Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 52 Beset by Resentment (∞)

After hearing this, Chen Miao's first thought was that madmen are scarier than ghosts.

However, the fact that two people died in the same place in the same way is something that even a madman could not explain.

"Has the police not provided any information? Is it a serial killing, or something else?"

Chen Guokun took out a cigarette and gestured to Chen Miao.

"Thank you, I won't smoke."

Chen Miao pushed the ashtray left by his uncle toward Chen Guokun.

"The police are investigating. So far, neither the doctor, Li Ming, nor the nurse who died later has shown any other signs of self-harm."

Upon hearing this, Chen Miao said, "Does that prove it's a paranormal event?"

Chen Guokun flicked his cigarette ash.

"Simply cutting off a piece of skin from the face will not cause a person to die directly."

"What caused their deaths was cardiac arrest."

"The forensic doctor concluded that it was sudden death."

Upon hearing the words "sudden death," Chen Miao fell silent.

He had dealt with clients who died suddenly before, but ever since Old Wang died suddenly, he found it difficult to view this kind of death with a normal mindset.

Seeing Chen Miao remain silent, Chen Guokun then revealed another piece of news.

“Two days ago when we received the call, the surgeon had died; the next day, the nurse died; and just before I came to see you, someone else died.”

"This time, it was a salesman, and the manner of death was the same as before."

“Last night, Tong Yu and I spent the whole night at that medical aesthetic center. By the time we sensed the fluctuations of yin energy, the salesperson was already lying on the operating table.”

Chen Guokun frowned as he spoke.

“Normally, newly born ghosts don’t appear without a sound, so I guess this thing probably has a special ability to hide.”

"Tong Yu and I aren't good at this, so we thought of you."

"After all, you discovered and thwarted Zhong Fa's plans many times before this, so I hope you can come with us to Longtang Town."

"You don't need to do anything; you just need to find that thing."

Chen Miao frowned.

He wouldn't go back on his word so easily.

He frowned because of what was happening at the funeral home.

"I can go, but I don't know how long the trip will take?"

"After all, I still have such a big business to manage, and I'm the only emcee. There are memorial services being held at my facility tomorrow and the day after, so I can't let other people's affairs be disrupted."

Hearing Chen Miao say this, Chen Guokun nodded.

"It should."

Chen Guokun then inquired about the times of Chen Miaoming's memorial service the day after tomorrow, both of which were in the afternoon.

"If we can find it today, then we can resolve the issue and send Boss Chen back today."

"If that thing can't be found during the day, Mr. Chen might have to spend the night there. Don't worry, we'll bring Mr. Chen back first thing the next morning, so it won't delay your business."

After thinking it over, Chen Guokun felt that for their first collaboration, they should be more cautious.

"Okay, I'll find someone to help Mr. Chen contact a master of ceremonies. The master of ceremonies will be on standby at the Tianmen Funeral Home for the next couple of days."

"If Mr. Chen can come back, then there will be no problem. If he is late, then let the emcee take his place."

"what do you think?"

After hearing Chen Guokun's arrangement, Chen Miao had no objections.

Afterwards, Chen Guokun and his companion went back first. An hour later, they arrived at the funeral home with a funeral director, who was said to be from the next town.

After communicating with the funeral director, Chen Miao found that the director was highly professional, so he didn't say anything more.

After explaining the work at the funeral home to the relevant personnel, Chen Miao stuffed the box containing the talisman and the corpse-controlling bell into his bag.

Chen Miao has replenished all the corpse-controlling talismans, spirit-suppressing talismans, and yin-gathering talismans that he had previously used. He even drew a few more spirit-suppressing talismans and yin-gathering talismans.

There were nine talismans in the box: two Yin-gathering talismans, one Heart-to-Heart talisman, two Yin-dispelling talismans, three Spirit-suppressing talismans, and one Corpse-controlling talisman. With the box in hand, Chen Miao felt much more at ease.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Miao took the century-old peach wood sword blank out of the book and put it in his bag.

After all, they were going to be with Chen Guokun and the others, and it seemed a bit unbelievable that such a large item was pulled directly out of the book.

As for the other peach wood residue and incense sticks, they are small and don't need to be removed beforehand.

Chen Miao was also thinking about whether he should use his good karma to exchange for some materials for talismans to make a batch of talismans that could be put into the "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mortal World".

In this way, he wouldn't have to worry about forgetting to bring the talisman box and not having any talismans on him.

However, we'll discuss this matter after we return from Longtang Town.

After everything was prepared, Chen Miao opened the book and glanced at it, but there were no new chapters.

This at least shows that making this decision will not cause any problems.

I wonder if anything will change after I go there with Chen Guokun.

Afterwards, Chen Miao got into Chen Guokun's car.

On the bus, Chen Miao suddenly thought of a question, and after thinking about it, he asked it.

"Mr. Chen, why don't you go to Zhong Cai? Compared to a newbie like me, Zhong Cai should have a lot of ways to solve these kinds of problems, right?"

Chen Guokun, sitting in the driver's seat, smiled and said, "Just call me by my name, or you can call me Brother Kun like Tong Yu does."

"I'm not asking Zhong Cai because he's not in my jurisdiction. If I want him to help, I'll have to send an application to the investigator in his area, which is a bit of a hassle."

"Furthermore, in your line of work, unless you're a master, it's not necessarily true that whoever has been in this line of work the longest is the most skilled."

“For example, the job of retrieving corpses is something that Zhong Cai cannot do, but for a corpse retriever, even an apprentice can do the job well without being disturbed by the corpse.”

Chen Miao nodded.

It's true that everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

After that, Chen Miao didn't say anything more.

More than an hour later, Chen Miao saw the large pond in Longtang Town.

From afar, he saw various shops lining the banks of the Dragon Pond, and even the open-air parking lot was mostly full.

It seems that whether or not someone dies in the town doesn't affect other aspects of life.

Hmm...maybe it's not that it has no impact, but rather that these people simply don't know it.

Chen Miao glanced at the two investigators in the front row and thought to himself.

About ten minutes later, the car stopped not far from the entrance of the [Future Medical Aesthetics Center].

As Chen Guokun led them closer, two plainclothes officers emerged from a car parked by the roadside and blocked their way.

After Chen Guokun showed his identification, they went back.

"Let's go."

Chen Guokun opened the door to the cosmetic surgery center.

Tong Yu followed Chen Guokun inside, but after a few steps, he realized he couldn't hear Chen Miao's footsteps.

He turned to look behind him.

At the main entrance, Chen Miao was flipping through a book.

Tong Yu saw the title of the book: "If Your Eyes Deceive You".

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

These folk 'craftsmen' all have their own unique characteristics to some extent, which Tong Yu is aware of.

When it comes to this kind of thing, all you have to do is respect it; there's nothing more to say.

Tong Yu couldn't understand how Chen Miao had developed such a strange habit so quickly.
Chen Miao was unaware of Tong Yu's thoughts; at that moment, his eyes were fixed intently on the page containing the author information.

[Current Status: Ice Heart, Telepathic Connection, Gathering Yin, Hide and Seek, Haunted by Resentment (∞)]

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(End of this chapter)