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

Chapter 35 How can I sit idly by while a vengeful ghost harms people?

"Teacher Zhang?"

Was the original form of that vengeful ghost a teacher?

Because of the "shared perspective," Chen Yang could only see the villagers welcoming him at the village entrance, and could not see what "Teacher Zhang" looked like.

But this doesn't bother him.

A thought came to my mind.

His "perspective" then began to rise slowly.

A girl dressed in a style reminiscent of a bygone era came into view.

She had short hair, wore a white dress, carried a military green backpack, and held a book in her arms. She entered "Shanshui Village" amidst a warm welcome from the villagers and became a teacher in the village.

The village school is very dilapidated.

There were only three mud-brick houses.

Teacher Zhang lives and eats at the school.

There are 36 students in the school, and Teacher Zhang teaches all of them from grades 1 to 5.

Her dormitory was also her office, and she ate in the commune's communal canteen, which was the "big pot" of food back then.

The villagers respected her greatly; regardless of age or gender, they would all address her as "Teacher Zhang."

The images in the dream flickered.

soon……

A year has passed.

That same year, a six-year primary school system was implemented nationwide.

Another male teacher has arrived at the school.

The male teacher's surname was Fang. He was 28 years old, very handsome and masculine. He was originally an educated youth sent to the countryside, but he married a girl from Shanshui Village and had a son.

This also prevented him from returning to the city as he wished.

Knowing about Ms. Fang's family situation, Ms. Zhang deliberately kept a certain distance from her... However, Ms. Fang seemed to have feelings for Ms. Zhang, and coupled with the meticulous care she gave Ms. Zhang in her work and life, the distance between the two seemed to have narrowed a bit!
In this day and age, it is easy for a man and a woman working together to cause gossip.

Teacher Zhang discovered...

The villagers' attitudes toward him gradually changed. Every time he went to the commune for a meal, there would always be people pointing and whispering behind his back.

One stormy night, Mr. Fang braved the downpour to come to the school to help Mr. Zhang repair the roof that was dripping wet. After that, he grabbed Mr. Zhang's hand and expressed his feelings, saying that he had been tricked by his current wife's family into getting drunk and having sex with her, and that he had no choice but to marry her!
He forced himself on Ms. Zhang, and afterwards used sweet words and vows to win her heart, promising to divorce his wife and elope with Ms. Zhang.

Paper cannot hold fire.

The matter was eventually discovered.

Teacher Fang's wife, along with her family, went to find Teacher Zhang.

The villagers who usually treated her with great respect, calling her "Teacher Zhang" all the time, were today cursing her with the most vicious language and throwing rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and clods of dirt at her!

Teacher Fang also came.

He wept bitterly, admitting his mistake and begging his wife to forgive him for the sake of their child. He even pointed at Teacher Zhang and viciously insulted her, claiming that she had seduced him!

That night.

Teacher Zhang, wearing the same white dress she had worn when she arrived, hanged herself in the dormitory.

After the villagers found her, they did not report it to the authorities, but instead buried her by the river.

From then on, strange things kept happening in the village. The village hired people to build a bridge over the river and buried her remains under the bridge pier.

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Inside the funeral home.

Chen Yang withdrew his finger from Gu Jinghui's brow.

The yin energy around Gu Jinghui dissipated, and he slowly opened his eyes... but a string of tears hung at the corners of his eyes.

Chen Yang viewed this dream from a "third-person perspective".

But Gu Jinghui had "personal experience" with it.

He experienced the injustice that "Teacher Zhang" went through and felt the despair that Teacher Zhang felt in the last moments of his life!

Su Jianjun stepped forward and asked with concern, "Xiao Gu, you're awake? Are you alright?"

Gu Jinghui sat on the ground to calm himself down and said, "Captain Su, I'm fine... I just had a nightmare!"

He hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke of what he had seen and heard in his dream, saying, "The deaths of those two villagers in Shanshui Village should have been caused by the ghost of that teacher, Mr. Zhang..."

"They were one of the main culprits who killed Teacher Zhang!" "She's... back for revenge!"

Su Jianjun's face darkened, and he looked at He Wanzhong and Wang Lin: "Mr. He, Mr. Wang... Our Criminal Investigation Division is unable to handle this kind of case, so I'm entrusting it to you!"

Wang Lin and He Wanzhong then looked at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang lit a cigarette and pretended not to see it.

"Master Chen..."

He Wanzhong could only plead, "That vengeful ghost suffered injustice before it died, and it hanged itself. It is filled with resentment and malevolence, and is very powerful... I hope Master Chen can help it."

Chen Yang nodded in agreement.

He Wanzhong was overjoyed and said, "Let's not delay, Master Chen, let's go!"

Where to go?

Chen Yang said, "You said it yourself, that vengeful ghost is full of resentment and malevolence, and is very powerful... What if I can't beat her?"

"This……"

He Wanzhong was taken aback.

Chen Yang said, "Let's go... let's eat first, and talk after we've filled our stomachs!"

He Wanzhong said with a wry smile, "Master Chen, that vengeful ghost is clearly back for revenge. We can't afford to delay... If we delay even a minute, someone might die because of it."

"Ok?"

Chen Yang's face darkened, and he turned to look at He Wanzhong coldly, saying, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

He Wanzhong felt a chill run through his body in an instant, and cold sweat poured down his face. He lowered his head, not daring to meet Chen Yang's gaze, and said, "I dare not."

Chen Yang said, "Since that's the case, let's go eat. There's something I'd like to ask you about... I can help you out after we've eaten."

Chen Yang watched that dream from beginning to end.

He was well aware of the treatment "Teacher Zhang" had suffered, and in the end... the despair of being betrayed by Teacher Fang!
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes…

If it were me, I would also have to come back for revenge!

Judging from the current situation, she did not kill innocent people indiscriminately.

This is enough.

…………

It rained harder and harder.

Chen Yang found a noodle shop nearby, ordered a table full of dishes, and even specially ordered chicken soup for Gu Jinghui, saying with a smile, "You've been corrupted by yin energy, drink more chicken soup to replenish your strength."

The dinner table.

Chen Yang inquired about the old man's affairs again, asking if the old man had any enemies.

He Wanzhong shook his head, indicating that he had never heard of it.

Chen Yang continued, "You said before that my father went to Gucheng and became bedridden after returning... Do you know what he went to Gucheng for?"

He Wanzhong continued to shake his head.

However, he quickly remembered something and said, "If I remember correctly, your father went to Gucheng around the time of the abbot's sixtieth birthday at the Dongyue Mountain Taoist Temple in Gucheng. If you want to investigate your father's affairs, perhaps you can go to the Dongyue Mountain Taoist Temple."

Dongyue Mountain Taoist Temple?
Chen Yang silently memorized the name.

Just then, Su Jianjun's phone rang.

His expression changed drastically after the call connected, and he abruptly stood up, asking, "How many people died?"

"What was the deceased's name? How old were they?"

Fang Wenhe? 77 years old?

At the dinner table, Gu Jinghui looked up and said, "Captain Su... Fang Wenhe is the same Teacher Fang from back then."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang stood up and asked, "Has everyone finished eating?"

"If you've finished eating... let's go."

"How can I sit idly by and watch a vengeful ghost harm people?"

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