The pier was made of wide wooden planks, which was unusually spacious, and it looked extremely deserted at this time.

Beneath the wharf is the endless river, which is shrouded in a thick fog that reflects the river more and more deeply.

The cold wind blew from above the river, and the few people who were so frozen that they had just stepped out of the cold fog were excited, and they subconsciously shrank their necks.

I saw seven or eight figures standing at the end of the pier.

Perhaps because of the cold, several people kept stomping their feet, stepping on the wooden plank, and making a 'clang' sound.

It was dark and foggy, and it was difficult to see the faces of these people, but it was vaguely recognizable from the shadow of one of them with double pigtails that it was a young girl.

'Tuk-tuk-'

A very rhythmic and strange sound came to everyone's ears, as if coming from behind the figures.

"Niel!"

But Aunt Wu, as soon as she saw this group of people, immediately recognized her daughter and couldn't help shouting.

The stomping girl turned her head when she heard her shout.

In the dim light, she could only be seen holding her hands together and holding them to her lips to breathe.

Streams of white mist rushed up from her palms, and then merged with the black mist.

She looked over here, and although she hadn't seen her face clearly, after hearing the familiar voice, she still called out like a cry:

"Mother!"

As soon as she finished shouting, she didn't hesitate to turn her legs and ran over here.

The girl's rush shook the wooden dock with a 'whoop' sound, and it was extremely harsh in this eeriely quiet dock.

The planks were subjected to the force, and the squeezing seemed to be a little overwhelmed, making a 'squeak, squeak' sound.

"It's my daughter!"

As soon as Aunt Wu heard the girl's shout, she was even more sure that when she saw her beloved daughter coming, her mother's love for her daughter overwhelmed the fear in her heart.

Without hesitation, she let go of the hand that grabbed Song Qingxiao and the old man who was driving the car, and walked in the direction of the girl.

"Mother!"

"Niel."

The two mothers and daughters soon approached, and the girl crashed headlong into her mother's arms, and it was not until she hugged her warm body that she seemed to have finally released the fear in her heart, and cried loudly:

"Mother, I finally saw you."

"You stupid girl."

Aunt Wu was angry and distressed, and after reprimanding, she was reluctant to blame her daughter too much.

She reached out and patted her daughter's back, then turned to Song Daochang and the others:

"Dao Chief, this is my daughter, you have also seen it."

The message in her words was clearly to inform everyone that the girl in her arms was not a ghost in disguise.

After hearing this, the old man who was driving the car couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then walked over to the dock.

A few people who were originally hesitant by the river also greeted this scene, and after there were more people, even the gloomy dockside had a little more living atmosphere, and it was no longer as lifeless as before.

'Tuk-tuk-'

In the strange sound, without waiting for the old Taoist priest to speak, Aunt Wu took the lead in asking:

"Didn't I tell you before I left to wait for me at home?"

Before the weeping girl who was lying on her shoulder could speak, she saw someone else calling out to her approach:

"Mother-"

When Aunt Wu saw it, her eyes were so dark that she almost fainted.

"Treasure, success—"

"Oops."

Song Changqing didn't know when he slipped to Song Qingxiao's side, and when he saw this scene, he lowered his voice and whispered:

"Aunt Wu's two sons and one daughter, as well as Uncle Wu, are all here."

This family lives at the foot of Yunhu Mountain, and often sends some melons, fruits and vegetables up the mountain in the early years, and is very familiar with Song Daochang and others.

As soon as Song Qingxiao heard him say this, she naturally understood the meaning of his words.

It is not difficult to hear from Aunt Wu's previous words that before she left home, she also knew that Shen Zhuang's affairs were troublesome, and she was unwilling to involve her husband and children in these things.

She didn't expect that things would make such a big deal at that time, thinking that Shen Zhuang was rich, and she invited high-ranking people all the year round, and the matter would be resolved sooner or later.

I'm afraid that in her opinion, it will only be a few days of delay for her to bring Song Daochang and others back to her parents' house this time, and after this incident, she will definitely go back safe and sound.

So before leaving, she should have told her family to wait for her to go back.

But the appearance of the family here at this time should obviously be contrary to her original words, and something big must have happened in the middle.

"Why are you here?"

Aunt Wu's heart was beating violently, and she asked in a trembling voice.

