I become a god in another world

Chapter 449 A strange combination of circumstances
Chapter 449

"Sun, Sun family?"

When the gatekeeper, Old Man Zhou, heard about the long-lost owner of the house, he looked confused: "I know, but——"

At this point, he looked Zhao Fusheng up and down: "Who are you? Don't treat me as a fool." Old Man Zhou was suspicious: "One moment they said they were related to our Zhou family, the next moment they said they were from the same hometown as Mr. Wu, and they also knew the Chang family of the Five Immortals Temple in Jin County--"

The more he spoke, the more strange his expression became: "Don't you have other purposes?"

Old Man Zhou's words made Chen Duozi feel a little uneasy, and he instinctively turned to look at Zhao Fusheng's expression.

Zhao Fusheng thought about it and simply admitted: "You are right, we really have another purpose."

As soon as she agreed, Old Man Zhou immediately panicked: "Who are you?"

Zhao Fusheng said seriously: "We are from the Demon Suppression Division. We heard that a ghost case happened here, so we wanted to come in and investigate."

Fan Wujiu didn't expect her to reveal her identity so quickly, and he immediately showed a smug look.

Old Man Zhou was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Demon Suppression Division? I think you are just talking nonsense. Did you hear me say there is a ghost here and deliberately raise a big banner to scare me?"

He didn't believe it.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said, "You don't believe me even if I tell you. If I don't tell you, you'll ask. Since you think we're not from the Demon Suppression Division, then who do you think we are?"

Old man Zhou's eyes turned and scanned the faces of Fan Wujiu and others.

Then he said in a smart way: "I see these heroes are strong and have fierce eyes. I'm afraid they are the kings of some nearby mountain?"

"..."

Zhao Fusheng remained silent. Fan Wujiu's smug expression froze on his face, and then he flew into a rage: "You old thing—"

Fan Bisi quickly stopped him: "Don't be impulsive, business is more important."

His behavior frightened Old Man Zhou so much that he hid for a long time with his hands on his head, shouting "spare me".

"Since you have guessed it, answer my question honestly."

Zhao Fusheng was too lazy to argue with him.

The 'person' in front of me only exists in the past, there is no point in arguing with him.

"Don't worry, my dear, I'm just a gatekeeper. I don't have any feelings for Mr. Wu's family. You can rob me if you want, but please spare my life."

After learning the "true identities" of Zhao Fusheng and others, Old Man Zhou became obviously more flattering.

After he finished speaking, he said, "Do you want to ask about the Sun family?" After that, he thought for a moment and said, "I do know something about the Sun family."

Meng Po's expression changed and evil spirit began to appear from her body.

Her evil spirit affected Old Man Zhou who lived more than 20 years ago. The old man's figure turned from real to virtual and his expression became stiff.

Zhao Fusheng was worried that something bad might happen, so he grabbed Meng Po's cold hand.

Meng Po came to her senses after being pinched by her.

Old Man Zhou’s figure became solid again.

He had no idea what had happened before, as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Where were we just talking about? Heroes - robbing -"

Zhao Fusheng reminded: "Sun family."

"Sun family? Oh, yes, yes."

He repeatedly said, "I know something about the Sun family."

Fan Wujiu said impatiently: "If you know, just tell me now, don't waste time."

"The Sun family was originally considered a wealthy family in Jin County. In the early years, they were engaged in the medicinal materials business and had a good relationship with Xinglinyuan in our county."

"A few years ago, Xuzhou, our neighbor, was safe and everyone liked to go to Xuzhou."

Zhao Fusheng was worried that Old Man Zhou would talk too much and it would take him a long time to get to the point, so he was about to try to guide him, but he ended up bringing up old stories from Xuzhou.

She listened patiently.

Old Man Zhou said, "One year, the Sun family said they sent a batch of goods to Xuzhou, a man named Wan, Wan--"

"Wan'an County." Meng Po continued.

Old Man Zhou raised his eyelids and glanced at her. "This old sister-in-law is right. It was Wan'an County. He stayed there for half a year. I think he made a lot of money when he came back. He bought a lot of things in the city. I heard that he arranged a marriage for his son."

The previous time images recorded fragments of Shen Yishu's past, but as the ghost fog faded away, when the ghosts surviving in the evil spirit in this haunted house mentioned people and events in the past, it made everyone feel that life had changed.

Meng Po was so heartbroken that she couldn't speak for a while.

Zhao Fusheng had no choice but to ask, "Is the marriage settled?"

“——I don’t know.”

