At that time, Xiao He and Shang were indeed not in that action, but relying on his relationship with Xiao Sanda and Gao Liang, the incident was still clear.

  Comrade Zhang was the head of the third department, and Gao Liang and Xiao Sanda, Xiao Heshang were just small clerks under Director Zhang at that time. At that time, the abilities of the three people had already been shown, and they were also key talents in the special office.

  At that time, the special office already had the prototype of the later Civil Affairs Bureau, and at that time it had a system for summarizing intelligence. Although it was still not comparable to the later Civil Affairs Bureau, under the technical conditions at that time, it was also quite difficult. Just on the fourth day after the Night Walker started (actually miscalculated, should be the twelfth day), when the body was sent to the county town for autopsy, the special office received the news.

  It would have taken more than a day to rush from the capital to the scene, but fortunately, Director Zhang was nearby with Gao and Xiao. They had just finished handling an event and were about to return to the capital when they received a special notification asking them to handle the incident in Xiaoshan Village urgently.

  At that time, although it was judged to be a night-walking ghost, the timing of the night-walking ghosts appearance was still misjudged (it wasnt until later, after the event had ended, that it was discovered that an entire family of eight who were responsible for watching the mountain next to Xiaoshan Village had all died on the mountain). At the time, based on past experience with night-walking ghosts, it was judged that the earliest appearing night-walking ghosts were relatively shallow in their Taoist cultivation and were new ghosts. Any night-walking ghost that appeared within nine days still belonged to a category that was relatively easy to deal with.

  It was this misjudgment that almost led to the defeat of Gao Liang, Xiao Sanda and others, and allowed a night walker ghost to escape, which would have triggered a counterattack by all the night walker ghosts behind. In the end, with no other choice, they had to quickly evacuate all the villagers, and then exhaust all their strength to suppress the remaining night walker ghosts.

  In the end, the remaining few nocturnal spirits were no longer something that could be handled at that time. In the end, they were only temporarily sealed away, originally supposed to be buried deep underground, and then a pagoda was built on top to suppress them. However, during that era, it was really not possible to build a pagoda, so in the end, they could only be buried in a small mountain village, with specially assigned personnel watching over them year after year.

  Its been nearly twenty years since then, and after the policies outside relaxed, they finally moved out the few Night Walkers that had been sealed away. They chose a spot with a strong malignant energy to bury the Night Walkers, and then built a temple on top of it to suppress them. But unexpectedly, thirty years later, the Night Walkers below still caused trouble.

  After listening to Xiao He Shangs explanation, Sun Baozi blinked his eyes and looked at Xiao He Shang, saying: "Old Master Xiao, why not just say that there is a small Beifang prison built upstairs? The confusing account you specially made 50 years ago has been found again."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Sun Ao suddenly paused for a moment, his eyes momentarily stunned, but immediately returned to normal. Looking at Xiao He Shang, Sun Ao said again: "Werent those dozens of night-walking ghosts eliminated by the special task force back then? Why did that first ghost appear last night? And now, such a big thing from back then has reappeared. Im not saying it, but doesnt Old Gao just ignore it? Master Xiao, this matter is a bit hard to explain, isnt it?"

  When Sun Baozi finished speaking, Xiao Heishang had also finished drawing the last stroke of his talisman. Xi Menglian helped him up, dusting off the dirt on his body, and looked at Sun Baozi, saying: "Little Baozi, you compare the Special Affairs Bureau 50 years ago with the current Civil Affairs Bureau, is it interesting? The Special Affairs Bureaus guns still misfire from time to time, and the bullets are all silver-plated. Lets not mention this. The question is, did the Special Affairs Bureau have Wu Renyi back then? Did they have Er Yang? Even if there was only one of the two Yangs, they couldnt have been so exhausted at the beginning."

  Xiao He Shang finished speaking, but Sun Baozi still didnt give in. He met Lao Xiaos gaze and said: "So all these years, no one has been taking care of this place? Its only now that something is going to happen, that someone will be sent over to clean up?"

  Xiao He Shang sat beside Sun Bao Zi, took a deep breath and said: "Its rare that I can say something fair to you today, Little Bao Zi. Every five years, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will send someone to repair and re-seal this place. Originally, it was supposed to be at the end of the year when the five-year period is up, but somehow the seal was leaked or something, and it brought out the ghostly evil spirit. Tonight, we took care of the second Lü Dou that came out, and tomorrow morning I will personally go and repair the seal."

  "Wait a minute, I didnt get an answer to what I just asked. Werent the evil spirits supposed to have been eliminated by Old Man Gao and Xiao Sanda? How can they still appear?"

  Before Xiao Hei could speak, the prison guard at the gate of the cell block knocked on the iron door with his baton and shouted: "All prisoners in Cell Block 36, stand up! Its time for your meal!"

