The Mysterious Resurrection of the Past of the Republic of China

Chapter 74 The Disappearing Foreigners

Although Li He was unwilling to do so, he did not want to break the rules of his life and end up with an unsafe reputation.But watching the shroud shop he had run his whole life fall into the hands of foreigners was something he couldn't accept.

Now that Zhang Dong has appeared, he has strengthened his plan to resist.

"Hunter, in that case, I will tell you the most important secret of Taiping Town now." Li He said seriously, "People in Taiping Town abide by the rules. You know this, but under the threat of destroying the town, the rules have changed." In fact, it’s not that important. There are many people like me who plan to resist, but no one stands up. Do you know why?”

Zhang Dong looked a little surprised.

Are there other things behind the rules that restrict people?
Li He said seriously: "We are not entirely restricted by rules, but we are afraid of the ancestral hall. Looking at Taiping Town, only the ancestral hall is the strongest and can surpass all the shops. What's more, every shop has more or less Several ancestors have set up memorial tablets in the ancestral hall, so once they resist, the ancestral hall will summon the souls of the ancestors of those who resisted. Facing their ancestors, no one will continue to resist. This is the fundamental reason why everyone sticks to the rules."

"What's so difficult about this? Just destroy those spiritual tablets." Zhang Dong said puzzledly.

Li He hesitated for a moment and said: "This needs to be done by others. After all, no one wants to personally cut off the opportunity to see their ancestors again, and this person cannot be from this town, otherwise"

"Whoever destroys the spiritual tablets in the ancestral hall will be the sinner of Taiping Town." Zhang Dong immediately understood the reason. He raised his head and looked at the three spiritual tablets of Li He's family. "In this case, I will be the sinner."

Li He's expression changed when he heard this, and he continued: "Without the spiritual position, the strength of the soul summoner will be greatly reduced, but we cannot take it lightly, because there is a second threat in Taiping Town."

"Are you talking about those foreigners? They don't pose a threat." Zhang Dong said.

"No, it's the owner of Guiji." Li He said in a solemn tone, "As far as I know, the ancestral hall had reached an agreement with the owner of Guiji, which is why there are so many rules today."

After he finished speaking, his eyes focused on the burning oil lamp. The oil lamp emitted a faint red light, filling every corner of the room, causing the field of vision to be red, which looked particularly strange.

"You can't go out after six o'clock in the evening. It should be the rule of the ghost market!" Zhang Dong said with a slight movement in his expression.

Li He nodded: "Taiping Town has a history of hundreds of years, but the Ghost Fair has only appeared for less than 100 years, and the relationship between the two is a bit vague. However, since the Ghost Fair appeared, many ghosts have appeared in Taiping Town. Lots of rules.”

"tell me the story."

"You cannot go out at six o'clock in the evening. This statement is not accurate enough. In fact, it can be said that after six o'clock in the evening, everyone must be surrounded by red light. As long as this condition is met, you can actually go out."

Shrouded in red light. Can’t it be understood as a ghost realm?
So after six o'clock, you must hide in the ghost realm of Ghost Eyes
"What would have happened if I hadn't been in the red light?"

"Both people and ghosts will disappear, and in an incomprehensible way. Even if you hide in the ghost realm, you can't do it. You must be in red light to be safe and sound. So from then on, this kind of red-printed sign appeared in the town. After six o'clock in the evening, we would light the lamp and stay quietly at home until the next day."

"It is indeed a strange rule." Zhang Dong narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to ask, "Besides, what other information do you know about the Ghost Collection?"

Li He frowned and said: "Taiping Town was originally a trading place between living people. Just like an ordinary market, only a few shops were contaminated with supernatural beings. But since the appearance of the ghost market, there have been fewer and fewer living people in the town. , and there are more and more ghosts, because they are all open for the Ghost Festival during the Ghost Festival. In the ghost market, you can use money to buy all kinds of ghosts, or supernatural objects, or sell the ones you have caught. Ghosts can even buy their lives.”

"Is all this set up by the ghost master?"

"Yes, as the largest banker in Guiji, he has taken away the most money, so in recent years, some people have started to pay attention to him, including those foreigners."

Zhang Dong nodded thoughtfully, finally understanding the situation in Taiping Town.

At present, except for what happened between the supernatural society and the gringos, there are traces of other things.

