悬疑故事之夜微凉

[十四]

我匆匆赶回的时候，已经晚了。

也许二舅妈在得知大舅的尸体被找到时就知道自己应该尽快下手，于是她本人和慕兰表姐剩下的那个孩子，一齐失踪。

又是一场无休止的寻找。三表姐已经崩溃，而源业哥几乎发疯了地不停搜寻一个又一个她们可能藏身的地点。

二舅妈是在什么时候动的杀机？假如那个和二舅同月同日生的小侄子就已经是阴谋的一部分，那么她又如何控制一场车祸，和一个惊慌失措到将孩子送到火葬场的司机？还是，在火葬场看到几乎无救的孩子使二舅妈产生了用“五行返寿”念头？这我无从推断，假如我知道二舅妈供奉的阎罗像是在小侄子死后还是死前出现的，那么事情就明了了。可惜我在这之前几乎从不踏足二舅的房间。

而大舅的尸体为什么被抛回水中？并且用了这样诡异的方式，要他永生只能做只水鬼——除非，二舅妈知道大舅真正的死因，所以用这种方式来弥补这个仪式的缺陷！那么二舅妈又是什么时候得知这个极少人才知道的秘密？是那天大表哥在灵堂追问大舅妈时，她跟出去偷听的吗？

那些日子我几乎在不眠不休地奔走中度过，细微的疑点重合起来，曾经无法解释的事情都一件件有了出路，古董的消息是二舅妈传出去的，大舅去紫岙水库那天，她也不在家中，三表姐的牛奶瓶是她放进门顶保鲜袋的……我唯一还无法想通的是，二舅妈究竟是如何在半夜盗走大舅的尸体，而又那么快藏到一个我们都发现不了的地方？

时间一点点流逝，每过去一秒，就少一分希望。我在二舅的房里看到过，“金、木、水、火”四个字都已经划上鲜红的叉，孩子只怕已经凶多吉少。

大家几乎要无奈地放弃追查，在安排大舅和外公以及小婴儿的出殡事宜时，不承想，在揭开骨灰盒时发现了隐匿得如此惊心动魄的真相。

那个小小的孩子静静地躺在木盒中，他双生妹妹的骨灰上，因为天气炎热的缘故，已经有腐烂的征兆。

源业哥死死抱住慕兰姐不让她上前去看孩子最后一面，在表姐撕心裂肺的哭声中，我觉得灵堂外阴暗的天色一分一分压下来，压住在场的每一个人，压进深不见底的地狱里去。

[十五]

二舅妈依然失踪。

我每日为二舅擦身换衣，熬煮汤药——尽管昏迷不醒的他几乎从未喝进一口。

那些人已经离开了，表姐和源业哥也准备要走，我去看望过表姐，她的情绪已经稳定下来，然而身体依然虚弱。她用一种很坚定的语气和我说：“慕莲，我永远不会再回来。孩子还会再有的，源业也依然会和我一生一世。而你，也希望能找到自己的幸福。”

三天后的黄昏，二舅没有预兆地醒来。他看到正在一旁擦拭桌子的我，显然愣了很久才回过神，然后，他瘦得可怕的脸颊上出现了一个微笑的印子，“慕莲，真的是你。”

我回以一笑，拿起床脚的另一个枕头给二舅垫起身子。

“你二舅妈呢？”二舅的视线费力地在屋里转了一圈，问道。

“她出门上香去了，晚上才回来呢。”我依然保持笑容，镇定地回答。在讲完这句话后，从枕头中掉落出的异物为我解答了最后一个困惑。

那是桂皮，一种防腐的香料。因为大舅死于意外，按照本地的风俗要在家中停灵五天，因为怕天热尸体会腐坏，除了在灵床边放置大量的冰块外，我还特意在灵床上铺了一层有防腐作用的香料和药草。

大舅尸体被偷其实是在晚饭时间，那时除了二舅妈、昏睡的二舅和外公，所有人都在饭厅。她趁无人的时候盗走了大舅的尸体，也许就是用那老旧的大三轮车运送到河边丢下去的，并且将二舅放到了灵床上使人不致生疑，他们本就是孪生兄弟，何况灵幔遮住了众人的视线。而那天半夜，她又趁大表哥吃夜宵之际背回了二舅。

[十六]

一个月后，二舅在一天夜里悄无声息地走了。

我一直都不明白，为什么二舅妈在仪式完成之后却失踪了，她不是正期盼着丈夫能够苏醒，而后好好照顾他吗？直到我去民政局为二舅办理死亡证明，翻找出他的户口簿时，看到了户主妻子那一栏里，二舅妈的出生年月赫然是XX年X月X日，她竟和二舅是同年同月同日生的！

那么，这个仪式的最后，竟是二舅妈以自己为牺牲，来为二舅换取这荒诞不经的五十年阳寿？

我捧着红色的小本子长久无法动弹，我不知道用“土”字方式死去的二舅妈现在身在何处。而当一份爱的执著必须用生命为代价去开路时，它还值得被歌颂吗？

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