Wearing the wrong clothes?
In that instant, I felt like the sky was about to fall.
Even though I don't have the [Earth Soul], I can't help but want to curse at this moment.
"Found it! My dad was wearing this!"
Huang Tao took a black vest out of a black plastic bag and handed it to me.
The clothes were clearly burned; there was a large hole in the chest, the fabric around the hole was charred, and the inside was blackened, emitting a burnt and rotten smell.
"Why is it burnt?" I asked.
Huang Tao hurriedly explained, "This is because my father wore this garment before he passed away. I was planning to burn it for him, but the Mr. Jin we hired said it should only be burned on the seventh day after his death."
I said "Oh," and without caring about whether it was dirty or not, I hurriedly put it on.
While trying to get my information out of him, he casually asked, "By the way, is your dad's name Niu Hongsheng?"
Huang Tao was taken aback: "No, my dad's name is Huang Helou, and Niu Hongsheng is my childhood friend."
What is that?
I'm completely numb.
Sister Wu said that if I wanted to live, I should come to Dashuying and find a man named Niu Hongsheng.
I was thinking to myself that Niu Hongsheng must be a master like Master Jin, maybe even the big brother I met before.
Huang Tao then said that Niu Hongsheng was his childhood friend?
I took a good look at Huang Tao and found that he was only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. How old could his childhood friend be?
However, appearances can be deceiving, so I cautiously asked, "Mr. Huang, is your childhood friend in the funeral industry?"
Huang Tao shook his head: "No."
no?
"So what does he do?"
Before Huang Tao could even open his mouth to speak, his wife reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her face instantly filled with disgust.
"He's a complete scoundrel, always idling around and never doing anything productive. He can't resist a woman. People like him should be locked up in jail and never released!"
wipe!
Judging from Huang Tao's wife's excited state, one wonders if she had been taken advantage of by Niu Hongsheng.
However, I was still somewhat unwilling to give up.
After all, Sister Wu wouldn't joke about something like this, right?
It's also possible that they share the same name but are not the same person.
Just to be on the safe side, I asked one more question: "So... does he have any special jobs that you've heard of but never seen in person?"
"Special job?"
Huang Tao glanced at his wife, his face suddenly flushed red, and he began to stammer.
"This...this...it seems to be...it's...his is bigger, you know..."
I was completely confused; what was this all about?
His wife, however, immediately remarked, "He's a movie actor. I heard he works at some Dou Media."
After saying that, she put one hand on her hip and twisted Huang Tao's ear with the other: "Tell me, have you been to that kind of place with him? If I find out, I'll teach you a lesson."
"I'm innocent!"
Huang Tao loudly protested, "I've never been there, and besides, he's dead. I couldn't go even if I wanted to."
Dead?
Huang Tao hurriedly said this in order to get rid of his wife's questions.
"He said he went to Rabbit Ear Village to film a wedding night scene. He said he would stay for about a week, but he came back the next day and then suddenly died a couple of days later."
"According to custom, the funeral procession was originally scheduled for noon, but for some reason, it was suddenly changed to evening, and even funeral music could not be played, and incense could not be lit."
"Apart from his family, no one else is allowed to offer incense. Also, I heard his death was quite mysterious..."
Before he could finish speaking, his wife suddenly looked out the window and exclaimed "Huh?"
Why is it foggy?
When I looked out the window, my heart sank.
When I checked the time again, it was already past midnight.
"Mr. Huang, Mrs. Huang, I have to go now..."
I turned around, about to say goodbye to Huang Tao and his wife, and planned to find a place to set up a defensive formation.
However, as soon as he turned his head, he found Huang Tao's eyes were empty and a strange smile was on his lips.
His wife's eyes were lifeless, and her skin had an unnatural bluish-gray tint.
A faint dark red tinge peeked through the cracked skin, as if something was struggling to emerge from beneath it.
Look at their heels, they've already been raised.
Possessed by a ghost!
"The auspicious hour has arrived; the groom mounts his horse to welcome his bride!"
The matchmaker's voice suddenly rang out from behind.
I slowly turned my head.
The matchmaker had appeared silently behind me without my noticing.
A strange smile grinned from his face, which was as wrinkled as a tattered piece of paper.
Behind her, two rows of palace maids stood like ghosts.
The red lanterns in their hands illuminated their bloodless faces.
Everyone's eyes were empty and lifeless; they stood there mechanically, exuding an aura of death.
I gripped the hilt of the peach wood sword tightly, not daring to move an inch.
However, the matchmaker and the palace maids didn't seem to see me.
The matchmaker paced back and forth in the room, saying, "Strange, he was right here... how did he disappear?"
As the matchmaker spoke, her wrinkled and gloomy face slowly moved closer to me.
As she approached, a putrid stench assaulted our senses.
It smelled like the decaying odor emanating from an ancient tomb that hadn't been cleaned for years, mixed with a faint smell of blood and sulfur.
Have you seen the prince consort?
She spoke slowly.
She doesn't recognize me?
I paused for a moment, then I understood.
I was wearing Huang Tao's dad's clothes, and they didn't recognize me. They probably mistook me for Huang Tao's dad.
I kept my head down and didn't respond, afraid that if I opened my mouth she would smell the scent of a living person on me.
"I'm asking you a question, why aren't you answering!"
Seeing that I didn't answer, the matchmaker got a little angry, and moved her face closer to me again, her voice even sharper than before.
The palace maid standing behind her was like a puppet being pulled by strings, her head suddenly turning around from behind.
He stared straight at me.
I know I can't not answer.
I lowered my voice and said, "I didn't see it."
She didn't say anything, just stared at me for a long time before letting out a long "oh".
The palace maids turned their heads away again, continuing to search for me throughout the room.
Did I manage to dodge it?
Does this mean I survived?
Seeing that they didn't recognize me, I slowly walked towards the door.
However, just as I was about to step out the door, I suddenly smelled a burnt smell.
A burning sensation came from behind, as if something was on fire.
I instinctively turned my head to look at my shoulder and found that my clothes had been set on fire at some point.
Huang Tao held a lighter in his hand, staring at me blankly, his voice flat and without any inflection.
"Dad, it's getting cold. I'll burn you some clothes."
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