Chapter 8: The Back of Ghost Market

  When our large team came to Xu Na and Xu Jie's small dock again, Wu Xing, a scholar without a diploma, gave me a lesson.

  "It's not a ghost or premeditation." Wu Xing looked around and said, "The voltage in the Ghost Market is unstable. The small dock has an independent power line. When Xu Jie pulled the switch, the power supply was insufficient, so the lights naturally flickered on and off."

  Xu Na said beside him: "That's right, and because of this relationship, we rarely pull the switch."

  Wu Xing smiled and said, "If the attacker is human, he must be very familiar with the situation here. First, he destroyed the submarine, calculated your rescue, and took advantage of the lights going out to launch a surprise attack."

  "Very reasonable reasoning." I nodded in agreement: "I remember that the attacker at that time had a pair of red 'color' eyes that glowed, and those eyeballs were as big as my watch. I even thought it was some kind of mountain water monster, which made you guys stay away from the shore. Now thinking about it, it should be something like night vision goggles."

  "Oh, so that's how it is... We've been worried for nothing all this time. It was just the killer obstructing us, not a monster after all..." A group of young netizens looked slightly disappointed, and the exquisite iron sword in their hands hadn't even been used.

  "No!" Wu Xing suddenly shouted loudly: "What I said earlier, if the existence of this attack is human, then it's like that, but there's also a possibility that it's a monster. If so, it means this monster likes to hunt in the dark!"

  Wu Xing is knowledgeable and insightful, immediately deducing the two-way answer. The rest is up to me to carry out.

  "Xu Na, Xu Jie, you two rarely use the crane. Who knows that when pulling the 'gate', the lights will go out?" I want to clarify this first point.

  "Whatever..." Xu Na let out a dry laugh and didn't say another word, and Xu Jie wouldn't dare to speak either.

  At this time, Captain Wang Wenlu said: "I know about this matter, Chen Dong also knows, and so does Zhao Hongshan. Is there anyone else?"

  "It's gone, it's gone." Xu Na and Xu Jie hastily said: "Because our engine is relatively loud, it belongs to the disturbing type, so with Captain Wang in the deepest part of this waterway, generally very few people come, even if they do, there are only a few who know."

  "Is Zhao Hongsen that person who sleeps in a coffin all day?" I was startled, because of Wu Xing's relationship, I haven't finished investigating those people yet.

  "Wu Xing shook his head and said, 'Old Zhao occasionally comes here to use the cutting machine to make coffins. The Xu sisters don't care about these things, so they have a good relationship with him. There's no reason for him to harm them. As for Captain Wang, I was just with him earlier, it's absolutely not him.'"

  "Wow, could it be Chen Kui? Who knows, he didn't even come to us about such a big thing. This kid is clearly guilty, yeah, he must have been lusting after Li Muhuan's beauty and when he couldn't get her, he murdered her..." At this time, the people of Gui Shi were like Yan Feng, all stirred up by the thrill of solving the case, and they all went to investigate together.

  Well, anyway, with more people comes greater strength. I'll just ask Chen Wu for some "meat" and test the waters to see if there's any truth to the legendary blood-eyed monster. After all, being in a life-or-death situation is really unsettling.

  As the leader of a large team of investigators, this police uniform is a beacon, but under the gaze of everyone, I didn't have the opportunity to ask Wu Xing who that last person was, and it's really frustrating.

  "Ahhh~~~~~~" Suddenly, the crowd on the left side of the team collectively let out a loud and sharp scream, retreating backward like a receding tide.

  I took a closer look and saw that in the dark corner, two large 'legs' were exposed, with a trail of blood flowing out from the darkness.

  "It's a ghost, could it be Li Mihan's vengeful spirit? She's back for revenge! Oh my god, this is too scary, what to do......" The crowd was in a state of extreme chaos.

  Whoosh! Zhang Meng and Wu Xing surprisingly overtook me, rushing ahead first.

  A few of us who were bolder quickly ran over and shone our flashlights - it was Chen Dong!

  The left arm was half torn off, with bones exposed, and the person was in a daze.

  "Hurry to the hospital, everyone stay away from the ditch, don't be alone, don't be in a dark place!" I made a quick decision, saving people is urgent!

  It was quite a coincidence that this place was not far from Zhao Hongsen's coffin shop, so we borrowed a coffin board to carry the person and rushed to the emergency room outside.

  When the big 'door' opened, I saw the sunlight again in that instant, and my heart was suddenly hit by a big hammer. Right here, at the entrance of Ghost Market's big 'door', I might have lost something important...

  No time to think about these things, we first sent the injured Chen Wei to the emergency room. After explaining the situation to everyone, Ms. Liu Yafang, the person in charge of the Ghost Market, organized a large number of security guards to rush into the Ghost Market while ensuring that no one was allowed to leave.

  People are in a state of panic and speculation, what has happened to the usually calm Ghost Market?

  At this time I had no more patience, and pulled Wu Xing to the other end of the small bridge, asking: "Uncle Wu, you must tell me now, who is the last person!"

  Wu Xing sighed and said: "Bai Yang, do you think she could be the murderer?"

  "Xiao Bai Yang, how could it be her!" I suddenly felt dizzy and the cute 'girl' with a mushroom-shaped head couldn't possibly be the murderer.

