Chapter 8, "The Junior Policeman": Through lifetimes, he is my wife. ...
The sounds of the fox spirit and the sorceress battling reached inside the sedan chair. Cao Chunlan, who hadn't brought any magical artifacts, was soon met with screams of pain as she was defeated by the fox spirit.
Jian Dieda saw Cao Chunlan through the blown-up sedan curtain in the evil wind.
She first fell heavily into the desolate alley, rolled over, and then coughed up a mouthful of blood onto the ground.
The fox spirit remained unmoved. He slowly raised the pale blue hand that had been extended from its claw and aimed it at the middle-aged woman's heart. Chunlan was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. A strand of hair fell onto her aged and pale face as she said, "Great Immortal, please spare the young man in the sedan chair."
Zhong Daxian's pupils were white, and he coolly retorted, "I let him go, but who let me go?"
"..." Chunlan shook her head, crawled over a few steps, and pointed at Jian Dieda with her finger, "...You are a magnanimous person, but all of this in the alley has nothing to do with Jian Dieda..."
How could it be unrelated?
In the story, he and Dong Zhijie are master and apprentice.
The fox spirit master had long believed that everyone was a murderer, and now he wanted to retaliate in kind.
Jian Dieda wanted to get involved in this grudge from a past life, but as he continued to observe Cao Chunlan, the powerless sorceress did something he didn't expect.
At that moment, the fox spirit young master walked past Cao Chunlan.
He possesses great magical power and is also a household deity; no human can defeat him.
Knowing this all too well, Cao Chunlan still raised an embroidered handkerchief in her left hand. She recited an incantation, a gesture that intimidated Zhong Daxian. He cried out in pain and had to stop, covering his face with his hands and shouting sternly, "..."
"Cao Chunlan! You've planted another 'blue-faced nightmare' on my face! Aren't you afraid of incurring bad karma and being reborn as a pig or a dog in your next life?!"
In the alley, as soon as the words were spoken, the fox spirit seemed to become a paper-made ornament. He transformed from a ghostly groom back into a rotten-faced evil ghost, his face a terrifying and ugly iron-blue color.
Unaware of what was happening to the characters present, the higher dimensions were also thrown into chaos.
"Green, Green-faced Nightmare, isn't that the corpse poison that some Maoshan Taoist priests collected from ghosts in ancient times...?"
"Are you out of your mind! How could a sorceress use such forbidden techniques? That's malicious! Even if she used it on this fox spirit young master, it would only harm him and herself..."
"This fox spirit probably won't live much longer. There's no cure for the Blue-Faced Nightmare. He'll be gradually transformed into a giant 'corpse fox' until his sanity is overwhelmed by the pale blue-white ghost faces, turning him into a walking corpse..."
Jian Dieda was unaware of all this, but he could tell that Cao Chunlan had definitely used some kind of forbidden technique, and both the fox spirit young master and Cao Chunlan were at a disadvantage in terms of magical power.
Despite the consequences, Cao Chunlan demanded, "Release them!"
"Don't even think about it!"
He rolled up his sleeves to cover his face, and Zhong Daxian began to convulse. His exposed skin was covered with an evil spell called 'Blue-Faced Nightmare,' and many ghostly faces of men, women, and children surged around him, almost turning him into a hideous demon.
Cao Chunlan gritted her teeth: "Young Master Fox, I apologize for the offense, but if you don't let us go tonight, there's a chamber pot outside the alley! This chamber pot is also called the 'Primordial Chaos Pot,' and human urine can break demonic spells. You may not be afraid yourself, but you should also think about your fox offspring, shouldn't you?"
Zhong Daxian fell into a sinister silence.
How can he trust people? If he agrees, he'll be tricked again. Wouldn't that be a losing proposition?
"I promise I will keep my word, really, please stop tonight!" Cao Chunlan had only one request: to get the two young police officers out of trouble.
"..." Zhong Daxian couldn't help but turn around and look at the bridal sedan chair. Jian Dieda could vaguely see the veins covering his neck and palms. He couldn't help but interject, "Chunlan won't lie to you. Let me and my brother go... And you look like you're in so much pain... You should run away quickly."
Escape? The fox spirit young master can't do that.
With years of bloodshed in the alley and the government's strict control over feudal superstition, he could not back down to Cao Chunlan.
