First Chapter 1: Entering the Industry
I believe everyone knows that the so-called haunted house is a house where someone has died suddenly, and natural deaths are generally not counted. Sudden death is also a more folk term, generally referring to unnatural death, such as accidents, suicide, homicide, etc. People who die in this way, according to legend, will die unwillingly because their life span has not yet ended, and their souls will usually linger. Therefore, most haunted houses usually have some strange things happening. Even if no strange things happen, they will become mysterious because of word of mouth.
The owners of the houses are generally very pitiful, because they often rent out the houses. Therefore, if a tenant dies in the house, not only will it completely affect the situation that no one is willing to rent the house in the future, but even if they want to sell it, few people dare to take it. Fortunately, they met someone who didn't know the truth and sold it to them. According to current laws, if a haunted house is bought and sold without knowledge, and any related disputes go to court, the buyer will basically be found in favor.
Moreover, even if it is sold to someone who does not believe in superstition, the price will probably be greatly discounted. Take the house of my neighbor when I was a child as an example. Just because a girl who was trapped in love and committed suicide by turning on the gas had died in it before, a small commercial house worth 300,000 yuan could only be sold for 60,000 yuan in the end. The price difference is quite considerable. And what I have been doing in recent years is just such a business. I specialize in finding out where there are such haunted houses and then buy them at super low prices. The older houses are basically left there waiting for new houses after demolition, which can make a lot of money. As for the newer houses, I usually put them in the bank for mortgage loans and do some other business. This cycle is also a good livelihood.
Because I often come into contact with haunted houses, I can't help but be scared by the stories and backgrounds related to them. Although no major disasters that threaten life have occurred, I often encounter some strange things. So, today I will talk about my experiences dealing with haunted houses in recent years.
The first haunted house I bought had a great background. The so-called great background was not because of how valuable the house was, but because the rumors about the house were so incredible.
This house is located in a prosperous area, and the price should be quite good. Unfortunately, around 2003, the owner of the house and his family of three were all killed in the house by a robbery. Rumor has it that "the family of three died tragically at that time. The male owner died next to the safe, and the female owner died on the bed and was raped. The most cruel thing is that their child, who was in elementary school at the time, was drowned by someone who pressed his head into the toilet and kept running water. The case has not been solved for a long time, and no one dared to ask about this house. At that time, the heir of this house, that is, the father of the male owner, hired workers to renovate the house. On the one hand, he could wash away the pain of the death of his heir, and on the other hand, he also hoped to rent or sell it after the renovation."
"He found a few migrant workers who had just come to the city from the countryside, and did not tell them that someone had died in the house. After negotiating a price, he let the migrant workers live in the house and work day and night, doing some noisy work during the day and some small work at night. There was no trouble during the day, and the decoration progressed quickly. It is estimated that the remuneration was not low, and the workers were very happy to work. However, something strange happened at night. When the three migrant workers who lived in the house woke up that night, they found that they had slept outside the corridor. The three people had no idea why they slept outside and found it very strange. Many people would think that sleepwalking can explain it, but even if it was sleepwalking, it is impossible for three people to sleepwalk together and choose to sleep in the same place in the end."
Rumors spread everywhere, and several migrant workers also heard from neighbors that three people had died in this house at once, so they didn't dare to work here anymore. The man's father tried to persuade them, added some money, and found a guest house for the three people to stay outside, and promised that they only needed to work during the day, so they were willing to continue working here. However, since that night, strange things began to happen during the day. The workers' tools would jump around strangely, but no one moved them. And according to the neighbors, the house would inexplicably light up at night, as if someone lived there. At first, the neighbors thought it was the workers in it, but later they found out that the workers had moved out. These things are scary, but after all, they do not threaten personal safety, so in order to make money, the workers are still rushing to work, but everyone is more careful.
The renovation was about one-third done, and everything was going smoothly. However, one day, the workers suddenly came to the employer and said they would not work no matter what. When the employer asked the reason, the workers said that they had dreams every night when they stayed in the guesthouse. They dreamed that several faceless people surrounded them and said, "There is no bed to sleep on, so you want me to sleep on the floor?" These workers were superstitious to begin with, and they thought of the tragedy that had happened in the house before, so they dared not work anymore and just left after receiving very little money.
The male owner's father was very depressed, but he missed his son very much. He heard from the workers that his son's family had not been reincarnated, and he wanted to see his son's family again, so he moved in that night. However, something even more chilling happened - he died in that house, lying straight on the floor. It was not until many days later that the neighbors found him, and his body had already stank. Later, I heard from some people that he was used as a bed by his son's family. This wronged soul who died violently did not recognize his relatives. I don't know if this statement is credible, but a friend I know, named Qin Yiheng, is barely an experienced person. At that time, I was trying to do business, but I had no capital. This friend gave me an idea and asked me to buy this house.
I was reluctant at first, but Qin Yiheng's words made sense, and I really wanted to make a lot of money in business, so I took a gamble and talked to one of the old man's daughters. The house of more than 110 square meters was priced at about 400,000 yuan at the time, and I bought it for just over 70,000 yuan. In fact, I was still unsure after buying it, so Qin Yiheng asked me to buy 150 kilograms of rice and spread rice on the floor of the house. Then I waited for three days, and he asked me to buy a lot of roosters, which had to be the kind that had not been bred, and bleed them, and splash the blood on the doors and windows of the whole house, and then asked me to wait patiently.
