13 Mink Street

"The Royal Noble Duke is luxurious, dignified and generous...golden coffin."

"Elegant, introverted, calm, wise, wise, calm... light wind coffin."

in the living room,

Karen is sitting on the small sofa and flipping through the "Coffin Coloring Book" at home.

The ones read out earlier were the most expensive two coffins on the color book. The adjectives in front were added one after another to form a string. The prices were 2.25 million and 2.5 million rupiah respectively.

Why is the breeze coffin more expensive than the gold coffin? Probably, this is the price of "elegance".

Uncle Mason told himself that if the price on the color book is reduced by five times, it is the cost price of the purchase, but even so, one 450,000 rupees and one 500,000 rupees is a huge sum.

If Karen remembers correctly, 500,000 rupees is enough to buy a property with three bedrooms and one living room in a good location in the urban area;

Alas, in the world of the really rich, it's true that a coffin is worth a house.

"coffee."

"Thank you, aunt."

Aunt Winnie put the coffee on the coffee table and sat on the small sofa opposite.

"Are you free these days?" Aunt Winnie asked.

"Yeah." Karen nodded. Mina and the others needed to go to school, but he didn't have to. Therefore, he has been responsible for cooking for the past few days, which has refreshed the family's understanding of food.

The day before yesterday, he specially made a meal of "boiled beef". The family's acceptance of spicy food is actually quite good, especially Uncle Mason was very happy to eat that, but Uncle Mason walked lamely the next day.

Hemorrhoids committed.

Apart from cooking, he actually has nothing else to do.

Although grandpa didn't help him recover his school status, he got him a set of high school textbooks and tutoring books.

Except for the history book that Karen occasionally flips through, the rest of the books are really of little value to him.

"It should be busy after a while. Two elderly people in the Huashuiwan Nursing Home are unwell. There are several critically ill patients in the two nearby hospitals that cooperate with us;

At the church, there was also a believer who was dying at home.

At that time, I will recommend your psychological counseling to their families. "

"Thank you, aunt."

"Do something for my own company, say thank you, drink coffee, I added sugar for you."

"OK."

Karen clenched her left hand slightly,

Obviously the coffee was placed on the left side, but he still leaned over to pick up the coffee with his right hand and took a sip.

At this time, the phone rang.

Aunt Winnie got up to answer the phone:

"Hey... um... um... Got it."

"Snapped."

The sound of hanging up the phone is a bit heavy.

The next thing that was more serious was Aunt Winnie's cry:

"Mason, Mason!"

Uncle Mason, who was drinking black tea upstairs and reading the financial newspaper, immediately dropped everything, and stepped down the stairs quickly while wearing his coat.

Aunt Winnie said: "The stage in the Crown Ballroom has collapsed, and there have been many casualties."

"Oh, Crown Ballroom." Mason nodded immediately.

"Where is the Crown Ballroom?" Aunt Mary's voice came from the stairs.

Mason immediately asked suspiciously: "Yes, where is the Crown Ballroom?"

"I know, Mr. Mason, it's an old dance hall on Hill Street." Ron replied.

Previously, he and Paul were actually basking in the sun on the garden chairs. When there was no work, they often rested all day long.

But this is the case in this business. Even if you know there is no work, you have to reserve the clerk and other workers. After all, it is easy to find a waiter when there is an emergency, but it is difficult to find a corpse mover;

You can't call the neighbors next door to come over and help, right?

Aunt Mary didn't pay Mrs. Mark the money she complained about last time. Not only did she not pay her, but she even had a fight with her.

"Oh, it's on Hill Street." Uncle Mason turned his head and looked at Aunt Mary who was standing at the top of the stairs. "My dear, you should also prepare. I will try to bring the guests back directly, if there are any guests."

"Okay, honey." Aunt Mary nodded.

Karen, who was sitting on the sofa next to her, felt a little funny when she saw this scene. Without knowing it, she thought she was driving a "120" and needed to be dispatched urgently.

