Chapter 45 Chapter 8 The Long Night

"Hearing what Shanshan said, Fusheng immediately felt his scalp go numb..." Although it was already past two o'clock in the morning, Granny Mei did not show any signs of sleepiness, and still vividly told us the legend of the two-tailed cat demon —— Although Fusheng was very scared in his heart, he didn't dare to show it, and continued to listen to Shanshan's explanation. Shanshan said that she is a lynx who has practiced for many years, and she finally managed to cultivate a second tail, which can be regarded as a little success.She had lived a peaceful life on the mountain, but one day she accidentally stepped on a hunter's trap.The hunter caught her and found that she had two tails. Knowing that she had cultivated to become a spirit, he cut off her tails and threw them to the side of the mountain.

The tail is where her essence is, and without it she becomes very weak.Just at this time, Fusheng found her by the side of the mountain and took her home to take care of her, so she was very grateful to Fusheng.After recovering from her injuries, she went back to practice on the mountain again. A few years later, two tails grew out one after another, and her mana was restored.Looking back, if she hadn't been taken care of by Fu Sheng, she would have lost her life. How could she not repay such a great favor?So, she went down the mountain to find Fu Sheng to repay her kindness. After going down the mountain, she found that Fusheng was still as poor as before and was often bullied by the landlord, so she wanted to teach the landlord a lesson and steal some valuables for Fusheng.However, when she came to the landlord's house and found Shanshan who had just passed away, she immediately changed her mind.

When everyone was asleep, she sneaked into Shanshan's room and gave Shanshan a breath of spiritual energy, so that she turned into Shanshan, and the situation was like resurrecting a dead body. The next day, she lied to the landlord, saying that she came back to life because she dreamed of a fairy, but in fact the real Shanshan was dead, and she just borrowed Shanshan's body.In order to repay Fusheng for saving her life, she also told the landlord that Fusheng would extend her life, and tricked the landlord into recruiting Fusheng as his son-in-law. She thought that she could repay Fusheng's great kindness in this way, but she didn't expect that after getting married, the landlord did not treat Fusheng as his own, but often beat and scolded Fusheng.So, she killed the landlord and his wives and concubines.

After listening to Shanshan's explanation, Fusheng continued to sleep with her in a calm manner on the surface, but he already had a plan in his heart.Early the next morning, he asked his servants to catch Shanshan, and he called all the villagers to burn her to death in front of the ancestral hall. After Shanshan was burned to death, everyone thought the matter was over like this, but in fact the matter is not over yet.About a month later, an old woman in the village died, and her sons and daughters carried her to the mountain for burial.After going up the mountain, some of the sons and daughters burned incense and candles, and some dug the tomb. No one noticed that a black cat with two tails jumped on the old woman quietly and gave her a sigh of relief.

When someone noticed something strange, the black cat had disappeared without a trace, but the old woman suddenly came alive, jumped up and rushed down the mountain, and disappeared after a while.The people present were frightened to death, yelled that the corpse was fraudulent, and beat gongs and drums to call the villagers to help find it, but they couldn't find it after searching for it all day. The next day, the villagers went to Fusheng's place and found that there were more than a dozen people in Fusheng's family, except for a ten-year-old girl, all of them were dead.Almost every corpse had a blood hole the size of a finger. Fusheng's corpse was the scariest, with blood holes all over his body, like a hornet's nest.

The villagers asked what happened to the surviving little girl. She said that last night a monster with a cat face, wearing a shroud and two tails growing out of her back rushed in.As soon as the monster entered the door, it said she was Shanshan and came back to seek revenge from Fusheng. When it saw someone, it jumped on it and stabbed him to death with the two tails on her back.The girl was frightened by the monster, so she hid in the firewood room to escape. Since then, the two-tailed cat demon has never appeared again, but whenever someone is born in the village, the children will definitely watch for the deceased for three days to prevent the two-tailed cat demon from reappearing and using the dead body to harm others.Although cremation is now practiced, we have always maintained this tradition here...

