CHAPTER XXXVI

A mottled and unfamiliar alleyway appeared in front of Zhao Fusheng's eyes.

The streets were uneven and covered in a thick brown stain of blood, and the blood that had not dried up completely flowed down the edge of the street into the gutter that connected to the houses on either side.

The lanes are lined with low-rise bungalows, many of which are dilapidated.

The cracked walls were filled with mud and sand and stumps and flesh collapsing, revealing the decomposed corpses within.

Immediately afterwards, the rich smell of blood mixed with feces, filth and rancid smell came to his face, and Zhao Fusheng's eyes were a little unable to open.

She took a breath and was dizzy and nauseous.

Zhao Fusheng hurriedly held his breath, and it took a while to suppress the feeling of churning in his chest.

However, after being stimulated by this smell, Zhao Fusheng's fear and nervousness were immediately dispelled, and she hurriedly covered her nose with her hands and turned her head to look around.

The sky in the ghost realm was not yet dark, and the empty streets seemed to be surrounded by a layer of long-standing haze, and there were no people everywhere.

But she could sense it, and there was someone hiding at this time.

Zhao Fusheng's eyes looked at the houses on both sides of the laneway, and saw that most of the houses that were still intact had their doors and windows closed.

But behind the crack in the door panel, there seemed to be countless eyes secretly looking at her, as if speculating on her identity and speculating about her intentions.

There are still living people in the alley!

Zhao Fusheng was overjoyed.

She didn't know why the people were hiding in the house, but she could feel that the street was 'clean' at this time.

Affected by the ghost domain, the atmosphere here is depressing, and there are shredded dead bodies everywhere, for Zhao Fusheng, both his vision and his sense of smell are full of impact, as if he rashly broke into hell on earth.

But with the perception brought by her control of the ghost, she didn't feel the breath of the existence of the ghost at this time.

In other words, the ghost did not appear at this time.

Since the ghost had not yet appeared, Zhao Fusheng simply looked around first and inspected the environment he was in.

Her sudden appearance made many people in the restaurant alley secretly look at her, Zhao Fusheng was a little uncomfortable by these voyeuristic gazes, she forced herself to ignore these gazes as much as possible, and instead looked into the distance.

This rice alley is bigger than she imagined, crisscrossed by streets and alleys, saying that it is a street, but when she looked around, she saw densely arranged houses, and the whole rice alley was the size of a village col.

At this time, the light is slightly dim, just like at 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening, the sunset on the horizon is surrounded by night, and the surroundings are quiet and dark, and the cascading roofs are faintly visible under the gray sky, like mountains reflected in ink paintings, spreading outward.

But in the darkness, there is a temple that rises from the ground, surrounded by a number of low bungalows, like standing out from the crowd, which is particularly eye-catching.

The temple is at least seven or eight zhang high, and it is enough to build several floors.

The eaves of each floor fly into the clouds, like an eagle about to fly.

This temple is built magnificently, even if it is compared with the famous ancient temples that Zhao Fusheng saw in his previous life, it is not inferior.

A cluster of low-slung bungalows encloses it, making it even more magnificent.

But what Zhao Fusheng cared about and was a little surprised was not the appearance of this temple, but the dimness of all around this place, only a conspicuous and abnormal lantern was hung on each floor of this temple.

In the ghost realm, the ghost disaster has already happened, but the lanterns under this temple are all lit with lights, and in the dim light, the temple is illuminated brightly, and it looks like a pearl in the dark night from a distance.

Under the light, you can see the carved beams and paintings of the temple, although because of the time, the wood paint that was brushed has been mottled, showing a few traces of wind and frost.

From those hollow carvings, it can still be seen that the grandeur of this temple was extraordinary.

Under the lights, the temple seems to be hung with blue plaques on all sides.

There is a plaque facing the direction of Zhao Fusheng, with three gilded characters on it: Confucius Temple.

This is the purpose of her trip, and it is also the Liu clan ancestral hall that had been haunted by ghosts back then!

Although Zhao Fusheng knew that the Liu family was wealthy back then from the files of Fan Bi's death brothers, the Demon Suppression Division, and Liu Wu and others, when she really witnessed the appearance of such a Confucius Temple, she really had a clear understanding of the once big families in Wan'an County.

But the once glorious Liu family fell apart because of a ghost disaster.

"......" Zhao Fusheng's heart tightened, and then he paid attention to the Confucius Temple and looked at it for a long time.

