"There are no footprints … Even if it's the Fei family's experts, they wouldn't use Qinggong all the time, right?" Even he himself wouldn't use Qinggong all the time at home.
Lu Sheng smashed the wooden door in front of him into smithereens with a single slap and strode in.
Without a word, Lu Sheng dashed into the corridor like lightning and looked to the left. She saw a white robe disappearing at the corner.
"What … What's going on?" She reached out to touch the dust. Her finger slowly scratched a dent on it, and it was very clear.
"Bang!"
Even she was sometimes unconscious and sometimes awake.
She accidentally fell down the steps in front of the door. Her knees were bleeding, but she didn't dare to stop. She got up and ran towards the courtyard gate.
"Don't look at me, I don't know anything. After that group of people left, not even the janitors were left in this big Fei Mansion. I was puzzled. The Fei family is a big family. Even if so many people moved, it would take time, right? "The old man was puzzled.
"Kacha."
"Illness?" Lu Sheng squinted. "All the sects have their own excellent pharmacists. The pharmacists hired from outside are usually not as good as the sects' own pharmacists. Why didn't the Fei family use their connections to get treatment from the sects? Instead, they kept hiring wild pharmacists from outside?" He had a guess in his mind.
"This place …" Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes. His interest was piqued. He strode into the door, closed it behind him, and lowered the latch.
Suddenly, she noticed that there was a pair of clear footprints around where she was lying.
The door slowly opened inwards without a sound, and a cold and gloomy aura gushed out from inside.
She wanted to leave this place! Leave this strange place that was getting more and more dangerous!
The Fei family was huge. There were many small courtyards in the big courtyard. Between these small courtyards, there were corridors formed by grey-white walls.
"Interesting …" Lu Sheng grinned. He had clearly heard the footsteps just now, and had also seen the hem of the clothes. But now, he sensed nothing at all. There was nothing at the corner of the corridor with his perception.
In a moment of carelessness, she violently bumped into a strong and tall figure.
"Dong dong dong."
…
It was grayish-white, as if it had accumulated dust that had not been cleaned for a very, very long time.
The footprints were towards her and were not big. It was as if a small person had once stood in front of her, looking down at her as she slept.
"The way out … the way out …" She carefully recalled and suddenly rushed to the right.
Behind the door was a small pond. On both sides of the pond were two small buildings that were much taller than the door. In the early morning, the shadows cast by the two small buildings covered the entire pond. Only a little light leaked through and fell into the pond.
The entire corridor was covered in a thick layer of white dust. Not a single footprint was left behind.
"Sea, Sky, Expanse, Will." Four big words were quietly placed on the white paper. The last word, Will, was not finished. Only half of it was written.
After reading the diary, he became more and more interested in this Fei Mansion. Unfortunately, after checking the other rooms in the corridor, he did not find anything similar to the diary.
Dong, dong, dong.
"I … I …?" Only then did she realize that she had actually fallen asleep on the ground.
He picked one up at random and looked at it.
The wooden bed, the wooden cabinet, the dressing table, and the wooden windows were all light yellow. On the desk, there was a half-written copybook. The ground ink had long since dried up.
The empty and silent courtyard was also covered in dust. Fei Bailing hurriedly passed through the arched door and left the courtyard. She came to the deserted corridor between the houses.
"Don't waste time. The Fei Mansion has been deserted for many days. I don't know what happened, but many people left and never came back. There aren't even any guards or maids in this house now. "
"There shouldn't be so much dust in such a short time." Doubt flashed through Lu Sheng's mind. He looked at the old man fanning himself.
The scribbled notes indicated that the person who wrote this must have been extremely panicked at the time.
After Fei Bailing rushed out of the courtyard, she looked left and right. At the end of both corridors were dark and quiet entrances to buildings. Waves of cold aura came from both sides. It was so cold that she couldn't help but wrap her arms around herself.
"I want a wooden horse that's as tall as a person."
Early the next morning, Lu Sheng got out of bed, took the sword the sect issued, and went around the back.
"Hehehe …" Suddenly, laughter came from behind Lu Sheng. It sounded like many children were laughing.
Clack.
Lu Sheng picked it up and flipped through it. It was filled with ordinary daily life records. It was obvious that the owner was a woman. The handwriting was fine and delicate.
… …
The corridor was wide enough for three healthy horses to walk side by side.
"Alright, thank you for the reminder, sir." Lu Sheng nodded. He watched as the old man waved his fan and slowly walked out of the alley. He quickly entered a bun shop by the side of the road.
He abruptly turned around and saw a child standing behind him.
The bedroom was full of dust. The air he created when he walked in instantly turned the room gray and suffocating.
Two ferocious wolf heads were drawn on the gray wooden door. The wolves had a third eye between their brows, and their expressions were solemn and dignified.
He picked up a few more to look at.
He slowly walked forward along the corridor. For Lu Sheng who had lived in the Prime Devil Sect for a long time, the dark corridor was only slightly dimmer. It did not affect anything else.
The entire courtyard was cold and gloomy.