It turns out that the tradition of the villagers of Qianwen Village guarding the spirits of their ancestors originated from this legend. I think the reason why Gao Qiang was so eager to cremate the corpses of Gao Xian and Gao Hao was probably because of this legend!However, although the situation of the fourth wife is similar to the legend, it cannot be concluded that she is possessed by a two-tailed cat demon. However, when I said what was in my heart, Grandma Mei actually said: "That's because you don't know what happened the night my fourth wife passed away..." Then, she told us a more terrifying thing——

Maybe it's because of my older age. I always don't sleep well at night, and I wake up when there is a little movement. Just now I was woken up by the sound of your car.Every time I wake up at night, it is difficult for me to fall asleep, so I come to chat with you, and it was the same on the night my fourth wife passed away. In the middle of the night, I heard that my fourth wife was very noisy, as if someone was playing mahjong, and I couldn't sleep at all.There are very few people around here who play mahjong so late, and there is still a funeral here that night, so I wonder who would play mahjong so late.Anyway, I couldn't sleep, so I just got up and walked over to see what was going on.

After I came out of the house, I found that the sound of trouble came from here, and I thought that those who played mahjong must be Gao Qiang and the unfilial sons.My fourth wife and I are sisters in the same village, and we have been neighbors for decades. I know how Gao Qiang and the others treat her best.When she was alive, these unfilial sons ignored her, and now that everyone is dead, they don't let her go on the road with peace of mind, even playing mahjong in front of her spirit.The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, so I decided to come over and teach them a lesson.

Walking from my house, I had to pass the fourth wife’s room, and I could see the situation in the room from the window. When I walked over, I seemed to see a black shadow jumping into the room from the window.Although I'm already very old, my eyes are still not blurred, and the moonlight that night was quite bright, and my vision was very clear, so I shouldn't be wrong.So, I quickened my pace, trying to step forward to see what that black shadow was. When I walked to the window, I immediately cried out in fright, because I saw a cat demon breathing out the fourth wife! Although the fourth wife's room was a bit dark, I could still see it clearly. It was a black cat, a black cat with two tails.It climbed up to the fourth wife's chest, and breathed into her mouth, apparently trying to occupy her body.It would be terrible if it succeeded, I wanted to drive it away, but I couldn't drive it out of the window, so I had to yell at it a few times.