Old man Zhou showed a moment of hesitation on his face, and finally shook his head: "The marriage was not held in Jin County." He explained: "Although the Sun family's old house is in Jin County, they have been doing business for many years and their family has long moved away. Their clansmen and relatives have long lived in Shangyang County. I heard that the Sun family bought a mansion there, which cost a lot of money - and they spent a lot of money on decoration -"

Zhao Fusheng interrupted him: "Then why did the house become abandoned?"

"Then something happened."

Old man Zhou was still talking about something he hadn't finished, but was interrupted by Zhao Fusheng. He could only sigh helplessly: "Anyway, the Sun family's steward came back and didn't give out red sugar or wedding candy to the neighbors. I think this marriage doesn't seem to be going through."

Not only did it fail, but they also ordered the paper-cut "喜" character on the mansion door to be replaced, and the lanterns to be changed to plain colors.

"It's like a funeral."

Old Man Zhou said, "I was still young at that time, working as a handyman in the Demon Suppression Division. One day I heard Brother Bao and his family talking about the Sun family wanting to sell the house."

He sensed something was wrong in these words: "I thought it was fake at first."

The Sun family is wealthy and had already purchased property in Shangyang County. Jin County is much worse than Shangyang County, and the value of the house is not that high.

"The combined six-story courtyard, the east and west wing rooms, the rockery, the pavilion, and the backyard are only priced at 160 ingots of silver."

"This is a lot of money." Liu Yizhen said.

Old man Zhou curled his lips and said, "The bidding is one thing, but I'm afraid the actual transaction will not even reach half of it."

But even so, it is still a house that many people cannot afford in their lifetime.

The Sun family wanted to sell their house and son, but according to Han law, they had to ask their relatives and neighbors first.

But now, the Han Dynasty is plagued by ghosts, and the law has long been meaningless. The Sun family is not afraid of breaking the law, but they are afraid of offending the Demon Suppression Department. Therefore, they first went to the Demon Suppression Department to inquire about the situation - "That is, to ask the people in the government office whether they want to buy this house."

The Sun family actually had such a past. "You know, the Sun family has been doing business for many years and is a well-known wealthy family in our county. Every year during festivals, they would return to their hometown to worship their ancestors." Old Man Zhou said, "There is a piece of land behind the Sun family, which is their ancestral tomb. The ancestral tomb is not included in the sale of the house this time."

"The Sun family is rich, but they are selling the house at a low price. Could something have happened?" Zhao Fusheng guessed.

Old Man Zhou was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "It seems that he got into trouble in Shangyang County."

After he finished speaking, a look of regret appeared on his face, and he slapped himself hard, "Oh, I can't control my rotten mouth!"

"What lawsuit?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Old man Zhou had already spoken out of turn, so he was unwilling to say anything at this point. He just clenched his teeth and remained silent.

Fan Wujiu raised his fist as if to hit him, but he also closed his eyes, with a look of being ready to die.

Zhao Fusheng rolled his eyes and said, "Your Zhou family is not small in wealth. You can work in the government office and the Demon Suppression Division. It can be seen that your Zhou family is harmonious and works together."

When Old Man Zhou heard this, he sneered and said, "Some things you say about the Zhou family are useless—"

"If you don't want to tell us, we will report you to the Demon Suppression Bureau for criticizing Tang Zuwang and saying that he—"

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Zhao Fusheng was halfway through his words when the fearless old man Zhou suddenly changed his expression: "Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it, it can kill people--"

"You're right." Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly, rolled his eyes, and said softly, "Uncle Zhou, we are curious too. Now that we have entered this haunted house, we are all on the same vine and can't get out anyway. What can't we say directly? Even if you say it, we have nowhere to spread it."

She threatened and warned him, and finally persuaded him gently. Old Man Zhou let the cat out of the bag, and she caught him with evidence. He was already at a loss at this time. Hearing what she said, he sighed, "It's mainly because this matter is hard to explain."

"Is it related to the right of virginity?" Meng Po suddenly asked in a trembling voice.

Old Man Zhou's eyes flickered, and he quickly waved his hand: "That's not what I said."

His reaction just verified what Meng Po said.

"More than forty years ago..." As soon as Liu Yizhen opened his mouth, Old Man Zhou asked in surprise, "How can it be more than forty years ago? It was only a dozen years ago."

Since they were already chatting, he no longer concealed the truth and sighed, "The Sun family is unlucky. How could they have run into this?"

"Such a happy event..." he said, "I guess the Sun family is also in trouble and is selling all their property to redeem the person."

