第 45 章 诡异的尸体

Chapter 45 The Strange Corpse

毕竟我们是偷偷摸摸进警局的，做贼心虚的我马上想要躲起来。
I had the strongest urge to hide because we snuck into the police station after all.

可我发现走在最前面的林勇依旧很淡定。
However, I noticed that Lin Yong who was in front remained extremely calm.

这时，那个人影走进了，我才知道林勇为什么那么淡定——
That was when the person’s shadow got closer and I understood why Lin Yong was
so unfazed…

因为他根本看不见这个“人”。
That’s because he couldn’t see this “person”.

此时出现的这个鬼影，是一个浑身是血的女人，肚子被挖空了，肠子挂在外面，
幽幽飘荡在走廊上，目光呆滞，嘴里念念有词。
The ghost silhouette that appeared at this very moment was a woman with blood all
over. Her stomach was hollowed out and her intestines swung out of her belly. She
drifted alone in the corridor, spaced out but muttering nonstop.

“我的孩子呢……我的孩子在哪里……”
“Where’s my child… where is my child…”

我吓了个半死，但不敢叫出声，只能拼命往走廊的另一边挤。
I was scared to death but I did not dare make a sound. I could only flattened myself as
much as possible to the other side of the corridor.

似乎感觉到了我的恐惧，薛灿不动声色一抬手。
Xue Can seemed to have sense my fear, he waved an arm without speaking.

那女鬼就突然凄厉地惨叫一声，转头跑走了。
All of a sudden, the female ghost wailed pitifully and sailed away in the opposite
direction.

“不要害怕。”薛灿搂住我的肩膀，将我护在身侧，“这是警局的停尸间，冤死
的亡魂自然多。”
“Don’t be afraid,” Xue Can placed his arm around my shoulders and secured me to
his side. “This is a morgue in the police station, so there will be plenty of souls who
had been wronged or died unjustly.

我颤抖地点点头，继续往前走。
My body shook while I nodded and continued my journey forward.

很快，我们来到走廊的尽头。
Very quickly, we came to the end of the corridor.
尽头是一个巨大的铁门，门牌闪着绿光，写着，停尸房。
The end was a huge metal door with a plate that was flashing a green light, which
read, Morgue.

林勇拿出磁卡刷开门，一股寒气扑面而来，我不由自主地打了个哆嗦。
Lin Yong swiped his magnetic card to open the door and I shivered involuntarily as a
blast of chilly air blew against my face.

所谓的停尸房，看起来倒是更像一个巨大的冰柜室，摆着好几排冰柜，跟抽屉
一样，里面都存放着尸体。
Basically, the morgue looked like a ginormous freezer with rows of freezer boxes.
They looked like huge drawers with bodies in them.

“保安过两个小时会来巡逻，你们动作最好快一点。”林勇道。
“The security guards have their rounds in another two hours, you guys better get
started,” Lin Yong declared.

承影大师道谢后，林勇走出停尸间。
After Master Cheng Ying responded with thanks, Lin Yong made his way out of the
morgue.

林勇一离开，承影大师和薛灿就在冰柜里穿梭起来。
Once Lin Yong left, Master Cheng Ying and Xue Can started shuffling through the
freezer boxes.

“林勇难道不知道我们是来查薛家的事？”我问薛枫。
“Does Lin Yong not know that we are here to investigate the Xue family matter?” I
asked Xue Feng.

“不知道。”薛枫答道，“师傅只是告诉他我们要查一具尸体，但并没有确切说
要查什么。毕竟这事越少人知道越好。”
“No, he doesn’t,” was Xue Feng’s reply. “Master told him that we are investigating
one of the corpses but we weren’t specific about what the investigation was. After all,
it’s best that less people know about this.”

看这停尸间里的尸体少说也有几百具，我蹙眉，“可是尸体那么多，你们知道
你们要找哪一具吗？”
There were clearly at least a few hundred bodies in this morgue. I scowled, “There are
so many bodies though, do you guys know which one you’re looking for?”

“这点事就交给师傅和薛灿大人吧。”薛枫毫不担心，“薛家女鬼杀的人，大部
分尸体都已经被家属带走了，只有一个跳楼的工人，因尸体没人认领，所以还
留在警局里。”
“Just leave that to master and Master Xue,” Xue Can did not look the least bit fazed.
“Those who were killed by the Xue female ghost had had their bodies taken away by
families. There is only one worker who jumped off a building—his body was not
claimed, so it’s left in the police station.”
大约过了十多分钟，薛灿和承影大师走回门口。
After about 10 minutes, Xue Can and Master Cheng Ying returned to the entrance.

