I am doing meritorious deeds in Liaozhai

On the first day of the first lunar month, there is the Yuan Lantern Festival at Yuanlou Market.

The Round House Market has only been open for a year, but with its unique architectural style, convenient and affordable shopping experience and unique food street, it has become the first choice place for shopping, entertainment and delicious food in Linjiang County.

People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have learned from various channels that the Yuan Lou Market will hold a Lantern Festival this year as early as years ago.

Whether it’s the Shangyuan Lantern Competition, which was announced in August last year and has a large number of participants, or the full discounts on the night of the Lantern Festival, they are all very tempting.

The most beautiful lights this year must be at the Round House Market.

This is what everyone knew in the middle of last year.

After waiting for half a year, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, most of the people and monks in the county chose to come to Yuanlou Market to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

Some people booked rooms at Fumanzhai and had fun during the day.

But only a few people know that the northwest gate of the Round Tower Market will also be open tonight.

In the evening, before it gets dark, people come to the market one after another.

When most people are lingering around the lanterns and delicious food in the market.

A small group of people, without squinting, hurried through the crowds of people and went straight to the depths of the market.

The area near the northwest gate of the market used to be the most deserted place in the market, but today it is very different.

There were several more people standing here, looking nervous and expectant.

There are beggars in ragged clothes, young couples in rich clothes, an [-]-year-old man on crutches, and a young woman with a pink face.

When night falls, the northwest door slowly opens.

These people went to the door one after another.

Someone was passing by here and saw their backs entering, and followed them in curiously.

Others found that the door that had been closed all day suddenly opened and went in to watch the fun.

At this time, Song Yushan had just finished dinner with several friends at Fumanzhai.

She invited Xiangxiang and Lin Fuyin, as well as Mo Yuming and Ning Danxia, ​​and her senior sister also accompanied her.

"Yushan, you said today you can see why you are learning the Heavenly Eye Technique and the Paper Tie Technique. How come I haven't found anything after walking around for a long time?" Ning Danxia asked.

The lantern festival at the Round House Market was indeed beautiful, but she never saw any connection with the Heavenly Eye Technique and the Paper Tie Technique.

Song Yushan smiled mysteriously: "Actually, today's lantern festival and the hidden map should have been opened by now. Why don't we go and take a look together! You will understand when you get there."

"Let's go!" Ning Danxia was so curious.

Song Yushan led a group of them out of the west gate of Fumanzhai and came to the northwest gate of the market: "This is it."

"I remember this door was closed before. Is there anything else inside?" Xiangxiang asked.

She is a frequent visitor to the Yuanlou Market Food Court, often eating from the street to the end of the street.

The northwest gate is the end of the food court.

She stepped on her feet and looked outside the door. A straight and wide bluestone road extended into the thick fog.

The stone lanterns on the roadside emit a warm yellow light.

A dark shadow was reflected in the thick fog, which looked like an archway.

There are faint lights and shouts.

"Let's go, just go out and take a look and you'll find out." Song Yushan made a gesture of invitation.

Ning Danxia and Mo Yuming looked at each other and went out together.

Xiangxiang and Lin Fuyin followed closely.

Song Yushan and Qin Yuan are at the back. "Is there also a mysterious formation here?" Mo Yuming said, looking at the thick fog that was obviously abnormal.

Song Yushan nodded.

The bluestone road is not long, and we soon arrived in front of the archway.

Going in here, the thick fog disappears, and the brightly lit street market appears in front of you.

"Wow! It's so lively!" Xiangxiang exclaimed.

She sniffed, smelling the familiar fragrance, and her eyes fell on the first small shop on the left side of the street.

A lantern hung at the door of the small shop with the words "A Bao's Shop" written on it.

"Wow! Is this the Abao's restaurant I ate at when I was a kid?" Xiangxiang ran over quickly.

Ning Danxia looked up and saw the words on the two lanterns on the archway, and frowned: "Ghost market?"

"That's right, a ghost market!" Song Yushan said, "There are not only ghosts here, but also demons."

Ning Danxia looked at the longing figures in the market in surprise.

"Senior! Do you want to eat roasted sweet potatoes and roasted chestnuts? It's really the same one I ate when I was a kid. It's delicious!" Xiangxiang shouted to them.

Neither Ning Danxia nor Mo Yuming spoke.

Xiangxiang took it upon herself to buy a roasted sweet potato and roasted chestnuts for everyone.

"Alright! Officer, please wait a moment!"

The two shop owners, one of whom packs sweet potatoes and the other weighs chestnuts, work well together.

"Boss, why haven't I seen you setting up a stall in the city in the past few years? I've been looking for you for several years, and no one else is as good as yours. I heard from street interviews that you died of illness, but I didn't expect you to be still alive?"

Xiangxiang asked, looking at the two bosses who were no different from her memories.

The boss smiled with a white face: "It's not convenient to do it in the city anymore."

Xiangxiang glanced at the ragged child sitting on the small bench next to her and frowned: "Is this your A Bao?"

She looked at the shop owner and his wife who were wearing bright red and green satin clothes. Why did they dress their children like this?
Lin Fuyin looked at the child who was dressed like a beggar with a surprised expression: "Chen A Bao? The only daughter of 'A Bao Shop', eight years old? Both parents are dead? Is it you who received the Anjisi relief fund last year?" ?”

Abao covered his face and denied continuously: "No, I'm not Abao!"

"I still remember you! It's illegal to fake your death to get relief funds!" Lin Fuyin said sternly.

Ning Danxia glanced at the shop owner and his wife and asked, "Are you two... ghosts?"

The boss and his wife suddenly panicked.

"Just tell the truth." Song Yushan walked over.

Seeing her, the boss and his wife immediately felt certain.

"We are indeed dead, and now we are ghosts. We couldn't bear to worry about our children, so we rented this store from Shopkeeper Song, and now we can also take care of Ah Bao!" said the proprietress.

Everyone looked at Song Yushan with questions.

"You open a ghost shop?" Ning Danxia asked Song Yushan.

"So the owner of 'A Bao Shop' has really been dead for several years? Are these roasted sweet potatoes and roasted chestnuts sold by ghosts?" Xiangxiang looked at the things she bought, neither taking them nor putting them down: "This Can I still eat it?”

"It's not a matter of cheating." Lin Fuyin sighed and said to the shop owner and his wife, "You two don't have to worry. A Bao can receive relief funds from the Anji Division before he reaches adulthood."

"Friend Daoist Song, humans and ghosts have different paths. If ghosts come into contact with humans, the yin energy will hurt them!" Mo Yuming disagreed.

"Fellow Daoist Mo, please feel it carefully. Can you feel the Yin Qi from these two people?" Song Yushan asked.

Mo Yuming and Ning Danxia took a look and realized it was true!
Although they were able to see that these two were ghosts with their clairvoyance skills, they did not see any yin energy in the things they handled. (End of chapter)