Chapter 75: The Gambler (1)
Xu Chuyue got into the backstage with her guitar in a rage, she didn't stop, but directly pushed open the back door of the bar and walked out.
The back door of the bar is a dark and narrow alley, the alley has no street lights, the ground is only paved with a layer of bricks, and it is potholed when you walk, and in some places there is garbage and waste water. Xu Chuyue walked in a hurry and accidentally stepped into a puddle of dirty water.
"It's disgusting, it's annoying!" She scolded angrily as she shook the water off her shoes.
Although she was in a gloomy mood, the weather was surprisingly good that day - there was a lukewarm wind, the moon was bright in the sky, and even the stars in the distance were faintly discerning.
ββ¦β¦ But you're not there, in a world where there is a moon......"
Xu Chuyue looked at the moon and suddenly remembered the lyrics she had written-yes, if her partner was still there, everything would be different, right? They may have debuted, become stars, and have saved enough money to do what they like and write their favorite songs.
If the two of them live in this world, they can still live together for thousands of miles, but now that their friends have passed away, there shouldn't be moonlight in heaven, right?
Xu Chuyue thought about it, and tears flowed down. But just when she was confused, a colorful figure walked behind her, and then passed her silently.
She was startled for the air around her as if it had suddenly become cold, and the figure that had just passed by looked strange from behind. She looked at it for a long time before she realized what was wrong - the man didn't look like he had a head at all!
Xu Chuyue trembled all over, because she remembered the recent haunting of Yuntang Street.
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The old Yuntang town originally had a particularly small land temple, the land temple only had three blue brick walls, a wooden tile bucket arch, there was neither a statue nor a portrait in it, only an agarwood plaque, which said "the incense of the local pawn land is the incense of the gods".
There is also a couplet on the blue brick wall on both sides of the land temple, which reads:
You must carefully cross your heart,
Don't kowtow in confusion.
When the demolition was planned, the land temple happened to be located in the demolition area. Because it has been abandoned for many years, no one cares about this small shrine, and no one comes forward to speak for the father-in-law of the land who blesses the party.
Although there are a few elderly people who are old-fashioned and do not want to leave their ancestral homes, they have also been persuaded by their children who have been looking forward to the demolition to agree to the demolition.
With the roar of excavators and bulldozers, the Land Temple, which had been here for four or five hundred years, collapsed, and the original location of the temple was later converted into a fountain in the Xinyunli Community Park.
Shortly after the land temple was demolished, the old birthday star of Yuntang Town, Lao Lu Tou, dreamed of an old man wearing a coarse cloth clothes with a cane, a bulging forehead, and a coarse cloth dress.
"Yuntang is suppressing the fierce ghost nest, you guys, this is to open the ghost door."
Old Lu Tou woke up from his dream, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he told his children about itβ
"That old immortal is probably our land grandfather. Let's tear down people's temples for money, isn't there going to be a disaster in Yuntang Town? β
Although the children thought that their father's dream was absurd, it was a talking point when they talked about it, so the matter spread.
But everyone was busy relocating at that time, and there were no major changes, and the buildings in the Xinyunli community were built peacefully.
After another two years, Lao Lu Tou passed away at the age of one hundred and three, the longest-lived person in the history of Yuntang Town.
That is, not long after the death of Lao Lu Tou, many strange things began to appear in Yuntang Town.
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The matter has to start with the drowning of Lu Xianheng, a famous gambler in the town.
The person who found Lu Xianheng's body was called Yao Cripple, he began to sweep the streets in Yuntang Town when he was young, and later worked as a cleaner in the Xinyunli community, when he got up in the morning to sweep the floor, he found something floating in the community fountain, and when he got closer, it turned out to be a corpse with a white face.
Yao Cripple was so frightened that he ran away, and it is said that he ran faster than the 100-meter champion of Yuntang Middle School, which shows how terrifying the appearance of the corpse is.
The whitened corpse was Lu Xianheng. The criminal investigation brigade of the Cigu sub-bureau also intervened in the investigation, and they basically believed that Lu Xianheng's death was an accident.
According to several gamblers, Lu Xianheng fought with them the night before, and by the time the game ended at 2 a.m., he had already lost a lot of money. His mentality was completely unbalanced that night, his eyes were red, he wanted to turn over the book repeatedly, and he folded the money into it again and again.
After all, the owner of the gambling hall was also a villager in Yuntang Town, and he saw that Lu Xianheng looked so depressed that he wanted to kill someone, so he quickly stopped him.
"Brother Lu, do you want to be here first today? Luck sometimes comes to a try, so you'll try your luck tomorrow? β
"What!" Lu Xianheng scolded angrily, "Do you think I can't afford to lose? Lao Tzu still has money! β
A gambler muttered disdainfully after hearing this: "Cut, isn't it just the demolition money, what money can there be, it's all lost." β
After he finished speaking, he still didn't give up: "Damn, you don't believe it? Wait for me, and I'll get the money for you right away! β
Lu Xianheng was about to leave after speaking, but the boss persuaded him not to stop, so he hurriedly said to the other gamblers: "Come here today, everyone is scattered, hurry up!" β
Naturally, the other gamblers got along and left the table. Lu Xianheng picked up the wine bottle at his feet, poured two sips of wine, and scolded the boss again: "You are just afraid that I will win back, and you want to cut the pot early, right?" β
The boss saw that Lu Xianheng had drunk wine, and regarded his kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, so he simply didn't bother to pay attention to him, and just packed up his things.
Lu Xianheng had no place to vent his anger, so he had to scold and leave alone.
According to the gamblers, the boss seemed to be the last person to see him, and the next day his body was floating in the fountain of the new clouds.
Lu Xianheng lives in Yuntang Town, which has not been demolished, and although he also has his property in the Xinyunli community, it has long been rented out. In the past, except for collecting rent, he basically didn't go to the community. Now that the rent has been paid by transfer, he has less time to go there.
Moreover, when he left the chess and card hall, he said that he would go home in the middle of the night, and he claimed to be going to get money. If you want to withdraw the money, you should definitely go back to your home in the town.
Why he came to the community and how he drowned in the pool, no one saw it, and no one knew why. Was it just getting drunk and going the wrong way, or was it something else? Was he coerced into going to the community?
These are all questions that the police urgently need to find answers.
However, after visiting, the police found two more people, and in terms of time, they should be the real last witnesses before Lu Xianheng's accident.