Squeaky ...... Squeaky ......

A shrill sound as if long fingernails were scratching at the coffin board came from the coffin, and the dark, harsh, and implicitly vicious tone sent chills through the body.

When everyone finally turned their faces away and finally determined the source of the sound, the expressions on their faces froze in the same way, and even their eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

There was an eerie, inhuman, sizzling sound that emanated from the deep darkness of the coffin's interior......

It was the screeching sound of nails scratching at the plank, and it didn't seem to be an illusion......

They felt it, and the black coffin that was quietly laid out seemed to have an unprecedented malice, as if the floodgates of evil that had been closed all this time had suddenly been opened, and something terrible was watching from the inside and outside, watching over them.

It felt so clear, so real that there was no room for doubt.

Listening to the harsh, terrifying and terrifying scratching sound that lurked in the midst of the sinister ominous, people felt extremely strong fear, and their minds went blank and could not think.

“……”

“……”

Squeaky ...... The scratching sound finally disappeared, but there was still silence in the mourning hall, everyone maintained their original posture, and they didn't dare to breathe, and their eyes didn't dare to move, just staring at the coffin.

My heart was pounding, my ears were pricked up, and I tried my best to concentrate on catching any sound.

Is this a dream? It must be a dream...... Otherwise, how to explain this, and speaking of which, my head is dizzy now, and my feet are like stepping on cotton, and I must be dreaming......

There was one thought in everyone's hearts, and they had to think like this, otherwise it would be unbearable.

Although the depths of their souls are still gnawed by fear at the moment, at least through such self-deception, they can barely hold on, and it is already good that they do not faint or run away.

A dozen breaths passed, but there was no sound, as if the screeching sound of the nails scratching the coffin board was just an illusion.

“……”

“……”

Everyone suddenly couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and tried to squeeze out a smile again.

They quickly thought in their minds about what to say, to relieve the current oppressive and dreary atmosphere, preferably the kind of rhetoric that can be used to relieve themselves lightly, and by the way, to belittle others, so as to set off their own excellent rhetoric.

For example, I wasn't scared at all just now, but everyone else suddenly didn't dare to speak, and I didn't know what was going on, so I was watching that?

Well, in that case, the opening line is easy to determine...... Pretend not to know and ask what happened just now, the expression must be in place, and the tone must be appropriate.

However, at this time, before anyone could really say a word, a faint cold wind blew in without warning!

"Whew"!

Everyone only felt a cold coming, and at the same time, it was dark in front of them, but the incense and candles in the room were suddenly extinguished under this cold wind.

"Ahh

"What's going on! What's going on! ”

In an instant, the screaming sopranos and the panicked words of some mature and steady elites sounded in the darkness, and the scene was panicked.

No one can figure out the situation anymore, and just now I was scared, scared to the extreme, and finally thought that it was over, and the nerves that had just relaxed were also a little relieved...... I didn't expect it, but suddenly I came again.

The fear that erupted in this moment even completely overwhelmed the panic they had just had.

The scene was a mess, some people jumped up and wanted to escape, but they couldn't tell the direction clearly, and they ran into other people, and the result was naturally that a large number of people were tripped in the dark, and they were in a hurry crying for their fathers and mothers.

Finally, someone stood up and shouted loudly, forcibly found the backbone of the Lord, and directed the servants to relight the candle.

The faint candlelight lit up, although there were only one or two candles, which was not as bright and bright as before, but there was also a little bit of fire, dispelling the pure dark and lightless environment.

The spirit of the crowd calmed down a little.

However, this stability did not last long, and someone discovered a terrible problem -

In the darkness and chaos just now, the coffin actually ...... Pushed away!!

I don't know when the lid of the black coffin has been pushed open, and the bloody corpse inside sits up, its surface is completely skinless, and the flesh and internal organs have been gnawed away, leaving only a rough skeleton.

It pushed open the lid of the coffin in the darkness and sat up from it, its hollow eyes staring at the crowd, revealing a cold, damp rancid malice.

Under the faint light of fire and the interweaving of large areas of shadows, it looks particularly terrifying and weird!

The few people who saw it felt that their hearts were hit by a heavy hammer, and they almost stopped beating in an instant, their whole bodies became stiff, their hands and feet did not obey the call, and the buzzing sound in their heads seemed to explode.

"What's wrong? Keep the lights on! ”

"Yes! What are you doing stupidly? ”

Not all of them noticed the coffin and the corpse for the first time, they paid more attention to the lighting of the lamp, and urged it again and again.

But when they didn't get a response, they were angry and anxious, but they also found something, and subconsciously followed the frozen gaze of those people-

In an instant, finally a woman's voice let out a terrible scream of fear and weakness, and the trembling nerves could no longer bear it, and they fell face down directly to the floor, completely fainting.

At the same time, the other mourning halls that should have been in the mansion erupted in deafening and frightened howls almost in no particular order.

