At this time, the Cai residence had just invited an old chef with superb culinary skills from outside. That old chef also brought a young chef, Zhang Jiang, who was mentioned earlier. This Zhang Jiang was one year younger than Xiao Lan. He was twenty years old that year. He was quite good-looking and smart.
When Xiao Lan went to the kitchen to brew medicine for the first time, Zhang Jiang was moved by her beauty and fell in love with her. Of course, Zhang Jiang did not know about her past.
After brewing more than ten doses of medicine, Xiao Lan could not stand Zhang Jiang's pestering. Gradually, she walked out of her self-enclosed world. A smile gradually appeared on her face. Her relationship with Zhang Jiang also gradually warmed up from indifference to intimacy.
After my great-great-grandmother and my great-great-grandfather came to the Cai Mansion, Xiaoxiang took some time to tell my great-grandmother about Xiaolan and Zhang Jiang. Before inviting my great-great-grandfather to the Cai Mansion, my great-grandmother didn't know about Xiaolan and Zhang Jiang. Besides Xiaoxiang, very few people in the Cai Mansion knew about it.
Xiao Xiang also told my great-grandmother that before Xiao Lan disappeared, she had already made a private engagement with Zhang Jiang and gave her body to Zhang Jiang. How did Xiao Xiang know all this? Because in the Cai residence, only Xiao Xiang could have a word of understanding with Xiao Lan.
At this point, my great-great-grandmother told my great-great-grandfather everything about Xiaolan. My great-great-grandmother continued to say that after Xiao Lan went missing, the yamen sent people to investigate and found that Xiao Lan went out once on the night of the 15th day of the 8th month, but she returned very quickly. According to Xiao Xiang, after the banquet ended on the 15th of August, when the maids returned to their rooms to sleep, they found Xiao Lan lying on her bed with her clothes on. She was staring at the beam in a daze with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. Xiao Xiang asked her what was wrong, but she did not say anything. The next morning, she disappeared.
The yamen also found out that on the night of August 15th, the little chef Zhang Jiang also left the manor once. As soon as Zhang Jiang left, Xiao Lan followed him out. However, Xiaolan returned very quickly, while Zhang Jiang only returned to the residence the next morning. No one knew what the two of them did when they left the residence.
When my great-great-grandmother was talking about Xiao Lan, my great-great-father didn't say anything. He only nodded occasionally. At that time, the only thing on his mind was the well in the garden. He felt that the source of all the evil things in the Cai residence was in that well. He had a bold guess, but he wasn't sure. He could only come to a conclusion after looking at the well.
This is the end of my great-grandmother's story about Xiaolan.
Because he drank wine, the hangover soup couldn't completely eliminate the effects of the wine. The entire afternoon was wasted by my great-great-grandfather.
In the evening, after dinner, my great-great-grandfather told everyone in the residence to return to their rooms to sleep. No matter what they heard or saw at night, they were not allowed to go out. As for him, after everyone dispersed, he moved a chair to the courtyard to keep watch like yesterday.
This night was similar to yesterday. The entire Cai Residence courtyard was still gloomy, and there was a kind of oppressive feeling that made people feel suffocated.
At the third watch, my great-great-grandfather came to the garden again.
This time, he hadn't been standing in the garden for long when a cold wind blew out. Because of yesterday's encounter, my great-great-grandfather deliberately paid attention to the source and direction of this cold wind.
The cold wind came from the well, followed the garden path, and soon blew into the front yard.
The wind is invisible, and I'm talking about my great-great-grandfather's feeling. He felt the wind blowing along the garden path to the front yard. People like us have dealt with these things too much, and we can also sum up some of our own experiences that can only be understood but not explained. I believe that my great-great-grandfather's feeling at this time is correct.
My great-great-grandfather raised his feet and walked towards the well. It was already a fact that the well was suspicious. It was also a fact that there were two unclean things in the garden. According to tradition, after the first wind blows, the second wind will follow. My great-great-grandfather walked to the well at this time to confirm.
Before he could reach the well, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps behind him. It seemed like someone was running towards him. Judging from the direction of the sound, that person should be running from the front yard.
My great-great-grandfather turned around and raised the lantern high above his head. He looked behind him and saw a person running out from the moon gate connecting the garden and the front yard. It was a big black man, and he ran quickly toward my great-great-grandfather like a hundred-meter sprint.
Because the sky was dark and the distance was a little far, my great-great-grandfather couldn't see the appearance of the person clearly, but that piece of land was big enough. My great-great-grandfather was already not small. Using the current measurement unit, my great-great-grandfather was about 1.8 meters tall. This person was half a head taller than my great-great-grandfather. He was like a black tower, and he felt aggressive. Obviously, he came with ill intentions.
Because of the sound of footsteps, my great-great-grandfather concluded that this big black man was a person and not some dirty thing. My great-great-grandfather heard from Master Wang Shoudao that dirty things don't make any sound when they walk. At this moment, my great-great-grandfather was not too nervous, other than feeling a little confused.
I have to say something here. It's human nature to have fear in our hearts. It's innate and no one can resist it. If someone doesn't know what fear is, then that person definitely won't live long. " Come to think of it, it's not that we ghost hunters aren't afraid of ghosts. We're afraid too. It's just that we understand them better than ordinary people and know how to restrain and face these fears. It was just like catching the serpent-men. Weren't they afraid of snakes? They were afraid too, but they knew how to deal with those poisonous snakes.
Back to the main topic. My great-great-grandfather was holding the lantern and standing still. The big black man quickly ran up to him. He hurriedly used the lantern to shine at the big black man. However, before he could see the big black man's appearance, the big black man's body swayed, and a strange thing that made my great-great-grandfather's heart skip a beat happened…
After the big black man swayed his body, he fell to his knees like a puddle of mud. When he raised his head to look at my great-great-grandfather, his rough face was already covered in tears. Imagine a big black man kneeling in front of you with tears on his face. Anyway, my great-great-grandfather was shocked at first. Before he could react, something even more shocking happened.
The big black man looked at my great-great-grandfather with tears streaming down his face. He opened his mouth, and his throat actually let out a sharp and thin feminine voice." Help, son-in-law, please…I'm Xiaolan, please save me…"
The big black man's words made my great-great-grandfather's scalp go numb. Then, he felt relieved. No wonder the big black man's behavior was so strange. It turned out that he was possessed by Xiaolan's ghost. Also, the cold wind that blew past him just now might be Xiaolan's soul. Xiaolan must have seen him come to the garden and ran to the front yard to find someone to possess. Her goal was to talk to my great-great-grandfather directly and beg him to beg her.
My great-great-grandfather had encountered many cases of ghosts possessing people in the past, but this incident was so sudden that he really didn't expect it. At this time, my great-great-grandfather couldn't help but be a little caught off guard.
My great-great-grandfather quickly composed himself and asked the big black man carefully," Are you really Xiaolan?”
The big black man nodded like a woman when he heard this. He still sounded like a woman and even sounded like he was about to cry." Yes, I am Xiaolan. Save me, son-in-law."”
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