The cat demon was frightened by my cry, jumped out of bed in panic, and disappeared after a while.I thought it would be fine to drive it away, but the fourth wife's face suddenly twitched a few times, and the left side of her face became like a cat after a while.The next thing was even more terrifying, she, she actually bounced up! She sat up suddenly, and her movements were very weird. It was different from our usual waking posture. She sat up without supporting the bed with her hands, just like a robot on TV...or like a zombie, very scary!She sat up and looked out the window, but I didn't know if she saw me, her eyes were not focused at all, and I didn't even know what she was looking at, only that her face was terrible. The left side of her face was like a cat, and a vicious cat at that, the eyes were wide open and still twitching.Although the right side of her face didn't change much, except that her eyes were narrowed until there was only a line left, as if she had just woken up, but there was an indescribably weird feeling. After she glanced out the window, she suddenly yelled, and then rushed out of the room... According to Granny Mei, the fourth wife might indeed be possessed by a cat demon.But there is one thing I can't figure out, that is, in the legend of the two-tailed cat demon, the whole face of the old woman who was possessed became like a cat, but the fourth woman's face turned into a cat's face only on the left side.And when we were attacked by her just now, we didn't find that she had a tail. I said what was in my heart, Grandma Mei thought for a while and then replied: "That should be because the process of the cat demon's breathing has not been completed, only half of the spiritual energy has flowed, so it has not yet fully occupied the body of the fourth lady." What she said also makes sense. Assuming that the cat demon was really performing some kind of ritual to occupy the corpse at that time, but was interrupted at the most critical moment by the appearance of Grandma Mei, then it is not impossible for the cat to occupy only half of it. of.I suddenly remembered the scene when I was attacked by the fourth wife just now. She was almost able to catch me and Zidie, but she stopped immediately when she heard Feifei's voice... Could it be that she hasn't lost her true nature yet? Although there are still many questions that have not yet been answered, I have gained a lot tonight, and I may continue to get more information from Granny Mei and Feifei.However, just when I wanted to ask them for some relevant information, a male voice came in from outside the door: "Director Hua, Officer Mu, you haven't gone back so late?" The one is Gao Qiang. Gao Qiang walked in from the door, and when he saw Granny Mei in the hall, his already unwell face became even uglier, but he still forced a smile on his face and said to Zi Die, "Director Hua, it's all gone now." It’s so late, it shouldn’t be too convenient for you to go back, if you don’t mind, why don’t you come to my house to rest for a night!” Then he said to Granny Mei: “Grandma Mei, why are you so late? Go home and sleep Come on, if you make any mistakes, I can't bear it!" Grandma Mei gave him a disdainful look, stood up on crutches, and murmured dissatisfiedly as she walked out: "You don't need to worry about my affairs, you should take care of your own life, the fourth wife will come back to you sooner or later." "You..." Although Gao Qiang was full of anger on his face, but maybe because of Zidie's presence, he didn't explode immediately, but just stared fiercely at Granny Mei's back.After Granny Mei left, he quickly put on a pleasant face, and politely said to Zidie: "Director Hua, it's getting late, you should hurry to my house to rest!" Zidie didn't answer immediately, but cast a questioning look at me.Granny Mei has already gone home, and it is not convenient for Gao Qiang to talk to Feifei, so let's rest for a while, anyway, it won't be long before dawn.So, I nodded to Zidie, and smiled at Gao Qiang: "Cun Zhang Gao is really a timely rain, I am still worried that I have no place to stay tonight, otherwise I wouldn't bother Feifei." "Oh, so that's how it is. Officer Mu, you should have said earlier, my house has plenty of space." Gao Qiang showed a disgusting smile, and motioned for us to follow him: "Come, come, I will show you the way. My house is not far from here. Let's go." It's just a few steps away." After Zidie and I said goodbye to Feifei, we left with Gao Qiang, but he stopped suddenly as soon as we walked out the door: "Hey, sorry, I forgot to explain something to Feifei, please wait for me for a while." After we answered, he went back to the house and came out after about two or three minutes.He came out with a smile on his face, as if something good happened. Gao Qiang's residence is not far from the fourth in-law's house, about five minutes' walk away.Although his house is not magnificent, compared with the crumbling house of the fourth wife, the gap is not so big. At least the living room of his house is three or four times larger than the house of the fourth wife. Gao Qiang told us that he has a son, but he is going to college in the city and has not come back to attend the funeral for his fourth wife, so his wife is the only one in his family.His wife is also surnamed Gao, named Gao Yan, who is from the village.This Gao Yan is obviously a snobbish person. When she first saw us, she complained to her husband why she woke her up so late, but when she heard that we were the police, she immediately put on a flattering face and warmly offered us a helping hand. Prepare the room. Gao Qiang's house has three floors, the first floor is the living room, dining room and kitchen, the second floor is the master's room and his son's room, and the third floor has three rooms, one of which is full of sundries, and the other two are guest rooms .Of course Zidie and I are sleeping in the guest room.When I first entered the bedroom, I felt sad because the guest room was much larger than the room of the fourth wife, even larger than the whole house of the fourth wife, and the place was clean and tidy.The unused guest rooms are better than the place where his mother lives, and Gao Qiang is not filial enough, because his parents spent all their wealth in order to let him be the village chief. It's almost four o'clock in the morning, and I don't have much time to sleep, so I didn't sleep.I just turned off the light and lay on the bed, closed my eyes and sorted out the existing information in my mind. The fourth wife's fraudulent corpse is almost certain, but it is