You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 100 Raising a Zombie (1)

"what?"

Wei Rufeng shouted, "Auntie, are you sure you heard me right? The person I'm looking for is Yin Zhixin. His wife died in April!"

The older woman: "Huh?"

"........."

Wei Rufeng: "Auntie, did you hear me wrong? I'm looking for Yin Zhixin!"

The older woman scoffed and pointed to her ears: "Young man, your auntie may not be good at much else, but these two ears of mine... are very sharp. I've been their neighbor for decades, how could I not know their situation?"

At this moment, Chen Yang also got out of the car.

He naturally overheard the conversation between the older woman and Wei Rufeng.

After exchanging a glance with Wei Rufeng, Chen Yang said "Thank you, Auntie," and then walked with Wei Rufeng toward the rural house that the auntie pointed to. There was a small iron sign nailed to the gate of the house.

This is the village's "Poverty Alleviation Notice Board," and below it, in small print, is written "Yinxin Village 208," representing the "room number" of this house in the village.

This village is located in the southern suburbs of Yincheng. Because it is close to the provincial capital, land is precious, and the houses of each household are not as exaggerated as those in the southern mountainous areas, which often have two or three acres.

The courtyard house occupies about seven or eight fen of land, and inside are three brick and tile houses facing south.

The roof tiles were the old-fashioned kind, the walls of the house weren't tiled, and the windows were the old-style PVC windows. This contrasted sharply with the new house next door, which was separated from the old lady's house by only a courtyard wall. The new house had glazed purple tiles, large ceramic tiles, and aluminum alloy floor-to-ceiling windows.

The courtyard wall was clearly added later, reaching a height of over two meters. Several layers of bricks were then added to the top of the wall, and some glass shards were placed on top of the bricks with cement.

In rural areas, every household has a courtyard wall, but it is usually only about 1.4 to 1.5 meters high.

The walls around Yin Zhixin's house are so high...

Something is obviously wrong.

There was a green iron gate in the yard, which was rusted and peeling paint, and an iron lock was hanging on the gate.

Wei Rufeng: "Master Chen, have you figured anything out?"

Chen Yang shook his head.

Standing outside the courtyard, he couldn't see anything unusual inside.

"Shall we go in and take a look?"

Wei Rufeng gathered his strength, leaped, and landed in the courtyard.

Chen Yang, on the other hand, moved with lightning speed and landed lightly in the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Chen Yang immediately noticed the difference.

"Black mist" was floating everywhere in the courtyard. Although these wisps of "black mist" were similar in color, they were completely different in Chen Yang's perception!

Half of the black aura was similar to the "evil god" aura in Fang Jun's home.

The other half of the black mist was filled with...

Evil spirit!

Wei Rufeng was already a martial arts master who had comprehended the realm of "harmony between man and nature." He was particularly sensitive to the aura and noticed that something was wrong. He turned to look at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang, on the other hand, looked around the courtyard.

The yard was overgrown with weeds, and it didn't look like it hadn't been lived in for a month at all; it looked more like it had been abandoned for several years!
Besides a few rooms, there is also a small orchard in the courtyard.

There are three fruit trees in the orchard. The branches and leaves are lush, and even though it is only mid-June, the green fruits are already the size of a fist.

There was a large pit dug in the middle of the orchard.

As soon as Wei Rufeng entered the orchard, he immediately noticed something amiss...

He picked up a black feather from the ground and asked in surprise, "This is... a crow's feather?"

It's normal for a crow feather to fall into a rural yard, but Wei Rufeng found a large number of crow feathers and crow carcasses in the overgrown yard. The carcasses were dried, but they didn't smell bad.

On the contrary, the large pit emitted a pungent, bloody stench.

Especially at the bottom of the pit, the black "evil aura" was condensed and did not dissipate, which was quite astonishing. The soil at the bottom of the pit was reddish-brown, which was not "red soil" but was formed by pouring a large amount of blood!
Wei Rufeng took out his phone and took a few photos.

The two then opened the door and entered Yin Zhixin's room.

The room still reeked of blood. Crow feathers and corpses were scattered everywhere on the floor, and bloodstains were visible on the white floor tiles. Feathers and crow carcasses were also scattered on the walls, bed, and sofa.

"What on earth is Yin Zhixin up to?"

Even with Wei Rufeng's broad experience and accustomed to all sorts of supernatural events, he couldn't help but feel a bit eerie upon seeing this scene!

Chen Yang's gaze, however, fell on a wedding photo hanging on the wall.

Yin Zhixin looks very young in the wedding photo, and his wife is very beautiful.

Even the walls still have the "double happiness" character from his wedding and the colorful ribbons used to decorate his bridal chamber.

Chen Yang said, "It seems that this Yin Zhixin must love his wife very much..."

Chen Yang looked around the room and found scratches all over the sofa, cabinets and walls, as if they had been dug out by sharp fingernails.

Wei Rufeng took a few more photos and then called Lin Miao.

"I'm in Yinxin Village, Wangyuan Town..."

"Take care of the scene in Yincheng first, and immediately have the veterinarian bring people over... Also, notify the local government and have them send people to seal off the scene."

