Volume Three: The Case of Hundred Ghosts at Night Chapter Seventy-Seven: Aunt Liu
Ziwu Street in the early morning is very different from that in the evening. Many people sit in front of their homes and chat about family affairs.
If it were at dusk, there wouldn't be such a scene. After all, Linyang City is prosperous, and people here would have to go out to work after a while, and they often wouldn't be able to come back until around Xu o'clock.
"Hey, Aunt Liu!" Duan Ming walked directly to a middle-aged woman and greeted with a smile.
"Xiao Liuzi, are you out?" Aunt Liu looked at Duan Ming with a smile: "You must be starving in prison. Come to my house for something to eat. Aunt Liu will give you something delicious."
"No, no, no." Duan Ming waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "I had good food and good living in the prison. The food in the prison is very good now. But Aunt Liu, how is your waist?"
"Thanks to the Ren De Tang you introduced to me before I went in, Dr. Song is indeed a miracle doctor. He was much better after just one acupuncture." Aunt Liu smiled and nodded.
"It's better." Duan Ming nodded: "By the way, Aunt Liu, I want to ask you something."
"Tell me." Aunt Liu looked at Duan Ming doubtfully.
"I heard that there is a ghost around here? Is there anything going on in my Leaky Clothes Alley?" Duan Ming looked around and whispered in Aunt Liu's ear.
"This..." Aunt Liu looked around and whispered to Duan Ming: "Did you know about it just after you came out? Or did this matter spread to the prison?"
"I saw Sun Wu when I came out. He told me." Duan Ming said.
"Sun Wu, that boy is promising and conscientious. He became a high official and moved to a big house." Aunt Liu nodded: "Xiao Liu, you have to learn from that Sun Wu and find some seriousness as soon as possible.
If you get your work done, then marry a wife and have a baby, your life will be complete. By the way, your Aunt Zhang’s girl is already quite old, how about I give it to you..."
"Yes, yes!" Duan Ming's expression changed and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Aunt Liu, weren't we talking about the haunting thing? Why did it involve the girl from Aunt Zhang's family again? Could it be that the girl is a ghost?"
"Bah! You brat, if your Aunt Zhang hears this, she won't lift your shabby mat!" Aunt Liu glared at Duan Ming.
"No, then my family will be gone." Duan Ming said with a smile: "Aunt Liu, I know you are good for me, you'd better talk about the haunting first."
"Okay, lately the official from the Mirror Division is always coming to ask." Aunt Liu recalled: "Be careful when you see them, don't be caught by them as thieves. Come to Aunt Liu's house to eat whatever you want these days."
Aunt Liu said, Aunt Liu will do it for you, please don’t do that sneaky thing again. The same goes for Yu Laowu, isn’t he just a fish? You have helped him so much, but he is reluctant to even give you a fish...
…”
"Aunt Liu, ghost, talk about ghosts, let's talk about ghosts!" Duan Ming interrupted hurriedly.
"Oh, yes, talking about ghosts." Aunt Liu nodded: "On the day you entered, which was the Ghost Festival, the neighborhood was haunted!"
"Yes, yes, what caused the ghost?" Duan Ming felt like he had a headache.
"That night, I couldn't sleep. It was around Haishi, so I heard someone walking on the street outside." Aunt Liu said, "I was puzzled. It had just arrived at Haishi, and the moon horse should not have been there yet.
After we finished walking, I could still hear the voice calling Yue Ma, why did someone come back?"
"Then I wondered if it was a thief, so I woke up the man in my house and secretly opened the window to look outside."
"Guess what? The streets are full of ghosts! They look so oozing, and they are all white. They float with the wind. There is a ghost right in front of my house! It's scary to death.
Me!"
"Then what?" Duan Ming asked hurriedly.
"Then? Then I quickly closed the window." Aunt Liu said: "Fortunately, my family is a butcher of pigs, so the two of us were guarding the window with a butcher's knife. The ghost didn't dare to
Come in."
"That's right." Duan Ming nodded: "Did you see a ghost entering my Leaky Clothes Alley?"
"I didn't look at it." Aunt Liu recalled it and said: "Those ghosts were all gathered together, and no one left alone. Oh, by the way, after I closed the window, I heard someone crying outside the window, the crying one
It's so miserable, just like losing your parents."
"Then I understand, thank you Aunt Liu." Duan Ming said, cupping his fists.
"Oh my, why are you and Aunt Liu being so polite? By the way, I'll help that girl from Aunt Zhang's family that I just mentioned..." Aunt Liu continued.
"No need, Aunt Liu!" Duan Ming said hurriedly: "As someone who has nothing to lose now, I'd better not harm Aunt Zhang's girl. By the way, Aunt Liu, do you think those ghosts have legs?"
"No, absolutely not!" Aunt Liu said firmly: "They are all floating on the ground!"
"That's it." Duan Ming nodded, and then left as if running for his life.
He was afraid that if he didn't escape, he would be escorted into the bridal chamber by Aunt Liu tonight...
However, Duan Ming also gained a lot from this trip. Although Aunt Liu looked like an ordinary aunt, Duan Ming knew very well.
Aunt Liu was born with extraordinary ears, and her hearing was far better than ordinary people.
When Duan Ming came here yesterday, Aunt Liu was not at home, otherwise Duan Ming would have wanted to ask Aunt Liu yesterday.
Aunt Liu's words just now, coupled with the piece of white cloth he found earlier, Duan Ming already had a vague guess about the truth about the Hundred Ghosts.
But Duan Ming still has no idea who is pretending to be a ghost and what the location of the city gate is.
Walking slowly along Ziwu Street towards Nancheng, Duan Ming kept looking around to see if he could find more clues.
No matter who is playing tricks, he must be extremely familiar with Linyang City, at least the southern part of Linyang City.
Because if Duan Ming's guess is true, then this person must choose a broad road, whether entering or leaving.
So, from which direction will the other party leave? Where will they go back after leaving?
The other party came in through the south gate. If so, he would definitely not leave through the south gate. Otherwise, what would he say if he was seen?
"After Baigui Yexing entered, he was frightened away by Yue Ma and exited Linyang City..."
In this way, their purpose has failed.
It is also impossible to go to the north, which is the Surin River.
After all, pretending to be a god or a ghost is just a trick. Wanting more people to witness it doesn't mean you have no scruples.
How to leave by continuing to the north? Once you meet a large number of people who have participated in the Ghost Festival, if there are bold people like Sun among them, wouldn't it be easy to expose the secret?
It is also impossible to go east from this direction. Going east from Ziwu Street, the only wider roads are not much wider than Luoyi Lane. Moreover, the terrain is complicated and there are too many turns, making it difficult to move at all.
In this case, then the other party can only go west... This chapter has been completed!
