Zhou Xiao, who saw the "ghost", hurried back into his house, held his head as he lay on the ground, and muttered, "May the blessings of Heaven’s Officials be upon you and all taboos stay away!"

"Hey, what do you mean by that?!" The aunt rushed in. "You’re cursing me to death early in the morning? Pei, pei[1], what bad look... Look at what's going on in your house. It's like a pigsty."

"Ah!" Zhou Xiao looked back and screamed in horror. "The ghost has come in! It has come in! Don't look for me. For every debt there’s a debtor. Find the murderer."

"Mr. Zhou, did you hear wrong then?" Lin Dongxue walked in and asked.

"Can you see it too?" Zhou Xiao looked back and forth between Lin Dongxue and the angry aunt's face.

"What's the matter?" the aunt asked.

Zhou Xiao responded, "A murderer...