chsdbacks Chapter 448 The Tragic Death of Seven Maids
Chapter 448 The Tragic Death of Seven Maids
Over the next three days, I only saw Fatty Lin and Li Donglin once.
This time, it's still a farewell.
The companions that Fatty Lin found were the Zhong sisters, and the two sisters made Li Donglin very happy.
After Li Donglin left, life returned to normal.
All that's left is to wait for news.
While waiting for news, I called Master Liu to inquire about the No. 8 secret vault.
Master Liu said it was true, and Li Donglin is still looking for clues.
We weren't idle either; we gathered information about the Kwantung Army's secret vaults.
There are many conflicting accounts regarding the exact number of the Kwantung Army's secret vaults, with some saying there were a dozen and others saying there were dozens.
Most of these secret vaults store weapons and food, but only Vault No. 8 can be confirmed to contain gold.
Although there are many different opinions, one thing is certain: when they surrendered, they handed over more than fifty armories alone.
Most of these secret vaults are located on the border, while some are hidden in the dense forests of the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains.
It is said that there are some secret vaults that are responsible for severing the dragon vein of China.
That morning, I was rolling out pills when a customer came into the shop, specifically asking to see me and Fatty Lin.
I asked the receptionist to take the person to the third floor, washed my hands, and then called Fatty Lin down from the fourth floor to meet this guest.
The man was around thirty years old, dressed in a plain Tang suit, with old cloth shoes on his feet, and carrying a yellowed wooden box in his hand. His attire made him look somewhat like one of our colleagues.
Upon seeing me and Fatty Lin approach, this man stood up and said, "Master Feng, Daoist Lin, I am Cai Chengyu, the great-grandson of Cai Baoqing of Yuen Long Entertainment Garden!"
"Entertainment Garden?"
Upon hearing this place, Fatty Lin narrowed his eyes and said, "The Entertainment Garden, known as the second most haunted house in Hong Kong?"
"That's right!"
Cai Chengyu gave a wry smile and said, "I have come here today with great inconvenience because of my family's century-old sins. I beg the two masters for their help!"
Having lived in Hong Kong Island for so long, I've heard of the entertainment industry's reputation.
Hong Kong Island has ten haunted houses, with Yu Yuen ranking second.
A few years ago, a Hong Kong variety show about ghost hunting went to Yu Yuan to do an episode about inviting Ouija boards. The guest on that episode was Master Situ Fazheng, who is famous in the metaphysics world.
I've seen this show; it's quite interesting. As for whether it's true or false, I think it's about 50/50.
After Lin Pangzi and I came to Hong Kong Island, we learned about several major paranormal rumors and the top ten haunted houses on the island.
There's a saying that goes something like this: "Love what you do!"
We don't need to know every detail about certain special places on Hong Kong Island, or some rumors, but we should at least have a general understanding of the situation!
The more I learn, the less I understand certain situations.
There's no other reason than that there are far too many ghost stories circulating in such a small place as Hong Kong Island.
This is not right, very not right.
To put it another way, Hong Kong Island alone has more ghost stories than the entire neighboring province of Guangdong.
The longer I stayed here, the more I felt this strangeness.
Back to the present, the situation regarding the entertainment industry continued to surface in my mind.
In the 1980s and 90s, many film crews came to Yu Yuan to shoot scenes, such as Ning Ge's "Rouge" and Uncle Ying's "Mr. Zombie".
The English mansion in "Mr. Zombie" is Yu Yuan.
These are not the reasons that made Yu Yuan famous. What truly made Yu Yuan famous was a strange case that has been passed down for more than half a century: the tragic death of the seven maids!
There are two versions circulating about the case of the seven maids who died tragically in one night.
Version one is that the owner of the entertainment venue, Boss Cai, was rich, powerful, and influential, with many wives and concubines, and he indulged in revelry every night.
Among them were seven maids, or rather concubines, who were greatly favored.
As a result, Mr. Cai's legal wife was dissatisfied.
In order to win back her husband's favor and eliminate the threat, Boss Cai's wife tied up the seven maids and threw them into the pond in front of the mansion to drown them on a dark and windy night.
Later, in order to destroy the evidence, the pond was filled in, and the seven maids simply vanished without a trace.
Version two is similar to version one. The male owner, Mr. Cai, is a womanizer who has an affair with one of his seven maids, which is discovered by Mr. Cai's wife.
Although she discovered it, Boss Cai's wife did not know which of the maids was having an affair with. So, while Boss Cai was away from home, she set up a private court and interrogated the seven maids one by one.
Despite repeated investigations, they were unable to determine who had seduced Boss Cai.
Since they couldn't get any information out of them, they decided to kill the wrong people and didn't let them go. They threw all the maids into the pond in the courtyard to drown them.
"A century-old feud?"
I pondered those four words for a moment, then stared at Cai Chengyu and said, "So, the case of the seven maids' tragic deaths, which has been circulating for over half a century, is true?"
"yes!"
Cai Chengyu continued to smile bitterly, picked up the wooden box and opened it. Inside was a folded map of the former site of the entertainment venue, and a piece of charred peach wood with faint traces of runes on it.
Upon opening it, you can see that the edges and corners of the drawings are quite worn, indicating that they have been handled frequently over the years.
He stroked the blueprints for a moment, then looked up at us and said, "Masters, I have been learning metaphysics from my grandfather since I was a child. I know more about the family's affairs than anyone else."
At this point, he pointed to the location of the lotus pond on the map and said, "The seven maids in the entertainment garden have formed a curse, and it has never been quelled over the years!"
"My grandfather tried to suppress the evil spirits using the Seven Stars Sealing Technique, but it only treated the symptoms, not the root cause."
"Over the years, our descendants in the Cai family have seemed to be doing well, achieving success in their respective fields, but most of them have met with misfortune in their later years, with many suffering sudden cerebral hemorrhages that hospitals cannot diagnose!"
"I know very well why the cause of their illness cannot be found. They are all suffering from a surge of malevolent energy, and this malevolent energy comes directly from the entertainment industry."
As Cai Chengyu spoke, he handed the peach wood fragment in his hand to Fatty Lin, saying, "These are fragments of the sealing runes used to suppress the evil spirits back then!"
Fatty Lin took it, frowning, and said, "The yang energy inside has been exhausted. Not only is it useless, it has become a medium for transmitting malevolent energy!"
"Master Lin is right!"
Cai Chengyu nodded and said, "Those seven maids were already dead before they were pushed into the water. Each of them had an iron nail driven into their chest, a symbolic act to suppress their spirits and prevent them from ever coming up from underwater again!"
"No one expected their malevolent energy to be so strong. Even after the pool was filled, it broke through the barriers, forming the Seven Fiends Soul-Locking Array, a curse upon our Cai family!"
"My grandfather once tried to exhume their bodies and bury them to quell their resentment, but not only did he fail, he was also attacked by the evil energy and blinded one of his eyes!"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeve, revealing a dark brown scar resembling a chain. He said, "This is a wound I sustained a few days ago when I infiltrated the entertainment venue to investigate, and was attacked by resentful energy!"
Looking at the wound that resembled a centipede wrapped around his arm, I understood why he had to expose his family's dirty laundry.
This has to be reported now; if it continues to be hidden, he'll die.