But this is a "commercial network". Not only do people have relationships in places like hospitals and sanatoriums, but in many other places, there are also "eyeliners". When encountering such things, someone will notify them.

Buying and selling is done in this way, and you have to take the initiative.

"Are there a lot of casualties?" Mason looked at Karen, "Karen, you come with me, one more helper."

"Okay, uncle."

Uncle Mason got into the cab, and Karen, Paul and Ron first folded the stretcher and put it in the compartment, and then took the body bag, etc., and then sat in the compartment together.

Before the hearse was launched, Aunt Winnie threw a stack of brochures from the Inmeles Death Care Company through the car window.

"gone!"

Mason gave his sister and wife a firm look, like a general going to war.

And Aunt Winnie and Aunt Mary also looked serious, looking forward to the general's triumphant return.

...

Car, go fast.

Karen has seen Uncle Mason go through two signal lights in a row. Fortunately, there is no electronic eye to take pictures. As long as the police are not unlucky and stand by, nothing will happen;

Of course, car accidents are another matter.

"The stage collapsed, could it be that serious?" Karen asked curiously.

Ron was about to answer,

Uncle Mason, who was driving, spoke first:

"The Crown Ballroom has its own unique stage, which is a reinforced glass stage suspended at a height of nearly five meters. Dancers in skirts and miniskirts will dance on it. Standing below, you can look up as much as you want.

Of course, many guests will choose to spend extra money to experience the excitement of high-altitude dancing.

So if that stage collapsed and there were people dancing above and below, it could easily have dire consequences. "

Ron echoed: "Yes, the price of asking a dancer to dance a dance there is 5 rupees, and the price of dancing on the glass is 50 rupees, which is too expensive."

Uncle Mason said: "Money is the second priority. The main Crown Ballroom may fall into disrepair after a long time. I dare not go up. I am really afraid that someday I will bump into it in an accident.

I have seen a lot of how miserable the dead bodies of those accidental deaths at home are. "

"Does uncle go often?" Karen asked.

"I liked going there when I was young, but I didn't go there much after I married your aunt. A few years ago, when I went back to Luojia City to visit relatives, I went there two or three times when I was with some former friends.

After returning home, I never went there once, and I didn’t contact those former friends anymore. "

It's not that friends dislike the poor and love the rich, it's purely because Uncle Mason used to be considered a successful financial person, but now he is the manager of the family company. Although he doesn't lack friends and relationships, it's completely two different circles.

Never:

"Hey friend;

Knowing that your loved one passed away is very painful, why don't you dance with me? "

soon,

Hill Street is just around the corner.

Uncle Mason continued to step on the gas pedal, and then turned into a small alley that was only big enough for one car to pass through. After a while, he quickly walked from Front Street to Middle Street.

After driving out of the alley, turn right and stop. It is obvious that Uncle Mason is very familiar with this place.

On the building in front, there are signs such as cinemas and gyms, but the biggest one is still shining, which is the Crown Ballroom!

Phew, here we are.

At this time, a lot of people had already gathered on the side of the street at the entrance and exit, many of them had blood on their bodies, their heads were bleeding, and some were crying and screaming in fright, all in all it was very noisy.

As soon as Karen and the others got out of the car, a police car suddenly stopped beside him. A sheriff wearing a khaki windbreaker with a pipe in his mouth sat in the passenger seat. He looked at the police car in front of him in surprise. The Murais family hearse,

Shouted in amazement:

"Damn, Mason, how did you guys get here faster than the police and ambulance!!!"

Obviously, the sheriff and Uncle Mason knew each other.

This is not surprising,

The Funeral Club has several stable sources of customers. Besides nursing homes, hospitals, and churches, the next one is the police station.

It is common to come to the police station morgue to pull corpses.

Uncle Mason explained, "What a coincidence, Sheriff Duke, we happen to be on Front Street."

"Oh." Sergeant Duke obviously didn't believe it.

However, due to the traffic jam at this time, and the fact that the Luojia City Stadium is holding a football friendly match for the national team today, a large number of police forces have been dispatched to take charge of security.

"Come with me and help me maintain order."

