The woman pulled the old woman and shouted helplessly, "Mom, why did you run out again? Please don't cause me any more trouble. Can you stay in your room honestly?"
After saying that, the woman quickly pulled the old woman into the room in front.
Seeing that he couldn't hide the situation, Village Chief Lu had to explain to the young couple with an embarrassed look on his face, "I'm sorry, that was my mother just now. Ever since my brother jumped into the river, she has become like this. Just like the old people in the village, she has become crazy and kept saying curses. Sigh."
The young couple looked at the old woman who was still making a fuss, and they glanced at each other, with a glint of interest in each other's eyes.
Soon, the three of them sat in a hall.
Village Chief Lu made them a cup of tea before sitting down. "You two, are you here because of the villagers who collectively jumped into the river a few days ago?"
Gu Mingtai nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and continued to ask, "Can you tell us about this matter, and also, what is the curse that Auntie just mentioned?"
Village Chief Lu sighed in despair, "I don't know what happened. If only I knew. The people who jumped into the river were still chatting and laughing with everyone in the village the day before, and the next morning, we saw their bodies floating in the river. The scene at that time was really, really terrifying."
Thinking about what happened a few days ago, Village Chief Lu is still trembling with fear.
"We want to go and see those bodies. Where are they now?" Gu Mingtai said.
Village Chief Lu wiped his face, took a deep breath, and replied, "We are currently keeping them in the ancestral hall of Lujia Village. Someone from above said they would send someone to investigate this matter and told us not to move the bodies. We dared not do so, so we could only send one person from each family to burn something for the deceased."
Having said that, Village Chief Lu stood up and led the young couple to the Lu family's ancestral hall.
When the three of them came over, the Lu family ancestral hall looked like it was on fire, with smoke everywhere.
There were more than a dozen people burning things there.
When the dozen or so people heard someone coming in, they stopped what they were doing and looked towards Village Chief Lu and the others who had come in.
"These two are public security comrades sent by higher-ups to investigate this matter. Just do your own thing and don't be afraid." Village chief Lu immediately explained to the villagers who were looking over.
After his explanation, the dozen or so villagers who had stopped burning immediately continued to burn things.
As soon as the young couple came in, they took a look at the ancestral hall and immediately found that there was a dark shadow standing next to each coffin.
As soon as these dark shadows saw the two of them, they immediately gathered together and walked towards them.
The young couple looked at these dark shadows and found that the mouths of each of these shadows were moving, as if each ghost had something to say to them.
The young couple took a look and found that although these black shadows had committed suicide by jumping into the river, they could not feel any resentment from their bodies before they died.
Gu Mingtai took advantage of Village Chief Lu's inattention and made a formation with his right hand.
Soon when they left the ancestral hall, the dark shadows who had been staying in the hall lined up and followed them out.
Glancing at the swaying shadows behind him, Zhang Meng immediately said to Village Chief Lu, "Village Chief Lu, thank you for your cooperation just now. However, we would like to take a look around the village. I wonder if it is convenient for you."
Village Chief Lu nodded and said, "Okay, just be careful."
"Okay, thank you." Zhang Meng responded with a smile.
As soon as Village Chief Lu left, the couple immediately led the dark shadows in the direction of the parking lot.
"Boss, sister-in-law, you are back. Have you found the village chief?" Ye Shiping ran over and asked as soon as he saw them coming back.
Gu Mingtai pushed him and said, "Don't block their way."
Ye Shiping was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked, and found that there was no one else behind except the three of them.
"Boss, who are they you're talking about?"
Zhang Meng walked forward and explained with a smile, "It's the dead ghosts who followed us here."
Upon hearing this, Ye Shiping immediately jumped to the side of the road. After confirming that the ghostly aura here was less severe, the couple stopped and faced the group of dark shadows behind them.
"Are you the villagers who jumped into the river a few days ago?" Gu Mingtai asked the dark shadows expressionlessly.
As soon as he finished asking, the shadows nodded at the same time.
"Master, we are all villagers from Lujia Village. Please help us. We don't know how we could have committed suicide by jumping into the river!"
The speaker was a man of medium height.
"Yes, we all died so unjustly. We clearly didn't even think about jumping into the river, so why did we jump into the river on our own?"
"That's right. I have a son who's only six months old at home. How could I bear to jump into the river? It's really too unfair."
For a moment, these dark shadows became excited.
Seeing the atmosphere growing increasingly tense, Zhang Meng quickly spoke up to stop them. "Quiet down, we all know you died unjustly. To be honest, we're here to investigate this case, and we need your help. Think back to what you did before you died, who you met, and tell us everything."
After Zhang Meng's shout, the dark shadows finally quieted down.
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