Chapter Thirteen Zombies
Tao Meilan's body was temporarily placed in the side hall on the east side of the ancestral hall. Everyone seemed to have reached a consensus on her death: everyone believed that she had conflicts with her parents because of emotional reasons, and chose to commit suicide in anger.
Of course, this does not mean that everyone is not confused.
After all, a person had disappeared mysteriously before this, and now it is July 30th. After Tao Meilan's death, the saying that the Shen family's ancestral temple was haunted gradually spread among the crowd. Some people say that Tao Meilan did not commit suicide impulsively, but might have been deceived by those lonely ghosts and became someone's substitute.
Therefore, Tao Meilan's death was banned by Tao Guiquan. In addition to the rules of the Liyuan, it was said that the employer Chen Yuming's father-in-law was a little from the Zhujiang area, and his background was definitely not something he had offended. If he offended someone because of this incident, he would probably not have a good time in the future.
So when Chen Yuming sent someone to deliver lunch, everyone in the troupe pretended nothing and no one dared to leak the news. Ding Ling felt extremely sad because of her daughter's death and stayed in the room without people approaching, so she did not come out to receive Chen Yuming.
Looking at Tao Guiquan's calm expression when talking to Chen Yuming, even Jiang Li began to wonder whether he had extraordinary psychological quality and good emotional control; or whether Tao Meilan's death did not make him feel so sad.
Fortunately, Shen Yuming was not very troublesome. He just came over to exchange greetings for a few words, and then prepared to leave. It happened that when he was about to go out, he happened to meet Lin Mingshan who was so bored that he was planning to come out for some breath.
"Isn't this Mr. Lin? What's wrong with your legs?" Chen Yuming couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw that the other party was unable to move.
"It's okay, Lu Hei accidentally fell back to his room last night." Lin Mingshan responded.
Chen Yuming was very polite. After hearing him say that, he even asked the other party if he needed a medical treatment. Lin Mingshanwan thanked him for his kindness and kept emphasizing that he was just a minor injury and was not seriously injured. Seeing that he was firm in his attitude, Chen Yuming no longer asked, and only said that if he needed it, he could ask himself for help.
"Thank you, Boss Shen, you won't have to worry about it."
"Okay, Mr. Lin, let's take a break first, I won't disturb you." Chen Yuming pushed his glasses and smiled at him.
"Boss Shen, I won't send you off..." Lin Mingshan looked at the other party's back as he left, and his eyes suddenly became dazed. Mo Jian stood beside him, and saw that Lin Mingshan's expression was a little unnatural, and immediately asked what had happened to the other party.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired. Yuebai, I know that Meilan is not feeling well after she leaves. You don't have to accompany me anymore. Go and do something you want to do." Lin Mingshan looked at him and sighed softly.
Mo Jian naturally did not forget the role he played, so he nodded in his face as if he was holding back his grief, saying that he wanted to see the other person again.
On the other hand, everyone's lunch was still very rich. Like yesterday, all the handymen's food was meat, mainly heavy-mouthed, which allowed them to quickly replenish their energy and work with energy; while the actors' lunch was light-mouthed vegetables and soup. After all, the opera was expensive, and the food should not be greasy and spicy.
Tao Guiquan was accompanying Ding Ling in the room, and Zhou Zhifei was in charge of guarding the side hall where the body was parked. After Mo Jian arrived at the door, Zhou Zhifei also understood his intention. After all, the matter between Tao Meilan and Xu Yuebai is well known to everyone in the troupe. Now that the other party is dead, it is understandable that he wants to come and see Tao Meilan.
"Brother Zhou, please make some peace." Mo Cai choked and handed the other party a pack of cigarettes. Zhou Zhifei was easy to talk to. He just patted Mo Cai on the shoulder, said something to hurry up, and asked the others to leave the ancestral hall first, making room for the two of them.
After closing the door, Mo Jian wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and his expression returned to his previous calm. Because it was inconvenient for Jiang Li and others to come in, he could only check the body alone.
If it were someone else, he might feel a little uncomfortable. But for Mocha, this is commonplace. Because he is a mortalist himself, he has no fear when facing the corpse.
"Sorry, I'll bother you for a while."
Unfamiliarly uncovered the white cloth covered by the body, and the robe on Tao Meilan had been replaced.
Next, her face was as usual, and she smiled at the corner of her mouth. No matter how she looked, she just fell asleep.
It is said that because of this, Ding Ling was unwilling to accept the fact that her daughter died. Seeing that she was mentally collapsed, if she looked at Tao Meilan's body, she would be even more stimulating. Therefore, Tao Guiquan had to take her back to the room and told Zhou Zhifei to take it here and not let Ding Ling get closer.
Mo Jian gently pressed Tao Meilan's body and looked at the clock on the wall. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and about nine hours had passed since the other party's death. People usually start to stiffen within 0 minutes to 2 hours after death, and their whole body will become stiff after 9 to 12 hours.
If the surrounding temperature is higher than 5 degrees, the corpse's stiffness and softening will accelerate and it will recover in just 24 hours.
Now Tao Meilan's body feels soft and has no stiffness. The Shen Family's ancestral ancestral house has a cool environment, and the temperature is only about 25 or 60. It is absolutely impossible for high temperature to cause the body to soften.
It is worth noting that there is a deep purple mark on the throat of the corpse, and the dilated pupils are indeed consistent with the symptoms of suicide by hanging beams.
Then at this time her body still maintained this strange state, and there was only one reason to explain-
Mo Jian was thinking this way, the next second, Tao Meilan suddenly opened her eyes.
He was also prepared for a long time. At the moment when the corpse appeared strange, Mo Qi quickly transformed into a middle-level spirit-expressing talisman and stuck it to her body. At the same time, Mo Qi saw a scarlet figure suddenly appear in her scattered pupils, and this should be the last scene that Tao Meilan saw before her death.
He could not see the face of the evil ghost clearly, but he could still see through his graceful figure that the other party should be a very beautiful woman.
Immediately afterwards, the vague figure gradually disappeared like evaporated. Unpredictable took a few steps forward with lingering fear and checked the condition of the corpse.
Sure enough, Tao Meilan's face had recovered the paleness of the body, and her body and limbs became stiff. The corpse had a strange appearance because the aura of the evil spirit was attached to her. Now that the aura had dissipated, the corpse naturally returned to its original state.
"You can rest in peace."
Mo Jian gently closed Tao Meilan's eyes and was about to cover it with a white cloth to leave. At this moment, he suddenly saw a white handkerchief appeared beside Tao Meilan's arm.
On the other side, in the north room.
"The troupe has something to do, so I'll go and discuss it with Mr. Cui first. I've already explained the performance tonight. Let Fang Lan sing on your behalf. You have a good rest." Tao Guiquan looked at Ding Ling who was lying on the bed and crying silently, and shedding oil. She sighed and left the room.
Her daughter's death had a great blow to her. Ding Ling was strong all her life. Since giving birth to Tao Meilan, she has devoted all her efforts to her, determined to make her a first-class actress.
Meilan is indeed successful, and Ding Ling sees new hope in her. She believes that in time, her daughter will definitely surpass herself, or even surpass that person!
But now-
Ding Ling grabbed her hair in pain and fell into deep self-blame. If she hadn't said that to Meilan last night, if she had cared more about her daughter last night, perhaps she wouldn't have been unable to do such stupid things.
"Meilan, it's because of my mother. Please forgive me..."
Ding Ling was lying on the bed and covered her face and cried bitterly, not noticing that there was a person standing by the bed behind her, staring at her quietly.
Chapter completed!