Left Old Head's words immediately filled my mind with doubts.

According to Zero's information, living people couldn't enter the Da Meng Xiang (Great Dream Village); only half-ghosts and spirits could.

But Left Old Head said he had never transported dead people.

Their statements contradicted each other.

I calmly asked, "You're saying you usually transport living people to Da Meng Xiang? What do they do there? And what kind of people go?"

"That's right!" Left Old Head said, "Every so often, I go to the crossroads on the east mountain. If someone wants to go to Da Meng Xiang, we take them there."

"People going to Da Meng Xiang usually light a red incense stick at the crossroads."

"If the incense burns with two long ends and one short end, I'll ask if they want to go to Da Meng Xiang. If they say yes, I'll take them."

"Two long, one short... a severed head incense?" I frowned slightly.

According to the art of divination, the length of burning incense sticks can determine good or bad fortune.

Incense with two long sides and a short middle looks like a person with a severed head, which is a very bad omen.

Left Old Head said, "According to the rules of our trade, we can't ask too many questions when transporting goods, and we can't even talk to the passengers. We can't respond to anything they say."

"So, I've never asked them what they're going to Da Meng Xiang for."

"However..."

Left Old Head paused and said, "I have a feeling that the people riding the bus are about to die. Or rather, they're alive when they get on the bus, but dead when they get off."

If that's the case, then Zero and Left Old Head's stories match up.

Left Old Head said, "I always take people to the entrance of Da Meng Xiang, but I've never picked anyone up from there."

I asked again, "Who pays you the commission for transporting people? What do you bring back from Da Meng Xiang?"

Left Old Head said, "Da Meng Xiang pays me the commission for transporting people. Every time I transport someone, someone deposits money into my account."

"Our Left family has been doing business with Da Meng Xiang since my great-grandfather's generation."

"Our transactions are all recorded." Left Old Head rummaged through the box and pulled out a stack of ledgers. "These are all of our transactions with Da Meng Xiang."

I threw the ledgers to Nie Xiao Chun. It's better for girls to do this kind of detailed work.

While Nie Xiao Chun was looking through the ledgers, I asked, "I heard that snakes mainly guide the way into Da Meng Xiang. Is that true?"

Left Old Head said, "It's not exactly guiding. There's a stone bridge on the only road to Da Meng Xiang. Every time I reach the stone bridge, a snake appears."

"That snake is a bit like the guardian spirit of Da Meng Xiang. I don't see anything special about it."

Just as I was nodding, Nie Xiao Chun said, "The Left family doesn't have many transactions with Da Meng Xiang. Apart from this one, all the others are recorded in detail."

I took the ledger and saw that the one Nie Xiao Chun had marked read: "A brocade box."

Left Old Head glanced at it and said, "Yes! My great-grandfather didn't know what was in that brocade box, so he could only record it like that."

Just as I was about to speak, Qin Xin rushed over and said, "Xiao Chengzi found a cellar nearby. Ninety-eight corpses of术士 (shushi, occult practitioners) were discovered there."

"Most of the corpses are well preserved, but some have been dismembered, or are simply minced meat."

"It seems those ghosts attacked us because they were missing two corpses!" I tapped the table and said, "The disappearance of a large number of 术士 (shushi, occult practitioners) will definitely cause a reaction from all sides. The murderer placed restrictions on the ghosts and gods to silence them."

"I want to gamble that the murderers didn't report their failure back."

Nie Xiao Chun said, "You mean you want to escort this batch of corpses to Da Meng Xiang?"

"That's right!" I nodded. "This is the best way to sneak into Da Meng Xiang."

"So far, the information we have is too limited. We don't even know what kind of existence Da Meng Xiang is, or what its relationship is with the Reincarnation Division."

Nie Xiao Chun said, "The Reincarnation Division and Da Meng Xiang should just have a transactional relationship, right? Otherwise, they wouldn't need to go through the Left family to enter Da Meng Xiang."

"That's why I want to take the corpses!" I turned my head and said, "Since it's a transaction, I think Da Meng Xiang shouldn't care who they're trading with, right?"

"Have someone bring over the corpses of those 术士 (shushi, occult practitioners) from the Reincarnation Division as well. That way, we can make up the remaining number."

"Old Left, I'll have to trouble you to take a trip with us."

While I was speaking, I kept staring at Left Old Head. If he tried to refuse again, I would really have to beat him up.

Left Old Head nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go prepare immediately."

"We'll have to wait until tomorrow night to leave. Ghost carriages shouldn't be on the road during the day. Besides, I have to prepare the Tong Yang (Connecting to the Yang Realm) carriage and horses."

"If the carriage and horses run on the highway during the day, it'll easily attract unnecessary trouble."

I looked outside. It was almost dawn. It was indeed not good to drive out with a team of ghost carriages carrying a group of dead people, so I nodded in agreement.

However, I didn't expect that just one day would bring me a lot of trouble.