Nightmare Attack

However, what surprised him a little was that neither Yao, Shun, Yu, nor Li Bai raised any objections, which again made him doubt whether his previous speculation was valid.

Li Bai and Ding Zhenzong left the yard and went to another side room to rest as the servant said before, and then come back to change shifts when the time came.

At this moment, only Yao, Shun Yu, and the young master were left in the large courtyard, and the situation in the room was unknown. Since he entered the courtyard, there was no sound coming from the room. The silence did not feel like a bedroom. It's more like a mourning hall.

There were two large lanterns hanging outside the room. Just like the outside, one was red and the other was white, but the flames inside didn't know whether they were about to burn out or something, and the light they emitted was so weak that it could almost be ignored.

Yao, Shun, and Yu raised their heads and looked at the sky. The moon was obscured by dark clouds at some point, leaving only the outline of a lake. This was not a good sign.

Sighing, Yao Shunyu rubbed his face vigorously several times. When he raised his head again, his eyes and spirit seemed to be a different person. He walked toward the room and opened the door.

The room was relatively bright, with a few candles burning dimly. Yao Shunyu's eyes slowly swept across the room. The layout inside was the same as before. The only difference was that the curtain in front of the bed had fallen down. Through the translucent cyan curtain, one could see There was a figure lying on the bed.

The figure is naturally the eldest young master. At this moment, the eldest young master looks like he is asleep and motionless.

After confirming again that there was nothing strange in the room, Yao Shunyu turned around, closed the door as quickly as possible, then walked to the wooden table and found a seat to sit down.

But he wouldn't have thought that the moment he closed the door, the flame in the red lantern outside seemed to be breathed out. After swaying for a few times, it suddenly went out.

Only a big white lantern was left, swaying slightly in the night wind, and the huge word "Die" on it was particularly dazzling in the dark night.

Sitting at the table, Yao, Shun, and Yu calmed down and thought. From the previous servants' narratives, they learned that tonight their task was to guard the eldest young master's room. They must ensure that there is always someone in the room before dawn, and for the eldest young master's Safety was not mentioned. In other words, whether the young master was dead or alive did not affect the success of their mission.

All the three of them need to do is to ensure that someone stays in the room no matter what happens, and to survive as much as possible.

There was no need to protect the young master's life, which was very rare in previous missions, so Yao and Shunyu boldly judged that the young master would definitely die tonight. No matter what they did or did, they could not change this outcome.

Or... Yao, Shun, and Yu raised their heads and looked at the figure behind the curtain, and their eyes became cold. Or maybe the eldest young master was already dead at this time, and what was lying on the bed was just a cold corpse.

If this is really the case, then things will be troublesome. When a person dies, the body must be kept vigil overnight. Even if the body is not a corpse tonight, it will not be worth the difficulty of this mission.

Although confirming whether the eldest young master was dead or alive would be of great help for the next task, Yao Shunyu still gave up the idea. He did not want to get close to the bed at all now.

Time passed by, Yao Shunyu did not dare to let down his guard. The candlelight in the room flickered from time to time. His eyes became dry after watching for a long time. When he closed his eyes, he gently squeezed the sides of his nose with his hands. Suddenly, a knock on the door broke the silence of the night, and Yao Shunyu's heart twitched violently.

Who will be visiting at this time?

Yao Shunyu calmed himself down and stared at the door without saying a word.

The door is a very old wooden door. Its structure looks like the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. There is a layer of door paper on it. The door paper is slightly yellowed, and a figure is clearly reflected on it. "Is Master Yao here? I am The young master’s steward, whom we met just now, I’m here to deliver medicine to the young master, please open the door.”

This voice was familiar to Yao, Shunyu, and the owner of this voice had indeed been seen by Yao, Shunyu, but Yao, Shunyu was not sure whether the shadow outside was actually him.

"Ahem..."

There was a coughing sound on the bed, and the originally motionless figure slowly straightened up his upper body, leaning on the bed with one arm, his body hunched over, and the sound he made was as feeble as a dying person, "Yes...it's Abin here." , ahem..."

A Bin who was outside also heard the sound inside, and the knocking on the door became more and more intense, "Young master, it's me, I'm A Bin. The second young master has a stick of old wild ginseng, and he asked the pharmacy to fry a portion for him. Come to you.”

"Master Yao, what are you doing? Why don't you open the door?" Abin's voice outside was full of confusion and a hint of unhappiness. In short, his emotions were very delicate.

But Yao, Shun and Yu were unmoved. The moment the eldest young master got up and talked to "A Bin", he roughly knew that the people outside were fake. How could there be such a coincidence?

Also, and most importantly, there is no moon tonight, and the lanterns outside give people a half-dead feeling. Where does the light come from to cast the shadow of the future person on the door paper?

"Master Yao, could you please open the door? The people outside are here...to deliver medicine to me." The eldest young master was supporting his body with one hand behind the curtain, looking very weak.

"Open the door! Open the door!" "Abin" outside was still making his last effort, and in the end he almost hit the door with his body.

Yao, Shun, and Yu had experienced similar scenes many times, so they didn't panic at all at first. He knew that as long as he didn't open the door, "Abin" outside would not be able to break in. But after a few seconds, he didn't panic at all. The scene he thought of happened. "Abin" actually opened the door a crack with force, pressed his face against the door, and looked inside with eyes full of jealousy. At the same time, he stretched a hand along the crack and kept touching the door. Then he groped around, as if he was trying to find the door lock, open it and break in.

There was a buzz in Yao Shunyu's head, and he immediately realized that the rules of this mission were different from those in the past. It was not that he could get through it safely just by seeing through the other party's identity and ignoring it.

His breathing became rapid, and Yao Shunyu forced himself to calm down. As more and more parts of his arms penetrated, "Abin's" face became more and more distorted. Finally, Yao Shunyu locked his eyes on the eldest young master.

The eldest young master stayed quietly on the bed, completely unresponsive to "Abin's" anomalies, which was very wrong.

Later, Yao Shunyu walked quickly to the bed and reminded tentatively: "Master, Abin wants to break into your room. He is just a servant and he doesn't take you seriously."

The eldest young master paused for a moment and made a weak voice in his throat, "Abin is here to deliver medicine to me, just open the door for him."

Taking a breath, Yao Shunyu said word by word: "But he is fake, he is a ghost."