difficult to make a conclusion whether she is just an "ordinary" fraudulent corpse or possessed by a cat demon.Maybe I should ask about Fleeting Years, but if I call him at this time, it will be strange not to be scolded to death by him, let's talk about it after dawn! Although the issue of fraudulent corpses cannot be explained for the time being, the cat demon may be able to get the answer immediately.I got up and called Viagra, and this guy was still awake, and he was quite energetic. As soon as the call was connected, he kept talking: "Brother Mu, why do you think of me at this time? Are the girls in the mountain area not bad? Listen They said that the price there is very affordable, especially those middle school students in their teens, who can play with the female students in the whole class by giving their class teacher a few hundred dollars..." He paused, and changed into an extremely lewd tone of shock Call: "You are not playing with dozens of female classmates, are you? Call me to show off when you are angry, right? Brother Mu, you can't play with so many girls by yourself. Brother, I usually I don’t treat you badly, just keep me a few!” I replied angrily: "Don't put me in your category, okay? I came to you because I need your help." "If you need help, just ask, just leave me two female classmates." He hesitated for a moment and added: "Three, no, no, four, four is fine!" I didn't bother to argue with him, so I said viciously: "Bah! Don't bullshit me, I don't have any female classmates here, and there is only one female director. Do you want me to let her transfer you here? There are no Internet cafes here, and even You don’t even have a network cable, so you just wait to live without the network!” His wailing came from the microphone: "I can't surf the Internet, how can you let me live!" "Then don't talk nonsense, I encountered some strange things here..." I told him the situation of the fourth wife and the legend of the two-tailed cat demon, and then told him: "You should contact Master Mu Gezhang as soon as possible and ask him what he said. Is there really such a monster as the two-tailed cat demon in the world, and is it possible for the fourth wife to be possessed by the cat demon?" "It's not so easy to find him..." "I wouldn't need you if it was easy!" I yelled at the phone and hung up. As soon as I hung up the phone, the door opened slowly, and a female voice came from outside the door: "Who are you so angry on the phone with, can it be Zhenzhen?" After the door opened, Zidie said with a smile on her face. walk in. "No, I just asked my colleagues to help with some errands." I don't know why she brought up Zhenzhen, I think they only met once. She closed the door softly, walked over directly without turning on the light, sat by the bed and looked at me silently.The hazy moonlight penetrated the window and fell on her delicate face, giving people a mysterious and noble feeling. The stubborn woman in front of her actually had a gentle and charming side.I suddenly had the urge to kiss her, but when I thought of Zhen Zhen's angry appearance, this urge disappeared immediately, and I just smiled and said to her: "What's wrong, can't you sleep?" She nodded: "Well, there are some things I can't understand. I want to talk to you. Will it prevent you from sleeping?" I smiled and said, "It's almost dawn, if you sleep now, you will have a headache when you wake up later." "That's good." She smiled and said, "I just wanted to discuss this case with you. What do you think of Gao Qiang?" "He, I just think he is a selfish villain. Apart from greed for life and fear of death, there is nothing worthy of our attention." Although Gao Qiang annoyed me, he didn't seem to be involved in this case. Not very important. "But don't you think he is suspicious?" Zidie seemed to have another opinion. To be honest, I really didn't think there was anything suspicious about Gao Qiang, so I asked, "Which aspect are you referring to?" "Don't you find it strange that he suddenly wanted to go back to the fourth wife's house to look for Feifei just now? It seems that he didn't want us to hear his conversation with Feifei." She looked suspicious. I laughed and said, "That's human nature. He probably went back to ask Feifei what Grandma Mei told us just now. However, I think Feifei should just talk to him casually, after all, he only entered the room for two or three minutes. , not much to say. And if he knew what we just talked about, he wouldn’t smile when he came out. Especially about the treasures in the Lychee Garden, if Feifei told him the truth, he wouldn’t be so nervous to death.” "You're right, but I intuitively think he's suspicious." Her eyes were very firm, as if what she said was the truth. Women always trust their instincts.But handling a case can't be based on intuition, what we need is solid evidence.Of course I didn't say what was in my heart, Zidie has always been very strong, if I told her directly that she couldn't handle the case by intuition, it would be no wonder she didn't quarrel with me, a more tactful method was needed.So I asked her: "What do you think Gao Qiang's purpose is to be so strange?" "I think he might be the murderer!" Her answer startled me. "Why do you say that?" Although she felt inexplicable, since she had such doubts, there must be a reason for her, so you might as well listen to her opinion. She said with a serious face: "First of all, we can be sure of one thing, that is, Gao Qiang is very concerned about the treasures of the Lychee Garden. We can see this from his performance." I nodded in agreement, and she continued: "Secondly, Both Gao Xian and Gao Hao had contact with Gao Qiang before their deaths, and after their deaths, Gao Qiang was also the first to arrive at the scene." "I don't agree with this point, because Gao Cai's situation is similar. He had contact with the deceased before the accident and rushed to the scene immediately after the accident." I then added: "More importantly, Gao Qiang can't leaving such horrific wounds on the dead." I thought my rebuttal would make her unhappy, but she said more seriously: "This is what I find suspicious. The fourth wife was almost irrational when she attacked us just now, but the two deceased were only A fatal wound, don't you think it's suspicious?" After she said it, it really made people feel very strange. When the fourth wife attacked us just now, she was like a mad dog. People who were attacked by her must be covered with bruises, instead of having no other wounds except for one fatal wound. Could it be that the fourth wife is not the real murderer?