Jiang Ning frowned when he saw such a 15--16-year-old girl hiding in Lin's ancestral hall.
"Who are you? Why are you hiding here?" Jiang Ning looked at her and asked.
The girl was extremely frightened. She lowered her head and knelt in front of Jiang Ning. While kowtowing to Jiang Ning, she said: "I beg you... don't kill me... don't devour me..."
When Jiang Ning heard the word "devour", he couldn't help but frown.
"What are you talking about? Who are you?" Jiang Ning asked again.
The girl finally raised her head timidly.
After seeing Jiang Ning's unfamiliar face, she seemed to calm down slightly.
"You...you weren't sent by our ancestors to catch me?" the girl asked fearfully.
Jiang Ning said: "No!"
When the girl heard this, the fear on her face visibly receded a little, but she was still trembling.
Looking at this girl's appearance, Jiang Ning felt a little strange.
"Don't be afraid! Tell me, who are you? Why are you hiding here?" Jiang Ning knelt down and asked.
The girl lowered her head and thought for a while, then slowly said: "My name is... Xiaolan, and I am a handyman in the old Lin's utility room."
Hearing this, Jiang Ning secretly said: It seems that his guess was indeed good, this girl is indeed the servant of the old Lin family.
"Since you are Lao Lin's servant, why are you hiding here? What are you afraid of?"
Jiang Ning asked.
The girl seemed afraid to answer.
Her eyes were red and swollen, and her body was shaking.
After a long time, she said: "I...I...I just don't want to die!"
"die?"
"Who wants to harm you?" Jiang Ning asked.
Xiaolan trembled: "No one wants to harm me..."
Jiang Ning looked at Xiaolan in front of him carefully. From her words, he could sense that Xiaolan was probably very scared, so she didn't dare to say anything.
"Don't be afraid! If you have anything, just tell me and I will help you." Jiang Ning comforted her.
But Xiaolan shook her head desperately, as if she didn't dare to say anything no matter what.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Ning said: "Since you won't tell me, then I can't help you! Hiding here like this is not an option after all. Someone will find you one day, so you think about it yourself."
When Xiaolan heard this, she was so frightened that she started crying.
After all, she was only 15-16 years old, and she didn't want to die.
After crying for a while, she finally raised her arm to wipe her red eyes, and then said: "I said... I said! I just said it, you must not tell anyone!"
Jiang Ning nodded: "Okay, I promise you."
Xiaolan took a deep breath, wiped her tears and said, "Actually...actually the reason why I'm hiding here is because I'm afraid he'll catch me!"
"Who wants to arrest you?" Jiang Ning asked.
Xiaolan bit her lip tightly until it bled, as if she didn't dare to speak.
But in the end she thought about it and finally said it.
"It's...ancestor!"
What?
Hearing these three words, Jiang Ning suddenly became confused.
The ancestor of Lao Lin actually wanted to harm a maid?
Why is this?
"Your ancestors want to arrest you? Why?"
Jiang Ning felt strange. The Xiaolan in front of her was just a little maid? How could Lin's ancestor arrest her?
"Because...because...he wants to devour me!" Xiaolan said tremblingly.
"Swallow?" Jiang Ning became more and more confused as he listened.
"Yes!"
"To tell you the truth, all five servants in our utility room have been devoured and killed by our ancestors... I didn't want to die, so I escaped here!" Xiaolan cried.
Jiang Ning was confused after hearing this.
What devours?
What kills?
How could Lao Lin's ancestors kill these handymen and slaves?
"You may not believe it, but I once saw with my own eyes that Aunt Zhang in our utility room was eaten alive by our ancestors. I remember that night, I went to the utility room to stay on duty, and I smelled something as soon as I entered the utility room.
There was a strong smell of blood, and when I got closer, I saw a blurry black figure holding Aunt Zhang's neck and sucking it!"
"After he drained all of Aunt Zhang's essence and blood, Aunt Zhang's body instantly turned into a pile of white bones, with no skin or flesh left!"
"I was scared to death, and then I saw that blurry black figure turning around... His mouth was full of blood, and even his eyes were blood-colored. He was the ancestor of our old Lin family!"
Hearing this, Jiang Ning frowned deeply.
Swallowing human blood?
seriously?
How could the ancestors of the dignified old Lin family swallow the essence and blood of these servants?
Why is there something wrong with this?
"Ever since that day, I have been extremely scared...I have never dared to go out!"
"Until two days ago, my ancestors sent people to look for me. I was afraid, so I hid!"
Xiaolan cried while talking!
Jiang Ning heard her speaking so seriously, and it didn't look like she was lying.
It's just that Jiang Ning really can't figure it out. Isn't this old ancestor of the Lin family in seclusion? Why would he come out now to devour the blood essence of these slaves?
This is completely unreasonable.
"I've already said what I need to say!"
"Please, please help me and take me out of here, okay?"
Xiaolan begged Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning is confused now!
He didn't know whether what Xiaolan said was true or not? He didn't know, let alone, how could the ancestors of the old Lin family absorb human blood?
After thinking for a while, he said: "Okay! You follow me first, and I will keep you safe!"
"Really? Can you really help me?" Xiaolan said tremblingly.
"Um!"
When Xiaolan heard this, she knelt down in front of Jiang Ning with a bang: "Thank you! As long as you can take me out of here, I, Xiaolan, am willing to do anything to repay you!"
In this way, Jiang Ning took Xiaolan and left the old ancestral hall.
When I returned to the guest room, it was already dark.
The beautiful Lin Qingzhu is practicing in her room, waiting for Jiang Ning to return.
Kick, kick, kick!
Jiang Ning's footsteps came from outside.
When Lin Qingzhu saw Jiang Ning coming back, she stood up and said, "Jiang Ning, where have you been? Why did it take so long to come back?"
Just after saying this, Lin Qingzhu suddenly saw a little girl dressed as a servant following Jiang Ning.
"Huh? Who is she?"
Lin Qingzhu looked at Xiaolan curiously.
Xiaolan seemed to be very scared and hid back.
Jiang Ning said: "Her name is Xiaolan, she is a handyman in your old Lin's utility room!"
"Handboy?"
"Um!"
"Then why is she coming back with you?" Lin Qingzhu asked confused.
Jiang Ning said: "Because I want to protect her life!"
"Protect her?"
"Yes!"
Then Jiang Ning told everything about what happened at Lin's old ancestral hall today.
When Lin Qingzhu heard this, he felt completely bad.
Especially when I heard that the "ancestors" devoured the blood essence of those handymen and slaves.
"How can it be?"
"How could our ancestors...devour the blood essence of these servants?" Lin Qingzhu was speechless.
Jiang Ning rubbed his eyebrows and said, "To be honest, I feel a little incredible! However, she doesn't seem to be lying!"
Lin Qingzhu said: "But...but this doesn't make sense at all! Our ancestors have been fasting and chanting Buddha's name for so many years and have been in seclusion. How could...how could we swallow the blood of these servants?"
Jiang Ning actually found it very strange.
After thinking for a while, he said: "If what she said is true, then there is only one situation that can explain it!"
"What's going on?" Lin Qingzhu asked quickly.
Jiang Ning looked at the night and said: "Your ancestors of the Lin family may be practicing an extremely evil evil skill..."
