6. Chasing
Changle explained to me in detail about the "difficult ghosts".
The "difficult ghost" that the chubby woman heard was a misreading. Wu Peng wanted to say that it was actually "chasing the ghost", and the pronunciation of the word "Wu" was "no", which was misread by him. It's kind of a white word.
According to Qiao Wei. The ritual of chasing the Wu originated in China. Later, it spread to Japan. To this day, there are still ceremonies in a few parts of China. However, the place where the real development of the chase into a kind of onmyo-do art was in Japan. But. This development is not a good thing. but fell into the wrong way.
The original intention of chasing the devil is to drive away evil spirits and demons. Every year at the turn of the seasons, there are special people who put on ceremonial clothes and masks. Dress yourself up as a demon. Others sprinkled beans, rice, and millet on the ghost to symbolize the exorcism of demons.
Both China and Japan have chases. In China, the chasing is more inclined to a national custom and ritual. It's more of a show, a dance. Nu opera is a very representative form of performance. And in Japan. Chasing has developed into a different kind of situation entirely.
In Japan. The person who plays the role of a ghost in the ritual is not respected. Instead, the most undesirable and infirm kind of person will be pushed to play the role of a ghost. And the things that are thrown at the ghosts are not just beans and glutinous rice. There are also many people who will throw stones.
People who are pushed into the position of ghosts will have a grudge. They curse all men. And after their death, they turned into real devils to kill and take revenge. In time. Chaseifu has become a special Yin-Yang Dao curse technique. Resentful people put curses on themselves. Turn yourself into a ghost.
After listening to Chang Le's explanation. The next line I'm going to track down will need to change a bit.
Rumors of ghosts appeared after Murphy's death. No doubt. Murphy is the murderous ghost. But here's the problem. Before, I thought that Mo Fei was killed by Wu Dapeng and Hu Shasha, so he turned into a ghost and killed people. Chang Le's explanation seems to be intended to show that Murphy cast a spell on himself and then committed suicide.
In this way, the person who has come into contact with Yin-Yang Taoism is not Wu Dapeng or Hu Shasha. It's the already dead Murphy.
So. Why would Murphy rather die than kill someone? What is it that makes her hate Wu Dapeng and Hu Shasha so much. Wu Dapeng's two sworn friends would rather be beaten than talk about anything. What the hell are they trying to hide. What kind of role did Zhang Gu play in it?
Wu Dapeng's two sworn friends, then I must force the answer. Zhang Gu also needs to make a new inquiry. And now the highest priority is to go to Murphy's house and take a turn. After all, now we can already be sure that Murphy is the ghost. It might be easier to find out where the gods are by starting with her.
I asked Fang Shishan to take over the interview. Let this big boss ask Wu Dapeng's two sworn friends. Let's see what they're hiding. Chang Le and I went to Murphy's house to see if we could find anything.
Fang Shishan immediately asked his assistant to find out the address of Mo Fei's house for me. Chang Le and I are not familiar with the road in Kaohsiung. I just asked the assistant to go with us. He didn't refuse.
Just when the three of us got out of the gate of Jingpeng Company and were about to drive off. A woman chased after us and stopped me.
I took a quick look at the woman. And quickly recognized her.
I saw this woman when Qiao Wei met Jingpeng employees one by one before. She is a contracted singer of Jingpeng. It is estimated that the appearance is not particularly outstanding, and the figure is also average. So it's not red all the time. Only shows up at some local performances.
Don't wait for me to ask her what's the matter. The little singer took the first step to speak: "I heard that you are in Chamofei. Is that so?"
"Yes. You know something." I asked.
The little singer's expression was a little hesitant. But the hesitation lasted less than two seconds, and then she spoke again: "I have a good relationship with Murphy. She was very abnormal before the accident. The whole person's mental state is not right. And I took a week off before. I haven't seen Murphy take a day off since I came to the office."
"Perverse. What an anomaly."
"Hmm...... It's just that I suddenly don't like to talk. It seems that there is something on the mind. Usually she is very cheerful and loves to laugh. And then suddenly there was no sound. When I talked to her, she didn't seem to hear me."
"Did anything happen to her before she took her leave?" I continued to ask.
"I don't know exactly what's going on. However, I know that she went to a business fair held abroad by a sponsor with Director Wu before taking leave. She took a leave of absence after returning from a meeting. I guess something must have happened at the fair. But no matter how much I asked her, she wouldn't say. And then she had that accident less than a month later."
After a short pause. The little singer continued: "After Murphy went, the company began to spread rumors about live sacrifices, female celebrities, and the like. I don't think things are like that. Someone must have wanted to hide the reason for Murphy's anomaly that they made up that ridiculous rumor. It's just trying to divert everyone's attention."
