The moment Lu Ban heard He Youwu's words, the light in his room flickered for a moment and then went out.

The room was plunged into darkness, with only the moonlight shining through the window, bringing a little light.

"Hey, hey, can you hear... you..."

There seemed to be a problem with the cell phone signal. He Youwu's voice became distorted and intermittent, and soon, there was no sound in the receiver.

Lu Ban saw that the signal had become a cross, which meant that he had no way of contacting the outside world.

"No wonder no one rents this villa. It turns out to be a haunted house."

Lu Ban muttered to himself.

"I heard that haunted houses are very cheap. If I can buy one, can I get another one?"

He quite likes this kind of open-air swimming pool.

Lu Ban glanced at the yard. The water in the swimming pool looked even darker and thicker under the moonlight, like blood.

Ten years ago, the poor child was probably killed by a vicious criminal, and his body was thrown into the weed-covered swimming pool. It was not discovered until many days later.

Feeling someone blowing air behind him, Lu Ban turned around.

I saw several college students standing in the living room with gloomy expressions, waving at Lu Ban mechanically like a puppet.

"You were bewitched into killing each other, and after death your souls were bound here, becoming puppets of that child, just like ghosts?"

Lu Ban took two steps forward calmly and sat down.

"You invited me into the house during the day, hoping to scare me and make me leave as soon as possible?"

The college students had no expression on their faces and just kept waving their hands slowly and continuously.

"Or does that mean that if I invite you into the house, you can harm anyone you want?"

There is a legend that ghosts generally cannot enter other people's houses. Ghosts can only enter the house if the owner of the house invites them. Just now, Lu Ban told these college students that if they felt scared, they could come to his side, which seemed like an invitation.

"I am just an ordinary law-abiding citizen. If you have grievances in your heart, you should not look for me, but look for the person who hurt you. Has he not been brought to justice yet?"

Lu Ban tried to reason with the ghost.

He felt a gust of cold wind beside him. He turned around and saw snowflakes on the TV. After a flash, a young man in blood-stained clothes appeared on the TV. His eyes were black and he was shedding tears of blood.

"I sympathize with you, but if you hurt those innocent people, isn't that the same as killing your people?"

Lu Ban said as he looked at the person with a ferocious expression on TV.

At this moment, someone patted his shoulder. Lu Ban turned around and saw the blood-covered young man's face very close to him.

"How about this, you two go to the afterlife first. I promise you that I will definitely find the murderer who killed you. Is that okay?"

Lu Ban's fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest of the chair.

He felt as if a rope was wrapped around his neck, breathing became difficult, his ears were buzzing, and blood rushed to his brain.

But the melody in Lu Ban's hand has already sounded.

It is Du Danping's [Midnight Piano Sound].

Lu Ban can play this melody with any object that can make sound under any circumstances, and this melody has the effect of calming people's minds and driving away evil.

As Lu Ban played, he felt himself calming down. The movements of the college students who were waving mechanically became slower. The TV screen disappeared, and before he knew it, only the young man covered in blood was left standing in the room.

"Just go with peace of mind."

Lu Ban increased the speed of his performance.

The young man had a complicated expression, as if he was unwilling but also expected something, and finally disappeared.

Under the moonlight, the whole mansion was silent.

After a long time, Lu Ban stood up and took a look at the swimming pool.

It was still deep and rich inside, as if tainted by blood.

"Oh, it's my blood. It's okay then."

He checked the villa and waited until He Youwu and Chen Danshen drove over in a police car before he slowly walked downstairs.

"So the murderer of that theft and murder case has not been found yet?"

After a brief explanation, Lu Ban asked.

"We found one. To be more precise, we found the body of one of them."

He Youwu felt that although the room was brightly lit, it still felt eerie, as if something was shrouding it. Coupled with the description he had seen in the archives before, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"Ten years ago, surveillance was not that strict, so we didn't find out the identities of the two thieves at the time. It was only when a case happened later and we were investigating the identity of the deceased that we found the stolen items in his home and discovered that he was the criminal."

"He was also dismembered?"

Lu Ban was curious.

"No, he committed suicide."

Chen Danshen looked around the houses.

"According to the neighbors, that person started to behave strangely after he moved in. He was often mumbling something and was afraid of sunlight. He looked like a mental patient. Then one day, he committed suicide, but the way he did it was very strange."

"How did he die?"

Lu Ban asked.

"He used his fingernails to scratch his throat, and no one knew how he did it. When the landlord found the body to collect the rent, it was already smelly."

Chen Danshen said a lot and then came back to his senses.

"Why am I telling you all this... ahem, anyway, we've already told the serious crime team. We can start with the criminal in this theft case and follow the clues of selling the stolen goods. We should be able to find the criminal's identity soon."

"That's great."

Lu Ban applauded.

Nowadays, most of the unsolved cases are old unsolved cases from the era when surveillance cameras were not yet popular. Cases like the Jiangcheng serial murder case, which are particularly serious and remain unsolved, are very rare.

"Come to think of it, what are you doing here alone in this villa so late at night? Are you here to shoot material for the next show?"

He Youwu joked.

"Pretty much. I actually came here to sunbathe and swim."

Lu Ban spoke the truth.

“…”

Chen Danshen suppressed the urge to complain. Based on his experience dealing with Lu Ban, he would lose if he took it seriously.

"So you're staying here tonight? Can you sleep?"

"It's okay, but it's time to go home."

Lu Ban has already obtained information about Hedao. The next step is to prepare to enter the foreign land. There is really no need to stay in this villa.

"Comrade police, can you give me a ride?"

"?"

He Youwu had a question mark in his mind.

So are you really treating us as a free rider?

"But then again, the agent didn't mention this to me before, and he was in charge of all the houses here, but he let me live in this one..."

Lu Ban held his chin in his hand and thought.

"…Do you think there is something wrong with that agent?"

After hearing Lu Ban's words, He Youwu and Chen Danshen looked at each other, and then their expressions became serious.

"What's the name of the agent? Give us his phone number."

He Youwu said cautiously.