This little girl named Ami seems very eager to enter the Zhang family's old house.

Yan Qing's face showed a hint of curiosity, "Ami, we have to serve people here, how can it compare to the comfort of home?"

“That’s different!” Ami’s eyes sparkled. “Our village is located deep in the mountains, so it’s very troublesome to come out. The maids at the Zhang family’s old house earn much more than those who go to work in big cities. And—”

She hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Even if something happens, the Zhang family's old house will give my parents a large sum of compensation, enough for them to live comfortably. I also have four younger brothers and sisters, so—sister, please help me!"

Yan Qing sighed. They were all such unfortunate children!

"Okay, I promise you."

Leaving this area, the rest of the place seemed just as lively. Although this place and where she was both called the Zhang Family Old Residence, they were clearly not the same place.

Could it be that there are two Zhang family old houses here?

Yan Qing took out the "Rules of the Zhang Family Old House" in her hand and checked it carefully again, but there was still no reaction.

However, when she reached the entrance to the village, there was an area that was heavily guarded by spearmen.

Yan Qing arrived at just the right time. She saw a handsome young man leading about ten people inside from afar.

These people were clearly outsiders based on their clothing and appearance. Moreover, they seemed to be in groups of three, with each group consisting of an odd combination of two men and one woman.

Could these people be the adventurers who entered the Zhang family's old residence?

Yan Qing perked up and finally found the main group.

She tried several times to sneak in and take a look. Unfortunately, the place where the adventurers were seemed to be a forbidden area. Almost all the guards were stationed there, looking very alert.

Yan Qing had no choice but to leave temporarily.

Based on her own speculation, there must be a missing part to her mission, and this part should be related to this new Zhang family old house.

The only information she currently possesses is those five large characters—"Black Cloud Mountain"—and we believe it. The exact combinations are still unclear.

So, after failing to find a way through the adventurers, she turned her attention to finding the differences in this new Zhang family mansion.

Yan Qing first went to the location of her old courtyard, which she remembered, and found that it seemed to have been transformed into a huge archway. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was the Zhang Family Ancestral Hall.

In front of the ancestral hall is a large square, covered with countless huge circles, one inside the other, which at first glance look like a mosquito coil.

Perhaps because today is a special day, there are no guards in the ancestral hall.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yan Qing climbed up the archway and quietly slipped inside.

Upon entering the ancestral hall, she was stunned by the thousands of memorial tablets densely packed before her.

Looking around, all you see are names like "Zhang" and "Zhang"—this is actually the ancestral tablets of the Zhang family's old house.

Yan Qing's eyes swept over the name briefly, and she was surprised to see a familiar one.

The bottom row of memorial tablets all bore the names of the youngest generation. Right in the center was Zhang Xinxin.

What's most chilling is that the memorial tablet clearly states that Zhang Xinxin was born in 1999 and died in 2022. She had been dead for quite some time!

But Yan Qing clearly saw her yesterday?

In an instant, her scalp tingled.

With this guess in mind, she continued her search upwards. In one of the rows of memorial tablets, she actually saw a photo of the Third Elder. Although it was in black and white, she clearly remembered the person in the photo; it was the Third Elder.

There are no more photos above the row of memorial tablets where the Third Elder is located.

Yan Qing was not giving up. She started searching in the last row. Since Zhang Xinxin had appeared, where was Zhang Nana?

Unfortunately, after searching very carefully for a long time, she finally confirmed that Zhang Nana was indeed not there.

Not only that, but all three women in red, who were also her, were nowhere to be found.

This bizarre phenomenon involuntarily led her to a rather unpleasant association.

Surely, in the entire Zhang family mansion, only the four of them are actually alive and well!

To verify her suspicions, after leaving the ancestral hall, she followed her memory and indeed found a small, separate red courtyard behind the hall—Zhang Xinxin's courtyard.

Yan Qing's heart jumped. Could there really be someone exactly like Zhang Xinxin?

Unfortunately, Zhang Xinxin's courtyard was completely exposed, and if she rushed in like this, she would definitely be discovered.

Yan Qing made up her mind to sit here and wait for the rabbit to come to her. Anyway, the terrain here was high, and she could see clearly what was happening in the small courtyard across the street.

Sure enough, she didn't have to wait long before there was movement in Zhang Xinxin's courtyard.

A row of maids in white came in from outside, each carrying different clothes and jewelry, clearly meant for Zhang Xinxin.

Two of the maids looked very familiar to her; they were Mingguang and Xiaolian, the maids who served her in her own courtyard.

How did these two end up here?

After the maids went in, the courtyard instantly became lively. Before long, a group of maids in white, surrounding Zhang Xinxin in the middle, walked out in unison.

Yan Qing stared intently at Zhang Xinxin, noticing that she seemed different from the one she had seen before. Her eyes were clear, and she was perfectly lucid, showing no signs of dementia whatsoever.

However, it was the first time I had ever seen the clothes she was wearing.

Zhang Xinxin's attire was neither modern nor the standard uniform of the Fallen Flower Cave women; rather, it resembled the red funeral dress that Yan Qing herself wore, except for the addition of a white belt around her waist.

She looked very happy and hurriedly left the courtyard. Two rows of white-clad maids followed her in neat rows.

After confirming several times that there was no one in the courtyard, Yan Qing quickly came downstairs and went straight into Zhang Xinxin's courtyard.

Upon entering, she was immediately struck by a strong, unmistakable stench of blood.

This courtyard looked as if it were soaking in a pool of blood!

Strangely, both the ground and the buildings were perfectly normal; there wasn't a trace of blood to be seen.

Yan Qing was not giving up; there must be something fishy going on in this courtyard!