The Dead Burn Incense, Puppets Sit in the Hall

In our long-standing and historically rich land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. This is especially true for ancient and mysterious crafts.

For instance, when engag...

Chapter 209 Even dogs wouldn't eat it

Just as Zhao Youliang was lamenting his fate to himself, he saw Li Mao and Liao Zhiyuan walking towards him from afar.

During this period, with Old Liu away, Liao Zhiyuan stayed at the coffin shop.

"Quantum Bro's up?"

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? We brought you some steamed buns... and we also brought some for Brother Gou."

As they spoke, Liao Zhiyuan handed one of the two bags of steamed buns to Zhao Youliang, and placed the other bag on a plate respectfully in front of the big yellow dog drying eggs.

"Brother Dog, Brother Dog, eat it while it's hot! This is my humble offering to you!"

To everyone's surprise, the big yellow dog just glanced at it disdainfully, then kicked the bun aside and waddled off into the street.

Seeing this, Zhao Youliang suddenly felt that the steamed bun in his hand no longer tasted good.

And once again, I sigh: it really is true that humans are worse off than dogs...

The steamed buns that the big yellow dog wouldn't eat were shared and eaten by Liao Zhiyuan and Li Mao.

The three chatted as they ate their simple breakfast.

"Isn't it amazing that no one died in our town yesterday? It might be related to the police increasing patrols."

"So even dirty things are afraid of the police!"

"Police patrol?" Zhao Youliang was taken aback upon hearing this.

He had previously heard from police officer Xiao Zhao that the master had told him about the eerie nature of the local town, so he shouldn't get too involved in the murder case.

Why the sudden increase in patrols? Aren't they afraid of endangering innocent police officers?!

Speaking of the police, Zhao Youliang thought of the country's "special departments," so he asked a question.

"Xiao Liao, when are the other experts from our organization coming?"

"Hopefully, this time they'll be formidable enough to avoid another 'loss of both wife and army,' as they all have elderly parents and young children to support..."

Upon hearing this, Liao Zhiyuan looked annoyed and swallowed the bun in his mouth before speaking.

"Brother Quantum, no one from above is coming. I'm the last one."

"They said that since it's a place where the gentleman once stayed, no one can interfere."

"Sending more people here would only be sending them to their deaths."

Zhao Youliang was utterly astonished: "Xiao Liao, so the organization just found out this is where the Master stayed?!"

Liao Zhiyuan nodded awkwardly, "Yeah, I was the one who told them!"

Zhao Youliang: "......"

Just as the atmosphere was getting rather awkward, Zhao Youliang's phone suddenly rang, playing that familiar ringtone.

My dear son, it's your father. Come sit down, let's have a talk...

Zhao Youliang glared at Li Mao, the instigator, and then answered the phone helplessly.

"Dad... no, Sister Yingchun, why are you up so early today? Is there something you need to call about?"

On the other end of the phone, Sister Yingchun sounded very flustered.

"Quantum, Quantum, come to my house right away! It looks like a thief broke in, but then again, maybe not..."

"Just come over here right away, I'm scared to be alone!"

"What? A bad guy broke in?!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Youliang didn't dare to hesitate and immediately patted his butt and ran towards Yingchun's house.

Li Mao and Liao Zhiyuan naturally followed closely behind.

When they arrived at Yingchun's house, they found her standing in a corner, dressed in her pajamas and looking panicked.

Not only were all the windows open, but the ground was also a complete mess.

It looked like the whole house had just been battered by a violent storm.

"Sis, are you alright?"

Zhao Youliang quickly stepped forward, took off his coat, and draped it over the shoulders of Yingchun's sister-in-law.

"It's okay... I'm okay... I don't know what happened!"

"When I woke up, I found myself lying in the living room, and this is what I was like around me."

"I...I was scared, so I called you right away!"

Looking at the mess in the room, Zhao Youliang was unsure what had happened and immediately took out his phone to call police officer Xiao Zhao.

As it turned out, Xiao Zhao responded to the call quite quickly: he arrived at the "crime scene" with two colleagues in no time.

Yingchun's sister-in-law had already changed her clothes, and Zhao Youliang and the other two sat with her in the living room.

After entering the room, Xiao Zhao first showed concern, and only after learning that Sister Yingchun had not been harmed did he begin to investigate the scene.

After tidying up, Sister Yingchun was certain that she hadn't lost anything.

This puzzled the police officers handling the case.

With the doors and windows wide open, the beautiful widow, as lovely as a peach, was spared from harm;

The house was ransacked, but nothing was missing.

Even the several thousand yuan in cash were not missing a single penny.

What was the purpose of the person who came in yesterday? Just bored?!

Just then, the observant Zhao Youliang noticed something unusual: although the room had been blown by the wind, there were still some paper ash residues left behind, which were clearly the residues left after his talismans burned.

Could it be something dirty?

But if it was something dirty, why didn't it harm Sister Yingchun?!

After making a preliminary assessment, Zhao Youliang immediately told the police officer, Xiao Zhao, about it.

Knowing that Zhao Youliang was a shaman, Xiao Zhao nodded slightly upon hearing this and signaled to the group to disperse, indicating that there was no need to file a case.

As it turns out, Zhao Youliang is now quite well-known, and the two policemen who came with him have heard about him.

Before leaving, he specifically asked Zhao Youliang for two amulets for protection.

With no outsiders around, Zhao Youliang immediately conducted a thorough examination and became even more certain that it was indeed caused by something unclean.

Because the "paper dog" he gave to Sister Yingchun also died... turned into pieces all over the ground, dying even more tragically than Zhao Si's father!

"Sis, you really don't remember anything?!"

Aunt Yingchun looked completely bewildered: "I don't remember... I just remember taking a shower and drying my hair after I got back yesterday, and then I went to sleep..."

Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Zhao Youliang could only offer quiet words of comfort.

Only then did he notice that the beautiful widow's face was getting paler and paler.

Moreover, he exuded a faint chill... a chill rather than any kind of yin energy.

how so? !

Despite his confusion, Zhao Youliang could only leave temporarily because he couldn't get any information out of him or find anything.

Of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to ask Li Mao's wife and Qi Zhigang's wife to come and help Yingchun's sister-in-law tidy up the room.

He also instructed the pretty widow to make sure she carried the "token" he had given her.

Back at the paper-making shop, Liao Zhiyuan, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

"Liang, Quantum Bro, how long have you known Sister Yingchun?"

"Has she always been like this since you met her?"

Zhao Youliang was puzzled by the question: "Yeah, nothing has changed."

"What's wrong, Xiao Liao? Just say what you want to say. We have no outsiders here."

Liao Zhiyuan's expression was grave: "Brother Quantum, I just discovered that Sister Yingchun, like you, has no lifespan left."

"It wasn't like this when we first met!"

"Also, the three Yang Flames on her body have all disappeared... Quantum Brother, although you also don't have a lifespan, your three Yang Flames are still here!"

"What?!" Zhao Youliang exclaimed in shock. "Xiao Liao, you mean...my sister is dead?!"

"Then what did we just see? When I was supporting my sister, she had a physical body, she wasn't a ghost!"