"You …" Lu Sheng was about to ask something when he suddenly froze. The little boy in front of him had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Bam!"
Lu Sheng returned to his senses and continued to look at the door in front of him.
"Fei Manor?" He read the words on it.
"Mom, I love you."
"… I don't want it to be like this anymore. There have been more and more meetings recently. Everyone is panicking, hoping to find a cure for this disease. But doctors come one after another, and no one sees any hope. Are we really going to take that last step??"
Lu Sheng read a few pages. Feeling impatient, he flipped to the last page.
"May Dad be healthy and have a smooth business."
She slowly propped herself up, and the place where her palms came into contact with was shockingly cold ground.
She even bought some minced meat pancakes on the way. She ate them as she slowly walked through the street, arriving at the house behind the courtyard.
It was filled with a child's crooked handwriting.
Lu Sheng walked up and knocked on the door.
"Pa."
Her sister disappeared. Then, her father and the others also started acting strangely. Then, the entire Fei Family changed strangely.
His voice kept reverberating behind him, echoing.
She could imagine that after she fell asleep for no reason last night, there was a small person standing beside her, quietly looking down at her. And from the thickness of the dust in the footprints, it was very likely that this person had been looking at her for the whole night!
No one opened the door after so long. It seemed like there really was no one inside. He put his hand on the lock and circulated his True Qi.
Fei Bailing tried to get up, but she felt sore all over after sleeping on the cold ground for a whole night. Her waist even hurt faintly.
Standing in front of the mansion's main gate, Lu Sheng looked at the tightly shut wooden door, then raised his head and glanced at the plaque hanging above.
"Who is it?" A gentle old man's voice came from the side.
Lu Sheng walked around the house a few more times, but didn't find any other clues, so he left.
He stood in front of the hallway and thought for a moment. Then, he walked deeper into the house.
He walked out of the hallway and came to a small garden. There was a swing in the garden that swayed in the wind. There were also red knots on the wall to ward off evil and pray for blessings.
Suddenly, a figure flashed in a dark corner at the end of the hallway. Then, there were soft hurried footsteps that quickly disappeared into the distance.
The sound of the door lock breaking could be heard.
Lu Sheng walked slowly in the yard. He walked around the pond and glanced at the koi fish that had been dead for a long time. He withdrew his gaze and listened carefully to his surroundings.
Lu Sheng walked closer to the desk and looked at the words written on it.
According to the customs of the Autumn Moon County, one would tie ninety-nine knots on a red rope, then weave nine knots into a bundle and hang it in the house. It had the effect of warding off evil and praying for blessings. If one hung a wish on it, there was a chance that the wish would come true next year.
The entire yard was covered in a thick layer of dust.
"This …!!" Fei Bailing's hand trembled, and her fingertips touched the footprint involuntarily.
"Heh, little brother, you must be joking. The Fei Family was a big family in the past, and I was only their doorkeeper." The old man smiled. He looked at Lu Sheng's clothes and felt that he was either rich or noble, so he addressed him with honorifics.
There was no one, nothing, or any living thing.
"Huh? There's someone else? " Inspector Sima Xiu let out a sigh of relief. He looked down at Fei Bailing, who had bumped into him and was sitting on the ground with a pale face.
His face was ashen, but he had a bright smile on his face as he stared straight at Lu Sheng.
The floor, the walls, the windowsills, and the hallway looked as if no one had lived there for many years. The windows of a few rooms in the hallway were also open, swaying slightly in the wind.
She slowly got up and pressed her back against the door.
There was no yin or demonic energy. It was obvious that something had happened to the Fei Family, but the entire county city hadn't discovered it yet. This was interesting.
Suddenly, Fei Bailing turned around, opened the door, and rushed out.
Lu Sheng released a bit of True Qi to isolate himself and carefully examined the room.
Fei Bailing's hair stood on end. She gulped and felt her scalp go numb. Goosebumps appeared all over her body.
"I remember someone knocking on the door, and then … and then …" Fei Bailing covered her head. She couldn't remember what happened after that.
It was a little boy.
Lu Sheng walked up and saw many small pieces of paper hanging under the knots.
Pfft.
She panicked even more.
Fei Bailing opened her eyes. A ray of white light from the window shone on her face, dazzling her eyes.
There was a small white booklet on the side. It was only the size of a palm, and its cover was embroidered with fine wheat ears and light red flowers.
"Is that so?" Lu Sheng frowned and looked around carefully, especially at his feet. There were indeed only a few footprints on the stairs. Looking closely, he found that apart from his own, there was only one other set of footprints. The rest of the place was covered in thick dust.
Lu Sheng paused and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw an old man with a face full of wrinkles in white walking out of an alley to the right of the Fei Mansion.
She lowered her face and rubbed her eyes hard. Suddenly, she saw that the ground around her was covered in a thick layer of dust.
He was about to chase after the old man when he suddenly stopped. He looked down at the ground.
"Sir, are you from the Fei Mansion?" he asked.
The door latch made a crisp sound as it hit the wood, echoing in the courtyard.
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