Chapter 28 Encountering a Ghost
For a few days after returning home, Zhou Chen didn't go anywhere. Instead, he hid at home and ate meat desperately. Just when he was about to get three strengthening points, a big event happened in the village.

Zhou Chen, who was sleeping soundly at night, suddenly heard Leng Yiyao's scream. Zhou Chen quickly got up and rushed to Leng Yiyao's room.

The door was locked at this time, and Zhou Chen kicked it open without hesitation. After entering, he found Leng Yiyao sitting on the bed, covering her head with a quilt and shivering.

Before he opened his mouth to ask, Zhou Chen felt something was wrong because he noticed a vague black shadow in the corner of the room.

"Who are you"?
Seeing that the black shadow ignored him, Zhou Chen used his hand as a knife and stabbed at the black shadow. To his surprise, his knife went through the black shadow and hit the wall.

The knife cut a hole in the wall. Zhou Chen quickly stepped back a few steps and came to the bed. "Yiyao, are you okay?"
Leng Yiyao hugged Zhou Chen from behind and said, "Brother Chen, I'm scared of this thing."

"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here."

However, Zhou Chen was unsure. The previous attack should have hit the target, but why did it miss? Was it a ghost? As soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhou Chen felt that this thing seemed to be that kind of dirty thing.

"I'm so miserable, Sister Yao, please come and accompany me," he said as he floated towards Leng Yiyao.

Seeing this, Zhou Chen picked up Leng Yiyao and ran towards the door. During the run, Zhou Chen looked back at the black shadow and found that when the black shadow was about to touch them, it was actually repelled by the strong wind around its body.

"What's going on? Could it be that magical powers are useful to this guy?" While thinking, the two of them had already arrived in the living room, and the black shadow rushed towards Leng Yiyao again.

Zhou Chen protected Leng Yiyao behind him, and at the same time, he chopped out with his hand knife again, this time with wind blades wrapped around it.

As Zhou Chen had expected, this time the bullet did not penetrate the body, but left a fatal wound on the black shadow.

The black shadow fell in the distance, wailing in pain. Countless black gas came out of the black shadow, and the black gas quickly dissipated after leaving the body. About three minutes later, Zhou Chen found that the appearance of the black shadow gradually became clear.

Leng Yiyao took a quick look behind Zhou Chen and discovered that she actually knew this person.

"Why is it you, Afeng?" This person was Leng Yiyao's distant cousin Leng Feng. Zhou Chen grabbed Leng Yiyao who ran forward.

"Yiyao, don't go over there, it's dangerous."

Leng Feng, who was lying on the ground, stopped wailing and turned to look at his "cousin" Leng Yiyao. Leng Yiyao broke free from Zhou Chen's hand and ran forward.

Leng Yiyao wanted to help Leng Feng, but she couldn't touch him. Leng Feng said weakly, "Cousin, don't worry about me, go see my mother." After that, Leng Feng closed his eyes and his body slowly dissipated.

Leng Yiyao muttered "Aunt" to herself, and then ran out without even wearing a cotton coat, regardless of the cold. Seeing this, Zhou Chen quickly grabbed Leng Yiyao's clothes and chased after her.

Leng Yiyao's legs were so strong that he was caught up by Zhou Chen before he even walked out of the hospital gate. No matter how he struggled, Zhou Chen forced him to put his clothes on and then carried him on his back.

"Show me the way and I will carry you." Following his instructions, Zhou Chen soon arrived at his aunt's house in the neighboring village.

At this time, the courtyard gate was locked. Zhou Chen kicked the gate open without hesitation. After entering, he found Leng Feng's body lying straight in the yard.

Leng Yiyao's tears, which had just stopped, started flowing again in an instant, and she didn't care why Leng Feng, who had just been at her home, appeared here again.

After putting Leng Yiyao down, Zhou Chen said, "Go and see your aunt." Leng Yiyao quickly ran into the room and found her aunt sleeping on the bed. Leng Yiyao called out a few times but no one answered. Zhou Chen came in and lit a candle. Leng Yiyao approached the bed by candlelight and found that her aunt's face was ashen. She immediately knelt on the ground and cried.

