072 Two-sided strike
That's when I suddenly remembered. When I followed the waster to the construction site that night, I glanced at the sign hanging on the construction site, which seemed to read: Zhongxin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.!
"What does a real estate company have to do with this?" Master asked with a frown.
Uncle Zheng couldn't stand anymore, so he simply squatted on the ground. But now he is completely honest and answers all questions.
"Alas, this whole thing was made by this company from the beginning!" He sighed and explained, "A few months ago, my unsuccessful son gambled outside and borrowed loan sharks, owed a lot of debts, and even secretly mortgaged our house books to others. Later, someone from Faithful Real Estate came to me and said they would come and take possession of our house! ”
"Of course I don't want to! But the IOU and the house book are in the hands of others, so I can't do it if I don't agree! Uncle Zheng began to complain with a sad face, "Then I will go and beg them, begging them to give me some days to raise money to pay it back." The people in the company said that it was okay to pay back the money slowly, but they asked me to do something for them. I asked what they were doing, but they didn't know what they were doing, so they asked me to tell them all about the situation of each household in Kang'an Fang, and asked me to let them wind when I went out to patrol at night! ”
"How do you let it out?"
Uncle Zheng shrank his head and replied, "Before they come, they will ask me which family there is?" Where is no one? If you come, I'll tell them in time! ”
"You're still the security director here! Do you know what you call luring wolves into the house? Annoyed, I pointed at him and scolded.
"Then I can't help it! If I don't obey them, I'll be thrown out to sleep in the streets!" Uncle Zheng said with a sad face.
"Why do you want to help them put these dirty things away from letting them out? Can't you see that they are the ones who made your haunting? Master asked.
"Alas, I'm not stupid!" Uncle Zheng sighed again and said, "At first, I didn't know much about their plan. Later, there were so many hauntings that I could guess what was going on. I also quietly asked the people in the company, and they didn't shy away from me when they got acquainted with me, so they said that the company invited a master, and those ghosts were brought by the master. Later, they said that I was doing well, and gave me a reduction in interest, so they arranged for me to put my things away. I don't dare refuse them! ”
"Then why do you still help the residents to hire a ghost hunter, aren't you afraid that the people in the company will trouble you?" This is a question that I have never been able to figure out before, and it is also an important reason why I have never suspected Uncle Zheng.
"I reported this to the people in the company. At first, they just asked me to hire some fake masters to make a show and deal with the neighbors. But then the people in the company said that it was too fake, and it was better to ask a real master to catch one or two real ghosts for those residents to see, and they would be even more afraid! Uncle Zheng continued to explain.
"It's just that at first they just wanted me to invite Master Zhou. Because they know that Master Zhou's Taoism is ordinary, and he will only catch some imps who are not in the stream. When the time comes, he won't be able to handle the master's release of some difficult ghosts, and those residents will be completely gone! It's just that I didn't expect Master Zhou to bring you here. They don't know your details, and they deliberately asked me to entrust you to go to the Gu family, just to interfere with you and play hide and seek with you. As a result, the wishful thinking didn't work well, and you still let you catch the ghost in the commissary! ”
"And then they decided to get rid of Master Zhou?" When the key issues were examined, the Master's expression was also very serious. "You know that someone wants to harm Master Zhou, and you still act for the tiger!"
"No, it's not! I only found out about this situation after the fact! Uncle Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and quickly explained: "They just told me at the time to let me take people to the Gu family and hide away, but they didn't say that they wanted Master Zhou's life!" I gave Master Zhou the key to the Gu family, and I left under the pretext that there was a conflict between husband and wife in another family and wanted to mediate. Later, in the middle of the night, someone from the company called me again and asked me to call the police, and I found out that Master Zhou was dead! I asked them how they got killed. They said that the master's imp was caught by you, and the master let the big ghost out in his anger! ”
Alas, Master Zhou is also unlucky! When I heard this, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. It just so happened that he went to Gu's house alone that day, and this was what happened. If the three of us hadn't acted separately that night, things wouldn't have turned into such a tragedy!
Uncle Zheng explained so many situations at once, so that we were all overwhelmed. Before, there was a lack of clues, but now there are too many clues, and I don't know where to start. The master was pacing around, as if he was still thinking about and confirming whether the situation explained by Uncle Zheng was true. I sorted out all these clues myself, and found that there was one most important question that I didn't ask.
"The people of Zhongxin Real Estate Company, why do you want to come to Kang'an Fang to do things? What good will the haunting of Kang'an Fang do to them? ”
Uncle Zheng shook his head and sighed, "What else can it be for?" They don't say it, but I can guess it. Isn't it because of the renovation project of the old city of Kang'anfang! ”
"What do you mean?" I haven't figured out the connection between the two yet.
Uncle Zheng explained to me: "The county ** proposed to renovate the old city here two years ago. But there has been no news of the start of construction, and no company has come to discuss the issue of compensation for the demolition with our community. It was also through the community director that I learned that at the end of last year, Zhongxin had just won a tender for this project. However, their procedures have not been completed yet, so ** has not been publicized. I think that they want to make Kang'anfang haunted at this time, just to suppress the land price! ”
"These profiteers!"
I scolded indignantly. In order to make more money, I don't even want the bottom line!
Scolding and scolding, since the matter has been investigated here, how to solve it next has become the biggest problem. At first, we only thought that it was a few Yin cultivators who were in trouble, but we didn't expect that there was such a big backstage behind him. It's not going to be easy!
I pulled Master aside and asked him what he was going to do now.
Master said, "Although we now know their full plan, we still have to find a way to catch the 'master' they are talking about, he is the key to the whole thing!" ”
"Then let's try this shadow ghost again?" I proposed.
