Chapter 9: The Headless Guest
In the middle of the night, no one whispered, and asked Yan Luomo to turn back.
If you hold three lights, don't disturb them.
Headless guests, three watches in the middle of the night, don't surprise pedestrians.
-ballad
This is a folk ballad that has been handed down from the people, and the legend of the headless man in the folk song is widely circulated among the people.
There are also different versions. One of the more famous ones is the "Wan Tau Tong" in Hong Kong's urban legend.
And about its origin, it is mentioned in its ancient books, first appearing as a legendary creature in the Naturalist.
The legendary headless man lived in the Sahara Desert of North Africa during Roman times. It doesn't have a head, so its features are on the chest.
In ancient times, it was often used as Durahan, the "Headless Horseman" who is now often seen in major movies and television, and it is said that it is also a headless goblin in Irish legend, and its appearance generally symbolizes death and disaster.
The other is a folk myth and story of a person who stole soil in order to clean up the flood and was finally beheaded.
This is people's initial impression of headless people, and it is also a familiar story.
But in the urban legends about the headless people, their origins are well understood.
In ancient times, many punishments were issued for those who committed serious crimes, and one of them was a criminal law called beheading.
The beheading is generally chosen at three o'clock in the afternoon, and in the hour, the ancient people were superstitious, and it is said that at that time, the yang energy is strong, and the yin energy is weak, so that the executioner will not be retaliated.
But there is also a saying that at that time, people were mentally weak and drowsy, and they would not be so painful when they cut off their heads, which was for the sake of the prisoners, and it was also a relatively common perception.
Because countless people died under the punishment of beheading, and the execution ground could easily become a resting place for the souls of the dead.
The beheaded person has a living relative, and a bribe to the executioner may be able to bring the body back for burial. If there are no relatives, they will be thrown into mass graves.
Mass graves, where the dead gather. Some people go to mass graves in the middle of the night, and they can not only see the dead floating around. Some even saw headless bodies, walking aimlessly.
Picking up one human head after another from the ground and pressing it to his neck, throwing it away when he thinks it is inappropriate, and repeating it over and over again, it is said that this act is looking for his own head.
If you can't find them, you will wander the streets at night, and if you are walking at night, if you meet them, don't make a sound, and don't look back. If you walk in your way, it will not see you.
But if you turn around, then he will think that you have invited him as a guest, and he will always follow you...... Until his head is found......
After typing the last word, I nodded in satisfaction and stretched out. When I looked at the time, it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night, and I shook my head helplessly. I have to go to work tomorrow, the case has not been solved yet, and it is close to a month, and it is estimated that this is the last vacation.
I looked out the window, and the night was like paint, like a dark whirlpool that could swallow people.
She opened her eyes, and her nerves tensed as she curled up in the covers. Sweat ran down her cheeks, "Don't come, don't come...... I don't know you......"
The night reflected on her face, covered with a layer of gray color, her lips trembled uncontrollably, and her fingers were bloodied due to excessive force.
She let go of her hand and held it in the bleeding area, tears streaming down her face.
She seemed to be crazy, and she muttered to herself.
After some time, it began to drizzle outside, and the glass window was covered with a layer of water droplets, but she could still faintly see the figure standing under the telephone pole in the distance, like a statue standing there, facing the direction of her bedroom.
The rain grew heavier, hitting the window again and again, but she still didn't dare to relax.
I don't know how long it took, but the sound of the huge rain outside made her feel a little comforted.
She slowly pulled the quilt and got up, her eyes slowly looked out the window, and the figure seemed to have disappeared. She got out of bed and cautiously stepped to the window, where the man was gone, except for the drizzling rain.
"Left?" She couldn't help but ask herself.
"Knock knock knock......" But the terrifying voice pulled her fear back at this moment.
She subconsciously turned around and covered her mouth, staring at the bedroom door, tears streaming down her face.
He's in!
"Please...... Leave me alone...... I'm not...... It wasn't meant to ......" Her voice was whimpering, her hair was scattered, and she was on the verge of collapse.
She turned around and tried to leave through the window. But when she opened the window, the wind outside was bitingly cold.
He just stood in front of her, dressed in a black suit and black pants, with an empty neck and no head.
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"That's the way it is!" Ji Wuqi took a bite of the apple and told us about it.
The man in the bed was silent, as if he had not yet recovered from the fear of last night.
I saw that her hands were still shaking. As soon as we came back today, we received this case, but several groups did not accept it, and finally handed it over to us.
After all, such a strange thing happened. At this moment, her mother was guarding her side and secretly wiping away tears. She called an ambulance to take her daughter to the hospital at night, and she was probably frightened.
"You must help my daughter! I'm just such a child, how am I going to live if something happens to her. "The woman was thin and thin, and she looked lonely and helpless.
Zhuang Qin seemed to feel something, squatted down in front of their bed, and comforted them in a kind voice, "Don't worry! Whether it's a human or a ghost, we'll all find out. You take care of her with peace of mind, she is frightened now and needs to be accompanied. β
Unexpectedly, she has always had a temper and such a gentle side.
"Look, why don't you learn more from others." Ji Wuqi suddenly opened his mouth to me, revealing his rotten teeth.
I ignored him.
Out of the door of the hospital, I was still thinking about the woman, Zhuang Qin suddenly asked, "What do you think about this matter?" β
The first time I saw her take the initiative, I was embarrassed not to answer, "It's hard to say, if you want to say that it is man-made, and you can't produce substantive evidence, you have to say that it is a ghost!" It is not possible to prove it based on their words alone. β
"Isn't that nonsense? Even if it's uncle, I know that you see her scared like that! And when did the time observe whether it was a human or a ghost? The only possibility is that she has a weak heart, and she is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door if she doesn't do bad things, and that's what she is talking about. Ji Wuqi glanced at me and interjected.
