"Hearing Shanshan say that, Fusheng immediately felt his scalp numb..." Although it was already past two in the morning, Madam Mei did not show any sleepiness, and still vividly told us the legend of the two-tailed cat demon—
Although Fusheng was very scared, he didn't dare to show it and continued to listen to Shanshan's explanation.
Shanshan said that she was a lynx who had been practising for many years, and she managed to develop a second tail, which was considered a little success. She used to live a peaceful life on the mountain, but one day she accidentally stepped on the trap of a hunter. The hunter caught her and found that she had two tails. Knowing that she had become an elite, she cut off her tail and threw it to the edge of the mountain.
The tail is her essence, and she becomes very weak after losing it. At this time, Fusheng found her on the way through the mountain and took her home to take care of her, so she was very grateful to Fusheng. After the injury healed, she went back to the mountain to practice. After a few years, two tails grew out one after another, and her mana was restored. Looking back at the beginning, if she hadn't been taken care of by Fusheng, she must have lost her life. How could she not repay such a big favor? So, she went down the mountain to find Fusheng to repay her kindness.
After going down the mountain, she found that Fusheng was still as poor as before, and was often bullied by the landlord, so she wanted to teach the landlord a lesson and steal something valuable for Fusheng. However, when she came to the landlord's house and found Shanshan who had just passed away, she immediately changed her mind.
When everyone was asleep, she secretly crawled into Shanshan's room and gave Shanshan a breath of aura, so that she became Shanshan, and the situation was like reviving a corpse.
The next day, she lied to the landlord, saying that she had dreamed of a fairy that she was alive, but in fact the real Shanshan was already dead, she just borrowed Shanshan's body. In order to repay Fusheng's life-saving grace, she also told the landlord that Fusheng could extend her life and deceived the landlord to recruit Fusheng to be her son-in-law.
She thought that she would be able to repay Fusheng's great kindness and great virtue, but after she didn't want to get married, the landlord did not regard Fusheng as her own, but often beat and scolded Fusheng. So, she killed the landlord and all his wives and concubines.
After listening to Shanshan's explanation, Fusheng continued to sleep with her quietly on the surface, but he actually had a plan in his heart. Early the next morning, he asked his servants to capture Shanshan, and called all the villagers to burn her to death in front of the ancestral hall.
After Shanshan was burned to death, everyone thought it was over, but in fact it wasn't over yet. About a month later, an old woman in the village died, and her children carried her to the mountain for burial. After going up the mountain, some of the children burned incense and candles, some dug the tomb of Hori, but no one noticed that a black cat with two tails jumped on the old woman quietly and gave her a breath.
When someone noticed something strange, the black cat had disappeared without a trace, but the old woman suddenly came to life, jumped up and rushed down the mountain, and disappeared after a while. The people present were frightened to death, shouting to deceive the corpse, and hurriedly beating gongs and drums to call the villagers to help find it, but they couldn't find it for a whole day.
The next day, the villagers went to Fusheng's place, and found that there were more than a dozen people in Fusheng's family. Except for a teenage girl, everyone else was dead. Almost every corpse had a blood hole the size of a finger. Fu Sheng's corpse was the most terrifying, covered in blood holes, like a hornet's nest.
The villagers asked what happened to the surviving little girl. She said that last night, a monster with a cat face and a shroud with two tails growing from its back rushed in. As soon as the monster entered the door, it said she was Shanshan, and came back to seek revenge for Fusheng, then when it saw someone, it jumped up and stabbed her to death with the two tails behind her. The maid was frightened by this monster, and quickly hid in the woodshed to escape by chance.
Since then, although the two-tailed cat demon has never appeared again, whenever someone is born in the village, the children will definitely keep the dead for three days to prevent the two-tailed cat demon from reappearing and using the dead body to harm others. Although cremation is now practiced, we have always kept this tradition here…
It turns out that the tradition of the villagers in Qianwen Village to keep the spirits of their ancestors originated from this legend. I think the reason why Gao Qiang is so eager to cremate the bodies of Gao Xian and Gao Hao is probably because of this legend! However, although the situation of the fourth woman is similar to the legend, it cannot be concluded that she is possessed by the two-tailed cat demon.
