Chapter 103 The Situation is Complex
"Captain He, what's going on...?"
"Hehe, Xiao Cheng, firstly, it concerns my cousin, and secondly, hehe, I also want to meet these legendary ghosts!"
"Captain He, are you serious?"
Zhang Qian couldn't help but chuckle! This usually stern and serious captain had such an adorable side!
He Wenhui glared at her, then looked at Chen Cheng and said, "Xiao Cheng, is that alright? Don't worry, I will definitely keep it a secret!"
"Nothing is impossible, as long as it doesn't leave you with psychological trauma!"
Chen Cheng smiled.
"What am I, a grown man, afraid of? I was just curious!"
He Wenhui said confidently.
Chen Cheng didn't even make any arrangements. A little devil wouldn't make him go to great lengths. If he hadn't wanted to see if he could convert it, and if He Wenhui and his cousin hadn't been there, he wouldn't have even needed to lift a finger. He could have just released Lü Xiachan to deal with it!
Suddenly, Ling'er's voice came: "There is a small spirit-trapping array here!"
Chen Cheng was startled and then carefully observed the layout of the living room. The furniture in the living room was left by the previous landlord, and there were decorative picture frames hanging on the walls. It looked simple and elegant. All of this combined to make it look simple, generous and tasteful.
"What's wrong? Did you find a problem?"
Zhang Qian noticed that he was looking around the living room, and it wasn't the kind of look he was giving with an appreciative eye.
"nothing".
Chen Cheng responded, his eyes still scanning every corner of the living room.
Suddenly, a thought struck him. He walked to the wall, held a decorative painting about the size of a textbook with both hands, felt around, and with a little force, he heard a crisp "click" as the clips on the back of the frameless painting were released, and he held the painting in his hands. When he turned it over, he saw a talisman pasted on the back!
At first, the group didn't understand what he was doing, until they saw the yellow talisman behind the picture frame. They then realized something was wrong. Even though they were naive, they knew that these talismans were used by some evil spirits in the Taoist town.
"Master Chen, what's going on?"
Shen Guangzhou asked, stammering.
Chen Cheng didn't say anything. He closed the picture frame, then opened the one next to it. There was a talisman inside. He opened another one and there was another. Then he opened several decorative picture frames on the opposite wall. All of them had talismans pasted on the back.
These scenes made the group break out in a cold sweat. After thinking for a moment, Chen Cheng said, "Captain He, this is a murder case. The fact that the deceased's soul is trapped here is man-made. This time, there were also scoundrels from the Taoist sect involved. They set up a spirit-trapping array to prevent the deceased from becoming a vengeful ghost and taking lives!"
Aside from Zhang Qian feeling a little better, even He Wenhui felt a chill run down his spine, and Tang Ying and her husband were trembling involuntarily. They never imagined that a vengeful ghost had actually lived under the same roof with them for half a month!
"I'll start the investigation first thing tomorrow morning. Xiao Cheng, let's see if we can get some details out tonight!"
He Wenhui swallowed hard and said.
"Um".
It was still early, so the group sat in the living room and chatted awkwardly.
"Master Chen, will we still be able to live in this house in the future?"
Tang Ying pressed herself close to Shen Guangzhou and asked.
This house represents the culmination of their life savings, and their dream of a beautiful life was about to be shattered before it even began!
"Don't worry, after tonight, it will still be an ordinary house. I've also seen it; the layout is nice, and the lighting is good. You just need to overcome your fears!"
"That thing, can you catch it and get it out of here?"
Shen Guangzhou asked in a trembling voice.
"Don't worry, even those ten times more powerful than this have been caught by Brother Cheng."
Zhang Qian said with great confidence, and what she said was true. Lu Xiachan, the weasel, the school's haunted dormitory—aren't they all more powerful than this hanged ghost?
"Not only can I, but I can also let you see it with your own eyes to dispel your future fears!"
He checked the time, and with Zhang Qian's help, wrapped a strand of each person's hair with a talisman. Chen Cheng soaked the burning talisman in water, and He Wenhui, Shen Guangzhou, Tang Ying, and Zhang Qian washed their eyes, activated their Yin Eyes, and waited for the moment when the Yin energy was strongest in the dead of night.
Around 1 a.m., all the lights in the living room went out without warning, plunging the room into complete darkness!
The chilling aura gradually rose, and it took the others, except for Chen Cheng, a while to adjust to the darkness. Then, they stared in horror, their eyes wide. With the help of the faint light coming from the balcony, they saw a woman in white hanging from the living room chandelier, swaying back and forth with the rope. Her bare toenails scraped against the floor tiles, making a chilling "sizzling" sound!
Even He Wenhui, who had handled countless major cases and witnessed countless murder scenes, trembled, because the sudden appearance of the scene was psychologically difficult for ordinary people to accept!
Before Tang Ying could scream, a talisman ignited in Chen Cheng's hand: "Don't be afraid, it's just a living soul now, not even a ghost!"
After speaking, he raised his hand and shot the talisman fire towards the rope around the female ghost's neck. It looked like a rope, but it was actually an invisible magic artifact that bound her. As soon as the two touched, the rope broke. Unlike a heavy object falling to the ground, the female ghost just floated to the ground as lightly as a feather, her hands hanging down, her empty eyes looking at Chen Cheng.
Chen Cheng asked, "What is your name, and why are you trapped here?"
The crowd watched as the female ghost slowly opened her mouth, but instead of speaking, a deep, sharp, and piercing voice, like a radio frequency change, rang out, sending chills down everyone's spines.
The sound gradually stopped after more than ten minutes.
Although no one knew what Chen Cheng was saying, they saw that his expression grew increasingly solemn, even showing anger. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will help you. Humans and ghosts are on different paths. I will take you away first, and then I will convert you once your wish is fulfilled!"
Seeing the female ghost slowly nod, Chen Cheng took out a soul-collecting bottle from his bag, chanted a spell, and the female ghost turned into a wisp of black smoke and entered the bottle. Chen Cheng immediately took out a talisman, stuck it on the bottle, and put it in his bag.
As the female ghost disappeared, the living room chandelier suddenly turned on again, the chilling atmosphere dissipated, and peace returned to the place!
"Master Chen, how... how is it? Did you subdue that woman?"
Shen Guangzhou was the first to recover from his shock and ask.
"Okay, I'll take it. From now on, you won't have to live in fear anymore."
As Chen Cheng spoke, he peeled off the talismans from the back of all the picture frames, crumpled them into a ball, and burned them with his own talisman.
"Xiao Cheng, what did you find out? Is there anything wrong with the landlord?"
Chen Cheng looked at He Wenhui and said, "Captain He, it's almost two o'clock. You all have to go to work tomorrow. Why don't we go back? There are no more problems here!"
As a veteran criminal investigator who has solved cases for many years, He Wenhui could tell that Chen Cheng had something to say, so he stood up and said, "Okay, in that case, Xiaoying, we'll take our leave. Don't worry, if Xiaocheng says it's okay, then it's okay!"
Tang Ying still wanted them to stay, even though she had witnessed Chen Cheng's miraculous method of taking away the hanged ghost, she was still terrified.
Chen Cheng saw through her thoughts and took out a talisman and handed it to her: "This talisman has the effect of calming the mind and warding off evil spirits. If you are still nervous, stick it in your bedroom!"