The Exorcist Chapter 17: Investigation

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After Ruan Zhan arrived in City A, he checked into the Yeyuan Hotel where Li Jingming stayed last time.

He did not specifically ask for a room or simply live in the attic where Li Jingming met the ghost, because he believed that if there was something he was looking for, he would naturally find it, and he doubted that the ghost could not be combined into one now. The situation, do you dare to provoke?

He went to observe the river behind the house and found that it was a river that surrounded the town. It was neither deep nor shallow, calm and waveless. It could not only be used as a transportation path, but the scenery was also very beautiful. However, with his special eyes, he could still see the ferocious aura in it. Unfortunately, his ability was sealed for too long, so he couldn't see it clearly. In addition, the section of river behind Ye Yuan Hotel is the deepest part of the entire river. , you have to dive to the bottom of the river to figure it out.

There was no necessary equipment in this small place with beautiful scenery, so he asked Wan Li, who was staying at the bar, to buy diving equipment for him and check it over, and then wait patiently for the equipment to arrive so he could find out. But he has not been idle during these days of waiting. He has been pretending to be a collector of folk culture, checking the county annals, asking around for folk stories that have been around for a hundred years, and trying his best to recall the diving skills that have been neglected since college.

That evening, when he finally integrated all the scattered clues into a coherent story and returned to the hotel with satisfaction, he found something unusual happening in his room.

The door was ajar, the cabinet had been touched, there was a strange smell in the room, and the sound of water running came from the bathroom.

Ruan Zhan gently pushed open the bathroom door. A man was leaning over the sink to wash his face. When 'it' looked up and saw two people in the mirror, one of them was Ruan Zhan's gloomy face, he was frightened. Jumped and cried out "ah".

"I just realized today what 'scare people, scare people to death'. Can you walk without making a sound?" Xiaoxia wiped the water on her face carelessly and said angrily.

"Why are you here?" Ruan Zhan frowned, feeling deeply troubled.

"Can't I come?"

Seeing the confident and provocative look on Xiao Xia's face, Ruan Zhan knew that discussing topics such as danger and necessity with her would only lead to endless arguments, so it was better not to talk at all. Xiaoxia, on the other hand, squeezed out unceremoniously between Ruan Zhan and the crack in the door, and sat peacefully on the other bed, looking as if she would not leave even if she was beaten to death.

"How did you get in?"

"I told the shopkeeper that I was your sister."

"What an honor!"

"I am at a disadvantage because I am much prettier than you."

"I'm sorry for you." Ruan Zhan changed the angle of questioning. "Is there anything you can do over there?"

"Don't worry, everything went well on my end. The application for forensic psychiatric evaluation was approved smoothly and quickly, and is currently in progress. There is no chance that 'that thing' will be combined into one."

"So you're here?"

"Who told you to leave like a yellow crane and not look back?" Xiaoxia put the responsibility on him, "I asked you to help me, at least you have to give me some news, but you have no news, I have reason to doubt You were eaten by a ghost or you didn't try your best. So although you are not happy about me coming to you, you still have to bear some responsibility."

She was so confident that Ruan Zhan had nothing to say.

"I know you think I'm in the way, but there's nothing you can do about it! What age is this? You don't even have a mobile phone, so I can't contact you at all." She didn't have to interfere. No, who doesn't like being relaxed, but this is her case, she insisted on saving Li Jingming, and Ruan Zhan was just helping. Although he didn't say it, she knew that this matter was quite dangerous. How could she let it go and let the helper take the risk alone. She is timid, but she believes that one more person will always be useful at critical moments.

Ruan Zhan still didn't speak.

"You must be scolding me for being sophistry now, right? But lawyers are like that - if they are justified, they will attack you until you can't lift your head, and if they are unreasonable, they will stir up trouble. It's you who can't recognize the situation, and you provoke people like me. ”

"It's up to you. If something happens, don't blame me if you're scared to death!"

