Chapter Seventeen: Strange Events

  On the second night, there was still one day left until the hundredth day. However, this did not hinder Liu Rufe's lavish banquet, after all, this was also a relatively important social occasion. In front of the lively scene, on the contrary, the courtyard where the ghosts lived was eerily quiet. Although five people lived inside, meals were delivered to their rooms and no one ever came out into the courtyard. The entire courtyard was shrouded in an eerie atmosphere.

  At this moment, someone broke the eerie silence. The newcomer was none other than Liu Qi, the second son of the Liu family. He rushed into the courtyard in a state of extreme panic and began shouting loudly: "Save me, Master, save me! Save me!"

  The three houses heard the noise at the same time and immediately came out. Under the moonlight, Liu Qi's face was pale, with beads of sweat on his forehead. At this moment, Liu Qi's body could no longer support itself, and he fell directly beside the stone table in the courtyard.

  Mugyu quickly stepped forward and helped the person up. Chang Qingzi was the first to speak, asking: "What's going on!"

  "A headless corpse, headless, father, father's clothes, murder." Liu Qi said intermittently, and the crowd listened with some confusion, then settled Liu Qi first and rushed to the front hall quickly.

  "What's going on!" The ghost rushed to the front hall and asked coldly. It was unclear whether it was the ghost's eyes or voice that had stopped the commotion, but everyone fell silent.

  "Excuse me, are you the master of catching ghosts?" a middle-aged man asked, seemingly having some status in the Jianghu and not being too flustered, although his face was still somewhat pale, but his thinking was still relatively clear.

  "Yes, tell me what happened." The ghost said.

  At this time, Zhang Qingzi and Yin Huan Yue also arrived at the scene, while the middle-aged man began to narrate.

  "We were having a banquet, and when it reached its peak, someone suddenly shouted loudly. We felt strange in our hearts and looked towards the source of the sound. The middle-aged man swallowed hard and continued: 'We saw a headless corpse walking straight towards us with big strides. The women screamed loudly, and we weren't much better off either. Just as we were about to attack, Young Master Liu suddenly shouted "Father!" while the current castle lord fainted on the spot. Young Master Liu went to take care of him, and then he went to find the masters."

  "What did the second son of the Liu family say about killing someone?" Chang Qingzi asked.

  "The current lord of the Ryuusaki clan has died." The middle-aged man said with a hint of fear.

  "Didn't you say you fainted?" Yin Huan Yue's voice came out, and the surrounding air cooled down a few degrees.

  "It was a daze, and we all saw it clearly. Although the headless corpse might have had something to do with the previous master of the Liu family's manor, after all, it wasn't anything good, so we prepared to attack. Who knew that the headless corpse suddenly disappeared, and at this time, the current master of the Liu family suddenly lost all signs of life."

  "Is there no breath at all?" The ghost asked strangely.

  "I understand what you mean, but the people we invited to the banquet included a divine doctor from Guigu, who carefully examined him and found that there were no injuries or signs of poisoning on his body, and his body was very strong, so it's unlikely that he died of illness."

  "That's what scared me to death." Chang Qingzi said calmly.

  "It's also not good to jump to conclusions now, this headless corpse has appeared for the first time, and there should be a second time," said the ghost.

  "How did you know." Yin Huan Yue asked with a smile, but this smile was cold and had no warmth.

  "Why should I tell you." The ghost immediately retorted and turned around to leave.

  Yin Huan Yue didn't get angry, still smiling, and immediately turned around to leave. Chang Qing Zi smiled warmly: "Everyone can rest assured, the headless corpse won't come again tonight. Tomorrow night, I hope everyone will stay with us." After finishing speaking, he turned around to leave.

  "What does this mean? Can't we even leave after going through all this?" A voice of discontent erupted from the crowd.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry." Liu Shi, who had been standing in the middle of the crowd, spoke up, "After all, we can't rule out the possibility that he was murdered, so I'm afraid you'll have to put up with this for now."

  Liu Shi explained, and the others didn't dare say anything more. After all, if it was like this, but still insisted on leaving, then there would be serious suspicions. The crowd chattered and discussed for a long time, finally reluctantly returning to their rooms. Although that ghost-catching master said he wouldn't come again, however, the few close friends chose to stay in the same courtyard, after all, having someone to rely on was better than nothing.

  Three ghosts returned to the yard one after another. Unexpectedly, the ghosts did not return to the house, but sat at the stone table in the yard. Liu Qi had been sent back to his own room. Yin Huan Yue sat on the other side, and Chang Qing Zi laughed when he came back and saw the scene in the yard, sitting down beside them. Mu Ya and Qing He tactfully withdrew from this special circle.

  "I think we've sat here long enough to have reached some sort of understanding." Chang Qingzi said with a smile.

  "Join hands." Yin Huan Yue said lightly.

  "Tell me your guesses." The ghost directly started the topic.

  "I think something is manipulating the corpse of the former Lord Liu, it could be the lingering soul of the former Lord or some other evil spirit at work!" Chang Qingzi spoke out his speculation.

  "I also think so, according to the narrative, that headless corpse suddenly disappeared under everyone's eyelids. Except for ghosts and monsters, corpses shouldn't be able to do this, right?" said Yin Huan Yue.

  "I haven't seen the corpse, so it's really hard to judge. But there is one thing..." said the ghost.

  "What's going on?" asked Yin Huan Yue, while Zhang Qingzi also stared at the ghost.

  "Don't you find it strange? That's what Liu Qi said. The clothes on the headless corpse were his father's, and what made Liu Qi remember so clearly was that they were the clothes worn by the former lord of the Liu family at the funeral. Now those clothes are on a headless corpse."

  "There are two possibilities," said Yin Huan Yue. "Either it's the corpse of the former castle lord, or someone is impersonating him, and the target is the current castle lord."

  "Why choose this time? Tomorrow is just a day away, and the next day will be the hundredth day. Why choose this timing?" Chang Qingzi furrowed his brow, unable to think of a reason. The hundredth day should have been the best opportunity to make a move.

  "Now that I've seen it, all the problems have a clue." The ghost said.

  "How did you know that the headless corpse would appear again?" asked Yin Huan Yue persistently.

  The ghost lifted its head and gazed deeply at the dark moon, saying: "I have a feeling." After finishing speaking, it turned around and left. As it approached the house, it said another sentence: "Tomorrow, we will still be unable to do anything, we can only wait until the hundredth day when the headless corpse appears again, that's when it will be most crucial."

  The ghost's inexplicable feeling made the expressions of the two people present somewhat strange, but in their hearts, they had a faint sense of trust.

  Chang Qingzi turned back into the house when Yin Huan Yue suddenly spoke up, "The Red Tail is with you, isn't it? You've schemed against others and yet you're still so calm and collected."

  "How can you be certain she doesn't know about this?" Chang Qingzi said with a faint smile before returning to the house.