The village chief's words sounded so familiar to me, as if they had become a sign of something big to happen. Bai Longfei, Lin Yingxue and I looked at each other, then turned to ask the village chief, "What do you mean? Is there a ghost in your village?"
The village chief nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, our village is indeed haunted! Your coming here is really a coincidence. About two hours ago, someone died in our village. The scene was very scary. It must be the work of an evil ghost!"
"Village Chief, please tell us in detail. We are very interested in the story of this evil ghost."
After I said this, the village chief looked at us warily, his eyes gradually becoming panicked. He pointed at me and said, "I know! You just happened to come here when someone died. Did you kill the person? Are you the evil ghost?"
I rolled my eyes at the village chief, not knowing how to explain. Bai Longfei snorted coldly, took out his police ID and placed it in front of the village chief, saying, "We are the police. Since a murder has occurred here, we will definitely take care of it. Now you can speak with confidence, right?"
Fortunately, the village chief could read. After seeing Bai Longfei's police ID, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So you are the police who came here to investigate a case? Police are police, why do you pretend to be tourists? Let me make it clear that even if you are police, you cannot refund the money for accommodation!"
I looked at the village chief with a bit of a smile as he covered the socks with the money and said, "Don't worry, we are really just here for tourism. We just happened to find a murder case and we are planning to investigate it. But didn't you call the police before?"
"I have reported it, but our village is not taken seriously. I don't know if the police will come. Besides, this time the village is haunted and the evil ghosts killed people. What's the use of the police even if they come? It would be better to call a Taoist priest to perform a ritual."
The village chief talked to himself, and then told us about the murder that happened in the village two hours ago.
About two hours ago, the village chief was suddenly awakened from his sleep by a knock on the door. He went out to open the door and saw several people from the village standing at the door in a hurry. Although he didn't know what was going on with them, he could tell from their anxious expressions that something must have happened.
Those villagers had obviously run over, talking at once, breathless. The village chief could barely make out that someone seemed to have died. He immediately put on his clothes and prepared to go with them to take a look. However, while he was putting on his clothes, he understood the cause of death. He was so scared that he immediately drove those people away and went back to sleep.
Because the deceased seemed to have been killed by an evil ghost who dug out his heart in his sleep, the corpse and the death scene were very horrifying. The village chief was timid and naturally could not go there in the middle of the night. Besides, he was only an elected village chief and had no real power. Even if he went there, it would be useless. So he called the police and continued to sleep.
After getting up in the morning, the village chief originally said that he would go over to take a look, but because we were here, he naturally could not miss the opportunity to make money, so until now, he has not gone to sort out the matter of the death.
Hearing the village chief's words, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and Bai Longfei said angrily: "You are the village chief like this? I really don't know why the people in the village nominated you?"
The village chief was not angry. He sighed and said, "I can take care of some farm issues or family conflicts. After all, it is my responsibility. But how can you let me take care of something like this? Someone was killed by having their heart dug out in the middle of the night. Do you think this is something a human can do? It must have been done by an evil spirit! If it was done by an evil spirit, what's the point of me going? It would be better to call a meeting of the villagers and have them pool some money to hire a fortune teller to help."
Bai Longfei was about to question the village chief, but I stopped him immediately and said to him, "You have stayed in the village for many years without any contact with the outside world, so you don't understand that humans are much scarier than evil spirits! If evil spirits can dig out hearts, then humans can eat flesh and chew bones! Do you know where the dead villager lives? Take us there now."
Judging from the village chief's expression, he should have refused, but when he saw Bai Longfei's ferocious look, he immediately sighed and said, "Okay, I'll take you there, but let me make it clear in advance that I will only take you to the door and I won't go in. It would be bad if I offended that evil ghost and brought about a fatal disaster."
This was not the first time I had seen such a timid village chief. I immediately agreed to his request, then placed our luggage at his house and followed the village chief towards the place where the dead body was.
As we walked along the road, Lin Yingxue whispered to us, "Don't you find it strange? The cause of death was that the deceased had his heart ripped out, and it happened just two hours before we arrived. This is all too much of a coincidence, and don't you find this method of killing familiar?"