Her man was about sixty years old, a little dark and thin compared to her rich figure, with a sweat towel wrapped around his head, and a cigarette stick in his mouth, and his lips moved when he listened to her words, but he did not squeak.

And the two sons are adults, and they are tall, but their demeanor is honest, and both father and son seem to be not good at words, and they can't say why.

But the daughter who was lying in her arms cried for a while, and after venting the fear in her heart, she raised her head and sobbed:

"Mother, after you left yesterday—"

"Yesterday?" Not only did Aunt Wu hear that something was wrong, but even the others widened their eyes and trembled.

"yes."

This time, Aunt Wu's man interjected and nodded in response.

"Looks like we're all trapped by ghosts."

The old Taoist priest said in a deep voice, his brows furrowed.

He himself has cultivation, has reached the realm of turning into a baby, and he specializes in cultivating the Taoist technique of exorcising ghosts and suppressing evil spirits, so it stands to reason that he should be this kind of ghost nemesis.

But unknowingly, I also fell into the way, and I didn't find that there was a powerful ghost possessed by me several times in the middle, not to mention, and I was trapped in the ghost wall, and I didn't notice it after such a long time.

It can be seen from this that Shen Zhuang's ghost path is so deep and resentful that it is really difficult to deal with.

The others were even more shocked, regretting going to Shen Zhuang and his party, but there was no turning back.

After listening to the words of the old Taoist priest, the Wu family's faces changed greatly, and the crying of Aunt Wu's daughter, which had been stopped, was about to become bigger.

"What happened after Aunt Wu left yesterday?"

Seeing that everyone was unsettled because of the girl's words, and the topic was about to be abducted, Song Qingxiao immediately asked out loud.

She was also very young, but her tone was very calm, with a strange calmness, as if even the old Taoist priest had been affected by the yin qi of this place, but she didn't seem to take everything that happened before to heart at all.

This calm performance made Song Changqing subconsciously glance at her, with a slight surprise in his eyes.

Her voice was cold, with a different kind of edge, as if the moment she spoke, she shattered the strange atmosphere here.

Wu Nier was stunned for a moment, then sorted out her thoughts and talked about what happened yesterday.

It turned out that before Aunt Wu left home yesterday, she did tell everyone in the family not to worry, she would come back in ten and a half days at most, or three or four days at the least.

The people in the family also agreed, although they were also worried about the matter of Shen Zhuang, but everyone thought the same as Aunt Wu at the beginning, and felt that the rich squire of Shen Zhuang would always solve the matter sooner or later, and they did not take this matter too seriously.

Soon after Aunt Wu left home, she suddenly turned back again, only saying that she had forgotten to bring one thing, and when she was leaving, she asked her daughter, husband and others to accompany her, saying that it was the order of Song Daochang.

"You only said that you separated from Daochang Song and the others first, and made an appointment where you want to wait."

The people in the family didn't think much about it, and after hearing Aunt Wu's words, they all agreed.

Her mother's family is wealthy, and when she gets married, she has a lot of dowry, and she usually has a lot of subsidies, which makes the Wu family and the Yue family move around very frequently, and the relationship between the two parties is very close.

Hearing that something happened to the Yue family and his wife had a request, it was naturally impossible for Uncle Wu and his children to refuse.

"At that time, the eldest brother and the second brother were both working in the town, and when you left, let us hurry first, saying that if you found the eldest brother and the second brother, they came to us."

The girl spoke eloquently about the events at that time, and after talking about this, the honest Wu family finally nodded:

"Chengcai and I are both working in the store, and I received a message from your trustee."

He said:

"The person who sent the message said that you are not feeling well, let me and Chengcai pick you up quickly."

Since the last time Aunt Wu returned from Shenzhuang, her face was indeed not quite right.

I couldn't sleep at night, I didn't talk about nightmares frequently, and my face turned pale, and everyone in my family looked at her and wondered if she was suffering from any disease.

Originally, I planned to wait for Shen Zhuang's matter to be over, and then find a doctor to take Aunt Wu's pulse and grab a few pairs of medicines to eat.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Wu had just traveled, and something happened to her, and the two sons were so anxious when they heard it.

When Aunt Wu heard this, she was anxious and angry, distressed that her family was involved in this matter, and couldn't help complaining:

"You believe what people say?"

The ghost turned into her appearance and went to the house to deceive people, and her daughter and husband were deceived and deceived, and the two sons did not see anyone, so they listened to it just by the words of others, which made Aunt Wu so anxious that she stomped her feet and reprimanded:

"You stupid boy, you don't have a brain!"

