Upon hearing that Granny Wenmi was injured, Zhao Youliang immediately became anxious.
"Oh?! Is Grandma alright?"
"No, I have to go check it out right away!"
Just as they were talking, Granny Wenmi came over, supported by Manager Sun.
The same heavy steps, the same face full of guilt.
"Don't worry, Grandma is fine."
"I just feel bad that I couldn't save that poor child."
Zhao Youliang quickly got up, offered his stool to Granny Wenmi, and recounted what had happened on his side the previous night.
"Mother-in-law, I was scared and didn't sleep soundly, so I didn't hear anything last night?"
However, Granny Mi's focus was clearly different from Zhao Youliang's. She didn't answer his question, but instead asked him in return with a look of surprise.
"Quantum, you just said something was knocking on your door last night?"
"That thing even scared away the immortals?"
"Mmm." Zhao Youliang nodded repeatedly: "Grandma, do you think those three evil spirits who harmed people came looking for me, and then were scared away by Brother Gou?"
Grandma Mi still didn't answer Zhao Youliang's question, but gently stroked his head with tears in her eyes.
"It's truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly... Silly child, the ones coming for you aren't those three evil spirits, but rather... but rather..."
Seeing that Granny Wenmi couldn't continue, Manager Sun of the coffin shop had no choice but to speak on her behalf.
"It's the backlash from the paper shop... Quantum, it seems your lifespan has run out."
"Or perhaps it's been completely absorbed by the 'things' in the paper-making shop..."
"What?!" Zhao Youliang was completely dumbfounded upon hearing this, standing there like a wooden statue.
"No, that can't be!"
"Didn't you say last time I could live for more than ten days? How come I'm gone so quickly?!"
"And besides, that thing left on its own yesterday, it didn't even come in to deal with me!"
Zhao Youliang's words reminded the three old men: That's right, why didn't the ghost messengers come in? Instead, they withdrew on their own.
I've never heard of a ghost messenger being so polite, knocking before coming to collect a soul, it's not like they're delivering takeout...
"Quantum, do you feel any discomfort anywhere right now?"
While asking about Zhao Youliang's well-being, Granny Mi carefully observed him.
After carefully assessing the situation, Zhao Youliang replied, "I don't feel uncomfortable at all, I'm just a little hungry."
The three women, including Granny Rice, asked: "..."
It turned out that Zhao Youliang was really hungry: the breakfast for three people that the old man who drove the corpses bought was all eaten by him in no time.
Even so, they were still not full, and only stopped after drinking a large ladle of cold water.
Seeing himself eating and drinking, Zhao Youliang felt a little embarrassed.
"Hehe, the steamed buns are a bit salty, a bit salty... Well, Grandma, Uncle Sun, you wait here for a moment, I'll go buy something for you to eat."
Just as Zhao Youliang was about to leave, Manager Sun grabbed him.
"We don't need to go to Quantum. At our age, it doesn't matter whether we eat there or not."
"We're relieved as long as you're alright."
"Just tonight..."
Although Manager Sun didn't say everything, everyone had already guessed what he meant.
The evil spirit ordered seven coffins, and three children died last night.
This means that at least four more adults will die violently tonight.
Last night's events proved that Granny Wenmi and her two companions were simply no match for the three evil spirits...
"What should we do..." Not only were the three elderly people anxious, but Zhao Youliang was as well.
"Grandma, Uncle Sun, are there any temples or Taoist priests nearby?"
"If all else fails, let's call in outside help!"
Shopkeeper Sun replied with a wry smile, "There is a temple, and there are Taoist priests too."
"They're all incompetent fools; even if you paid them, they'd only cause more trouble."
"Like I said, unless we invite disciples from the five great immortal families, it will all be in vain!"
Having reached this point, we've hit a dead end again.
Yesterday, Zhao Youliang went to Jiudaogou Village to look for the Five Great Spirit mediums, but he still couldn't find them.
In this desperate situation, it's even harder to find...
Just as the atmosphere was becoming somber, Zhao Youliang spoke up again.
"Uncle Sun, how about this? Aren't those three evil spirits afraid of the army?"
"Why don't we talk to the prison and ask them to send someone over for protection?"
The three elders disdained to answer Zhao Youliang's childish question.
Deploying the army from prison? That's a joke!
Are soldiers so easy to invite or transfer?
What other reason could you give to invite them? Say the town is haunted?
Do you think the soldiers will throw you out immediately?
If you encounter someone with a bad temper, they're very likely to "casually" give you a few nasty slaps...
Seeing that nothing seemed to work, Zhao Youliang was completely at a loss.
He simply plopped down on the ground and joined the big yellow dog in "drying his eggs".
Of course, Big Yellow Dog openly sunbathes naked, while Zhao Youliang can only sunbathe through his pants.
Just as the atmosphere fell silent once again, the old corpse-driving man, Zhang Mingli, finally couldn't help but speak.
"Brother, sister, there's something I've been keeping to myself that I just have to get off my chest."
"The evil spirit I dealt with last night possessed me and kept stabbing itself with scissors. That's why I said that's how I treated him back then?"
"Could it be that the people in the town have some grudge against them, and they've come back for revenge?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Granny Mi and Manager Sun's expressions changed drastically.
He glanced into the paper-making shop several times, but hesitated to speak.
More than ten minutes later, Grandma Wenmi finally sighed and spoke.
"Old brother, it's not that your older sister doesn't want to tell you, but there are many things we don't know either, it's been too long."
"Sigh, things have come to this. Old brother, you should just take your good fortune and leave. Don't get involved in this mess."
"It's just a pity about Quantum; he has a 'ghost contract' bound to him and can't leave this place..."
Just then, the resident whose house had been in trouble the night before walked over with tears streaming down his face. He had come to buy paper figures from Zhao Youliang.
For the first time, he was unenthusiastic when customers came to his door, and he simply greeted them casually.
"Choose whatever you like. Except for the two middle rows, everything else is half price."
"Damn it, this filthy stuff is harmful!"
The deceased's family seemed unwilling to say much. After casually pointing to a few pairs of paper figures through the door, they waited quietly for the delivery and accounting.
Just then, the two paper figures that Zhao Youliang had placed at the door suddenly moved and looked in unison toward the entrance of the town.
These two paper figures were made by the mysterious Wang Youcai himself.
Fortunately, the paper figure's movements were not noticed by the deceased's family, thus avoiding unnecessary panic.
Upon noticing that the paper figure had moved, Zhao Youliang and his companions quickly looked in the direction the paper figure was looking...
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