Of course I knew what Lin Yingxue was referring to, and now the three of us have all experienced that case. Looking at Bai Longfei and Lin Yingxue who were looking at me at the same time, I smiled and said, "Don't jump to conclusions yet. Let's go over and understand what happened before making a decision. The same method of murder doesn't mean it's the same case."
In fact, I have already come to a conclusion in my mind, but I still decided to be cautious. After all, this matter is of great importance and cannot be taken lightly.
The village was not very big, and we arrived at the door of the house where someone had died not long after we walked. It was very strange, because normally, since someone had died here, there would definitely be a large number of onlookers watching, but at this time the door of this family was very deserted, not to mention watching, no one even dared to come within a radius of ten meters. When they saw the village chief bringing us here, some passing villagers immediately pointed and talked, and the village chief was so scared that he didn't dare to stay there. He pointed inside and said, "This is the house where the person died. You can go in and see for yourselves. I won't stay here." After that, the village chief turned around and ran towards his house as if he was escaping.
Watching the village chief leave, I shrugged my shoulders helplessly and took the lead to walk into the yard. Since the door to the yard was not locked, we walked straight in. Standing in the yard, I looked around the family's house and found that this place had the same problem as the village chief's house, that is, the courtyard wall was very low. Not to mention me, even a teenager could easily climb over it. There was no anti-theft function at all. Obviously, the people in this village are very simple and there has been no theft.
After taking a quick look around the yard, we headed straight for the house in the middle because I could hear some noise in that house, as if someone was sobbing quietly.
When I stepped into the room, I felt a sudden change in the scene. The originally plain room turned into a hell! There were a lot of bright red bloodstains on the floor, furniture and walls! On the floor of a brick bed in the room, a middle-aged woman was sitting on the ground, sobbing and staring at us, as if she didn't know what we were doing.
But it was very strange that although there were bloodstains everywhere in the house, I did not see the body of the deceased on the earthen kang where the bloodstains were the most. I was wondering when the middle-aged woman asked who we were. Bai Longfei stepped forward and showed his police ID to identify himself. The middle-aged woman then seemed to explode and burst into tears.
I have encountered this kind of situation too many times, so I just stood there quietly and waited for her to vent her emotions before asking her what was going on.
After the middle-aged woman calmed down a little, she told the story in a disjointed manner.
Last night, about two hours ago, the middle-aged woman woke up accidentally and felt that her quilt seemed wet. Not knowing what had happened, she turned on the light and found that her husband who was sleeping next to her was dead. His death was horrible and cruel. There were two bloody holes as big as fists on his left chest. His eyes were wide open and his mouth was open. There was no sign of life at all!
Seeing this scene, the middle-aged woman screamed in fear. Many villagers who rushed to the scene after hearing the news also found the dead body. They had never seen such a horrific scene before. They were so scared that they hurriedly ran away to find the village chief to seek justice. However, the village chief was too timid to come. As a result, the villagers were also in panic. No one dared to help the middle-aged woman. The helpless middle-aged woman could only cry while guarding her husband's body. Although she was also afraid that the evil ghost would kill her, she was completely helpless now.
"What about your husband's body? Why is it gone?"
I asked in confusion, and the middle-aged woman sobbed and said, "An hour ago, a few brave villagers carried my husband's body to the village land temple, saying that they could temporarily suppress the evil spirits until the Yin-Yang master came to help exorcise the evil spirits. How could a woman like me stop them? Poor my husband, he can't rest in peace after being killed by the evil spirits. Dear police officers, you must make the decision for me!"
I couldn't help but sigh. Such ignorant behavior always happens in such remote villages. If the evil ghost really kills someone, I'm afraid that even if the body is placed in the land temple, it will definitely not have any effect.
While I was thinking, Lin Yingxue couldn't help asking, "Has your husband offended anyone these days? Has he encountered any strange things? Or has he received any strange express deliveries?"
After Lin Yingxue said this, the middle-aged woman nodded immediately and said, "Yes! Last night, someone suddenly sent a courier to my husband, saying that we bought something online and asked us to sign for it. We never deal with these things and don't know how to do it, so how could we possibly receive a courier?"