Chapter 48: The search

I was scared by a ghost for the first time, so I didn’t dare to go to the second floor or approach the small house. The police also temporarily ignored the small house and were led by Huigen to dig up the bodies in the yard and the house.

By the afternoon, nine bodies had been dug up in this courtyard, and with the several cases that had occurred on the surface in recent years, there should be 14 people, right?

I squatted in the courtyard, holding a cigarette, watching all this. From the initial anger to the final numbness, I was too lazy to pay attention to these details. These should be the police’s concern. They will always find the 14 victims.

“There are none left.” Hui Gen wiped the sweat from his face and looked at the nine bodies that had been neatly arranged in the courtyard. Unlike ordinary people, who are somewhat afraid of corpses, his expression was full of compassion. After he said this to the police, he said to the person in charge, “You can leave for now. I will help them cross over. These are the evidence. You should have enough to convict Fu Yuan, right?”

One of the policemen looked at Fu Yuan and asked him, “You should confess to the crime yourself, so that we don’t have to go through the trouble of interrogating you, and so that we don’t lose control and beat you half to death.”

Looking at these corpses, anyone with a conscience would be outraged, because two of the corpses were clearly those of little girls who begged and wandered. It was really a pity that Fu Yuan was able to do it.

But Fu Yuan didn’t even look at the policeman. He just stared at the locked room on the second floor, muttering, “Isn’t death beautiful? Death can get close to my mother! What if I kill? Haha, what if?”

“Fuck you!” The policeman spat angrily and couldn’t control himself anymore. He rushed over and punched and kicked Fu Yuan, but Fu Yuan had already reached a certain level of madness. He let the policeman punch and kick him, but he didn’t move at all. He just laughed, laughing very happily.

The policeman was eventually pulled away. Although the gate was now closed, it was not good to beat up a suspect.

Over there, Huigen was shocked, surrounded by the fourteen female ghosts. They knelt down and begged Huigen, who muttered, “Can’t you cross over? Is there a trace of the soul locked in the rest of the remains? Where are they?”

The female ghosts looked at the locked room, and at that moment, several policemen were already walking on the second floor corridor. Since it was a search, there was no reason to leave a room unsearched.

I originally looked at the ghost and found that my soul had been suppressed to a weak state, leaving me with a slight aftereffect of being absent-minded and unable to concentrate. I suddenly saw Huigen talking about this and saw several policemen walking over there. My brain only reacted from the state of being out of order and suddenly stood up, yelling, “Second floor, you stop, don’t go over.”

The police officers on the second floor, three of whom saw me treat the police officer who was infected, of course also saw the police officer inexplicably fall ill. There was a certain amount of taboo in a room with a “madman,” and when I yelled like this, the one walking in front stopped and stopped the others by the way.

“What’s the matter?” the policeman asked me with some doubt.

“Don’t go into that room. I’ll search it. You can hide in that room. I’ll be back later to help the dead.” I said simply.

In fact, since I and Huigen appeared, we were already considered to be weird by the police. First, we talked to the air in an empty toilet, then we had to perform a ritual at the scene of a murder, then we put talismans on people, gave them talisman water to drink, and took the police to look for the body. They thought that under these circumstances, Huigen and I were ordinary people, which was a bit silly.

The policeman heard what I said and was stunned, but in the end he still came down with the others. When he came to me, several policemen surrounded him, and one of them asked me, “Are you two from the legendary secret department in charge of supernatural cases? I heard that there really is such a saying.”

I patted him on the shoulder and said, “There is no such thing. We just happen to know a little bit about it. Even if there is such a thing, we don’t know about it.”

I didn’t mean to lie to him, but I really didn’t want to upset his life. I thought that in such cases, according to the usual way of handling cases in the Chinese government, they should “eliminate the impact and then give a truth.” If necessary, these police officers would also be instructed not to speak out of turn.

“Hui Gen’er, you wait for the salvation below, I’ll go up and take a look,” I said to Hui Gen’er. Hui Gen’er nodded simply. From beginning to end, this kid was busy leading people to dig up the corpse, and he didn’t feel any danger, so naturally he didn’t think about it much.

In addition, a small courtyard gathered 14 female ghosts, and so many police officers. If they accidentally bumped into each other, it would be a tragedy for both sides. It would be a good choice to have someone who knows the ropes watching.

It seems that I will have to go to that room after all. If I don’t go today, those innocent policemen will die, right? This is what I thought when I stepped on the stairs. I don’t think I’m a saint, great enough to sacrifice myself to help others, but whenever I face this kind of choice, I will make this kind of decision.

It’s because my master said that I should have respect and fear for all things, and the most basic respect is to give life, so I can’t just watch innocent lives die. That’s my bottom line.

I was already on the second floor corridor, thinking about all sorts of things, and I had a screwdriver and a hammer in my hand to open the door.

Fu Yuan was laughing wildly downstairs. I didn’t understand what the hell he was laughing about! I glared at him, but he didn’t even look at me.

Standing in front of the door, I took a deep breath, and in the next moment, without thinking about anything, I slammed the screwdriver into the door gap, and began to frantically destroy the door lock, as if only this violent impact could slow down the heaviness and fear in my heart.

I tried not to think about the information about the legendary ghosts in my head. Just as the little ghost was never the only one, it was never the only one!

After the lock was loosened, I kicked the door open with all my might. With a squeak, the yellow wooden door, which looked a bit old, opened with a strange sound.

I subconsciously closed my eyes, just subconsciously, I was afraid that the moment the door opened, the red-clad female ghost would be standing at the door. I looked at it again, and what awaited me was eternal damnation.

But I am a Taoist after all, so I suddenly opened my eyes. My sight fell on the room, but before I could see clearly, a strong blast of cold air rushed out at me, and I closed my eyes again. I reached out to cover my face, and the skin exposed outside my clothes suddenly went numb!

What a heavy yin energy! I instantly understood that all the yin energy was locked in this room, and when I opened the door, they naturally rushed out!

But how can a room lock in the negative energy? I fear that only some kind of power can do that. I lowered my hand that was covering my face. At this moment, I felt somewhat calmer. I thought that the most terrifying thing is the moment when you open it.

Someone downstairs asked me, “Chen, what’s wrong?”

“Oh, there’s so much dust when I opened the door.” I didn’t even turn around and answered casually, and then finally stepped into this room. Because this room is in the corner tower, it seems that there are dark black curtains hanging in the room. Standing outside, I couldn’t see anything clearly, and all I could see was a dark, gloomy area.

Once inside, my vision was not very good, but I didn’t see that blinding red, which made me feel more relaxed! It was just that the room was filled with an unpleasant stench of decay, and there was also a strange smell that I couldn’t quite put my finger on.

I realized that I couldn’t see anything. At this point, I no longer thought it was a problem with the light, but rather… something was blocking my view.

I didn’t want to think about it, so I subconsciously looked for the light, but I heard a “pop” behind me, and the door locked behind me.

It was so cliché, I couldn’t help but curse angrily, but I had to admit that it was really scary, especially in this situation!

Fortunately, I already had the light string in my hand, so I immediately turned on the light. I didn’t expect the light to be affected, and the room also appeared foggy. The yellow light bulb, which was clearly not low in wattage, actually had a dim and drowsy effect, illuminating the entire room.

I could see everything in the room clearly, and suddenly I felt that I had seen the most terrifying and perverted thing in the world!

“Haha…” At that moment, I felt a pair of hands from behind hugging me, and I heard a light laugh in my ear.