Chapter 40. [Case 7] lure ghosts to appear
As I said a long time ago, a person who commits suicide must be a person with a deep grudge, and that killing oneself is just as sinful as killing someone else, for whatever reason. Therefore, most of these souls choose to continue to wander around us because they are too unwilling and feel resentful after death, and in the eyes of the Buddhists, those who die by suicide will never be reborn. Although this is not the case, I can only say that such ghosts will be much more difficult to lead the way, and more dangerous than other types of ghosts.
But a new problem is in front of us, suicide is usually forced by a certain thing or a certain person to have no way out, so it chooses this way, which seems to be a relief. But then they can find a root in these people and things, and that root is often the object of their revenge, I mean, if it insists on revenge. Of the various ghosts I have experienced, the number of ghosts in the form of revenge is not very large, but the vast majority of these small groups have died by suicide. So when Sister Zhu said that someone around her had recently died of suicide by jumping off a building, and if it was assumed that the female ghost she saw on the canopy at home was really the one who committed suicide, then there must have been some great connection between them before their deaths.
So Hu Zongren and I sat down again, and asked Sister Zhu not to worry about it and reminisce about it. Sister Zhu told us the details of the incident.
Around July, due to the arrival of the summer vacation, their mall temporarily increased the number of people, responsible for replenishment and cleaning in the mall, because the summer vacation is the peak period for student consumption. The eldest sister of the cleaner who committed suicide was one of the temporary recruits, and the eldest sister Zhu said that she herself was not impressed by this cleaner, just a very ordinary middle-aged woman in her forties, with a little fat, and women are always easy to gain weight at that age. Don't like to talk, people are more honest, that's all. Since most of the temporary workers such as cleaners in the shopping mall have very ordinary family conditions, or laid-off workers of enterprises or migrant workers who have gone to the city to work, these people have endured hardships before they are willing to do some rough and heavy work that everyone is unwilling to do. On the day of the incident, the eldest sister of the cleaner didn't know what she was doing, and she went in and out of the door of the management office many times, and she saw her several times when she went out.
Sister Zhu explained that they have a floor management room on each floor, which has a special manager and the goods stacked inside. So that where there is a shortage of goods, it can be picked up directly from where, which is equivalent to this office is both a management room and a warehouse. And because she is a senior director, her office is on the first floor with other leaders, when she went to the pantry to fetch water that day, she saw the cleaning lady wandering outside the door, but when she came back, she didn't see it, but when she passed by the leader's office, she heard the sound of scolding and laughter in the office. At the time, she didn't care, thinking that the leader might be chatting with a friend or something.
Sister Zhu said that about 20 minutes after that, she heard a man scolding loudly from a distance, and the scolding was very ugly. Out of curiosity, Sister Zhu walked to the door of her office and opened the door to look out, she saw the cleaning lady with her hands clenched into fists, standing against the wall on the side of the door of the leader's office, her face was full of tears of grievance, but she didn't dare to do anything. Sister Zhu said that at that time, she felt that the eldest sister of the cleaner was very pitiful, but because she didn't know what Lu Dao was angry with the leader, she didn't dare to talk too much as a part-time worker, so she kindly poured a glass of water, and then opened the door and went out, and when she passed by the cleaning sister of the penalty station, she reached out and handed her the water, but she didn't say a word to her, so she hurriedly pretended to go to the toilet and left.
Hu Zongren asked Elder Sister Zhu, but didn't you say that you saw that eldest sister going back and forth many times? Sister Zhu said yes, after coming back from the toilet, she deliberately didn't look at the eyes of the eldest sister of the cleaner, because she felt that she might not be able to meddle in her affairs, especially the leader's affairs, so she went back to the office by herself. But because she was careful, the leader scolded loudly, and the door was not deliberately heard by Sister Zhu. Even other colleagues in the same office as Sister Zhu are saying that this eldest sister is estimated to be unable to run away this time, saying that our leader is really a person with status and status, why did he deliberately make things difficult for this cleaner. Some people also say that this cleaner was caught stealing things because he took advantage of his own cleaning convenience in the counter, so he got this one.
Sister Zhu said to us, in fact, I think that even if the eldest sister of the cleaner really stole something, then how to deal with it, handed over to the public security or the police for investigation, this way of private abuse and corporal punishment is still a bit too much, even if the eldest sister is really a thief, bad style and bad morals, but at least people's personalities are equal to us.