The master shook his head and said, "I guess it's also the same effect as the trial of the wasted ghost, even if you follow the shadow ghost to find the ghost keeper, you may not be able to find it." ”
Master's analysis does make sense, we have tried this method before, and the other party has also taken precautions, so it is difficult to succeed.
Master thought for a while, then walked over and asked Uncle Zheng, "Will they come tonight?" Where will you go to do ghosts? ”
Uncle Zheng nodded and replied, "You should come, go to Zhao Dayan's house!" ”
"Why is it Zhao Da yelling?" I asked.
"Because Zhao Dayao yelled on the street today, saying that he would be fine for several days, he didn't want to sleep on the floor tonight. He said he had back pain and couldn't stand it! Uncle Zheng shrank and explained, "So I told the people in the company about the situation." ”
I was angry and laughed, waved my fist at him, and scolded: "A person like you, if you were born in the era of war, you are definitely a traitor!" ”
After letting Uncle Zheng go, Master and I hurried to Zhao Dayan's house. Uncle Zheng was so frightened by our combination of soft and hard that he probably didn't dare to make a small report behind his back. When the master was leaving, he said to him, "Don't think that only that master can release ghosts. If you dare to report the news again, I will throw ten or eight imps into your house, so that you can also experience the pain of those haunted families! ”
Came to the mouth of the alley of Zhao Dayan's house again, we quietly looked inside, and sure enough, there was a figure outside Zhao Dayao's house who was looking inside, and it seemed that he was still holding something in his hand. I was about to go in, but I was stopped by Master.
Master said to me, "It's not a dead end, if you rush over like this, he will definitely run from the other side." ”
I thought about it, so I pointed to the alley behind me and said to the master, "These alleys are all interconnected, so I'll go around from behind." Master, you still go in from here, and we'll give him a two-sided attack! ”
Master nodded at me in agreement with my plan. So, I trotted all the way to the other end of the alley of Zhao Dayan's house. Fortunately, the suspicious figure is still there, and he should not have realized that he was surrounded by us.
Because I was relatively close to Zhao Dayan's house, Master took the lead in rushing over from that end. The suspicious figure immediately spotted Master, and hurriedly turned around and ran towards me. When he was about to get to the mouth of the alley, I rushed out and kicked him to the ground!
The man was wearing a hood and a mask, and I couldn't see his face. But he rolled twice on the ground after being kicked by me, and he snorted in pain. As soon as I thought that he had killed Master Zhou, my hatred came up, so I wanted to pounce on him and hold him down and beat him hard. But the guy reacted quickly, and as soon as he reached out, he threw a small jar he was holding under my feet. I was caught off guard and stepped on the little jar, and as a result, my center of gravity fell backwards and I fell on all fours!
This blow made me fall badly, and my whole back fell the hard floor tiles, and the pain made me grin and gasp a few breaths of cold air. The guy took the opportunity to get up from the ground and ran out as hard as he could. I endured the pain and quickly struggled to get up and chased after him.
Supposedly, with the speed of a young boy of mine, it should be no problem to catch up with him. But the back injury affected my running, and I couldn't catch up for a long time behind. The guy was a thief again, and he turned left and right a few times in the criss-crossing alleys and ran away. I was deflated, and slowly walked back to Zhao Dayan's house with my waist on my back.
When Master saw that I had come back alone, and I had such a painful expression, he hurriedly asked, "What, he hurt you?" ”
I shook my head, pointed to the ground, and said, "I just fell here." It's really a fire, he ran away! ”
My back injury shouldn't be a big deal, but I finally seized this opportunity, and I was just a little bit away from catching the ghost keeper. I was upset and couldn't help but curse. It's been a long time, but it's still a failure!
But the master said to me, "It's okay, when you go after him, I have another harvest here!" ”
I was busy asking what was the catch?
Master showed me the small jar that had just fallen on the ground, and said, "When I ran over, although people couldn't catch up, a little ghost just happened to come out of Zhao Dayao's house and hid directly in the jar. Hehe, I've picked up a bargain in the back! ”
When I heard this, I finally felt some comfort. I asked Master, "What the hell is that?" ”
The master said, "It's a house ghost." It likes to make trouble in people's homes and play pranks in order to scare away the living and then take the empty house for itself. Moreover, I guess this otaku ghost is the one who drove the Gu family away before! ”
"Shall we try it, then?" I asked.
"Judge! This otaku ghost should know a lot of things, let's take it back and have a good trial! ”
As soon as the master finished saying this, the door of Zhao Dayao's house opened with a "squeak". Zhao yelled and ran out with a wooden stick in his hand.
"How are you?" He was surprised to see who the people outside were. But then he frowned again and wondered, "What are you doing here?" ”
The master smiled calmly, raised the small jar in his hand and said to him, "We'll help you solve the problem!" From now on, you can sleep comfortably in your own bed! ”
“......”
That otaku ghost is really much more intelligent than the previous two little ghosts. When Master and I went back, we pulled it out of the jar and interrogated it severely. Where can that house ghost withstand my master's torture secret technique, after undergoing a "torture to extract a confession", he honestly confessed all the information he knew.
The name of the ghost raiser is Xiao Jiuhe, and the "small wine drink" that the wasted ghost said before is the same number. Xiao Jiuhe was indeed invited by Zhongxin Real Estate Company to create rumors of haunting in Kang'an Fang, so that Zhongxin Company could lower the land price. Before, this house ghost had tossed away two families, including the Gu family. Zhao Dayao's house and the Lin family have only recently begun to invade.
Of course, deeper issues such as which Yin Cultivation sect Xiao Jiuhe was born in, and who the boss behind the Zhongxin Company was, the otaku ghost really didn't seem to know. Still, the otaku provides quite important information. That is, in addition to raising a few little ghosts by Xiao Jiuhe's side, he also raised a fierce Sun Devouring Ghost!