Guiji was actually established based on Taiping Town. Now that Taiping Town is going to be taken over by foreigners, the people in the town will definitely be the first to disagree, but it doesn't matter to the owner of Guiji. It doesn't hurt him to change people in Taiping Town. , after all, he just wants to do business, and the seller can be anyone.

So he and the ancestral hall stood on the same line, and he was considered half of his enemy.

However, what confused Zhang Dong was that at this point, the ancestral hall still stubbornly abided by its promise and did not choose to resist.

It stands to reason that if all the spiritual tablets in the ancestral hall were used to summon souls, the supernatural power they would unleash would be the strongest in the world.

There is no such thing as being unable to defeat the supernatural society or foreign forces.

So there must be some unspeakable secret that restricts the ancestral hall.

Zhang Dong paused and asked, "Where is the ancestral hall? Who is in charge of it?"

Li He said: "You can see it by walking in the opposite direction of the town entrance. However, no one has ever seen the manager of the ancestral hall. He is as mysterious as the owner of the ghost market."

"Maybe the owner of the ghost market is the manager of the ancestral hall." Zhang Dong frowned, feeling more and more that this possibility was very high.

"Maybe. They will only show some signs at certain moments. They have almost no sense of presence on weekdays, and they will not show up on their own initiative."

"It doesn't matter. When I turn the ancestral hall into a mess, I won't believe they won't come out." Zhang Dong said coldly.

Li He's expression changed, and his eyes looked back and forth at Zhang Dong.

If it were anyone else, he would have felt that this person was talking nonsense, but Zhang Dong did have the ability to turn the ancestral hall into a pot of porridge, but it was not enough to just stir up small splashes, he had to be stronger than the ancestral hall.

His lower limit is now known, but his upper limit is not yet known.

So Li He still had concerns.

"I will first eliminate the threat to the ancestral hall, kill the few foreigners in the town, and then attract the attention of the Supernatural Society. This is the first step of the plan." Zhang Dong said lightly, "Then I will calculate the time, it should be here On the day when the Ghost Market is open, I will go and meet with the owner of the Ghost Market and try to gain some strength for our camp."

Li He nodded slowly when he heard this: "The matter has come to this, this is the only way. I will also secretly contact the bosses of other stores and ask them to help you at critical moments."

He showed a worried face, very worried that Zhang Dong would be defeated during the confrontation with the ancestral hall.

Although Zhang Dong showed great strength tonight, the ancestral hall cannot be underestimated. The accumulation over hundreds of years has allowed it to hold the spiritual tablets of many ancient powerful men.

No matter which spirit is summoned, it is still a terrifying existence to this day.

"By the way, I have one last question." Zhang Dong picked up the paper cup, looked at it, and asked, "Where does the water in this cup and the water in the wooden basin outside come from?"

The Ghost Lake has been related to Taiping Town for a long time. He knew this, but he didn't know the difference between the Ghost Lake at this time and the Ghost Lake in the original work.

"You mean the well water?" Li He's expression changed, "This water is drawn from a well in the town. We use it to wash clothes. It can wash away the supernatural contamination on the clothes, or wash semi-finished shrouds into Finished goods."

"Well water?" Zhang Dong looked a little surprised, "Are you sure it's not lake water?"

"It is definitely well water. There is a long-haired female corpse in the well. It is usually hidden in the water and cannot be seen. It will only invade from the water at certain times, such as the wooden basin outside, the paper cup, and this teapot. As long as it is It may appear anywhere where well water is stored." Li He said as he picked up the teapot, filled the paper cup and handed it to him.The water in the paper cup was very turbid, with a constant fishy smell, and a few long black hairs floating in the air.

"What kind of supernatural power does this thing have?" Zhang Dong stared at the paper cup and asked.

Ghost Lake seems different from what I remember.

It is not a lake, but a well. It seems that the level of terror is not high, and it can even be restricted by ordinary means.

"Invasion ability. If you just touch the water, it will be fine. You will just be stared at by the female corpse in the water. You can easily get rid of it. But if you are completely submerged in the water, or drink the water, you will be invaded by the well water. Your whole body, by then your body will seem to have melted into a puddle of well water. What’s even weirder is that the well water also gained your abilities."

Zhang Dong narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this.

This description is no different from the ghost lake in the original book.

In the original book, the ghost lake has no entity. It looks like whoever it invades and can imitate the corresponding abilities. The lake also has the ability to suppress it, so it will be rated as an S-class ghost.

But decades ago now, the source of Ghost Lake was just a small well.