Zhou Chen went to the living room to check. He opened the lid of the pot and found that there was still unfinished food inside. A look of doubt appeared on Zhou Chen's face.

Because the pot was full of tree bark. I just lent him some food, so why would he eat tree bark? Then I went to the yard to check.

I didn't look carefully just now, but now I look carefully and find that Leng Feng has many wounds on his body and there are marks of strangulation on his neck. It is obvious that he was killed by someone.

Zhou Chen came to the room again and helped up Leng Yiyao who was crying bitterly. After comforting him, Zhou Chen wanted to check on his aunt. Judging from her face, she must have died of starvation. However, he didn't know if she had any wounds on her body, so it was inconvenient for him to check.

After telling Leng Feng about his condition, he asked Leng Yiyao to check on his aunt's health.

Zhou Chen walked out of the room to avoid her. After a while, Leng Yiyao came out. Zhou Chen looked at her and saw Leng Yiyao gently shaking her head, "It seems that my aunt just died of starvation."

"Brother Chen, let's bury our aunt and cousin properly."

"Don't worry. My cousin was obviously murdered. I will go to the county to report to the police tomorrow." Zhou Chen then found a piece of white cloth to cover Kai Lengfeng's body, and then took Leng Yiyao back home.

After returning home, Leng Yiyao was so sad that she couldn't sleep, and Zhou Chen spent the whole night with him.

Early the next morning, Zhao Kuo brought several constables to Leng Feng's house. Zhou Chen also came today, but Leng Yiyao did not come.

After Zhao Kuo's investigation, he learned that Leng Feng was often bullied by some thugs in the village. Some time ago, they robbed him of a lot of food and beat him up severely.

After learning the news, Zhao Kuo immediately sent people to look for those people, only to discover that they had not been home for several days.

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhou Chen and said, "It seems that it is them without a doubt. Brother Zhou, don't worry, they can't escape. I will issue a wanted order immediately."

In the afternoon, Zhou Chen bought two high-quality coffins from the county and buried the two hastily.

Leng Yiyao cried very sadly, and Zhou Chen persuaded her for a long time before she finally went back to her room. At night, Leng Yiyao asked, "Brother Chen, what happened to Ah Feng who appeared in my room that night?"
Zhou Chen thought for a while and then said, "I asked Captain Zhao about this matter. He said that his cousin was worried about his mother after her death, and you are his only relative, so he came to find you. However, because he died unjustly, his resentment did not dissipate after his death and he turned into a wronged spirit. When he found you, he had already lost his mind and only wanted to harm people, and had forgotten the real purpose of looking for you."

"I didn't expect there really are ghosts in this world."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either." According to Zhao Kuo, ordinary lower-third-grade warriors cannot deal with the wronged spirits, unless they have special weapons or are warriors whose strength reaches the middle-third grade or above.

At the same time, Zhao Kuo also asked Zhou Chen how he did it. Zhou Chen didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he made up a lie and said that the Black Abyss seemed to cause some damage to this thing. Zhao Kuo didn't think much about it after hearing it, after all, the Black Abyss was not an ordinary weapon.

Early the next morning, an old man came to Zhou Chen's house. Zhou Chen didn't know this man. "Uncle, what are you doing in my house?"
"You are Leng Feng's cousin Zhou Chen, right?"
"Yes, it's me. Do you have something to talk to me about?"
"I know where the five people who killed Leng Feng are hiding."

Leng Yiyao, who was in the room, rushed out immediately after hearing this and asked, "Uncle, do you really know?"
Seeing the old man nod, Zhou Chen was also a smart man and knew that people would not tell him for nothing. Then he asked Leng Yiyao to give him ten taels of silver and ten kilograms of rice. After the old man got the things, he smiled and told Zhou Chen and the others.

(End of this chapter)