I don't know how this kid doesn't believe these when he follows Grandpa Ning every day?" Qin Yang said while driving.

"...It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not now." Ning Helan crossed her long legs, supported her chin with one hand and looked out the window.

Qin Yang smiled and joked, "Xiao Lan, your grandpa does this. I remember that Grandpa Ning was the leader of some sect. Was it called Qingxuan Sect or Hexuan Sect? As his successor, what do you want to do if not this?"

Ning Helan glanced at Qin Yang: "Brother Yang, you said last time that you shouldn't let us be feudal and superstitious."

"Taoism is Taoism, and feudal superstition is feudal superstition. They are two different things." Qin Yang emphasized, "I also have classmates who became Taoists halfway through their careers."

Ning Helan didn't say anything else, but just silently stared at the trees outside the window that were rapidly receding.

Fang Hui looked at Ning Helan, then at Qin Yang, and asked, "Brother Yang, why do you believe these? Aren't you a policeman?"

Qin Yang suddenly laughed, "Xiao Hui, do you think what Grandpa Ning did is different from feudal superstition?"

"Huh?" Fang Hui scratched his head, "It's different, Grandpa Ning really knows Taoism, not feudal superstition."

"Feudal superstition is not good, but we must have awe of unknown forces and not discuss them. Of course you can not believe it, but you can't slander it."

"By the way, Xiao Hui, I heard from Grandpa Ning that your soul is now in a paper container?"

"...Yes."

Qin Yang looked at Fang Hui several times in the rearview mirror, and seemed to be talking to himself: "How magical! I remember that when I was a child, Grandpa Ning's talisman paper figurines could not only move, but also dance. I haven't seen them since I grew up. Alas, what a pity."

"Brother Yang, aren't you afraid of these?" Fang Hui asked.

Qin Yang laughed out loud: "When I was a kid, I would always ask to go to Grandpa Ning's house to play during the winter and summer vacations. I've seen these things a lot since I was

a kid, so I got used to it." "You could see these things when you were a kid?"

"Yes, Xiao Lan and I could see them when we were kids..." Qin Yang looked at Ning Helan when he said this, "Didn't he tell you?"

Fang Hui glanced at Ning Helan, who was resting her eyes, and said, "He just said... he couldn't see it."

Qin Yang nodded and stopped talking.

Fang Hui felt like he was being blocked in his heart. He thought Qin Yang would say more about this topic and then bring up the reason why Ning Helan's eyes were closed. Why do these people always leave their words unsaid?

As they were talking, the car had already arrived at the funeral home.

The funeral home was built on the hillside, surrounded by forests and wasteland. Occasionally, farmers would open up a few plots of land to grow vegetables. It was quiet as far as the eye could see.

Although the sun had not yet set outside and the temperature was not low, Fang Hui still felt a chill as soon as he got out of the car.

"Ah, a place like a funeral home is so cold no matter what season it is." Fang Hui rubbed his arms.

"Is it cold? I don't feel it." Qin Yang got out of the car and looked at the scorching clouds in the sky.

The parking lot of the funeral home was surrounded by undeveloped forests. Fang Hui looked around and always felt that someone was watching him in the forest.

It was really scary to find someone staring at you in a place like this.

There was a rolling electronic screen outside the funeral home, showing the names of the deceased from each family.

"Ding Jie is in... Cangsong Hall..."

There were many people outside Cangsong Hall, all of whom were relatives and friends of Ding Jie's family, and there were also several Yin-Yang masters performing so-called rituals in front of the mourning hall.

There was a woman in her 60s sitting outside talking to a few relatives. When she saw Qin Yang in a police uniform coming over, she immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Hello, Auntie, is this Ding Jie here?" Qin Yang asked, "Are you Ding Jie's mother?"

The woman nodded, her eyes constantly wandering around the three people.

"I'm from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Tong'an Public Security Bureau. My last name is Qin." Qin Yang showed his ID and the woman nodded again. Qin Yang said, "Would it be convenient for us to go over to the side and talk?"

