10. Gold bars
The punch was sudden enough that it really scared the hell out of me. Fortunately, the strength of this fist is not large, although it also hurts a little, but it is definitely lighter than being greeted by an electric baton.
But I'm not a good person to sell when I get cheap, I quickly nodded to her and said, "I'm really sorry last night, I didn't react to that environment at that time, I'm very sorry!" If you don't get angry, you can hit me a few more times. ”
"Forget it, I won't hit you anymore. Like you said. Let's just take a step back and act as if yesterday's incident hadn't happened. However, I'm a little interested in the case you're investigating, so why don't we make a deal? ”
"Deal? What is the deal? I looked at the "black long straight" in front of me in amazement, and I couldn't guess what she was thinking.
"I'm the editor of Urban Legend magazine, my name is Zhu Yue, and that's my business card." Hei Changzhi introduced himself and handed me and Tang Hui a business card.
I have never heard of the magazine "Urban Legend", I usually only read some foreign translated novels, and I rarely come into contact with magazines and other reading materials, so after receiving the business card, I paid more attention to the location of the magazine indicated on the business card - Hangzhou.
"You're from Hangzhou?" I looked up and asked.
"Yes." Zhu Yue nodded at me, and then said, "One of my college classmates told me last month that there were black fish monsters in this village, and there were many witnesses, so I came over to investigate. As for the deal, I'll tell you what I've investigated, and you'll tell me what you know, so it's a win-win, right? ”
I thought it was a good proposal, and Qiao Wei didn't raise any objections, so I agreed to her.
However, before exchanging information, we still have to go to the sealed well at the back of the hotel, as originally planned. Coincidentally, Zhu Yue also came to the well, so we simply let her join us to investigate.
The owner of the hotel was still very talkative, and after Qiao Wei explained in detail what we had found in the former residence of the Sun family last night and our intentions next, the owner of the hotel immediately took us to the wellhead at the back of the hotel, and specially asked the staff to help remove all the knotted ropes, nails, and straw figures by the well, and remove the large stone slabs that sealed the well.
We went to the well and looked down.
The well was so deep that sunlight could not reach the bottom of the well. We asked the innkeeper to bring a flashlight, and we could barely see the well.
The bottom of the well has been completely blocked by broken sand and gravel, and there is not a drop of water underneath, and it is very dry. Qiao Wei threw a piece of burning talisman paper at the bottom of the well, and the flame did not go out until the bottom of the well, indicating that the oxygen at the bottom of the well was sufficient, and then he asked the innkeeper to get a strong hemp rope, and then went down the rope to the bottom of the well.
Qiao Wei stayed under the well for five minutes before motioning for us to pull him up.
After coming up, Qiao Wei told us that the yin qi under the well was very heavy, and it felt like a place to gather souls, and he recited the whole section of the demon mantra in the well, but it did not lead to any monsters appearing, which can be sure that there are no monsters at the bottom of the well. But to find out if the well is still inhabited by ghosts, you have to wait until the evening.
There were still at least three hours before it got completely dark, so we simply arranged the knotted rope straw man nails back, and then asked Zhang Xixian to recommend one of the most haode fish restaurants in the local area, and I invited everyone to have a meal. In addition, this meal can also be regarded as an apology to Zhu again.
In order to show my sincerity, I first told Zhu Yue all the information we had at the dinner table. In exchange, Zhu Yue then told us what she had investigated.
Originally, I didn't have any expectations for the information that Zhu Yue had, but the fact was the opposite of what I expected, Zhu Yue not only had information that we didn't know at all, but this information was also very important - the old Sun family in Heitong Village once had two gold bars!
Zhu Yue came to Heitong Village once in a month and a half, and lived in the village for a week. In addition to inquiring about the legend of the black fish, she also talked to almost all the residents of the village, and she knew very well about the four people who died thirty-three years ago and the murderous mansion that was haunted all year round.
But there is one person she wants to see but never sees, and that person is Sun Erxiao's brother Sun Boss.
According to the villagers, Boss Sun moved from Heitong Village to Jiwang Village in 93, so Zhu Yue rushed to Jiwang Village to find someone, but he was in vain. I heard from the people of Jiwang Village that Boss Sun left the village and moved to Jiangkou Town ten years ago, so Zhu Yue moved to Jiangkou Town again.
In the process of Zhu Yue's search for Boss Sun, three drowning cases occurred in Jiangkou Town one after another.
When Boss Sun was in Heitong Village, there were consecutive deaths in the village, and as he moved twice, similar murders occurred one after another in the two places where he lived! This "coincidence" almost dispelled Zhu Yue's idea of continuing to look for Boss Sun, but Zuihou chose to continue the search, and finally found Boss Sun in Jiangkou Town.
Elder Sun currently lives in the home of his third daughter in Jiangkou Township. As early as 93 years ago, Boss Sun was hospitalized for acute cerebral infarction, and after being discharged from the hospital, he had to use crutches to walk, and he still has slurred speech.
Boss Sun's eldest daughter and his family are both car owners in the town, and the family is quite rich, so he borrowed Boss Sun to the town in 03 to support the elderly, and hired a nanny to serve him. So Boss Sun has no chance to go out alone at all, and even if he can go out alone, he doesn't want to break into the house and kill people in his current physical condition.
Zhu Yue told Boss Sun that she was here to investigate the murder of the black fish monster, but Boss Sun told Zhu Yue that there was no black fish monster on this shijie, and some were greedy for money.
It turned out that the Sun family had two gold bars when they were fighting for the landlord's wealth in the early days of liberation, and one of the two gold bars was kept by Sun Boss, and the other belonged to Sun Erxiao. After Sun Erxiao's family died one after another, Boss Sun almost turned Sun Erxiao's family upside down, but he never found the gold bar. So in his opinion, Sun Erxiao was not killed by the black fish monster at all, but someone killed him for money.
But who did it, Boss Sun couldn't say one, two, three.
After that, Zhu Yue asked Boss Sun about the continuous drowning cases in Heitong Village, Jiwang Village, and now Jiangkou Town. Because Boss Sun seems to follow wherever he goes, the murder case will follow.
Boss Sun also felt very distressed about this problem. He said that he had been investigated when the two people in Jiwang Village died, and the police in Jiangkou Town had also come to look for him this time, and he himself did not understand that the drowning of Weishenme was always pestering him, but he could be sure that he was definitely not the one who killed him.
Zuihou, Boss Sun told Zhu Yue a secret that he had never told anyone, that is, he could always dream of his younger brother. In the dream, his brother was soaking wet, and black water was constantly pouring out of his ears, eyes, nostrils, and mouth, and the black water turned into blood again!
Every time he dreams of this, Boss Sun wakes up, and this strange dream has been haunting him to this day.
Zhu Yue didn't understand dream interpretation, but she felt that the haunted rumors of the former residence of the Sun family in Heitong Village might be caused by the ghost of the younger brother of the eldest Sun, so she returned to Heitong Village again after leaving Jiangkou Town, and then went to the old residence of the Sun family at night to meet the ghost of the second son of the Sun family.