Although Li Mao saw through his "scheme" at a glance, Zhao Youliang was not embarrassed. Instead, he burst into laughter.
His smile only confirmed Li Mao's suspicion that he was being tricked, and he muttered under his breath, "Quantum, I've noticed you've gone astray."
"Can you stop joking about something this serious...?"
As they were talking, the entire coffin shop suddenly dimmed, as if it were noon one second and dusk the next.
"Holy crap, what happened?"
"It's haunted?!"
Startled, Li Mao screamed and quickly hid behind Zhao Youliang.
In contrast, Zhao Youliang was much calmer. He realized that it wasn't just the coffin shop that had darkened, but the entire town.
Although it was a bit brighter outside than inside the coffin shop, the brightness was still limited.
As I said before, it's like the whole world suddenly entering a dark evening.
how so?
Just as Zhao Youliang was wondering what was going on, he saw three figures in the dim light standing side by side at the entrance of the coffin shop.
Because it was much brighter outside than inside, the three figures were not clearly visible against the backlight.
It was only vaguely visible that there were two adults standing between a child, like a family of three.
"Who...who are you? What do you want?"
Li Mao, who was already terrified by the sudden darkness, became even more frightened when he saw the appearance of these three strange figures.
"Buy a coffin," the middle child said.
The voice, though childish, carried a chilling undertone and sounded ethereal, as if it were coming from all directions at once.
"Buy, how much?!"
At this moment, Li Mao was completely terrified and pulled Zhao Youliang back step by step.
"We'll buy as many coffins as there are living people in your town."
"This is the deposit my mother gave you."
After the child finished speaking, he threw a stack of things on the ground.
Then the three figures floated backwards, close to the ground, through the wall of the opposite shop, and disappeared from Zhao Youliang and Li Mao's sight.
Moments after the three figures disappeared, the town brightened up again, as if nothing had happened.
Only the stack of Republic-era banknotes on the ground by the door reminded Zhao Youliang and Li Mao that what had just happened was not a dream.
After picking up the stack of banknotes, Li Mao was on the verge of tears.
"Holy crap, this is really haunted! And it's even haunted us two brothers!"
Although Zhao Youliang was equally frightened, he immediately recalled the three evil spirits from before.
They were both there to order coffins, and they were both given banknotes from the Republic of China era.
In the end, it was the red-robed lama who intervened and suppressed them, and the red-robed lama also passed away as a result.
The three evil spirits only ordered seven coffins, but this time, they wanted to make one for every resident of the town.
Doesn't this show that their goal is to kill everyone?!
They harbored such deep resentment towards the town's residents, and these were all ghosts who died during the Republic of China era...
Could it be related to that incident where the townspeople's ancestors lacked virtue?!
Just as Zhao Youliang was deep in thought, a mournful cry suddenly came from the shop across the street.
"Dad! Dad, what's wrong?!"
"Everything was fine just now, don't scare me like that!!"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Zhao Youliang immediately ran towards the funeral wreath and shroud shop across the street.
He vaguely guessed that it must have been those three filthy creatures that had harmed him!
Because after they leave the coffin shop, they disappear into the shops across the street.
"Quantum, slow down, wait for me!"
"I'll go with you... I'm scared to stay here by myself!"
Seeing Zhao Youliang run out, Li Mao quickly followed closely.
When the two entered the shop across the street, they saw the owner's daughter holding the deceased owner and crying uncontrollably.
The owner of the funeral shop must have encountered something extremely terrifying before he died.
His eyes are still wide open, and his face is full of terror.
Judging from the dark green liquid constantly dripping from the corner of his mouth, he was clearly terrified.
"It's all because of some filthy thing!"
To confirm his judgment, Zhao Youliang comforted the girl who was crying uncontrollably while carefully observing her.
Sure enough, the funeral shop owner was clutching a handful of banknotes that had only been in circulation during the Republic of China era.
Just like the three ghosts that were left in my shop earlier...
To avoid causing unnecessary panic, and to prevent the three evil spirits from taking the life of the little girl by following the "paper money," Zhao Youliang quietly pried open the funeral shop owner's hand and put the paper money into his own pocket.
After comforting the little girl for a while, Zhao Youliang and Li Mao left the funeral shop after other neighbors came running at the sound of the commotion.
"Quantum, it's such a nasty thing, what should we do?"
"What else can we do? Just let it be!" After saying this in anger, Zhao Youliang took a deep breath.
"Li Mao, go find Mayor Guo and tell him everything you saw."
"If the former mayor could invite a red-robed lama, he can certainly invite a master as well."
"After all, he knows better than we do everything that happened in the town in the past, and why evil spirits always come to seek revenge!"
Upon hearing this, Li Mao immediately nodded: "Yes, I'll go right away!"
"Anyway, when the evil spirits come, the first ones they'll target are those major families. I don't believe the Guo family would dare to ignore it!"
Li Mao hesitated for a moment before continuing.
"Quantum, why would I go and report this to you? I don't mean anything by it, I just don't dare to stay alone."
"Where can I find you after I deliver the message to that Guo guy?"
“Come to my paper-making shop!” Zhao Youliang answered without hesitation.
"Remember to use the back door, don't forget!"
"If you had gone through the front door, I doubt those three things would have even bothered with you; you would have been taken away by those two patriarchs I serve every day!"
The two ancestors Zhao Youliang mentioned were the pair of strange puppets.
Upon hearing this, Li Mao nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would definitely remember it.
Then he dashed off toward the government office building.
It's not even noon yet, so of course Guo is still at work. Therefore, Li Mao must have run in the right direction.
Just as Zhao Youliang was walking back with his head down, he suddenly heard Chen Wei call his name.
"Quantum, where are you in such a hurry? I'm looking for you."
“My sister-in-law said that since you live alone, you probably don’t like to make noodles.”
"I specially made these big, stuffed buns for you to bring over."
"Take it home and eat it while it's hot!"
The concern shown by Chen Wei and his wife warmed Zhao Youliang's heart and strengthened his resolve to deal with the evil spirit.
Even if we can't save everyone, shouldn't we take care of those who cared for and helped us, including Yingchun's sister-in-law?
As Zhao Youliang took the hot buns, he was about to thank them when he suddenly remembered what had just happened.
"Oh, by the way, Brother Chen, it suddenly got dark for a while just now, didn't you find that strange?"
"It got dark for a while? No!" Chen Wei was puzzled by the question.
"Quantum, did you skip breakfast and have low blood sugar, and that's why you're dizzy?!"
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