Chapter 258: Haunted House
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There is no moon tonight, and the night is as dark as ink.
At this time, in front of a very desolate courtyard house that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, a teenager stopped there.
"Quack~" There were a few crow-like chirpings not far away, which were pulled by the night wind and distorted, sounding very poignant, adding a bit of gloomy meaning to this ancient house.
The boy carried a rucksack full of scrolls on his back, and pushed open the dilapidated door like a reader.
"Squeak~"
With a little force, the dust on the door floated down, and it also made an unpleasant and harsh sound, making the surrounding environment even more terrifying, and it seemed that in the next second, something would jump out of this ancient mansion and swallow the young man in one gulp.
"All the gods, as well as the deceased big brothers and sisters, Xiaosheng is a scholar who wants to go to the capital to gain fame, passing through here, temporarily borrowing a precious place to rest for a night, and please make it convenient. ā
The young man chattered in his mouth, with three points of nervousness and seven points of fear on his face, and slowly walked into the ancient mansion.
The ancient house is very large, it is the kind of big mansion with three entrances and three exits in ancient times, although it is dilapidated now, but from some exquisite carvings, as well as those stone carvings in the courtyard, you can vaguely see a bit of grandeur in the past.
When you see this kind of building in the wilderness, the first thing you need to know is that there is the master room and there is the guest room.
Even if the original owner of this house has passed away for I don't know how many years, if you really dare to live directly in the main house, it is overstepping, breaking the rules, and there will be big trouble.
The boy apparently did not understand this, so he walked towards the most obvious and largest room.
Because the other houses were in a dilapidated state, not only were the doors gone, but even the windows were broken with many holes, and when the night breeze blew, it was no different from outside.
With a "squeak", the young man pushed open the door, which was originally painted with vermilion paint, but because of its age, many of them were peeled off, and only a few were left under the door.
Because the sky was too dark, the boy didn't see clearly, where was the vermilion lacquer, it was clearly two bloody handprints, and it hadn't dried yet.
Entering the room, to the boy's surprise, there was not as much dust inside as he had imagined.
"I'm so lucky, I don't know who stopped here not long ago, but I saved myself a lot of effort. The boy muttered, took out a fire fold from his bosom, polished it, and checked the room.
"Hey, who put an oil lamp here on this table? There's still oil in it, as the saying goes, boys who love to read are not too lucky, am I really running at the right time?"
The boy lit the oil lamp, and suddenly, the light dispelled the darkness, and even the gloomy environment outside made people feel less frightened.
After putting the book in the book bag, the young man closed the door, and then cleared a large open space around the table for his own night's rest, and then took out a scroll from the book bag, and after a while, the sound of Lang Lang's reading came from this room, far and wide.
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At the same time, in a dry well in the backyard of the house, a phantom emerges from a skeleton.
"Another ungrateful, wolf-hearted scholar. A low, hoarse voice echoed in the dry well.
On the other hand, after reading a book, the scholar seemed to be tired, and after putting the scroll in the book bag, he planned to rest.
Unexpectedly, at this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside?
"Well, in this wilderness, who will knock on my door? Could it be a ghost?" The young man was startled at first, and almost didn't fall, but after calming down, he read aloud: "I don't do anything bad in my life, I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, and I will know when I open the door." ā
After finishing speaking, he didn't ask who was outside the door, and walked directly over and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, before the scholar could react, he noticed a strange fragrance, and there was a lovely person in his arms.
"Men and women don't kiss, girl, why are you?" the scholar hurriedly pushed her away and said righteously.
"Gong, childe, save me, save me. The girl sat on the ground with tears in her eyes and said pitifully.
The scholar borrowed the light, only then did he see the appearance of this person, only to see her picturesque eyebrows, bright eyes and bright teeth, graceful demeanor, Rao is scholar read poetry and books hard, and was also amazed by the beauty of this woman, thinking that he was still holding her just now, his heart couldn't help but swing.
"What's the important thing about the girl? You might as well talk about it, although you are a scholar, you are willing to do your best for the girl. ā
Sure enough, it's a damn scholar, with a set of mouths, but in his heart he is more ruthless than biaozi, when he sees a woman beautiful, he uses rhetoric to catch her up, but once the woman is not at all beneficial to his career, then he can kill her without hesitation and let her disappear from this world silently. ā
Although so many thoughts flashed in the girl's heart, her face remained pitiful, "I am a child of a peasant family, and my life is carefree, but some time ago, a bully in the town came to our village, saw that I was beautiful, and actually wanted to forcibly take me as a concubine. ā
"I originally had a marriage contract, so naturally I couldn't fail my lover for the sake of wealth, but that bully saw that I didn't obey, and actually wanted to rob me of the mansion. ā
"When my husband's family heard the news, they hurried to stop the bully, but they were killed on the spot by his men, and my old father and mother sacrificed their lives to hold them back, so that I could escape and come here. ā
"Although I have escaped for the time being, the bully has a great cause, and it will not take long to find this place, and then I can only crash to death on the beam to protect my innocence. ā
"What? There is such an injustice in the world? Don't your county magistrates care?" the young man was furious when he heard this, and he wanted to slap the bully to death with one hand.
"Whew, it's useless. The girl sobbed and said, "The father of that bully is the son of our county commander, their family is rampant, they are the most powerful people in this place, who can care about them?"
"It's hateful, it's really hateful!" the young man slapped the table hard, "Is there really no royal law in the eyes of these people? ā
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To be continued