It started happening one night two months ago.

At that time, it was not yet autumn, and the scorching temperature of summer made everyone's heart more or less inexplicably irritable.

The darkness that darkened the night did not take away the heat.

A group of several maids in light skirts in green clothes, holding fresh melons and fruits that had just been soaked in cold well water, hurriedly walked to the embroidery building where their own young lady lived in the backyard.

Squeak –

The summer insect was still chattering and singing, but its song was just a disturbing noise to the ears of others.

"Oops, it's really hot today......"

The youngest of the crowd, the round-faced maid, grumbled as she walked.

"Isn't it, I've changed three of my close-fitting clothes today, and the handkerchief is almost like a rag, and it can be wrung out of water."

A tall maid who walked in front of her with a plate in her hand turned back to the round-faced maid and complained.

"Okay, let's stop complaining. Hurry up and send the things to the young lady, if the young lady is in a good mood and rests earlier, we can relax a little more. ”

The leading maid at the front is very stable, and it seems that it should be the backbone of this group of maids.

The celadon on the plate contains fresh fruits soaked in well water, each of which is fresh and attractive, red or green, purple or black, forming a colorful picture under the clear water.

"Oops, I want to take a good bath with well water right now and ......"

"Haha, you little prodigal, what else do you want to do, don't think we don't know, you ...... with the young master a few days ago"

When a few familiar maids heard this, they immediately covered their mouths and smiled, and made a few jokes.

"Bah, you guys...... Don't talk nonsense! I'll tear your mouths apart again......"

The maid who was joking about her blushed suddenly, and if she hadn't been holding something in her hand, she would have gone up to cover the mouths of those people.

"I'm in a hurry, you're in a hurry, that must be true, hahaha......"

"Oops...... Shut up, shut up, shut up! ”

The red-faced maid deliberately ran forward a few steps forward, widening the distance from the few people who were playing before.

At this moment, suddenly a gust of wind blew,

The moonlight in the sky sprinkled down, and the whole courtyard was shrouded in a silvery white light like frost, and the flowers and trees planted in the courtyard were swaying in the wind.

"Look, it's windy, I can get a good night's sleep today."

"yes, that's nice."

As he spoke, everyone stopped.

Woo –

A whimpering and weeping wind passed through the courtyard and corridor, stopping for a moment beside the maids, and then continuing to blow into the distance.

It's obviously a hot summer, and it's still hot just now.

Now all of a sudden, an inexplicable cold air surged up from under his feet, making people shiver, the celadon he was holding in his hand trembled slightly, and there were ripples on the originally clear water.

"Sister Xiaoqing......"

The maid standing at the front widened her eyes, and she didn't look back even when she heard the call.

"Sister Xiaoqing—"

There was already a bit of crying in the words, and several maids couldn't even hold the plates in their hands steadily.

At the corner of the corridor where the maids were, a huge black figure lay silently there, although it was not clear, only a pair of scarlet eyes stared at the people who came by.

Split his lips, and long thin fangs came out.

Smack.

Sticky saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth and slammed against the bluestone floor with a thud.

For a while, Xia Worm, who had been chattering, suddenly became dumb, as if he was intimidated by something and closed his mouth.

But the wind became quicker, and the branches rustled with each other.

In a trance, I couldn't tell if it was the sound of the wind sweeping through the treetops, or the sound of the dark shadow's claws scratching on the bluestone slab.

Woo –

There was a whimpering sound again, and the sound seemed to turn into sharp steel needles, piercing every inch of skin through the clothes.

His fingers kept trembling, and he felt that all the strength in his body was taken away by a pair of invisible hands, and he gradually lost the strength to stand.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and sweat mixed with tears slid down the sides of his cheeks, and finally dripped onto the well water in the celadon.

Ripples were smashed.

Just like the chaotic mood of everyone now.

In the end, I don't know who had the wooden plate porcelain in his hand falling off first, and smashed straight on the bluestone floor, making a crisp cracking sound.

The celadon was broken into pieces and scattered, the well water was spilled all over the ground, and those fresh melons and fruits were scattered everywhere.

This crisp sound was like the last punch that knocked down everyone's inner defenses.

"Run!"

The maids directly dropped the things in their hands, turned around and ran away.

The fast legs and feet are gone, and the slower ones have also disappeared at the end of the corridor with rolling and crawling.

The black shadow did not rush to chase the fleeing maids, but slowly walked forward.

The wide soles of the feet trampled the broken porcelain pieces on the ground into smaller crumbs, and the originally tender fruits were trampled into a puddle of mud.

After walking a few steps, he swayed and turned back again.

The shadow faded into the shadows of the hallway.

……

Stomp and tread.

The sound of hurried footsteps came, and many family members held the wooden sticks in their hands and followed closely behind their masters.

The lantern with the candle flickered, and the orange light inside flickered.

