Gui Jia's Second Young Master

Chapter 426 The Spiritual Tower in the Village

"However, we can go to the eyewitness's house first!"

"How about I go with Xiao Yuande to Hong Hua's house? We'll split up!"

"Uh, do you dare?"

"What's there to be afraid of!"

And so, I took two police officers to the eyewitness's home. His name was Qiu Jing, a native of the village who had never left. Upon learning we were police, Qiu Jing became even more frightened. He gripped my hand tightly and said, "Comrade police, this matter, this isn't something you can handle. That thing has returned! Ah! Help! I didn't touch you, really, it had nothing to do with me, what happened back then. Please let me go! Let me go! I just saw..."

"Mr. Qiu, please calm down. Can you tell me? Did you know something?" I raised an eyebrow, looking at Qiu Jing with some bewilderment.

"No, I don't know anything. I was just passing by and saw Hong Hua. She came back to life. No! She probably never left in the first place, right? Yes! It must be like that, how could she leave? This is her home, this village is her home!"

"Did you really see her appear at the window back then? Did you recognize it as Hong Hua's appearance?"

"Of course. That face covered in freckles, without eyes, and a sunken nose. How could I forget? Hong Hua's parents left when she was very young, and then she lived with the help of the villagers."

"Anything else?"

"Nothing else. I didn't do anything, why is she scaring me like this? Does it mean she appears to everyone she sees?"

I could tell that Qiu Jing completely believed in the legends of ghosts and spirits, and thought he had indeed seen the deceased Hong Hua. Of course, we didn't believe any of that.

Furthermore, Qiu Jing must have been hiding something. He was afraid to say it, perhaps it related to some past events involving Hong Hua. Even though he claimed he did nothing, his fear to speak implied he wanted to cover up his own misdeeds.

If I pressed him now, he would likely maintain the same attitude. There was nothing else I could do, so I prepared to leave. But as I was about to depart, a little girl suddenly came out from the backyard and tugged at my clothes cautiously, "Police brother, I have something..."

"Xiao Kui, what are you doing? Don't hinder their work!"

Qiu Jing forcefully pulled the little girl back. This was likely Qiu Jing's daughter. I said, "Don't be so violent. Treat your daughter well!"

"I understand, comrade police. You should go, I need to rest!" Qiu Jing said sheepishly. But I noticed the little girl's eyes were red, as if she had something to say but couldn't.

As I walked out, I patted her shoulder. While Qiu Jing wasn't looking, I slipped something into her hand. Looking at her and Qiu Jing's appearance, I suspected this little girl was likely trafficked. So, I secretly contacted the relevant departments to handle the matter.

Then, I led the two officers to Hong Hua's house. The place was indeed dilapidated, the window panes were askew, and there were deep cracks on many parts of the walls. The plants in the courtyard had all withered and died. Even more disgusting was a dog's skeleton, half its head missing, lying on the ground, with flies swarming over it, its body so decomposed.

I even saw the corpses of several crows on the glass, and felt an immense sense of unease. Could the legends be true?

In houses with a curse, crows often crashed into the windowpanes, as if their eyes were blinded, utterly without direction.

I used to think such situations were artistic expressions, but seeing the piles of crow corpses on almost all the windows in Hong Hua's home, I was nearly shocked into questioning my sanity.

The two officers, like me, swallowed hard. We pushed open the rusty iron door, and a piercing, hoarse creak almost shattered our eardrums.

This iron door had been opened several times recently, as evidenced by the obvious dust on the ground and footprints in the courtyard.

I recognized some of them as belonging to Xiao Yuande and Liu Yuning. They had indeed been here.

As we entered the house, we called out their names, but received no response. I grew curious, had they already left?

I searched the house with the two officers and found a large gray urn. Recalling what the old man had told us, could this be the urn Hong Hua died in?

Although I kept telling myself it would be fine, my heart couldn't help but race. At the same time, my neck instinctively stretched towards the opening of the urn, as if to investigate.

Time seemed to slow down, my action of stretching my neck felt like a slow-motion close-up, lasting for a full minute. Fortunately, when I looked inside the urn, I found it empty.

I breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, an officer walked over, shaking a piece of evidence bag. "I found a pair of scissors with some hair still on them!"

"Good, anything else?" I asked another officer. He returned quickly, holding another evidence bag containing scraps of fabric from clothing.

We then used a UV light to examine the walls. The house was very simple. Due to the erosion of rain and wind on most of the walls, the outside was visible in many places. I checked every corner. As I was checking, I suddenly discovered something hidden in a crevice near the bathroom!

Two large, round eyes met mine!!

I immediately stepped back a few paces.

My heart turned cold.

But I quickly regained my composure. "Quick, get backup!"

A few minutes later, the support team arrived. Everyone used hammers to break down the wall and retrieved two more human eyeballs from the inside. A terrifying thought crossed my mind: could this be one of them...

Up to this point, I still hadn't found Xiao Yuande and Liu Yuning. I was truly worried they had disappeared. So, I ordered a search of the entire village, but the situation seemed dire. The result was that no one was found.

With no other choice, we deployed police dogs for assistance. The female dog arrived at the scene, sniffed around, and then ran towards a corner of the village houses. This was the village well, and it appeared to have been blocked. The dog lingered around the area, seemingly unable to find a direction, and could only search nearby for the time being.

There were many trees and bushes near the well, as well as several houses. Our people thoroughly searched them, but bizarrely, there were no traces.

At that moment, we all thought, could Liu Yuning and the others have...