The person in charge was a small official in the prince's mansion, because his father had been a trusted confidant of the prince for many years, the person in charge had a more prestigious position in the prince's mansion compared to other officials, and his life was also smooth-sailing.
Due to the master's favor, the person in charge bought a house in a wealthy area. Although not large, it was a place to settle down, and compared to most people, it was already much better. The couple were particularly content.
The incident happened in early summer. Normally, they would have dinner in the yard, enjoying the night breeze and moonlight with some wine, feeling carefree.
But that day when the person in charge was enjoying himself, there was suddenly a commotion in the kitchen. He thought it was one of the clumsy servants, but he only had two or three maids, and they were all serving.
Worried that a thief had entered the house, he followed the maids into the kitchen, only to find no one there, just a mess on the floor. Pots and pans were scattered, with metal cookware slightly deformed, and the fine porcelain bowls were all broken on the ground.
Initially, he thought it might have been a stray cat, and despite the grief, he just reprimanded the maids for not storing the bowls properly, and instructed them to be more careful in the future.
But that night, as they were comfortably sleeping, they heard the sound of furniture moving in the living room. When the person in charge nervously went to check, everything was quiet again, with only the furniture in disarray.
From then on, their lives turned into a nightmare. It began at night and would stop when someone approached. Later, it even happened during the day, and showed no fear of human presence, continuing noisily even with multiple people around.
Such a fierce haunting was rare, scaring off the servants from the mansion. As a result, only the person in charge and his wife, who were attached to their home, remained.
Although somewhat frightening, it ultimately had not harmed anyone's life.
The incident's details provided to the Forget Worry Pavilion were consistent with those in the case file.
"Why didn't you seek help from a master?"
The couple looked at each other with some awkwardness.
"The master, being a trusted confidant of the prince, naturally does not trust those swindlers from the jianghu..."
The lady's face turned slightly unnatural, casting a quick glance at the person in charge. However, the person in charge remained calm and seemingly unaffected.
Gu Lingling sighed, thinking that wealthy people are just concerned about appearances.
As they spoke, the sky had darkened. The couple looked increasingly uneasy and started to shiver.
"I heard the madam say earlier that the strange sounds occur regardless of whether it's day or night. Is it constant or occasional? I haven't heard any noises in the past while we've been here."
As soon as the lady started to reply, there came another clattering sound from the kitchen, which startled not only the couple but even Gu Lingling.
It was quite frightening, especially at such a late hour.
It's as if it's a demonstration with Gu Lingling, and the commotion is getting bigger and bigger.
"Master, this commotion decides when it wants to happen, there's no pattern... and this time it seems bigger than before."
Not a 'seems', it's certain. A porcelain bowl shattered the window paper with a bang and smashed on Gu Lingling's foot, the broken porcelain pieces sticking to her foot.
Da Bao looked down, then glanced at the busy kitchen. Just as Gu Lingling was asking when it would happen, a black mass of air floated out from the living room and swiftly moved towards the kitchen.
With indifferent eyes, Da Bao squinted and pulled Gu Lingling, who was shaking off the porcelain shards.
"Could you both take the child to hide in the living room?"
Da Bao wanted to stay, and Gu Lingling didn't object either, after all, dealing with impurity was somewhat dangerous, and it wouldn't be good if Da Bao got hurt.
The couple was already scared and wanted to run away. Upon hearing Gu Lingling's suggestion, they immediately nodded. The host didn't care about any "royal demeanor" and bent down, wanting to grab Da Bao. They were afraid that going closer to the kitchen would get them captured by the indoor "ghosts and monsters".
Da Bao seemingly stepped back slowly, and the host missed grabbing him. The host was stunned. This child didn't know what was good for him. As a trusted servant of the royal family, being hugged by them was a great favor, yet he still avoided it. The host glared fiercely at Da Bao, but was subdued by a fleeting gaze from him.
For some reason, the host's mind went blank, and when they snapped out of it, Da Bao had already taken small steps and walked into the living room.
After settling Da Bao, Gu Lingling held a peach wood sword in one hand and ripped off the pig bone token from her waist with the other.
The tokens from the various wings of the Guild of Forgetfulness could all be considered magical artifacts. Although the pig bone was just an ordinary talisman, it was still effective in dealing with this kind of disturbance of Yin energy.
With a kick, she opened the kitchen door and saw pots and pans flying around, vegetables strewn on the floor. If not for the setting being ancient, Gu Lingling would have thought it was a space without gravity from a sci-fi movie.
Facing it alone, Gu Lingling was still somewhat timid. After adjusting her mindset, she let out a roar and, pointing her sword, led the peach wood sword back and forth in the kitchen.
The utensils that were wandering in the air just now suddenly seemed to lose their energy and fell to the ground, making a loud noise.
Gu Lingling caught the flying peach wood sword and breathed a sigh of relief. Due to her innate talent, Gu Lingling could only use one or two sword moves of the sword art; anything more and she couldn't control it.
It seemed that this process went smoothly. Maybe she could go back early since the city gate hadn't closed yet. If she could get another case, wouldn't she have made it through this month? But she hadn't walked the night road before, there were no street lights in ancient times, and Da Bao was still too young; he needed sufficient sleep at night to ensure his growth...
Amidst Gu Lingling's jumbled thoughts, she walked into the courtyard. Just as she lifted her foot to enter the living room, she heard a burst of a woman's scream from inside, followed by the harsh scraping sound of tables and chairs on the floor.