What is it like to be teased by a ghost?

On the way to the entrance of the village, Luo Jiang felt the unusual atmosphere in the village. Although Luo Jiang did not come to the village often, she could often hear the hustle and bustle at home. Who gave birth to a baby, who killed a pig, whose family Married daughter, firecrackers and noisy population gave this village a different kind of fireworks, but at the moment, it is quiet here, most people are closed, even if there are people working outside, it is not like before Gossiping like that, Luo Jiang also noticed that a few families hung black gauze on the doors, this kind of black gauze Luo Jiang had seen before, this is a custom in Luojia Village, it means that someone died in the family, and it was still a vain death , the host is in a bad mood and doesn't want to care about ordinary things, so he hangs a black gauze, hoping that others will not disturb casually.

But the strange thing is that the family where the black gauze was hung had no trace of any funeral, no elegiac couplets, no wreaths, not even burnt incense ash. Thinking of what Xue Yi said, Luo Jiang had a bad feeling in her heart.

A lot of people gathered at the entrance of the village, and the crowd surrounded the old pagoda tree at the entrance of the village. From time to time, there was commotion and controversy, mixed with heart-piercing cries, and they were noisy and chaotic for a while.

"Honghong, here." Xue Yi waved to Luo Jiang after seeing her.

Luo Jiang walked to Xue Yi's side.

"Let me tell you, I was woken up early this morning, and there are dead people in the village."

Luo Jiang looked at the huge encirclement, and didn't intend to squeeze in to join in the fun, "It must be the child who died."

Xue Yi had an expression of 'how do you know'.

"When I came here, I saw some people in the village hanging black veils, but they didn't hold funerals. Here, we don't hold funerals unless a child dies. Several households hung veils, and the atmosphere in the village was weird. , It should have been like this for a long time, so I think it should be a child who died."

Xue Yi was surprised after hearing this, and gave Luo Jiang a thumbs up, "I should call you Edogawa Luo Jiang, no, Sherlock Holmes."

"Pull it down, what did you call me for?"

Xue Yi looked at the people around, then pulled Luo Jiang aside, and whispered: "This incident is too weird, I just heard the adults say that several children have died in the village, and these children died very Inexplicably, there is no scar on the body, the whole body is bruised, and there is a strange symbol on the forehead."

Luo Jiang rubbed her chin, "Many murderers like to leave iconic symbols on crime scenes, one is to satisfy their own vanity, and the other is to bring him a sense of satisfaction, this kind of symbol is like The mark of his identity will give him a perverted sense of accomplishment of "I did something bad, but you just can't catch me, and you can't do anything about me." Another situation is that this symbol is not a random murderer. It’s a sum of money, but it represents a certain religion. Extreme religious people are the most painful. In order to show their loyalty to the objects of their beliefs, they often don’t speak rationally, so this kind of thing should be reported to the police.”

Xue Yi was dumbfounded, "This... No, I don't think this matter is so simple, what if it's some kind of mountain spirit tree monster, or ghost revenge. People in the village are saying that it's because of blindly digging for mines , causing the mountain gods to be angry, so the mountain gods are punishing them, otherwise why are they children? Isn't this just making them extinct."

Luo Jiang tapped Xue Yi on the head, "How can there be so many mountain spirits, tree monsters and ghosts in the world? Children are vulnerable groups, so it is easier to attack them. And you said that they don't have any scars on their bodies, that means The murderer did not kill in retaliation. If it was a revenge killing, the body would not be so clean, and there would definitely be traces of abuse. The village is so small, and the number of people in the village knows everything. If the police are smarter, I believe the case will be solved soon. of."

Xue Yi wanted to refute something, but what Luo Jiang said made her unable to refute. After a few words, she finally compromised with Luo Jiang's murder theory, "I just don't think it's that simple, this is my woman My strong innate intuition told me, and you can see ghosts, you go and have a look, even if you can extract the murderer's information from the children, isn't it a good deed?"

Speaking of this, Luo Jiang was silent for a moment, and finally shook her head, "Forget it, it has nothing to do with me, life and death are up to you."