  Wu Xing pulled me and whispered, "This is a secret of the Ghost Market. Look at this mountain body, it's half natural and half man-made cave. There's only one exit for the mountain spring, what if there's a fire or landslide earthquake? It would be extremely dangerous! So, secretly, the Ghost Market has another safe passage. The entrance to that tunnel is hidden under Xiaobaiyang's bed."

  I was slightly surprised: "The location of the 'den' of the White Ocean Mole is in the south-central part of the Ghost Market, and setting up a safe passage is reasonable. However, the exit should lead to the outer world's 'cave', what does it have to do with the murder scene?"

  "This is the reason I didn't tell you." Wu Xing sighed and said: "In the past, Ghost Market was not a place for rich people's eccentricities, but a place to collect confidential intelligence. The 'bed' under White Ocean not only leads to murder scenes, but also connects to many places, almost all over Ghost Market."

  "It's all over the ghost town, won't the murderer find out and use the underground passage to commit a crime?" I was somewhat resentful, with such a large amount of information, why didn't you tell me earlier?

  "Wu Xing waved his hand and said, 'It's impossible. Those channels are extremely hidden, and all the exits are locked from the inside. The only way to enter is through the mole's hole, and it can only be opened from the inside. It can't be opened from the outside, even if Liu Yafang were to try. You're the sixth person to know about this. The first five people who knew were me, Xiao Meng, and the boss of the Ghost Market, Song Xu, who is overseas. And then there's Xiao Baiyang and Captain Wang Wenlu.'"

  "Does Captain Wang know too? I see you're quite familiar with him, what's the relationship between you two?" I sense that there are many hidden things here, it's highly likely to be related to the case.

  Wu Xing still looked around nervously and said, "This ghost market is also a family business. Song Xu is the boss, Liu Yafang is the boss's mistress, Zhao Ye is the boss's driver, and I and Old Wang used to be the boss's 'legs'."

  "Oh, so you're close to the boss, that's considered a veteran too. You like Ghost Market, why did you leave?" I really didn't understand and wasn't suspicious, it was just an effective way of asking questions, but rather it had become a habit.

  Wu Xing laughed and said, "I'm old, I don't want to rely on the boss for a living, so I'll go out and find something to do. Not like Old Wang, because of his Noah's Ark business, many rich people come to seek fame, this influence is beneficial to Ghost Market, creating a lot of income."

  "What about Bai Yang? What's her status?" I felt a bit tense, subconsciously not wanting anything to happen to that lovely 'girl'.

  When it came to this point, Wu Xing furrowed his brow and paused for a moment before saying: "You know Bai Yang isn't the murderer, why ask so many questions?"

  "Wu Shu, now that someone has died and others are injured, Chen Kui will be disabled even if he is rescued. With such a big incident happening, how can I not understand the whole situation?" I'm really being driven mad by him, what's there to hide?!

  Wu Xing hesitated for half a day, then gritted his teeth and said: "Forget it, I'll tell you. In the past, Boss Song was quite a ladies' man. One day when he came to visit me at the orphanage, he met a sick girl who had the same hypersensitivity to sunlight as our Bai Yang. They had an affair and she gave birth to Bai Yang. Later on, that girl died, and Boss Song went to great lengths to create a lively atmosphere in Ghost City for the sake of his child. Don't be fooled by all the luxury here; in reality, Ghost City barely makes any money throughout the year. Liu Yafang has been making a big fuss about this matter. Now you know, but you must keep it a secret."

  "Huh? Where's that little guy? Did you bring a kid from the orphanage to accompany Bai Yang?" I naturally thought of the situation of the person I liked at the first moment.

  When it comes to her, Wu Xing sighed: "It's really like that, Xiaoming is getting more and more beautiful as she grows up. I'm worried that when the boss comes back, he'll have a bad idea and take her away. Because the two sisters are separated, she even had a big fight with me and refused to attend high school. I told her that in the future, she should find a man who can support her, love her and care for her. Young man, don't disappoint such a good girl."

  "Uh-huh, of course not." I said with my mouth, but in my heart, I thought that old boss was really something, able to scare his subordinates like this, like a wolf.

  Of course, in this way, the murderer is one hundred percent certain to be one of five people: Captain Wang Wenlu, the victim's husband Kong Xiangdong, the web-surfing youth Yan Feng, the ghost market 'gatekeeper' Zhao Ye, and the boss's 'daughter' Bai Yang.

  It's settled then!

  "Police comrades..." At this time, Liu Yafang rushed over with a group of people, her face pale and urgent: "Chen Dong has been sent to the city hospital after emergency treatment, I'm afraid he'll have to amputate, what do we do now?"

  "Calm down, calm down." I tried to tone down my voice: "Now listen to me, gather Wang Wenlu, Kong Xiangdong, Yan Feng and Zhao Ye together, assign someone to watch them 24 hours a day without leaving their side, disperse the crowd in the Ghost Market and have them move to the mountain villa first, then call twenty security guards for me and have each of them hold self-defense weapons. Oh, and get half a pig's meat for me."

  "Alright, I'll go and handle it now." Liu Yafang hastily dispatched someone to take care of it. He had many people under him, and because something had happened, he especially trusted me.

  I turned around and said, "Uncle Wu, bring Xiao Meng and Bai Yang with you."

  "Hmm...this is safe, let's do it this way..."