"You won't scare me to death." Xiao Xia was determined that he would not leave her alone.

"As long as you know what you're doing. Come on, I'll take you to book a room."

"Whatever room you book, I will stay here. Aren't there two beds here? You won't use them by yourself, so don't waste them."

Her answer made Ruan Zhan almost despair. Since she took over his room on the second floor of the bar, he had to sleep in a warehouse. He was so eager to help because he wanted to get rid of this abnormal life as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, even though she was thousands of miles away, she still made him uneasy.

"Otherwise, I'll help you pay for the room, and you can choose whichever one you like. Otherwise, you can just stay in that three-star hotel."

"No! It is a shameful act to waste social resources."

"Miss, please understand a fact." Ruan Zhan said tiredly: "I am a man, and we are not familiar with each other. Isn't it inappropriate for you to be in the same room with a strange man like this? Although this It’s not the feudal era anymore, but can you be a little less courageous?”

"It's because I'm cowardly that I want to live with you! And I know you hate me and won't be interested in me. You're such an unkind person. You must make it clear to others. Hey, by the way, you eat Is it dinner?"

Ruan Zhan shook his head.

"Shall I treat you to a famous local dish? I have inquired with the shop owner, and there is a century-old restaurant not far from here."

Ruan Zhan had a splitting headache.

"Don't be so awkward! I just want to hear what your investigation and your plan are these days. You also know that this involves 'that'. I am timid and it doesn't sound so scary in a crowded place. . Let’s go, let’s go, you won’t move until someone tells you to, really!”

Ruan Zhan surrendered completely. He was dizzy now and couldn't figure out what the character of the person in front of him was. He has never seen a person with such a dual personality. He is obviously timid but also very pushy. He is obviously very proud but also very shameless.

The century-old shop was built on the lot next to the river. Since it was the off-peak tourist season, there were not many customers in the shop, so Xiaoxia and Ruan Zhan chose a seat by the window and talked about the facts that they had roughly understood while eating.

It turns out that more than a hundred years ago, the owner of Yeyuan was the richest man in the area. Now the place where they live is a small corner that has been divided into many parts. According to records in the county annals and passed down from generation to generation by the elders, Ye Yuan was very prosperous at that time, with endless wealth and wealth, but then it gradually declined in population, until a generation more than a hundred years ago, there were no males to inherit the incense. So the only young lady in the Ye family recruited a talented scholar in the town who had failed many times to be her son-in-law. At that time, everyone envied the scholar's good luck and said that a huge golden mountain had fallen from the sky and landed in front of their house.

But within a year, Miss Ye, who was already pregnant, drove the scholar from the inner courtyard to live in the outer courtyard on the grounds that the scholar often stole money. In fact, Miss Ye disliked his cowardice and incompetence and fell in love with someone else. At that time, the atmosphere in the south was conservative, and she could not divorce her husband and marry another, so she found an excuse to send the scholar away, and she secretly lived with her lover, who had been promoted to a butler.

But there is no airtight wall in the world, and soon this matter was spread by the servants of the Ye family. But the Ye family was so powerful that no one dared to say anything openly, but only targeted the scholar. Scholars were originally poor and downtrodden, and were looked down upon by everyone. Later, he suddenly encountered bad luck, which naturally made other people jealous. In addition, he was not good at being a good person. When he was proud, he became a little domineering and offended many people. Now that he is unlucky, there is still a reason not to add insult to injury.

His nominal wife blatantly stole people, and he was accused of being a thief, which made him lose his dignity and his ancestors were so shamed that they did not even dare to go out on the street. But he refused to leave, so the rough servants in Ye Mansion made things difficult and abused him in every possible way, and Miss Ye seemed to have agreed to these things. Two more years passed like this, and when his nominal child was almost two years old, there was suddenly news that he wanted to murder Miss Ye out of jealousy. Because the evidence was conclusive, the Ye family used clan rules to lynching him, putting him in a stone box and sinking him to the bottom of the river.