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Chapter 68: Autumn of Many Events (2)

  ???? is a mistake, according to pinyin:

  Baidu = White Ferry

  Yixia = With Shrimp

  nèi = Hey

  yan = Flame

  ge = Brother

  guan = Pipe

  kan = Chop

  zui = Drunk

  xin = Letter

  hang = Zhang

  jie = Street

  Ye Qiu can see ghosts, he is different from Cha Wenbin and also different from Fatzi, he is a freak.

  Pangzi rarely sees dirty things, Cha Wenbin says Pangzi has a strong murderous aura, prosperous yang fire, and is not afraid of anything. He also doesn't have a heart or lungs, so this kind of person won't be bothered by dirty things. Cha Wenbin is from that circle, once you're familiar with him, he can distinguish between humans and ghosts based on smell, feeling, sound, and even changes in air currents. He also has a set of professional tools to assist him, put simply, he makes a living through his skills. On the other hand, Ye Qiu relies on innate talent, Cha Wenbin used to think that maybe he had a third eye, just like little Yi from before. Later, he discovered that this person didn't need any methods or talents, he could see and be seen, Cha Wenbin secretly took a look at Ye Qiu's three burning lamps, flickering, looking like they were about to go out at any moment, similar to an old man in his 70s or 80s who was about to pass away. But he was just a cockroach that couldn't be killed.

  Ye Qiu said it was a man because he heard the footsteps, and he said: "The steps are very light, the sound is very faint, although being fixed still can distinguish that it is a man."

  Fatso was depressed. In his heart, Ye Qiu was an invincible existence. The fact that someone in this world almost instantly killed him made him feel like his ranking had dropped again.

  It seems that there is indeed a mastermind hiding in Hong Village. Ye Qiu said that if he heard that voice again, he could find him out because he can remember it. Cha Wenbin asked, what was the purpose of the person who injured Ye Qiu? Why did nothing happen to him and Fatso? Was he trying to stop Ye Qiu from going to that grand hall?

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  Ye Qiu said that what made him most curious was not here, he said: "I saw a shadow flashing on the other side of the river, and when I chased after it, I was ambushed from behind. The person who ambushed me must have been behind my back, but at that time, there were only Fatso and Ye Qiu behind me." It's hard for someone to hide beside Ye Qiu without being discovered by him. In this case, doesn't Hongcun Village have at least two dangerous figures?

  The day Ye Qiu was discharged from the hospital, Cha Wenbin went to Huo Mountain to discuss the matter of the corpse with Feng Qiyun. Pangzi and Ye Qiu were at home, one sleeping and the other playing with a cat in the yard. The cat was Xiao Bai's, its body was all black, and its name was "Ami". This was still many years ago when they were sent to the countryside as educated youth and brought it back from Northeast China. After Xiao Bai passed away, the cat became very strange, often bringing back some weird things from outside. Sometimes it was a half-burned candle, sometimes it was a paper money, of course not for the living. Because of this, Mr. Yuan wanted to drive it away several times, but Xiao Bai used to treat it very well, and last time it even crawled into Cha Wenbin's backpack, only to be discovered when they got home.

  This is a male cat, very lazy, basically sleeping under the tree shade during the day. Unlike Daidai, it seems to dislike Ye Qiu very much, every time it sees Ye Qiu walking by, it always stands up all the hair on its back, baring its teeth and glaring at him fiercely. It doesn't seem to care about Cha Wenbin either, except for taking a free ride with him once, but surprisingly, Baozi is the only one who can get close to it, this guy often goes to buy sausage to feed it.

  Cats get into heat easily during this season, and there are a lot of cats in the countryside. As for stray cats, it's even more so. At night when they meow, it sounds like children crying, but much more mournful than human cries. The sound is long and drawn out, and I've been scared by that sound before.

  Amy's neck has a small jade, which was bought by Xiaobai at the City God Temple in Shanghai. It is the size of a fingernail cover and is shaped like a fish. Every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, Xiaobai would go there to burn incense. Outside the temple, there are always people setting up stalls selling all sorts of small trinkets. She rarely goes there to hang out. At the end of last year, Xiaobai met someone at the entrance who was dressed in tattered clothes and holding a bowl.

  Xiao Bai thought he was quite pitiful, barefoot in the cold winter, with cracked skin on his feet like old tree bark. So he gave him some money. Unexpectedly, the man refused to accept it. Xiao Bai thought this beggar must have a problem with his brain - where would you find someone begging for food but refusing alms? But the man said he wasn't there to beg for food, but to do business.

  Xiao Bai thought it was interesting that a beggar would say he's doing business, so he asked him, "Then what are you selling?"

  That peddler pointed to the ground with his finger and said: "I'm selling jade, a piece of precious jade."

