What on Earth Was That?
Suddenly, they saw a white figure float past them.
They were startled by the white figure. "What the hell is that?"
Someone said, "Don't talk nonsense, how could it be a ghost? The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits."
Suddenly, they saw a head fall from the sky, and the head grinned sinisterly at them.
They screamed immediately, Sun Tai was so scared that he wet his pants. "Ah! A ghost... Waaaaah... I'm most afraid of this thing."
The Old Scholar Tree snorted coldly and said, "Coward! If you weren't so afraid of this thing, I wouldn't bother using it at all!"
Suddenly, a coffin made of Phoebe zhennan wood appeared beside them, and a hand slowly emerged from the coffin and grabbed Sun Tai.
It was a skeleton that crawled out of the coffin and hugged Sun Tai.
Sun Tai was terrified and screamed, "Let me go! Please, what do you want?"
The skeleton was clinging tightly to Sun Tai, its teeth chattering...
She leaned close to Sun Tai and kissed him hard, causing Sun Tai to faint from fright.
The others weren't much better off.
Suddenly, countless white bones sprouted from the flowerpot, surrounding them completely.
The cousins were so frightened they trembled and huddled together, howling like ghosts.
Even more astonishingly, some corpses covered in maggots crawled out of the ground and followed them.
"Ah! I was wrong, I won't do it again, I want to go home."
"Where am I? Is this the Netherworld Underworld? Am I dead?"
"I want to go on the scientific expedition tomorrow! I don't want to die!"
This group of people completely broke down.
Zhou Wanwan slept soundly, but was woken up early the next morning by the Old Scholar Tree.
The Old Scholar Tree helped her get her men's clothes and said, "Wanwan, get up quickly, we have to take the imperial examination today."
Zhou Wanwan was so tired. "How about I sleep for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea?"
The Old Scholar Tree had no choice but to dress her up.
Zhou Wanwan dozed off while letting the Old Scholar Tree help her get dressed, and she was dressed quickly.
After she was dressed, her Old Ancestor wiped her face, and she finally came to her senses.
A variety of breakfast dishes were already laid out on the table.
I wonder if they emptied all of the Cui Family's breakfast today.
Dozens of breakfast dishes were laid out on the table. Cui Wenyuan knocked on the door, and upon seeing the breakfast, he was completely dumbfounded. "Master, so much breakfast? Can you finish it all?"
Zhou Wanwan waved her hand and said, "Sit down and eat together! After we finish eating, we have to go to the exam hall."
While eating breakfast, Cui Wenyuan said, "I heard that Sun Tai is not planning to participate in the imperial examination this year."
Zhou Wanwan frowned and asked, "Why? Didn't he prepare for a long time?"
Cui Wenyuan shook his head and said:
"I don't know about that; I don't know what happened last night."
This morning, many of my cousins had to be carried back home.
Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "What a pity. Let's not worry about it anymore and get ready to leave!"
Old Madam Cui was really quite upset; her family members came over early in the morning.
The original plan was to send them off to the exam, but it turned out that all of the dozen or so children in the family were acting crazy.
Everyone says they saw a ghost last night, and they're too scared to go out.
There's no other way but to take these children back.
Old Madam Cui frowned and said, "Could there really be a ghost in our side courtyard? I think we should hold a ritual."
The old woman next to her said:
"That side courtyard must really be unclean, otherwise these young masters wouldn't have turned out like this!"
"Now it's all over, we can't even take the imperial examinations."
Old Madam Cui sighed and said:
"Sigh! I was hoping they would live up to my expectations, but now, none of them can go."
Go and call breakfast up!
After a while, someone brought over a large bowl of porridge, several steamed buns, and a plate of pickled vegetables.
Old Madam Cui stared blankly at the porridge and said, "What are all these? What's wrong? Are we out of rice? Are you trying to fool me with this?"
The butler wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Madam, please calm down. This morning you clearly prepared bird's nest porridge, abalone porridge, and all sorts of side dishes, but they've all disappeared."
Old Madam Cui:
"Disappeared again? Are you trying to kill me?"
Why are they targeting me? What did I do to deserve this?
I'm so angry! Has Shen Tao still not found out who did it?
The butler shook his head and said, "Shen Tao sent a message yesterday that it wasn't done by someone; we can't find anything."
Old Madam Cui snorted coldly and said, "If it wasn't man-made, did you see a ghost?"
The butler remained silent. Old Madam Cui said, "What do you mean by not speaking? Is there really a ghost?"
The butler quickly replied:
"That's exactly what they said: We've investigated your family's matter very thoroughly, and there's absolutely no clue whatsoever. It wasn't done by someone."
You need to consider exactly who you've offended.
Old Madam Cui she jumped up and down. "That Shen Tao is completely useless! He can't find anything out, he's a complete waste!"
The butler chimed in, "That's true. So what do we do now?"
Old Madam Cui gritted her teeth and said, "Summon a Daoist priest! Summon the best Daoist priest! Find that thing at all costs!"
She looked towards the side courtyard; in truth, she was also afraid.
Could this house really be haunted?
Zhou Wanwan and Cui Wenyuan arrived at the academy in a carriage.
Old Master Cui looked at Cui Wenyuan and said, "Do your best on the exam! Don't be nervous or stressed. You're only ten years old. It's okay if you don't pass the preliminary exam; there will be plenty of opportunities."
Cui Wenyuan nodded and said, "Father, I understand. You can go back now!"
Old Master Cui waved his hand and turned to leave.
They began checking them one by one, Zhou Wanwan looked at the group of the Cui Family family young masters.
About ten of the dozens of young masters from the Cui Family arrived.
Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Young Master, hello there!"
The young masters looked at Zhou Wanwan with terrified eyes and said, "Don't come any closer, stay away from us."
Zhou Wanwan said inexplicably:
What's wrong with you all? Why do you look like I'm going to eat you up?
I don't eat people, I just wanted to say hello.
The students nearby said, "Why are you all making that face when a six-year-old child greets you?"
The young master's lips twitched as he said, "That's because you don't know who she is."
Zhou Wanwan asked in surprise:
"Who am I? I'm just a guest visiting the Cui Family."
You're welcome to visit my secluded courtyard again next time!
Sun Tai walked over from a short distance away and said, "So you really knew? Were you deliberately trying to make a fool of us last night?"
Zhou Wanwan looked at Sun Tai and said, "Oh dear! Isn't this Sun Tai who wet his pants yesterday? Aren't your legs weak now? You actually came to participate in the scientific expedition."
Sun Tai's legs were indeed weak, and two servants were supporting him.
Sun Tai looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "So you really do know everything. Then why didn't you come out to save us?"
Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:
Why did I come to save you? Have you forgotten what you came here for?
Besides, I'm scared of those things too, okay? How dare you mess with them?
They said they've got their eyes on you and won't let you go.
Especially that skeleton, he really likes you and says he wants to marry you.
When you get married, you must invite me to your wedding banquet! I'll definitely prepare a big gift.
Sun Tai had only come by sheer force of his body, and upon hearing this, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Zhou Wanwan looked at him, blinked, and said, "Why are you so easily teased? You fainted already? You two are the same. Call me when you get married."
After saying that, she led Cui Wenyuan inside.