The noise outside the yard gradually faded away, and Lin Qian sat by the well, staring at the slightly rippled water.
The only things reflected in the water were the blue sky and the red sun.
Apart from that, there is no one else, including Lin Qian of course.
He was not kept away by this stingy well.
What is the weirdness hidden under the calm that scares me? Is it him? Maybe.
Lin Qian left the well under the gaze of the black cat, which represented many meanings.
Looking at the quietly changing sky, Lin Qian's eyes flickered slightly.
The abnormality has begun, and the haze is gradually eroding the Lin Mansion. When another red coffin is dug out, this strangeness will become more obvious.
Just as Lin Qian was thinking about the red-haired corpse in the coffin, a servant hurried over.
He looked extremely anxious, and there was a bit of panic hidden in his anxiety.
Lin Qian was a little confused. How long had it passed before something happened again?
"Brother Lin, come and have a look. Xiaohong is stuck in the well. No matter how hard we try, we can't pull it out. It won't be clear for a while. In short, this matter is more evil than Liuzi going crazy. Brother Lin, you
Just go and take a look and you’ll find out.”
The servant's tone was extremely quick. Although he didn't speak clearly, it reflected the strangeness of the matter.
"Stuck inside the well? Is it this kind of well?"
Lin Qian's eyes moved slightly, and she pointed to the well not far away and said.
"No, it's another one. Anyway, go and have a look first. You'll know when you see it."
The servant looked extremely anxious and kept urging Lin Qian to go take a look.
Lin Qian looked at the cat on the roof and had some guesses.
"Then let's go." Lin Qian said.
Hearing what Lin Qian said, the servant suddenly became happy and quickly led Lin Qian to the place where the accident occurred.
After walking through several corners, Lin Qian saw an extremely strange scene.
Several servants were squatting next to a well, and their hands were stretched into the well.
The frightened cry of a maid in the well sounded in the courtyard.
Lin Qian looked at the well, which was no bigger than a four or five-year-old child, with a strange expression.
Can someone fall into this well? This...
Among the red-faced servants who came to Lin Qian, their expressions told Lin Qian that they were under great pressure now.
"Brother Lin! Please help Xiaohong, we can't hold her back. There is something dragging Xiaohong in the well, we are not as strong as it is!"
When a servant saw Lin Qian coming, his expression suddenly became overjoyed and he hurriedly spoke.
Hearing what the servant said, Lin Qian raised his eyebrows and looked directly into the well that was specially created like this.
I saw a little maid stuck tightly in this small well.
And it was still sliding down slowly, and a patch of blood was rubbed out on the smooth well wall.
The little maid howled in fear and pain, but for some reason, her voice could only echo in the well and could not be heard much outside the well.
Lin Qian looked at this strange scene, feeling slightly surprised. He stared at the water surface which was still a few centimeters away from the little maid.
From the water, Lin Qian saw a pale and swollen arm, which was clutching the little maid's ankle.
A biting coldness emerged from that arm.
"Water ghost?"
Lin Qian looked at this scene in surprise. The water ghost, or should be the well ghost, was not the fierce ghost in his mind, but a ghost in folklore.
Usually, someone dies in a well with too much resentment and never sees the light of day. In addition, there are people fetching water here. Over time, evil ghosts will look for a substitute.
Anyone who is unlucky will be dragged into the water and become a new evil ghost.
"Is this meaningful?" Lin Qian was a little confused, but now seemed not to be the time to think about this.
If he saw this scene normally, he would just stand and watch with interest, without taking any action to participate.
But now he is a servant of the Lin Mansion, and his status is not low. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he still has to take action when it is time to take action.
Anyway, it's just a hands-on thing.
Thinking of this, Lin Qian thought for a while, then reached out and knocked on the wall of the well, and an imperceptible supernatural power suddenly appeared.
In just the blink of an eye, the arm that was holding on to the little maid suddenly retracted into the water as if it had encountered something extremely terrifying.
Water splashed everywhere, and Lin Qian reached out to grab the little maid's arm and pulled it out.
In an instant, the strong smell of blood filled the yard, and there was severe pain caused by the friction of flesh and blood, as well as paralysis that was no longer supernatural.
The little maid rolled her eyes and fainted immediately.
"Send it to the doctor. Be careful not to let dust touch the wound, otherwise it will be difficult to save it."
He threw the little maid in his hand to an extremely nervous servant, who was the most worried about the little girl.
