chsdbacks Chapter 74 Greetings
Chapter 74 Greetings
Li Na followed the old general's gaze to that dark corner and couldn't help but shiver.
She didn't want to stay there too long, so she took a few steps forward and, imitating the posture she had seen in TV dramas, greeted the old general.
"Greetings to the old general."
After Li Na finished speaking, seeing that the old general did not react, she mustered up her courage and looked ahead out of the corner of her eye.
The old general's lips moved silently, muttering incantations, but not a single word could be heard; only faint, sticky breaths could be heard.
The strangest thing was that the old general maintained this posture without blinking at all, his eyelids looked as if they were sewn shut, and his pupils were dark and lifeless.
He acted as if he hadn't heard the greeting.
After a long while, he slowly turned his neck, and his joint made a slight "click" sound, but he only turned it halfway before stopping.
Li Na was extremely uncomfortable; she didn't want to stay in this awful place for even a second longer.
However, without the old general's approval, Li Na dared not step down on her own.
The two remained locked in a stalemate for a while, then the old general slowly raised one hand and stiffly waved it twice, indicating that he could leave.
The moment she received the instruction, Li Na bent over and quickly retreated, then dashed downstairs.
At this moment, Qin Cang and Zhao Hu also came forward.
After Li Na went downstairs, before the maid could react, she quickly and briefly recounted what had happened to Qin Cang.
Zhao Hu tried to add something, but was stopped by the maid before he could finish.
After hearing what the two said, Qin Cang's face turned pale instantly. Only now did he realize that his plan had failed.
Originally, the three agreed that Zhao Hu, the most experienced, would go to scout ahead to reduce the risks for the other two.
Judging from the current situation, those who went up first are not in danger, while the last person is in the most danger.
But since the order had already been set, Qin Cang had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed.
"Anyway, just say you're paying your respects to the old general."
Qin Cang was thinking to himself, his mind filled with all sorts of random images.
But when he reached the second floor and saw the scene before him, his mind went blank.
The room was almost completely dark. According to Li Na's description, the table that should have been placed against the wall was now in front of the old general, and the oil lamp that was burning was only left with a little ember.
The old general's silhouette was faintly visible in the almost completely dark environment.
Qin Cang saw that the old general was leaning forward, with his elbows on the table and his legs half-squatting on the chair.
His back was hunched, and his face was contorted in a grimace, like a ferocious beast poised to pounce, yet writhing in extreme agony.
The old general's breathing was heavy, with suppressed growls, but he couldn't make a complete sound; the sound just rolled around in his throat.
Qin Cang was so frightened by the old general's strange posture that he trembled all over.
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He swallowed hard, then knelt down with a thud, trembling as he said:
"Greetings to...Greetings to the old general."
After he finished speaking, seeing that the old general ignored him, he didn't dare to look up and just knelt there obediently, waiting.
The old general's low growl suddenly stopped a second later.
The atmosphere suddenly became silent, so silent that Qin Cang got goosebumps all over his body.
He stiffly looked up at the old general, only to see the old general with his head slightly tilted back, his eyes fixed on the roof beam, and the corners of his mouth slowly twitching upwards, a half-smile on his lips.
Qin Cang narrowed his eyes and followed the old general's gaze to the roof beam. Then, Qin Cang's pupils suddenly shrank to slits.
The faint candlelight flickered, illuminating the old general's face and his greedy eyes.
Those eyes were fixed on Qin Cang, and the old general hunched over even more, as if he were about to pounce on Qin Cang at any moment.
Qin Cang withdrew his gaze and looked at the old general in front of him.
"run."
This is all the thought that's left for him.
With a soft "poof," the last wisp of candlelight went out abruptly, plunging the surroundings into darkness.
Just like the starting gun, as the candlelight went out, Qin Cang suddenly stood up and sprinted towards the stairwell at top speed.
............
At this moment, Zhao Hu and Li Na, who were waiting for Qin Cang downstairs, could no longer sit still. The two stood in the main hall, looking up at the ceiling.
"There was a loud commotion upstairs just now. I hope Qin Cang isn't in trouble."
Li Na muttered something under her breath. When she turned to look at Zhao Hu, she noticed that his expression was also unpleasant.
A while later, just when the two of them thought that Qin Cang had been in trouble, hurried footsteps came from the stairs.
The two ran to the stairwell and found Qin Cang tumbling down the stairs, looking extremely disheveled.
Qin Cang was about to speak when Zhao Hu stopped him.
"Let's talk outside."
Zhao Hu whispered his instructions.
The maid standing to the side seemed oblivious to Qin Cang's lapse in composure. She bowed to the three of them and escorted them outside the courtyard.
After the three had left the main courtyard, Zhao Hu hurriedly asked:
"What's going on? Why is there such a loud commotion upstairs? What happened?"
"The old general I saw is different from the ones you two saw..." Qin Cang's face was pale and his voice trembled as he recounted the general events to the two of them.
"And then, what did you see?" Li Na pressed.
"I...I couldn't see very clearly, but I vaguely saw a person lying on the roof beam. The person's clothes were exactly the same color as the old general's."
Qin Cang almost cried when he said this.
"We heard a loud bang downstairs, a thud. What happened?" Zhao Hu asked.
"I don't know, it must have been the sound of that thing jumping off the table."
When I saw that person, I felt something was wrong with the old general in front of me. Then the oil lamp went out. I was so scared that I ran downstairs as fast as I could.