"Could it be that everything's turned upside down?"
Upon hearing these constant reports from the servants coming from below, the Eldest Master Meng's first thought was disbelief.
The Tongyin Meng family was one that, despite having no turf among the Ten Families, had deep entanglements with the underworld. The main people of the house were suffering below, and due to the difference between yin and yang, even sending messages was different from other families. Usually, when something arose, they would burn paper offerings or have a little ghost traverse between yin and yang to communicate. But if the Eldest Master Meng wasn't in his usual place and there was an urgent message, they would send these specially raised servants below.
