Chapter 1168 Listening to the Opera
“Seeing that it was useless to persuade Gouwa’s wife, I went to find Gouwa, but Gouwa still had that straight look in his eyes, as if he had lost his soul, what could I do? Even though I called him, he didn’t respond.”
“As they walked further and further away, the fog became thicker and thicker. I felt anxious and begged him. Don't leave anymore, take your wife and children home quickly."
"Only when he heard the word "go home" did Gouwa react a little. His lips opened and closed, and I got very close. Listen to what he said clearly. He said he was going to listen to the opera. "
"Yes, it's the opera!"
"He also said that after listening to the play, he can go home."
"I don't understand. It's so late at night, when everyone is asleep, where will he...their family go to watch the play?"< br>
"At this time, the weirdo also noticed me. He stretched out his hand and grabbed my arm." At this point, the old woman's face suddenly changed and her tone became urgent, "His hand was very hot, like …like It was like a red-hot iron. I tried to struggle, but I couldn't get away. Finally... until I heard a sound! "
"It's... a gong!" The old woman raised her head and insisted, "That's right, it must be the gong. It's the gong that shouts at people before the troupe starts."
"After the gong sounded, the weirdo let go of his hand."
"It was then that I realized that I had encountered something unclean. I didn't dare to stay any longer. I immediately turned around and ran towards home."
"But I still thought about Gouwa and his family. , just after running far away, I couldn't help but turn my head and take a look. "
"At this glance, I saw... I saw part of the thick fog dispersing, about 50 meters away from me. Actually …A stage actually appeared!”
“The stage seemed to be temporarily built, with many weird flags on it and wrapped in white cloth.”
"Through the white cloth, you can see the shadowy figures on the stage. There are figures shaking, accompanied by a burst of babbling singing. Gouwa's family is sitting in front of the stage."
"Not only their family, but also...there are people around, at least a dozen!"
"They all have the same posture, with their backs to me, and they are watching the show motionless."
"But the next second, suddenly their bodies changed and started to burn. All of these people were burning!" The old woman's voice became sharp, "Starting from the feet, burning to the head, crackling, I All can There was a smell of paste, but these people didn't move at all until they were burned to coke!"
"But not everyone was burned. There was one person among these people who was fine. He was sitting there! At the front and in the middle, he waited until those people were burned to ashes before he walked onto the stage. "After that, there was this man on the stage and he disappeared at the same time."
"The charred corpses in front of the stage were all gone."
"Then...then I woke up. When I woke up, I found that I was lying on the bed in my room. My body and quilt were covered in cold sweat. After a thorough beating, my two sons Wearing clothes, we hurried over, saying that they heard my screams.”
“I was so frightened that I finished the dream with them tremblingly. They all comforted me and said, This is just a dream, let me not think too much, But...but I know this is not a dream, it is definitely not a dream!"
After listening for so long, the police officer felt nervous, but he still couldn't help but say: "Old...old man, you! I said it myself, when you woke up, you found yourself lying on the bed at home."
The old woman raised her head, her cloudy eyes filled with strangeness. After a moment, the old woman raised her arm and struggled to move her right side. The cuffs were pulled upwards, and the next second, everyone present was stunned.
A dark handprint suddenly appeared on the old woman's skinny forearm.
"Then how do you explain this fingerprint?" the old woman asked in a hoarse voice.
The police officer and others found that this fingerprint could not be erased no matter what, it was more like it was printed directly into the flesh, so they connected all the recent events together, and they had to believe that there was something in this Maybe there really is something dirty at work.
Through further questioning, the old woman provided two more important clues.
First, the time when she woke up from her dream happened to be 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.
Second, judging from the direction Gou Wa and his family were walking, it should be the direction to the west of the village.
"12 o'clock at midnight?" The police officer grasped this point keenly and asked calmly: "Old man, you have had such a nightmare. You should be very scared. Why do you still want to pay attention to the time?"
The old woman shook her head and said, "My second son was working outside. He would get home around 12 o'clock during that time. That day, as soon as he got home, he heard my scream."
The second son the old woman was talking about. Just standing next to you is a A stout man who looked very honest. The man nodded and agreed with the old lady's words. He also carefully took out an old pocket watch from his arms. He looked at the police officer and said in a low voice: "Because I need it on duty, the superiors gave me one. pocket watch, use To record the time.”
“I remember very clearly that day when I got home, I took off my clothes, and before going to bed, I looked at my pocket watch out of habit, and then I heard my mother’s scream, and then I rushed. Past.”
"12 o'clock?" someone asked quietly.
The man turned his head and nodded cautiously, "Yes, it's 12 o'clock at midnight."
This moment of alternation of yin and yang once again added a sense of mystery to the case. The police officers calmed down and prepared to start with another clue. They asked the villagers where the path to the west of the village led.
The villagers responded that there are very few people walking on this road to the west. It leads to mass graves outside the city, so everyone is more taboo about it.
Hearing the word "mass grave", the expressions of the police officers and the others became even worse.
They had no choice but to cover up the matter to a certain extent and then report it to the superiors. At the same time, they also made insinuations in the hope that the superiors would not investigate further.
Of course, it is best to close this unlucky Roman Hotel permanently.
But things didn't work out as expected. After receiving their investigation report, the superiors were furious and issued a death order, requiring them to go to the mass grave outside the city and asking them to remove the unknown body. The charred corpses were dug up.
After all, because of this incident, there has been a commotion in the city outside. Everyone is secretly spreading rumors that these bosses have done something wrong and have offended the ghosts and gods, and they are seeking their lives.
In order to dispel these rumors, the charred corpse must be destroyed.
After hearing this, the police officers didn't hesitate and resigned directly. They took off their clothes on the spot and threw them on the officer's desk. No one tried to persuade him, so they just left in their shorts.
Although these people quit, due to the pressure from the dignitaries behind the hotel, the police station had no choice but to send another team to investigate the matter. (End of this chapter)