hotmtlnovel Chapter 598: Why are you standing there? Run!
Chapter 598: Why are you standing there? Run!
The two men stood at the gate of the mourning hall and did not dare to go inside.
Those flying white flags are like ghosts coming to life.
"Strange, there is clearly no wind." Gu Chaoxi tilted his head. There was no wind at all, so how did those white flags flutter?
Could it be that General Ji Ze’s mansion is really haunted?
Pei Yan stood beside her and also looked inside. The coffin facing the courtyard gate looked particularly strange at this moment.
It's like a huge mouth of the abyss, waiting for someone to come to it.
The two flickering candles looked like the swaying hands of the devil.
"Susu——Susu——"
There was a sound of whimpering wind.
In the mourning hall, a shadow ran past quickly.
"Let's go in and take a look." Gu Chaoxi gritted his teeth and walked inside.
I can't stand it anymore, I have to go in, otherwise how can I solve this plane?
The two walked inside together. The yard was very quiet, empty and seemed a little cold.
The white flags in the room fluttered, making the candle flames flicker even more.
The coffin was alternating between light and dark, like a strange human face.
The two of them walked in from the door, and it seemed that no one could be seen among the chaotic white banners.
Gu Chaoxi squatted down and looked over from below. At a glance, there was indeed nothing.
She was more inclined to believe that the ghost was someone pretending to be someone else just to create a mystery.
But if it was a human being, and was in this room, how was it possible that his feet couldn't be seen from underneath?
Could it be possible that this person could really fly?
Pei Yan walked towards the right. Just now when they were standing at the gate of the yard, the black shadow was coming towards the right.
So, I should be able to find some clues by going to the right, right?
Gu Chaoxi stood up from the ground and turned his head to look in the direction Pei Yan was walking.
Looking up, there was nothing there except the white flags flying around.
Looking down again, Pei Yan stretched out his hand to block a white banner that almost hit his face, and walked towards the inside.
It was actually very quiet inside the mourning hall, with almost no other sound.
Gu Chaoxi also walked inside.
That black shadow suddenly appeared from the side.
He was completely covered with a black cloak, and his face was almost invisible.
The black shadow pushed Gu Chaoxi away and ran outside. Although she reacted quickly and stretched out her hand to catch the black shadow, she was still slower than the black shadow.
Pei Yan was standing in front of Gu Chaoxi and had no time to react to the black shadow.
When he looked back, the black shadow had already pushed Gu Chaoxi aside and ran outside.
She quickly chased outside, but when the black shadow went out, he turned around and closed the gate.
"Hey! No!"
When Gu Chaoxi ran over, the door knocker seemed to be stuck by something from the outside and could not be opened at all.
She looked outside through the tiny gap and could only see a horizontal wooden stick.
The wooden door of the mourning hall was a little thick. Gu Chaoxi stretched his fingers through the crack in the door to try to move the stick away, but his fingers could not touch the stick at all.
"Chaoxi." Pei Yan called out.
Gu Chaoxi turned around and saw that the white banners that were originally flying in the mourning hall had all stopped, and even the two burning candles on the altar were extinguished.
She opened her mouth in surprise and didn't say anything for a while.
But this is not the most important thing. Who was impersonating that black shadow just now?
Gu Chaoxi recalled carefully that when the black shadow rushed out just now, its figure was probably a head taller than her, which means that its height was about the same as Pei Yan's.
The black shadow doesn't look very broad at all, and should be on the thin side.
But in this house, except for Ji Ze who is relatively burly, the others are basically thin.
As for height, as long as there is something above the head or under the feet, everyone should be able to reach this height, right?
Just as the two were thinking, footsteps were approaching outside.
They both turned back to look at the door at the same time, and soon there was a knock on the door: "Chao Xi, Pei Yan, are you in there?"
"Yes!" Pei Yan replied immediately.
Shen Yao breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out the wooden stick stuck in the door, and opened the door.
Gu Chaoxi stepped out quickly and looked to both sides: "I don't know where that person ran off to."
Shen Yao shook his head. He didn't meet anyone on the road he just came from.
Originally, when he chased them out, he didn't know which direction the two of them were running.
But I thought the most likely place in the house to be haunted was the mourning hall, so I came here instead.
Gu Chaoxi was silent: "That person must be quite familiar with the house, otherwise how could he come directly from the third concubine's yard to the old lady's mourning hall."
"But there is one thing I don't understand. Why would you want to scare the Third Aunt?"
If you want to make the haunting seem more real, shouldn't you go directly to Ji Ze's yard?
Only in this way can Ji Ze believe that this yard is indeed haunted.
But this person happened to scare the third concubine, who only had a fifth daughter who was in poor health and didn't even have a son.
She can't pose any threat to the people in this house, right?
While the three were thinking, no one noticed that the coffin in the mourning hall was slowly being lifted up.
"You are all here!"
Shen Lan ran over breathlessly, saw all three of them standing in the yard, and walked in.
She was clearly sleeping soundly just now, but she kept hearing the sound of a cat meowing outside.
The noise made it impossible for her to sleep, so she had no choice but to get up to check.
As a result, I was led here.
"Didn't they say that it's unsafe at night and we should try not to go out? Why did you still go out?" Gu Chaoxi frowned.
Shen Lan scratched her hair: "But didn't you guys come out too?"
She paused and her eyes widened unconsciously.
This expression was so terrified that the remaining three people were a little confused. When they looked in the direction of her gaze, they were all shocked.
The coffin lid was nowhere to be found; it was just lying on the ground.
The old lady in the coffin had a pale face, black eyes, and was floating in the air.
The red funeral dress she was wearing now looked like a ghost's cloak, with the hem still fluttering in the air.
The raised hands were black and blue, with long nails that seemed able to pierce a person's neck in one go.
Shen Lan swallowed his saliva and took a step back awkwardly: "No, is he pretending to be dead?"
"Have you ever seen a zombie flying in the sky?" Gu Chaoxi held his forehead with his hand.
Do you know that this is what a vigil keeper like her hates the most? The truth will be slapped back at her with a shovel.
"Why are you standing there, run away!"