I choked up, but I just shut up.
Zhuang Qin nodded, and put her right hand on her left arm to think, which was her habitual action.
"In this way, Jiang Yu and Beilu went to investigate the surveillance near her house, let's go back and see if they find anything, and then make a decision."
I muffled my head in response. I thought to myself what the stuffy gourd could find out. Ji Wuchi seemed to see through my thoughts, "At least the two of them have a much stronger mind than yours, don't look like you're deflated!" β
When I heard this, I really wanted to tear his mouth off immediately, and whether the mouth of this poisonous tongue could be damaged a little more.
But after this kid said this, he hooked up with my shoulder again, and said with a hippie smile, "You don't mind if I say that, do you?" And showed his standard toothless jaw.
I glared at him, and if my eyes could kill, I would have slashed him with a thousand knives, and I wanted to eat him alive.
Can you save me some face!
The three of us stopped the car and went straight back to the conference room.
Back in the conference room, I was in a bad mood, but someone was worse than me.
Liu Lifeng stood in the corridor of the conference room, holding a cigarette in his hand, the smoke was swirling, and he still had one in his mouth?
What kind of operation is this!
Although I heard Beilu say that Liu Group will do some strange behaviors when he is depressed, what about smoking two cigarettes?
"One is sorrowful, sorrow is still sorrowful, two sorrows, do you say sorrow?" Ji Wuchi patted me on the shoulder with one hand, looked at the direction of Liu Group's cigarette with one hand, and said melancholy words seriously.
"Hey, don't look at it, Liu Group is depressed at the moment, and he just had a fight with his superiors!" Beilu sat in front of the computer and shouted at us.
Ji Wuqi and I seemed to smell the smell of melons, sat down around the north road, and asked what happened!
It turned out that because of those three cases, there has been no progress since the discovery of Zotaro, but a month is almost up, and another troublesome case has been sent here. Liu Group reasoned with them, but if they wanted to continue to investigate, they still had to use their powers. As a last resort, Liu Group had no choice but to compromise.
"So what has been found in this case through surveillance?" Zhuang Qin glanced at it, and Jiang Yu, who had been silent, asked.
I saw Beilu holding his head with a headache, looking helpless.
"It's more complicated!" After speaking, he motioned for Jiang Yu to continue.
"Through surveillance, we found that the figure under the telephone pole that Miss Meng (she from the hospital) said, according to the surveillance video, is indeed ...... Indeed...... No head. β
"Impossible! Could it be a matter of angle. Zhuang Qin didn't seem to believe it. If it's true, then it's another paranormal incident, which will be even more troublesome.
Seeing that we didn't believe it, Beilu simply showed us the surveillance video.
"There's so much nonsense, just let it go early!" Ji Wuqi looked at the monitoring and couldn't help but say a word.
And Liu Lifeng also walked in at this time, and only after we finished reading did he speak.
"Chen Qi, what do you think?"
Unexpectedly, he asked me again.
"By the way, little orange, didn't you write about headless people on the Internet?" Ji Wuqi suddenly slapped his head, and the corners of his mouth curled. This smile made me grow bumps all over my body.
"You...... Don't laugh, I feel sick to my stomach when I see your teeth. I pressed one hand directly on his face, and it was much more pleasing to the eye.
"Yo he...... When, such a kiss...... The little oranges are all used. The corners of Beilu's mouth curled, staring at the two of us like watching a show.
Zhuang Qin punched me in the head, "Hey, don't look away, what's going on with that headless man of yours?" β
Liu looked at me, and I had to confess, after all, it was the collection story I wrote last night.
"The headless man, also known as the headless guest, is a guest, and this is related to another story. In ancient times, there was a saying that there were many rules for fighting, so it is inconvenient to mention it here. When the watchman announces the night report, sometimes it is inevitable to encounter something unspeakable.
It is said that in the vicinity of the execution ground, no one was allowed to enter at night, but a brave man decided to enter in the dark disguised as a watchman because he made a bet with a friend, who was also a watchman.
He came to the execution ground, squatted on the ground as his friend said, drew a circle with chicken blood, he was bold, and it was done in a short time, he stood up, and found that there was a man wrapped in a robe in front of him, squatting on the ground and groping for something, which startled him.
He was a little angry in his heart, thinking that this person was pretending to be a ghost, so he had the courage to step forward and ask, it doesn't matter if he looks at it, his legs are weak in an instant, which is a person, and he is clearly beheaded under the robe.
"Where's my head? Strange, it's still there today? He made a dull voice, and the man suddenly remembered his friend's reminder not to talk at this time, so he covered his mouth in time and staggered to the outside of the execution ground.
Along the way, he didn't dare to look up, just looked at the road under his feet, but as he walked, he passed by a person, he walked slowly, and asked angrily, "What time is it?" βοΌ
He was a little irritable in his heart, and said nonsense, "How do I know, I'm not a watchman!" After saying this, he suddenly turned around and found that it was not a person who had just walked at all, but a walking headless ghost.
He realized that it was over, and suddenly remembered that his friend had warned him that it would be fine if he accosted him, but he must not look back, otherwise those things will think that you still treat him as a human being, and they will come to your house as a guest, and if he can't find the head, he will take your head instead......
This is the story of the Headless. β
It is said that the headless guest will follow the person who accostes him home, and he has no head and can only stand outside the door. Knock knock on your door.
At this time, you must not open the door. Three, however, the ghost entered the door, and the three times he opened the door without seeing anyone, that is, when the ghost guest came to the door. This is about the most terrifying follower of the headless, because he enters the door, if not for anything else, but for a human head.