However, when I said what was on my mind, Granny Mei actually said, "That's because you don't know what happened the night the fourth lady died..." Then she told us something even more terrifying—
Maybe because of my old age, I don't sleep well at night, and I wake up with a little movement. I was woken up by the sound of your car just now. Every time I wake up at night, it's hard for me to fall asleep, that's why I come over to chat with you, and it was the same on the night of the fourth mother's death.
In the middle of the night, I heard that the fourth wife was very noisy, like someone was playing mahjong, and I couldn't sleep at all. There are very few people around here who still play mahjong so late, and there is still a funeral here that night, I wonder who would play mahjong so late. I couldn't sleep anyway, so I just got up and walked over to see what was going on.
After I came out of the house, I found out that the sound of trouble was coming from here, and I thought that the players who played mahjong must be the unfilial sons like Gao Qiang. My fourth wife and I are sisters from the same village and have been neighbors for decades. I know best how Gao Qiang and the others treat her. When she was born, these unfilial sons ignored her. Now that everyone is dead, they don't let her go on the road with peace of mind. They even played mahjong in front of her spirit. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I decided to come and teach them a lesson.
When I came from my house, I had to pass through the fourth wife's room. I could see the situation in the room from the window. When I walked over, I seemed to see a shadow jumping into the room from the window. Although I am already a few years old, my eyes are not blurred, and the moonlight that night was very bright, and the vision was very clear, I should not be wrong. So, I quickened my pace, wanting to step up to see what the shadow was.
When I walked to the window, I immediately screamed in fright, because I saw a cat demon giving Qi to Si Po!
Although the fourth woman's room was a little dark, I could still see it very clearly. It was a black cat with two tails. It crawled to the fourth woman's chest and breathed into her mouth, apparently trying to occupy her corpse. It would be amazing to make it work, and I wanted to chase it away, but I couldn't chase it out of the window, so I yelled at it a few times.
The cat demon was frightened by my meow, jumped out of bed in panic, and disappeared after a while. I thought it would be fine to drive it away, but the fourth woman's face suddenly twitched a few times, and soon the left side of her face became like a cat. The next thing is even more terrifying, she, she actually bounced!
She sat up suddenly, and her movements were very weird. It was different from the way we usually get up. She sat up without propping up the bed with her hands, just like a robot on TV... or like a zombie, very scary! She sat up and looked out the window, but I don't know if she saw me, her eyes were not focused at all, and I didn't even know what she was looking at, only that her face was very scary.
The left side of her face was like a cat, and it was a murderous cat, her eyes were wide open, and she was still twitching. Although there was no change in the right side of her face, but her eyes were narrowed with only one line left, as if she had just woken up, but there was an indescribable strange feeling.
She glanced out the window, suddenly screamed, and rushed out of the room...
According to what Mei Po said, the fourth woman might indeed be possessed by a cat demon. But there is one thing I can't figure out, that is, in the legend of the two-tailed cat demon, the whole face of the possessed old woman has become like a cat, but the fourth woman only has a cat's face on the left side. And when we were attacked by her just now, we didn't find that she had a tail.
I told what was in my heart, and Granny Mei thought for a while and then replied, "That should be because the cat demon's qi transfusion process has not been completed, only half a breath of aura has been transfused, so it hasn't fully occupied Si Po's body."
She also has some truth in what she said. If the cat demon was really carrying out some kind of ritual of occupying the corpse at the time, but it was interrupted by the appearance of Mei Po at the most critical moment, then it is not impossible that only half of the corpse will be occupied. of. I suddenly remembered the scene when I was attacked by the fourth woman just now. She was almost able to catch me and Zi Die, but she stopped immediately when she heard Feifei's voice... Could it be that she has not completely lost her nature
Although there are still many questions that have not yet been answered, tonight's harvest has been quite a lot, and I may continue to get more information from May and Feifei. However, just when I wanted to ask them for some relevant information, a male voice came in from the door: "Director Hua, Officer Mu, you haven't gone back so late?" I looked outside the door and found that The one is Gao Qiang.
Gao Qiang walked in from outside the door, and when he saw Madam Mei in the hall, his already unpleasant expression became even more ugly, but he forced a smile and said to Zi Die: "Director Hua, now he's gone. It's so late, it shouldn't be very convenient for you to go back, if you don't dislike it, why don't you come to my house for a night's rest!" Then he said to Madam Mei: "Ma'am, why are you so late? Go home and sleep. Well, if you have any mistakes, I can't bear it!"
