On the other side, in the courtyard of the old house.
Several younger people sent two people to help Bai Ran up. They looked at Bai Ran in panic and fear. The image of Bai Ran pressing the tablet to ask the ancestors to appear and suppressing the female ghost in the wedding dress in the side yard was still fresh in their minds, but when they turned around, how could he be like this?
This also made them become frightened. The two most powerful people here, Bai Hengqing, was unconscious at first, and was injured when he woke up, and Bai Ran also became like this. They had just been frightened by the red-clothed female ghost.
The joy they had originally felt because tonight's matter had been resolved was suppressed by fear. The two looked at Bai Hengqing at a loss, and one of them asked, "Second Grandfather, what happened to the young master?"
The younger man with glasses went up to check and said quickly: "He's been held captive by a ghost. I need to call his soul back. Who of you can help me..."
“Go first!”
Bai Hengqing's voice suddenly rang out. His face was gloomy and his tone was very unfriendly.
Everyone else was startled by Bai Hengqing's sudden sternness. Some wanted to say something, but Bai Hengqing interrupted them immediately: "Let's go out first. Carry him out, go!"
The younger ones did not dare to disobey. Although there seemed to be no danger now and even the wind that was blowing during the previous ritual had stopped, they still felt that there was an eerie aura here. It seemed that there were things watching them under the eaves, in the corridor, and by the windows. Moreover, they roughly knew where this place was, so they immediately carried the three wounded away with their straps.
They fled out of the old house, and a younger generation immediately ran over to close the door, and the eerie feeling of being watched disappeared.
Coming out of the old house, several people saw the warm lights on at the gate and all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if they had escaped death.
"Grandpa He?" Someone shouted into the gatehouse.
The room was quiet, only the lights were on, and there was no echo.
Someone noticed something was wrong: "Grandpa He is not here?"
"No, if we were in danger in the old house, Grandpa He should have come in to find us, but Second Grandpa was unconscious just now, and Young Master..."
Bai Hengqing raised his hand, and the junior stopped talking. Now they all realized that something was wrong.
It is really strange that the gatekeeper who has guarded the old house for decades disappeared at such an important moment tonight.
"You go and take a look." Bai Hengqing pointed at a junior.
The young man immediately responded and ran to the gatekeeper's house.
After a while, the young man came back, looking puzzled: "Grandpa He is missing, everything is in good order, but he is missing."
Bai Hengqing asked, "No signs of fighting?"
The junior replied, "No, it's like he left on his own."
Bai Hengqing also frowned. Logically, Old He should be guarding the door of the old house to prevent those who wanted to meddle in other people's business from coming in, or come in to help them when they couldn't win the fight. Even if he didn't find the extremely dangerous situation in the old house, that person shouldn't have left the gate.
But he didn't linger at the door any longer. After just two seconds, he made a decision: "Let's go back and talk later."
Several people got into the car, Bai Ran was carefully protected and carried up, and several cars drove towards Bai Hengqing's residence.
In the car, Bai Hengqing checked on Bai Ran's condition.
Bai Ran had no wounds on his body and was still breathing, but his eyes were open, as if he had seen something horrible and could not come back to his senses for a long time. His pulse was beating fast and slow, which was very abnormal.
Bai Hengqing became puzzled. Bai Ran was a man who could face the ghost of the wedding dress head-on without showing any fear. What could have frightened him so much that he couldn't recover until now?
It was a long way from the old house to Bai Hengqing's residence, and Bai Hengqing did not waste this time. While having people treat the injuries of the younger generation bitten by the old zombie, he was also trying to find a way to wake up Bai Ran.
He first used a talisman to summon the soul, and called out to Bai Ran for a long time, but there was no movement, or response. Then he tried to summon the soul with golden needles, summon the soul with tokens, call on ghosts to summon the soul, use talismans and paper ashes, etc. However, Bai Ran still had no response. At most, he moved a little, but he could not wake up.
When Bai Hengqing quickly fled from the old house, Chi Shen was folding paper candies in the old house.
He wrote the names of various kinds of candy on the paper, not only milk candy, but also strawberry candy, apple candy, tangerine peel candy and so on. Chi Shen just wrote down whatever they wanted to eat.
He found that paper candies seemed to be particularly popular among ghosts, so he gave a few to the female ghost in red. The female ghost in red even forgot that she was afraid of him, and happily wanted to rush over to give Chi Shen a bear hug, but Ji Xingchen held her hair with one hand and pushed her back.
She was pushed back but she refused to give up. She bared her teeth and grimaced fiercely for a long time. When Ji Xingchen was not paying attention, she tried to rush out again. This time, Ji Xingchen grabbed her hair and pushed her directly into the closet. He said to the closet ghost, "Please help me keep an eye on her for a while."
The female ghost in red who knocked on the cabinet door for a long time but couldn't open it: Although I originally wanted to thank that fierce man, it seems that another wish has come true?
The closet ghost who pretended to be dead and refused to open the door after being knocked for a long time: ...