“师傅，你们没找到尸体吗？”薛枫见他们脸色不好，便问。
“Master, did you not locate the body?” Xue Feng noted their expressions and asked
gingerly.

“尸体不在这。”承影大师道，“看来只能跟林勇说明我们的目的了，看看他知
不知道什么。”
“The body isn’t here,” Master Cheng Ying replied. “Now, we can only be forthright
with Lin Yong regarding our intentions and see if he knows anything.”

说着，承影大师打开门出去，林勇正在外面玩手机。
As he said that, Master Cheng Ying opened the door to leave; Lin Yong was just
outside playing with his phone.

黑暗里，手机的光照在他脸上，衬得他的脸色有些不自然的苍白。
The screen illuminated his face, leaving it an unnatural stark paleness against the
darkness of the background.

“这么快？没找到你们要找的尸体？”林勇抬头看见我们，讶然道。
“That was fast? Did you not find the body you were looking for?” Lin Yong looked
up and was quite surprised.

承影大师犹豫了片刻，还是道：“小林，实不相瞒，我们其实在查薛氏企业工
人自杀的事。不知道那位工人的尸体，现在在哪？”
Master Cheng Ying hesitated for a while before replying, “Lin, I will be honest. We
are actually investigating the matter where the worker from the Xue Group committed
suicide. We were just wondering where is the worker’s body right now?”

门牌的绿光底下，我看见林勇的脸色蓦地变了。
Under the doorplate’s flashing green light, Lin Yong’s expression changed abruptly.

“你们要查的竟然是那具尸体？”他脸色发白，“承影叔叔，那、那尸体可……
可邪门得很啊……”
“You guys were actually planning to investigate that body?” His face became paler as
he spoke. “Mr. Cheng Ying, that—that body is…is quite wicked…”

“小林，你不用害怕，你也应该知道，我就是吃阴阳饭的，如果你们遇见了什么，
我可以帮助你们。”承影大师宽慰道。
“Lin, don’t be afraid, you should know by now that I make a living by being the
mediator between the live and dead. If you guys encounter anything, I can help you,”
consoled Master Cheng Ying.

林勇惨白着脸色，犹豫了很久，终于抖着嗓子开口。
Lin Yong looked frightened and he stalled before finally answering with a trembling
voice.
“说实话，咱们做法医这一行的，不干净的东西多少也碰到过，有时候遇见一些
邪门的尸体，约定俗成，我们就会把尸体都送到楼顶上的‘那间房’里。”
“In all honesty, those of us who are in the forensic medicine field have more or less
come across some haunted things. There are times when we see some sordid body—
it’s an unspoken convention—we will send the corpse up to the top floor into that
room.”

“那间房？”薛枫忍不住插嘴。
“That room?” Xue Feng interrupted.

“就是另外一间专门存放邪门尸体的停尸房。那房间的位置局长专门找人看过，
说是整个警察局风水最好的点，尸体放在那里，就不会出问题。”
“That’s referring to the other morgue that is specifically reserved for those sordid
corpses. The chief hired someone to have a look at the room’s location and we were
informed that that was the best Fengshui spot in the entire police station. As long as
the bodies are placed there, it wouldn’t be a problem”

“所以那工人的尸体也在那里？”薛枫又问，“他的尸体有什么问题吗？”
“So the worker’s body is there as well?” inquired Xue Feng. “Was there any problems
with his body?”

林勇脸色突然变得难看起来，身体止不住地发抖。
Lin Yong’s expression turned an ugly shade of gray and he couldn’t stop shaking.

“那尸体送来的时候，恰好是我和师兄解剖的。我记得这具尸体是跳楼死的，摔
得特别惨，而且身上全是血画出来的奇怪符号，特别诡异。但这还不是最可怕
的，最可怕的是……是……”
“Coincidentally, when the corpse was brought in, my senior and I were the ones
carrying out the forensic autopsy. I recall that the cause of death for this body was due
to jumping off a building. It got smashed up quite badly, in fact, there were all sorts of
symbols drawn on its body with blood—it was weird. However, that’s not the scariest
part, the scariest part was… was…”

林勇回想起之前的事，突然一把抓住了薛枫的手，眼睛瞪得滚圆，眼里满是恐
惧。
Lin Yong’s hand shot out of nowhere and grabbed hold of Xue Feng’s arm as he
recalled what happened. His eyes were bulged as if he could clearly see the horror
right front of him.

