"Okay, we can promise you not to burn Akang to death for the time being, but within three days, you must repair the earth veins and investigate the truth of all supernatural incidents."
"I can only release Akang after confirming that there will no longer be any abnormal situations in the village."
This condition was not too much, so I nodded and agreed.
"Don't worry, it won't take three days, at most two days, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
With my promise, the old village chief nodded, waved his hand, and ordered people to take Akang down from the pillar and pull him away.
I told the old village chief that I needed to know some information from A Kang. The old village chief did not refuse and took us to the place where A Kang was imprisoned.
Akang, who had just escaped from hell, was very excited after seeing us.
"Master, thank you for saving me. I was really wronged!"
I said, "I believe you were wrongly accused, but in order to find out the truth, I need you to answer a few questions. I hope you won't hide anything."
"Okay, I'll tell you whatever you want to know."
Akang nodded and agreed.
So I asked him about the supernatural events in the village and whether he was aware of them.
Akang told me that he didn’t know much about ghost fires and lanterns, but he had seen the female ghost in red with his own eyes.
But after watching it for a while, I went home and went to bed, and nothing unusual happened the next day.
After listening to Akang's story, I felt very puzzled.
According to the previous information, all the villagers who saw the woman in red singing were either comatose or died, but why was Akang unscathed and nothing happened to him?
After thinking for a while, I asked Akang about the specific place where the actress in red appeared, and planned to go find out tonight.
After learning about my plan, the old village chief was also very cooperative and directly sent a dozen of the best-dressed young men in the village to follow my orders.
After nightfall, Bai Ze, Lonnie, Xiaona, and I led a group of villagers to the place where the woman in red often hangs out outside Sijiazhuang Village, waiting for the actress in women's clothing to appear.
The group of people followed my instructions and lay down in the nearby grass, motionless.
After midnight, sure enough, I heard a burst of singing coming from the distance.
I waved my hand, and everyone followed me, bending down and quickly approaching the place where the singing sound came from.
After walking for a while, I finally saw a stage appearing in the wasteland not far ahead.
A woman in red was singing softly on the stage.
The woman's long hair covered her face, and her face could not be seen clearly. She made orchid fingers with her hands and sang a resentful opera while twisting on the stage.
"The man is in the place of joy,
When I had a broken heart,
The feeling of grievance is known by the moon,
It's hard to meet but easy to separate,
The abandoned wife regrets too late now..."
This female actress is dressed in red and has a sad voice. In this wilderness in the middle of the night, it makes people's scalp numb!
The men in fine clothes standing behind us were trembling all over. Some of them were so frightened that they were paralyzed and could not even move.
"Something's wrong."
Lonnie stared at the stage for a while, then suddenly said.
"Ni, what did you see?"
I turned to Lonnie and asked.
"The dress of this female actor, coupled with her sad voice, created a really scary atmosphere, but I can't feel the slightest bit of sinister energy from her."
I was stunned for a moment: "You mean..."
"good,"
Lonnie nodded: "This so-called female ghost in red may be a living person!"
I thought for a few seconds, then waved to everyone: "Let's go back first!"
Whether the woman in red is a human or a ghost, we are not sure yet. In order to avoid alerting others, I plan to go back and investigate clearly before making a decision.
Back in the village, I directly summoned the old village chief and asked him about the situation of the villagers in Sijiazhuang.
The old village chief told us that most of the villagers in Sijiazhuang make a living by farming. Some young people work in other places, and there are a few villagers who do not farm and just run some businesses of their own.
I asked these villagers what kind of business they were doing, and the old village chief told him all the information he knew.
As I listened, I quickly grasped the key point: "Village chief, did you say that one of the villagers in these businesses is engaged in funeral services?"
"Yes, his name is Ma Xiaowei. When he was young, he studied singing in other places."
The old village chief nodded and then asked: "Why, does he have any problem?"
I asked: "You mean, he can also sing?"
"yes,"
The old village chief said: "His opera singing skills are pretty good. It is said that he also sang the female role before, but since he started working in the funeral business, I have never heard him sing opera again."
I already had an idea in my mind and immediately said, "Bring a few more people with you tomorrow and go to Ma Xiaowei's house. Then you will know everything."
The old village chief was full of curiosity, but he didn't ask any more questions. He just promised that he would definitely cooperate with my actions.
Early the next morning, I found the old village chief and took a group of villagers to the door of Ma Xiaowei's house.
Bang bang bang!
I knocked hard on the door. Soon, the door opened and a man with pink hair and oily face came out.
Seeing so many people blocking the door of his house, Ma Xiaowei had an imperceptible panic in his eyes.
"Village chief, why are you bringing so many people to my house so early in the morning?"
Ma Xiaowei asked the village chief pretending to be calm.
"Xiaowei, when I was drinking at your house a few days ago, I lost something and I brought someone over to look for it. Do you have any objection?"
"I……"
Ma Xiaowei wanted to say something more, but the old village chief waved his hand, and everyone behind him filed in and rushed into Ma Xiaowei's home.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Ma Xiaowei's face was full of panic and he wanted to stop everyone, but no one paid attention to him. Everyone just followed my instructions and rushed into Ma Xiaowei's house and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find it.
Soon, the villagers' voices came from a side room.
"Everyone, come here quickly, we found something!"
I quickly rushed in with people, and sure enough I saw that the villager was holding a red costume, which was exactly the same as the one we saw on the female actor last night!
"I discovered something too!"
Another villager came in, holding a wig in his hand.
Immediately afterwards, various horror masks, hoods, dummy heads and other props used to pretend to be gods and ghosts were continuously searched out and piled together.
"Ma Xiaowei, what are these?"
I looked at Ma Xiaowei and said coldly: "I hope you can give everyone a reasonable explanation!"
