"What kind of business did you take yesterday?" At this moment, on a remote road, Ma Xiaoling was driving and Xu Ran was sitting in the passenger seat.
Because he was bored, Xu Ran had nothing to say.
Early this morning, Xu Ran was woken up by Ma Xiaoling, brought the necessary items to catch ghosts, and then set off.
"It's a fishing village by the sea. Someone said it was haunted and asked me to come over and take a look," Ma Xiaoling said while driving.
"You'll know when you get there." Ma Xiaoling blocked Xu Ran's mouth.
Xu Ran felt bored and closed his eyes beside him. He drove along the rural road by the sea for about half an hour and finally turned into a small mountain village.
This is a village along the coast. The people here make a living by fishing. At the entrance of the village, someone has been waiting there for a long time. He is an old man in his sixties.
Perhaps because he makes a living by fishing and basking in the sun all day long, this old man's skin is darker than that of ordinary people. His face is full of vicissitudes of life, but his body is very staggering.
"Is this Miss Ma?" The old man saw the car parked nearby. Xu Ran and Ma Xiaoling got out of the car and immediately came over to greet them.
"Hello, I am Ma Xiaoling"
"Oh, I am the village chief of this village, my surname is Zhou." The old man said with a happy face: "Zhou has been waiting for Miss Ma for a long time. Let's go to the village and talk in detail."
"Um"
Ma Xiaoling nodded and followed the old man into the village, while Xu Ran followed the two of them carrying a box.
The old man took the two of them to a slightly dilapidated main room, and then poured them a glass of boiled water.
Then, the cause and effect were described to the two of them.
Their village has always relied on fishing to make a living, leading a peaceful and simple life. Everything started three days ago when almost everyone in their village went out to sea to fish.
At that time, a total of four people went out to sea to fish, but a day later, only three came back. According to the three people, they encountered wind and waves in the sea, and one of them unfortunately died.
The person who died was named Wang Erwa.
Wang Erwa lost her parents when she was young. She grew up alone. She was twenty-four or five years old and had not yet started a family. She lost her life because she went to sea.
Fishing at sea is inherently risky, and it seems normal to hear of people dying in the sea every few months, but what happened next made this incident seem abnormal.
That was the three people who originally went to sea, except Wang Erwa, and came back alive. Two of them fell into the water and drowned, while the other one went crazy.
Her mind became extremely abnormal, and she kept saying crazily all day long: "Wang Erwa, it wasn't me who harmed you, it wasn't me who harmed you."
Of the three people who came back alive, two fell into the water and drowned, and the other one went crazy. This aroused the suspicion in the village that the ghost of Wang Erwa was back for revenge.
People who live near the sea are more or less superstitious and believe in the god of the sea.
So people in the village speculated that Wang Erwa's ghost came back for revenge. The village chief found Ma Xiaoling through some kind of relationship, so he asked Ma Xiaoling to handle the matter.
"That's what happened. Is this a coincidence or a ghost's revenge? Please ask Miss Ma to help us solve it. If we don't figure out this matter, our whole village will be in panic." The village chief looked at Ma Xiaoling and said with a bitter smile.
"This matter is not particularly difficult to handle. This, this..." Ma Xiaoling hesitated.
"If Miss Ma can solve our confusion, or if it is really Wang Erwa's ghost that is causing trouble, and subdue Wang Erwa's ghost, we will not treat you badly," the village chief said.
Then he took out a stack of money and said at the same time: "This is 10,000 yuan collected by every household in our village. It is our reward for Miss Ma."
"Well, I will solve this matter as soon as possible," Ma Xiaoling said.
Generally speaking, her fee for each appearance in the city is no less than 50,000 yuan, but this small village is so backward that it is not easy to raise 10,000 yuan.
Therefore, Ma Xiaoling agreed.
After a pause, Ma Xiaoling asked: 'Village chief, have the two people who drowned been buried?'
"Buried" said the village chief.
"Forget it after burial." After a pause, he added: "Take me to meet this crazy person."
Ma Xiaoling originally wanted to look at the two people who fell into the water and drowned to see if there was any evidence that ghosts had killed them, but since they had been buried, forget it.
"Okay, I'll take Miss Ma with me when I leave." The village chief stood up.
"Lao Zhou, it's not good, it's not good, Li Fugui at the end of the village is dead." At this moment, an old man about the same age as the village chief ran over, with a panic in his tone.
"What, how did Li Fugui die?" The village chief's expression immediately changed.
"I don't know. Li Fugui went to work in the mountains early today and didn't come back at noon. Li Fugui's wife went to the mountains to look for him, and she saw Li Fugui's floating body in the lake nearby," the man said.
"Let's go take a look," Ma Xiaoling said.
Afterwards, the three people hurriedly went to Li Fugui's home. At the end of the village, a group of villagers were already pointing fingers.
The village chief arrived and pushed aside the crowd, allowing Xu Ran and Ma Xiaoling to walk to the body.
Next to the body, there was a woman about forty years old, crying. It was obvious that she was Li Fugui's wife.
Ma Xiaoling squatted down and lifted the white cloth. A corpse appeared in front of everyone. It was a man about forty years old. There were many water stains on the body.
Xu Ran was also looking at the corpse. On his face, his eyes were wide open, his face was pale, and his pupils were dilated.
"If the death of the two sons of the Old Tang family was related to Wang Erwa, why did Li Fugui also drown?"
"Yes, could it be that Wang Erwa's ghost did it too?"
The people around him pointed and pointed, with hesitation and fear in their voices, fear of the unknown.
"Miss Ma, what did you see?" the village chief asked carefully from the side.
"He doesn't smell of dirt. He probably accidentally fell into the lake and drowned. Let's go," Ma Xiaoling stood up and said.
"Oh, it turns out he drowned accidentally."
The people around him suddenly realized, but their voices sounded relieved.
"No, it's impossible. My wealthy family is familiar with the properties of water, and I'm not sick. How could I accidentally drown in the lake? You're talking nonsense." At this moment, the middle-aged woman shouted.
"This must be Wang Erwa's ghost. It must be" the middle-aged woman was still reluctant to let go.
"Let's go," Ma Xiaoling said calmly without caring about the middle-aged woman's reluctance.
"Bury Li Fugui well," the village chief said beside him, and then accompanied Ma Xiaoling and Xu Ran to leave.
Ma Xiaoling suggested that she go to the home of the only living but crazy person to see if she could find any clues.
The village chief was extremely cooperative and readily agreed.