Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 313 Two hundred twenty eight. Funeral

   The tall figure walks on the cobblestone-paved, silent narrow path.

  A curtain of rain shrouded the cemetery, with tall and low tombstones extending into the distance among the withered and yellow grass.

   The tall and sharp top of the church hat seemed to be pierced through the rain curtain. The funeral not far away was crowded, and people dressed in black and gray gathered together in twos and threes and talked in low voices.

The arrival of    Lu Li only attracted the attention of a few nearby gazes. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar face, he stayed on those black eyes for a while and then moved away.

"you are late."

  Tesla, wearing a black hat and holding a black umbrella, walked to the gate and handed him a white rose.

  A few drops of crystal rainwater are adhered to the petals, reflecting a whole world. Take it on the tip of the nose and smell it, there is no smell in the slight coolness.

   "It's made of fabric, it's not easy to find a bunch of flowers now." Tesla sighed.

  Lu Li didn't say a word, he stuck the white rose into his chest pocket like Tesla did.

   "When will it start?" Lu Li's eyes fell outside the umbrella. The earth pit in the cemetery had been dug, but the coffin was not seen.

   Judging from the tragic state of Thomas’ death, even if a coffin is moved, it is likely to be a tomb of clothes inside.

   "There will be a while before the funeral host goes to the confession room to repent for her father."

   "She is a believer?"

   "Forget it, now ordinary people always have to rely on something." Tesla meant something. He didn't talk too much about this topic, and instead said: "Let me show you some people?"

"no need."

  Lu Li doesn't want to have too many intersections with too many people.

"Okay, you can go over there for a drink. I'm going to see an old friend, and the funeral will come to you in a while." Tesla pointed to the canopy built on the edge of the cemetery, then left Lu Li and walked towards a A bearded middle-aged man in a black suit.

  Lu Li walked under the canopy, put away the umbrella, and asked the nun who was the waiter for a glass of juice.

   Now the juice is comparable to the same weight of beef, only the rich and noble can afford it - and it may not be freshly squeezed.

The fragrance of    juice dispels the haze and earthy smell lingering in the cemetery, and Lu Li aimlessly surveyed the whole funeral.

  Men made up the bulk of the funeral, with the rest being ladies in black dresses. People talk to each other, and many, like Lu Li, are alone and stay in remote places, not interacting with other people.

  Those who came to the funeral were mostly Thomas' colleagues and exorcists.

   When Lu Li finished drinking the first glass of juice and picked up the second glass of orange juice, there was a movement from the side door of the church: a coffin was carried out.

   As more and more eyes looked, the chatter above the funeral gradually disappeared.

  People's eyes followed the approaching coffins, and some fell on the young women who walked behind them wearing veiled wide-brimmed hats, watching them walk into the funeral and put the coffins next to the dug cemetery.

The old man in gray and white robes dressed as a priest stood in front of the coffin, and slowly recited the eulogy in the light of only the drizzle "Wow": "Three days ago, we said goodbye to Rudolf Thomas forever... Fighting to the death, he was born to deliver a poem of hope..."

  Because of Thomas' special identity, the priest omitted many parts of the content, such as "returning to the embrace of the Father" and "the gate of heaven is open" and other religious elements. At the same time, all the metaphors in the eulogy explain Thomas' true identity.

   Of course, only the guests of the exorcist can understand the metaphors in the eulogy.

   "Don't you want a glass of milk?" Tesla whispered when he came to Lu Li at some point.

   "Not here, the juice is not bad." Lu Li raised the glass slightly and said while shaking the orange juice.

   When he first arrived here, Lu Li could still afford oranges, but now, it is very difficult for him to look at the oranges.

   "Please bring me a drink too." Tesla and the nun waved.

   "Your trouble is resolved?" Lu Li asked him.

   "Forget it, they dare not come again." Tesla looked at the priest not far away: "What do you think of Sisi?"

"do not know."

   "Sissy Thomas, Thomas' daughter."

  Lu Li looked at the woman in the black dress who was bowing her head behind the priest, and did not answer Tesla's question: "Why do you ask that?"

Tesla smiled, took the juice that the nun had stirred, and said with a chuckle: "Thomas was looking for a suitable husband for her for a long time before she died, and I heard that the relationship between father and daughter broke down and that was the reason. "

  Lu Li was slightly silent, and said, "It's not the right time."

  Tesla knew what Lu Li was referring to, and he became silent when he thought of a future with no hope in sight.

   A few minutes later, the pastor finished his eulogy, and the workers carried the coffin into the dug tomb. On his tombstone, there was only a photo that seemed to be cropped from a certain group photo. It was not very natural, and there was a hint of fatherly love in his smile.

  It is conceivable that in the original photo, his daughter should be on the side.

  Cissy reached into the veil with her hand holding the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.

   Afterwards, there was a flower presentation session for relatives and friends. The guests lined up in front of the tomb and threw the rose on their body into the unburied coffin.

  It was Tesla's turn, he put down the fake rose solemnly, and whispered "Goodbye old friend".

   Behind him was Lu Li, he didn't say anything, put down the rose and turned away.

  The flower laying ended and the burial began. The coffin was buried layer by layer. As time passed, the bright coffin could no longer be seen, and only the smile on the tombstone told that Thomas's life had come to an end.

After   , there was free time. Some people left, but most of them stayed at the funeral to communicate with friends they hadn’t seen for a long time—most investigators had a hard time meeting each other.

  Lu Li was standing under the canopy, drinking juice cup by cup, but suddenly, a slightly hoarse female voice came from the side.

   "Do you know my father?"

  The veiled Qianxi said to Lu Li.

  Lu Li looked around, only to see Tesla walking away in a hurry.

"do not know."

   Qianxi's eyes were reddish behind the veil, as if she had just cried, but her tone was blunt: "Only his friends will come to the funeral."

   "I only saw him for the last time."

  Cissy obviously knew more, and pressed on, "Tesla said that his father was with you before he died."

   "His death has nothing to do with me."

   "I know, I'm asking..." Qianxi's tone suddenly softened, with some kind of expectation: "What did he say before he died?"

   Lu Li, who had always been indifferent, suddenly understood what she wanted.

  Lu Li recalled and replied to Qianxi: "'This is...' he said."

   After drinking the last glass of juice, Lu Li felt a little stretched, and Lu Li put down the glass and prepared to leave.

   "Wait a minute, can you tell me... his identity?"

   "The exorcist." Lu Li said without looking back.

   This is nothing to hide. To put it another way, it won't be long before people are exposed to the real side of the world.

   Qianxi was stunned, and Lu Li and Tesla, who was not far away, looked at each other and left the funeral scene.

   (end of this chapter)