Liu Jinghong nodded and returned to the tree with the best view.
Meanwhile, Chu Hongluan had a bold plan forming in her mind, and she immediately and nimbly climbed over the courtyard wall to wait outside Ke Tinghe's bedroom.
Less than half an incense stick's time later, Chu Hongluan suddenly heard a clear bird's cry. Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw Liu Jinghong parting some branches and leaves, his thin lips opening and closing silently to her: Someone has come.
Chu Hongluan immediately became alert. A moment later, the sound of her toes tapping on the tiles grew louder as she approached.
It was a ghost that flew across the rooftops and climbed the walls, heading straight for Kotinghe's bedroom.
Then Chu Hongluan did something no one expected. She darted into the light and frantically waved at the masked ghost on the roof.
The ghost was startled by her, but seeing that she was also dressed in night clothes and had a mask covering her face, acting suspiciously, she looked exactly like one of its companions. So it quickly rushed in front of her, covered her mouth, and dragged her into a secluded place.
If Chu Hongluan hadn't frantically winked at Liu Jinghong, warning him not to act rashly, his jade-bone fan would probably have already snapped the neck of that treacherous ghost.
Once in the shadows, the ghost released his grip and was about to whisper a secret signal when Chu Hongluan turned the tables, saying, "At the first quarter of the hour of You (5:15 PM), two li from the east gate, three kowtows before the tent, four slaps and five shouts, the one in the hall is Sixth Master, the one below is Seventh Brother, crows fly by and mynahs croak, nine bridges winding through the mountains, the palace is more than ten li away, the beauty is more than a thousand li long, and the vast land will last for generations!"
The ghost was taken aback, but immediately followed up with the code: "May Your Majesty live ten thousand years!"
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