Chapter 4 Memorial
Sheng Jiashu's relatives were buried in the Zhuyuan Cemetery near the Wong Tai Sin Temple. Today, Wong Tai Sin has not become a bustling area in its previous life. It is just a suburban countryside that has not been developed yet.
Xie Jingcheng and Sheng Jiashu got off the rickshaw from the Huang Daxian Temple and walked slowly towards the Zhuyuan Cemetery. Several He Shengtang's subordinates followed the two of them from afar, carrying ingots, candles, paper money and other items for worship.
"Godfather, what are my parents..." Sheng Jiashu said halfway, swallowed it back, and changed it to a sentence: "Are they still decent leaving?"
"The burial of the scenery and the funeral bridge is built from the end of the street to the street. The famous club bosses in the rivers and lakes all come to burn incense and condolences. Even six detectives with Jianghu identities in the police force came over." Xie Jingcheng turned his face to look at Sheng Jiashu, then he breathed in front of him, and said with a sigh: "It is the most glorious funeral for the people in the rivers and lakes in the past few years. Your father, eldest brother, and second brother were each hit dozens of times. Mother, second sister-in-law and three children walked more easily. Everyone was hit by a knife and killed with one knife."
"Where is my sister-in-law and Jin'er? Or is there no news?" Sheng Jiashu's eyebrows beat twice as he heard Xie Jingcheng describing his family's death.
The news he received in the United States was that on the night of the family extermination, his sister-in-law Li Yaoguang and niece Sheng Jiner escaped because they happened to go out, but their whereabouts were unknown and evaporated from the world.
Xie Jingcheng shook his head: "I have asked the brothers of the club to search all over Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. In the New Territories and Macau, they also called people to look for it, but they didn't find anything. I think... it's probably a lot of danger. Since the other party wants to destroy the family, it should be impossible to leave a living mouth."
"Where is the murderer? Is there any news or clue?" Sheng Jiashu took out the cigarette from his pocket with his hands trembling, and fired it several times before igniting it.
Xie Jingcheng clenched his fist and pressed it against his mouth and coughed twice: "How could anyone dare to stand up and recognize it in such a thing as family destruction? Few people in the martial arts world will act so cruelly, which is not in line with the morality of the martial arts world. If it is found out, then don't think about it again in the future. There are many rumors. Some people even said that because your father saved your ghost, Mr. Qi, and burned a comfort center, it was done by Japanese spies. In short, there are all kinds of things."
"Who is the most likely person to me, or what kind of enemy my father had before he died?" Sheng Jiashu held a cigarette and listened to Xie Jingcheng's words, and then thought for a while before continuing to ask.
"How could there be few enemies in the martial arts world? He Shengtang has been in charge for more than 30 years. If he really is an enemy, there will probably be dozens of clubs in total."
"Is Uncle Qing's words true? My father killed Uncle Third's father and two older brothers?" Sheng Jiashu took a deep breath of cigarettes and asked the last question.
Xie Jingcheng also looked at Sheng Jiashu and nodded affirmatively: "It's true, your father took action at the hall and sent them, father and son on the way, and in front of Ahan."
"Why?" Sheng Jiashu was stunned for a moment. His father Sheng Sihai was always gentle and cheerful, but he didn't expect that he had the other side of his heart and ruthlessness.
Xie Jingcheng hesitated for two seconds before slowly saying: "Because Huoniu's father Yu Laozhi wanted to compete with Brother Sheng to be the leader, Brother Sheng killed him and his two sons, and then changed the rule of choosing a hospital in Heshengtang to the current hereditary system."
"Then..." Although Sheng Jiashu only said one word and stopped talking and did not continue to ask, Xie Jingcheng already knew what Sheng Jiashu wanted to ask: "Ahan can survive because he was on your father's side back then."
"I understand." Sheng Jiashu nodded slightly, and before he knew it, the Zhuyuan Cemetery was already in front of him.
Xie Jingcheng turned around and waved to the back. Several subordinates handed over the paper money and ingots and other items in their hands. After Sheng Jiashu took it, he said thank you to the people, and then said to Xie Jingcheng: "Godfather, I want to go in by myself and talk about family matters with them."