At this time, there is no light in all directions, only the Confucius Temple is unusually bright, and under the illumination, the surrounding shadows are dispelled, and the surrounding houses can be seen clearly.

The situation in the restaurant alley was weird, but it was better than she imagined, and not all the people trapped here were dead, and some of them were still hiding in the dark night.

It stands to reason that people yearn for the light, and there are powerful ghosts here, so everyone should go to the light to seek refuge.

She looked at the hanging lanterns and had a guess in her mind: could it be that the lantern was like a source of fire, luring the survivors to pounce there like moths?

An important piece of news mentioned by the paper man Zhang came to her mind: the ghost corpse brought back by Liu Huacheng happened to be suppressed in the Confucius Temple.

In other words, there are ghosts in the Confucius Temple at this time, and it is the most dangerous place in the rice alley, and the survivors probably know this, so they dare not go over.

After all, this place is in the ghost domain, although the ghost has not appeared at this time, but the atmosphere here is depressing, and the coldness and fear of the ghost seem to be soaked into the air, Zhao Fusheng only stood for a moment, and felt that this gloomy feeling was adhered to her body, making her feel trembling and fear from her heart.

Although she also controls ghosts, the powerful ghosts on her body can still use the power of ghosts at most once according to the prompts of the god list.

And after borrowing power, if she does not obtain merit, it is very likely that she will be affected by the aura of the powerful ghost and lose her calm judgment.

In the trap, if she loses her cool, it will undoubtedly be imminent.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng didn't dare to hold it up.

When she didn't figure out the situation in the temple of the master, she would never dare to set foot lightly.

She hesitated for a while, and decided to go into a room like the people hiding in the shadows, and wait for the right time.

Whether it is from Fan Bi's reminder of death, or the process of solving the case recorded in several files that she has cursoryly read, it proves that in order to solve the ghost case, it is necessary to find out the law of the ghost.

From the mouth of the servant Liu Wu, she learned that the powerful ghosts in this place are to take people's heads and kill people.

According to what Liu Wu said, as long as the head on the head of the ghost is not knocked out, the ghost should not kill people at will.

She made up her mind to take a look, then turned her head to look around, and after choosing a house, she strode towards it.

The door was closed, and she stood in front of it and began to push it.

The door was pushed so loudly that something seemed to be clinging to it, and she pushed a crack open so hard that she could hear the sound of frightened gasps coming from inside.

'Shhh ’

From this gasping sound, Zhao Fusheng judged that there should be only one person hiding in the house.

She was happy in her heart, it was good to have a living person!

If she could inquire about the situation in this place from the mouths of the living and find out the law of ghost killing, it would naturally be a good thing for her.

"Fellow, open the door."

She pushed twice more and shouted, and the sound of 'clang' spread throughout the street.

The echo rang out, and the faint breathing sound around it seemed to stop instantly, making the sound of pushing the door several times louder.

Zhao Fusheng could feel a lot of frightened glances coming from the cracks in the door or behind the obscurations, and these people were attracted by her movements, staring at her non-stop at this time.

It's just that the situation is not what she imagined.

She knocked and shouted, but the people in the room didn't seem to open it.

She frowned, but she looked in the direction of the Confucius Temple, but there was no movement in the direction of the Confucius Temple where the lights were lit, as if she had fallen into a dead silence.

Zhao Fusheng didn't give up, and went to push the door again, and shouted while pushing:

"Fellow, open the door."

After a few clicks, the person inside the door finally couldn't hold on, and shouted quietly and fiercely:

"Fuck off."

She was unmoved, and shouted in a low voice:

"Open the door."

There was no movement inside the door, and the man who had verbally urged her to 'get out' began to play dead again.

Zhao Fusheng hesitated for a moment, saw that there was no movement in the direction of the Confucius Temple, a look of determination flashed in his eyes, and then he clenched his hand into a fist, raised it hard, and began to knock on the door!

"Hurry up and open the door, I'm human."

The door of the house was slammed out with a loud bang, and she made such a fuss that it quickly attracted the attention of the whole street.

It's just a matter of attracting people's attention, for fear that the movement will attract ghosts.

Judging from the blood spilled on the streets, the rotting corpses left in most of the dilapidated houses, and the oppressive atmosphere here, it seems that the ghosts in the alley have killed many people, and those trapped in the ghost domain should guess that they are in a ghost disaster.

