I quickly thought over my speculation in my mind and found that there was no other explanation. If everything behind this is as Jiama Dan said, then the shot on the forehead of this female ghost in green cheongsam was probably fired by the "previous life" of the mysterious person behind the scenes.
Seeing that I was silent, Jiamadan smiled and said, but this may not be completely true. These news were all told to me by a regular customer who had been here for four years when I came here. This old customer is no longer in this ghost market. He doesn’t know his name or where he is going. However, he witnessed the so-called "military" taking over everything in this place, and the person who took over at that time said Come, what you are looking for is such a woman, so you pay attention secretly. Many vendors in this ghost market still remember that scene.
I asked Jiama Tan, did the army enter directly at that time? Jiamatan said that he didn't know this. After all, in such a social environment, some things were not too blatant. Since he had not seen it himself, he guessed that it was just the soldiers who were stationed in civilian clothes. Why? Taking over this ghost market so smoothly was half a threat and half a robbery. We must know that no matter how strong we mortals are, we will never be able to compete with spears.
The takeover by force shows that the people behind the scenes are determined and domineering. If the final investigation will find him, I'm really a little scared. After all, although Da Mao and I have certain skills in this industry, we are no match for guns and guns. We are not Qin Bukong. We can kill each other regardless of the consequences. We have no injustice or enmity. Why bother to create these karma?
Jiamatan waved to me and motioned for me to come closer, so Da Mao and I leaned over. In this quiet environment, Jiamatan was still very cautious. He lowered his voice and said, "You said The female ghost in the green cheongsam is said to have been trapped here and unable to get out. Over the years, I don’t know how many masters have come here just to sell ghosts and make some bad money. However, over the years, People here have encountered the female ghost constantly. No one knows whether it is the one this mysterious man mentioned, because after so many years, no one has been able to catch the female ghost. A few years ago, it was because of this rumor that the other party took over this place. But the strange thing is that after the takeover, the female ghost appeared much less frequently. In the past year or two, no one has even seen it again. .
I asked Jiama Dan if he had been caught and taken away quietly without selling it. Jiamatan said that it is not impossible, but there are rules in the world. If any master catches him and does not sell him and takes him away, he will be punished. He is not a relative or a friend. Such a ghost who died in vain, Which master could be so stupid as to risk himself to do this?
Although I don’t know what retribution Jiama Dan refers to, but since arriving here, everyone seems to be observing this rule silently, but it is indeed like Jiama Dan said, who would be willing to risk such a The big risk is not only not selling it at a high price, but also taking it away secretly. So I asked Jiama Dan, do you believe that the female ghost exists here? Jiama Dan said of course he believed it. Not only did he believe it, but he also hoped that he could encounter it and catch it. In this case, he could make a lot of money.
After saying that, Jiamatan stretched out his right hand to me, showed me the tattoo in his palm, and then said, young man, you must have seen it last night, the tattoo on my hand, as long as the other person is not stronger than me There are too many ghosts, and I can basically catch them all accurately. If you saw the female ghost during this period, please tell me. It is convenient for others and for your own convenience, okay?
Jiama Tan burst into laughter after saying that, but I couldn’t laugh at anything. Obviously Jiama Tan is a very capable person, but he has fallen into such a state of desolation. None of us know why. I just secretly thought I feel sorry for him, but the world is like this. In addition to the people here, there are not many people in Xuanmen who live silently because of this. Thinking of this, I feel sad.
Fortunately, this visit to Jiamatan has yielded some results. At least we have further answered our previous doubts, narrowed the scope, and will avoid detours during the investigation. After talking for a while, it was not difficult to tell from Jiamadan's tone that he thought the possibility of someone finding the female ghost here was very small, because the real owner never showed up, and the female ghost never showed up. It is necessary to appear, so it is particularly difficult to do so. Unless the mysterious person behind the scenes can come to this place in person, even if he does not show up and just appears here, the possibility of the female ghost appearing will be greatly increased.
After a hearty chat, it was already approaching evening unknowingly. Jiamatan probably hadn't talked to anyone like this for a long time, so he was a little resistant at the beginning, but by the end he couldn't complain. Seeing that there were still more than two hours left, the ghost market was about to open again on a new day, so I bowed to Jiama Dan and told him to prepare himself first. We also went back to rest for a while and continued the investigation tonight. I also hoped that Jiama Dan would Brother, it would be convenient for me to keep silent about what we are talking about today.
Jiamatan smiled, and then nodded slightly, seemingly agreeing to me, but maybe because the world is dangerous and people are unpredictable, I didn't feel that his promise was very reliable, but I had no other choice at the moment. After all, if you want to pry out information from others, there is nothing you can do if you don't get the details yourself first. These are all people in the world, and everyone is not stupid. Only if you are willing to tell the truth, others will tell the truth.
Da Mao and I went back to the broken house and rested for a while. Since we learned from Jiamatan that the silly girl's house was unguarded at night, it would be much easier to trap her. We only need to wait until the guard is there at night. Leave and add some candy. So I asked Da Mao carefully what the house where he was imprisoned looked like, and whether it was possible to enter and exit from other places besides the main door.
After thinking about it for a while, Da Mao told me that the windows were all nailed shut, and if you couldn't enter through the door, you could only enter through the roof. So I couldn't help but look up at the roof of our dilapidated house. Most of these houses had the same architectural style. With a reference, I could make more plans. Da Mao said, the roof of this house is the same as ours. There is a layer of oilcloth on the beams, and the oilcloth is considered to be tiled. However, this house has been abandoned for many years, many of the tiles have been damaged, and the tarpaulin has become a little brittle. As long as we find a way to get to the roof and lift off the tiles, we should be able to get in.
I asked Damao, if that's the case, why didn't you escape when you and Wang Chengqian were imprisoned there? Da Mao smiled bitterly and said, "People know very well that there is still a mistress and little baby in the master's house. They can escape wherever they can. If they anger these people later, they can find any excuse to make you never turn over." I nodded secretly in my heart, and secretly admired Mr. Wang Chengqian's righteousness in allowing me and Da Mao to come together to investigate this time. You know, although I am alone, Da Mao may be recognized. When the time comes, he will Wang Chengqian's family was implicated. This also means that in order not to harm the other party, we must succeed and cannot afford to fail.
The ghost market at night was the same as before, but among the people shopping, I also saw the figure of the woman I met in the bamboo forest before. The two male guards didn't seem to follow. Today, I took the silly girl out to look for ghosts. , it is that woman. But judging from the look of the silly girl, she seems to like this woman more. Every time she asks for candy from this woman, the woman will not refuse first like the man yesterday, but will hand it over with a smile. Sometimes he even feeds candies directly into the silly girl’s mouth.
It seems that women are more suitable for this job. Although the silly girl looks haggard and has not had a good rest for a long time, she actually started jumping up and down while walking in the ghost market that night, and she even started jumping up and down from time to time. He put his mouth to the woman's ear and whispered something. Da Mao and I stood far away. Although we couldn't hear clearly what was being said, we could probably relate that they were talking about what kind of ghosts there were here and what kind of ghosts there were.
But that night, perhaps because the silly girl was in a relatively high mood, they didn't start walking back until very late, and looking at it like this, they still seemed to have gained nothing. Da Mao and I stood and observed from a distance, and found that after the woman sent the silly girl into the house, she stayed there for about ten minutes before turning around and coming out. Then one of the men locked the door and tugged a few times to make sure It was really locked, and then the three of them left in the direction of the small bamboo forest.
I whispered to Da Mao, let’s not go back yet. If no one comes back after half an hour, we can go around from the edge of the bamboo forest to the back of the house and try to climb up.
