Chapter 319 - Secret of Coffin Village (2/2)

“What did you see?”

“There was a human face on the wall. I saw it once inside the previous home. At the time, it flashed past temporarily, and then I saw a set of graveclothes walking out the door; it was following us.” Chen Ge told the situation to Ol’ Wei and Master Bai.

“He’s just next door; shall we go take a look?” Ol’ Wei was just suggesting that; he did not want to wander off.

“If the person wants to run, we won’t be able to catch it.” Chen Ge looked at the wall. “I have a feeling it has a reason for following us, and it didn’t seem like it’s going to harm us.”

He just finished when the front door slowly opened and bright red graveclothes stood in the middle of the door.

“Don’t fret. This is the thing that has been following us.”

In the middle of the night, the door was pushed open, and the graveclothes stood alone. Anyone would have been scared looking at this.

“Are you a person or a ghost?” Chen Ge stood inside the room and hid the hammer behind him. The person seemed to struggle for a long time before coming to a decision. The graveclothes were opened from the middle, and they were hiding a thin, short man. His lips fell open, and after a long time, he said, “I’m here to help you.”

“Help us? Wonderful, why don’t you come in first?” Chen Ge smiled kindly. He gripped the hammer; he wanted to trick the man to come into the room first. The man shook his head. He had been following Chen Ge, so he knew Chen Ge’s tricks.

“I’ll just stay out here.” The man removed the graveclothes, and when his body completely removed itself from the graveclothes, Chen Ge saw that the man had one large arm and one small arm.

“I’ve seen you when you entered the village, but before I could accost any of you, you were tricked away by the ghosts. I was worried, so I trailed behind you while wearing the ghost’s graveclothes. I wanted to find the chance to save you.”

The man sounded sincere, but Chen Ge did not believe that the man would put himself in such danger for a stranger. “You followed us just so you can save us?”

“Saving you is saving me. You might not believe me, but if we are unable to leave this village tonight, we’re all going to die.” The man lowered his voice, and fear and anxiety were apparent in his tone. “The door will open tonight, and the thing will come out from behind the door again.”

“The door will open tonight?” Chen Ge frowned. “You’re one of the original villagers here, right? Can you tell us what happened to Coffin Village? Why did it turn into its current situation?”

“Coffin Village? I guess the name fits.” The man closed the door and walked to the middle of the courtyard. It was hard to tell how old he was from his looks. “No one can remember this village’s original name. The reason it has become like this has plenty to do with a woman.

“Our village is hidden deep inside the forest, and this isolates us from the rest of the world. It was very difficult for a man to find an unrelated wife, so we settled with close marriage. However, that led to many abnormalities.

“The elder at the time worried that we would die out eventually, so after a discussion with the villagers, they decided to ‘kidnap wives’ from the outside. The first few times were perfectly fine. If the new wife refused to listen, they would be locked up, starved, and beaten. Eventually, they would learn.

“However, the last time, they caught the young lady of a scholar’s family. She was stubborn and refused to submit. She escaped several times, and she was almost beaten to death every time. It was not until she was pregnant that she stopped running away. The villagers thought that was the end of her resistance.

“But just as the girl’s new family was preparing to celebrate the happy occasion, she jumped into the well.”