Everyone was holding their breath at this time, probably to avoid the pursuit of the ghosts.

If she makes such a fuss, it is very likely to cause trouble.

Zhao Fusheng is sure that there will always be someone who can't hold his breath, as long as one person is afraid, he will take the lead in coming forward, and then the deadlock will be broken, and it will be the time for her to ask.

Sure enough.

She had only knocked twice, and the occupants of the room did not move, but the other room next door opened silently, and a short, thin man came out with his back bent like a mouse.

He held back his anger and fear, beckoned to Zhao Fusheng with an uneasy face, and invited her to enter the house, while he hurriedly rushed in the direction of another broken door.

Zhao Fusheng's eyes lit up, she didn't get into the house that the man let out, but chased after the man.

The man was about to get into the broken door at first, but after noticing Zhao Fusheng coming from the corner of his eye, he was taken aback, didn't care to speak, and hurriedly turned around and walked towards the house on the other side.

Zhao Fusheng also followed behind him, his expression suddenly became extremely ugly, but he still ignored Zhao Fusheng, but quickened his pace and rushed to another room.

The doors of the houses he had chosen had been broken down, and there were spilled blood stains on them, and there were withered and broken limbs on the ground, the blood stains were dry and black, and they emitted a foul smell.

The man squatted down and crawled in from the hole, Zhao Fusheng saw that he had been following him for a long time, but the man still didn't speak, and immediately reached out and grabbed the man's feet.

The man was taken aback by her tugging, and kicked hard with his legs to shake her off.

It's a pity that after she harnessed the ghost, her strength became a little bigger, and the man didn't know if he was trapped in the alley of asking for food, and because he had been frightened for a long time, he didn't have the strength to fight her, and he was dragged out of the crack in the door by her.

What a monster this is!

The man originally wanted to give her the house, but he didn't expect to be entangled by her, and at this time he wanted to find a shelter to hide, but he was dragged by someone.

He couldn't shake it off, he couldn't run away, he suddenly showed despair and fear, and stared at Zhao Fusheng with extreme resentment.

"I'm not a ghost, what are you running for?"

Zhao Fusheng was hated by him, and couldn't help laughing, squatting down and asking him.

When the man heard the word 'ghost', his whole body trembled, and he was so frightened that he lost his ban on the spot.

“……”

Zhao Fusheng didn't expect that his casual words would scare people like this, and when he was stunned, the man who was so frightened before that his face was colorless climbed up with a 'snort', and his movements were as sensitive as a gray mouse, and he quickly jumped into the house.

The ground was pulled out with a long, slippery trail.

She put her hands on the ground, turned her head to look at the big hole, and saw that the man was fierce, picked up a wooden stick out of nowhere, and looked at her with his teeth held high.

This person's eyes were red, saliva was flowing down the corners of his mouth, obviously he was not in his mind after staying in the alley for a long time, and she dared to chase after her and had to fight with her.

People here talk about ghosts.

I'm afraid that the same trick can only be used once, and the rest of the people will not fall for her tricks again when they see her pestering this man.

Zhao Fusheng hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to retreat temporarily, without confronting this man head-on.

This man is just an ordinary person, and the movement she made is big enough.

She still has doubts about the ghost in the alley, there are many situations that have not yet been figured out, there is no need to continue to make trouble at this time, in case she wakes up the ghost, she is very likely to fall into passivity if she is not fully prepared.

Anyway, she still has time, and she can choose to wait for the next opportunity.

She picked an empty house, got inside, and covered the porter, and then began to clean up the scene she had seen after entering the ghost realm.

The ghost domain is mottled with blood, and many people have died during the time they have been trapped.

But the rest of the living mouth seems to maintain the residential attribute of one person and one house, which makes Zhao Fusheng a little surprised.

Judging from the experience of her previous life, people have the attribute of conformity, especially in dangerous moments, when everyone lacks a sense of security, they should hug each other tightly.

But today, she tried to follow others to live in a house temporarily, but they were resisted.

She couldn't help but wonder in her heart: Is it because it is safer to live alone in a room?

From the ghost alley being shrouded in the ghost domain, everyone being trapped here, and then to the ghost killing people, there must have been a lot of bloody cases in the intervening time, so that the surviving people were forced to find a way to deal with the law of ghost killing, so these people can survive after the accident in the alley.

The living characteristics of one person and one house prove that the goal of the ghost killing in the restaurant alley is one house, not the number of people.

(End of chapter)