"yes!"

Uncle Mason stood still, and Ron and Paul next to him also stood still immediately. Karen was half a beat behind, but also puffed up his chest.

This scene was a bit funny, and Sergeant Duke couldn't help laughing, but immediately realized that this occasion should not be disrespectful, and then turned his head and told the police officer who was driving:

"Mick, you turn on the siren, go to the front to clear the traffic, and let the ambulance come in."

"Yes, Sheriff."

Ron and Paul pushed the crowd away. Sheriff Duke first glanced at the injured crowd on the side of the road. They should have run out of the ballroom after the stage collapsed. Although many people were injured, they were able to escape by themselves. , the problem shouldn't be too big, they are also doing simple bandaging and hemostasis for each other.

"Is there anyone else in there?" Sheriff Duke asked.

"Is there anyone else inside?" Uncle Mason pulled over a person wearing a ballroom uniform.

"Yes... yes, yes."

"Come on, let's go in."

Sergeant Duke walked in first, and when he went up the stairs, he saw a few seriously injured people being carried or carried out, either with glass pieces pierced into their legs or abdomen, unable to walk on their own.

Uncle Mason directly gave up on the one whose leg was pierced with a piece of glass, and instead held the young man dressed in hip-hop with a piece of glass pierced into his abdomen:

"Are you okay, can you hold on?"

The young man thought it was the doctor who came, and immediately nodded and said, "I don't think the problem is serious, and I can hold on."

Uncle Mason's enthusiasm dissipated instantly, and he let go of his hand.

"Doctor?" The young man was still calling to Uncle Mason.

"Sorry, I'm going inside to find the more seriously injured, they need me more now!"

The young man nodded and said, "I understand, I understand."

Sheriff Duke continued to walk in with the members of the Inmeles family;

On the way, Sheriff Duke teased Mason and said, "Is it just so impatient to hope that there will be a dead person?"

Uncle Mason replied: "The recent off-season."

"Oh, off-season."

"You can catch marijuana dealers and unlicensed brothels in the off-season, but we can't kill people in the off-season?"

"I can warn you, if you find a seriously injured person inside later, you have to send it to the hospital first, and if the ambulance hasn't arrived, you can use your car to send it, but don't... just pull you directly before the person is dead home."

"How can it be."

While talking, everyone finally entered the inner court of the ballroom. There were not many people left in the inner court. Most of them had already come out, but there were still more than ten people inside.

The ground was full of broken glass, both large and small.

After walking a few steps inside, I saw a person leaning on the booth.

When I got closer, I found that half of the head had been cut off;

Behind its deck, there is a large piece of glass with an area of ​​about three square meters.

With such a large piece of glass, if you smash it directly, cutting off half of a person's head is as easy as cutting a watermelon.

The scene on the back of the booth is even more unsightly, with various colors, like a sauce shop.

Uncle Mason hurried forward, turned to look at Sergeant Duke again, and asked anxiously:

"Sheriff, come and take a look, is this guy dead?"

Sheriff Duke went up and kicked Mason,

However, considering that there were broken glass on the ground all around, he took the kick back halfway and didn't really kick it up.

It can be seen from this that the relationship between Uncle Mason and Sheriff Duke is really good.

Three years ago, Sergeant Duke's mother passed away, and the funeral was held at Inmeles' home. In the end, the family confiscated 1 rupee for the funeral.

"Karen" didn't know about this matter. After all, "Karen" was still an autistic teenager at that time, and he basically didn't know anything about the family business, and he didn't know how to ask.

"Ron, body bag." Uncle Mason ordered.

"good."

Ron took out the body bag and began to put it on the unfortunate gentleman, muttering as he put it on:

"The opening fee for this seat is not low, and you are really unlucky."

Above here is the glass stage, sitting here can have the best angle of looking up.

Ron cleaned up quickly, and he was not afraid of the tragedy and other things. This is professionalism, and Ron and Paul can take paid rest all day long and earn much more than ordinary workers. The reason for the salary.

