Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 67: Eye-Opening Ghost Market [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

Under the cover of night, the wheels of the paper carriage rolled over the gray stone ground, making a "creaking" sound.

Master Ma held the reins in his hand, while Liu Bai and Hu Wei sat on his left and right.

But Master Ma stopped smoking this time. Instead, he looked around vigilantly and said in a low voice, "The city is much more secure this time."

"Ok?"

Liu Bai looked up at him and asked, "Because we were checked when we entered the city?"

"This is just one of them. You have never been here before, so you don't know what the situation is in this city."

Mr. Ma picked up his cigarette out of habit, but as he thought about going to the ghost market soon, he suppressed the idea.

"This kid Hu Wei has been here."

Hu Wei knew what Master Ma meant and said:
"Junior Brother Liu, you don't know that this city was never that safe before. Just when we were strolling around yesterday afternoon, we saw at least four or five fights."

"It's easy for ordinary people, but it's mainly the people who sneak in."

After Hu Wei finished speaking, Master Ma continued, "In previous years, the most violent fights were fought at the gates of the mountain goods vendors. Basically, when people like us went in and came out, it was definitely because someone wanted to take advantage of us."

When Mr. Ma said this, there was obvious arrogance in his tone.

I guess he is quite capable and shouldn't have been smeared by anyone.

"The second is the ghost market... The ghost market is safe, so the fiercest fighting takes place on the way in and out of the ghost market."

As Mr. Ma spoke, he pointed his pipe at the carriage running past on the next street.

"People who go to the ghost market now have a lot of beads on them. If we don't rob them now, when will we rob them?"

"Also, after coming out of the ghost market, the ghosts either bought some valuable treasures or still had beads left over from the time they left."

"After doing this job, I can rest for most of the year."

After Mr. Ma finished speaking, he made a few "tsk tsk" sounds and shook his head.

After hearing this, Liu Bai asked, "Master Ma, have you ever done this?"

"Ma Laosan must have done it! With his personality, he must have done it a lot!" Xiaocao replied immediately.

Master Ma laughed and said, "I don't steal from others, but if someone steals from me, then I can't blame you."

"But it's much safer this time. Maybe you didn't notice that there are people from the City Lord's Mansion watching everywhere in the city, as if they are afraid of any problem." Hu Wei said in a low voice.

"Maybe some important person really came to our Blood Food City."

Master Ma finally bit down the old pipe as he spoke. Even though he didn't light the cigarette, it was good to smell it. "I don't care. Anyway, this is a good thing for people like us who don't want to cause trouble."

As the three were talking, light was seen from the alley ahead. When the carriage turned a corner, the alley ahead, which was surrounded by high walls, was as bright as day. There were also noisy and bustling sounds coming from inside, which sounded extremely lively.

At the entrance of the alley, there is a small stall, which is probably the place where the fees are charged as Hu Wei mentioned.

Master Ma's carriage only stopped here for a moment, and then he saw a horse carriage and a donkey cart going up the east-west street.

But after the ghost walkers in the cars got off, the two cars turned into paper horses and paper donkeys.

The ghost walker picked it up, handed in the Yin beads at the toll booth, then took two masks, put them on his face, and walked into the alley.

The same thing happened when Master Ma's carriage arrived at the alley entrance. This was the first time that Liu Bai saw the carriage turn into a paper horse, and it was quite novel.

The three of them came to the front of the stall. The man guarding the stall raised his head and looked at them. "Everyone come in?"

"Come in," Master Ma replied quickly.

"Five white ones."

"Five? Why are they so expensive?" Master Ma subconsciously raised his voice.

The man guarding the stall said without even looking up, "Isn't it always this price? How is it expensive? One for Yin and two for ghost."

This made Master Ma, who had no ghost to serve, blush. He took out five white beads and handed them over with a distressed look.

The man took it and handed over four masks, three of which were ghost face masks and one was a small human face mask.

People wear ghost face masks, and ghosts wear human face masks.

