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The Imperial Court Lackeys of the Eight-Hour Workday System

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Chapter 24: Scary

The Imperial Court Lackeys of the Eight-Hour Workday System

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Li Miao picked up a tree branch and carefully examined the snake corpse in front of him.

Snakes, their skin is dead and will not Rotting. If they were injured before death, it can be reflected on the skin.

Li Miao looked for a long time and found a small Breach in the Abdomen of the snake corpse.Full novel: The Imperial Court Lackeys of the Eight-Hour Workday System — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠

He carefully observed the Breach, casually threw the snake corpse into the pool, and roughly understood the situation.

It was about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still early before the Haunted hour, so it was meaningless to wait here.

Li Miao yawned and went back to find the Shivering servant, and asked him to lead the way to eat and rest.

As the sun set and the moon rose, it was the Third watch.

When Master Wu moved away, he took away many servants, and at this time, the Wu Residence had many empty rooms.

The servants have also been frightened recently. Usually, the rooms are full. They feel somewhat comforted when there are people around. Now it's too creepy when it's empty, so they simply gathered in a few adjacent houses to rest.

Most of them were already asleep at this time.

A servant woke up, turned over and got out of bed, wanting to go to the Latrine, but he didn't dare to open the door when he got to the door.

After hesitating for a while, he went back and woke up a Miscellaneous worker who usually had a good relationship with him.

"Hey, wake up."

"What's wrong?"

"Come with me to the Latrine."

The person who was woken up was a little dissatisfied, but thinking that he would need him to accompany him when he got up at night, he didn't say much, put on an outer garment and went to the Latrine with him.

Fortunately, the Latrine was not near the Haunted Courtyard.

The two went to the Latrine, and the person who got up at night went in, and the Miscellaneous worker who came with him waited Outside the door.

In late autumn, the weather was getting cold.

The wind blowing through the Corridor brought up the fallen leaves, rolling the withered grass, rustling.

The Miscellaneous worker who got up at night squatted for a while, feeling cold in his heart, and knocked on the pillar.

"Are you there?"

"Yes, yes, hurry up, I'm freezing to death." An impatient reply came from Outside the door.

He breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "What kind of official are those four people who came during the day?"

"They are quite kind, unlike Lord Wang who came to the residence as a guest before, who was so fierce."

"But aren't people who are officials all riding in a Sedan chair? Why do they still lead their own horses?"

"Those two women are really beautiful, even more beautiful than the Third Wife."

"Sigh."

"I wish I could marry such a beautiful wife in the future."

He chattered, finished his business, pulled up his pants, and prepared to open the door and go out.

But he suddenly stopped.

He suddenly realized that the person Outside the door had not spoken for a long time.

He trembled and asked in a low voice, "Are... are you there?"

No one answered.

"You... you better not scare me..."

"If you're there, just say something... don't mess around..."

Outside the door was still silent.

"Don't mess around... I'm scared, okay..."

He wanted to open the door to take a look, put his hand on the door, but he was shaking like a sieve, and he didn't dare to push it open.

Drip.

The wind stopped for a moment, and he heard the sound of Liquid dripping Outside the door, right Outside the door.

Drip.

Drip.

One sound after another, as if knocking on his Heart.

"It's coming... it's over..."

Thinking of what a Miscellaneous worker who encountered a ghost said a few days ago, he panicked.

"What to do, what to do, what to do!"

The Latrine only had one door, and the person Outside the door had stopped moving, most likely having been harmed by the ghost!

That ghost might be Outside the door, waiting for him to open the door!

"Window, yes, Window!"

There was a small Window left above the Latrine to let out the smell, and it was not in the same direction as the door. He was thin and could squeeze through!

He quickly ran to the bottom of the Window and jumped up.

But his hands were soft because of fear, and he couldn't grab it.

He was so anxious that tears flowed out, and he slammed his hands on his legs twice, wiping away the sweat on his hands.

He jumped again, and this time he finally grabbed the window sill.

He excitedly kicked the wall twice, exerted force with his hands to pull himself up, and clung to the outer wall.

"Quick, quick!"

He pressed his hands on the wall, wanting to climb out, but he couldn't climb, as if the Corner of the clothes was caught.

He exerted some force, but couldn't break free, and then sent his body back into the Latrine, reaching out a hand to push away the Corner of the clothes.

"Squeak—"

At this moment, he heard the sound of the door being pushed open behind him.

His Limbs went limp, and he fell down, falling to the ground.

The sound of clothes being blown by the wind came from behind him, reaching his back.

He barely turned his head to look.

But he saw a blood-stained White Clothes floating in the air behind him.

Further up, was a face covered in blood, a pair of Bloodshed holes, facing him.

"!!!"

He was terrified at this moment, opened his mouth to call for help, but his throat seemed to be grasped, and he only let out a Hoarse scream.

That face paused in the air, and pounced towards him!

"Ah!!!"

He let out a shrill scream as he wished, and finally fainted.

That face pounced on him, but it made a muffled sound, fell from his body, and rolled a few times on the ground.

The White Clothes also floated lightly on him, and there was nothing inside.

After a while, the clothes seemed to be pulled, sticking to the ground and leaving the Latrine.

Li Miao bent down and picked up the clothes, and pulled it hard with one hand, pulling out a Silk thread.

"Heavenly silk, good stuff."

Li Miao turned his head and looked at a Rooftop: "You're using it for this? To scare people?"

A light sound came from the Rooftop, and a person wearing Night clothes jumped up and stepped on the Eaves and fled outwards without a sound.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave."

Li Miao wrapped the Silk thread around his hand, turned his head and said to the servants who came to check after hearing the scream: "There are two people over there in the Latrine, one has been Faint, and the other has been scared Faint."

"Carry them into the house, and find a doctor to take a look tomorrow."

After saying that, he also jumped up and stepped on the Rooftop to chase after the person who fled.

On the other side, Wang Hai, Little Four, and Mei Qinghe also heard the commotion here.

The three of them knew that something would definitely happen at night, so they all rested in the afternoon.

At this time, the three of them were all in a Small Courtyard, Wang Hai was in one room, Little Four and Mei Qinghe were in one room, and they were all awake now.

Hearing the scream, they knew that Li Miao was there and they didn't need to worry about it, they just needed to take care of themselves, so they didn't move.

In this Small Courtyard, a Big Cat suddenly jumped down.

This cat's steps were Stiff, and it walked crookedly, covered in dirt and grass, with damaged fur, and only a pair of eyes emitting green light.

It walked a few steps in the Courtyard, first looked up at the two bright rooms.

Two Figures were reflected in one room, and only one in the other.

It hesitated for a moment and walked towards the room with fewer people.

In the room, Wang Hai heard the sound Outside the door, took out a pair of Gloves inlaid with iron pieces, with sharp Hook blade on his fingers, and put them on.

"Choose me?"

"Then you've made the right choice."

"Taking things out from under the Skin and flesh is my specialty."

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