I laughed and said to Zhao Yuezhu, "To keep watch for people, you need a gatehouse. To keep watch for ghosts, a small temple will do."

"Let's wait a moment and see if we can get a piece of paper from the temple."

Zhao Yuezhu glared at me. "You're just daydreaming! There's no way there..."

Zhao Yuezhu didn't finish speaking when a gust of yin wind blew out from the villa gate. In broad daylight, the swirling wind stirred up dust, spinning around the small temple. My ghost eyes also opened suddenly.

I clearly saw a ghost dressed in a security guard's uniform walking towards the small temple. Before entering, he even turned back and smiled at me.

Zhao Yuezhu exclaimed, "It's... it's really here!"

As the man walked into the small temple, the yin wind in the sky stopped abruptly.

I squatted in front of the temple door and gently knocked three times on the ground. "Give me the thing!"

Sure enough, a hand stretched out from the small temple and pushed a piece of newspaper clipping in front of me.

At the top of the newspaper was a line of words: "You are now a character in the story. You can choose to play one of them. The necessary props are in the designated location. If you complete the story, you can find the first missing person."

I glanced at the newspaper and then clapped my hands together, smashing the newspaper into pieces!

Zhao Yuezhu immediately became anxious. "I haven't seen it yet!"

"It's enough for me to see it!" I turned and walked towards the gate. Zhao Yuezhu followed me, trotting all the way behind. "What was written on it?"

I said, "According to the newspaper, there was a student in that class named Tian Qiuyang, who was born in the yang year, yang month, and yang day. One day, he suddenly fell ill with a strange disease that couldn't be cured. A great immortal said that the only way to save him was to get married to ward off bad luck."

"On the student's wedding day, two special guests came to his house, one named Lao Wutou and the other named Wu Fei."

"I'll repeat the part about them attending the wedding for you!"

I said according to the original text:

Lao Wutou walked around the house and blurted out, "You won't be able to bring this bride back. Even if you do, she'll be a dead person."

"Bullshit!" The bride's family was unhappy. "Can you speak human language? If you can't, don't spout nonsense here."

Lao Wutou chuckled. "Boy, let's go. We can't stop those who want to die!"

"Stop right there!" The bride's family was furious and chased after Lao Wutou to hit him. How could I watch Lao Wutou suffer? I picked up a wine bottle from the table and smashed it over the man's head.

Lao Wutou turned to look at the man. "Well, now you've caused trouble. Let's go! Go home and wait!"

Not long after they returned home, the village chief came over and said, "We've talked to the Tian family. As long as you go and bring the bride back, this matter will be settled!"

I paused here. "Now, we have to go and pick up the bride. You have two choices. One is to play Lao Wutou, but you have to drive the carriage. I mean drive the carriage, not drive a car. The second is to play Wu Fei and sit in the carriage as an escort to pick up the bride."

"Which one do you choose?"

Zhao Yuezhu thought for a long time. "I... I choose Lao Wutou."

"Okay! No problem!" I nodded in agreement and quickened my pace, walking further away.

Zhao Yuezhu followed me all the way. "No, no... I don't choose Lao Wutou. I choose Wu Fei!"

"Can't you make up your mind?" I continued forward. "Then you choose Wu Fei. Let me tell you, once you choose, you can't change it!"

The less anxious I seemed, the more uncertain Zhao Yuezhu felt. "Then... can I think about it a little longer?"

"Sure!" I nodded. "You can still choose before I harness the carriage."

The place agreed upon in the newspaper was not far from Little Pig's villa.

The fake hearse that brought us here was still outside the villa. I took Zhao Yuezhu into the hearse and drove east for about two and a half hours before arriving at the place.

A horse-drawn carriage was parked near the entrance of the mountain. That was the prop Bai Xin had prepared for us.

I walked to the side of the carriage, patted the horse's neck twice, and then opened the carriage shed.

Generally speaking, the sheds of single-horse carriages are woven from reeds or similar materials in order to reduce the weight of the carriage and make it faster. In Northeast China, thin wooden boards are sometimes used to nail the sheds for warmth.

This carriage not only used thick wooden boards, but also nailed the shed extremely firmly. At first glance, it looked like a thick wooden box was buckled on the carriage.

Inside the carriage, there were two benches placed side by side, with a white cloth package in the corner of the bench.

A white paper lantern was hanging outside the carriage, and a white cloth was draped around the horse's neck.

I picked up the white cloth and put it back down. It was used to blindfold the horse's eyes. Now was not the time to blindfold the horse.

Without even looking at Zhao Yuezhu, I opened the car door and got in. Zhao Yuezhu grabbed my clothes and pulled me down. "Didn't you say I was playing Wu Fei?"

"Didn't you change your mind?" I said this and was about to get back into the car.

Zhao Yuezhu pushed me aside. "I want to play Wu Fei!"

As soon as Zhao Yuezhu got into the car, I locked the car door from the outside. "Change the clothes in the car!"