Moreover, there are taboos regarding these so-called ya kou qian (coins placed in the mouth of the deceased); when placing them, one must ensure the front side faces up, because it's said that if the back side faces up, the little ghosts can't pick them up.

If they can see it but can't get it, one can imagine the little ghost's mood. In a fit of anger, it wouldn't be impossible for them to use some underhanded tricks to lead the soul of the deceased into the animal realm.

Ya kou qian don't only refer to copper coins. Poor families usually use copper coins, but wealthy families often use jade instead. And to make it easier for the little ghosts to take, they often tie a red thread to the ya kou qian.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng suddenly realized the red thread around his neck. It seemed that everything was slowly connecting.

Time passed, minute by minute. Because of the limited clues, after discussing the necessary questions, everyone seized the time to rest.

During this time, Li Bai helped Fatty take off his shoes, re-cleaned the wound, and applied fresh medicine powder.

Fatty's self-healing ability completely refreshed Li Bai's understanding. In this environment where complete disinfection was impossible, Fatty's wound not only didn't become inflamed and festering due to infection but had even begun to heal.

Sure enough, is this the physical quality of a high-level disciple? Li Bai recalled the monster in the black trench coat who kicked Bai Yu to pieces, and his heart couldn't help but tremble with fear, even though that guy should be on their side.

Finally, with only a quarter of an hour left before the third watch, Jiang Cheng stood up and nodded to everyone, signaling, "Let's go, it's time for us to move."

Sitting around waiting to die wasn't their style. They were preparing to go to the backyard to welcome the arrival of the late Madame.

After all, it's always good to be able to discover the ghost's location in advance, and their task tonight wasn't to hide but to actively seek out the ghost, and also to steal something from the ghost.

The embroidered ball...

That object that brought the late Madame and the Zhennan Marquis together, though Jiang Cheng and the others thought it more appropriate to call it an object that brought them enmity.

The group moved quickly. Jiang Cheng suddenly raised his head and found that the moonlight was very good tonight, large and bright, like a jade plate hanging in the sky.

But looking at the moon for too long, a trace of unease faintly spread in his heart, as if... as if this moon was fake, and behind this fake moon was hidden something terrifying.

The group kept the Shezai Nu's warning in mind. They only walked to a distance very close to the backyard but didn't intend to enter, instead choosing a hidden place to secretly lie in wait.

There were a total of 9 people in Jiang Cheng's group, and it was obviously unrealistic to hide in one place, so they divided into several groups.

Lu Qin and Shao Tong disappeared not long after arriving here, obviously not trusting Jiang Cheng and the others.

Jiang Cheng looked through the gaps between the branches, his gaze sweeping over the high wall in front of him bit by bit. Behind the high wall was the backyard, the place where hundreds of cenotaphs were buried. At this moment, the surroundings were quiet, and he could even hear his own heartbeat.

In fact, there was another matter that everyone had discussed not long ago, and that was the order of things. Tonight's task was to steal the late Madame's embroidered ball. There was only one embroidered ball, which meant that as long as one person succeeded, the task of the entire team would be completed. But how to arrange the order of action became a major problem. None of the people who had survived until now were stupid, and no one wanted to be the first to eat the crab.

This question was destined to have no answer. Everyone could only take it one step at a time. After all, whoever got the embroidered ball first would be able to grasp the clues in it first, and perhaps there were unknown benefits as well.

Just as Jiang Cheng was lost in thought, Fatty, who was also observing beside him, suddenly lowered his body and said in a very low voice, "It's coming."

Hearing Fatty's reminder, Jiang Cheng quickly became alert. He glanced at the time, and it was indeed the third watch, but... but he observed for a long time and didn't notice anything unusual, nor did he hear any strange sounds around him.

Jiang Cheng asked in an equally low voice, "What did you hear?"

"There's a sound, it sounds like footsteps, coming from... from behind that wall. It's already walked behind that door."

Fatty didn't even look at Jiang Cheng, his eyes fixed on the wooden door in the backyard, as if certain of what he was saying.

Jiang Cheng looked at the heavy wooden door, a hint of doubt surfacing in his eyes. He knew that wooden door, it was particularly heavy and sealed shut, impossible to open at all.

But before he could react, he heard a "creak—" sound. The piercing friction echoed far in the quiet night. The heavy wooden door actually opened before Jiang Cheng's eyes, and then a figure wearing a bright red wedding dress appeared behind the door.

As Jiang Cheng's breathing stagnated, the figure swayed its body and walked out of the backyard with stiff steps.

Judging from the figure, it was undoubtedly a woman, but what made Jiang Cheng uneasy was that they couldn't see the woman's face, because the woman's head was covered with a red veil. As the woman's body moved, the edge of the veil trembled constantly, bringing an indescribable pressure.

"It's really coming..." Jiang Cheng couldn't help but clench his fingers. The scene before him was certainly strange, but it wasn't enough to make him lose his composure. He remembered that the Shezai Nu had said that he must not turn his back to the late Madame, but only sneak over quietly, approach her from behind, and then try to steal the embroidered ball.

That's right, where is the embroidered ball?

Jiang Cheng suddenly noticed this crucial question. The late Madame's hands hung powerlessly at her sides. Although they were covered by her sleeves, it was easy to see that she didn't have anything like an embroidered ball in her hands.

The late Madame's pace was stiff, and her speed wasn't fast. After coming out of the door, she was just walking in a straight line stiffly. Fortunately, it seemed that she hadn't discovered the location where they were hiding.

Jiang Cheng and Fatty remained still. Slowly, the stiff figure passed by 10 meters in front of them. As the angle of view changed, they finally saw that the late Madame was also carrying a bamboo basket on her back.

The basket wasn't very big. It seemed to be woven from bamboo, but it was large enough to hold an embroidered ball.

That's it!

He didn't expect it to be placed on her back.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng's phone suddenly vibrated. He frowned and carefully glanced at it. It was a text message sent by Yao Shunyu.

After opening it, the content of the text message made Jiang Cheng's pupils shrink.

Yao Shunyu said that he also saw the late Madame appear, but as the late Madame appeared, Li Bai, who was with him, suddenly became abnormally frightened and kept asking him if he heard any sounds.

Yao Shunyu didn't know what he meant and answered that he didn't, but now Li Bai was even more frightened. Then, he told him tremblingly that he heard it, heard the late Madame calling her, calling her over to get the embroidered ball.

Seeing this, Fatty felt a chill run down his spine. Jiang Cheng's first reaction was that the text message might be a trick. The other party didn't have the ability to sense their location, so they came up with this way to make them expose themselves.

But the next second, about tens of meters away from them, a figure flashed out, carefully approaching the late Madame.