Chapter 402 That’s a Haunted House

Shen Ningning shouted, "What are you doing!"

Those people turned around and saw a beautiful little baby, followed by a young lady, both of whom looked unpleasant.

When they looked again, they saw a huge black wolf standing beside the little girl.

The Black Wolf King is a moving sign. When they saw it, even if they didn't know Shen Ningning, they knew that Princess Funing was here.

The shopkeeper who was in charge quickly restrained his anger and ran to Shen Ningning, greeting and apologizing.

"Princess, don't get me wrong. We didn't bully this family. It was their old man Xu who promised to help me with the work, but when it was time to work, he ran away."

Shen Ningning frowned, took away the so-called signature certificate from the shopkeeper's mouth with her little hand, and took a look at it.

It turned out that this shopkeeper was the owner of a carpentry shop in the nearby Guangyang Town.

After Xu Jingxi's arm was injured, the Xu family temporarily lost its source of income.

Grandpa Xu saved all the money sent by Lu Shaoyuan in the bank, intending to use it as money for Xu Jingxi to marry and build a house.

So the life of the grandfather and grandson was still as poor as before.

In order to take care of Xu Jingxi, Grandpa Xu took a carpentry job that others dared not take from Guangyang Town through the introduction of the villagers.

The job was to go to a house and remove some unnecessary wooden beams.

No carpenter in the town dared to take it, only Grandpa Xu saw the high reward given by the shopkeeper and took it.

The carpentry shopkeeper spread his hands and complained to Shen Ningning: "Your Highness, this old man Xu went once, and then ran back and said he would never go again."

"But my work period is ready to hand over, I am waiting for the house to be dismantled, so that I can hand it over to the person who commissioned me. As a result, Old Man Xu avoided me for three days. Your Highness, what do you think, can I not do this job?"

Shen Ningning has always been fair, and she felt that Grandpa Xu was wrong after hearing this.

But Grandpa Xu is not such an irresponsible person.

Ye Shangyi glanced at the address of the house on the indenture.

She was surprised: "Ah! It's the red-tiled house on Sheliang Mountain?"

Shen Ningning looked at her: "Do you know where it is?"

"I've heard that it's a haunted house!"

After saying that, Ye Shangyi put her hands on her hips and glared at the carpenter: "No wonder others don't dare to take it. It's a place that will kill people. How dare you urge Grandpa Xu to go?"

The carpenter coughed lightly and looked embarrassed: "It is said that there must be brave men under a big reward. I have already set the price, and Old Man Xu has accepted it. He can't not go, right?"

At this moment, Xu Jingxi's cold voice came from the yard.

"My grandpa can't go. He was so scared that he had a high fever when he came back last time, so I went for him."

Shen Ningning saw Xu Jingxi's handsome and slender figure walking out of the house.

The carpenter was afraid that he would go back on his word: "You said it! I paid you the banknote in advance, you can't go back on your word!"

As he said that, he hurriedly stuffed the banknote into Xu Jingxi's hand.

However, he ran away with his men, and did not forget to turn back and shout all the way: "You must go! Come back after removing the wooden beams in three days!"

Seeing them run so fast, Ye Shangyi stamped her feet in anger.

"It's obvious that you are bullying me, what can I do if I don't go?"

However, when she turned around, she saw that Xu Jingxi had already gone to the yard to get tools.

It seemed that he was ready to leave now.

Shen Ningning blinked her big eyes: "Are you really going?"

Ye Shangyi was also surprised: "Xu Jingxi, you are crazy. Many people died in that place. It used to be a mass grave. Later, it was bought and a house was built, but the family died and injured."

"After they moved away, they invited many carpenters to dig the foundation, but they all died! You should know how your grandfather was scared."

Shen Ningning didn't know if she didn't listen. Is there such a scary place in the world?

Is there really a ghost?

If there is, why didn't her mother come to see her? The little guy didn't believe it.

Xu Jingxi was packing his tools. He said lightly: "It doesn't matter. I'm tough."

He said such words seriously, which made people laugh.

Shen Ningning looked at him: "Well, then we will go with you! One more person, one more person to take care of you, so you won't be scared."

"We?!" Ye Shangyi raised her voice, she pointed at herself: "You don't count me in, do you?"

