When I went back to check, the first problem I encountered was...how to open the door?
In that death game full of evil spirits, Chi Shen was only thinking about how to get out, but never thought about how to go back.
But he was not in a hurry. Zhang Yao told him to take a look at the ancient books of the Zhong family. Now he had only read one book. After he finished reading it, maybe he would make some new discoveries.
"Rest and go eat." Chi Shen happily opened the food delivery app. "Let me see what we have for dinner today. Actually, I hope some kind-hearted person will find his conscience and cook for me. That would be perfect. How about we go out for a walk in the evening? I just saw a strange story on the local forum. There is a restaurant..."
Ji Xingchen had already stood up from the shadows: "I'll go cook."
Looking at Ji Xingchen's tall back as he left, Chi Shen, holding the tablet in one hand and supporting his chin with the other, began to laugh.
Then the smile on his face gradually faded a little, and he suddenly found that it was not bad to live like this.
He slowly retracted his gaze from Ji Xingchen and looked back at the ancient book of the Zhong family that Zhong Jingsong had sent him - he had never been a person who hesitated or struggled. If he wanted to continue living like this, then he had to resolve some things first.
When Ji Xingchen came to call him for dinner, Chi Shen read another short story. It was not quite accurate to call it a short story, as each event was marked with the time and place of the event, and who resolved it. It would be more appropriate to call it "The Zhong Family Exorcism Records".
The first book Chi Shen flipped through was the first one. After he finished reading it all, he checked the time and names. This book recorded the incidents that had been resolved by the first generation of the Zhong family, that is, the founder of the Zhong family.
The second book that Chi Shen picked up was a record of the incidents that the second generation of the Zhong family had solved.
Chi Shen also counted and found that there were only twenty or so events in the first book, with a time span of more than forty years, from the founder's youth to his old age. It was not known whether it was because he felt that small things did not need to be recorded, or whether there were not as many ghosts and monsters at that time as there are now.
Judging from the ghosts that Chi Shen is encountering now, he can write a ghost exorcism book in a year.
Ji Xingchen's cooking skills have improved. At least he can make more than just scrambled eggs with tomatoes and fried eggs with tomatoes. Tonight, Chi Shen also had a bowl of hot soup, and he actually felt a little touched - from only being able to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes to egg drop soup, how much effort did Ji Xingchen put in!
After dinner, Chi Shen wanted to continue reading. Bai Wan also bought him a night light, which he thought was perfect for reading on the terrace at night. However, before he could take out the night light, he received a call.
The voice on the other end was that of an old man. He first introduced himself and said that his name was Zhang Mingshu and that he was the old man who asked him to worship the tablet of the Bai family's ancestor that night. He also asked him very politely if he was free. They had found something but didn't know what to do with it, so they hoped Chi Shen could go and they would send someone to pick him up.
Chi Shen said that as an ordinary citizen, he had the obligation to cooperate with the police in handling the case, so he went happily.
The police car took Chi Shen all the way to the beach, and Chi Shen soon realized that this was the beach where Bai Hengqing tried to save his soul that night.
However, this place is quite far from the place where Bai Hengqing performs rituals, probably about two or three miles away. It is also a little far from the seaside. There is a forest used for greening the port city. Because it is far from the city, this forest has been left unattended and has grown wildly. It is so lush and green that it blocks out the sun, and half of the sidewalk is occupied by weeds.
Now the woods are surrounded by a cordon. A young man is sitting on a bench outside the woods, shivering, and there are two other young men accompanying him.
"We run a photo studio, and we came here to see if the location is suitable for filming. He said he wanted to go to the bathroom, and we didn't know where the toilets were, so we asked him to go to the woods where there was no one around anyway. Not long after he went in, he ran out screaming. Now this is what happened." The person who spoke was one of the young men who accompanied the man. He was wearing glasses and had a huge handbag at his feet filled with messy props. He was holding a tripod tightly in his hand and looked a little nervous.
The other young person was a girl. She was wearing a forest-style long skirt and a thick down jacket. She looked into the woods with some fear and said, "I called the police. There's a coffin inside! There's a body inside the coffin!"
"I didn't see the body myself. He told us about it. But I saw the coffin. There really was a coffin!" The girl's voice was trembling. The policeman next to her handed her a bottle of water. She took a sip and continued, "I thought he was playing a prank and wanted to scare us. I didn't expect it to be real. I ran out when I saw it and called the police. Regardless of whether it's true or not, it's really wrong to put a coffin here! Who is the psychopath who put the coffin here!"
The girl's voice was a little agitated, and the policeman said a few words to comfort her, telling her not to be afraid, that the matter was under investigation and that she would be informed later on what exactly happened.
At this time, the shivering boy spoke. He whispered, "The body was wearing clothes from the Qing Dynasty. It was not rotten, not even the face."
The young policeman was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect that someone would walk up to the coffin and take a closer look. Just as he was about to say something, the boy spoke again.
"I thought someone had put it there to scare people, and I touched it... The clothes had a good texture, and the face was soft, or I can't say it was soft... It felt like, like touching a piece of frozen pork, the meat was hard, but I knew it was real skin."
Hearing this, the young policeman looked up at the person standing next to him. The person was in plain clothes and was a little older. He said, "Go back and rest first. We will take you back and give you some psychological counseling on the way."
The girl nodded and said thank you, but the boy didn't say anything and was still shivering.
The young policeman helped the boy to stand up, and another policeman came to help them carry their things. Seeing the girl staring in a daze in one direction, the young policeman called her twice.
"It's very good," the girl looked in that direction again, her voice a little soft, and then asked, "Is that man also a policeman?"
The young policeman followed her line of sight and saw Uncle Zhang, who came to support them, walking into the woods. There seemed to be someone in front of him, but he couldn't see clearly. He asked, "Who?"
The girl shook her head: "Forget it, let's go back."
Each of the street lights here is very far away and appears particularly dim. Under the street light just now, a young man looked over here and stood under the light. His eyebrows and eyes were like an old painting.
She must have seen it wrong.
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