The village chief sighed and looked over.

He looked at the village surrounded by mountains, his face somewhat anxious.

He couldn't eat or sleep well because of these things, so he felt relieved when he saw them coming.

He looked at the white cloud book and explained what happened in the mountains.

"Ghosts have been rampant in the mountains recently. Many villagers have encountered ghosts blocking their way when they go up the mountain. Some have even killed themselves, so they have no choice but to ask for a letter."

After all, this village is isolated, and everyone needs to go up the mountain to chop firewood and send it out to support their families. They also need to go to the market to buy daily necessities, so they no longer dare to walk on the usual roads.

Because of the incident these days, he had to organize the young and strong men in the village to go out and buy together, but after spending the night in the mountains, several of them were frightened and stopped going out, and have been in a daze ever since.

Hearing this strange thing, Qi Ningzhu frowned slightly.

She followed her master here and could feel the ghostly aura.

But they are all ordinary wandering ghosts, the kind that dare not come out even in the daytime.

The village chief started to speak mysteriously and in a low voice.

"They all said they saw ghosts! Lots and lots of ghosts chasing them, grabbing them, trying to drag them to hell together. Those who were frightened to death still have nightmares every night..."

Although I don't do bad things and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on my door, but this ghost has come to my door to block the road and demand my life, how can I not be afraid?

"I heard there was a fatality. A fatality? Can you tell me about it in detail?"

As Qi Ningzhu asked, the village chief held his cane and said with a look of trepidation: "Well..."

He seemed to be hesitant to talk, but Qi Ningzhu noticed that he seemed reluctant to say too much and immediately reminded him.

"You can tell me whatever you want to say. We need to know all the circumstances so that we can come up with a solution."

"It's nothing, actually. A few men from different families went to the mountains to cut firewood, but they never came back. When we went to look for them, they were already dead with pale faces and foaming at the mouth. One of them was still breathing, and kept mumbling about ghosts."

"Is it a male ghost or a female ghost?"

"I didn't pay much attention to it. After all, the one who was still breathing wasn't in a good condition. He couldn't stop shaking when he mentioned the back mountain. If I'm not mistaken, there were both male and female ghosts, and some looked like children."

Qi Ningzhu wrote these down.

"What do their families have in common?"

"It seems that there is nothing in common. The only thing is that we are all very poor. We need to go up the mountain to chop firewood and carry it to support our families..."

The village chief gave an honest answer, and Bai Yunshu nodded slightly.

"Can you take us to see those houses later?"

"Of course, but I'm not feeling well. I'll let my grandson, A-Jin, take you there later."

Qi Ningzhu looked at the taciturn young man who had been standing next to him.

The young man had dark skin and looked very honest. He lowered his eyebrows and after receiving Qi Ningzhu's gaze, he glanced at her and then quickly looked away.

After asking about the ghosts in the mountains, he went to the Ji family to discuss the marriage.

When the village chief talked about the Ji family, he was extremely hateful and talked endlessly, listing all the sins of his family.

"The head of his family, Ji Wei, was a bully in the village. He committed all kinds of crimes, including murder, looting, and all kinds of evil. He collected protection fees everywhere and bullied orphans and widows. The family had no way to deal with them."

"Is it so abominable? Didn't you report it to the police?"

Yan Weiwan frowned and nodded his head to ask.

Why is this different from what she remembers? Would such a gentle man do such a thing?

The village chief sighed.

"Report to the authorities? How can ordinary people fight against them? They have their own people in the government. Besides, the officials just protect each other. After they had plundered almost everything, my elder brother was implicated, so they moved to the county town and became a wealthy family..."

"And then?"

Nan Lezhi spoke, and the village chief smiled and complained as if he was watching a lively event.

"His family got their comeuppance. They had four sons: one was sickly, one was a gambler, one was a drunkard, and another fell into a well and drowned while playing outside. Some people even set off firecrackers for this."

"Ji Wei was so angry at the time that he sold all the maids and servants who took care of him. He also beat all the concubines to death and threw them into the mountains to be eaten by wild beasts. This is something that everyone in the family knows, but later the Ji family didn't allow anyone to gossip about it, so not many people brought it up in public."

After hearing this, Yan Weiwan couldn't bear it anymore and raised his hand to interrupt him.

"That's not right. We were at the Ji family the past two days, and it felt like everyone around had a very high opinion of the Ji family. Mr. Ji often gave out porridge and donated clothes and money to beggars. Mr. Ji repaired many temples and donated money to build bridges and temples. Everyone who saw him said he was kind. This time, he only said that the family was disturbed because of the bride."

They stayed there for two days. The Ji family took good care of them. It was not because they were modest, but although there were a lot of things, there was always a feeling of deadness in the house, and Mrs. Ji also looked rather haggard.

The village chief hinted that it is not too late to look at things superficially.

"That's because they are afraid, afraid of retribution, afraid that their parents will not leave them a descendant, so they want to make up for their mistakes, but the old man has eyes, how could he let them off easily..."

"The matter of the Ji family's marriage, hiss... is actually very strange. The son of the Ji family was always sick. After he died at home a few days ago, the Ji family arranged a ghost marriage for him. The bride was a sudden death in our village. She accidentally fell off the cliff after climbing the mountain. She was secretly sent to the Ji family that night."

Hearing this, Yan Weiwan was shocked.

"Ghost marriage! But the Ji family told us that their son and this girl from your village were engaged since childhood, but the bride was dissatisfied with her parents' agreement and the matchmaker's words, so she took poison and died on the wedding day, and also fed her son with poison. Both of them died in the bridal chamber, and that night, there were ghosts in the back house... So, how did you know about it?"

The village chief heard her words and laughed and teased her.

"Of course, the reason for telling the truth has to sound better. We definitely won't say it directly. Everyone in our village knows about this matter because many people came that night. On the night when the Ji family's son died, they spread the news that they were looking for someone to arrange a ghost marriage. Our village just happened to have such a person. Now everyone has kept the rotten words in their stomachs and won't tell the truth, for fear of provoking something unclean."

Hearing the word "Chuangqiao", Bai Yunshu sneered.

How could there be so many coincidences in the world? They are nothing more than excuses deliberately created for others.

She and Nan Lezhi looked at each other, and both of them understood.

Nan Lezhi's hands in his sleeves had already been clenched tightly.

The Ji family really dares to hide anything!