Pei Yanchuan and Ye Chu followed the route map Cuihua had given them to the Town Chief's house, only to find red lanterns hanging outside the gate.
Why would they hang red lanterns when someone had died?
Pei Yanchuan bared his wolf claws and scared the guard at the gate unconscious, then quietly opened the gate a crack and slipped inside with Ye Chu.
They rounded a corner and immediately encountered a man with a goatee. A lavishly dressed middle-aged man walked beside him. Apparently, he was the Town Chief.
Ye Chu and Pei Yanchuan hid behind a wall and eavesdropped on their conversation.
"Master, people have been dying in our town so often lately. What should we do?"
The master stroked his little goatee. "Your town is being haunted by a ghost!"
"The Ghost Opera Singer?!" The Town Chief's voice suddenly rose. "Master, do you have a way to break this curse?"
The robed master spoke slowly. "That is simple. All you need to do is take a concubine in the next few days, Town Chief. A joyous occasion will dispel this ill fortune."
"That's all I have to do?"
"That's all."
As they spoke, the two men headed toward Ye Chu. Ye Chu and Pei Yanchuan hurried away.
"Something's wrong with those two," Pei Yanchuan said as soon as they were back on the street.
"Definitely." Ye Chu nodded. "Their acting was terrible." Clearly, they had heard outsiders nearby and deliberately staged that conversation for them. Who knew how long they had been planning for the Town Chief to take a concubine? The red lanterns were already hanging outside, yet they were still putting on an act.
They had alerted the enemy just now, so returning to the Town Chief's house was out of the question for the