The ruins of Zhang's house are called Zhang Garden, which was built three miles west of the bazaar. It was originally a hill, but it was bulldozed by the Zhang family and a manor was established.

Ten years ago, the Zhang family was wiped out by the Demon Sect overnight, and after that, Zhang Yuan had no living people to live in, and directly desolate the huge garden. There are two reasons why Zhang Yuan is desolate: one is that too many people have died, and the inside must not be clean, and the other is that the Demon Sect has not occupied Zhang Yuan, so outsiders dare not take it for themselves.

Now that the early sun is just right, the soft morning light sprinkles on Ji Xiao's face, making him feel more comfortable. Crossing a small stream, there was Zhang Yuan in front of him, and then the surroundings suddenly became cold. Although Ji Xiao couldn't see it, he felt like there was a huge ice cellar in front of him, which was endlessly exuding a cold and cold feeling.

There are weeds growing indiscriminately under his feet, and Ji Xiao uses the sense of grass and trees to start communicating, and strangely happens. Although the grass and trees here are growing well, they give Ji Xiao a feeling of dead silence. The perception extended by the grass and trees roughly outlines the surrounding environment, but the picture in Ji Xiao's mind is still vague and dark, and the indifferent coldness, with his perception of the grass and trees, finally reflects into his spirit, making his thoughts a little sluggish.

Ji Xiao sighed and cut off the connection with the grass and trees, and the weird feeling disappeared, but the cold and cold around him still existed. He stepped forward and pulled up the knocker, the paint on which was peeling off and covered in rust. It should have been a long time since anyone came, Ji Xiao used a little force to open the door, and the dust fluttered down, Ji Xiao was like a gust of wind, before the dust fell on his body, he entered the garden.

The scene in the courtyard is different from Ji Xiao's imagination, the long-barren Zhang Garden, there are no cobwebs, no insects, except for plants and trees, there are no living creatures. The garden must have attracted flowing water from the outside, but now the flowing water has long since fallen silent.

It was so quiet, so quiet that even the slightest noise became audible.

If it were a normal person, if he entered here, he would probably have to escape from this strange manor in less than a quarter of an hour, and Ji Xiao was not afraid. He continued to walk forward, and suddenly his ankle was grabbed by a hand.

He looked down, and it was a pale hand, and there was only one hand, so white and pure that he couldn't tell whether it was a man's hand or a woman's hand.

The hand was cold and tight, and he felt a sharp pain coming from his ankle. Ji Xiao said indifferently: "You continue." ”

He was invisible, but suddenly he saw it again. Of course, it is clear that this is an illusion. Hallucinations are a mental stimulus that can make people believe in falsehoods. It's like the punishment of tying up a prisoner in a dark ashram, and then tricking the prisoner into having his wrists cut, and placing a dripping funnel next to him, imitating the sound of blood dripping, and the prisoner will really think that he has been cut off his wrists and eventually die.

Since Ji Xiao knew that it was fake, the feeling of being caught by his hands disappeared. The hand was still there, it let go of Ji Liao's ankle, floated in the air, and rushed towards Ji Liao's head.

This time it was really fast, and Ji Xiao didn't react. But something strange happened, that hand turned into Ji Xiao's body, dissipated into a cold energy, and finally disappeared in the meridians.

Ji Xiao couldn't help but be stunned, the energy just now was very similar to the energy he felt from Gu Weirui's body last time, and it disappeared directly into his body in the same way.

It stands to reason that this kind of energy has a great harmful effect on the human body, but it is obvious that he has a wonderful ability to absorb it directly.

A picture suddenly flashed in his mind, it was a night, Zhang Yuan was as quiet as now, everyone seemed to be asleep, only a light footstep sounded in the corridor, and then there was the sound of the door of the room being pushed open. It was the slightest "hmm" again, and the picture was shattered.

In the quiet garden, there was a black cat in many places, which jumped on Ji Liao's shoulder at some point, stuck out its tongue, and licked Ji Liao's chin. Ji Xiao reluctantly lifted it up and wiped the cat's saliva with the other cuff. He said, "Why did you come here?" ”

The black cat made a "meow, meow, meow" sound, obviously dissatisfied with Ji Xiao carrying it.

Ji Xiao picked it up, and suddenly he felt that the coldness in the manor had weakened a lot, as if it was because of the cat.

The black cat made an "um" sound again, broke free from Ji Xiao's embrace, and suddenly jumped into the grass in front of him.

Ji Xiao's ears moved, as if he heard an extremely miserable cry. The black cat came out of the grass, its front paws playing with a cloud of air.

It was as if something unseen had been caught by it. It seems to be interested, like playing with mice and sparrows, constantly flapping and having fun.

Ji Xiao could feel the air that the black cat was playing with, exuding the same cold aura as the hand just now, and this aura was constantly weakening under the cat's play.

This is supposed to be a ghost thing, but when you meet this cat, it's like seeing a natural enemy, and you have no ability to resist.

It was as if a bubble had been punctured, and the cold aura of the air was completely gone.

Ji Xiao suddenly thought that the coldness of the manor might have emanated from the ghosts, but many ghosts were scared away by this cat.

Those ghosts may be the resentment and obsession left by Zhang Yuan's people after their deaths, and with the passage of time, they have the current scale.

The manor is very large, and the ghosts that wandered here just now are estimated to have fled to other places.

Having lost everything, the black cat was a little excited, walked to Ji Liao's feet, and actually played with Ji Liao's trouser legs, biting with his mouth and scratching with his paws.

Ji Yu squatted up helplessly and hugged the cat to prevent it from making trouble.

"Be quiet, or I'll throw you into the water." He suddenly remembered that many cats were afraid of water, and he wondered if this cat was the same.

And it's so miraculous, it should be human, and it may be able to understand what he says.

It seemed that the cat really understood, and Ji Xiao held it and shook it against a ditch of stagnant water on the left. The black cat made two "meows" and fell silent.

Ji Xiao finally got it and began to walk further into the manor.

There is still a lot of dust on the gate of the manor, and after entering the hall, it is clean and spotless, but it is not popular.

The cold aura in the hall was heavier than outside, but Ji Xiao was holding the black cat, and there was no longer the situation of being harassed by ghosts before.

He thought that since Gu Weirui was driven by Miss Zhang's wishes, if he found Miss Zhang's boudoir, he might not find it by accident. In this era, the place where the female dependents of large families live is generally the inner courtyard, and Miss Zhang is definitely the most noble female dependant of Zhang Yuan, and it stands to reason that there must be an independent small building.

Therefore, although Zhang Yuan is big, it still allows Ji Xiao to find a place where all the characteristics match. It was a peach forest, and now the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and it is the time to be gorgeous, and a delicate small building is in it.