I agree with Sister Zhu's words, even when I first entered the house, I didn't like her very much. When I didn't buy a car a few years ago, I once took my parents out on the bus to play, and I met a thief in the car. He was stealing a cell phone from a passenger's bag not far in front of my father. My dad was also a grumpy man, and he stood up at once to catch the thief, but because everyone knew that the thief would definitely not haunt alone, there must have been his accomplices in the car, so he didn't stand up to help my dad. And the thief probably saw that my dad was a little older, and then the people in the car, including the victim, were indifferent, so he got arrogant and pushed my dad a few times, so I got angry, rushed to the thief and pressed the thief to the ground and beat him wildly. My dad told me at the time, no matter what this person did wrong, you can't punish others in your own way, because even if he is a thief, his personality is the same as ours.
So when Sister Zhu said this, I couldn't help but silently approve. Sister Zhu went on to say that that day until she went to reconcile accounts with the management of each floor before she got off work at noon, the eldest sister was still standing at the door, probably grateful for the glass of water that Sister Zhu had before, and when Sister Zhu passed by her, Sister Zhu said that although she had a sad expression, she still smiled at herself. When I was still reconciling back and forth between several floors, a clerk on one floor told another clerk that there were a lot of police cars down there, and the 120 ambulance was also coming, and someone from us had jumped off the building.
Sister Zhu told us that at first she didn't expect that the person who jumped off the building would be the eldest sister of the cleaner who handed the water to her earlier, and she also followed others to see the excitement, so she looked down from the window and found that there was a middle-aged woman lying on the ground wearing an off-white cleaner costume, black pants, and black women's cloth shoes, lying on the ground outside the sightseeing elevator of their department store, and she had already died, and because of the fall from a height, her stomach was broken, and there was a long opening, and she could see the intestines inside.
After speaking, Sister Zhu looked at Mr. Huang and said that the one you saw last night had a cut on her stomach, and it was probably her. But why did she come to me? I didn't kill her, I had only seen her several times before that, all at the door of the leader's office, I don't know if Lu Dao was looking for the leader for something, I didn't even recognize her, and I still treated her well and gave her water to drink, I really can't figure it out!
To be honest, I can't figure it out either. There are many types of ghosts, just like human personalities. Most of the people who commit suicide will only take revenge, but they come to find someone who has nothing to do with them, and it is not like to repay the favor, and a glass of water is not much kindness, and it is probably too unusual to repay the favor in this way.
So Hu Zongren and I guessed that if this female ghost was not unexpected, it would be the eldest sister of the cleaner that Sister Zhu said. Hu Zongren asked Sister Zhu, what do you have to say after the police investigate the cause of death? Since it was ruled that it was a suicide, it must have found a motive for suicide. Sister Zhu sighed and said, what else can I say, isn't it that our leader is harsh and tricky, deliberately working at the bottom of the family, people can't think about it, so they do stupid things.
I leaned into Hu Zongren's ear and asked him, what should we do now, this ghost is a suicide, and we have to take it away, but I'm worried that we may not be able to help him if we appear. It's been a few months since the incident, and it's already been more than 49 days to be a little sensible, and this kind of unjust ghost must have a lot of power, and this is the 22nd floor, so we may not be able to handle it. Hu Zongren frowned, and asked me in a consultative tone, then why don't we ask Mi again like the little boy did last time? I said that it was because the children themselves did not resist, do you think this female ghost who committed suicide will honestly ask you to ask rice? Hu Zongren said, then what should we do? I said otherwise, let these two live outside tonight, and we will stay at someone's house tonight, and act at night.
So Hu Zongren and I spent a long time repeatedly assuring Sister Zhu and his wife that we would never touch anything in their house, and also gave our ID cards to Sister Zhu and his wife as collateral, and they agreed to let us stay at her house tonight. When it was time for dinner, they invited us to the barge by the river to eat fish, and then we personally sent the whole family to the hotel. After taking the door key, Sister Zhu asked me, this female ghost appears at irregular frequency, how can you make sure that you will be able to meet her tonight?
Hu Zongren glanced at me, and then said to Sister Zhu, don't worry, I don't dare to guarantee that I can catch her before I catch her, but if we want to lure her out, we can still do this.