Aoki County looks a little hazy in the moonlight. After the hustle and bustle of the day, the night becomes quiet.

"Brother Lei, we're just ahead."

Hong Yi jumped ahead and led the way, looking back at Bai Yang and said.

Under the leadership of Hong Yi, Bai Yang and others came all the way to the north of the city. Compared to other places in Qingmu County, the population in the north of the city is the smallest.

The north of the city is where the rich live, mostly in deep mansions and courtyards, which are closed at night. You can only see some light from a distance, which is the lantern at the door of the house.

Under those lanterns, one or a few silent guard servants stood.

The further north you go to the city, the more abrupt the silence becomes. The occasional barking of dogs in the distance gives the area a hint of life.

"Go slowly, I'm not in a hurry"

Bai Yang looked around and said that he was observing the surrounding deep mansion compound. Although he had a panoramic view of the entire Aoki County from the top of the White Stone Tower during the day, being inside it was a different feeling.

In the silent night, there was only the sound of their footsteps on the stone road. When passing a house, the guards at the door would look at them indifferently until they were gone.

Gradually, there are not even many deep houses and courtyards, and both sides of the road have turned into wasteland.

"Brother Lei, this is it."

Hong Yi stopped, pointed ahead and said.

Bai Yang looked up and raised his eyebrows slightly.

In front of them, a large courtyard appeared. The wall was five meters high and extended far away from both sides. In the hazy night, it was impossible to see the end of the wall.

However, this courtyard has been abandoned for an unknown amount of time. Most of the tall courtyard walls have collapsed, and the occasional fence that still stands is covered with lush vines.

Standing at the entrance of this abandoned courtyard, the surroundings were silent, not even the chirping of insects and birds, making it seem a bit eerie.

"Are you sure this is here?"

Bai Yang asked Hong Yi.

The other children were resting in the small courtyard, only Hong Yi came here with Bai Yang and the others.

"Brother Lei, I'm sure this is here. I also forgot when Hong Er and I came here. No one lives here. We originally wanted to live here, but it was too remote, and we always felt...

We felt uncomfortable, so we left. The portrait that was a thousand times worse than Brother Lei's was also what we saw on a wall in this abandoned courtyard."

Hong Yi said with certainty.

Bai Yang nodded, then looked at him and said:

"Are you afraid? If not, take Brother Lei in to see where you saw the portrait. If you are afraid, tell me the approximate location and I will go in and look for it myself. You can go back first."

"Brother Lei, I am not afraid of anything when I am with you."

Hong Yi looked at Bai Yang and grinned.

"Silly boy, lead the way"

Bai Yang rubbed his head and said.

"Um"

Hong Yi nodded happily and led Bai Yang towards the door of the abandoned courtyard.

The gate has collapsed, the bricks and stones are scattered among the grass, and the wooden structure has decayed. It has been abandoned for who knows how many years.

Stepping on the rubble, there was a soft clicking sound under the feet, and Bai Yang crushed a rotten wooden board.

In the moonlight, he found words on the wooden board and squatted down to read them carefully.

This should be a plaque on the gate. It has been decayed. The words on it are blurry and incomplete, and it is impossible to tell what is written specifically.

The four sisters Bingqing and Yujie protected Baiyang in the center. They said nothing and watched their surroundings vigilantly.

Not finding anything on the wooden board under his feet, Bai Yang stood up and clapped his hands to signal Hong Yi to continue leading the way.

When we came to the courtyard, we could vaguely tell from the ruins and broken walls that this was once a very gorgeous courtyard, but now it has collapsed and been abandoned, intertwined with weeds and vines, and it is no longer the grand scene it once was.

Following Hong Yi's footsteps, they advanced among the ruins. After more than half an hour, they arrived at their real destination.

Bang...! Crash...!

At this time, a half-decayed and collapsed building not far away collapsed again, and the sound was extremely abrupt in the night.

The four sisters Bingqing and Yujie immediately looked in that direction vigilantly, but nothing dangerous happened.

Damn it, I was shocked, Bai Yang patted his chest.

"Brother Lei, look, this is the portrait."

Hong Yi pointed at the wall standing firmly a few meters away and said.

Following the position of Hong Yi's finger, Bai Yang saw a portrait on the wall.

I don’t know how long this portrait has been there. It has been damaged by wind and rain, and is very blurry. Some places are even missing because the wall has fallen off.

By the moonlight, Bai Yang imprinted the portrait on the wall into his mind, and carried out the 'restoration process' in his mind. His eyes widened slightly, because the person in the portrait was indeed the old man he saw!

However, relatively speaking, the old man painted on the wall is much younger than what I see. What I see is that he is sixty or seventy years old, but the one painted on the wall is only forty or fifty years old at most!

"Then why does the portrait of the old man when he was young appear here?"

Bai Yang thought to himself, but couldn't get any clues.

Looking around again, he found that the broken wall with the portrait should once have belonged to a large building. The other parts had collapsed, but this wall was still standing.

"Master, there should have been words here!"

At this time, Lin Qing'er stood beside the portrait, pointed at a place, turned to look at Bai Yang and said.

Where she pointed, the wall had peeled off so much that there were no complete words. Only a few faint traces could tell that there had been words written there.

"Don't move!"

Bai Yang opened his mouth and said.

Under the puzzled gazes of others, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and his invisible thoughts spread out, imprinting all the ruins around the wall into his mind.

He mainly observed the peeling wall covering around the wall. On some fragments, he saw some incomplete strokes in his mind.

However, because many of the walls have weathered into powder, the incomplete strokes are incomplete.

After piecing together the incomplete strokes in his mind, he only got two words:

'Wait... to return'

These two words should be two parts of a complete sentence, perhaps describing the scene of waiting for the other party to return, but without more fonts for comparison, Bai Yang could not be sure, nor could he distinguish between these unrelated things.

Get the old man's information.

However, the appearance of this portrait in this abandoned courtyard is a huge clue in itself!

After getting those two words, Bai Yang thought in his mind that if he checked the information about this courtyard, he should find something.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see anymore"

Bai Yang shook his head and said.

boom……

Just as Bai Yang and the others turned around, there was a roar behind them. Looking back, they saw that the wall that had existed for unknown ages collapsed at this moment.

Is this a coincidence or an accident?

Bai Yang's heart went crazy, it was so fucking weird.

"Master, let's go quickly. I always feel uncomfortable staying here."

Lin Yu'er came closer to Bai Yang and said.

"Xiao Yu'er is still scared? I see you the happiest when you beat people during the day."

Bai Yang pinched her cheek and smiled.

"Oh, that's different, young master"

Lin Yu'er said coyly.

The group of people left the abandoned courtyard and came outside. The first time Bai Yang pulled Hong Yi behind him, he and Bing Qing Yujie looked at a place in the darkness at the same time.

There was a big tree growing densely there. At this time, strange sounds came from the grass behind the big tree.

The voice was very repressed, deep, and almost like crying, which made Bai Yang and the others who had just come out of the abandoned courtyard feel hair-raising.

"What is it, get out of here"

Lin Bing'er blocked Bai Yang behind her, pulled out the sharp sword she carried with her and looked in that direction and said solemnly.

In an instant, the sound disappeared!

Bai Yang frowned slightly, and then his expression became very strange. He patted Lin Bing'er on the shoulder and ran over quickly.

"Master, be careful"

Lin Bing'er reminded her to move forward quickly and reach the source of the sound one step ahead of Bai Yang.

"Bing'er, don't go there."
To be continued...