Chapter Twelve: The Ghosts Arrive

  "I haven't seen him——" Such a simple sentence, but it's hard for me to say. I don't know how to explain. Have I really seen him? In fact, I've never seen him before, only through Master's Xuan Guang technique, but I have an unresolvable feud with this person.

  Captain Zhang was stunned, his face turned gloomy, and he panted heavily, staring at me. After a long while, he let out a cold hum: "You little brat, it's pointless to fool me. This person is the one who killed Li Dazhu, named Li Chengdong. His father is Li Yanzhong, the deputy secretary of the Jiang City Municipal Committee. That car belongs to Li Chengdong. I've seen the surveillance video, and he indeed went to Linjiang Road that night, roughly matching the time you mentioned."

  Or maybe Captain Zhang was just stating another fact, but hearing it made me feel a sudden shock. I finally knew why he wanted to harm me - it was because Li Chengdong had hit someone and then abandoned the body. However, Xi Xiang felt that something wasn't right. If what Captain Zhang said was true, and Li Chengdong's father was the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, then with his father's influence, even if he were guilty of a hit-and-run, he wouldn't be sentenced too harshly, and might even be released in a year or two. Was it worth hiring a Thai sorcerer to harm me? As for compensation, I believed that wouldn't be on Li Chengdong's mind either. Could there be some other hidden reason? I stared blankly for a moment, then looked at Captain Zhang, suddenly understanding that this might have something to do with his sister, but I didn't know what exactly.

  "Li Dazhu's death in the car accident is roughly around the time you said, so it should be correct. Also, I've checked on you and at that time you were in university, so you shouldn't have been to Jiang City before, and you don't seem to have any relatives or friends here... So, I believe what you're saying..." Captain Zhang didn't pause, his eyes started shining as he spoke, his breathing became labored, he swallowed hard, and his voice trembled: "Is there a way for me to see Li Dazhu again?"

  I was stunned, yes, if I could see Big Zhu Zi, I would know what happened that night. After all, on the day of the melon field, Big Zhu Zi didn't say much, and even let the police officer who interrogated me see Big Zhu Zi, so wouldn't I be able to get out of this predicament? From the moment I heard that Li Chengdong's father was the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, I knew why this misfortune had happened to me.

  I looked at my master, I couldn't see Big Pillar Brother, but I still have another master, I don't know if Master will be able to help me. When I was talking to Captain Zhang, Master just listened quietly beside us, seeing me looking over, he understood what I meant, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slightly towards me.

  I let out a sigh of relief and turned my head to look at Captain Zhang, just about to speak, but suddenly the prison guard hastily came over with an anxious face: "Brother Zhang, there's no time, the people from the Second Brigade have come to take someone away. If Chief Wang finds out, I'll be in big trouble..."

  It's clear that Captain Zhang sneaked in, probably after negotiating with the prison guard. But judging from this, I'm still being treated specially, which makes me a bit angry. I looked at Captain Zhang and saw him hesitate, then lower his voice to say: "Maybe there's a way to see Big Pillar Brother, I'll think of a way to contact you, or you can come yourself."

  Captain Zhang let out a sigh of relief, nodded at me, looked around cautiously and gritted his teeth, lowering his voice to say: "My sister is the one who went missing on the night Li Dazhu had the car accident."

  As soon as the voice fell, Captain Zhang hurriedly followed the prison guard out. Not long after, he saw the prison guard leading two civil police officers over. One was a middle-aged male officer, and the other was a female officer who looked to be in her early twenties with an air of elegance about her, although she seemed somewhat cold. She came in, opened the door, and gestured to me: "Liu Hai, come with us for a walk."

  I turned my head to look at Master, Master nodded at me and walked over to pat my shoulder, taking the opportunity to secretly hand me a folded paper. In a low voice, he whispered in my ear: "Don't worry, everything will be fine, I won't let my apprentice suffer."

  Nodded, and secretly hid the paper, knowing it was a talisman, Master must help me. Took a deep breath, I turned around and followed the two police officers out, naturally being taken directly to the interrogation room. The criminal police had not given up on interrogating me, still waiting for me to confess.

  Next was another endless interrogation, but this time I had mentally prepared myself and wouldn't get angry about it. Instead, I felt more exhausted, speechless in the face of questioning, explanations were meaningless, so I simply closed my eyes and thought about how to resolve the crisis.

  The middle-aged police officer's face was very gloomy, and he was already furious in his heart. After interrogating the prisoner many times, someone like me who could face him calmly and remain silent was mostly psychologically strong. If I couldn't find a breakthrough, I wouldn't be able to crack. Seeing that I was lost in thought, he also shut up, panting heavily. As for the female police officer, she didn't say a word from start to finish, just staring at me coldly, and I don't know what she was thinking.

