“Didn’t we say that we’ll close the shop at a certain time? Why did you let someone in again?”

“Shopkeeper, it’s not me, they insisted on coming in…”

The waiter felt very aggrieved.

The middle-aged man glared at him, then looked at Jiang Ning and the other man with a smile on his face.

“I’m sorry, it’s late now and our inn is closed. Please stay at another inn.”

“Hey, isn’t this an inn? Why don’t you accept guests and instead push them away?”

Du Lanyin frowned, feeling very puzzled.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, “I’m really sorry, there’s really nothing I can do.”

“I……”

Before Du Lanyin could say something else, Jiang Ning took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table.

“I’ll pay double the price and find us two guest rooms.”

When the middle-aged man saw the silver ingot, his eyes suddenly lit up, but he seemed to be struggling with something and was very hesitant.

After a while.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: “It’s not that I don’t want to receive you two, I really have no choice. You two don’t look like bad people. You’d better leave Guyang County as soon as possible. It’s not peaceful here.”

Jiang Ning said nothing and took out another ingot of silver and placed it on the table.

The middle-aged man felt conflicted again upon seeing this.

After a while.

The middle-aged man seemed to have made some decision. He hurried to the door of the inn, quickly closed it, and said to the waiter.

“Prepare two excellent guest rooms for the two guests!”

“Yes, from the shopkeeper.”

The waiter saw this and said nothing more, and went upstairs to prepare the guest rooms.

At this time, the middle-aged man said to Jiang Ning, “Sir, it’s not that I’m greedy. It’s just that a strange thing happened in our county recently. Every household dares not go out at night, and we dare not receive guests at night. Please forgive me if I offended you.”

“What’s so strange? Tell me about it.”

Jiang Ning raised his eyebrows and asked.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Sir, please don’t ask. It will do you no good if you hear too much.”

After saying this, the middle-aged man looked at Jiang Ning and then at Du Lanyin.

“I don’t think you two are dressed like locals, so don’t go out tonight. Leave Guyang County early tomorrow morning and don’t stay any longer.”

His mysterious look made Jiang Ning frown.

He thought of the strange people he had met before, and suddenly remembered something and asked.

“Is there someone committing a crime here?”

“No.”

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, shook his head, sighed, and said.

“A white-faced evil ghost has recently appeared in our county.”

Chapter 343: White-Faced Devil

Chapter 343: White-Faced Devil

“White-faced evil ghost?”

Du Lanyin was surprised.

“What white-faced evil ghost?”

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Sir, please don’t ask any more questions. Just remember not to go out at night and leave Guyang County early tomorrow morning.”

“Does this white-faced evil ghost only appear at night?”

Jiang Ning on the side suddenly asked.

The middle-aged man looked at Jiang Ning and smiled bitterly without saying anything.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning took out another piece of silver and handed it over.

The middle-aged man sighed: “Why do you have to know?”

Jiang Ning smiled and said, “I am a curious person. I want to find out what strange things I encounter.”

Seeing that Jiang Ning must know this, the middle-aged man sighed again, pushed back the change that Jiang Ning handed over, walked to a table and sat down, motioned Jiang Ning and Du Lanyin to sit down as well, and then spoke.

“About two months ago, a strange thing happened in our county.”

The middle-aged man’s tone was somewhat mysterious, which aroused Du Lanyin’s curiosity, and he couldn’t help but ask.

“What’s weird?”

The middle-aged man lowered his voice and said, “A baby from a family at the east entrance of the county disappeared one night.”

“baby?”

Du Lanyin was stunned.

At this moment, Jiang Ning’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“good.”

The middle-aged man nodded solemnly, with a hint of fear in his expression.

“Did someone steal it?”

Du Lanyin couldn’t help but ask questions.

Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man shook his head.

“We initially thought that human traffickers had stolen the child, so we immediately reported it to the police. However, the police could not find any clues when they arrived at the scene, and they still could not find the child after checking in the county.”

“Not long after that, another missing baby case occurred in the county. This time it was even more bizarre than the last time.”

The middle-aged man looked very solemn: “The family had just put the child on the bed, and when they turned around, they heard the child crying, and then the child disappeared. I saw that the window that was closed before was opened, and there was blood on the window.”

“You still didn’t find it?”

Jiang Ning asked at this time.

“Ah.”

The middle-aged man nodded and said, “Later, the family also reported it to the police, but just like last time, the police could not find any traces of anyone sneaking in, so they could only treat it as an unsolved case.”

Jiang Ning nodded and said nothing more.

The middle-aged man continued, “Later, there were several cases of missing children in the county, mostly children under the age of five.”

The middle-aged man became more and more solemn at this time, and the fear on his face became more and more obvious.

“Later, rumors spread in the county that there was an evil ghost haunting the county. It preyed on young children and often appeared at night. Some people even saw the evil ghost at night.”

“seen?”

Du Lanyin was stunned for a moment.

The middle-aged man nodded and said, “It was discovered by a drunk. I heard that the drunk saw something moving in the corner of an alley on his way home one night. He went over to take a look and saw a man squatting and eating something. When he looked more closely, he found that the man was eating a child.”

“When the evil ghost saw that someone had spotted him, he turned around to look at the drunkard, who was so scared that he ran away.”

When he said this, the middle-aged man’s voice couldn’t help but tremble.

Jiang Ning asked: “What does the evil ghost look like?”

The middle-aged man couldn’t help swallowing and said, “The evil ghost had a pale face, no facial features, a white and flat face, disheveled hair, and long and sharp nails. When the drunkard found him, he saw him digging out the child’s heart and liver with his nails.”

Hearing this, Du Lanyin couldn’t help but feel a chill on his back.

“Now that you have discovered this evil ghost, have you ever thought of finding a way to deal with or exorcise him?”

Jiang Ning asked.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said, “We have looked for it. After we found this white-faced evil ghost, we reported it to the authorities. Later, the police also looked for it, but we have never seen the evil ghost since then. However, children often go missing.”

“We also invited some Taoist masters to perform rituals, but it was useless.”

“In that case, why don’t you leave here?”

Du Lanyin couldn’t help but frown and ask questions.

The middle-aged man sighed.

“Where else can we go? Luckily, the evil ghost only comes out at night and only eats young children. We just need to not go out at night.”

Few people would leave their hometown unless they really couldn’t survive.

After hearing this, Jiang Ning did not say anything else.

“My two guests, the guest rooms are ready. Please follow me.”

At this time, the waiter also came back.

Jiang Ning and Du Lanyin stood up and prepared to go upstairs.

“My two guests, Guyang County is not peaceful. You’d better not go out at night. Leave as soon as possible.”

Finally, the middle-aged man kindly reminded Jiang Ning and Du Lanyin.

“We understand. Thank you, shopkeeper.”

Jiang Ning nodded slightly to express his gratitude, then went upstairs with Du Lanyin.

“My two guests, these two rooms are your rooms.”

The waiter took the two people all the way to the second floor and pointed to two adjacent rooms.

“It’s getting late, I won’t bother you anymore.”

After saying this, the waiter left.

“Sister, go to bed early.”