This clue provided by the little singer suddenly made things turn in an uncertain direction again.
Rumors came from Wu Dapeng's team. The starting point of the rumor was two very gossipy female employees. I don't dare to say that people are 100% accurate. But I really don't think what those two women said before is false.
Maybe Wu Dapeng deliberately let the fat girl hear his words.
But in this way, he and Hu Shasha are naturally associated with bad people who use voodoo. By doing so, he was making himself suspicious.
No. Wrong.
Wu Dapeng is not creating doubts on his own. It's about using this kind of mystical thing to cover up the truth.
If that rumor doesn't come up. Murphy's previous anomaly may have been noticed more and earlier. And it is precisely because of the rumors of that god and voodoo that exist. There was no news in the entire company about Murphy's participation in the sponsorship meeting. Not many people paid attention to Murphy's anomaly.
And the rumored so-called voodoo spell will even involve Wu Dapeng and Hu Shasha. But how many people would really believe that there is such a thing as witchcraft? At least the police won't believe it.
Analyze it here. I also had some speculation in my head about the cause of Murphy's anomaly. So I asked the little singer how Murphy looked. Isn't it very pretty.
Although I've been tracking down Murphy's business. But so far I haven't seen a single photo of Murphy.
"Murphy, she's beautiful. She just never wears makeup. I don't try to dress myself up much. But as long as she dresses up a little, she is much more beautiful than many of the most popular artists in the company. And the figure is also good. I envy her very, very much."
"I might feel a little rude to you with this question. But I still have to ask. Do you have a celebrity in your company to sleep with?" I asked.
"Sister Gu is expressly forbidden. But ......" the little singer didn't say it all. But her meaning has been made clear. Jingpeng also plays with the sleeping one. And the so-called sponsor meeting is probably a sleeping party.
"You've thought of it too. Mo Fei went to participate in that business negotiation and was actually sold by Wu Dapeng."
"I asked Murphy. She said nothing had happened. They won't tell me more. None of the parties spoke. It's not good for me to ask Wu Dapeng. I didn't expect it to end up like this."
"Didn't Murphy meet any strange people before the accident? That's right. Where's the sponsor of that meeting?"
"Strange people. I don't know about this. Sponsors I know. is a European branded apparel company. But I don't know who exactly that company is going to the meeting."
"Wu Dapeng's two sworn friends. Can they know something detailed?"
"You mean Mr. Sun from the marketing department and Zhang Tao from the operation department."
"I don't know the name. One of them was tall and thin. The other little eye is a little bald."
"Yes. That is Mr. Sun and Zhang Tao. They both attended that meeting."
"What about Hu Shasha. She's also involved." I pressed on.
The little singer shook her head and said, "I'm not sure about this. I knew that Wu Dapeng would bring a few female artists every time he went to that kind of fair. I don't know if there is Hu Shasha or not. At that time, she had only just signed a contract. It's not as hot as it is now. And I'm not particularly concerned about that."
"It's enough to have these clues. Thank you for your help. I'll get to the bottom of it." I said as I nodded at the little singer.
The little singer nodded at me gratefully. Then he bowed again.
Now I can basically guess the whole thing.
Wu Dapeng still used the trick of sleeping with artists at a previous business fair. Hu Shasha is also on the list of sleeping companions. But the sponsors did not take a fancy to the artists brought by Wu Dapeng. Instead, he targeted Murphy, who went as an assistant.
Murphy was reluctant to give in. So Wu Dapeng and Hu Shasha teamed up to push Mo Fei into the sponsor's bed.
After returning, Murphy's whole body began to become depressed. She may have thought about calling the police. But considering the issue of reputation, she chose to remain silent. This is the origin of the abnormal state mentioned by the little singer. But in Murphy's heart, she must have hated. And this repressed disgust and hatred that she suppressed also exploded after her death.
As for who turned her into a ghost. That's where we have to actually investigate.
The goal is clear. But I feel that there is a bit of a shortage of manpower. As it stands. Wu Dapeng's two sworn friends are also in danger of being killed. Although these two guys must have nothing to do with Murphy's death. But I'm more inclined to sanction them through the law. So these two people are also to be protected.
So I still contacted Qiao Wei here. After some discussion, we decided to transfer those two people to Zhang Gu's house first. After that, Chang Le and I went to Murphy's house again to have a look.
But what I didn't expect was anyway. When I arrived at Murphy's house two hours later, I met a very beautiful woman. In the moment we met this woman. The assistant who led us the way was directly frightened and screamed. Then he said to me in a trembling voice, "Murphy. She's Murphy."