"Where? Where are the yokai? ”

"It's ...... Just around the corner in front of ......"

The old man of the Zhao family is only in his forties, with a white face and a long beard, and he is wearing a brocade robe. When he was young, he traveled north and south because of business, and he had some knowledge, and he had encountered gods and ghosts more than once.

The group came to the place where the maid had met the black shadow before, but they saw nothing.

"Master, there's nothing here, isn't it that these maids of them have knocked over things, and I'm afraid that you will punish them, so it's ......"

The butler stood aside, carrying a lantern and said.

"It's true, sir, it's true."

The maid named Xiaoqing stepped forward, she was already calm, and her face was still covered with sweat and tears that had not been wiped clean.

The other maids were too frightened to speak.

"Xiaoqing has always been steady and won't talk nonsense......"

Old Man Zhao looked at the mess of broken celadon pieces and fresh fruits all over the ground, shook his head and vetoed the housekeeper's words, and then squatted down.

"Lights."

The butler hurriedly leaned over the lantern, and the orange light illuminated the ground.

In the reflection of the light, except for those broken celadon black and trampled fresh fruit.

There are also clear paw prints on the ground.

Master Zhao stretched out his hand and measured it, and found that this paw print was much bigger than his palm. His brow gradually squeezed into a deep "Chuan" character, and the beard at the corner of his mouth began to tremble slightly.

"With such a big paw print, could it be a tiger?"

Old Man Zhao took a deep breath, he handed the lantern forward, and found that the beast's paw prints lingered here for a while and walked down the corridor to the depths.

He hunched over and walked forward, looking down at the water-stained paw prints on the floor.

The nurses who were called in the back all clenched the wooden sticks in their hands and followed closely behind their masters.

After walking a few dozen steps, the water stains on the ground have completely disappeared.

As soon as Master Zhao looked up, he found that he had almost walked to the door of the courtyard where his daughter's embroidery building was located.

And he saw that the wooden door of the courtyard was opened.

I chuckled in my heart, and suddenly an inexplicable sense of panic hit my heart.

"Quick! Hurry up ......"

Master Zhao carried his clothes and swept into the courtyard where his daughter's embroidery building was located.

The housekeepers in the back looked at each other, and they could only follow in.

After all, this is the inner courtyard of the back house, and it is where the lady's embroidery building is located, so under normal circumstances, the family is never allowed to come here.

……

"Girl, girl......"

Even if they came in, those family members could only stay below the embroidery building, and only Master Zhao and Xiaoqing walked into the embroidery building with a lantern.

Normally, Miss Zhao hasn't gone to bed at this time, but I don't know what's wrong today, but the light is dark in the embroidery building, and it seems that Miss Zhao has fallen asleep.

"Girl, girl......"

As Mr. Zhao walked, he repeatedly called out to his daughter. No one in the room answered, but down the stairs I saw a faint light flickering on the second floor.

He walked up the stairs, and Xiaoqing followed a few steps behind with a lantern.

"Girl, are you sleeping? It's Daddy, I'm coming up......"

When Master Zhao walked to the staircase on the second floor, he was immediately shocked into a cold sweat, he swallowed hard and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his right hand trembled and held the handrail of the stairs.

Naturally, there could be no beasts on the second floor, but I saw an even more strange and terrifying scene.

Only a red candle landed in the corner of the dresser, emitting a faint light.

Syllable!

The candle flame flickered for no reason, and the light gradually dimmed.

A figure dressed in a white light gauze robe, facing a bronze mirror, combing the black hair in front of her with a wooden comb.

"Ya...... Head ......"

Master Zhao stabilized his mind, and he shouted to his daughter in a trembling voice.

The shadow stopped.

The shadow in the bronze mirror in front of her was blurred, and she couldn't see clearly.

Syllable!

There was no wind in the house, but the red candle couldn't stop shaking the flames.

The flames are getting smaller and smaller.

Then, I don't know when, there was a snap of the flames, and suddenly turned from orange to blue.

According to folklore, when a lit lamp suddenly changes color, it means that there are ghosts and evil things nearby. It is said that tomb robbers will also light a lamp in the tomb, and if the light goes out or changes color, they will not be able to take anything from the tomb, and they will go back and bury the robbery hole.

Now, the faint blue flame appeared in front of Master Zhao's eyes.

The chill hit the bone, and it was as if it was a snowy day in the middle of winter, and my hands and feet were frozen.

Old Man Zhao's mind was dizzy.

At this time, although the shadow's body did not move, its head turned strangely.

Her face appeared in front of Master Zhao.

The face is so white that there is no blood, just like a paper figure made of fine rice paper, which makes people feel indescribably awkward.

Hollow to the depths of the eyes, bright red blood tears gradually oozed out.

She tilted her head and grinned:

"Hey, hey, hey......"