bookbashuk Chapter 508 The Fox Fairy Murder Case
Chapter 508 The Fox Fairy Murder Case
"With so many rumors surrounding Windsor Tower, it's normal that something seems off, right?"
I said this as I tidied up.
"It's not that kind of abnormality, it can't be explained in a sentence or two, you'll understand when you get here!" Fatty Lin said.
"Okay, I'll go right there!"
I said something and hung up the phone.
"Something happened?" Long Nier asked as she came over.
"Fatty Lin has taken on a job!" I briefly explained the situation, and after Long Nier and I finished packing, we drove to Windsor Building.
"Nier, tell me about the history of Windsor Building!" I said.
As for Windsor Building, I know that there was a period of fox spirit activity there in the last century. Later, those fox spirits were taken away and sent back to Taiwan. I don't know much more about its history.
It doesn't matter if I don't know, Long Nier does.
The three of us had a clear division of labor: I was in charge of concocting medicine and acupuncture, Fatty Lin was in charge of recruiting workers, and Long Nier was in charge of raising Gu worms and collecting various supernatural rumors from Hong Kong Island, and compiling them into a catalog.
In the past two years, all the rumors we know about Hong Kong Island have been summarized and compiled by Lung Ni-er. If you want to see them, just open your computer and look for them in the directory.
If there's no time to find it, like this time, just ask Long Nier directly.
Xiao Ba helped a lot during this time.
For example, if there are supernatural rumors about a certain place, whether they are true or false, and Lin Pangzi and I are busy and can't leave, it is Long Nier who takes Xiao Ba to check it out.
With Xiao Ba around, Long Nier doesn't need to take any risks. She can simply let Xiao Ba smell the place and tell if there's anything unusual about it.
If it exists, it is true; if it doesn't, it is false.
"The Windsor Building itself is fine; the problem stems from two people!" Long Nier said, holding up two fingers.
"Chirp!" Little Eight joined in the fun, raising its paws and spreading its two claws apart.
"Which two people?" I asked as I drove.
"The wealthy Southeast Asian merchants, the Hu brothers, Hu Wenhu and Hu Wenbao!"
"Long Nier said."
"How so?" I asked.
"These two brothers built the famous Tiger Balm Villa back in the 1930s!" Long Nier recounted this experience in a calm and unhurried manner.
The Tiger and Leopard Villa covers nearly 80 acres and cost 16 million yuan to build. That was 16 million yuan in the last century, not 16 million yuan now.
Rumors circulate that the two brothers' thriving business is due to their belief in fox spirits.
After the Tiger and Leopard Villa was built, not only the Hu family moved in, but also a large group of fox spirits.
Inside the Tiger and Leopard Villa, there is a special fox spirit dojo, fox spirit hall, and fox murals.
After Hu Wenhu died of illness, his descendants sold the villa and the surrounding land, and Li Gua was one of the buyers.
After the Tiger and Leopard Villa was sold, various construction teams moved in, and the fox spirits who had been cultivating diligently in the villa were forced to flee and scatter into a nearby forest.
"What does this have to do with Windsor Tower?"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but ask.
"Brother, let me explain slowly!" Long Nier said softly.
"Chirp!"
Xiao Ba was unhappy that I interrupted Long Ni'er and called out to me.
"Okay, okay, I won't interrupt anymore!" I quickly backed down.
"Chirp!"
Xiao Ba snorted, indicating that this would not happen again.
Long Nier smiled, scratched Xiao Ba's chin, and continued, "In the 1970s and 80s, Hong Kong's economy developed rapidly, and many high-rise buildings were built, including today's protagonist, the Duke of Windsor Building."
At this point, Long Ni'er paused and said, "Brother, the Duke of Windsor Mansion and the Tiger and Leopard Villa are adjacent, which means those fox spirits are right next to the Duke of Windsor Mansion!"
"And then, those fox spirits went to the Duke of Windsor Mansion?" I asked.
"This brings us to a shocking tragedy that rocked Hong Kong!" Long Nier said.
I hadn't expected Nier to learn to be so mysterious, so I played along and asked, "What tragedy?"
"The Windsor Mansion female corpse case!" Long Nier said, enunciating each word clearly.
"Tell me, what happened?" I asked, intrigued.
"That was in 75. Windsor House was not yet fully completed. A woman surnamed Tan, who had just gotten married, went missing near San Po Kong on her way home from get off work one evening."
"The very next day, when workers at Windsor Mansion entered the attic for renovations, they discovered Ms. Tan's body, her hands and feet bound, in a gruesome state!"
"Despite the police's active efforts and the issuance of a reward notice, this remains a cold case to this day!"
Long Nier said slowly.
"What does this have to do with fox spirits?" I asked.
"It's extremely relevant!" Long Ni'er smiled and said, "People in Hong Kong believe in feng shui. With such a big incident happening right before Windsor Building was even completed, how could the boss not invite a feng shui master to take a look!"
"And then?" I asked.
"After the master whom the boss invited conducted an on-site inspection, he provided a solution to the problem!" Long Nier said.
"What plan?" I asked.
"Please summon the fox spirit!" Long Nier replied.
"Invited fox spirits?" I was a little surprised, but then I realized what they meant and said, "They didn't actually invite those fox spirits who were cultivating at the Tiger and Leopard Villa, did they?"
"That's right!"
Long Nier nodded and said, "They invited back the fox spirits who were originally cultivating at the Tiger and Leopard Villa!"
"That master told the owner of Windsor Building that fox spirits can attract people, and as long as there are people, business will boom!"
"And I told the boss that fox spirits are actually easy to find; the few that have roamed the wild from the nearby Tiger and Leopard Villa are ready-made!"
"The boss didn't think much of it and accepted the master's suggestion. The master then brought out the fox spirit that had scattered in the wild forest next to the Tiger and Leopard Villa and enshrined it in the Windsor Mansion!"
"Has business improved since you brought him back?" I asked.
"In the first few years, Windsor Building was incredibly popular, and business was booming!" Long Nier said.
"What happened next?" I asked.
"Um!"
Long Nier nodded and said, "After that, strange things started happening one after another, just like those reported in the newspapers!"
"For example, there were fox spirit patterns on the marble in the hotel, and the fox spirit murder case was widely reported in major newspapers!"
"Tell me about this fox spirit murder case!" I said.
"It's actually very simple!"
Long Ni'er scratched Xiao Ba's chin and said, "There's a restaurant in Windsor Building where people often hold baby showers and 100-day celebrations!"
"That year, every child who had their full moon celebration or 100-day celebration held there either developed health problems and became seriously ill, or died silently!"
"No one might notice it in the short term, but as time goes on and the number of cases increases, the truth will no longer be able to be hidden!"
"Was it done by those fox spirits?" I asked.
"Um!"
Long Nier nodded and said, "One theory is that because those fox spirits stay indoors in high-rise buildings for long periods of time and cannot absorb the essence of the sun and moon, they use human essence and spirit as a substitute. Since the mind of an infant is relatively pure, it becomes their target."
"I disagree with this. I think it's just making excuses for those fox spirits to kill people!"