The next day, when it was just dawn, Yu Sheng was awakened by the excitement outside.
Yesterday, after Mr. Wen recognized the city lord and thanked him sincerely, they followed the bustling crowd back to the city lord's mansion.
Yu Sheng lay in bed and didn't want to get up. It wasn't until Miss Zhao sent him to call him that Yu Sheng finally got out of bed and put on a suit of brocade clothes.
The Ba Yong Tower was very lively. When Yu Sheng entered, he discovered that many prominent people in the city had come to pay New Year greetings to the city lord.
Zhou Dafu and Zhou Jiuzhang followed behind a powerful middle-aged man. This man was very tall and had a long face. He was so majestic that Yu Sheng consciously stayed away.
After Zhou Dafu saw Yu Sheng, he ran over as if fleeing from danger, bowed to Yu Sheng, and said his blessings, and Zhou Jiuzhang followed shortly after.
"Where's Sister Feng?" Yu Sheng looked over and saw that there were many people in the lobby. Brothers Chu Ci followed their parents obediently, and Zhuang Zisheng was being dragged along by Zhuang Zi to socialize.
The most eye-catching thing was Bu Ju's family. Many people were talking around Bu Xiaomei. I heard from Zhou Jiuzhang that those who pursue Bu Xiaomei can now line up from the north city gate to the south city gate.
Just as Yu Sheng was about to look back, a hunchbacked old man came into view. Unexpectedly, the wizard from the witch academy also came to the city lord's mansion early in the morning to pay his New Year greetings.
"Jin Yiwei had something urgent at the moment, so he called her away when he went out." Zhou Dafu waved his hand, "Shopkeeper Yu, I heard that you cooked the chicken well last night, when..."
"Go, go", Yu Sheng kicked Zhou Dafu away, "What do you mean a good chicken?"
"That's right, how do you talk? Shopkeeper Yu Ji has done a good job." Zhou Jiuzhang said next to him.
Before Yu Sheng could say anything, the man with a sinister face came over and slapped them away one on the left and the other on the right. "Why are you talking to Leader Yu? They are neither big nor small."
He handed over to Yu Sheng and said, "Leader Yu, happy New Year. These two bastards are ignorant, so don't go out with them."
Yu Sheng had never been spoken to so politely by someone before. Just when he was about to say something in return, the hunchbacked Huang Shi walked towards Yu Sheng.
"Shopkeeper Yu, I'm here to wish you a happy new year." The hunchbacked old man bowed and cupped his hands.
"I don't dare, I don't dare, we are so different in age." Yu Sheng hurriedly tried to stop him, but Huang Shi quickly dodged him.
"Why don't you dare? In terms of seniority, everyone here is your junior." Huang Shi said to Yu Sheng respectfully with his back hunched over.
For the rest of his life, he was stunned. He remembered the scene in his previous life when the infant boy was old enough to be his grandfather, and suddenly realized that being the son of King Donghuang had great benefits in terms of seniority.
The four kings of the wilderness are all figures of unknown age. In the creation myth of the ancient giants who created the world before the heaven and earth were divided into chaos, the four of them have already existed.
Speaking of which, when Yu Sheng looked around, he was much older than these people.
Girl Zhao came out at this time. She was wearing a white dress with complicated patterns on her chest. If you look closely, you can see that they are peonies composed of swords.
On top of the gorgeous clothes, he wore a robe similar to that made of fox fur, which was dragged on the ground.
The girl in the photo wears a peony flower in a high bun, which sets off her noble temperament and dwarfs all the girls present.
She waved to Yu Sheng, who thanked Huangshi and hurriedly followed her, walking with Miss Zhao towards the throne of the city lord on the high platform.
Everyone moved out of the way and bowed their hands to the two of them. Just as Yu Sheng was about to step onto the steps, he suddenly heard someone from behind shouting: "Jin Yiwei has something urgent to report to the city lord."
Yu Sheng turned around and saw Zhou Jiufeng standing outside the door, panting.
"What's the matter?" Miss Zhao asked as she stood on the steps.
Zhou Jiufeng walked up with "bang, bang" steps, a serious look on his face, which made Yu Sheng have the urge to shout "Chu Sheng".