"Alas." Chen Duozi sighed. After hearing this, he asked curiously, "Ransom?"

"Yes." Old Man Zhou nodded. "The right of virginity was originally given to the adults in the Demon Suppression Division as a token of respect. That's the rule, but how can these adults have so many women?"

Many of them are using chicken feathers as a token of authority to deliberately make things difficult for others.

Some do it for sex, some do it for money.

Whenever a family in Shangyang County had a son or daughter getting married, some people would use the name of the Demon Suppression Division to take the bride away from the family. The lustful ones would keep her, while the less lustful ones would hint to the bride's family to pay money to redeem her.

“This is called buying money.”

The money to buy a body can be big or small.

Poor families donate less money, while rich families like the Sun family give more. It is not uncommon for one family to lose everything if things go wrong.

If the Sun family's marriage is really related to the right of virginity in Shangyang County, and has reached the point where they have to sell their house to raise money, it is obvious that the person the Sun family has provoked is not ordinary, and it is even possible that the one who covets the bride is the general of the Shangyang County Demon Suppression Division himself.

If so, then this is a doomed tragedy.

"Did the Sun family sell the house in the end?"

After her grief, Meng Po calmed down and asked.

Old Man Zhou said, "No, something happened to the Sun family afterwards."

"Something happened?"

Women are always more emotional. When it comes to the outcome of a marriage, Chen Duozi always takes it to heart. She asked anxiously, "What happened?"

"We don't know about that either, after all, it's a matter of the county." Old Man Zhou shook his head: "Anyway, not long after, the people of the Sun family mysteriously disappeared."

"The whole mansion disappeared?" Zhao Fusheng was moved, and Old Man Zhou said, "They said they were going to sell the house, but when they were selling it, they disappeared. Everyone in the mansion disappeared, including the maids, servants, and handymen. Only an empty house was left."

"But I think this is a weird thing." He said, and then whispered: "To be honest, when our colleague Bao Er heard that the Sun family was selling the house, he was very excited."

He said, "Second Brother Bao has four sons. Three of them are married. They have not divided up the family. They have a large family of descendants. The youngest son is also looking for a marriage."

"He worked in the Demon Suppression Division for a few years and saved some money. He planned to sell his old house and buy the house in the Sun Mansion."

With this in mind, Brother Bao would take time out every day to visit the Sun family. He knew that once the news of the Sun family selling the house came out, many people in the county would be eyeing this piece of land.

"One night, he was late for work and did not go home after his shift. He said he wanted to go to Sun's house first."

"What happened next?" Zhao Fusheng couldn't help but ask when he heard this.

Old Man Zhou shrugged his shoulders and said, "Later, he did not go home, but returned to the Demon Suppression Division. I was on duty that night and happened to run into him. He grabbed me and shouted that the Sun family was haunted."

"What happened to him?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Old Man Zhou said, "He said that there were a lot of strange footprints at the gate of the Sun Mansion." At that time, Brother Bao thought that someone had entered the Sun family. He was afraid that someone was watching the house, so he hurriedly went to the wall to check. Then he heard the voice of a woman talking coming from inside the wall.

"It is said that the maids of the Sun Mansion are discussing the young man's marriage."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other.

Chen Duozi was slightly frightened. Everyone remembered that before entering the Wu family mansion, the red moon on Meng Po's body appeared, causing the past scene to be presented like a kaleidoscope in front of people more than 40 years later.

"The moon that night was strange. To be honest, it was red." Old Man Zhou sighed, "A red moon is not auspicious."

After he finished speaking, he was stunned for a long while.

Zhao Fusheng also thought for a moment, then interrupted his contemplation: "Did anything strange happen to your second brother Bao later?"

Old Man Zhou shook his head: "No more."

After saying that, he added sadly, "Because he disappeared behind him."

"What do you mean?" Fan Wujiu asked blankly.

"He disappeared afterwards. No one knows where he went. Anyway, he didn't go home, and he didn't enter the Demon Suppression Division again. He just disappeared like that." said Old Man Zhou.

Fan Wujiu asked, "Could it be that he was kidnapped?" After he finished speaking, he even laughed, "Who would kidnap an old man?"

Since Old Man Zhou called the other party "brother", it can be seen that Brother Bao is not younger than Old Man Zhou. Moreover, he mentioned that Brother Bao even has grandchildren, which further proves that the other party is an old man.

"Why would you kidnap an old man? If he were a young man, he could work, and the child could be treated as a son to carry on the family line. But if you kidnap an old man, is it because the family is short of a father?"

His words made Old Man Zhou want to laugh.