“我们把那具尸体身上的血符清洗掉了，可……可那具尸体晚上竟然自己爬起来！
你知道吗？自己爬起来啊！自己爬起来用自己的血，重新画出符号！这都是我
亲眼看见的！”
“We wiped and cleaned off the blood symbols on the corpse, but…but the corpse
actually crawled up at night! Do you understand me? It crawled right up on its own! It
used its own blood and drew the symbols back! I saw all of that with my own eyes!”

比起林勇的慌乱，薛枫、承影大师和薛灿都很镇定。
Xue Feng, Master Cheng Ying and Xue Can’s calm exteriors were a stark contrast
compared to Lin Yong’s panic.

“应该是赶尸人操控了尸体，让尸体重新画上符号。”薛枫低声道。
“It must be the corpse-herder who controlled the body and made it draw the symbols
back on,” Xue Can muttered.

“那些符号是什么？”我忍不住问。
“What are those symbols?” curiosity got the better of me.

“也是回魂之术的一部分。除了要在杀人的地方画下符号外，回魂之术还必须在
尸体上画下符号，而且尸体的符号不能消失。如果我没猜错的话，那些被家属
认领走的尸体，也应该被宁家人想办法保存了下来。”
“It’s part of the Respawning Charm too. Besides drawing symbols at the murder site,
Respawning Charm requires the symbols to be drawn on the corpse itself and those
symbols on the corpse cannot be wiped away. If my guess is right, the bodies that
were taken away by their respective families must have been taken over by the Ning
family somehow.”

这时，承影大师对林勇开口：“小林，你不要还害怕，这件事我们会处理，你
只需要带我们去那个停尸房就好。
With that, Master Cheng Ying soothed Lin Yong, “Lin, you don’t have to be afraid.
We will get this matter sorted, you just have to bring us to that specific morgue.”

林勇犹豫了片刻，还是哆哆嗦嗦地点了点头，带着我们往走廊的另一边走。
Lin Yong hesitated for a bit before nodding his head while shivering. He lead us to
the other side of the corridor.

我们并没有去之前来的那个电梯，而是在走廊里七拐八拐，最后来到一个角落
里。
We did not return to the elevator that we used to ride up. Instead, we took several
twists and turns before finally arriving at a corner.

我这才发现，这里也有一个电梯，但很小，上面还写着“故障”。
It was only then when I noticed that there was a small elevator with the words “Out of
Service” plastered on it.

“这个停尸房一般是不许任何人进去的，所以只有这个小电梯能够上去。”林勇
解释道，按下电梯的按钮。
“Entry to this morgue is usually prohibited, that’s why there’s only this small elevator
to ride up there,” Lin Yong explained while jabbing on the elevator button.

很快，叮的一声，电梯门打开。
Ding! The elevator pinged in a jiffy and its doors opened.

我们几个走进电梯，就发现这电梯特别小，我们三人一鬼站着都觉得挤。
We entered the elevators and it was oddly small indeed. It was crowded even with
three humans and a ghost.
电梯里只有两个楼层的按钮，一个是我们所在的五层，一个是十八层。
There were only buttons for two floors in this elevator. One is where we are—the fifth
floor; and the other is the 18th floor.

大家刚按下十八层，电梯突然“嘟嘟”叫了起来。
We hit the 18th floor button and the elevator starting its beeping sound.

“不好意思，这个电梯的载重量很小。”林勇尴尬道。
“I’m sorry, the weight capacity of this elevator is really small,” Lin Yong mumbled,
embarrassed.

看着林勇惨白的脸色，承影大师道：“小林，这样吧，你把磁卡给我们，我们
自己进去就好，过会儿你上来，帮我们在门口把风就行。”
Looking at Lin Yong’s ghostly-pale face, Master Cheng Ying advised, “Lin, how
about this? You hand us the magnetic card and we’ll go up by ourselves. You can
come up after a while and just help us with the lookout.”

“好好好。”林勇赶紧迫不及待地交出自己的磁卡，走出电梯。
“Sure, sure, sure,” Lin Yong looked relieved. He quickly produced his magnetic card
to hand it over and quickly exited the elevator.
可电梯依旧嘟嘟个不停。
Nevertheless, the elevator did not stop its beeping noise.