  The interrogation room fell silent, I closed my eyes and refused to speak. The two police officers were also hesitant and didn't open their mouths. Just then, the female officer suddenly spoke up: "Liu Hai, if you feel wronged, you should explain clearly. Not speaking is meaningless. How about we have a good chat?"

  "What's the point of saying anything, you won't believe my explanation anyway. All you want is for me to admit I'm a murderer, and talking to you is just a waste of breath. Or maybe it'll take being killed at the police station to prove my innocence." I sneered at them, thinking that from the start they were trying to trick me into revealing the truth about the murder. Maybe Master guessed it, or Li Chengdong's people would make their move when we're alone together, which is why I said all this.

  Two civil police officers changed their faces, and the middle-aged civil police officer even scolded: "Nonsense, how could you be killed in a public security bureau? Unless you are committing suicide out of fear of punishment, we can't stop you."

  "Isn't it all the same to you, no matter how I die, it's just a guilty suicide? Ah, perhaps now you're creating an opportunity for the murderer -" I raised my head and looked around, tightly grasping the talisman. Li Chengdong won't give up after one failure, I only now understand why he wants to kill me, or ask Li Chengdong what reason he has to kill me in the dark of night.

  "We've investigated you, and at the time of the incident, you should have been in college. But how did you know about Li Dazhu's situation? Zhang Yanqiu was also killed on the same day, beaten to death with a blunt object and then thrown into that pit together. Can you tell me why you said you didn't know anything about Zhang Yanqiu? If there's no ghost involved, who would believe you?" The female police officer still had a cold expression, but what she said stunned me. This was the first time I'd heard someone speak objectively about this matter, and it stirred up some emotions in my heart.

  Just as I was about to speak, a chill suddenly swept in from all sides, and the room temperature dropped instantly. A wry smile spread across my face as I thought to myself, "It's here again." I let out a sigh, and a faint, eerie grin appeared on my face as I gazed at the female detective and whispered, "Indeed, there is a ghost. It's arrived."

  My body tensed up, looking like I was about to erupt at any moment. My abnormal behavior made the two police officers somewhat tense, unsure of what I wanted to do, but they began to prepare nonetheless. They too felt a chill run down their spines, and the female officer even shrank back slightly, glancing around with furrowed brows, muttering: "It's like someone turned on the air conditioner or something, it really has gotten a bit cold."

  I didn't have the mood to pay attention to her, a black-gray smoke suddenly emerged from the wall behind me. Although I didn't see it, the ominous killing intent behind my back made my hair stand on end. Almost subconsciously, I quickly got up and turned to one side. The black-gray smoke hit that chair, and the invisible thing actually smashed the chair into pieces, making a "bang" sound. Then I saw the black-gray smoke slowly condense into a human figure in front of me. However, the twisted face made it impossible for me to see what this ghost looked like. But judging from the color of its eyes, this was one of the most ferocious and evil ghosts.

  As for my ability to dodge that attack earlier, the evil spirit clearly did not expect it, so at this moment it is especially wary of me. I am cautiously on guard, wondering what other tricks the evil spirit has up its sleeve. Although I can see the evil spirit, those two police officers cannot; yet at this moment I assume an attacking posture, causing them to be both startled and enraged. The middle-aged officer looks at me with a tense expression, shouting angrily: "What do you think you're doing? If you want to escape, that's just wishful thinking. And if you want to take action, you also..."

  Just as he finished speaking, the evil spirit moved, opened its mouth and blew out a gust of yin wind. The gust of yin wind was icy cold, causing me to shiver involuntarily. Fortunately, at this moment, the talisman in my hand suddenly emitted a warm current, which made me feel much better. However, the two police officers were not so lucky. They were instantly blown by the gust of yin wind and were shaking all over, their teeth chattering, unable to speak, with eyes full of shock and uncertainty.

  Fortunately, the evil wind was blowing towards me, and the two civil police officers were only affected by the fish pond's calamity. However, even so, it was enough for them to suffer. But this method had no effect on me. I felt the talisman in my hand getting hotter and hotter. My heart moved, and I gritted my teeth fiercely. The best defense is offense - this is a creed I uphold. So, I couldn't help but take action. With a sudden burst of strength from my legs, I quickly pounced towards the evil spirit, then threw a punch with all my might at it.

  The evil spirit didn't take me seriously, an ordinary person has no attacking power against an invisible and intangible ghost, so the evil spirit wouldn't mind my attack. But unfortunately, he was wrong, the talisman in my hand was like a tool that gave me some power, then I took advantage of the moment when the evil spirit didn't dodge, and my fist heavily hit the evil spirit. I heard the evil spirit let out a shrill cry, the talisman in my hand suddenly turned into a ball of flames burning fiercely. When I concentrated on the evil spirit for that instant, it exploded, the evil spirit wailed and scattered, turning into smoke and swirling away in all directions.