The Taiping Residence was quiet at night. Except for the lanterns in front of the door, only the tofu shop in the backyard was lit.

The lights here stay on all night.

After Sun Cai ordered the stew, he used the key to open the door from the inside.

The guys joking on the porch outside the door hurriedly got up.

"Please do your best, and if you dare to steal wine and food while working, I will drive you back." Sun Cai walked out of the door and looked at the two young men and said.

"Master, you said it three times a day. We have written it down and don't say it again." A person said with a smile.

Sun Cai sighed.

"It's useless if you don't take it seriously if you say it ten times!" He said, "Good times are hard to come by these days. You have changed your luck so easily. If you don't work hard, we will drive you back to be beggars!"

"Master, don't worry, master, don't worry, even if you don't do it well, we will do it well!" said the two guys.

Sun Cai nodded with dignity, then spat when he realized something was wrong.

While he was making jokes, Sun Cai suddenly stopped and turned his ears outward.

"Master? What's wrong?" a waiter asked in confusion.

"I seem to hear a lot of footsteps?" Sun Cai said, with a bit of uncertainty.

It was a dark night, and even the insects were gone. The two guys subconsciously looked towards the door, and there seemed to be real sobbing coming from them, and they couldn't help but shudder.

"It's not yet July and a half, no, nocturnal ghost..." said a low voice.

Sun Cai sighed.

"Ghost, damn your head!" he said with a glare, pointing at the restaurant in front of him and pointing at the tofu shop behind his back, "Where is this place? Taiping Residence, Taiping Tofu, the tofu shop used by Lord Buddha! Which ghost dares to come?

"

That's true, the two guys stood up straight again.

"It's hot today, so I'll lay out a mat in the yard and sleep." Sun Cai raised his head and said swaggeringly.

As expected, he walked towards the courtyard as he spoke. As he walked into the courtyard, he heard the sharp and whirling sound of a woman's cries outside coming from far and near, tearing the silence of the night.

This was no longer a cry, it seemed to be laughing, shouting, or a meaningless roar. It passed through the ears and made people's hair stand on end.

What kind of things can make people make such noises? Or, in other words, they are not human at all...

Sun Cai screamed and jumped up, and the two waiters in the corridor also screamed and hugged each other.

The lamps in Taiping Juli lit up one after another, the windows and doors opened, footsteps sounded, and people asked questions.

"Sun Cai, what are you doing?"

Xu Bangchui looked up from upstairs and shouted.

In the yard, Sun Cai held his head and trembled, pointing out.

"The night ghosts cry!" he said tremblingly.

Xu Bangchui stared outside. At this time, there was constant noise all around. People were talking about laughing, but there was no sound of crying.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Maoxiu has come out.

Because of the special nature of the tofu shop, the brothers slept nearby and surrounded the tofu shop, so that if something happened, they could guard it as quickly and closely as possible.

"Sun Cai is suffering from hysteria." Xu Bangchui said angrily.

"I'm not hysterical, there's someone crying outside!" Sun Cai shouted hurriedly.

But you can't bear the name of hysteria, otherwise your job will be ruined.

Xu Maoxiu frowned and raised his hand.

"Everyone be quiet!" he shouted with a sigh of relief.

The chatter and laughter suddenly stopped.

Everyone held their breath and kept silent.

The sharp and elongated cry came far and near with the sound of wind.

The yard suddenly became chaotic again.

"Look, there are torches!" the man standing on the second floor shouted, pointing outwards.

Torch?

People upstairs stood on tiptoe, while those downstairs rushed to the door to look through the crack.

Sure enough, a group of people appeared in the dark night, with three or four burning torches, like a fiery snake snaking towards this side.

"It's Mrs. Asong!"

Suddenly someone shouted from upstairs.

Sister-in-law A Song? Li Dashao’s wife?

Xu Maoxiu looked up at the man and saw that it was a boy brought by Li Dashao. He was obviously very familiar with Li Dashao's family. At this time, his face was shocked and seemed to be afraid.

"Those people are all from our village, and they are carrying someone!" he shouted again.

Xu Maoxiu and Fan Jianglin looked at each other, and their hearts skipped a beat.

Something happened!

The city gates of the capital were closed at the end of the day with drums beating, and opened with drums at the fifth watch. Now that it is summer, the sun rises early, so it is changed to the fourth watch.

So when he was called up in the middle of the night, the city gate guard didn't look good at all.

"Why are you yelling?" They poked their heads out and scolded, "The night ghosts don't need to call us when they walk."

There were more than a dozen people in front of the city gate, holding torches. Their pale faces were reflected in the black smoke, and they were no better than ghosts.

The guards at the city gate saw a lot of weird things, but they still couldn't help but shudder.

"Look." Another one hit his companion with his arm, "Blood."

Everyone looked down and saw that the bodies of these people under the torch were stained with blood.

The city gate guards immediately shrank back.

"Master, we are going to the city to see a doctor!" Xu Maoxiu shouted loudly, "Emergency rescue!"

According to the law, exceptions can be made to open the city gates in cases of illness, childbirth, and funerals.

Is it an emergency? No wonder.

The city gate guard stuck his head out again.

"Is there any ultimatum?" he asked.

Xu Maoxiu hurriedly raised the document in his hand.

The city gate slowly opened, and several guards were able to see people up close, and they couldn't help but be startled.

There was a man lying on the door panel. His face was no longer recognisable, it was bruised, swollen and stained with blood.

This was obviously caused by a blow.

The city gate guard shook his head meaningfully.

Xu Maoxiu handed a handful of money to the guard.

"Let the poor man worry about it, just take this little money and drink tea," he said.

Seeing that this man was tall, dressed simply but acted calmly, the guards weighed the money in their hands and nodded with satisfaction.

"The nearest wrestling club is on this street." He pointed and asked the two guards to follow him.

Although there was already a written ultimatum, they still had to follow those who entered the city in the middle of the night in person.

Xu Maoxiu had already raised his feet and took steps. I don’t know if he heard it or not.

"This way, follow me quickly." He shouted, running towards the city first.

The crowd then rushed forward with cheers. The two guards shook their heads and were about to follow, when another person stumbled back behind them.

This is a woman, her body is also stained with blood, her hands are tightly holding a package in front of her, and the package is also stained with blood.

Under the illumination of the city gate lamp, the woman's face was pale and her eyes were lifeless, like a ghost.

"Still, still." She murmured.

"What's still there?" the guard asked.

The woman seemed lost and ignored him.

"Still, still." She murmured and stumbled forward.

The guards had seen many people who had suffered sudden changes like this, and some were frightened and even fainted on the spot, and some were frightened to madness.

It seems that this woman is the latter.

"The world is difficult." The guard sighed. For many people, a small change can completely turn their lives upside down.
To be continued...