The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl-Chapter 337 - 336: Haunted House, Oh Haunted House
Chu Mansion, was the grand estate Chu Beiqing divided from the family’s properties.
Purple Cloud City, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, the value of a single mansion is exceptionally high, even more than the combined value of various farmlands and shops.
Thus, when Chu Tianyi and Chu Zhaonan agreed to give up that mansion, Xin Lin was somewhat taken aback.
After breakfast, Xin Lin, accompanied by Silly Chu and led by Ma Jingtian, went to find Chu Mansion.
The location of Chu Mansion was certainly not as good as Chu Mansion, it was a bit far from the bustling city, but it had the advantage of being quiet, nestled within a neighborhood alley.
After a slightly desolate tree-lined path, a courtyard occupying about four to five acres appeared before them.
White walls and blue tiles, the walls adorned with lush, leafy vines of Parthenocissus tricuspidata, bearing similarities to the Huizhou architecture Xin Lin had seen in modern times.
The greenish-gray wooden door was mottled with peeling paint, covered with several tattered seals.
Weathered by wind and rain, the seals had yellowed, and the ink had blurred beyond recognition, vaguely showing it’s from the government, but the specifics were indeterminable. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Xin Lin was startled to see the partially hanging seals.
Ma Jingtian looked around, stopped a passing aunt, and after inquiring, his face changed.
"Little Boss, you’ve been fooled, this is a Haunted House!"
No wonder the Chu brothers were willing to give up such a grand mansion.
This mansion, speaking of which, also has some connections with Chu Beiqing.
He bought it about seven or eight years ago when a strange disease broke out in Purple Cloud City, affecting many civilians.
Under the control of the Imperial Hospital, the Imperial Palace and nobles were spared, but the civilians suffered, and to contain the disease, the Imperial Hospital drove the infected civilians to a desolate mountain near Qin Mountain.
At the peak of the strange disease, dozens of civilians died daily, and the mountain was littered with corpses.
Later, after Chu Beiqing learned of this, he petitioned Emperor Longteng, overriding the objections, and further purchasing this secluded mansion with a huge sum of money.
With the Imperial Hospital unwilling to treat the disease, Chu Beiqing ordered the sick from the desolate mountain to be brought into the mansion.
He also personally resided in the mansion, living and eating with the sick for two full months. Although some died in the mansion during that period, after two months, the remaining patients were cured.
The strange disease was also eradicated from Longteng Country under Chu Beiqing’s treatment.
After the disease disappeared, the mansion was emptied.
For the first few years, the mansion remained intact.
But since Chu Beiqing became mentally incapacitated for some reason, the mansion began to be haunted.
"After Grand Doctor Chu became mentally incapacitated, Chu Mansion didn’t want to waste the empty mansion and tried to sell it. Later, some people came to see the mansion, but it’s said that those who visited got strange illnesses, and some even died. The rumors said it’s the work of the patients who died in the mansion in the past. As time passed, the mansion became known as the Haunted House and no one has inquired about it since."
Ma Jingtian said indignantly.
The brothers of Chu Mansion are really too deceitful.
Such a Haunted House, there’s no way Xin Lin and her father could live here.
As they were talking, the door creaked open.
A chilling wind blew out, cold to the bone.
Ma Jingtian shivered, and Xin Lin turned around to find Silly Chu had disappeared.
Xin Lin hesitated, just about to enter, suddenly, she felt a blur before her eyes, as something flashed past her.
