While the three naughty kids and Zhang Shou, Zhu Ying, and Zhang Chen were lobbying and betting in An'er Hutong, the Kong family was in chaos. Master Kong Jiu woke up with a splitting headache, but he wanted to treat what happened last night as a nightmare. However, after getting up, two servants came in with panic on their faces, and when they saw him, they were so frightened that they stepped back repeatedly.
The scene was like seeing a ghost—and they thought he was a ghost!
According to his usual habit, Master Kong Jiu, who was sitting in the hall, would have ordered the man to be dragged down and severely beaten. However, at this moment, he was weighed down by the incident last night, so for the first time in his life, he suppressed his anger and just shouted angrily, "How can you be so flustered? Why don't you change your clothes for me!"
"Master...you...your neck!"
Hearing the word "neck", Master Kong Jiu's heart skipped a beat. He subconsciously reached out to touch his neck. When he found nothing unusual, he immediately showed his fierceness after a false alarm. However, the next sentence the servant said tremblingly made him freeze: "Master, there is a handprint on your neck... on your neck!"
Master Kong Jiu felt a chill in his heart, and the chill spread all over his body, making his teeth chatter! He wanted to denounce the absurdity, but the two servants' terrified expressions didn't look fake, so he simply got out of bed with a stern face and dressed, but even though he pretended to be indifferent, his movements were extremely stiff.
It was not until he put on a few pieces of clothes and stood in front of the bronze mirror that he saw the completely abnormal mark on his neck. He was so shocked that he took two steps back. However, even though the bronze mirror was polished frequently, its clarity was not very good. Therefore, in order to see what shape the mark was, he had to bite the bullet and move closer again.
When he finally saw the small handprint clearly, his face was almost pressed against the bronze mirror. Terrified, he touched the bruise on his neck with his trembling hands, but with just a slight pressure, he couldn't help but gasp.
It hurts so much! It’s not fake, what happened last night was not a nightmare, it was all real!
Master Kong Jiu felt that every pore of his body was emitting a chill. Even though he used to pay the most attention to dignity and decorum in front of his servants, he was completely unable to maintain the demeanor of a scholar at this moment. What made him shudder even more was that one of the servants suddenly lost his composure and started to yell loudly.
"It's a ghost, a real evil ghost passing through! He even dared to pinch the master's neck, not to mention ransacking the kitchen! All the food in the kitchen was taken away, whether it was live chickens and ducks, or mutton, beef, eggs... Even the chicken and pig offal were not spared. This is the reincarnation of a starving ghost for many years!"
Thinking of his classmate Tang who died of anger and illness not long after his youngest son died, and the scandal of succession and inheritance dispute in the family, Master Kong Jiu completely regarded it as a joke at that time, but now he is trembling all over. No matter who inherits the Tang family, it is now completely ruined. I think they forgot about such a young child. Without sacrifice and support, wouldn't he become a starving ghost full of resentment towards him