"Ghost ...... Hell heck, heck, heck!! ”

"It's a corpse!"

"Come on! Someone's coming......"

……

……

At the same time, another place in Kaifeng Mansion.

It is also above the mansion of a large family.

"Childe! Son...... It's you, Childe, you're finally back! ”

Just as Liu Zhengyuan stumbled and staggered into Liu's Mansion and returned home, before he had time to catch his breath, he was stopped by the excited housekeeper.

The latter looked excited: "Those few rice buckets are like waste!" I actually came back in an empty carriage, and said that I don't know where you went, Childe...... The old lady was really in a hurry, and sent all the people in the house out...... Childe, where the hell did you just go......"

"I ...... I...... Went to ...... Went to ......"

Liu Zhengyuan stared at the familiar face of the old butler for a long time, as if he had finally come to his senses, and then shook off the other party's hand vigorously.

He looked around greedily, staring desperately at the familiar scenery as if he wanted to put it all in his eyes. He gasped for breath, his eyes slightly red, and he lowered his head with tears and laughter, and looked at the rune paper he was holding in his hand—

Half of it was gone, and the other half was gone, though it was still burnt black at the edges.

I'm back!

I've finally escaped!

Thanks to this spiritual rune of the Taoist leader! Otherwise, I'm afraid I'm afraid that I'll be ...... tonight There's no going back!

He almost couldn't remember how he had escaped all the way, and it seemed that he was just running for his life in a panic, and he didn't even care about choosing a direction...... On all sides are familiar streets, but there is no one in them.

There was no light, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.

There are no stars and moons in the sky, as if many scenes can only be seen and seen after they are closer...... And in all directions, there are countless stiff and terrifying paper figures, and they are constantly pounced.

All of them were expressionless and frighteningly pale.

If it weren't for the spirit rune that automatically burned, causing all the paper people who rushed close to him to turn into ashes in an instant, Liu Zhengyuan really couldn't imagine what would happen to him.

He just ran and ran and ran and ran and ......ran and When he came back to his senses, he found that he had escaped from the long ghost street and rushed back to his home.

The mansion outside the king, the cold paper money, the cries and sorrows, the pale and terrible paper people......

Liu Zhengyuan gasped heavily, feeling that he was soaked with sweat, as if he had gone to the underworld for a swim, and finally returned to the world under the chase of countless powerful ghosts and spirits.

The moment he realized that he had successfully escaped for the rest of his life, his whole person collapsed.

The old housekeeper didn't know what his son-in-law had experienced, but seeing him crying and laughing like this, he was suddenly shocked, his son-in-law wouldn't be crazy, right?!

He jumped to his feet in anger: "Childe, how can you be a good person...... And what is sin? Those dog-like subordinates are really not a thing, they must have done a good thing...... And the gods are babbling about what ghosts are harmful, so I'm going to beat them to death! ”

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but as soon as he says it, Liu Zhengyuan immediately reacted.

Now is not the time to relax, although he said that he had just survived the catastrophe, it does not mean that this matter has passed, and the powerful ghosts of Wang Yuanwai's family will definitely not let go of themselves!

After midnight, they'll even come straight to the door!

Looking up at the sky, Liu Zhengyuan was extremely anxious, and grabbed the old housekeeper's arm-

"You immediately prepare the ashes of the plants, the blood of the rooster, and the incense, candles, paper, money, and so on, and do as I say...... Don't ask why, if my dad scolds, I'll explain it to him, you guys go and get it ready for me right away, you have to do it before midnight, understand?! ”

He was in a hurry, and he didn't wait for the dazed old butler to react.

Immediately put aside the latter, spread his legs and ran to the inner house.

……

……

"Ghost ...... What the hell——!! ”

"Someone! Come on, someone, deceive the corpse!! ”

In various parts of Kaifeng Prefecture, there have begun to be some large and small riots, as if many places in a pond have been thrown into small stones, and the ripples began to spread out.

And the riots everywhere are much the same, but the people who have died in the past half a month have raised their bodies at the same time tonight.

Because people have to be mortuary for seven days after death before they can be buried, some of the corpses that are still in the coffin of the mourning hall suddenly push open the lid of the coffin and sit up by themselves...... It's a sight to behold.

I don't know how many filial sons and grandsons cry for their fathers and mothers, how heartbreaking they cried when they were mourning before, and how heartbreaking they are screaming now.

A hideous ghoul with a blur of flesh and blood rushed out of the coffin, raging wildly in his former home, or whistling into the street.

A corpse that had been buried nearby crawled out of the grave alive, and with an instinctive desire for human flesh and blood, it rushed straight to the largest and largest gathering place of life nearby.

The dark clouds in the night sky became denser and denser, and the night was so sticky that it spread like ink.

The moonlight was dim, quietly hidden behind the clouds, as if he couldn't bear to see this land and city that had been prosperous for hundreds of years, so that behind the prosperity was bloody and cursed, it would turn into a ghost realm on earth tonight.