The woman led the three of them to a corner and spoke first: "Officer Qin, my son died unjustly. You must help my son catch the murderer!"

As soon as these words came out, the three of them were stunned. Ning Helan, who was still yawning, stopped yawning halfway through.

Qin Yang was very confused: "Auntie, why do you say that?"

Ding Jie's mother gritted her teeth, feeling grief and anger: "My son was so sunny and cheerful, how could he commit suicide!"

Then she burst into tears: "It was Chen Wei! It must be that vicious woman! It was that woman who killed him!"

Ding Jie's mother grabbed Qin Yang's hand tightly: "Officer, you must catch that woman back!"

This was strange.

Qin Yang, Ning Helan and Fang Hui looked at each other, and Fang Hui spoke quickly: "Chen Wei is gone, how could it be her?"

Ding Jie's mother snorted coldly: "Of course I know she is gone, she must have run away with some wild man! My son told me that Chen Wei has someone outside! My poor son..."

Seeing her crying, Qin Yang frowned: "Aunt Ding, Chen Wei died last month, didn't you know?"

Ding Jie's mother was suddenly stunned when she heard this. Her eyes widened and it took her a long time to come back to her senses: "Impossible, how could it be possible?! My son told me that she ran away with a wild man..."

Qin Yang bent down slightly: "Aunt Ding, you haven't been to your son's house during this time, right?"

"No, I rarely go. It's always my son who comes to my house to see me..."

"Chen Wei has been dead for a month. It's impossible for her to harm your son."

Ding Jie's mother was stunned for a long time, as if she was sure of what Qin Yang said. Suddenly, her face changed: "Even if she is dead, she turned into a fierce ghost to harm my son!"

"Auntie, don't you like your daughter-in-law?" Ning Helan asked.

"Like? Humph, this woman is lazy and eats at home every day. My son does everything at home. My son wants to have a child with him, but she keeps refusing. Later, I heard my son say that she can't give birth. Humph, she is really a chicken that can't lay eggs."

Ning Helan folded her hands, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

Fang Hui couldn't help rolling his eyes and turned around to look at her lazily.

But he always felt that someone was watching him. He looked around but didn't see anyone paying attention to him.

Qin Yang comforted Ding Jie's mother for a few words. Ding Jie's mother repeatedly emphasized that the police must catch Chen Wei.

Qin Yang tried to speak gently: "We will find out the truth."

Although Ding Jie's mother was dissatisfied with Qin Yang's statement, she didn't dare to say anything more to the police.

At this time, Mr. Yin Yang asked the relatives to go to the ritual process.

Some waves were drawn on the ground with chalk to represent the river, and "Wangchuan River" was written on it. A small bridge was drawn with "Naihe Bridge" written on it.

The relatives followed the master's instructions and walked around on the ground. Master Yin Yang began to sing incoherently, and the common instruments in funerals, such as suona and tongluo, also began to tick.

Ning Helan and the other two stood far away. Qin Yang took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

Fang Hui squatted on the ground, then stood up again. He felt uncomfortable here.

The crowd was either paying attention to the people performing the ritual inside or chatting outside. Fang Hui looked carefully and saw someone staring at him in a corner. He looked again and there was no one there.

He retracted his gaze, looking at the people in the mourning hall, and said with emotion: "I wonder if I will have such a ritual..."

"All these fanfares are to let the deceased go peacefully and the family feel at ease, but whether it is useful or not, only the dead know." Qin Yang exhaled a puff of smoke, "But it seems that no one has performed a ritual with a magic man."

"Magic man?" Fang Hui looked at him.

"You guys who are conjured by Grandpa Ning, shouldn't need to perform a ritual to save the soul? But I also think it's quite novel that you can talk to us, I thought I had Yin Yang eyes..." Qin Yang said, and took the screen of his mobile phone to shine his eyes.

