In Yellow Dog Village, a group of people had arrived a few days prior, bustling about setting up stages and burning incense. Beside these, a banquet and various wedding items were also prepared, creating a scene that was both festive and eerie.
The one in charge was an old servant of the Wei clan from Huai'an. He had new sets of tables and chairs bought from the city and arranged them along the small path between the village huts, making it all appear quite lavish.
Red lanterns had been hung several days before and were replenished with oil daily. Each night, they illuminated the village, making it redder than any hall of the Red Lantern Society and casting a ghostly, chilling crimson hue.
The villagers did not know what these people were doing. They were simply in awe of these unfamiliar faces, unaware that even this old servant of the Wei Family did not know what it was all for.
