Langwu County was famous for its distinctive mountain strongholds and heavy fog. After dusk, night fell swiftly.
The locals worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, and their evening leisure activities amounted to little more than making children and beating children. Consequently, the streets were pitch-black and dead quiet. The faint-hearted would not even dare to carry a lantern and walk the night road through the thick fog.
The street where Hongxiu Pavilion stood was the exception. Its lights blazed brightly, and joyous laughter did not cease until the Hour of the Rat.
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