Ji Yunfei has really turned into a zombie!
This thought kept swirling in my mind.
No wonder Master Zhou rushed over so hurriedly last night in the midst of the storm, eagerly begging me to sell him cinnabar.
If I had opened the door last night and sold the cinnabar to Master Zhou, would he have been spared from death?
I stared blankly at the still gloomy sky outside the window.
When I came to my senses, I realized that the aunt who had been talking non-stop was nowhere to be seen, and there were only a few pedestrians left on the street.
I took out my phone and dialed Yingniang's number.
This time, after a few beeps, the call actually went through.
"Hey, Yingniang, it's me!"
As soon as the call connected, I couldn't wait to say, "You know that Master Zhou came to buy cinnabar last night? He... he was killed! He died in Ji Yunfei's mourning hall."
I blurted out everything.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Yingniang's soft sigh: "Alas, Master Zhou... This is his fate. Xiao Chen, you did the right thing. Don't take this on yourself."
Yingniang's voice was as steady as ever, but it also carried a hint of weariness.
"Yingniang, what do you mean by that?"
Yingniang interrupted me, her tone becoming serious: "Xiao Chen, listen carefully. Master Zhou wants cinnabar to deal with Ji Yunfei's zombie transformation. But Ji Yunfei's resentment is extremely deep this time, and she can't cross the threshold. But Master Zhou is different!"
"Back then, Master Zhou was alive. If you wanted to sell him something, he would definitely step across the threshold, and then Ji Yunfei's resentment would follow him in. Once she killed Master Zhou, you would be the next one to kill him!"
"Even a Taoist master like Master Zhou suffered a terrible fate. Do you think you can escape it? By not opening the door, you actually escaped a calamity."
At this point, Yingniang paused, then continued, "However, this matter is a bit strange. Logically speaking, the ghost infant should break open its belly to kill people, but it shouldn't be able to kill Master Zhou unless Ji Yunfei and he join forces. Otherwise, it will definitely be able to escape."
"Go to the Ji family now and see if Ji Yunfei's body is still there. If it is, then Master Zhou couldn't have been killed by Ji Yunfei. Besides, turning into a blood-sucking zombie isn't that easy!"
"Just go and take a look, but don't cause any trouble or meddle in other people's business. The main thing is to make sure the body is still there, understand?"
After hanging up the phone, I grabbed the kitchen knife Liu Sandao had given me and went out.
Ji's house is easy to find. After such a big incident, I don't need to ask around. Wherever the police car is parked, that's where Ji's house is.
...
Ji's family is in the seafood business, and they've made quite a large one.
Those five seafood shops at the end of the street are all owned by their family.
We weren't open for business today.
The last house at the end of the street is a self-built five-story building, decorated in a grand style, like a small Western-style villa.
However, at this time, a white cloth was hanging on the door on the first floor, and an inflatable white balloon arch was placed at the entrance.
Two police cars were parked at the entrance, and the mourning hall was also cordoned off, with a large crowd inside.
According to the surrounding crowd, Master Zhou's body had been taken away by the police.
They said they would take me for an autopsy, and the preliminary conclusion was that I died from murder.
I was somewhat disappointed to hear that Master Zhou's body had been taken away.
I was originally curious to see if Master Zhou had two bloody holes in his neck, just like that old lady had said.
If there were no police, I could have made an excuse that I was a neighbor coming to offer incense.
But now the police have put up a cordon, and I don't even know how to get there to see Ji Yunfei's body.
Just when I didn't know what to do, I suddenly heard a loud curse.
"Damn it, Baldy Third Brother, I've been looking all over for you!"
I looked up at the sound and saw several burly men with menacing faces surrounding a bald middle-aged man like wolves swarming their prey.
The bald man was thin and pale, his eyes filled with terror. Surrounded by the group, he appeared utterly helpless.
"Brothers, brothers, please give me a few more days, just a few more days, and I'll definitely raise the money and pay you back!"
Baldy the Third pleaded, his voice filled with fear and helplessness, as he cried.
The man in the lead spat impatiently.
A sharp slap landed on Baldy Lao San's face.
"How many times have I given you a grace period? Do you think my money grows on trees? Fine, I'll give you a grace period, but what collateral do you have?"
Baldy Third Brother flinched and stammered, "The house... the house, I'll mortgage the house."
"Who are you trying to fool? You mortgaged that lousy house to us a long time ago! If you don't pay back the money today, we'll chop off your hand to teach you a lesson!"
The man threatened him menacingly.
As he spoke, he deliberately revealed the dagger hidden at his waist.
Upon seeing the dagger, Baldy Third Brother's face was covered in sweat, which was quite a scare.
"I...I'll pay you back. I'm sure I'll find a way to pay you back. Just give me a few more days, just...just ten days!"
"Ten days? I'll give you ten years, you son of a bitch!"
"Then...then I'll definitely have the money to pay you back within a week!" Bald Old Man quickly changed his tune.
Those around them shook their heads and began to discuss the matter.
"That bald third brother is a gambling addict. He gambled away his family, his wife ran away, and now he almost sold his daughter. He deserves it!"
"That's right, people like that deserve to suffer a bit, let's see if they dare to gamble again!"
"Gambling and drugs are extremely harmful! Gambling is easy, but quitting is incredibly difficult!"
"That's right, so many people have gone to the rooftop. I reckon the next one to die will be this bald old man!"
Just then, Baldy San seemed to trip over something and fell to the ground with a thud, then started shouting loudly.
"Murder! Murder!"
The leader frowned, looked around, and hurriedly said, "Don't fucking yell, I didn't touch you!"
But the bald third brother seemed to have gone mad, still shouting: "Murder! Help! Police officers! Help!"
He shouted as he struggled on the ground, using both his hands and feet.
This shout immediately attracted the attention of the police officers handling the case.
The police officers who were maintaining order near the funeral hall all gathered around this area.
Those who had surrounded Baldy San saw that things were not going well, their expressions changed drastically, and they ran away as fast as they could.
The man in the lead ran about a hundred meters away, then turned around and cursed viciously, "Baldy, you just wait! You're lucky today. Three days, three days at most. If you don't pay me back, I'll kill you!"
"stop!"
Seeing this, a policeman pointed at the fleeing crowd and shouted loudly.
But those people weren't about to stop; they ran even faster and disappeared around the corner in an instant.
Seeing that all the police officers were surrounding Baldy Lao San, and no one was in the mourning hall.
My heart skipped a beat.
Taking advantage of the chaos that had drawn the police's attention, he seized the opportunity, crouched down, and quickly slipped through the gap in the police tape.
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