My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 59 You're actually a ghost...

That night, the convicts huddled in their cave dwellings, and many tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

The rain outside was unusually loud, pouring down all day long. The escort officer had just gone out to take a look and returned with a somber expression.

The dirt road is flooded.

If this continues, it will probably become even more difficult to proceed.

Xin Nian sat cross-legged on the cushion, pretending to doze off. When no one was paying attention, she took out a thermos and drank a few sips of water.

By the latter half of the night, the even breathing sounds in the earthen cave rose and fell, and everyone had fallen into a deep sleep.

In the darkness, a slight rustling sound came from the doorway of the neighboring cave dwelling. Two young escorts appeared furtively, wading through water as they made their way out.

The two of them trudged along, their shoes filled with rainwater, making the muddy road very uncomfortable to walk on.

They didn't know how long they walked, but when they looked back and saw a row of earthen cave dwellings far behind them, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

One of them lowered his voice and said, "We must return to the capital immediately and report this matter to the Jingzhao Prefecture."

The other person nodded solemnly, "I wonder if we'll attract that female demon's attention after we leave."

"It shouldn't be that bad. There are so many of us escorts, and we two are basically invisible most of the time. How could she possibly remember them all?"

“That’s true.” The two walked along, talking, when suddenly they bumped into a wall and were both stunned.

It was pitch black, and they couldn't see clearly at first. They reached out and touched something, but there seemed to be nothing in front of them.

But when the two of them walked over again, they bumped into the wall with a "thud".

"What's going on?" The person who had spoken earlier felt a sudden sense of panic and took two more steps forward with his head down.

"Boom."

This time, his forehead hit the wall, and the impact was even louder.

"Where did this wall come from?" another person asked in a trembling voice, raising his hand to touch it haphazardly, his fingers seemingly touching something.

It was as if an invisible wall stood in front of them, making it difficult for them to move forward.

The two started to panic and instinctively took a few steps back. Their shoes were heavy with mud and water, and every step back they pulled out a foot full of mud.

Another person pulled on the mud and lost his shoes, his legs went weak and he sat down in the muddy water.

"So stupid!" his companion cursed, reaching out to pull him out of the mud.

Just as the two were about to turn around, they heard a soft, delicate voice, as faint as an orchid, coming from the branches of the trees above.

"Where are you two young men headed?"

"Ah~~" The sudden sound startled them both so much that they jumped up and hugged each other tightly.

"Wh-who are you?" the short constable almost shouted in a broken voice.

Terrifying! Not only do you encounter an invisible wall while walking at night, but you also suddenly hear a faint female voice slowly whispering in your ear.

What else could this be but a ghost?
"A ghost!" The two of them tried to run away, but when they turned around, they crashed heavily into the invisible wall behind them.

They both fell into the muddy water with a single squat.

Xin Nian stood on a treetop, chuckling coldly, "Is there any ghost in this world as beautiful as me?"

The two escorts turned around, looked up, and nearly fainted.

The woman, dressed in a white prison uniform, held a dark oil-paper umbrella. Her disheveled hair was draped down, covering half of her pale face.

She stood on the treetop with her toes barely touching the ground, like a light leaf, silently, and it's unclear how long she had been standing there.

What else could this be but a ghost?
How could a person stand on such a thin branch? And so silently...?

The two escorts were inwardly crying for their parents, and in fact, they were mumbling and begging for mercy.

They were wrong, so wrong, so very wrong!
He shouldn't have volunteered to help Liang Tou return to Beijing to deliver the message.

Oh oh oh!
If they had known that the sixth daughter of the Xin family was actually a female ghost, they would never have done something so stupid. Seeing that they were terrified, Xin Nian curved her lips into a slight, sleepy smile.

"Go and find your leader, Liang."

The short escort pointed to his nose and stammered, "Now, now?"

Xin Nian slowly raised an eyebrow, her expression a half-smile, "Otherwise?"

"Uh, yes, yes." The escort scrambled backward, his heart pounding with fear with every step.

The invisible, transparent wall that had been blocking their way had been removed at some point, and he ran without any hindrance. After running a couple of steps, he fell into the water, howling and covered in mud all the way back to the earthen cave.

Xin Nian blinked, gently raised her hand to smooth her hair, and muttered to herself, "Am I that fierce?"

The escort standing before him had his head bowed and his body tense, like a primary school student meeting the headmaster, not daring to utter a single word.

until--

"Hey, what's your name?"

Without hesitation, the escort knelt down in the mud with a "plop," crying pitifully, "Lady, Lady Ghost."

He clasped his hands together and knelt back and forth, pleading, "Please, please spare me! I have an eighty-year-old mother to support and an eight-year-old child to raise. It's so hard to make ends meet. I really, really can't die!"

Seeing how terrified he was, Xin Nian couldn't help but laugh. "I'm not going to kill you, I'm just asking for your name."

The escort, who was kowtowing repeatedly, suddenly looked up with his silly and honest face.

This was a deliveryman who looked like a farmer, and appeared to be only in his thirties.

He was indeed very low in the daily routine, and was one of the few guards who would not easily beat or scold exiles.

"My name is Erdan."

Xin Nian said "Oh" and chatted with the person in a casual manner, mostly asking questions and Er Dan answering.

Erdan was indeed honest; he answered every question without daring to hide anything.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Liang Guang, leading Xiao Jia and Lao Zhang, the escorts, arrived panting heavily, following behind the short escort.

The three of them saw a person standing in the tree from a distance and were immediately alarmed.

Upon approaching, Liang Guang had completely composed himself and, without saying a word, knelt down in the muddy water with a "plop".

Xin Nian stared expressionlessly at the square-faced old man. "Didn't I warn you before? Don't do anything underhanded behind my back, because I can hear everything."

Liang Guang forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Yes, I'm sorry, Sixth Miss. I was foolish and ignorant. I hope you won't hold it against me."

After saying that, he promptly slapped himself twice across the face.

Xin Nian looked at the man with a cool gaze, as if assessing how to deal with the person in front of her.

Liang Guang was so drenched in sweat from her gaze that he immediately began kowtowing without thinking, not caring at all about the water splashing everywhere.

"Who is the Prefect of Jingzhao now?" Xin Nian suddenly asked a completely unrelated question.

Liang Guang hesitated, "The current Prefect of Jingzhao is Lord Qian, the maternal uncle of Prince Gong."

"Which Prince Gong?" Xin Nian asked curiously.

"Prince Gong was the second among the princes."

"Then where does your crown prince rank?" Xin Nian asked again.

"Sixth in line." Liang Guang was somewhat puzzled; it was something everyone knew, yet the sixth young lady was unaware of it.

"Oh, you're also sixth grader." Xin Nian's eyes were filled with a smile.

The next instant, the person suddenly appeared in front of the astonished Liang Guang.

Her hand paused a fraction of an inch from her throat. Xin Nian smiled gently, her tone soft, "Want to live?"

(End of this chapter)