r18novel Chapter 1895 The Ghost I Acquainted
Chapter 1895 The Ghost I Acquainted
The Meng father and son were truly terrified.
But seeing that Lu Zhaoling, such a young girl, had already walked forward without hesitation, and knowing that she was still looking for their family, the Meng father and son dared not back down.
Meng Rui was pulled by his father, and he quickly strode forward.
Aoki and Aoyu followed.
Zhou Shiyue was in the carriage, and he lifted the curtain to look in that direction.
From his vantage point, all he could see was a thick darkness, with the dim, yellowish flames of the talismans resembling the slurry being poured out.
The first burst of talismanic fire that was thrown out has already been extinguished.
However, another talisman flame ignited in Lu Zhaoling's hand.
Perhaps it was because light appears purer in the deathly darkness, but Zhou Shiyue saw a faint halo shaped like Lu Zhaoling around her.
He had never climbed this wall before, but now he could see quite clearly. So even though it was dark over there and he could only see their backs from here, he was able to recognize Lu Zhaoling at a glance.
At that moment, he felt a gust of wind blowing. Before, the wind was weak, just rustling through the trees, but now it suddenly became stronger, sounding somewhat howling.
Those on the hillside, such as Lu Zhaoling, naturally felt it more clearly.
The talisman fire was blown down and landed on the ground. Some went out, while others seemed to ignite something and burned brighter, but the wind blew the flames so that they almost touched the ground.
After a fire started, it emitted a putrid smell.
Meng Rui smelled it and instinctively covered his mouth and nose with his arm, glancing in that direction with a timid look in his eyes, as if he wanted to look away quickly at any moment.
Because he was wondering what might burn there, and none of his thoughts were good.
What we saw was a wad of cloth that had been burned. Although... since there was cloth here, it must have been torn from that thing, it was still better that we didn't see that thing.
He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he felt a "whoosh" in his ear, as if someone had suddenly blew air into it.
"what!"
Meng Rui was startled and couldn't help but scream, taking a few steps back.
Without looking where he was going, he stepped back and stepped on something with a snap.
He was looking at the spot from before with surprise and doubt, but he didn't see anything. He only saw his father looking over with a puzzled expression.
But his father's eyes suddenly changed.
"Rui'er..."
He cried out, his voice trembling.
Meng Rui followed his gaze, his neck stiffened, and he dared not turn his head back.
He heard an old voice beside him, "Child, you stepped on my hand."
Meng Rui stood at attention and saluted, every hair on his body standing on end.
He tried to move away, but couldn't move at all. He instinctively stiffened and looked down, only to see that he had indeed stepped on a hand...bone.
Ahhhhh!
Meng Rui quickly moved his foot away as if he had a cramp.
"Help me set my hand bones, kid, you broke them..." The old man's voice rang in his ears again.
"I...I don't know how..." Meng Rui almost burst into tears.
Just then, he heard Lu Zhaoling's voice sound beside him.
"Grandpa, let me answer it for you."
Meng Rui looked up and saw that Lu Zhaoling had appeared beside him at some point.
She reached out and pulled him behind her, blocking him from view. Facing the empty air in front of her, she smiled and said, "He's still young, sir. Don't scare him. If he gets scared out of his wits here, I'll have to go through all the trouble of finding him."
Meng Rui looked at Lu Zhaoling's back, his eyes reddening.
Oh my god, I feel so safe! He's being protected.
It seems he'll be the princess's child from now on...
Third Master Meng had also come to his side and patted his face.
It hurts quite a bit.
Meng Rui turned his head to look at his father.
"Are you scared out of your wits? Rui'er, are you alright?" Third Master Meng was genuinely worried.
Meng Rui was on the verge of tears, but said, "It's nothing."
The father and son then looked at Lu Zhaoling.
She was speaking to an empty space.
But they also heard the voice, "I didn't mean to. I didn't blow into his ear just now. Master, if you want to settle scores, don't come after me. I was just staying here, and he came over and stepped on me."
Who is it?
Master Meng's face turned pale.
At that moment, Lu Zhaoling suddenly reached out and threw a talisman to the side.
A scream rang out from their side.
A figure collapsed to the ground there.
The Meng father and son looked over and saw a young woman dressed in tattered clothes.
Her hair was disheveled, her face was deathly pale, her lips were blood red, there was a bluish-purple tinge on her face, and a deep ligature mark on her neck was also purplish-red.
This looks like a female ghost who was strangled!
The Meng father and son almost gasped simultaneously. But in that instant, they remembered what Qingmu had said earlier and immediately shut their mouths tightly.
Don't inhale the death energy or corpse energy!
“I know,” Lu Zhaoling replied to the old man, “She was being naughty, I caught her.”
Lu Rui understood, and his eyes widened.
In other words, it was this strangled female ghost who blew air into his ear just now!
His ears are dirty!
The talisman that Lu Zhaoling threw out stuck to the strangling ghost. She sat there unable to move, looking up at them with a pitiful expression.
"Master, I dare not do it again. I was just playing around with this young master. I meant no harm."
The strangling ghost begged for mercy from Lu Zhaoling.
At this moment, Third Master Meng suddenly stared at her with wide eyes, "Isn't this...isn't this Xi Hong, who serves Second Master Shu?"
The strangling ghost's eyes widened, and a wisp of white mist rose from her body, making her complexion seem a little better.
"Me? I remember who I am now, I'm Xihong..."
That layer of white mist is the spirit of a ghost who died tragically and temporarily lost its memories of its previous life, becoming an amnesiac wandering soul.
Before, she couldn't remember anything, didn't know who she was, what she was like in life, or how she died.
Now that Third Master Meng has called her by name, her soul has solidified.
Lu Zhaoling was also somewhat surprised.
Unexpectedly, Master Meng had unintentionally accumulated some good karma.
He actually knew this female ghost.
So, the reason this female ghost played pranks on Meng Rui might be because of some lingering memory; she must have seen Meng Rui before she was alive.
"Is this Sister Xihong?" Meng Rui indeed remembered. He stared wide-eyed at the strangling ghost, but he wasn't so scared anymore.
"know?"
Lu Zhaoling asked a question.
“We’ve had some dealings with Grand Secretary Shu’s second son,” said Third Master Meng. “This Xihong was his maid who always accompanied him, but…”
She could be considered his concubine.
It was difficult for Third Master Meng to say this directly to Lu Zhaoling.
Even though he didn't say it, Lu Zhaoling understood.
She looked at happy Hong.
happy Hong was already in tears.