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The ghost of the city

Sometimes people are more frightening than ghosts

By Eamonn DaviesPublished 2 years ago 6 min read

Zhang Shan is the city newspaper strange stories column reporter , specializing in the search for strange things . One day , he browses the local news website and sees a piece of information , saying that a dilapidated building in the suburbs is called ghost building , and ghosts to haunt at night , . So he becomes interested and decides to have a look . During the day , Zhang Shan walked around the unfinished building . The place was empty , and the weeds were growing wildly . As he walked , he came face to face with a well-dressed man wearing dark glasses . He went over to explain why he came , sunglasses man looked at him for a long time , a face of panic , low voice said : "brother , do not go to that place , there is a famous ' ghost building ' , often haunted !" . Hearing this , a chill ran down Zhang Shan's spine . Sunglasses male saw Zhang Shan a face of suspicion , continue to say : " that several rotten tail building is illegal construction , the developer bribed officials , black box operation , after the incident jumped from the roof to die . It's been haunted at night ever since . " . In order to create eye-catching news , Zhang shan , although a little scared , decided to take a camera at night to watch for ghosts . At night , Zhang hides in a building nervously , preparing a strong flashlight to ward off ghosts . The minutes passed , but there was no movement away . Perhaps because of too much fatigue , I do not know when Zhang Shan fell asleep sitting by the window . " Pa - pa - " , the beat of rhythm on the window woke to hang Shan , his heart a tight , suddenly opened his eyes . A burst of indistinct cry sound spread from the window , is sunglasses male mouth said developer's ghost ? Zhang Shan's heart thumped as if it was about to burst . Trembling , he groped for the light but could not find it . The cries grew louder and louder , and the shrill voices were so ghastly that Zhang shan dared not speak out . He secretly turned to look at the window , and by the faint starlight , a figure of long white robes and dishevelled hair was drifting out of the window . Seeing that the ghost had no intention of entering the room and hurting him , Zhang Shan plucked up his courage and got up at once . He kowtowed to the window and said as if chanting sutras : " Brother Ghost , I heard that your death was not deserved , but it has nothing to do with me ! I just saw such a nice house that nobody lived in , and I was curious to come here for a night . If IT disturbs you , tell me won't come again , and please don't frighten me again . " . Zhang shan's trick really worked , the ghost of the window stopped moving , and the crying gradually stopped . Seeing the ghost refused to leave for a long time , Zhang Shan , who accidentally touched the strong light , suddenly opened the light and lit on the white figure . With a slight quiver , the white figure shrank and suddenly raised its head , revealing bones . Its eyes were empty and its mouth burst open , spitting out a scarlet tongue half a foot longed . Zhang Shan shouted , and the flashlight fell to the ground . In the light of the flashlight , he could see the ghost's body shrinking away from a mass and slowly flying away with a big head on its head . The voice came from the sky : " Don't to bother me ." . The ghost disappeared , and Zhang fell to the ground , soaked with sweat . At daybreak , Zhang Shan packed his things and prepared to leave this frightening place . When he left , out of curiosity , he opened the window and looked at the place where the ghost had been the night before . He found a ring lying on the ground . Zhang Shan went down from the window and picked up the ring . He couldn't help wondering , " Do ghosts wear rings ? Was it a practical joke , a ghost to frighten him ? He couldn't understand the way he shrank last night , but there must be something in it ." . One way or another , he's going to get to the bottom of it this time . That evening , Zhang Shan went to the unfinished building and began to carry out his plan . In the middle of the night , Zhang Shan out of the door , hidden in a quiet place , quietly waiting for the ghost . But first class second class , but there is no movement . As he fretted , a dark figure appeared in the distance . Zhang Shan held his breath and stared at the shadow without blinking . The shadow came nearer and nearer , and by the faint starlight he was sure that it was not a ghost but a man , for the footsteps of his comer were distinct . The man was carrying a bag and walking in a hurry , looking back from time to time as if afraid of being noticed . Who is it ? What was he doing here in the middle of the night ? Was he the ghost of last night ? The dark figure hurried into the corridor of Zhang Shan's residence , and in a short time there was a ghostly cry . In order not to alarm anyone , Zhang Shan crept up to the fourth floor . It was from the room on the left side of the fourth floor that hang Shan was about to knock on the door , but found that it was not tightly closed . Following the crack at the door , he saw the man squat on the ground , fir a miniature flashlight and inflating a balloon man , alongside a model of a human skull and a wig . No wonder the ghost I saw last night was floating in / through . It turned out that someone was upstairs tying a puppet with strings . The ghost's body was shrunk into a ball and it was inflated by balloons . Zhang Shan walked up to him step by step , thinking how to punish the man who threatened him . The visitor seemed to sense something was wrong and looked round abruptly . Borrow the yu Guang of the phone , Zhang Shan saw the face of the bearer clearly , it is sunglasses male actually . Sunglasses male saw Zhang Shan , " ah " of 1 , all of a sudden fall on the ground . Zhang Shan " ha ha " smiled , know oneself clever plan played an effect , in order to frighten " ghost " , He looked for the body wide white clothes and shoulder-to-shoulder hair set , dress oneself also into the appearance of ghost , sunglasses male affirmation think oneself attracted true ghost , frighten dizzy . Urgent matter of the moment , it is to wake up the sunglasses man , but Zhang Shan shook along while , also do not see him woke up . To be on the safe side , he dialled 120 and then 110 .120 came before 110 , hang Shan followed the ambulance to the hospital . Sunglasses male just woke up , the police arrived , Zhang Shan put the matter after a 51 said . Although sunglasses man repeatedly said it was just a joke about Zhang Shan , but the police still took him away . The next morning , a group of police officers searching the half-finished building found the body of a young woman under a tangle of rubble . Later , Zhang Shan hears , sunglasses male is the cousin of director of bureau of this city city construction , director lustful sought small three , be blackmailed by small three however , he is afraid of thing to come out , affect official career , killed small three , let cousin bury her inside rotten end building . To build had " ghost " false appearance , dark glasses male civilian outfit ghost frighten Zhang Shan , did not think of by Zhang Shan see through . Zhang Shan cracked a big case that made the local news .

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Eamonn Davies

An avid lover of stories about ghosts and legends, I love the thrill of having my bones tingle! I hope you enjoy my story.

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