Only Su Ya was wandering around, observing her surroundings. This was a wedding hall, but there was no one inside or outside the main gate. And the director had just mentioned that this episode's theme was a ghost bride, so based on that, this must be a secret wedding. Su Ya's mind raced.
The production team didn't know how they did it. Although it was a little after 2 a.m. when they came in, the sky she saw now didn't look like 2 a.m., but more like around 4 p.m. The production team had really gone all out this time, simulating the entire sky.
If it's a ghost bride, then according to ancient times, the wedding should have started around 5 pm.
That means they have less than an hour.
After this analysis, Su Ya felt more confident.
So she waved to her brother, signaling him to follow, and then Suya walked out the door.
Su Linxi was still completely confused in front of the wedding hall. With his intelligence, he couldn't figure out what the production team meant. He subconsciously looked at his sister and then saw her waving at him. So he followed her without hesitation.
Just moments ago, Li Xiulu was marveling at the incredible mystery of ancient China. But when he saw the heavily concealed girl leave, he couldn't help but follow her. Before leaving, he even tugged at his companion, Anyadi.
Anyadi was puzzled, but he followed anyway, asking questions as they walked.
"Going to do what?"
"Just go, don't worry about it."
"Then why follow them?"
Don't you think that girl seems very smart?
"Really? I don't think so. But I don't really have any clue either. Whatever you say."
Although she didn't know why, Anyadi still followed Lishulu, since they were in the same group. The four of them walked onto the street, and Suya observed the shops on both sides, finding that all the shops had their doors and windows tightly closed. The street was very empty, without a single person in sight.
Then Suya randomly picked a shop and knocked on the door, but it didn't open. However, Suya had excellent hearing, and she could clearly hear breathing inside. This proved that someone was inside.
Suya went to another room and knocked on the door again, but no one answered. She could hear breathing coming from inside. And there was more than one person inside.
It's strange, something's not right here, to be honest, nothing in this town is right.
Su Linxi, Li Xiulu, and An Yadi had no idea what Su Ya was doing. They only saw her knocking on the doors of each house, but none of them opened the door for them.
Next, Su Ya looked at the shop's signboard and noticed that it used traditional Chinese characters. Fortunately, Su Ya had some prior knowledge of this, as many of the medical books she had obtained from Elder Yan were written in traditional Chinese characters. At the time, Su Ya had also looked up some relevant information.
The two shops I just knocked on were a fabric shop and a pharmacy, but there were people inside, yet no one answered the door.
So Suya looked around at the other shops and found that they were all kinds of shops. She paused to think for a while before knocking on the door of another shop. This time, someone inside finally responded.
Knock knock knock
Who is it?
An old man's voice came from inside the shop.
"Auntie, we just happened to be passing by here, and we have something we'd like to ask you."
Then I heard footsteps coming from inside.
A moment later, the door opened from the inside.
At this moment, an elderly woman, about seventy years old, emerged from inside. She wore a silver hairpin in her hair and a blue coarse cotton coat. She was hunched over, walking with a trembling gait, and carried a candle in her hand.
"I really didn't expect the production team to make such good props."
Second Brother Su Linxi sighed.
"What do you want to ask me?"
"Auntie, do you know where this place is?"
"This is Worry-Free Town."
“Worry-Free Town,” Suya repeated.
"Girls, what brings you here?"
Suya knew that the story had already begun.
So they made up a reason.
“My older brother, two friends and I have been traveling all the way here. It’s getting late now, and we wanted to find a hotel to stay in for the night, but none of them were open for us. Only you opened the door for us.”
"You've come here to stay? You've come to the right place. I know a place where you can stay, but it's quite remote from here."
Suya knew this must be the clue.
After saying that, the old woman took out a brocade pouch and handed it to Su Ya.
However, Suya did not open it now.
The other three men who were with Su Ya stared wide-eyed, somewhat incredulous. They'd gotten a clue just like that? It was simply unbelievable.
Then, Suya felt the time was right and asked another question.
"Auntie, do you know that there's a family celebrating a wedding up ahead?"
Unexpectedly, after saying this, the old woman seemed a little scared and looked around.
"Shh!"
Then his voice became much softer than before, "You guys come in quickly."
So Suya and the others went inside.
Upon entering the house, I discovered it was a paper craft shop, a place that specializes in making things for the dead. The room was filled with finished paper figures, houses, and various pieces of furniture, all of which were exquisitely crafted.
"Did you just come from the place where the wedding was held up ahead?"
"Yes, ma'am, what exactly happened up ahead?"
"That's the He family, the biggest merchant family around here. Master He has a daughter, Miss He, who is as beautiful as a flower. Some time ago, Master He arranged a marriage for his daughter and invited everyone in town to the wedding banquet. However, I was unwell and didn't go that night. Originally, he wanted to have a joyous wedding for his daughter, but unexpectedly, Master He's daughter committed suicide before getting into the bridal sedan chair. So what was supposed to be a happy occasion turned into a funeral. The young man felt it was bad luck and broke off the engagement. Later, Master He planned to arrange a ghost marriage for Miss He. The ghost marriage was supposed to be today, but a few days ago, the bride's body disappeared. Master He and everyone in the mansion were very puzzled as to how the young lady's body disappeared. So Master He sent everyone in the mansion out to look for the bride, but a day and a night have passed, and none of them have returned. Everyone in the mansion has vanished. After that, they would suddenly reappear only on the night of the wedding ceremony."
After listening, Su Ya continued to ask questions.
"Why are none of the surrounding shops open?"
"They're all terrified; they only dare to come out at night. They don't dare to come out during the day."
"And what about you, ma'am?"
"I'm an old woman, over fifty years old, and I deal with dead people every day, so naturally I'm not afraid of these things."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com