"Okay! I'll take Xiaohong to the hospital right away." The servant carefully carried the little maid on his back and left the Lin Mansion without paying attention to the others.
When the others saw this scene, they all felt relieved. If it was just a skin injury, applying some medicine would be enough.
"Cover the well and wait for a while." Lin Qian waved away the smell of blood in the air and looked up at the black cat lying on the roof basking in the sun, his eyes twinkling slightly.
"You troublesome guy, why not be as obedient as Xiaobai."
Upon hearing Lin Qian's arrangement, the other servants seemed to have woken up from a dream and quickly found a piece of wood to cover the well. Some even felt that this was not safe.
They carried two more big rocks and pressed them on the wooden planks. After doing all this, they seemed to feel relieved.
It seems like they are safe this way.
"Brother Lin, what's going on? Do you have anything to say?" Seeing that the matter was resolved satisfactorily, some servants couldn't hold back their curiosity and hurriedly approached Lin Qian and started asking.
"Yes, what exactly is going on? First there was a problem with Liuzi, and now it's Xiaohong. Could it be that we have provoked something dirty?"
"Brother Lin, you have learned these things, can you tell us about it?"
If someone takes the lead, the curiosity of others will also be aroused. This is how people are, the more weird something is, the more they like to understand it.
Especially if you don't know what the situation is, you have to break the casserole and ask for clarification.
"You ask me, I'll ask who is going." Lin Qian smiled, but did not tell them the truth.
Some things cannot be discussed in detail.
"Okay, go ahead and do what you have to do. If you have anything else to do, we can wait until the master comes back." Lin Qian looked at the sky and saw that lunch time was approaching.
There were two Taoist priests, one old and one young. The old one was in his forties or fifties, with a little gray beard.
The younger ones, about fourteen or fifteen years old, were dressed simply. They were wearing blue robes that were very patchy and shabby.
Although it is shabby, it looks very clean and tidy.
It gives people a very comfortable feeling at first glance, and the first impression is quite good.
"Go in to eat first, and we'll talk about things after eating."
Lin Yu welcomed the two of them in, while Lin Qian leaned against the pillar and watched the scene without saying a word.
"Why are you still standing there? If you come in to eat, do you still want me to feed you?"
Lin Yu became a little angry when he saw Lin Qian, who was leaning against the pillar without any movement.
"Oh, I see."
Lin Qian's eyes flashed slightly, and she followed him into the hall without saying anything else.
"Two Taoist priests, please take a seat. Don't be dissatisfied with the simple meal." Lin Yu greeted the two of them to sit down, then glanced at Lin Qian and winked at him.
Seeing this look, Lin Qian's mouth twitched. If he hadn't been smart enough, he wouldn't have been able to understand what this look meant.
"Can Taoist priests drink alcohol?" Lin Qian, who believed that doing more is worse than doing less, asked the two Taoist priests.
"Can."
The Taoist priest looked Lin Qian up and down, nodded, and his expression changed slightly, but this change was well hidden, and no one except Lin Qian noticed this subtle change in expression.
"Little friend, when is your birthday?" The Taoist priest looked at Lin Qian who was pouring wine for him, thought for a while and asked this question.
Hearing this somewhat abrupt question, Lin Qian narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Why are you asking?"
"Whatever Daochang Liu asks you, you just answer. Then why are there so many?" Lin Yu said angrily.
"It's okay. I'm just asking casually. If it's not convenient for you to answer, forget it." Liu Daochang smiled and reached out to take the wine glass, and nodded towards Lin Qian to express his thanks.
"It's not inconvenient. This kid's birthday is September 23rd. He is born in the Year of the Horse. He is just twenty-one years old this year." Lin Yu directly told Lin Qian's birth date.
Lin Qian raised his eyebrows. There was nothing wrong with his birth date. It was just that his birth date was correct.
"September 23rd, the Year of the Horse, this year is the 21st..." Liu Daochang's expression changed again.
"Taoist Priest, is there any problem with this?" Lin Yu asked with some confusion.
"Oh, there's no problem. I'm just curious. It's a habit of mine." Daochang Liu waved his hand and smiled without telling the truth.
But after learning Lin Qian's birthday and horoscope, he looked at Lin Qian with more vigilance and confusion.
Lin Qian saw this in his eyes and didn't pay much attention to it. He looked at the little Taoist priest who was curious about him.
If you are not good at studying, you cannot see his weirdness, otherwise this little Taoist priest may be frightened.