Speaking of this, Xue Yi became unhappy, "This is a matter of life and death. The oldest of those children is only ten years old. To you, this is obviously a trivial matter. Why do you refuse?"

"I..." Luo Jiang didn't know how to explain to Xue Yi, did she say that the aborigines in Luojia Village hated her very much, and no one would listen to what she said?Then Xue Yi will definitely ask the reason, and that is exactly what Luo Jiang is most unwilling to talk about.

Xue Yi frowned, "Just say whether you can help me or not."

"I don't understand why you have such a superfluous sense of justice. Anyway, you are already dead, and you are not in the range of the murderer. What are you afraid of?"

"Such a big thing happened in the village, and I didn't do it to protect myself. Although these children have nothing to do with me, didn't Spider-Man say that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. This is where we lived since childhood. I don't believe you No emotion."

Luo Jiang sighed. When things happen, many people's first choice is to protect themselves wisely and ensure their own interests. Luo Jiang is also unavoidable, not to mention... But when she looked at Xue Yi's stubborn face, she really couldn't help it. Know how to say no.

"Okay, I'll help you."

In desperation, Luo Jiang nodded, "However, I'm just helping you. There are many things that I don't have the convenience to come out to, and we can only do it in private, and we can't tell adults, especially my grandma."

Xue Yi hugged Luo Jiang happily, "That's great, I knew you loved me. The third aunt next door is still crying with the baby in her arms, so I'll make a passage for you first."

Xue Yi walked to the periphery of the crowd, trying to squeeze into the center of the circle.

"I have always wondered whether you like Xue Yi. This is not the first time you have broken your own principles." Wei Linqiang who appeared suddenly startled Luo Jiang.

"Can you not show up suddenly next time?" Luo Jiang took a step aside, "Xiaoyi and I are good friends, and I only helped her because she convinced me, and I will ask her for a reward afterwards."

Wei Linqiang smiled, "It seems that I have wronged you, you are still that black sesame bun, and your friends will charge you money."

Luo Jiang smiled and said nothing, "I can't help it, I'm poor. This is my only unchanging principle. I won't do things that are not beneficial."

"By the way, how did you know that, the abnormal psychology of the murderer and so on."

"Well, you'll know if you watch more American dramas."

"Jiangjiang, this way." After Xue Yi looked for several angles, she finally managed to squeeze more than half of her body.

Luo Jiang glanced at Wei Linqiang, motioned for Wei Linqiang to wait, and followed her.

After finally squeezing into the circle, Luo Jiang realized that things were really not as simple as he thought.

The dead child was about eight years old. It was a girl. As Xue Yi said, the girl had a strange purple color all over her body, and there was a strange symbol on her forehead. It looked familiar. After thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was very similar to the rune on the female corpse controlled by Cheng Xiaomei. Luo Jiang couldn't determine whether it was some kind of text or just a symbol, but the nature of the matter had changed. tensed up.

The girl's mother was holding the child and crying heartbreakingly, and everyone around her was talking about it.

"This is already the fifth person. The missing one has not been found yet. When will it be the first person?"

"That's right, it's really moral. Is it true that our village did something bad and was punished by God?"

"If you want me to say that this group of outsiders dug the mine, this is offending the mountain god."

"What mountain god?"

"You don't know, this is what the older generation told me, that there is a mountain god on the Qishan Mountain in our village. Some people have seen it before. The mountain god was transformed from a fox. When that person saw it, the mountain god was still there It has a pair of fox ears and five tails."

"How can you believe this? My grandma used this story to scare me since I was a child, just to prevent my children from going up the mountain to play, saying that there are many wild animals on the mountain."

"Then what do you think is going on? Did these children die by themselves?"

"It shouldn't be now that the mountain god wants to harm people, and the mining didn't just start this year. I think it's that witch."

"That witch..."

Hearing this, Luo Jiang poked Xue Yi, "Is this child from your third aunt's family?"

"It's not my third aunt either. It's just that I lived next door to my house since I was a child. My mother asked me to call him that. Speaking of which, I still know this child. She once dragged me to ask me to play with her."

