I asked: "Is there any elderly person in your village who has not experienced what happened back then and is still alive?"
"Well, let me think about it..."
The village chief held his chin and thought for a while. Suddenly, a bright light flashed in his eyes.
"I remembered that Grandma Li from the west of the village is still alive. Maybe she can provide you with some information from that year!"
"good,"
I nodded: "Then take us there."
Grandma Li lives in the south end of Mingjia Village. She is over eighty years old and has been paralyzed in bed for many years. She is taken care of by a granddaughter.
When she heard our explanation of our purpose and knew that we wanted to inquire about the Zheng family, Aunt Li got up from the bed tremblingly, and a line of hot tears rolled out of her sunken eye sockets!
The old man's voice was hoarse, and I had no choice but to lean in and barely hear her words clearly.
"After all these years, I never thought anyone would still remember my uncle's family!"
I couldn't help but be stunned. I didn't expect that Grandma Li and Zheng Youcai's family were still relatives. So, we really found the right person this time!
Then, Grandma Li lay on the bed and reminisced intermittently, while her granddaughter acted as a translator and told us more about what happened that year.
We learned from Aunt Li that the daughter of Zheng Youcai and his wife was named Zheng Nianci. She was smart and studious since she was a child. Zheng Youcai loved his daughter so much that he spent a huge amount of money to send his daughter to the capital to study at university, becoming the only college student in Mingjia Village at that time.
According to Zheng Youcai's plan, he originally planned to let his daughter stay in the capital after she finished her studies, marry a nobleman, and become a city wife.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Nianci secretly got together with a migrant worker from out of town, and even became pregnant with the migrant worker's flesh and blood!
Zheng Youcai was so angry that he ran to the capital in person, pulled his daughter back, and strictly prohibited her from leaving Mingjia Village!
In that era, it was extremely disgraceful to get pregnant before marriage. Moreover, Zheng Youcai was a well-known figure from all over the country, so he naturally knew that family scandals should not be made public.
Therefore, except for a few relatives of the Zheng family, no other villagers knew about Zheng Nianci's pregnancy!
Grandma Li was only five or six years old at the time and often went to Zheng Youcai's house to play. Zheng Nianci was kept at home and was very depressed. Seeing that Grandma Li was a child, she told her about her pregnancy.
After that, the tramp set fire to Zheng's house. In other words, in addition to Zheng Youcai's family of four, Zheng Nianci's child was also burned to death by him!
No wonder Zheng Youcai's family has such a deep obsession and refuses to dissipate. It turns out that it is for their unborn grandson!
After thanking Grandma Li, we walked out of her house and discussed what to do next.
"I have a question."
Lonnie said: "Since Zheng Nianci's child was stillborn, why is the dead baby's soul not with the Zheng family?"
"Maybe only by finding the fetus can we solve the mystery and resolve the obsession of Zheng Youcai's family."
I think what Lonnie said makes sense. After some discussion, they asked the village chief again to gather the villagers at the village chief's house.
"Everyone, I called you here this time mainly because I want to know something."
Seeing that everyone was almost there, I stood up and spoke to everyone.
"I would like to know, have any strange things happened or seen anything strange in your village over the years?"
After listening to my question, the villagers murmured for a while, and soon a woman stood up.
"I encountered a strange thing last year!"
The woman said that she went to visit relatives out of town last year and when she returned to Mingjia Village, it was already midnight. She was walking along the Heishui River towards the village, but as she was walking, she suddenly heard a rustling coming from behind her. The sound of rustling.
When she turned around, she saw a naked baby with a green glow following her, a pair of dark eyes staring at her!
"At that time, the baby looked only a few months old and had not yet been weaned. However, he was walking along the riverside in the middle of the night as fast as flying. It really scared me to death!"
Recalling the scene at that time, the woman was still frightened and kept patting her chest.
After she ran back screaming, she had a high fever and was hospitalized for several days before she recovered. Later, when she talked about what happened to her, her family said she was confused by the fever and didn't take it to heart, so she also I had no choice but to bury this matter in my heart.
"Similar things have happened to me too!"
As soon as the woman finished speaking, another middle-aged man stood up and began to talk about the strange things he had encountered.
"Just this summer, I had nothing to do at night and went fishing in the Blackwater River. But while I was fishing, I heard the sound of children playing in the water."
"I was thinking how could there be children playing in the water in the middle of the night, so I walked over to the sound. When I peeled away the water plants on the shore, I saw a monster with green fur squatting in the water. Giggling at me!"
The middle-aged man's face was pale, with an expression full of fear.
Later, his experience was similar to that of the woman. He immediately threw down his fishing rod and ran home. Then he became seriously ill. From then on, he never dared to go fishing by the river at night again.
Villagers one after another stood up and told what they saw and heard. Based on everyone’s opinions, I am basically certain.
The glowing baby, the green-haired monster that the villagers saw was probably the fetus in Zheng Nianci's belly!
The only question now is, why did the fetus's wronged soul appear outside the house instead of being trapped in the old house with other wronged souls of the Zheng family?
I think once the fetus is found, everything will be revealed.
After everyone dispersed, I discussed it with Bai Ze and the others and quickly made a decision.
Bai Ze and Hua Hua went to guard outside the old house, staring at the four strands of obsessions to prevent them from turning into ghosts again.
Akang, Xiaona and Jingjing went to the Blackwater River, pretending to be fishermen, to lure the evil spirit of the fetus to appear.
Lonnie and I were sitting at the village chief's house, coordinating all aspects of the situation and protecting the villagers, while continuing to investigate the Zheng family's affairs.
As for the dredging workers, they temporarily stopped working and, under the arrangement of Captain Liu, stayed at the villagers' homes to wait for the matter to be resolved.
After all this work, it was already getting late, and the village chief arranged a few vacant rooms for us to live in.
I know that the obsession of Zheng Youcai's family may turn into evil spirits again at any time. Only by finding the innocent baby as soon as possible and removing their obsession can this matter be completely solved, so I have no intention of resting.
And Akang also volunteered to go directly to the Blackwater River with Xiaona and Jingjing to look for the dead soul of the dead baby!
