"Why are you frowning? I only didn't tell you for your own good. Besides, even if you go over, you won't be able to see him. Are you saying," Mu An Xiao asked, "you're going to look for Ouyang Ye in front of everyone, and then scare those people into fainting?" As she spoke, she glanced down at the servant who had just fainted from the gust of wind.
Feng Qi Shi also glanced down at the servant and said, "Those souls have already been taken away by him."
"Mmm, he's probably already seen what you left for me," Mu An Xiao said, then suddenly sensed a soul's breath. "Something's not right."
Feng Qi Shi regained his senses. "What is it?"
"The soul's breath, that girl didn't leave." Mu An Xiao looked down at the servant. "What do you plan to do about him?"
"What do you mean, 'what do I plan to do'? You go first, I'll wake him up," Feng Qi Shi arranged helplessly.
Knowing Feng Qi Shi's kindness towards his household servants, Mu An Xiao said no more and ran over to the spot.
The moment Mu An Xiao arrived, the wind stopped.
The servants in the courtyard separated as they felt the wind cease.
Servant Number One breathed a sigh of relief. "That wind was truly terrifying." He reached up and removed a branch and leaves stuck to his head.
Servant Number Two: "It shouldn't be her." He stared down at the deceased maid.
"After this round of turmoil, I see clearly. That girl doesn't have such great ability. In other words," Servant Number One became serious, "if she had this ability, she wouldn't have died so miserably."
"How do you know she died miserably?" Servant Number Three suddenly asked.
Servant Number One then shifted his gaze to Servant Number Three's face. "There were bruises on her arms and neck. If that's not a miserable death, what is it? Are you going to tell me she committed suicide?"
"She... probably wouldn't commit suicide," Servant Number Two said softly.
"When she was alive, she seemed like a lively girl. How could she have been so disheartened?"
"Who knows. Anyway, all we can do is bring her here and wait for the General to investigate."
"Yes, we are all just servants. That's all we can do. Anything more is impossible."
"Yes, I hope the General can find the cause of her death."
"This can be considered giving her life some closure."
Servant Number One listened to the other servants' conversation, then looked down at the maid again. "You guys, why has the coachman also disappeared?"
Hearing this, Servant Number Three immediately shifted his gaze to Servant Number One. "You kid, you can't just talk nonsense. That coachman is the General's most trusted person, and I feel that he..."
"No, I heard that everyone who has had contact with him has disappeared. Some even," Servant Number One became suspicious again, "some people died not long after leaving here."
At this moment, Mu An Xiao stopped outside the courtyard, listening to Servant Number One's words, her expression growing serious.
In the courtyard, they still hadn't noticed Mu An Xiao's presence. Instead, after Servant Number One's statement, they all fell silent.
Servant Number One knew that what he had said might be difficult for them to accept immediately, so he stayed silent for a moment.
Inside the room.
The deceased maid's soul arrived in the center of the room. She then looked up at the ceiling beams, recalling the rows of souls she had just seen and the voices mixed in the air. She muttered, "Were those souls like mine taken by them?" As she spoke, she slightly lowered her eyelids.
However, the 'them' the maid spoke of were Ouyang Ye and the others. It was only because they were invisible that she only heard their voices!
As for why she could hear their voices, she herself did not know. But, for some reason, the moment she heard their voices, she felt a lot more at ease.
At this very moment, Mu An Xiao could still clearly sense the maid's soul's breath. It was at this instant that Mu An Xiao realized she could no longer waste time.
Thus, she looked down at her own clothes, thinking, I am a servant now, so I should be able to talk to them. How strange, why am I hiding?
With that thought, she took a deep breath, tidied her clothes, then turned and crossed the threshold, walking in. She glanced at the cluster of servants and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Hearing her, the servants instantly stopped their thoughts and turned to look at Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao looked at them with feigned caution, then suddenly recalled the reaction of the servant who had seen her earlier. Her heart sank, and she quickly said, "I'm new. The one who was supposed to notify the General just fainted, so the General sent me to come over first."
Servant Number One relaxed his vigilance upon hearing this and smiled, "You're new, huh."
Conversely, Servant Number Two revealed a look of confusion. "That's not right."
Mu An Xiao maintained her smile. "What's not right?" Her smile was already quite strained.
Servant Number Two paid no mind to the change in her expression. Instead, he stared at Mu An Xiao with a suspicious gaze. "You said you're new, right?"
Mu An Xiao nodded. "Yes, I'm new."
"Then how do you know about this place?" Servant Number Two continued to stare intently at Mu An Xiao, as if afraid of missing any detail.
One who does nothing wrong fears no knock at the door.
Mu An Xiao calmly looked at Servant Number Two, who was clearly suspecting her. "Can't you understand what I'm saying?"
"What I'm saying is..."
"She already said the General sent her here, so naturally, she would know about this place. Your question is a bit redundant," Servant Number Three interrupted Servant Number Two.
Servant Number One agreed. "Exactly, she explained it quite clearly." He then looked back at Mu An Xiao. "Right, where are the Generals?"
Mu An Xiao hadn't expected these people to be so 'brainless'. With a faint sigh, she said, "You all felt that wind just now, didn't you?"
"Terrifying."
"Yes, if we hadn't huddled together, we would have all been blown away."
"Too frightening."
Servant Number Two found an opportunity amidst the other servants' chatter to alleviate his own awkwardness. "It was indeed terrifying," he said with mock seriousness.
"That guy fainted with just a gust of wind. Now the General is calling for him, but things here can't be delayed." Mu An Xiao, worried they would suspect her again, reiterated, "So the General sent me over first."
"Is that so?" they said in unison.
Mu An Xiao sighed softly. At this moment, she had gained a new understanding of them.