This is what the townspeople call the best house; it's a three-courtyard mansion built at great expense by a gold-mining tycoon surnamed Ji.
A tall tree catches the wind.
The Ji family mansion was not only looted by bandits, but also burned to the ground.
The entire family of ten, along with dozens of servants, were captured by the Di barbarians and have not returned since.
By the dim moonlight, Song Liyun saw that the gate of the house had been destroyed.
Half of the door was leaning to the ground, with a muddy trail left by some animal.
The once towering courtyard wall has collapsed, leaving a large gap. Wild trees with vigorous vitality have grown to the base of the wall and are about to invade the beautiful courtyard.
Song Liyun entered the front yard through the gap. It was overgrown with weeds, the doors and windows were broken, and there were all kinds of overturned furniture and wooden objects in the house. Animal droppings were everywhere.
The path leading to the backyard was paved with smooth, flat pebbles, and five years later, not a blade of grass had grown there.
The hanging flower gate was burned, and the carvings that looked like works of art were completely destroyed.
Even so, you can still see the care and attention put into its construction.
Song Liyun clicked her tongue in disapproval as she passed through the second gate and entered the backyard.
The Di barbarians infiltrated Suijin Town for their own gain; they would destroy what they couldn't take.
The front yard of the Ji residence was used as servants' quarters, but the two-courtyard backyard was burned to the ground.
According to the townspeople, the fire at the Ji residence burned for a whole day.
The once ornate courtyard has been burned to the ground.
Two covered walkways between the courtyard walls survived the fire, as did a side courtyard near the front yard.
Song Liyun looked around the ruins in the backyard and was about to enter the side courtyard through the covered walkway when she heard a soft "snap" from the wooden beam overhead...
A chill ran through her, and she simultaneously grabbed the potent sedative spray and the bayonet: the thing had indeed arrived!
Before she could look up, a chilling, foul wind swept down from above, heading straight for the back of Song Liyun's neck.
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