In front, a person is surrounded by several people;

There were several places of glass pierced on his body, and blood was constantly overflowing from his mouth, and he couldn't speak clearly, only blinking his eyes.

Because the injury was too serious, the people beside him didn't know whether it was his friend or an enthusiastic dance hall customer, and they didn't dare to move him without authorization, for fear that if he was not careful, he would disappear immediately.

Uncle Mason immediately stepped forward, held his hand, and said:

"Hold on, hold on, please hold on!"

As he spoke, he immediately shouted to Paul behind him:

"Stretcher, stretcher, quick!"

Paul, who was carrying the stretcher, immediately put down the stretcher, but did not put down the four wheels.

Uncle Mason told the people around:

"Be careful, everyone help to lift a little bit, pay attention to stability, first carry him out on a stretcher, the ambulance will arrive soon, he still has hope, there is still hope!"

Everyone immediately began to help according to Mason's instructions.

Karen knew that the reason why Uncle Mason was so enthusiastic was because this man, if there were no miracle, probably would not be rescued.

However, the choice Mason made was also correct. Doing so was indeed the best for the injured, and it would also allow him to receive medical treatment faster.

And when the wounded was sent to the hospital, and after he was "none", Uncle Mason, who had become familiar with him in advance, could naturally take the funeral order in front of the grateful family members.

Sergeant Duke was watching from the side and didn't bother Mason. He knew in his heart that although Mason wanted orders, he was not a messy person.

Karen wanted to go up to help, but the stretcher was so big, there was no place for him to intervene.

At this moment, Karen heard Sheriff Duke say "Huh?"

Following the sound, she found that Sergeant Duke had come to the original center of the stage.

The layout of the Crown Ballroom is that in the middle is a large wooden stage with three steps high, and the glass stage is above the wooden stage.

After the glass stage was smashed down, several holes were also smashed into the center of the stage below.

At this time, Sergeant Duke was squatting next to a hole, reaching out to pull out a few pieces of broken wood next to him.

Karen walked over, and was taken aback for a moment.

In this cave, there was a male corpse lying impressively.

This male corpse was completely naked, his hands were spread out symmetrically at a forty-five-degree angle to both sides, with the palms facing up, and the middle finger was fixed by two nails, forming a two-way posture of raising the middle finger;

in addition,

On the abdomen of the male corpse, that is, at the belly button, there is a white flower, which should be... made of plastic.

Above and below the belly button, there are traces of stitching. It is very likely that this is not a flower, but... a potted flower.

The flower pot is in the belly of the male corpse;

In addition, heavy makeup was painted on the face of the male corpse.

The traces of lipstick extend exaggeratedly from both sides of the male corpse's mouth, forming an optical illusion of "smiling".

On the chest of the male corpse, there is a book with "Song of the Soul" written on the cover, which is the bible taught by Barry.

I remember that Aunt Mary complained about Mr. Moissan’s children deliberately saying that Mr. Moissan was a Berry believer in order to save money;

However, in the teachings of the Berry religion, what is required is that the body should be cremated after death and return to nature. The more the body is decorated or a grand funeral is adopted, the more it is a blasphemy against nature, that is, the teaching.

But for the male corpse on the stage in front of him, there are too many places where his body has been changed and arranged.

In addition, judging from the blue-black skin of the corpse, it must have been dead for a long time, although there were no obvious signs of decay on the body.

But, it can't be that the glass stage fell and was smashed to death, and then the people around him took off their clothes and arranged it like this, right?

Sergeant Duke looked solemnly,

What happened in the ballroom earlier was an accident, and if it was an accident, it had nothing to do with him as a policeman, as long as the rescue order was maintained, but the corpse now is different.

Sheriff Duke took a bite of his cigarette holder,

Said to himself:

"If it wasn't for this accident, there would really be no way to discover this murder case."

"I don't think... that's the case."

"oh?"

Sergeant Duke turned his head and looked at the handsome young man standing beside him.

"Then what do you think?"

Karen pointed to the male corpse in the cave,

road:

"The murderer intentionally created this accident in order to display his 'work of art'."