Although they have the same kind of supernatural power, they are obviously stunted and only have the ability to invade.

"After the Ghost Lake incident in the original book, Ghost Lake began to become more terrifying, because it was then that Ghost Lake learned Shen Lin's memory ability and Liu San's quantitative ability. Before that, there was only one source ghost, and it was still female."

After thinking about it, Zhang Dong's brows widened.

The current Ghost Lake is not rated S-level at all. Even its killing rules were slowly stolen from other ghost masters later. No wonder people in this town don't care about Ghost Lake at all now.

It currently poses no threat, but has high growth potential.

This is completely opposite to the ghost painting. It is estimated that the ghost lake slowly developed after it was designed as an assembly line for imprisoning powerful ghosts.

This is also a good thing, at least it will not cause too much interference during the resolution of the Taiping Town incident.

"Okay, I've finished asking the questions. I'm going to rest. After I meet up with my teammates tomorrow, I will go to the ancestral hall." Zhang Dong said, then sat on the chair, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Li He's eyes moved slightly and he stared at Zhang Dong for a few seconds, then opened the curtain and entered another back room.

The room fell into silence, except for the paper cup filled with strange well water that kept tumbling.

the next day.

Just after six o'clock, the oil lamp emitting red light spontaneously went out, and everything in the room returned to its original color.

Li He got up early and when he came to the main room, he saw that the door had been opened and Zhang Dong was sitting at the door.

"Starting from today, the rules of Taiping Town will be changed." Zhang Dong said with a gloomy face, staring at the deserted street in front of the shop with cold eyes.

There were no pedestrians on the street. I don’t know whether it was because it was too early or because the area was sparsely populated.

"Let's go ahead and do it. I have made arrangements here. As long as the ancestral hall is no longer a threat, they will appear." Li He also looked indifferent. After finishing speaking, he went back to the house and closed the door. The old brass lock It was locked again in an incomprehensible way, and a closed sign was hung on the door.

He has secretly contacted many shop owners, just waiting for Zhang Dong to succeed; but if he fails, they will not reveal any clues.

The morning sunlight was a little weak, and the heat emitted was not enough to dispel the haze that shrouded Taiping Town, making the whole town look lifeless. Or maybe this cold temperature was not shrouded over Taiping Town, but everyone. Personally, the temperature of the sun alone is not enough to resist.

But when Zhang Dong walked towards the Ping An Inn, the expressions of the owners of nearby shops obviously softened a lot. Their eyes changed when they looked at Zhang Dong, from indifference to admiration, surprise, confusion, and fear.

Obviously not everyone is optimistic about Zhang Dong.

But everyone expected him to do something to cause this trouble.

Peace Inn.

When Zhang Dong came here, he saw Mr. Liu at the door arguing with a few foreigners. The leader was David.

He looked angry, pointed a cigar at Mr. Liu's nose, and cursed in broken Chinese. The foreigners behind him had a vague intention of taking action.

Mr. Liu, on the other hand, kept apologizing and kept Li Qingzhi and others behind him from causing conflicts with David, acting as a peacemaker.

However, it was obvious that Li Qingzhi was not used to these foreigners, and the hatchet in his hand was almost on their necks.

Many residents watching the excitement gathered nearby, and the place was surrounded by water.

Zhang Dong's expression changed when he saw this, and he immediately ran over.

Before he could get closer, he heard Li Qingzhi yelling: "Stop chattering, I don't understand. Get out of Taiping Town and our territory right now."

"**@#￥%&*%..." These words angered the group of foreigners, who actually started swearing in their native language.

The smell of gunpowder filled the air more and more.

"what happened?"

At this moment, Zhang Dong's appearance interrupted them,

He looked a little surprised, looking at Li Qingzhi and Luo Qian, then turned his head slightly and stared at David.

"A foreigner disappeared in the Pingan Inn last night. They suspected that it was Mr. Liu who did it. But now they know that the foreigner lives in a house next to yours, and they have pointed the finger at you." Zhang Bohua said.

"Ping'an Inn? It's embarrassing? Is it still in such a sensitive period?"

Zhang Dong's brows frowned deeply.

Regardless of whether this is true or not, he is very familiar with this kind of operation.
He immediately took a step forward and stood in front of Mr. Liu. His face suddenly became angry and he said coldly: "It is indeed me who lost your friend. I will send you down to find him now."

(End of this chapter)