Granny Mei gave him a disdainful look, stood up with a cane, and muttered dissatisfiedly as she walked out: "I don't need you to take care of my affairs. You should take care of your own life. The fourth wife will come back to find you sooner or later."
"You..." Although Gao Qiang was full of anger, but perhaps because of the presence of Zi Die, he didn't attack immediately, but stared fiercely at Madam Mei's retreating back. After Madam Mei left, he quickly put on a pleasant face, and politely said to Zi Die: "Director Hua, it's getting late, you better come to my house to rest!"
Zidie didn't answer immediately, but cast a questioning look at me. Madam Mei has already gone home, and it is not convenient for Gao Qiang to talk to Feifei in the presence of him, so let's rest for a while, anyway, it won't be long before dawn. So, I nodded to Zi Die and smiled at Gao Qiang: "Village Chief Gao is really timely. I'm worried that I don't have a place to stay tonight, or else I won't be here to disturb Feifei."
"Oh, so it is, Officer Mu, you said earlier, my house has a place." Gao Qiang showed a disgusting smile and motioned us to follow him: "Come, come, I will show you the way, my home is not far from here, go Just a few steps away."
After Zi Die and I said goodbye to Feifei, we followed Gao Qiang to leave, but he suddenly stopped as soon as he walked out of the door: "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to explain something to Feifei, you wait for me for a while." When we answered, he went back to the house and came out in about two or three minutes. He came out with a smile on his face, as if something good had happened.
Gao Qiang's residence is not far from the fourth in-law's house, and it takes about five minutes to walk there. Although his house can't be described as magnificent, compared with the crumbling and dilapidated house of the fourth wife, the gap is not ordinary. At least the living room of his house is three or four times larger than that of the fourth wife.
Gao Qiang told us that he has a son, but he is going to college in the city and has not come back to mourn for his fourth wife, so his wife is the only one in his family. His wife, also named Gao, is Gao Yan, a native of the village. This Gao Yan is obviously a snob. When she first saw us, she complained to her husband with a displeased face for waking her up so late, but as soon as she heard that we were the police, she immediately put on a flattering face and warmly offered her support to us. Prepare the room.
Gao Qiang's house has a total of three floors. The first floor is the living room, dining room and kitchen, the second floor is the master room and his son's room, and the third floor has three rooms, one of which is full of debris, and the other two are guest rooms. . Of course, Zidie and I are sleeping in the guest room. When I first entered the bedroom, I felt a burst of sadness, because the space of the guest room is much larger than that of the fourth wife's room, even bigger than the whole house of the fourth wife, and the place is clean and tidy. The spare rooms are better than the place where his mother lived, and Gao Qiang is unfilial enough, because his parents spent all their money in order to let him be elected as the village chief.
It's almost four o'clock in the morning, and I don't have much time to sleep, so I didn't sleep. I just turned off the lights and lay on the bed, closing my eyes and sorting out the existing information in my mind.
The fourth woman's corpse fraud is almost certain, but it is difficult to make a conclusion if she is just an "ordinary" corpse fraud, or whether she is possessed by a cat demon. Maybe I should ask Fleeting Years, but calling him at this time, it's weird not to be scolded to death by him, let's talk about it after dawn!
Although the question of cheating corpses cannot be explained for the time being, the cat demon may be able to get the answer right away. I got up and called Viagra, this guy was still awake, and he was still in good spirits. As soon as the call was connected, he kept talking: "Brother Mu, why do you think of me at this time? The girls in the mountains are not bad, right? Listen. Said that the price there is quite affordable, especially for those middle school students in their teens, they can play with the whole class of female classmates by giving their head teacher a few hundred yuan..." He paused, exclaimed in an extremely wretched tone : "Aren't you talking to dozens of female classmates, calling me to show off when you're feeling angry? Brother Mu, you can't play so many girls by yourself, brother, I usually stay there. You are not thin, just leave me a few!"
I replied angrily: "Don't put me in your category, okay? I'm looking for you to help me with something."
"If you have anything to help, just ask, just leave two female classmates for me." He hesitated for a moment and then added: "Three, no, no, four, four!"
