freenovelworld Chapter 383 Weird White House
Chapter 383 Weird White House
Si Yao, Xiao Lu and Cai Yi rested for one night in Meilon City until the next morning when the sky was just getting light. The three of them took advantage of the city gates being open to continue their journey.
And just half an hour after they left, bursts of shouting suddenly rang out from an inn in Meilong City, and then the innkeeper hurried out, and soon a doctor was invited in, which naturally attracted the curious onlookers outside:
"I heard someone died inside."
"Oh, someone's dead? Why did such a big thing happen?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I heard from the waiter inside that a guest was knocked unconscious and castrated in the middle of the night. It was only this morning that the guest's servant broke into the room and found that the man was not dead, just unconscious, so they called a doctor."
"Castrated? Oh my, what a huge hatred this must have!"
When everyone heard this, they sighed in their hearts. This good man lost his life, but he was not sent to the palace to become a eunuch. Wouldn't he live a life worse than death in the future? It can be seen that the murderer's methods were vicious!
"Humph, the hatred of cutting off one's offspring is not small. In my opinion, this man either owes a debt of love or has done something immoral to harm the poor girl. Now that he has lost that thing, won't he be honest?"
Just when everyone couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for the victim, someone started to mock and disapprovingly say something.
After hearing what others said, they thought it made some sense and they were silent for a while. Soon, when they saw that there was less noise in the inn, they dispersed one after another.
Along the way, Si Yao saw that Caiyi was still unhappy and was a little worried that she was still trapped in the pain of the past, so she waited until they were far away from Meilong City, and took the opportunity to take a break to tell her that Xiaolu had avenged her last night, so that she would no longer have to live in fear.
Caiyi was stunned when she heard it at first, but after she reacted, she felt ecstatic as if she had avenged herself. She looked at Si Yao with trembling lips excitedly, and just as she was about to speak, her eyes turned red again because of joy.
"Miss, thank you so much for getting justice for Caiyi." But Caiyi quickly lowered her head to wipe away the tears in her eyes before expressing her gratitude again.
"If you want to thank someone, go thank Xiaolu. I didn't do anything." Si Yao smiled indifferently.
"Xiaolu is not wanted by the government, right?" Caiyi turned her head to look at Xiaolu who was sitting under a tree in the distance to rest, and then suddenly asked Xiang Siyao nervously.
"How can you determine that it was Xiaolu's doing without any evidence?" Si Yao immediately sneered.
"Girl, apart from my mother, you are the best to Caiyi in this world." Caiyi was relieved and expressed her gratitude again.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm just a doctor. You don't have to call me girl anymore."
"Yes, Sister Si Yao." Caiyi smiled sweetly.
After resting for a while, the three of them continued to walk out of the mountains and forests and headed towards Jing'an City in the south of the Yangtze River. The countryside was green and lush, and the bells still made crisp sounds behind the path, echoing in the quiet countryside.
"Excuse me, young lady, are you a doctor?" As they passed by a farm, an old woman with a kind face was already waiting by the roadside. When she saw the three people approaching, she quickly stepped forward and asked with a smile to Si Yao, who had a medicine box hanging on her shoulder.
"Auntie, it's me." Si Yao responded immediately.
"That's great. Miss, are you willing to come to the farm to see my young lady?" The old woman's brows relaxed immediately when she heard it, and she continued to bow respectfully to Si Yao and asked.
"Of course. Please lead the way, ma'am." Si Yao also returned the greeting and said without thinking.
Afterwards, the three of them followed the old woman into the farm. Yellow cows were lowing in the green paddy fields, and carefree children were sang unclear nursery rhymes on the ridges of the fields. Farmers came to the fields to work, and when they saw the old woman leading three strangers into the farm from afar, they stopped to watch curiously.
"Excuse me, doctor, what is your name?" The kind old woman looked at the cold but pretty girl beside her and couldn't help asking curiously.
"Auntie, you can just call me Si Yao." Si Yao replied indifferently.
The old woman still smiled and responded without saying anything else. Soon, they arrived at the house of a large family surnamed Bai in the village.
Outside the courtyard, there are green trees and bamboos, white walls and black tiles, and flying eaves and corners. Against the backdrop of green mountains and clear waters in the distance, it looks like a splash-ink landscape painting, and is in sharp contrast to the simple thatched houses nearby.