I waited anxiously for several days, until he told me that it was almost time and we could go back, then I followed Qin Yiheng back to the house. As soon as I pushed the door open, the scene inside the house almost scared me to tears. Although I am not an atheist, I have never been in such close contact with such a thing. I saw bloody handprints on all the windows and doors, and there were many on the walls, as if someone had touched the chicken blood I had splashed before and kept smearing it everywhere. Qin Yiheng said: "The previous wronged souls have now been shattered. He used a method of suffocation, that is, to trap the wronged souls in the house, leaving them nowhere to hide, as if suffocating, and in the end they can only be shattered, and they can't even become ghosts. He explained that this was a very vicious method, but there was really no other way, because if other methods were used, it would be too difficult to get rid of these wronged souls. I didn't comment on what he said, but the handprints in front of me told me that all this seemed to be true."
Finally, Qin Yiheng said that the house was clean, and I could sell the house I was living in now and move in. Although that was what he said, someone had just died here, how could I dare to live here? I thought I would wait for a while before making any decisions. To reward him, I treated him to a big dinner in the evening, which ended very late. As soon as I returned to the gate of the community and was walking home, Qin Yiheng called me.
His voice was very anxious. He said he had seen it wrong during the day and that there was still a little ghost and an old ghost that had not been eliminated. He was afraid that they had already possessed me when we went in. He told me to be very careful and to stay away from adults with children - no matter what kind of people they were, I should never get close to them.
As soon as he finished speaking, I shuddered all over and looked around. Fortunately, there were no adults with children. It was almost midnight, and there was no one in the community except for the supermarket and mahjong hall with lights on. However, I still felt scared. I walked all the way home with every step trembling. When I finally got home, I hurriedly closed the door and immediately collapsed to the ground.
I called Qin Yiheng to let him know I was safe. I was just feeling guilty and wanted to hear someone talk to calm myself down. He told me that I would be fine once I got home and that I should not cover myself with a blanket when sleeping, but only with a sheet. If I heard any noise at night, I should not go to check, but just cover my head and sleep until dawn and everything would be fine.
Hearing him speak so casually, I still felt unsure. If I had known it was so scary, I would never have bought that haunted house. I asked him to come and keep me company, but he said there was no need to make a big fuss about such a small matter, and that nothing would happen if I did as he said.
I put down the phone and crawled under the bed sheet. I also prepared an empty mineral water bottle in case I had to pee urgently. According to Qin Yiheng, the ghost couldn't see me when I hid under the bed sheet. All it could see was the bed. I didn't know what basis these fallacies had, but I didn't dare to challenge "authority".
I didn't sleep at all that night. I waited tremblingly until dawn. I dared to come out only when I could hear the birds singing outside. I looked around, quickly put on a piece of clothing and ran out. I didn't dare to go back until noon. Thinking back, there was actually no strange movement last night. I was just scaring myself. However, when I got home, I found that what Qin Yiheng said was not an exaggeration at all - with the help of the sunlight, I saw many footprints beside the bed, one circle after another, as if they were circling around my bed.
These footprints can't possibly be mine! I clearly didn't hear any noise last night, but the footprints appeared so strangely. Now, I completely believed what Qin Yiheng said, so I ran out and took a taxi to find him.
I found Qin Yiheng and told him about the footprints. He comforted me for a long time, and I calmed down a little. Then, he said he would help me drive out the two ghosts in my body, and I was naturally moved to tears.
Afterwards, the so-called exorcism ceremony was not like what was shown on TV or what those charlatans said. Qin Yiheng found a rope, hung me upside down, and then used a small wooden board to hit my whole body. My phone and keys fell out of my pocket.
About ten minutes later, my head was so engorged with blood that I couldn't bear it anymore. He put me down and gave me a handful of coins, telling me to go out and spend them. I couldn't leave a single coin behind.
It was easy to spend money. I went to the supermarket and bought some things and the money was all gone. But I felt very confused. What kind of ghost-exorcism ritual was this? It was not serious at all. When I went back after spending all the money, Qin Yiheng had already prepared a basin of water for me. As soon as I entered the room, he dragged me to the bathroom and poured water on me from head to toe. The water was too cold. I started to sneeze non-stop, one after another, and I couldn't stop it at all. Qin Yiheng stood by and smoked and looked at me. I wanted to complain, but when I saw his serious expression, I was too embarrassed to say anything.
It took a while for me to stop sneezing. Qin Yiheng handed me a cigarette and told me, "The wooden board that hit me was a shoe horn. He said that if you use an old shoe horn to hit a person standing upside down, the person's soul is likely to be shaken out from the top of his head. This is done to shake the two ghosts and make them less powerful when attached to my body. The coins I spent were the merit money in the temple. They have certain magical powers. When you spend them, you can take away some of the evil spirits in your body. The water that was poured on me at the end was even simpler. It was boy's urine and rice washing water. When I finished sneezing, the two ghosts had been completely sprayed out of my seven orifices."
After saying that, he smiled at me with ill intentions. I didn't have the courage to ask him where the boy's urine came from, but I could guess it from his expression. It was really disgusting to think about it, but for the sake of my own life, I had to do this.
I don't know who taught him this method of exorcism. Although it doesn't seem very reliable, he is the only person I know who knows the business. Even if I don't believe him, I can't find any other experts. After this incident, I never saw footprints by the bed again, and when I went to the house again, the eerie feeling I had when I entered the house disappeared. Two months later, I saw that the house was quite peaceful, so I mustered up the courage to move in. In the first week, I asked Qin Yiheng to live with me, first to give myself courage, and second to borrow his magic. I rented out my previous house, and the rent was okay, at least my life was stable.
I saw that it was profitable, so I planned to use this method to get a few more haunted houses. I thought about using these haunted houses to mortgage loans, so that I could do a bigger business. I discussed it with Qin Yiheng, and he also agreed. So we started to search for such information all over the country, and I really came across many similar haunted houses.