Shen Ningning blinked her big eyes and looked at her: "You said you like playing with me, are you backing out now?"

Ye Shangyi wanted to cry but had no tears: "But, but, that's a big house with red tiles! I heard that a monk went there before, wanting to be saved, and was scared crazy after coming back."

Shen Ningning patted the head of the Black Wolf King: "What are you afraid of, we have Wolf Wolf, no matter what evil demons there are, they can't hurt us!"

The little guy's face was full of innocence and excitement, and the Black Wolf King sat up straight and slightly raised his chest.

Ye Shangyi had no choice but to sigh: "Okay, then I'll go with you, but I'll bring ten guards!"

It's always good to be just in case.

Xu Jingxi wanted to persuade them to stay, but when he saw Shen Ningning's curious look, he simply stopped persuading them.

Before leaving, Xu Jingxi asked his neighbors to take care of Grandpa Xu for half a day and come back at dawn tomorrow.

When the neighbors heard that he was going to stay in the red-tiled mansion for one night, they all shook their heads and sighed--

"Poor child, maybe he will die there and never come back, it's really the pressure of life."

Sheliang Mountain is located east of the capital. It was a mass grave a long time ago. Later, the imperial court flattened the mass graves in order to acquire land for farming.

But whatever was planted on that land died, so it became a wasteland again.

Until several families pooled their money and built several large houses there together. They originally wanted to live a good life, but later there was an internal fight, and the family members killed each other, with heavy casualties.

After this happened, several craftsmen in the city went there to flatten the house and rebuild it, but they also died inside.

There were also several people who ran out of the exploration, all of them went crazy. Those who went there and came back alive basically said that there were ghosts inside, or a group of ghosts!

Therefore, the craftsmen who had heard of the red-tiled mansion would never accept their orders again.

Only Grandpa Xu took on this commission for a living.

When Shen Ningning and his friends arrived at the foot of Sheliang Mountain, it was almost evening.

The dusk was leaning, the setting sun was like blood, splashing across the dark mountains and fields, the autumn wind blew, and the leaves in the mountains made a clear rustling sound.

Ye Shangyi stroked her shoulders and hid behind Shen Ningning in fear.

"It's getting dark, are we sure we're going up the mountain now? It's so dark, it's not easy to start work, right? Why don't we come back early tomorrow morning?"

Xu Jingxi shook his head and patted the bag on his back: "I brought a lot of candles, so I can handle it."

Ye Shangyi complained: "Then what should we eat?"

Shen Ningning pointed decisively at the food box in the guard's hand.

"Look! The food we brought just now can be used, enough for us to eat until tomorrow, hehe!"

Looking at their similar calmness, Ye Shangyi screamed in her heart.

Xu Jingxi and Shen Ningning really have a tacit understanding like good brothers and sisters! Aren't they both afraid?

The deeper they went into the mountains, the more they went against the color of the sunset, until the sky turned gray and blue, and everyone could only see the outline of the shadows, but could not see anything clearly.

"We're here." Xu Jingxi pointed to a large village located in a flat land not far away.

Shen Ningning and Ye Shangyi looked up.

The red-tiled mansion, as the name suggests, has red bricks and pale walls.

The walls were mottled with marks as if they had been burned.

When they got closer, they saw countless black handprints, as if many people wanted to escape from here, but they couldn't walk out of the red-tiled mansion even half a step by holding the wall.

Ye Shangyi was already shaking with fear.

"Ghost, ghost house, it must be a ghost house."

The black wolf king sniffed and just felt that there was something pungent.

It had a sensitive sense of smell, but Shen Ningning opened her little hands and shouted: "What a quiet place!"

Her shout startled the black birds in the surrounding woods and flew up with flapping wings.

Like black ghosts, screaming sharply, passing over their heads.

Ye Shangyi screamed in fear.

She finally calmed down, but the door of the red-tiled mansion in front of them was half open.

Ye Shangyi's scalp suddenly went numb.

"Wait... when we just came, wasn't this door still closed? Who of you went in?"

She turned her head and saw that everyone was there, and no one approached the door.

So...

Shen Ningning's soft voice was innocent: "The door opened by itself!"

Ye Shangyi screamed and rolled her eyes in fear.