"Go, I'll wait outside." Xie Jingcheng patted Sheng Jiashu on the shoulder with understanding: "Leave the murderer's matter to the hall, and I will find out and give Brother Sheng an explanation."
Sheng Jiashu stared at Xie Jingcheng's eyes, nodded seriously, then turned around and walked towards the cemetery.
Xie Jingcheng looked at Sheng Jiashu's back and sighed softly.
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Carrying ingots and candles and other memorial items in his hand, Sheng Jiashu shuttled through the cemetery and finally stopped in front of the new graves, three big and two small.
When Sheng Jiashu saw the five tombstones in front of him, he was in a trance for a moment, as if the tombstones slowly turned into his own relatives in front of him.
Parents, eldest brother, second brother, second sister-in-law, two nephews and one niece stood in front of me, just like I always returned to Hong Kong before, smiling and gentle eyes.
"Lao Dou, mother, eldest brother, second brother, second sister-in-law, I'm back." Sheng Jiashu walked forward step by step and reached out to touch his relatives in his memory, but only the cold stone tablets were touched: "Atang, A Lie, Ying'er, Third Uncle is back."
Before he could finish his words, Sheng Jiashu was already in tears and choked out, and memories rushed into his mind so unscrupulously.
A father who fights and kills and is a big boss all day long, but wants his son to study and be a good master.
A mother who is born in a rebellious and unruly manner and can be called the model of a feathered girl, but after getting married, she takes care of her husband and children and washes away all her beauty.
A gentle, reliable, caring brother who talks about a little bit and is bullied by the police in the United States, and he will give an order to draw a life-and-death loan and arrange for his men to go to the United States to become the eldest brother who vents his anger for the police.
A second brother who was treacherous, cunning, lustful, took his thirteen-year-old self to see the stripper. When his parents and elder brother were taught a lesson, he protected himself and was beaten for him.
A second sister-in-law who is usually stingy and complains that her parents are biased towards her and spends a lot of money to study abroad, but whenever she returns to the United States, she secretly stuffs two gold jewelry into her luggage, fearing that she is short of money in the United States.
Another small trumpet Sheng Jiaxing was like a small trumpet. After studying, the whole class wanted to worship him as a big boss. Sheng Bingtang, a nephew who unified the campus with his fists and loyalty at the age of eleven.
Following Sheng Bingtang, he was like a dog-headed military advisor, with bad ideas in his mind. At the age of seven, he put on makeup and entered the female bathroom bravely, breaking the record of his nephew Sheng Jiacai's nine-year-old peeking at the woman's bath.
Every time I come back, I will pester myself to learn English, and I want to grow up and see my niece Sheng Ying'er on the other side of the sea.
Sheng Jiashu squatted down and lit paper money ingots, saying homely every time he went home and chatted with his family:
"Old Dou, I, Master Qi, asked you when you have time to go to Chicago to drink with him. He said that he would treat you with the best whiskey, and avenge you for drinking him at the bottom of the table last time. I asked me to bring back a bottle for you to taste first, and I'll give you a drink."
"Mom, there is a ghost girl who always wants to be my girlfriend. She also took a photo and asked me to take it back for you to take a look. I'll burn it for you to see."
"Brother, don't worry, with me here, I will definitely take good care of my sister-in-law and Haier. You are the most decent brothers. How hard you work below, I respect Laodou's mother for me."
"Second brother, you promised me to take me to the tour guide when I came back. You said you didn't do it, but I promised to bring you the salty and wet pictorial that I promised to bring for you. I'll bring it back for you. I'll burn it for you, and you can read it slowly..."
"Second sister-in-law, I can be lazy this time. I don't have to be urged by my sister-in-law to get up and read the shop. I'll buy the skirt on the pictorial you like from the United States for you. Remember to dress up beautifully below so that my second brother won't go out to steal food as a ghost."
Sheng Jiashu's face was filled with tears, his lips had been bitten and he was bleeding, but he was still smiling, looking at the fire with affectionateness and talking about warm homely events.
Chapter completed!