"Mother." Wu Baocai, who spoke, was scolded by her, and couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, and at the same time reached out to touch his chest:

"Because the person who spoke for you took your token, I and Bao Cai believed it."

While speaking, he took out something from the dark bag on his chest and handed it to Aunt Wu.

Before Aunt Wu could speak, the old man who was driving the car seemed to have seen a ghost, his eyes glanced at this thing, and he let out a heart-rending scream:

"Ahh

His sudden miserable howl frightened everyone, and even Aunt Wu, who was about to pick up the items in her son's hand, was so shocked that her fat palm shook and shrank back like an electric shock.

"You, what's your name?"

Everyone was trembling, and a man like Wu Baocai was also pale, and his lips trembled.

The eyes of the old man driving the car were frightened, and he swept over Song Daochang, Song Changqing, and Song Qingxiao with a desperate look, trembling so much that he couldn't even say a complete sentence.

"It's Aunt Wu's payment."

Song Qingxiao looked at this thing, combined with the expression of the old man who was driving the car, and immediately guessed it.

The old man nodded frantically, and the old Taoist priest also reacted, and the man pulling the old man who was driving the car hit each other's teeth again, making a 'gurgling' sound.

I saw Wu Baoshan holding an old blue-gray cotton and linen purse in his hand, and the bag was bulging, as if it contained something.

"What's the pay?"

When the people who got off the bus halfway before heard this, they didn't know what was going on, so they immediately asked.

The old man who was driving the car couldn't speak clearly, and the other man who was holding him lowered his voice and told what he had seen and heard in the car before.

The people who heard the separation felt chills and shivered.

Not only Wu Baoshan, but even Aunt Wu didn't expect that there would be such details inside.

She passed out when she was in the car, and missed a lot of things, and when she heard this, she remembered that Song Daochang had asked about the fare after seeing 'Song Changqing' and others.

It's no wonder that when the group of people said that after giving nine big gold dollars, several people recognized these people as ghosts.

Knowing the ins and outs of the matter, Aunt Wu was shocked for a while, and she didn't dare to reach out to take the purse in her son's hand.

However, at the critical moment, the old Taoist priest forcibly calmed down, stepped forward and took the sackcloth purse in Wu Baoshan's hand.

As soon as he took this thing, Wu Baoshan rubbed his hands desperately as if he had gotten rid of some scourge, and even patted his sleeves, wanting to use this action to pat away the bad luck.

As soon as the old Taoist priest took the purse into his hand, he only listened to the sound of the 'ding bell' in the purse, as if it was filled with some ocean.

He opened the bag and poured it into his palm, from which he poured out several silver dollars and the ocean.

After counting them with his fingers, there were exactly four silver dollars and four oceans—which coincided with the amount that the old man had said at the beginning, and everyone did not dare to say a word for a moment.

“……”

After being silent for a long time, Aunt Wu showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, and called:

"Dao Chief—"

"Wronged." The old Taoist priest sighed, "It seems that those unjust souls of Shen Zhuang are not ready to let go of everyone related to Shen Zhuang." ”

By now, the situation is stark.

Aunt Wu was born in Shenzhuang, not only did she fall for the trick, but even her children were implicated.

When several people in the Wu family heard this, they couldn't help but start panicking, and Wu Nier lay on Aunt Wu's shoulder and began to sobble in fear again.

"And after that?" At this moment, Song Qingxiao asked again.

Everyone was immersed in anxiety and fear, and when they first heard her words, everyone didn't react, and after a long time, Wu Nier seemed to remember something, and reluctantly said:

"After that, we met with the eldest brother, the second brother, and the sister-in-law, and somehow we got here."

"Houshan, they're here too?"

Aunt Wu's eyes darkened, her body shook, and she asked.

'Houshan' is the name of her grandson, who will only be five or six years old this year, and it is the time when he is fat and cute.

As soon as she heard that the whole family had been attracted here by the ghosts, Aunt Wu showed a look that the sky was about to fall.

"Houshan felt a little uncomfortable after coming here, and his sister-in-law was waiting on the boat with him......"

After Wu Nier said this, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the river behind her.

The direction of her finger was the end of the pier, below which was the calm surface of the river, and the rhythmic sound of crashing came from the bottom of the pier.

'Tuk-tuk-tuk-'