A pile of debris on the wall of the Li family's compound seems to have not been touched for a long time. I feel that it was in that direction that made the horrible cry last night.

Could it be that Aunt Li Zhi's grave is underneath? This is impossible, because the young woman I spoke to told me that although Li Zhi's aunt had no queen, she was still highly respected in the village, and after his aunt's death, Li Zhi arranged the funeral, and almost the whole village participated in her funeral.

Li Zhi's aunt was sent to the funeral home for cremation because of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, so it is impossible to bury her bones under this pile of debris, and there is no reason to prove that her soul will stay under this pile of debris after her death and come out to haunt her.

Although I was puzzled, I felt that there was definitely something wrong with this pile of debris, and this should be the root cause of the haunting of the Li family's compound.

But I'm not from the Li family's compound, so I'm not qualified to dig it up directly, otherwise I won't let the villagers arrest me as a thief and beat me up?

If I had informed Officer Liu directly, it would obviously not be reliable. If I didn't dig up something under the debris, how would I answer the questions of the crowd? If something is really dug up, then Officer Liu must be suspicious of me, otherwise how could I, a stranger, know the secrets underground?

Under the curious gaze of everyone at the gate of the courtyard, I suddenly had an idea and asked everyone, "Do you have any underground pipes here?" ”

An old man asked me, "You're not a mage, are you?" I often watch TV, and many places say that it is haunted, and some scientists go to investigate and say that they have debunked the mystery of haunting. By the way, you should be a scientist, I didn't expect to be so young! ”

His compliment reminded me, and I smiled and didn't answer, just nodded vaguely. When the uncle saw that I acquiesced to his statement, he praised me again before saying, "Do you see a thermal power plant a few miles north of the village?" ”

I didn't know what other thermal power plants were here, but when I heard him say that, I knew there was a drama in it, and I quickly nodded. Uncle then continued: "The thermal power plant supplies steam to a scrap iron processing plant in the south of the village, and it seems that the pipeline passed through the Li family's compound ten years ago. ”

Uncle's words made my heart move, and I remembered that I had heard people say before that the erosion of high-temperature steam can quickly remove rust on the surface of steel, and there must be such a cooperative relationship between the two factories here.

If the steam pipe really passed through the Li family's compound, would it be a weird crying sound, which was actually the sound of steam in the pipe?

Although I already have the bottom in my heart, I firmly believe that this is not the final answer, and there must be a terrible secret that no one knows under this pile of clutter.

I thought for a moment, and my brow gradually widened. When Officer Liu received my call and learned that I had solved the haunted mystery of the Li family's compound in one night, he was full of surprise on the phone.

Not long after, Officer Liu drove the police car to the gate of the Li family's compound again. I stepped forward and told him my suspicions, but I kept the secret that there might be a corpse under the pile.

Police Officer Liu was so excited when he heard my scientific explanation that he immediately dialed a phone call. After a while, a middle-aged man in blue overalls came to the Li family's compound.

He claimed to be a technician at the thermal power plant, and he also brought a diagram of the steam pipeline construction of that year. Sure enough, a thick black line crossed the Li family's compound, and judging from the map, it happened to pass by the debris pile.

I saw a small box on the debris pile on the drawing, and I asked the thermal power plant technician for advice. He told me that the symbol indicates that there is a management and maintenance inspection point here, which is usually buried in the ground, and when there is a problem with the pipeline, it will be cut open for maintenance.

He discussed and analyzed it with me and Police Officer Liu, and unanimously decided that there might be a problem with the pipes buried underground in the Li family's compound, so there was a haunting. What makes us even more convinced is that the haunted time of the Li family's compound is precisely the time when the thermal power plant supplies steam to the scrap iron treatment plant at about 11 o'clock in the middle of the night every day.

Although we have a scientific explanation, the people of this village are still skeptical. Perhaps they have been frightened by the terrible haunting of the Li family compound for more than a year, and it is difficult to convince the public with our conjectures alone until we have obtained complete facts.

And their doubts are exactly what I'm trying to exploit. I'm going to urge them to dig up the ground beneath this pile of debris, so that another truth that I really want to see will come to light.

The villagers were heckling, shouting that they would dig it up to see if there was really something wrong with the pipe, and then they would believe Officer Liu's explanation. But Officer Liu frowned and stopped the villagers, because Officer Liu believed that this Li family compound was private property, and if it was really to be excavated, it would have to be approved by the owner of the compound.

At this time, Wang Xiuzhen returned to the Li family compound. When Officer Liu asked about Li Zhi's whereabouts, Wang Xiuzhen told Officer Liu that because she had agreed to Jiang Yajun's request to move out of rent, she had already gone to the construction site in the field early in the morning to find a contractor to settle her salary.

Hearing Officer Liu's suggestion to dig up his compound, Wang Xiuzhen resolutely disagreed. She said that although Li Zhi usually listens to her very much, Li Zhi is actually in charge of all major family affairs. If you really want to dig, you will have to wait for Li Zhi to go home before you can make a decision.

Wang Xiuzhen's refusal made Officer Liu have no choice but to give up. However, he had long believed the explanations of the experts of the thermal power plant, thought that he had solved the mystery of the haunting of the Li family's compound, and had always thanked me very warmly.

Officer Liu invited me to the county seat for a light meal, and I readily agreed to his invitation. When I got into his police car with the dead dog and had just left the village, I suddenly asked Officer Liu to stop the car.

Officer Liu looked at me puzzled, and I asked after a deep sigh: "Officer Liu, although the haunting incident in the Li family compound has been scientifically explained, don't you think Li Zhi's reaction is a little strange?" ”

Officer Liu looked at me, there was no sound for a long time, and after a long while, he suddenly said: "Ling Sen, you and Xiao Liuzi are good brothers who grew up as children, you must have been influenced by him, right?" However, I agree with your suspicions. To tell you the truth, since last night, I have been feeling strange about Li Zhi's words and deeds, and I have thought of another incident a year ago. ”

Only then did I know that although the haunting of the Li family's compound happened three days after Aunt Li Zhi's death, there was another thing that the young woman in the village did not mention to me.

Li Zhi's aunt, although she has no children under her knees, in addition to Li Zhi's nephew, she also has a nephew. The strange thing is that after Li Zhi's aunt died, this nephew of hers never came to the Li family compound again.

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