"You are really sharp-eyed. As soon as you arrived, you noticed the differences between our place and other places."
Yi Cheng was over fifty years old, with an old face full of wrinkles. When he heard the question, he looked at Qin Shaoyou in surprise.
"We are traveling all over the country, but we can't do it without good eyesight. Li Yicheng, please tell us, what exactly happened here?
Originally we didn't want to inquire. After all, we are away from home and it is better to have less to worry about than to have more to worry about.
But people along the way are staring at our boss’ daughter with strange eyes, and coupled with the situation of those children, we are really worried..."
Qin Shaoyou's eloquent tongue made these lies sound as if they were true.
Li Yicheng believed what he said, glanced at Su Jianqing, and said: "That good girl who looks like a porcelain doll is your boss's daughter? Then you must protect her! Especially at night, Duo Pai Have someone guard her, seal the doors and windows tightly, and don't let her go out again during the day."
Seeing that Qin Shaoyou had made a breakthrough, Zhu Xiucai came over and asked pretending to be surprised and curious: "Li Yicheng, why is this?"
He also took out a few copper coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Li Yicheng's hand: "This money is for me to treat Yicheng to a drink. Don't be too little."
Li Yichen pretended to shirk it, then quickly put away the copper coins and said in a low voice: "We are not at peace here...it is haunted!"
"Huh? It's haunted? Real or fake?"
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai pretended to be scared.
Li Yicheng was very satisfied with the two people's reactions. He raised his brows and said, "Why did I lie to you? Our place is really haunted, and that ghost specializes in catching children!"
"Since about half a year ago, there has been a ghost in our place. The ghost will appear every now and then at night and kidnap the children.
At first, the family who lost their child thought it was a flower girl or a refugee who sneaked into the city and stole the child, so they went to the county government office to report the crime. However, the county government police officer soon took the government servants and discovered the child outside the city. The gnawed corpse of a child. The corpse was chewed, it was so horrible! Only a skeleton and a little bit of meat were left, and I could only identify myself through my clothes..."
"Where are the night watchmen here? They are all haunted, don't they care?" Zhu Xiucai couldn't help but interjected and asked.
The haunting had been going on for half a year and was still going on, which made him wonder whether the night watchman here was neglecting his duties.
But Li Yicheng said: "It's taken care of. Who said it's not taken care of? Our night watchman here launched an investigation as soon as possible.
It's a pity that the ghost is not only cunning, but also very powerful. Our night watchmen here locked onto it several times, but it slipped away and even killed several night watchmen in turn.
Those dead night watchmen were all good men, what a pity!
In fact, the reason why people here keep children at home and in special cages is because of the advice of the night watchman.
According to their investigation, they learned that the ghost had some weird abilities and was able to blend in among the crowd. Once it took a fancy to a child, it would quickly snatch that child away and eat it.
Today you are walking in the city with your little girl without any shelter, as if you are saying to the ghost, "I have a child here, come and eat." Everyone will look at you strangely, which is not surprising at all. . "
"So that's it." Zhu Xiucai frowned, pretending to be very nervous and worried, and said angrily: "It's a shame that when I entered the city, I gave the defenders tea money, and they actually Don’t even remind me.”
Li Yicheng sighed: "It's useless to remind you. The ghost doesn't just commit crimes in the city, it also goes to many towns outside the city. There is a great possibility that your boss's daughter has been seen by the ghost a long time ago. , targeted."
Qin Shaoyou rolled his eyes: "So, the ghost will definitely come to arrest our boss's daughter tonight? Let's go to the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Department to report the case and ask the night watchman to come and keep an eye on it. Wouldn't it be possible to just sit back and wait for it tonight? Catch that ghost?"
Li Yicheng shook his head: "That ghost is cunning. If it were so easy to catch, our night watchmen wouldn't have been able to catch it for half a year. According to the ghost's past behavior, even if it is targeting your boss You may not take action right away, but you may even use your boss’s daughter as a cover to deceive the night watchman and attack other children.”
"But the other children didn't go to the streets?" Zhu Xiucai said.
Li Yicheng said: "There are always disobedient children who will peek out from the gaps in doors, windows or even walls. They will also be targeted by the ghost."
Qin Shaoyou thought of the child who was peeking at the scene on the street from behind the window, and couldn't help but nodded.
Then he asked: "So, everyone is so taboo about this matter because they are afraid that the ghost will hear it and take revenge?"
"That's right." Li Yichen nodded: "Although that ghost is not interested in adults, the postmen you just asked about all have children at home. They are really afraid that if they tell this story, , will be heard by the ghost, who will retaliate and kidnap their children. In fact, when you enter the city, the soldiers at the city gate do not dare to remind you more, probably for this reason."
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai nodded.
This reason makes sense.
However, another confusion arose in their hearts.
"Then why aren't you afraid?"
"My two sons are adults, and neither of them has married or had children. What do I have to be afraid of?"
Li Yicheng mentioned his two sons with mixed emotions, both happy and sad.
I am happy because there are no children at home, so I don’t have to worry about it every day.
I am also sad because my son has failed to live up to expectations and has not yet found a wife to give birth to a child...
Qin Shaoyou and Zhu Xiucai looked at each other. They wanted to comfort Li Yicheng, but when they thought about it, they didn't have a family either, so they couldn't say comforting words.
They could only continue to ask for information related to the case: "Li Yicheng, we still have a question. Since there are ghosts arresting children here, why doesn't anyone take his children and escape to other places?"
"Escape? If I could escape, I would have escaped long ago. It's a pity that I couldn't escape."
Li Yicheng grimaced and sighed quietly.
"Actually, in the early stages of the haunting, there were people who wanted to run away. Our county magistrate and the chief flag officer of the Demon Suppression Department were very open-minded and even issued road signs.
But these people who ran away would come back inexplicably the next day after running away one day.
When asked how they came back, they couldn't explain clearly. It was as if they had been hit by a ghost and they came back unknowingly.
Some people died directly outside, the whole family died, the children were eaten by ghosts, and the adults were disemboweled by unknown beasts, eating their hearts and lungs.
After several such incidents, no one dared to run away. It might be safer to hide at home.
Now, we can only hope that the night watchman can catch this ghost soon and give everyone peace..."