When he was ten years old, Zhong Jie swore a solemn oath that ever since the Buddha Hall burned down, he had never wanted to take revenge on these mortals. But before he could do anything, the title of murderer fell on the Fox Fairy Young Master's head.
Just thinking about the cause and effect, a vicious thought of devouring people without spitting out the bones came to his mind again. Cao Chunlan, what are you pretending to be a good person for!
The fox spirit young master suddenly looked up, pushed the bridal sedan chair to the other side, and glared fiercely at the sorceress, "Sorceress Cao! The Honghui Police Station said that fox spirits are harmful! But you are the most likely person to be the murderer! You can't fool me! Who else but you could kill that old policeman right under my nose without giving anything away! Fine! You want to play the kind person and let me release him today? I'll do as you say, but I want to see if you will destroy the evidence and then kill everyone else who knows I said these things, hahaha..."
"..."
Cao Chunlan's face was expressionless.
She neither said yes nor no.
The upper level was also completely silent. The two informants who were most likely to kill Dong Zhijie had just turned against him in front of the police officers. How should the junior police officer judge the case next?
Dong Zhijie, you old bastard, give me some answers! Who killed you?
At this moment, the sedan curtain was lowered, and the male ghost's bridal sedan chair, carrying the young policeman inside, began to sway.
After Jian Dieda's feet left the ground, he felt that he and Dongzi were sitting in a Hongqi brand underworld sedan with an astonishing speed. The difference was that this car, which had no license plates and was terrifying everywhere, was sent by a dirty thing to send the police officers to the Yellow Springs.
The police station arrived quickly, and the bridal sedan chair stopped at the entrance of the dormitory building.
Jian Dieda knew that this group of ghosts lived in Shanzha Hutong because they were familiar with the surrounding roads and government departments.
Under the cover of darkness and high winds, the two police officers were released, as the gatekeeper had already gone to sleep.
The red flag of the police station flutters in the wind.
Jian Dieda's consciousness became blurred.
I wanted to sleep soundly until dawn and wait for the system to appear, but when I closed my eyes, all I could think about was that kiss...
Even worse, after his first encounter with a ghost, he actually started to have a high fever. The original owner of the body was also a ghost that he had impersonated, and now, Jian Dieda's soul had left his body again.
In a daze, he screamed in terror. The person under the bed was so frightened that he got out of bed to check on him. The gas lamp in the dormitory flickered, and the smell of incense and mildew lingered around his nose. It seemed as if a dark iron chain was wrapped around his neck...
Jian Dieda squinted, his eyes still stinging. As he faced death, he wondered, could this be a signal to the underworld?
This murder mystery game is so realistic...
...
"Jianzi! It's over, it seems like he's possessed! Quickly, get Chunlan to call back his soul!"
The sound of Dong Dongdong shaking the wire bed echoed in his ears. Not long after, Jian Dieda saw a pair of iron shears held up in front of him.
His lips were a rubbery red, his whole body was covered in saffron-scented medicinal oil, and there was a red mark on his philtrum, which was a scab pinched off by the sorceress before calling back his soul.
Chunlan recited a spell in the local dialect, told the young man her name, and then shouted out exorcism techniques passed down among the common people:
"Jenda! Come back! Come back! Come back! Who possessed you this time?"
Upon hearing this, 'Janda''s veins bulged, and he hysterically replied, "...I don't know, no, please don't drag me to the underworld—"
After saying that, the young policeman inside the mosquito net was still deeply disturbed by the nightmare. He felt like he was being electrocuted and rolled around like a shrimp in the surrounding soul-calling ritual. A minute later, he was in so much pain that he bent over and lay motionless on the sweat-soaked sheets, wearing only his briefs and with his upper body naked.
System prompt:
[You have triggered the testimony of 'possession by a ghost.' Since the 1960s, a saying has circulated in Shanzha Hutong that every year during the Ghost Festival, passersby would see ghosts under the trees. Some would develop a fever, while others would die. However, as times progressed, the ghosts gradually disappeared. After the case five years ago, the ghost stories strangely stopped.]
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[Congratulations on unlocking the crime-solving side quest, 'Lotus'. The fox spirit has tattooed a red lotus flower onto the young policeman's soul.]
"This is my mark. If his soul is no longer here, this lotus flower will help me find him."
"Life after life, he is my wife."
A note from the author:
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It's through lifetimes~
The second round of the knife-wielding segment is coming! The thrilling night of elimination is about to begin!
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