I couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Are you saying the whole alley is haunted? People are standing outside every window?"

"No!" Old Liu shook his head. "Each house has a different haunting. Besides the Chen family, everyone else has had a feng shui master come and take a look."

"Some of those masters are quite famous in the provincial capital and are very efficient. But none of them could solve the problem in Weizi Alley."

"Later, one of the masters suggested investigating each house individually. The residents of the alley agreed, but when they got to the Chen family, they refused to let anyone in and even called the police."

"Because of this, the Chen family offended all their neighbors. The residents of the entire alley were unwilling to associate with them."

"The Chen family didn't care about that. Those two generations of the Chen family would rather argue with their neighbors than let a feng shui master enter their house."

"In recent years, the hauntings in Weizi Alley have become more and more serious. Many people have moved away. Now there are only six or seven households still living in Weizi Alley."

Old Liu said, "I'm collecting information about Weizi Alley, and Zhao Ci is also looking for intelligence, but..."

Old Liu hesitated for a moment before saying, "The information Zhao Ci and I have collected can only be described as chaotic. The intelligence is so disorganized that there's no clue at all. Zhao Ci hasn't even been able to analyze any useful leads."

"That's quite something!" I said to myself, "Zhao Ci is an old hand at intelligence work. If he's stumped, it seems someone is deliberately disrupting the clues!"

I slammed on the brakes and stopped the car. "Old Liu, you drive, I need to think."

I sat in the passenger seat and began to sort through the information about Weizi Alley bit by bit.

Shadows outside the window aren't a big deal. Either they want something, or they're looking for a substitute. If the ghost shadows want something, burning some spirit money and offering some things should send them away.

Are lonely wandering ghosts trying to get money from Chen Xiaobei? Unlikely! Ordinary wandering ghosts wouldn't fixate on one person's belongings. Besides, they wouldn't have the patience to stalk someone for years.

If they're looking for a substitute, a feng shui master can send them away. However, window hauntings usually only occur in high-rise buildings. Only high-rise buildings have people falling to their deaths.

Moreover, people who want to find a substitute usually don't let the target see them.

Besides a sorcerer, who would notice a shadow floating outside the window or on the balcony in the middle of the night and curiously lean closer?

They usually make some noise to attract people, and then grab the target's hair and pull them out of the window when they open it.

Taking a step back, even if the person Chen Xiaobei saw was really there to drag her to her death, how has she survived until now without the protection of a feng shui master?

The second thing about the Chen family that I don't understand is their attitude towards the sorcerer's path.

I can understand not believing, and rejection is also reasonable, but to the point of preferring to offend the neighbors rather than let a feng shui master enter the house, it's puzzling.

I have a feeling that the Chen family doesn't disbelieve, but rather understands the matter too well, and deliberately rejects the feng shui masters.

As for the third inexplicable thing, it's the overall haunting of Weizi Alley.

Ghosts and monsters also have their own territory, and usually don't coexist in the same place.

The fact that they can coexist in Weizi Alley means either they're not the king of Weizi Alley, or that Weizi Alley was built right on top of a yin-yang road, and wandering ghosts often pass through the alley.

I was silent for a long time. "Old Liu, can you find the feng shui masters who have been to Weizi Alley?"

"I've already asked people to look for them." Old Liu said, looking at his watch, "The time Zhao Ci and I agreed on is almost up. Give him a call and ask."

Zhao Ci had indeed obtained the information. "There were a total of three top-notch feng shui masters who entered and exited Weizi Alley back then. Two of them have already left the provincial capital to make a living elsewhere, and one, Mr. Yu, is related to the Yu family at number sixteen Weizi Alley."

I replied, "Can you contact that Mr. Yu? Ask him to call his relatives and tell them that our Liangjie Tang has taken over their case. We want to go to his relatives' house and take a look."

"Okay!" Zhao Ci agreed and hung up the phone.

Old Liu said, "That Mr. Yu should be Yu Xuelin. You've met him before. He's considered to have some standing in the provincial capital."

"He also went to the Yuehai Tower battle. He was one of the people who used iron rulers and was one of the few who escaped from you."

I thought about it carefully, and I really had some impression of that person. His cultivation wasn't weak, and he was a guy who could slip away at the first sign of trouble.

I said in a deep voice, "Old Liu, do you think a person like that would have no solution to the Weizi Alley matter at all?"

Old Liu shook his head slightly. "That's hard to say. After all, there are too many factors that can affect a feng shui master's business."

As we were talking, Old Liu had already parked the car at the entrance of an old alley. Looking into the alley from my angle, I didn't feel much except that the alley was out of step with the modern city.

As Old Liu woke Chen Xiaobei, I happened to see a few young people with camera equipment walking into the alley. They looked like they were going in to film a short video.

Chen Xiaobei, who got out of the car, suddenly shouted, "You can't go in there."