People pretend to be ghosts, and ghosts pretend to be people.

Liu Bai put it on just like Master Ma did, and immediately felt as if he was wearing an extra layer of clothes, but the scene in front of him did not change much.

He quickly glanced at Master Ma beside him, but he couldn't see his face clearly, nor could he sense his breath. Even the clothes he was wearing turned into a loose gray robe that covered his entire body.

'This mask is a bit magical.'

"As expected of a sly person, he has a myriad of tricks." "I wonder if there is a mask that can see through things..."

Xiaocao's voice came from behind again, "Young Master, come and see what I have become, Xiaocao."

"I found you turned into a ghost."

Liu Bai turned around and saw that the grass lying behind him had turned into a... little black dog.

Liu Bai laughed subconsciously.

"Sir, look at what I have become."

"Human, you have become a human." Liu Bai couldn't bear to hurt it.

As they were talking, Liu Bai followed Master Ma through the gate of the alley and arrived at... the ghost market.

Master Ma's voice came to my ears, "This ghost market has always been held by the four major families in turn. I don't know which family will be holding it this time."

Liu Bai ignored it because he was already attracted by the scene before him.

The houses on both sides of the street are lined up one after another. Each one is exquisitely shaped and made of brand new materials, with big red lanterns hanging on the eaves.

The people walking on the streets are not people, but wandering ghosts.

Everyone was wearing the same mask and the same loose gray robe. Walking in the streets full of red light, it really looked like a ghost market.

Liu Bai widened his eyes. This world was a bit strange.

On his shoulder, Xiaocao, who had no idea that he had turned into a puppy, stood up and looked around curiously.

Perhaps it was because Liu Bai brought a ghost with him, as soon as he came in, he attracted the attention of many people nearby.

"Let's go and take a look."

Master Ma shouted cheerfully.

Liu Bai hurriedly followed. In this place, you have to follow closely. If you are not careful, you might lose him.

After walking a little further, Liu Bai discovered that not only were there shops on both sides of the street, but there were also many ghost sellers setting up grass stalls on the street.

Just spread a piece of rag on the ground and put your extra things on top, and that's it, you can call it a store.

There is even a business like the sugar figurine blowing that I saw yesterday.

There were barbers, oil sellers, saddle makers, knife sharpeners, paper horse shops, etc. There were really all kinds of trades there, and Liu Bai was overwhelmed. He even couldn't understand what many of the shops did.

Just as he was fascinated by it, Xiao Cao pulled Liu Bai's clothes again, "Young Master, look at that."

Liu Bai looked down and saw a little mud man on the ground pushing a big mud ball and running forward.

While running, he shouted, "Make way, make way, make way, all kind-hearted brothers and sisters, please make way."

"If you let me do what I want today, you will have a lot of money tomorrow."

It looked like a dung beetle.

The ghost walkers nearby laughed when they saw this, and so did Liu Bai.

At this moment, the big mud ball broke open in the middle, and a man jumped out from it. He smiled and bowed to everyone around him.

"It's just a little trick. Sorry to make you laugh."

"If you are interested, you can come and take a look at these clay figures made by me. The mud I use is all the soul mud I dug from the mud pond. It is the kind that can be used with ten times the strength of the original."

"Don't miss it if you pass by."

The trick was new and all the ghost walkers nearby immediately gathered around.

Master Ma hurriedly pulled Liu Bai away, muttering, "A place like this is the favorite of those Qing meddlers."

"There will definitely be a lot of people throwing things here soon."

Hu Wei explained to Liu Bai: "The ones who steal in crowded places on the street are thieves. There are also such people among the Yin-walkers, and they are even divided into factions."

As he was speaking, he heard shouting coming from the front.

"This is the only copy of the 'First Soul Oil' that was sent over from the state government. If you're interested, come quickly."

When Mr. Ma heard this, his eyes immediately brightened and even his breathing became much faster.

"Let's go, too!"

(End of this chapter)