The two ghosts looked at each other in the dark cabinet, and soon there was a ping-pong sound from the cabinet. However, Chi Shen just thought it was a normal communication between ghosts and didn't take it seriously.
A red candle burned quietly in the house, and the warm yellow flame illuminated the entire room, overpowering the dim incandescent light in the house.
In the past, Bai Wan’s candlelight was always oppressive, and the red candles all over the floor made other places seem even darker, and people could not even see what was one meter away from the red candles. But this time, it illuminated the entire room gently and brightly.
There was no more blood on her body, and her wedding dress and veil were clean and neatly arranged. If she had not been holding her own spirit tablet in her hands, she would have looked like a bride getting ready for a Chinese-style wedding.
The spirit tablet had also changed. There were two bloody handprints on it, one rough like a man's handprint, and the other thin like a woman's handprint.
Chi Shen thought about it and went to turn off the lights to save electricity.
Bai Wan was not idle either. She was cleaning the room for Chi Shen.
There were quite a lot of people coming to Chi Shen's room today, plus there was the red-clothed female ghost who liked to rummage around, so Chi Shen's room has always been messy and has never been tidy. Bai Wan came here today and felt that she had nothing to repay Chi Shen for his kindness, so she started to help Chi Shen tidy up the room.
Bai Wan's red candles were spread over every corner of the room, lighting up the place. One feature of her red candles was that even if you placed paper on them, it would not cause a fire. The candle flame could only ignite what she wanted it to burn. Chi Shen thought this skill was very useful, so he asked Bai Wan to put more candles.
As a fierce ghost, Bai Wan didn't need to clean the room herself. She just sat quietly in front of the table. The two bloody hands on the spirit tablet in her hands suddenly moved restlessly, and then it seemed that a pair of invisible hands reached out to all parts of the room. The overturned chair in the room was straightened, the bedding was put away, the open drawers were tidied, the dust on the table disappeared, the mold in the corner was wiped clean, and even the rats passing by on the roof were pulled out and thrown out of the courtyard.
Chi Shen felt that Bai Wan must be very tired doing so many housework, so he gave Bai Wan a handful of candies. Bai Wan took one and tasted it, and immediately the candlelight in the whole room began to dance.
Ji Xingchen pushed his glasses and took a step towards Chi Shen silently. Chi Shen smiled and waved away the two red candles, allowing Ji Xingchen to have a larger range of movement.
These red candles represent Bai Wan’s Yin energy, which should be able to burn a wandering soul like Ji Xingchen.
"Sister Bai lived in the Qing Dynasty," Ji Xingchen suddenly said, "She has never eaten these candies."
While talking, Ji Xingchen also had a handful of candy in his hand. He paused, gently put the candy into his suit pocket, and continued: "She likes it very much."
Chi Shen understood what he meant and smiled: "Take her out to see when you have time. There are many more beautiful things in this world that she has not seen."
Ji Xingchen stopped talking. He also peeled a candy, put it in his mouth, looked at the scene in the house, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
He didn't know why, but he always felt that he hadn't experienced such happiness for a long time.
"Okay, it's time to rest." Chi Shen didn't let them mess around for too long. As a worker who had worked overtime until midnight last night, he was really sleepy. After distributing the candies, he sent the ghosts away.
He opened the cabinet door and took out the female ghost in red. At this moment, her smooth black hair had turned into a bird's nest. She was still grinning at the cabinet in indignation. The cabinet ghost was not to be outdone. It slammed the cabinet door and cursed at her.
Chi Shen closed the cabinet door with one hand and took out a pair of scissors with the other. The two ghosts finally quieted down, and the female ghost in red let go and ran away.
"Okay." Chi Shen looked at the tidy room and his quiet roommate with satisfaction, and said happily, "Go to sleep!"
At this time, the few people who escaped from the old house finally returned to Bai Hengqing's home.
Bai Ximing also lives in this place. He was afraid of death, so he didn't go to the old house. The safest place now is Bai Hengqing's residence, so he insisted on moving in and staying there temporarily.
Seeing them coming back, Bai Ximing immediately came out to greet them. He was about to say something, but suddenly stopped talking when he saw the three wounded men.
Bai Ximing's wife, Bai Ran's mother Xu Xiuyun also followed out behind. She glanced over the younger generation bitten by the old zombie and the disheveled Bai Hengqing, and saw Bai Ran who was being carried.
"Of course!" Xu Xiuyun rushed over, almost crying, and then pulled Bai Hengqing to ask, "Second Uncle, what happened to Ranran? Why is he like this?"
"I was deceived." Bai Hengqing explained briefly and looked at Bai Ximing.
"How could he be deceived? Didn't you protect him well? He is..."
Bai Ximing nodded, left Xu Xiuyun asking questions, and the two of them walked towards the study.
Suddenly a junior asked, "Mrs. Xu, don't you care about Chi Shen? He has been living there."
"Oh, Chi Shen," Xu Xiuyun finally came back to her senses, "What happened to him?"
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I’m not satisfied with the second update, so I rewrote it. It will probably be updated very late. Please come back and read it tomorrow when you wake up. I’m very sorry.
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