  At this time, Xiaobai finally saw clearly that there was indeed a piece of jade on the ground in front of the beggar, but it was really too small, so he didn't notice it himself. The jade is small, but it's very beautiful, with two black dots at the front end carved into a fish's eyes, and a red mark on its belly, while the rest of the area is translucent and warm.

  Because a young girl and a beggar were discussing business there, such a scene was very fresh. During the New Year's Eve when people gathered, they suddenly surrounded them. At this time, someone also took a fancy to the jade of the beggar, asking him how much it cost. The beggar said he wouldn't sell it, saying that the jade must be matched with the destined person. That person was neither Xiaobai nor those guests, so he kept waiting for the appearance of the destined person.

  So everyone thought it was a mental illness, and Xiao Bai also got up and left. However, at that moment, the string that tied the cat in her bicycle basket suddenly broke, and the cat jumped out from inside. Who knew, this beggar had seen the cat and burst into laughter, saying that this cat was a destined person. Xiao Bai thought the jade looked pretty on the cat too, so she asked the beggar how much he wanted for it. The beggar stretched out one finger, and in the end, only took one cent from Xiao Bai. From then on, whenever Xiao Bai went to the City God Temple again, she never saw that beggar again, nor did anyone know where he had gone or come from. The small fish pendant remained tied around its neck forever.

  Fatso was teasing the cat in the yard when someone came to knock on the door. He thought it was Cha Wenbin, but when he opened the door, a middle-aged woman was standing outside. She lived opposite Cha Wenbin's house, with two large rice fields in between. The woman had a cloth bag in her hand and as soon as she saw Fatso, she rushed towards him with the bag, saying: "Look at what your family's evil cat has done! It bit my cat to death last night!"

  Open the sack, fatty suddenly took a breath of cold air, and indeed there was a dead cat inside, with a bloody throat. This person came to the door, and fatty asked: "Sister, why do you say it's our family cat that bit it to death? Look at it, it's raised in the city, eating sausage and milk, not even daring to catch a mouse, how could it bite so fiercely?"

  That woman insisted that the cat in her house was the one done by Ami, and said that not only hers, but also several other households had found similar situations, and someone saw it with their own eyes. Just as she was saying this, more people came, all of whom were familiar faces from the village. Five Li Pu is a small place, some people only had one, the most had three, without exception, all had their necks bitten through.

  In the past rural areas, cats were more important than dogs. Farmers relied on those few grains to make a living, and there were many mice that only cats could deal with. Every household raised them. As he watched the crowd gathering at the door, Fatso felt something was off. He knew these villagers weren't unreasonable people, so why did they all come for this cat?

  Take a look at that cat, it's as if it has nothing to do with it. It should be sleeping, and even when Fatso kicks it, it just changes places and continues to sleep. To avoid offending everyone, the matter was settled with Fatso paying compensation, but he always felt that those people were wronging Amy, how could she be so fierce with such a silly appearance?

  This matter, Ye Qiu had not spoken from start to finish. After those people left, he told Pangzi that if they locked up the cat in a cage at night and there were still dead cats in the village tomorrow, it would prove that Ami was innocent. Pangzi thought it made sense, so he really went to town to buy a wooden birdcage. The next morning, when he got up early, he saw that there was a big hole on the cage, and Ami was sleeping in the yard. As expected, someone came to the door again after a while. For two consecutive days, this was no longer something that Pangzi could afford to compensate for. Those people demanded that the cat be put to death.

  Now that things have come to this, fatty has nothing to say, but the cat is not his, it's Xiaobai's. If Xiaobai wakes up and finds out that her cat was killed by fatty, he will really be unable to clear himself even if he jumps into the Yellow River. On this day, a total of six dead cats were found, one more than yesterday. Some of the cats were wild, while two were domesticated, and surprisingly, all of them were female!

  In the end, it was settled with Fatso apologizing to Grandpa and Grandma and paying compensation. He agreed to wait for Zhang Wenbin's return to handle the matter.

  This thing is getting out of hand, Ye Qiu came up with an idea. Since this cat likes to kill, it's easy to deal with. He specially let Fatso go buy another cat, a female one. Fatso put Ami and the female cat together in the same room for an entire afternoon. Ami showed no interest in the female cat at all, neither attacking nor paying attention to her, just sleeping on his own. That night, the two of them were extra careful, around 11 or 12 o'clock, the sound of bells filled the courtyard. Ye Qiu and Fatso rushed out to prepare for a sneak attack, but the female cat in the cage was curled up in a corner, while Ami was frantically scratching at the iron cage like he had gone mad.

  The next day, another dead cat was found in the village. Amy, who had been locked up, was cleared of suspicion, and the mother cat at home was safe and sound. But did that prove that Amy wasn't the killer?

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