I was too lazy to talk to him, and said viciously: "Bah! Don't talk to me, I don't have any female classmates here, there is only one female director, do you want me to let her transfer you here? There are no Internet cafes here, even You don’t even have an internet cable, so just wait for the days without internet!”
His wailing came from the microphone: "I can't surf the Internet, how can you let me live!"
"Then stop talking nonsense, I have encountered some strange things here..." I told him about the situation of the fourth wife and the legend of the two-tailed cat demon, and then ordered: "You should contact Master Mu Gezhang as soon as possible and ask him about the world Is there really such a monster as the two-tailed cat demon, and is it possible that the fourth woman is possessed by the cat demon?"
"It's not so easy to find him..."
"If it were easy, I wouldn't need you to do it!" I yelled into the phone and hung up.
As soon as I hung up the phone, the door slowly opened, and a female voice came from outside the door: "Who is so excited to talk to on the phone, isn't it Zhen Zhen?" After the door opened, Zi Die smiled walk in.
"No, I'm just asking my colleagues to help me with some errands." I don't know why she mentioned Zhen Zhen, in my impression they should have only met once.
She closed the door softly and walked over without turning on the light, sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at me silently. The hazy moonlight shines through the window and falls on her delicate face, giving people a mysterious and noble feeling. This stubborn woman in front of her actually has a gentle and charming side. I suddenly had the urge to kiss her, but when I thought of Zhen Zhen's angry face, this urge disappeared immediately, I just smiled and said to her, "What's the matter, can't you sleep?"
She nodded: "Well, there are some things I don't understand, I want to talk to you, it won't prevent you from sleeping, right?"
I smiled and said, "It's almost dawn. If you sleep now, you will have a headache when you wake up later."
"That's good." She smiled and said, "I was just about to discuss this case, what do you think of Gao Qiang?"
"He, I only think that he is a selfish villain. Except for being greedy for life and fearing death, there is nothing that we should care about." Although Gao Qiang makes me feel very disgusted, in this case he does not seem to be Not very important.
"But don't you think he's suspicious?" Zi Die seemed to have another opinion.
To be honest, I really didn't think there was anything suspicious about Gao Qiang, so I asked, "What are you referring to?"
"Don't you think it's strange that he suddenly wanted to go back to the fourth wife's house to find Feifei just now? He doesn't seem to want us to hear his conversation with Feifei." She looked suspicious.
I smiled and said, "That's human nature. He probably went back and asked Feifei what Madam Mei said to us just now. However, I think Feifei should just perfunctory him, after all, he only entered the room for two or three minutes. , can't say much. And if he knew the content of our conversation just now, he wouldn't smile when he came out. Especially about the treasures of the lychee garden, if Feifei told him the truth, it would be strange that he was not nervous to death. "
"You're right, but I intuitively think he's suspicious." Her eyes were very firm, as if what she said was the truth.
Women always trust their instincts. But handling a case can’t be based on intuition, we need solid evidence. Of course, I didn't express my thoughts. Zi Die has always been very strong. If I told her directly that I couldn't handle the case with intuition, it would be strange if she didn't quarrel with me. It had to be a more tactful way. So I asked her, "Why do you think Gao Qiang is so strange?"
"I think he might be the murderer!" Her answer surprised me.
"Why do you say that?" Although she felt inexplicable, since she had such doubts, she must have her reasons, so you might as well listen to her opinions.
She said with a serious face: "First of all, we can be sure that Gao Qiang is very concerned about the treasures of the lychee garden. We can see this from his performance." I nodded in approval, and she continued: "Secondly, Both Gao Xian and Gao Hao had contact with Gao Qiang before they died, and Gao Qiang was the first to arrive at the scene after they died."
"I don't agree with this point, because Gao Cai's situation is similar. He was in contact with the deceased before the accident and rushed to the scene immediately after the accident." I immediately added: "More importantly, it is impossible for Gao Qiang to leaving such horrific wounds on the dead."
I thought my rebuttal would make her unhappy, but she unexpectedly said more seriously: "This is what I find suspicious, when the fourth woman attacked us just now, it was almost irrational, but the two deceased were only A fatal wound, don't you think it's suspicious?"
After what she said, it really made people feel very strange. When the fourth woman attacked us just now, she was like a mad dog. The people who were attacked by her would definitely be covered with bruises, instead of having no other scars except one fatal wound.
Could it be that the fourth woman is not the real murderer