"That empty house, huh...... There are about 100 square meters, and the entrance is an empty yard, all weeds, and there is no paving, just a room, no compartment. Ah, yes, there are no compartments, this is actually quite strange, such a large courtyard, half of it is open space, half of it is a house, and there are only pillars in the room, no walls...... I have the impression that it was an empty house all along, unoccupied, the paint on both doors had fallen off, there was no lock, and it was banging when the wind blew. By the way, there were no doors or windows in that room, which was very ...... Strange house. ”

"What's in there?"

"There is nothing, it is empty, there is not a table, there is not a stool, so it is called an empty house."

"Nothing happened after you went in?"

"Nope."

"But you've been in there for a long time."

"Ah, yes, it's been a long time...... Let me think...... Then...... At that time, it seemed that something was being done, but it seemed to ...... It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the empty house. We were a bunch of boys, and when we came into the house, we saw nothing, and there were no monsters...... Oh, I remember, it was my brother who said at the time, you have to wait until the night to come out of the youkai and catch the youkai. We were doing traps. In fact, all children are fooling around, so they dig a hole, dig a hole or something. ”

"Did you dig up something?"

"Nope. We didn't have the tools at that time, so we dug twice with our bare hands. I didn't get a pit out, they were all pulling weeds. Well...... It's weeding. At that time, someone else quarreled with my brother, saying that he was blind and couldn't make a trap when he was so tired. ”

"Didn't anyone in that empty village think about dealing with it? There's always a reason to stay, right? ”

"I really don't know."

"Do you remember the location of that empty house? This is a map of the village and this is a map of the factory, can you still find the location of the vacant house? ”

"Hey—this picture just encloses a piece of land, and there are no houses in the village?"

"Yes, the archival record is not that exhaustive."

"This ...... This one...... My old house is probably here, and if you go to the empty house, you go here, and then ...... Let's go in this direction. Specifically, I really can't figure it out. ”

"Okay, thank you, I'm sorry for you again this time."

"Nothing."

On July 22, 2015, Wang Feng, a member of the construction team who built the factory, was contacted. Audio file 09120150722.wav.

"Here, this is it. When we demolished the house, we demolished it first, there was no one living here, the yard was surrounded by earthen walls, the house was made of wood, and the inside was made of wooden pillars, so it was easy to dismantle. ”

"Here, the first phase of the factory project didn't get this area, right?"

"No, no. At that time, there was no phase or second phase, so it was said that a factory would be built, and then the village people would be organized to move, and the construction team would also do it. Our captain went around and saw that the house was empty, so let's demolish it first, don't wait. When I asked them about the people in the village, they all said that the house would be demolished and it would be demolished, so it didn't matter. Later, the house was almost demolished, and when the factory was built, the drawings did not arrive here, so they were empty. ”

"After that, it was expanded, and the park was set here."

"That's right."

"You were on the construction team when the park was built, right?"

"Well, yes, but at that time we were under the command of people, and we were all weeding and planting trees there."

"Did anything special happen in that process?"

"Something special? Not really. ”

"Like what was dug up, or something in the construction team?"

"No, not at all."

On July 25, 2015, a search of historical documents found a copy of the Jiao County Government Chronicle before the founding of the People's Republic of China, which recorded a criminal case and lynching people for local villagers, the details of which are unknown.

Attached: photocopied materials.

On July 26, 2015, I received a call from Jiang Meifen, a former Jiaoxian villager and a worker at the Red Star Factory. Call recording 201507260914.mp3.

"Xiao Liu, do you remember Aunt Jiang? I met in the park, and you later contacted me to ask about the empty house. ”

"Yes, of course I do. Auntie, do you remember anything again? ”

"Not really. But I got you in touch with someone, my aunt, she is an old man in the village, and she knows a lot of things! ”

"Oh! That's great! Is it easy to meet? ”

"Yes, but she's so old, so take it easy when you ask."

"Of course. Thank you so much! ”

On July 30, 2015, I met with Tong Jiang. Audio file 09120150730.wav.

"Xiao Fen said, you want to ask about the village?"

"Yes. It's mostly about the empty house and the strange things in the village. ”

"Strange things?"

"Like, haunted."

“……”

"Grandma, just tell me about the empty house. Whose house was that? ”

"There, it turned out to be the ancestral hall of the village."

"Huh?"

"Ancestral hall? How could this be deserted and become an empty house? ”

"It's because of the lynching."

"What? What lynching are you talking about, young man? ”

"In rural areas and other places, lynching is often done in ancestral halls and other places. We found out that when the village was lynched once before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was dealt with as a case by the government. The ancestral hall should have been abandoned because of this, right? ”

"Boss, you've thought of this?"

"I only thought of it when I heard the ancestral hall."

"Whew...... It was the last lynching in the village. That woman, I call her Sister Hua, married in from a village outside. She doesn't have the surname Hua, but she can weave beautiful flower bracelets, which every little lady in our village has made, and she also takes them to the city to sell. That's how she met that wild man. They called that man a wild man, hehe! That person didn't have anything to do with Sister Hua! At that time, it was the gangsters in the city who wanted to pull Sister Hua, and the man opened a shop next to him and came out to help Sister Hua, so they met. Sister Hua later went to the city to sell flowers, and it was at the door of his shop, so those hooligans didn't dare to come. The two of them had been fine, but the beast didn't believe it. The brute...... It's not a thing! He's not a thing! ”

"Auntie, you dissipate your anger and watch your body."

"Whew...... Call...... Well...... I'm fine. I've got to say it, I've got to say it before I go into the coffin!" ”

"Auntie's ......"

"It's fine. The brute beat Sister Hua, and it didn't count, so he went to the village chief, struck the gong, and called the whole village! They dragged Sister Hua all the way from his house to the ancestral hall...... There was blood all along that road...... Blood all the way! Sister Hua screamed all the way and later ...... I can't even scream......"

"Auntie, wipe your tears and be smooth."

"Grandma Jiang, don't worry, speak slowly."

"Hmm. Call...... I followed behind, wanting to save Sister Hua, but there were so many people, I didn't dare to go over, I didn't dare to go...... When they entered the ancestral hall, they were full of people inside and out. I knew that there was a hole in the back wall of the ancestral hall, and I could see inside, so I went around it. It was just nightfall, and many people lit torches. They tied Sister Hua up like a pig to be killed, and the brute held a knife and cut Sister Hua's throat...... The blood was spraying high, and when I saw Sister Hua staring, she looked at me...... Just look at me like that......"

"Auntie ......"

"Then they started to pick the face of Sister Hua."

"Ahh