He now understood why the Taoist priest wanted to ask his birth date.
If you are not sure about some things by looking at your face, you have to use your birth date and horoscope.
After Lin Qian poured the wine for the Taoist priest, he picked up a rice bowl and filled a bowl of rice, then put some vegetables into his bowl.
Under Lin Yu's somewhat horrified gaze, Lin Qian sat down under the eaves and started eating.
Well……
"What are you doing?" Lin Yu looked at Lin Qian with some uncertainty.
"It's too cold, let's get some sunshine." Lin Qian replied casually.
Lin Yu:......
"Ahem, my little friend's personality is really..." Liu Daochang laughed.
"Forget it, ignore him, let's eat first." Lin Yu looked at Lin Qian's back, shook his head and said nothing.
"Taoist Priest, let me toast you and thank Taoist Priest for taking over the Lin Mansion."
Lin Yu raised his wine glass. Upon seeing this, Daochang Liu also raised his wine glass.
"It's okay, accept money from others and help others to eliminate disasters. This is what a poor man should do." Daochang Liu said.
"Having said that, I still want to thank Taoist Priest for taking time out of his busy schedule to come here. Without further ado, I will go ahead and do it out of respect."
As he spoke, Lin Yu drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Seeing this, Daochang Liu nodded secretly and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
After drinking this glass of wine, they must handle the promised matters for their employer.
"Come to eat food. Don't be polite, Taoist priest. Just treat this place as a Taoist temple. Don't be formal." Lin Yu saw Taoist priest Liu finish his glass of wine in one gulp and quickly refilled it for him.
While pouring the wine, he said to the little Taoist priest.
"Well, thank you, layman." The little Taoist priest nodded, lowering his head and eating the rice in the bowl.
Lin Qian, who was sitting on the eaves and eating a meal in the sun, felt a little uninterested as he listened to the polite words of the two people behind him.
The opening remarks of these people are very boring, the employer's temptation, and the old Taoist priest's response are all very particular.
According to the old man, this is the wisdom of the world.
But Lin Qian never looked down on these things, and only those who wanted to live under someone else's roof would speculate on them.
A strong person never needs worldliness, because worldliness always revolves around the strong.
Lin Qian ate the pork belly in the bowl and looked at the black cat squatting on the eaves above his head, looking down.
The dark green vertical pupils are like gems.
It looked at Lin Qian quietly, just like a quiet lady.
The little Taoist priest secretly looked at Lin Qian. This elder brother seemed to be even stranger than them.
After pushing the cup and changing the cup, Liu Daochang glanced at Lin Qian who had come back to add rice and meat. After Lin Qian sat under the eaves again, he hesitated for a while and asked a question.
"Lin Shi, are his parents still alive?"
Although the old Taoist priest asked this question a bit presumptuously, since he had already asked it, Lin Yu had no intention of not answering it.
"He died a long time ago. I picked him up from a refugee pile when I was doing business. I liked him, so I brought him back."
"Because he was abandoned by his parents when he was a child, he has become taciturn and has a weird personality. Why does the Taoist priest ask this? Is there something wrong?"
Hearing Lin Yu's answer, the old Taoist priest frowned slightly and glanced at Lin Qian, who was feeding a black cat who didn't know where it came from.
I felt a little unsure.
The strange thing now seems not that simple. His face looks like a dead person, his birth date also shows that he is a dead person, and he is also a dead person who has been dead for two or three years.
But when I heard Lin Yu say that his parents had died long ago, something was wrong.
His parents are obviously still alive, why do they say they are dead?
Daochang Liu was very confused. He looked at Lin Qian's back with some hesitation.
Lin Qian, who was feeding a black cat, paused slightly with his hands, his eyes a little gloomy.
"Another backhand, it's actually my parents, but I remember I don't have any parents."
"parents……"
"etc……"
Lin Qian seemed to have thought of something. He looked at the black cat in front of him and became silent.
"I still have to go back to the Republic of China, a supernatural place that wanders in time, a time that deviates..."
"Lin Yu is good at it. Can you refer to the way the world works in Da Qian?"
"Unexpected results..."
Lin Qian let out a breath and his eyes became solemn. If he went back to the past again, he would have to make some preparations.
"After we go out, see if we can find the anchor point left by Lin Yu. If we can, it will be much easier."
He didn't want to go back to the past again if he didn't have to.
"Birthday horoscope, dog, share the same destiny..."
Lin Qian smiled, knowing in his heart part of Lin Yu's methods.