But after thinking about the situation, Yu Sheng still held back.
Zhou Jiufeng said respectfully: "Jin Yiwei heard screams coming from Zuiyue Tower this early morning when he was patrolling. He went upstairs to check and found seven people in the house. One of them was crazy and six died."
Something like this happened during the Chinese New Year, which made Miss Zhao frown and asked, "Have you found out who did it?"
Zhou Jiufeng shook his head. Because of the New Year's Eve last night, many people gathered at Zuiyue Tower for New Year's Eve celebrations, and the waiter in the shop also stayed up all night.
According to a waiter, they never saw anyone else entering or leaving that room.
"All the dead people died of bleeding from the seven orifices, and there were no wounds on their bodies." Zhou Jiufeng said, "When Jin Yiwei entered the room, he only found one unusual place.
"What's so unusual?" Yu Sheng became interested and asked.
"There were about a hundred candles placed all over the room. Only one burned out and the others were all extinguished. I'm pretty sure they were playing fairy tales." Zhou Jiufeng said very confidently.
"Liao Zhai?" Suddenly hearing this familiar name, Yu Sheng was a little stunned.
Zhou Jiufeng thought he didn't know, and explained: "This is a very ancient game spread on Qianshan Island."
In the dead of night, people sit around and light a hundred candles, and then tell a hundred stories about ghosts in turn, blowing out one candle after each story.
According to legend, when the last candle is blown out, a real evil spirit will be summoned.
Even so, there are still many people trying to play this game.
"You mean these people were killed by evil spirits?" Yu Sheng asked. Without waiting for Zhou Jiufeng's answer, he denied it, "That's not right."
If these people really attracted evil spirits because of playing with fairy tales, then all the candles should be extinguished. Why was one left burned out?
Zhou Jiufeng took a look at Yu Sheng and didn't expect that Shopkeeper Yu had a higher IQ during the Chinese New Year.
Miss Zhao glanced at Yu Sheng and said, "You do evil things during the Chinese New Year. You don't take the City Lord's Mansion seriously. I have a child."
Yu Sheng paused for a moment before agreeing.
"I'll leave this case to your Ghost Hunting Department. Bring me the murderer tomorrow." He followed the girl's instructions and continued to ascend the throne of the city lord.
Yu Sheng asked his servants to go to Zhaixing Tower to summon Fu Nian, and he followed Zhou Jiufeng to Zuiyue Tower.
There were many pedestrians walking from house to house to pay New Year greetings on the road, with happy smiles on their faces. After arriving at the Moon Worship Tower, the atmosphere became serious.
Many guards in golden uniforms surrounded the Moon Worship Tower, not allowing anyone to enter or exit. Many people gathered outside, pointing at the Moon Worship Tower, and secretly discussing the tragedy that occurred inside the building.
Fu Nan was already waiting. When he heard that the Ghost Hunting Department was about to handle a case, he ran over without even bothering to eat breakfast. He was accompanied by Ye Zigao, Bai Gaoxing and Hei Niu.
"It turns out that the Ghost Hunting Department is really used to catch ghosts. I always thought it was just a decoration." The black girl was wrapped in a thick coat, with only one face exposed.
"What kind of decorations? Nonsense. When it comes to catching ghosts, the ghost-hunting masters in the city, Wu Zhu, are no match for me." Yu Sheng led everyone inside.
Fu Nan was gearing up, "Our ghost hunting company is finally going to open its doors." The look on his face made it seem as if he was about to achieve meritorious service, be promoted, and marry Bai Fumei.
The Moon Worshiping Tower is much smaller than the Star-Zhaing Tower. After entering from the lobby, there is a patio in the middle. Four wooden stairs along the patio lead to the red buildings on all sides.
There were many people sitting quietly in the lobby, and many people were looking quietly at the red buildings around them. The traces of the all-night party were still on their faces, but now they could no longer laugh.
The room where we play "Liao Zhai" is in the west building facing the street. When we open the door and enter, the smell of candles hits our face.
"The corpse hasn't moved at all, and none of the guests in the building have been let go," Zhou Jiufeng said beside him.