After Wei Rufeng hung up the phone, Chen Yang asked, "Director Wei, how did you find out that Yin Zhixin's wife died two months ago?"

Wei Rufeng: "Yin Zhixin's wife committed suicide by overdosing on medication. He was rushed to the Affiliated Hospital of Yincheng Medical University for emergency treatment... In such cases, the police would usually get involved, so our intelligence department has a record of it."

"Suicide?" Chen Yang asked. "And the reason?"

Wei Rufeng opened a document on his phone and handed it to Chen Yang.

The information shows that Yin Zhixin and his wife got married twelve years ago. Both of them were orphans, and it was not easy for them to be together, so they were very loving, but...

Yin Zhixin's wife suffers from an illness and is in poor health, making it impossible for her to conceive.

So for the past twelve years, the two of them have been traveling around seeking medical treatment.

Yin Zhixin works as a "feng shui master" in the countryside. Although this job is taboo and many people consider it undignified, it is quite lucrative...

He has spent almost all the money he has earned over the years on hospitals.

This is why their family is a poverty alleviation household in "Yinxin Village".

In addition to brief family information, the document also included a hospital "death certificate".

The Special Administration's intelligence department could only investigate this much; as for more private matters, such as why she committed suicide, they had no way of knowing.

After opening the locked door of Yin Zhixin's house, Wei Rufeng showed his identification and began to ask the neighbors about the situation.

The old lady sitting under the big willow tree was very gossipy and knew a lot of things.

"Poor Xiao Yin..."

She said, "His family was originally from outside the village. They settled down in our village, and he lost his parents when he was a teenager... He finally managed to get married, but he couldn't have children."

"Xiao Yin has spent all the money he has earned over the years on his wife's medical treatment."

"Perhaps knowing that the disease was incurable, Xiao Yin's wife advised him to give up and suggested that they adopt a child from an orphanage... They went, but because neither of them had a formal job or income, their application to adopt a child was not approved."

"After that, Xiao Yin's personality changed drastically."

“He built the walls of his house higher and spent all day tinkering with something in the house… until two months ago, one afternoon, I heard arguing coming from Xiao Yin’s house.”

"The couple started arguing... A little while later, the ambulance arrived. It seemed that Xiao Yin's wife had committed suicide by drinking rat poison."

Another elderly man came over and said, "Fortunately, she was taken to the hospital in time, and with the advancements in modern medicine, Xiao Yin's wife has been saved."

"They've been saved?"

Chen Yang looked at the old man: "Who told you that?"

The old man said, "Xiao Yin... he brought his wife back the next morning. Later, we neighbors went to visit him at home, and his wife even cooked for us."

Chen Yang: "..."

"Yeah!"

The older woman said, "I remember it very clearly. At that time, Xiao Liu... Xiao Liu is Xiao Yin's wife. She made stewed pork ribs for us. The pork ribs were so tender."

Wei Rufeng's eyes flickered slightly.

He glanced at Chen Yang and asked telepathically, "Master Chen, could it be that Yin Zhixin did all this to prolong his wife's life?"

If it was just to prolong his life, where did he get so many crow carcasses from his house?
Chen Yang was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Auntie, didn't you notice anything unusual about Xiao Yin and his wife?"

The older woman: "What did you say?"

She's hard of hearing again.

An old man next to him shouted, "People say, isn't Xiao Yin's wife's pork ribs delicious?"

Chen Yang: "..."

Goodness, this old man is hard of hearing too!
Fortunately, the village chief arrived at this time after hearing the news, and after some questioning, he obtained a lot of detailed information.

"After Xiao Yin's wife was rescued from the hospital, I went to visit her as soon as possible... However, Xiao Yin refused, saying that his wife had just been rescued and needed to rest and could not see anyone."

“He goes outside every day to catch crows... I asked him about it, and he said he had a folk remedy to help his wife improve her health.”

Chen Yang's eyes flickered slightly as he asked, "When did you go to visit him at his home?"

The village chief thought for a moment and said, "It's probably the eighth day since they returned from the hospital... Comrade, has Yin Zhixin done something wrong? He's an honest man, please don't wrong him!"

soon.

The veterinarian has arrived.

Police from the local township arrived shortly afterward and cordoned off Yin Zhixin's yard.

The veterinarian began to investigate the scene.

Chen Yang re-entered the room, pointed to the scratch marks on the wall, and asked, "Director Wei, who do you think left these scratch marks?"

Wei Rufeng's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Could it be Yin Zhixin's wife... Master Chen, what do you mean?"

"The hospital's death certificate shouldn't be wrong..."

Chen Yang asked, "Then why did Yin Zhixin's wife, a person who should have died, suddenly come back to life?"

Wei Rufeng: "Borrowing lifespan to prolong life?"

Chen Yang stared at the scratch marks on the wall. The scratch marks were very deep; it was impossible for a normal person's fingernails to leave such marks on the wall.

"Director Wei."

"Do you think it's possible... that Yin Zhixin's wife... has turned into a zombie?"

Chen Yang felt that this explanation was not quite right, and after a slight pause, he added: "What I mean is that Yin Zhixin loved his wife too much and couldn't bear to see her leave like that, so he turned his dead wife... into a zombie!"

(End of this chapter)