Although the story told by Shufen's husband was very attractive, I didn't believe it at all. As soon as I found some loopholes in it, I immediately asked him about it.
When Shufen's husband was questioned by me, he was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Shufen came home and told me after she came back from the back mountain."
"What happened next? How did she disappear?"
"I don't know about that. After Shufen came back, strange phenomena appeared in the sky. We knew something was wrong, so we prepared to pack up and leave here. After all, the fortune teller said that if there is any problem with the formation to suppress the red-clothed female ghost, we should leave Kaimen Village as soon as possible. The farther we go, the better. The trees we planted around the village will continue to seal the red-clothed female ghost for us. But when I packed up and went to look for Shufen, I found that Shufen was gone."
My eyes were always fixed on Shufen's husband. When he was speaking, his eyes were very firm. Either he had excellent psychological quality and could lie without changing his expression or what he was talking about was actually a true story.
Now it seems that what Shufen's husband said is still that they were forced to move out three years ago because of the appearance of the red-clothed female ghost, but it was mixed with some supernatural legends. It is basically the same as what I learned from Bai Qi. The only thing worth noting is the story of Shufen accidentally pulling out the wooden nail.
If what Shufen's husband said was true, or if he exaggerated the truth, then the people who disappeared at that time should all be the ones who played in the back mountain with Shufen. Perhaps the murderer is among these people!
Because if the incident happened suddenly, only these people would know who the people were who went to the back mountain at that time, which would make this group of people disappear three years ago. But why? Why did the murderer do this? Although this matter can no longer be judged by common sense, there should be at least a reason, right? I don't believe that the murderer did so many horrible things for no reason, and designed them so ingeniously.
After Shufen's husband finished telling the story, seeing that we had no more questions, he hurriedly ran towards his home. I didn't know what he was so anxious about. Looking at his expression, it seemed that he was afraid that Xiaofang, who had just come over, would eat his wife Shufen. And after Bai Longfei chased after her, Shufen's husband spoke much faster and his content was much more concise. It was obvious that he was really anxious.
I did not stop Shufen's husband and let him run back in a hurry. Lin Yingxue, who was standing by, asked at this time: "Do you think this person's story is credible?"
"What's credible? It's sheer nonsense! If people who died in red clothes would become such powerful ghosts, I guess the world would have been destroyed long ago. His story is totally unreliable, but I can't tell now. Is he lying to me, or is he just talking about his experience back then? Is the person who really caused trouble three years ago? Anyway, this person spoke too calmly, and I'm not sure if he was lying or not."
Lin Yingxue felt the same way and said, "I think so too. This case seems to be much more complicated than many previous cases, and it is a combination of many supernatural events. We have no idea what the purpose of the person who planned this supernatural event is. I think we should not think too much about it now. Let's just assume that what this person said is true and investigate other things first."
I thought the same thing without Lin Yingxue telling me. I even wanted to find a Taoist priest to help me exorcise the ghosts. It showed how confused my brain was. I looked at the entrance of the village, then at the construction team in the distance, and sighed, "This is the only way for now. Let's go check on the construction team first. Maybe we can learn something from them. They also have a power source. Let's charge our phones first, then contact Uncle Bai to explain the situation and see if he can help us."
After I finished speaking, Lin Yingxue and I walked towards the construction team. Halfway through the journey, I looked back at Kaimen Village behind me and saw that the village had become quite lively. I didn’t know whether the tourists living in Kaimen Village had woken up, or whether Xiaofang’s story had spread throughout the entire Kaimen Village.
The construction team is about one thousand meters away from Kaimen Village, and I can see from afar that the team seems to have built a lot of interesting-looking buildings in some places in the distance. I guess their construction progress is from the outside to the inside, and they should start construction on the edge of Kaimen Village soon. I just don’t know if they will eventually preserve Kaimen Village.
When we arrived at the door of the construction team, we pushed open the simple door made of blue iron sheets. Before we walked in, a tall, middle-aged man with a fierce look walked out of a temporary small tent similar to a guard room next to it and blocked our way.
"Stop! What are you doing?"
