Funeral Customs

"By the dead, what you're saying is… that the cause of deaths was accidental?" Zeng Ke asked. He, too, felt goosebumps, and the atmosphere in the room quickly turned spooky. "And the corpses… were all stolen by the criminals? Grave robbers, perhaps? That is too immoral…"

"Not necessarily!" Zhao Yu said. "Back in our hometown, I've heard that such things can be bought with money! I wonder… is that the same here at Wu Qing Shan?"

"Well… that certainly seems possible!" Zeng Ke said. "If the bodies were bought, there would be no way to trace it to the missing people! But… all the underage girls are over 14 years of age. Even if they did have the money, would it be possible to buy them?

"Although the child died, after all, the child was still a member of the family. What parent would be willing to sell their own child's body?"