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Chapter 601 Valuable Land Deed

"Maybe it started after the old lady fell ill?"

The third concubine began to reminisce.

The old lady's illness came on very suddenly, and she was almost bedridden in an instant.

The concubines and the first wife began to take turns taking care of the old lady.

It was that night, when the third concubine came back from the old lady's yard after waiting for her to fall asleep, that she saw the dark shadow for the first time.

The shadow walked very quickly, and his long black robe covered the ground, making it impossible to see whether he had any feet.

Because the speed was so fast, the third concubine shouted and the black shadow turned around.

The face cannot be seen. The black brim of the hat droops down, blocking the entire face, as if there is no face.

You can't see the arms or anything like that in the front, the cloak is very large, covering the entire person.

The man realized that the third concubine saw him and immediately ran forward.

At that time, the third concubine was already a little confused. Who wouldn't be scared seeing something like this in the middle of the night?

But she still suppressed her inner fear and took a few steps forward.

Until the dark shadow broke into the door at the bottom of the bell tower and ran up, which only led to the second-floor stands and bell tower.

The door to the bell tower was locked.

In fact, the third concubine would not come here on weekdays, but after thinking about it, she decided to go upstairs to see what was there.

When I went upstairs, I found that the entire second-floor grandstand was empty and the door of the bell tower was locked.

But when she went upstairs, she made sure that the shadow did not miss her going down, and no one else went down.

Where did that dark shadow go?

At that moment, the third concubine felt like she was being frightened to death by her own thoughts. Their house was haunted.

When she stumbled back to her yard, drank some water and was taking a rest, she saw a dark shadow passing by her window and then standing at the door.

Isn’t that the black shadow just now?

She was so frightened that she fainted before she could utter a word.

When she woke up the next day, it was the maid who came to serve her first who woke her up from the ground.

She told Ji Ze that day that strange things appeared in the house, like ghosts, but Ji Ze didn't believe it at all.

After arguing her point, she changed her story and said that someone was probably pretending to be a ghost in the house to scare people, so she asked Ji Ze to send people to search the entire house.

However, no black cloak or anything like that was found.

Ji Ze scolded her for being completely ridiculous. There was nothing he could do, so the Third Concubine was never mentioned in public again.

Moreover, after that day, she didn't encounter any dark shadows for several days, and she gradually thought that she might have been possessed by a demon that night.

But the matter did not end there.

On the night that the old lady passed away, Ji Ze and several other ladies kept vigil for her, after all, she had just passed away.

That is, during the wake, the dark shadow appeared again.

The first person to discover the black shadow was not the third concubine, but the fourth concubine.

The fourth concubine always dozed off while keeping vigil. In order to prevent Ji Ze from saying anything about her, she sat near the door, leaning on a cushion and dozing off against the door frame.

When the black shadow appeared, the fourth concubine thought she was dazzled at first. She blinked hard and confirmed that there was indeed a black shadow standing at the gate of the courtyard.

"Who are you?" Seeing the strange behavior, the fourth concubine couldn't help but ask.

Then the second concubine turned her head and saw the dark figure standing at the door.

When the black shadow saw so many people looking at him, he immediately turned around and ran away.

This time, the concubines also believed that there were indeed something unclean in the house.

However, several people looked at each other, but no one dared to chase after him.

Everyone thought of the fact that the third concubine had fainted from fright, so how could they dare to chase her?

But when they went back to tell Ji Ze about this, Ji Ze scolded them, asking how could they say such unlucky things on the day the old lady passed away.

Therefore, several people could only suppress all the doubts in their hearts.

Two days later, they didn't see the black shadow again and slowly forgot about the incident.

Until tonight, it was the third time that the third concubine saw this dark shadow.

"It's a bit strange. Why does this dark shadow always come to you, Third Auntie?"

Gu Chaoxi stared at the third concubine and raised his hand to touch his chin.

This dark shadow didn't go looking for anyone, but the Third Aunt was always there in every occasion. Even tonight, when the Third Aunt was the only one in the yard, he still came to look for her.

"Could it be that you have something here that is worthy of this dark shadow's attention?"

With that one sentence, the third concubine stepped back hesitantly, with her hands in her pockets, obviously not wanting to say anything.

Pei Yan walked over slowly, lowered his eyes and looked at the third concubine, without saying a word, just staring at her.

She felt very uncomfortable being stared at by these two people, but one was the eldest wife's son and the other was the second wife's daughter, so she couldn't say anything.

Gu Zhaoxi smiled and sat down beside the bed: "You don't want this dark shadow to come back to find you tonight, do you? What do you think?"

"Could it be that if I tell you, this dark shadow won't come to see me tonight?"

She pursed her lips, moved a little further inside, and held the quilt tightly.

Gu Zhaoxi raised his eyebrows: "If you tell us, maybe we can think of a solution, but if you don't say anything, it will be difficult for us to do anything."

"You don't want this dark shadow to come looking for you every day, do you?" Pei Yan laughed along.

The third concubine looked up, glared at the two of them, and hesitated.

But when she thought about the cold light that shone from the black cloak when she saw the dark shadow tonight, she shuddered with fear.

If Gu Chaoxi and the others hadn't rushed in and scared the black shadow away, she might have really died in this yard today.

"I say." The third concubine sighed and compromised.

Gu Chaoxi smiled and waited for the third concubine to start speaking.

She licked her lips, looked back and forth between Gu Chaoxi and Pei Yan, and then spoke reluctantly.

"I have a land deed in my hand, which belongs to a factory in the north of the city. If I get this deed, at least I can have no worries about food and clothing in the future."

Gu Zhaoxi glanced sideways: "Can't the General's Mansion provide you with food and clothing without worries?"

The third concubine glared at Gu Chaoxi and lowered her head: "General's Mansion? Ji Ze is already dying, this General's Mansion will be disbanded sooner or later."

"He doesn't have a son to inherit his legacy, so how can he survive?"

"Besides, do you think his enemies are only those people outside? Many of them are his colleagues!"

Ji Ze was too arbitrary in the past, and therefore offended many of his colleagues.

Now that we live in a new society, many people cannot bear to see him living too well based on his military achievements. I don't know how many people want to pull him down and make him fall into the mud.

Now, each of his sons who are willing to inherit his legacy is thinking about doing other things.

He himself is seriously ill in bed, which is a good opportunity for others to take action.

If one Ji Ze falls, we don’t know how many people will stand up after him.