To be honest, after listening to Mr. Z’s explanation, we didn’t realize at first that there was anything in what he said that could be connected with the word “haunted house”.
The third fat man expressed his opinion directly: "Mr. Z, to be honest with you, I think what you just said sounds like a very ordinary murder case, right? If it is just because of what happened in the house,
If a murder case is called a haunted house, then wouldn’t there be an ocean of haunted houses in the world?”
"No, No." Mr. Z shook his index finger at the third fat man and said, "Things are not that simple."
"What do you mean?" San Pang asked.
Mr. Z motioned for us to wait a moment, and then climbed to the last few rows of the car, where he struggled to pick up a suitcase. After opening it, we found that it was filled with some files and documents. In addition, there were some
It looks like a photocopy of a newspaper.
Mr. Z brought the documents in front of us, pointed at them, and said to us with some pride: "This is the information about the villa that I collected after hearing what happened to my friend. You can take a look.
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"You collected it yourself?" Lin Qianyi said a little surprised. It's not just her, but us too. Not all celebrities are said to be busy, but who knows that Mr. Z has time to do such a thing.
Zhang Mo smiled on the side and explained for him: "You may think that he always likes to be cool, but he is actually a big boy, especially he likes to read detective novels and animations."
Mr. Z smiled sheepishly, then took out the information from his suitcase, gestured to us and said, "Come, take a look first, I collected this carefully."
After hearing what Mr. Z said, we immediately reached out and took the materials. The four of us formed a circle and read the materials together.
There is a lot of information, but there is no substantive content. It is basically hearsay. For example, someone once saw the ghost of a woman in this house, or someone once heard screams from unknown sources in the house.
.Although I don’t want to pour cold water on Mr. Z, it would be too childish to be sure that the villa is a haunted house just by relying on these things.
But when we read the last part of the information, we immediately understood the meaning of what Mr. Z just said.
In this last part, we found at least a few suspicious points.
First, according to Mr. Z’s investigation, in fact, before the newlyweds died tragically four years ago, the villa had had four owners, and among these four owners, three of them died in the house.
inside!
Originally, it was normal for an owner to pass away in a villa that was nearly a century old. However, the information mentioned that the three deceased owners all died of murder! And what is even more shocking is that in this
When the three masters were murdered, their families also suffered misfortune.
Second, the victims of the three murders that occurred in the villa all died in the same way as the newlyweds who died four years ago!
The first of these three cases occurred in the 42nd year of the Republic of China (1953), and the victims were a government official and his family. The second case occurred in the 49th year of the Republic of China (1960), and the victim was a military general.
, and a family of four. The third case was in 1987, and the deceased this time were a wealthy businessman and his wife. However, what is different from the previous two cases is that this time
There was actually a survivor in the case. The rich man's only child survived because he was at his grandparents' home at the time of the incident, saving the last bit of flesh and blood for the rich man.
Although the identities and backgrounds of the deceased in these three cases were completely different, the way they died was without exception, they all died by having their throats cut.
Third, in addition to the method of death, the clues left by these cases are also surprisingly consistent. After the case, the police did not find any suspicious weapons, nor were there any clues left by the murderer at the scene. Other than that,
, at the time of the crime, the doors and windows of the villa were completely locked. How the murderer sneaked into the villa, what was the motive for the murder, and how he left the villa without leaving any trace after the murder, the police had no idea.
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Seeing that we had almost finished watching, Mr. Z asked: "How's it going? I'm right, am I right? Is there something wrong with this villa?"
"Yeah." We all nodded immediately.
After reading this information, even the third fat man who didn't want to believe it at first had to admit that Mr. Z's friend's guess was indeed correct. The villa was indeed suspicious. Even if it wasn't a haunted house, there must be some mystery in it.
Otherwise, why would murders occur so frequently in this villa?
However, among the people who nodded, there was no Zhang Mo. After reading the information, he seemed to be a little unconvinced about Mr. Z's friend's judgment.
He pointed to a piece of information and asked: "Alan, it's not that I doubt the authenticity of the information you collected, but look, you wrote here that among the people who lived in the villa, one of the owners not only did not appear
Unexpectedly, I have lived in it for more than 20 years. If this house is really a haunted house, why did nothing happen to this owner?"
"This..." Mr. Z scratched his head, "I can't figure it out either. Ammo, do you have any ideas?"
Zhang Mo put his hands together, clenched his fist and put it on his mouth. He pondered for a while and then shook his head: "Speaking of which, I have indeed come into contact with several real haunted houses before. The so-called haunted house is when someone dies because he has feelings for a house.
The special emotions are formed by the Yin spirit, which persists in condensing and attaching itself to the house, and gradually becomes integrated with the house. As long as someone enters the haunted house, the Yin spirit will regard it as an intrusion into its territory, and will take revenge. However,
In my experience, I have never heard of anyone entering a haunted house and nothing happened, or even living in the haunted house safely for more than ten years."
"Is it possible that that person is a fellow-minded person like you?" Mr. Z asked.
Zhang Mo glanced at Mr. Z and asked him: "You are the one investigating this person, you should know best."
Mr. Z said with some embarrassment: "He, he doesn't seem to be."
After hearing what they said, I took the information over again and took a look. The person Zhang Mo mentioned was the fourth owner of this villa. He moved into the villa after the murder in 1960 and has been living there ever since.
I lived there until 1986, and then sold the house.
The information collected by Mr. Z clearly stated that this person was an ordinary businessman, and he was also an American businessman. He only bought this villa because he came to Taiwan to do business.
American businessman?
Seeing this, I suddenly had an idea, could this American businessman actually be a member of the Foundation? If so, then maybe that would be the reason why he could live in the haunted house without incident for more than ten years.
Explanation, because just like us, people from the Foundation should also have ways to deal with Yin spirits.
But this idea only stayed for a few seconds before I got rid of it. The reason is also very simple. If this American businessman is really from the foundation, then he should have solved the evil spirit in this villa long ago.
.If this is the case, then the two murders that occurred in the villa in the future should not have happened.
Could it be that the problem is not actually with this villa, but something else?
On the other side, Zhang Mo has already concluded: "Well, it's useless to think about it now. Whether that villa is a haunted house or not can only be known by seeing it with your own eyes. If there is really a ghost in it, I will definitely not miss it.
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Regarding Zhang Mo's confident speech, Mr. Z may have thought that he was referring to his Longhu Mountain tradition. But a few of us understood that Zhang Mo was so confident because he actually relied on his yin and yang eyes that can see ghosts. As long as he uses
With his ability, he can naturally tell at a glance whether the villa is a haunted house or not.
After making the decision, Zhang Mo proposed to Mr. Z to leave for the villa now. In order to have more travel time with Lin Qianyi, Zhang Mo was obviously ready to fight.
But Mr. Z shook his head and refused his proposal, and his reason was a bit funny. It turned out that in order to entertain us, Mr. Z had not only booked a room in the hotel, but also had someone prepare it in his villa.
It's a party. The party decorations have been set up, and all the guests present have made appointments. They are waiting for us to rush over after eating.
[Author's digression]: This story will open up the protagonist's emotional branch. However, the author is not very good at writing emotional dramas. Please don't be offended if you see bad things.