Such a strong man suddenly appeared and shouted such words in a very unfriendly tone. I was scared so much that I trembled on the spot. I thought I had arrived at some gangster's territory.
But then I calmed down and immediately smiled and said, "It's like this, we are police officers who came to Kaimen Village to investigate something. We want to find the person in charge of your construction team to find out some information. I wonder if you can give us a favor."
"Our boss isn't here! If you have anything to say, just ask me!"
The burly man completely ignored our identity as police officers and continued yelling in a tone as if I owed him a lot of money, making me not know what to say next.
Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to want us to go in, so I had no choice but to ask, "Here's the thing. Recently, some strange things have happened in Kaimen Village. I want to ask how long your construction team has been working here? Have you found anything special that can provide us with some clues?"
"Nothing special, we know nothing!"
I had no idea what to say next. Seeing Lin Yingxue's cold eyes, she looked ready to take action. I was afraid of causing any more trouble, so I quickly grabbed Lin Yingxue's hand and pulled her behind me, then forced a smile and said, "How about this, our phones are out of battery, can we borrow your charger to charge them and make a call?"
"No! Our electricity is free, right? If you don't have anything else to do, get out of here!"
After the burly man finished speaking, without giving me a chance to continue speaking, he closed the blue iron gate again and locked us outside the construction team.
Although Lin Yingxue didn't say anything, her expression showed that she was furious, and one of her hands had taken out a dagger from somewhere. I hurriedly pulled Lin Yingxue away from the construction team, and her emotions finally stabilized.
"There's no need to be polite with this kind of person. Police and citizens should cooperate. If they don't cooperate, we have to teach them how to cooperate! Even if we beat him up, I can just tell Officer Bai that he is suspected of assaulting a police officer. I believe Officer Bai won't say anything."
I didn't expect Lin Yingxue to have such a dark side? I smiled and said, "No need. If you had really fought with him just now, we would have been the only ones to suffer."
Lin Yingxue was a little angry and asked, "Do you think I can't beat him?"
"Of course that's not what I meant. This person is no match for you, but you didn't take a close look inside just now. If you had, you wouldn't have the intention to take action."
When I was arguing with that burly man just now, I was also taking the time to look at the facilities inside the construction team. I found that behind the blue iron door, there were many tents similar to the one at the door, and it seemed that there were people in the tents. If a fight had broken out just now, we would not be a match for so many people. So I didn't bother with the burly man and quickly pulled Lin Yingxue away.
After listening to my explanation, Lin Yingxue finally understood my intention, but I continued, "Although I was unable to ask the sturdy man about Kaimen Village, I found that so many buildings have been built here. In other words, this construction team actually started construction a long time ago. At that time, there was no one in Kaimen Village. But when we proposed to go in, the sturdy man tried to stop us. He seemed to be deliberately hiding something."
"And you didn't look closely at the burly man just now. Although he was a construction worker, he didn't show any signs of having worked before. He was spotless and had a certain ruffian air. I guess this man is not from the construction team at all. And it's very likely that all the tents in the yard are filled with people like him."
Lin Yingxue was confused and asked immediately, "What exactly do you want to say?"
"I just want to say that there is something wrong with this construction team, and it's a big problem! Either they are doing something shameful, or they know something but refuse to tell us. We revealed our identity as police officers and were treated like this. Doesn't that explain everything?"
Now it seems that our choice to investigate this construction team first was the right one. If we can get some information out of this construction team, perhaps this case will not be as complicated as we imagined.
As we returned to Kaimen Village, I said to Lin Yingxue, "We will ask Director Yang to find a way to take us to the construction team first, and then immediately find a usable phone to contact Uncle Bai and ask him to come out to help. Without the support of the special case team, it will be difficult for us to handle this matter! Besides, there are so many tourists here, and we can't stop them with just the few people Director Yang has. If the real culprit sneaks out among them, things will be much more troublesome!"
Soon, we both returned to Kaimen Village, but as soon as we entered the village, we saw Director Yang walking towards us anxiously, saying as he walked, "Oh no, the body that the forensic doctor took away earlier is gone!"