Late at night, the huge Lin Mansion was as quiet as if there were no living things.
There are two corpses parked in the Lin family's ancestral hall. In one day, it will be the day of burial.
The white cloth everywhere reflected the cold moonlight, making the entire ancestral hall look gloomy.
The patrolling servant took a few quick glances to make sure no one was coming, then hunched his shoulders and left quickly.
"Oh, could it be possible that someone really came to steal the body..."
Outside the sealed wing, a small flame quietly ignited in an unnoticed corner, burning rapidly along the beige mark on the ground.
The moment the "Fire Dragon" on the ground began to burn, a black shadow quickly floated towards the ancestral hall.
The third lady has not been sleeping well these days.
The night before yesterday, the old lady called her to bed and told her a shocking secret, which shocked her heart.
The home that she used to be extremely familiar with and felt very cordial suddenly became very strange. Looking at every house, every tile, every plant and every tree here, she just felt sick.
The old lady's health was getting worse and worse. She felt that her time was running out, so she chose to tell Miss Lin's secrets to the third lady.
At the same time, she made a last wish to leave the entire Lin family in charge of the third lady after her death.
The third lady can marry, but she must recruit a son-in-law, and orphans without fathers and mothers will be considered first.
All this is to ensure that the Lin family can still maintain its foundation after her death.
But the third young lady doesn’t understand why the Lin family needs to continue passing on the family like this.
What she didn't know was that after her, the old lady secretly met her uncle.
The two also talked for a long time, but the old lady excluded everyone around her, and no one knew what they talked about.
The third lady was very confused and couldn't fall asleep no matter what, so she got up and sat in front of the window of the room.
Suddenly, she saw what seemed to be an unusual light outside.
She stood up suddenly and found that it was a flash of fire!
On the dark ground outside, a fire dragon was meandering forward quickly.
"ah!"
The third lady screamed loudly,
"Someone, come quickly! It's on fire!"
The screams spread very quickly in the quiet night. The surrounding rooms gradually lit up, and people nearby hurriedly put on their clothes and came over.
"Third Sister, where is the fire?"
The first one to arrive was the third lady’s nanny.
Hearing her bluster, I thought her room was on fire.
The third lady's face was filled with fear, and she pointed tremblingly at the ground outside.
The wet nurse was startled when she saw it. At this time, the fire dragon had already reached the front and headed towards the old lady's room.
"grandmother!"
Looking at the direction in which the fire dragon was going, the third lady suddenly realized that this thing was heading towards the old lady.
Mrs. Lin's mental state has not been good these days. She spends more time sleeping and less time awake.
Tonight, she fell asleep before having dinner, and was woken up by the third lady and others who rushed over in a daze.
"What, what's wrong?"
"Grandma, are you okay?"
The third lady helped the old lady up from the bed.
Just when they ran to the old lady, they realized that the fire dragon just passed by the door of her room, and then moved forward.
The third young lady directed the servants who came with her to continue chasing the fire dragon to see where he was going to burn, while she took a few female relatives to check on the old lady's condition.
As a result, the old lady was completely out of the situation. Obviously, this "evil thing" was not coming for her.
The old lady looked confused. Before she could ask anything, she heard a servant running over to report.
"Third Miss, the fire is heading towards the ancestral hall!"
"Ancestral hall?"
The third lady narrowed her eyes and thought of the corpse parked in the ancestral hall.
"It's broken. It turns out that this thing is heading towards the corpse!"
The old lady didn't ask any more questions, just rolled out of bed and let the third lady support her.
"Quick, take me to see it!"
The third young lady wanted to persuade her grandma to rest and leave it to her to deal with it, but the old lady was very stubborn and refused.
The Lin family was destined to be unstable tonight. How could she bear to stay behind to hear the news?
The third lady had no choice but to help her towards the ancestral hall.
The commotion also alarmed my uncle, who hurried to the ancestral hall along with the crowd, his thin body seemed about to fall down.
"Grandma, Third Sister!"
Seeing the old lady and the third young lady coming, he hurried up to greet them.
"Did you see it too?"
The third lady nodded, "I don't know where it started burning."
Unexpectedly, my uncle saw the source.
"It seems to me that it was burned out from the eldest young master's wing. I have sent people over there to check the situation."
Everyone's hearts sank when they heard it was that wing.
"That room, the ancestral hall..."
The third lady muttered softly, her brows furrowing more and more.
"Is it possible that my nephew wants to tell us something?"
It's useless to guess, it's better to go to the ancestral hall to find out.
Most of the Lin family gathered at the ancestral hall. When the third lady and the others arrived, the fire on the ground had been extinguished and the inside of the ancestral hall was completely dark.
"Why don't you light the lamp?"
The old lady grabbed a servant and asked.
"Let's light it, old lady," the servant said with a panicked face, "I've been trying to light the lamp since just now, but the door is blocked and the candles in the ancestral hall can't light up!"
"Idiot!" the old lady yelled.
"The light doesn't turn on. Don't you know where to get the light?"
"Hey, yes, yes!" The servant responded, and after agreeing several times, he hurriedly told the two people to run away.
"Grandma." The third lady was a little scared and subconsciously held on to the old lady beside her.
The eldest uncle was more courageous, so he stepped forward and took out a candle from the ancestral hall, took it out and examined it in the moonlight.
The candles used in the ancestral hall are made of the best materials. Even if the wick is moistened by water, it can still be lit when the fire is seen again.
The aunt stretched out his hand and crushed the wick and found that it was coated with wax.
Maybe the wax oil was scraped off from the candle body.
A candle needs a wick to burn; pure wax cannot be ignited.
He had some thoughts in his mind. Ghosts should not have such brains and figured out a way to seal the wick with wax.
Anyone who can pull off such a trick already has options in mind.
The servant who had gone to carry a lantern elsewhere had not returned yet, so the third lady supported the old lady and stood outside the ancestral hall.
After the aunt discovered the trick on the candles, he directed the servants around him to take out several candles and scrape off all the wax oil on the wicks by the moonlight.
The servants were working, and suddenly the fire lit up again in the ancestral hall.
This kind of fire is different from the fire dragon just now. It looks like a burning thing.
The Lin family's houses are all wooden structures, especially the ancestral hall. Because they were built relatively early, there are no fire protection devices.
If the fire continues, the Lin family will have to prepare to rebuild the ancestral hall tomorrow.
The old lady was about to ask her servant to put out the fire, when she saw a woman's figure appear in the gorgeous firelight!
