"A haunted house?" Tang Wen shuddered at once.
"That's right! It really is a haunted house. There are ghosts there," Li Zitong said with a nod.
"Lord Tang, why did you buy a haunted house? You must have been swindled," Li Kongfan said.
"Surely those are just rumors. I haven't noticed anything wrong," Tang Wen said.
"There's definitely something wrong with it. People were still living there a few years ago. But they moved out shortly after moving in, and the place fell into disuse.
"Later, some thieves visited it, and some vagrants climbed over the wall to sleep there. They thought they'd found a good place.
"In the end, every last one of them fled after just a few days, so frightened they practically pissed and shat themselves. They all said they'd seen ghosts," Li Kongfan said.
"Because of that, both the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office and Six Fan Hall sent people to catch the ghosts.
"But they were scared out of their wits too. After that, nobody bothered with the Mei Residence again. Many merchants didn't even dare rent the shops beside it.
"The neighboring landlords were worried to death, but what could they do?" Wei Kang said.
Damn, no wonder. I was wondering why the shops around the old residence were so deserted despite being in such a bustling district. There were hardly any customers... Tang Wen finally understood.
"When people can't explain something, they say there are ghosts. In reality, there aren't any.
"Look, I've already stayed there for two nights, and nothing has happened.
"Lord Xiao has eaten at my residence too. Did anything happen then?" Tang Wen said, feigning composure, though his heart was drumming a little.
After all, it wasn't just the ancients who spread eerie tales about ghosts. Even in modern society,