  It was just at this time that Xiao He and Shang came, having eaten their fill. Ximen Qing and Lao Mo were still okay, they could wait for a while. But Sun Bi Zi and Xiong Wan Yis bodies had already started to sway, it couldnt be helped, they didnt care about anything else anymore. Unfortunately, there were prison guards nearby, so they couldnt run away. For these few minutes of journey, in Sun Bi Zis heart, an hour had already passed.

  The prison warden did not go back on his word, and tonight the food was indeed improved. The big pot still had simmered cabbage, its unknown whether it was reheated from this mornings meal or not, but there were some added slices of five-spice pork and vegetarian balls. A layer of butter floated on top of the vegetable soup, and the steamed buns were freshly cooked, with steam still rising from them. In the past, Sun would have just taken a glance at it. But at this time, he couldnt care about much else, grabbing a large bowl and saying to the old man serving the food: "Fill it up a bit, four buns!"

  The old man filled a decent amount, but when he poured it into Sun Pings bowl, half of it had already spilled. Then he picked up a bun and put it in Sun Pings bowl. Sun Ping grabbed the bun, took a bite, held his rice bowl in front of the old man, and said: "Continue, dont stop! Im not saying, fill the dishes to the brim, you still owe me three buns..."

  "Do you think youre eating a buffet outside?" The prison guard walked over and shouted at Sun Baozi, "The buns are steamed according to the number of people, youve eaten yours, what else do you want to eat?! Go back and sit down quickly, there are other cells waiting!"

  Under the circumstances, Sun Baozi sat down at his seat with a bowl of rice, and in three or two mouthfuls, he had eaten all the steamed buns and braised dishes. His eating habits were somewhat better than those of Xiong Wanyi, who held his bowl while walking and eating, his speed was like magic, and before he even reached his seat, the bowl was empty, and the steamed bun had also disappeared. He could only stare blankly as Xi Menglian and Old Mo ate their portions mouthful by mouthful.

  Xiao He Shang and Sun Baozi, who had the same bad habit, looked down on this food, but still ordered a portion as usual, and divided it among Sun Baozi, whose eyes were shining at him, and Xiong Wanyi.

  After they finished eating, the prison guard took them back to their cell. Not long after, Yun Feiyang came over to take over the shift and replaced the previous guard. Sun Baozi forced a smile at Yun Feiyang and said: "If you had come twenty minutes earlier, we would have been able to eat our fill too."

  Time passed minute by minute, and before long, the sky was completely dark. The prisoners in the adjacent cells were all taken away, and now everything around was quiet, without a sound. Yun Feiyang also stopped pretending, he opened the cell door and sat down with Sun Dazhu and others.

  At first, these people could still say a few words of laughter, but later on, they saw that it was almost time for the ghost to appear last night. No one spoke anymore, and twelve eyes of six people stared in the direction of the door.

  After waiting for half a day, there was still no movement. Sun Baozi smiled and was about to say something when he heard the sound of metal scratching glass coming from the door again, just like last night. Then, in front of him, three or four meters away from the door, a flame suddenly appeared, and the blurry figure from last night reappeared in front of Sun Baozi.

  However, this time the figure seemed to have been petrified, standing still in place after appearing. Xiao He and Shang saw it and took out a cloth bag from under the bed, quickly walked over, put the figure into it, and then tightly tied the mouth of the bag with a red rope.

  After seeing the ghost, Sun Baozi suddenly remembered that he had not asked Xiao He Shang some questions in time. Looking at him coming back with a bag, Sun Baozi asked: "Master Xiao, wasnt this ghost exterminated more than 40 years ago? How did it come out again now?"

  Xiao He Shangs pocket seemed to have no weight, and he casually threw the pocket under the bed before saying: "That time wasnt eradicating it, just putting it away like this. To seal the Night Walker Ghost, you need to gather exactly one hundred ghosts. According to San Da Hous words, he and Gao Pangzi had eradicated five Night Walker Ghosts back then, but later on, they really couldnt do anything, so they used the souls of the villagers who were killed by the Night Walker Ghosts as substitutes..."

  "Youre saying that among the sealed Night Walkers below, there are still the lingering spirits of the villagers who died back then..." Sun Baozi narrowed his eyes, looking at Xiao He Shang, and continued to say: "Is there still a chance to release them and help them attain spiritual liberation?"

  Xiao He Shangs eyes were still fixed on the door, and after a long silence, he said: "Unless all the remaining night walkers are released... Alas, Xiao San Da was also helpless at that time, but now he is gone too, it can be considered as retribution..."

  His words had just fallen when another strange sound arose, and then in the same position as before, another figure shrouded in mist appeared...