"When I heard the bell ringing from afar, I guessed that it must be the bell doctor coming again. Our countryside is remote and it is not easy to hire a doctor from outside, so everyone is really looking forward to the arrival of the bell doctor." The old woman chatted with Si Yao beside her again.
"Auntie, this place should not be far from Jing'an City in the south of the Yangtze River, right?" Xiaolu asked first without waiting for Si Yao to speak.
"Whether it's far or not depends on whether you walk or take a carriage. If you take a carriage, it will be fast, less than half an hour. If you walk like you do, it will probably take an hour." The old woman smiled at Xiaolu with a amiable face.
squeak~
At this moment, the door of the house opened slightly, and a young maid walked out. The old woman saw this and shouted hurriedly without waiting for her to speak:
"Go and tell the young lady that the doctor is here."
The little maid was surprised and happy when she heard it. Without saying a word, she turned around and ran back to the yard.
"Please come this way." After entering the mansion, the old woman continued to lead the three people towards the west courtyard.
The courtyard was deep and silent, with only a few tabby cats wandering around, almost scaring Caiyi to death. After passing the front yard, she entered the long corridor, with rockeries of various shapes nestled between trees on both sides. The servants and maids walking along the corridor were all as silent as a cicada. They bowed to the old woman and then hurried away with their heads down.
Since entering the Bai residence, Xiaolu and Siyao felt that this place was weird. Now seeing that the people in the house all had serious expressions, they couldn't help but look at each other and became alert.
"I'm sorry, young brother, but further in is my young lady's boudoir. No outsiders are allowed to enter. Please sit here for a while." After passing through the corridor and arriving at the outer hall of the west courtyard, the old woman turned around and smiled kindly at Xiaolu.
Xiaolu had no choice but to look at Si Yao worriedly. This landlord's family was very strange and he naturally didn't want to leave Sister Si Yao for even a step.
"You and Caiyi wait for me here." Si Yao could see Xiaolu's worry, but did not show it. She just glanced at Caiyi before giving the instructions.
"Sister...Sister Si Yao, I want to stay with you." Caiyi, a girl from a poor family, had never stepped into such a mansion. She thought that it was just a rich family with strict rules. She didn't think much about it at the moment and just wanted to stay with Si Yao.
"Let Caiyi go with you, I'll wait here." Xiaolu also hurriedly persuaded Si Yao. This was also a compromise. Having one more person would help take care of each other.
But Si Yao wanted to persuade Caiyi to stay outside again, but when he saw the anxiety on the old woman's face, he had to give up.
Xiaolu watched from the outer hall as Si Yao and Caiyi continued to follow the old woman inside. He was so anxious that he did not dare to sit idle. Just as he was about to follow them secretly when no one was around, he saw a maid come in with tea.
"Sir, please have some tea." The maid lowered her head, put down the tea but still waited at the door, with no intention of leaving.
Seeing this, Xiaolu was also very anxious. Then, he suddenly had an idea and walked to the maid, holding his stomach and groaning. He smiled bitterly and said, "I hope you can forgive me, sister. I suddenly have diarrhea. May I ask where the toilet is?"
"Turn left in that direction." Seeing this, the maid hurriedly pointed to the north direction outside the hall and said.
"Thank you, sister." Xiaolu hurriedly bowed to the maid and ran away holding her stomach.
When the path reached the north, he found that there was no entrance to the west courtyard. When he was about to climb over the wall, he suddenly heard a series of creepy whimpering sounds.
"The door is clearly locked, so there shouldn't be anyone here. Maybe a cat got in?" Xiaolu followed the sound and came to a remote room, but seeing that the door was locked, he didn't think much about it. Besides, he was worried about Si Yao at the moment, so he muttered to himself and wanted to turn around and leave, but a rather miserable whimpering sound came from the room again:
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"This sound doesn't sound like a cat's meow..." Xiaolu had heard the sound clearly at this time, and when he thought about the weird atmosphere of this Bai house, he couldn't help but frown.
Seeing that the door was locked and it was difficult to break in in broad daylight, Xiaolu looked around and saw that no one was there, so he jumped onto the roof and then quickly landed in front of the window on the other side of the room.
Hearing the sobbing sounds in the house gradually weakening, Xiaolu raised his hand to probe the window and saw that they were all locked from the inside, so he had to poke a hole with his fingers and planned to take a look at what was going on inside the house first.
Just this one sight instantly frightened Xiaolu, a secret guard who had seen a lot of the world, so much that his face turned pale, his eyes were filled with fear, and his whole body was shaking unconsciously because of fear.