Chapter 10: Hell of it

Who hangs a white lantern in front of his house?

Bai Fan tied the horse to the willow tree, and then cautiously walked to the door to knock on the door, but as soon as she raised her hand, the door "creaked" and opened by itself.

A damp musty smell hit her face, and she covered her mouth and nose with her left hand, and fanned her side a few times with her right sleeve.

In this situation, Bai Fan once thought that the uncle who sold steamed buns was playing tricks on himself and let her go to the wrong place.

She took out Deng Qiubai's IOU from her sleeve, and by the faint moonlight, she could barely read the words on the IOU.

"It's strange, the IOU clearly says that Deng Qiubai borrowed 500,000 taels of silver from Liancheng Villa when he was in the fifteenth year of Xuanzhao in the Southern Calendar, and the address is also right, it's only been less than a year, why is it abandoned like this?"

She put away the IOU and stepped into the Deng Mansion with a horsewhip in her hand, but now the Deng Mansion is dilapidated and overgrown with weeds.

A huge ancient tree in the garden has also died, and there are more than a dozen crows standing on it, they noticed Bai Fan coming in, and began to call "wow", but they have no intention of leaving.

The crow, which had always been huge, fluttered its wings, left the branch and flew straight towards Bai Fan, Bai Fan couldn't dodge, and the crow's sharp claws left a bloody mark on the back of her hand.

"What a fierce crow!"

The crow returned to the dead branch after hurting Bai Fan, and it looked at Bai Fan condescendingly, with a strong hostility in its dark eyes.

It opened its mouth suddenly, its sharp and piercing sound drowned out the cries of the crows, its sharp claws clung to the dead branches, and its wide wings fluttered constantly, as if it was scolding Bai Fan for not coming in.

To go or not to go?

Bai Fan was a little entangled.

The crows' crows were so harsh that she couldn't concentrate, and there was something strange about the house, so she decided to quit and wait until dawn to find out.

She exited the mansion step by step, and as soon as she stepped out of the threshold, the door of the Deng mansion closed by herself, and when she led the horse away, she found that the original dilapidated white lantern had been lit with candles.

Bai Fan froze in place, and a chill came out of his back.

Don't...... Are there really ghosts?

"What are you looking at?"

The voice sounded from behind, and a hand suddenly rested on her left shoulder, causing her to lose two and a half of her three souls.

"Hell!" Bai Fan screamed in shock.

"Hell!" He Qing'an was also taken aback by Bai Fan, and after calming down, he asked, "Where is the ghost?" ”

"Huh? Yes? The ghost is ......" Bai Fan realized that the person behind him was He Qing'an, and she beat He Qing'an the shoulder with her hand holding the horse whip.

"Why do you walk silently? Do you know that people are scary, scared to death! ”

He Qing'an laughed dryly: Light work is good, blame me?

"Deng Mansion, it feels so dilapidated." He Qing'an touched his chin, a little worried.

"Do you think they can pay you back 500,000 taels?"

Bai Fan didn't say anything, He Qing'an glanced back at her, and asked with a wicked smile: "Do you want to go in and have a look?" ”

Bai Fan's head shook like a rattle, He Qing'an couldn't help but laugh at her appearance, Bai Fan rolled his eyes at him, and led the horse to the opposite place.

"Are you really not going in?" He Qing'an followed behind her and asked reluctantly, "Didn't the uncle of the bun shop say that it was haunted inside, don't you want to see what the ghost looks like?" ”

"I don't want to!" Bai Fan replied lightly.

She remembered that He Qing'an disappeared just now, so she asked, "By the way, where did you go just now?" ”

"People have three urgencies, so you know!"

After the two left, a white figure appeared on the wall of the Deng Mansion, her long hair was scattered, and her eyes were fixed on the direction in which Bai Fan and He Qing'an left.

"Finally...... Here it is, hey, hey! ”