Before the ground was dry, the girl's mother knelt on the ground, covered in mud, while the girl's father persuaded her, wiping away tears.

"My Nini, why are you gone? Yesterday you were still telling your mother to eat sugar pancakes. Mom made them all. Why don't you eat them? Nini, don't leave your mother alone. Come back soon."

The girl's mother cried tears, but the girl was as quiet as if she had fallen asleep. The people around either sighed or shed tears quietly, even Luo Jiang couldn't help being moved.

The girl's father pulled the woman on the ground, "Mum, take the child home first. The child is afraid of the cold, and the ground is also cold."

The man also has a sore nose when he speaks. He is a man who does not cry like a girl's mother. A man's sadness is kept in his heart, and he cannot tell outsiders the pain of losing a child.

"I'm not going, I want my baby, I want her back."

At this time, several people squeezed into the crowd. After seeing one of them, Nini's mother put down the child in her hand and rushed towards that person.

"Village chief, you have to make the decision for me. Nini is such an obedient child, and you even hugged her. The child is gone for no reason. You have to make the decision for me."

Luo Han looked at Nini's body with a sad expression on his face. He supported Nini's mother and comforted him: "Mother Nini, don't cry. I won't let this matter go. Get up and eat something first, Luo Han." Let's persuade your wife to go back."

When Nini's father Luo Fang saw this, he didn't know if the resentment in his heart was aroused, or because the loss of the child made him lose his mind, he stepped forward and punched him, "Didn't you say that you are investigating, the child is gone?" There are quite a few, how did you investigate, if you find out sooner, will my family Nini die, she is only 8 years old, she has just entered elementary school, and the teacher said she is going to go to university."

Luo Fang's eyes turned red with anger, regardless that Luo Han was over 50 years old and the attack was not serious, Luo Fang covered his nose and yelled, blood was seen on the spot.The two people who followed Luo Han quickly grabbed Luo Fang, "Fourth Brother Luo, don't be impulsive."

"I'm impulsive?! Look at my family, Nini, and then look at my mother-in-law. How has she been tortured? Aren't you the village chief? How did you become the village chief!"

Luo Han was also very angry after being punched, "I told you that it's been a troubled time recently, and I told you to take care of your children. You're fine, can you blame me?"

Luo Jiang naturally recognized Luo Han, she smiled contemptuously when she heard Luo Han's words, "It's still the same, it deserves it."

Over there, some people came forward to persuade them, some people were silent, and there was a fuss for a while. Luo Fang and his wife left with the child's body, and the matter was over, and the crowd dispersed.

Luo Jiang pulled Xue Yi and quietly followed Luo Han and his party.

Xue Yi was puzzled, "What is this for?"

Luo Jiang explained: "Collect intelligence."

Luo Han injured his nose and went to a small clinic in the village to have it bandaged. Luo Jiang and Xue Yi hid outside the clinic and eavesdropped.

"Village chief, this is already the fifth child, and there are still several missing children who have not been found. People in the village are panicking now. The parents of several children are making trouble at my house every day. I really can't stand it." .”

"What can I do about it? The police have also come, but nothing has been found. Didn't Fatty Luo live in plainclothes? In the end, the child still disappeared. Am I a god in the sky or something? I can tell fortunes." While speaking, Luo Han pulled the wound, gasping for breath in pain.

"That can't be left alone. We can't just sit and wait. Do you think it's really the mountain god's revenge?"

Speaking of this Arhat, he became angry, "It's all the outsiders' fault, but it's not their children who died. I'm so angry."

Before, Luohan sneered at the mountain god's revenge, but the police couldn't find out, so Luohan had to start thinking about other possibilities.

Another man said: "How about... let's go ask that old witch. The witches in the next village are afraid to come now. Maybe she is the only one who can do it."

"No! I don't agree, that old hag is a scourge, and her granddaughter."

"But, village chief, you also have a grandson. Although my child has been sent away, my mother-in-law is still terrified. She always dreams that the child is gone."