Fang Hui stood up from the ground: "No, Brother Yang, I was not created by magic, I am a living person!"

Then he added: "I used to be."

Qin Yang obviously always thought that Fang Hui was created by Ning Guohua's magic. He didn't expect Fang Hui to be a real person, so he turned to Ning Helan next to him and asked, "Hey, have these talismans of your grandfather also begun to develop self-awareness?"

"I am really a human! I died a few days ago!" Fang Hui couldn't help but raise his voice, "Grandpa Ning put my soul in the label paper, so I can move."

Qin Yang said, "Then why didn't you reincarnate?"

"..." Fang Hui groaned and squatted back in place, "They won't let me go. They said I have to accumulate a thousand points of Yin De before they'll let me reincarnate."

Qin Yang laughed, "Why? Does the underworld also have KPIs to complete?" Fang Hui

didn't dare to tell the truth. The reason he had to accumulate Yin De was because his moral level did not meet the requirements and they wouldn't let him go.

A few people were chatting casually, and a man in his fifties came over. He first bowed to Qin Yang flatteringly, then smiled, revealing a row of yellow teeth: "Hello, officers, I am Ding Jie's uncle, Ding Wen."

Qin Yang nodded and handed over the cigarette box in his hand: "Want one?"

Ding Wen was flattered, stretched out his hands and took out a cigarette: "Thank you, officer."

After lighting it, Ding Wen took a deep breath. Ning Helan didn't like the smell of smoke. Qin Yang was his brother, so he couldn't stand strangers smoking. He moved aside with disgust.

"What's the matter?" Qin Yang asked him.

Ding Wen looked back at the people who were still following the master to perform the ritual, and asked curiously: "My sister, oh, that's Ding Jie, Xiao Jie's mother, what did she say to you?"

"Nothing, just asked about Chen Wei." Qin Yang saw Ding Wen's expression and knew he had something to say.

Ding Wen nodded with an "oh", then smiled awkwardly: "My sister doesn't like Chen Wei, but that girl is actually a good person."

Qin Yang raised his eyebrows, and Ning Helan's attention also turned to Ding Wen.

"Chen Wei is a beautiful and virtuous girl. She keeps her house in order. She is really good to Xiao Jie, and she is also very good to her mother-in-law, that is, my sister. I just don't know why, my sister just doesn't like her." Ding Wen said, shaking his head.

"It's funny. One of you said Chen Wei was a bad woman, and the other praised her as a nice person. Do you think she was just talking based on the pictures? Can you all speak in a unified tone?" Fang Hui couldn't

help but mock him. Ding Wen then noticed that there was a person squatting there. The sudden sound startled him and made him stumble back a few steps.

Fang Hui glanced at Ding Wen, stood up and walked to the side: "I'm talking to myself, you guys continue."

Qin Yang put out his cigarette and said: "Mr. Ding, why are your opinions on Chen Wei so different?"

"Oh, it's all because my sister only listens to Xiaojie." Ding Wen shook his head speechlessly.

"Mr. Ding, can you tell me more about this?" Ning Helan took another cigarette from Qin Yang's cigarette box and handed it to him.

Ding Wen smiled and nodded: "Officer, you are too polite. Hey, it's nothing, it's just that Xiao Jie is from a single-parent family."

Ding Jie's father abandoned them when he was very young, so Ding Jie and his mother depended on each other. Ding Jie's mother was a very strong woman who raised Ding Jie by running her own business.

Although it was hard, due to the efforts of Ding Jie's mother, the family conditions were not bad.

Ding Jie was also worry-free since he was a child, listened to his mother very much, and studied well.

Ding Jie's mother told everyone that she gave birth to a good son.

After Ding Jie found a job, his mother started looking for a partner for him. Later, he met Chen Wei through someone's introduction.

The two fell in love and got married within six months.

"How could his mother let them get married if she didn't like Chen Wei?" Fang Hui interrupted.