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At that moment, on the other side, Su Shi had already begun to take action. He sought out an elderly man living near the South Gate market for information and also found workers from the engineering team that had been repairing the road at that time. Finally, he uncovered some shocking news.
It turned out that during the road construction, there were always unsettling incidents occurring at night. The foreman of the engineering team, eager to complete the project quickly, resorted to human sacrifices for the piling. No wonder Fu Xi mentioned that there were people buried underground.
After confirming that this news was likely true, Su Shi immediately reported the matter and subsequently contacted the management and maintenance department responsible for that section of the road. However, their attitude was dismissive; they clearly did not want to acknowledge any issues at the South Gate market or take responsibility for them, let alone dig up the road to investigate what lay beneath.
Frustrated by their attitude, Su Shi felt exasperated. These people were shirking their responsibilities and passing the buck. Realizing he could not rely on this management department, and with time running short, he contacted Sheng Yanzhou two days later to borrow a construction team. He then arranged to meet with Ruan Fu Xi at the market that evening.
When night fell, Ruan Fu Xi arrived punctually at the market. She looked at Su Shi and asked if the reporting process had gone smoothly.
Recalling the maintenance department's evasive behavior, Su Shi's expression darkened. "Not really, but I must resolve this issue."
Since the maintenance department was unwilling to excavate the road, he decided to have the construction team dig secretly. If any problems arose, he would bear the responsibility alone.
Ruan Fu Xi nodded and without further ado pointed to a specific section of the road, instructing the construction team: "Start digging from here and continue all the way over there."
The workers followed her directions and dug down five meters. Suddenly, their expressions changed dramatically; fear filled their eyes as they hesitated to continue digging. Terrified, they fled ten meters away, still shaken.
They had encountered many strange occurrences in their work before, but nothing like this had ever happened. It would likely take them a long time to recover from this shock.
Ruan Fu Xi approached and took a clear look at what lay beneath. She sighed softly. "Just as I suspected."
Su Shi walked over, knowing that a body had definitely been unearthed. However, upon taking a glance, his expression immediately changed.
Beneath the ground lay a half-reclining male corpse, its face twisted in a grotesque expression of terror and hatred. What shocked and frightened Su Shi even more was the remarkable preservation of the body; the skin still had a sheen, the facial features were clearly defined, and the hair remained dark and intact. If he hadn’t known that this person had been buried underground for several months, he might not have realized that he was dead at all.
From the information he had gathered earlier, he had thought that the foreman was using a dead man for piling work. He never expected that this individual had been alive when he was entombed in cement, buried beneath the earth.
Su Shi could also see scratch marks and bloodstains on the cement nearby, evidence that the man’s fingers had been worn down. It was clear that he had struggled to survive even as he was being buried alive.
It was truly cruel!
Looking at the man’s contorted features and the cold resentment etched on his face, Su Shi understood the depth of his hatred. Given this situation, it was no wonder that accidents occurred in this place.
He turned to Ruan Fuxi and asked, "What should we do now?"
Ruan Fuxi replied, "It was precisely because of this innocent man's untimely death that his lingering resentment and negative energy have stirred up the accumulated malevolence of this marketplace over the past century. The clash of these energies has led to frequent accidents here."
Then she looked at Su Shi and asked, "Have you discovered this man's identity?"
Su Shi nodded. He had gathered enough information to know his name and household registration details.
Ruan Fuxi continued, "Since you know his household registration, come with me to place his body in a coffin. Afterward, you can send someone to return his body to his hometown for burial. That will resolve this matter."
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