Hearing Li Huowang's disbelief, a trace of embarrassment instantly appeared on the peddler's face.
"That's what I heard from the elders at the head of the village. It is said that the ghost wanted to be reborn, so it stole quite a few children under one year of age, and because it had been pent up in the Underworld for too long, it came to haunt virginal young women."
"So you're saying that children have gone missing in Cangshui County, and quite a few women have been defiled, is that right?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Taoists are indeed remarkable. One sentence of yours is worth several of mine."
Li Huowang's brow furrowed. With children being stolen and women defiled, if that was really all there was to it, the local County Magistrate would have dispatched the constables to catch the perpetrator, rather than notifying the Astrological Bureau. There must be something that this peddler was unaware of.
