Chapter 168: Natural Disaster or Man-Made Disaster
The little nightmare ghost was stunned and looked at Su Tan in confusion.
It understood every word she said, but when combined, it didn't quite understand what she meant.
"You mean, you mean that the appearance of the plague ghost may be caused by human beings?"
After all, I haven't heard of any major disaster happening anywhere in recent days.
It will be New Year's Day in two days.
At this time, a plague ghost suddenly appeared. It was said that someone deliberately caused trouble and released the plague ghost. It was not impossible that he wanted to muddy the waters in the capital.
"Although I am older than all of you, in the ghost world, I am still a child."
But even though it was a child, it had seen many people who would do anything to gain fame and fortune.
"I only know that when you people start fighting, you don't even care about your closest relatives."
This is true for both men and women.
Su Tan did not refute this. After all, she herself had seen many men and women cause tragic tragedies in their attempt to climb up the ladder.
She pondered for a moment, "I was just thinking, maybe someone isn't deliberately trying to muddy the waters in the capital."
"It's just possible that a major disaster suddenly struck somewhere, and local officials kept it a secret. As a result, the people fleeing north suffered countless casualties, which led to the appearance of plague ghosts, causing tragedy on earth."
After all, it’s the end of the year.
Both Emperor Qinglong and the civil and military officials in the court wanted to put a perfect red stamp on this year.
To celebrate this year of peace and prosperity, clear waters and tranquility.
If the local officials did not want to offend His Majesty and cause trouble for the Emperor as the New Year was approaching, it was not impossible that they chose not to report the matter even though they knew about it.
Su Tan held the sword in her hand. If it were in the past, she might have just walked out without caring about anything.
But right now...
She glanced at the little fox lying on the bed, then slowly put down the sword and sat back down.
She signaled the little paper man to continue watching the situation ahead. Since no one dared to go out at night, there was no need to worry too much about the plague ghost doing evil.
The most urgent task is to find out why the plague ghost appears.
Was it a natural disaster, or as the Little Nightmare Ghost said, someone was deliberately taking advantage of the situation at this time?
The little fox immediately jumped into her arms, rubbed its head against her palm, and then showed her its soft belly.
It was trying to keep Su Tan in its own way, so that she wouldn't put herself in danger late at night.
Su Tan gently raised his hand and scratched the little fox's chin, "Okay, I won't leave."
The little nightmare ghost finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was willing to stay.
"It would be better if you didn't leave."
"If you leave in the middle of the night, I won't know what happened. What if I end up finding all of Little Bit's remaining souls by myself? How am I going to explain this to her?"
Although it had not promised Xiao Changle anything.
But since it met Su Tan.
Then, as Xiao Changle's older brother, shouldn't he also love Xiao Changle's mother and protect her?
Su Tan looked a little helpless, so he simply found a wooden sculpture that the child liked from his own space and gave it to the little nightmare ghost.
She originally made this for Sui Sui.
But at the moment, she might not be able to return to Beijing in time. Fortunately, she has made many wood carvings for Sui Sui, so this one is not a big deal.
"You can play with it."
"I promise you, I won't leave tonight."
"Tomorrow morning, I have to go out and find out what all this is about."
The little nightmare ghost was attracted by this small wooden sculpture.
For a moment, I was so fascinated by the wood carving that I just nodded and said, "Okay, okay."
Su Tan couldn't help but smile.
He still has the mind of a child.
My attention was quickly diverted to something else.
But the little nightmare ghost is somewhat smarter than a child.
It was playing with the wooden sculpture when it suddenly realized something was wrong. It immediately raised its head and stared at Su Tan with a pouting mouth.
Su Tan felt a little uncomfortable with the look. He stroked the little fox's head and met the little nightmare ghost's gaze with a puzzled expression. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
The little nightmare ghost wrinkled his mouse nose.
"Nothing. I just suddenly remembered that Little Bit told me before that you were good at wood carving. You made a lot of little toys for her out of wood."
"Then I remember you did a lot for that ungrateful little bastard Song Xiao."
"Have you done this for others?"
As it spoke, it felt a little aggrieved for some reason.
I don't feel wronged for myself, I feel wronged for Changle.
"Is it because Song Xiao was unfilial that you want to make up for it on other children and treat the rest of the children the same way you treated him?"
Su Tan: “…”
The corner of Su Tan's mouth twitched.
I have to say, although the little nightmare ghost is just a little ghost and doesn’t know how to curse, once it starts to curse, it can be really dirty!
“…I just simply enjoy carving things.”
It can be said that she simply likes to make wood carvings.
Before she got married, her room was filled with boxes of wood carvings.
"If Changle had told you everything, he would have told you that I can not only carve small things out of wood, but also out of stone and jade."
Even if she is bored one day and picks up a piece of iron, she might want to see if she can shape it into another shape.
The little nightmare ghost finally felt relieved.
"That's good!"
"But since you like carving so much, who knows, the little one's remaining soul might be possessed by the daughter of a carpenter."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Su Tan thought it was possible and nodded in agreement.
"You're right. When I get back, I'll have to ask someone to help me check if there's ever been a carpenter whose daughter was on the verge of death and then suddenly recovered without any medicine."
However, right now, I'm afraid I have to find out the real reason why the plague ghost appeared before I can start planning to return to Beijing.
Su Tan is not afraid of anything else.
Among those who were afraid of being harmed by the plague ghost was the little girl who took in Changle's remaining soul.
Even if there is no such thing, solving such a problem is still a great merit.
Early the next morning, Su Tan took the little nightmare ghost out.
The little nightmare ghost has turned back into the handsome young man he used to be.
For convenience, Su Tan also wore men's clothes today. The long Taoist robe on her body made her look more romantic.
As usual, she bought a few strings of candied haws for the little nightmare ghost.
Then, when I had nothing to do, I chatted with the old man selling candied haws.
"Master, you have a wide range of knowledge. I believe you have heard a lot of new things."
"Do you know where there has been a snowstorm recently?"
She was worried. "To be honest, I've been sending messages to people back home for several months now, but I haven't received a reply. It's not convenient to leave the city right now, so I'm really worried and feel like something's going to happen."
The old man looked up at her instantly.
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