Chapter 11: Strange Letters and Feet
A lit candle is set up on the ground every five meters, and the entire front yard of the house is gradually illuminated, dispelling the inexplicable fear brought by the darkness.
Li Mu followed the candlelight to the door of the hall of the house.
Even though the two doors were open, he didn't immediately go ahead and light the candle and walked in.
Instead, turn off the flashlight of your mobile phone first to save power.
Just now, while lighting the candle, the mobile phone flashlight was kept on, which is a prudent practice to ensure that there is an extra light source.
There were now ten lit candles on the ground, bright enough for him to see most of the things in the front yard of the house, and he could turn off his mobile flashlight.
Although there is also a power bank with a full battery on the body, it is definitely the right thing to do to save more power, because who knows what will happen next?
If he hadn't comprehended the mission released by this mysterious mobile phone before, Li Mu might still fantasize about it, just like this, nothing happening, and he would stay up until dawn peacefully.
However, a junior task almost scared him into a nervous breakdown, and how dare people underestimate future tasks.
"The wood carvings on the doors, the green bricks on the ground, the gray tiles on the walls, and the two large willow trees in the courtyard have long exceeded the height of the house, which are all typical of the Qing Dynasty mansion architectural style. With the help of the light of the candle, Li Mu observed the front yard of the house.
He lit another candle and placed it on the ground next to the door of the hall of the house, illuminating a small area around it, and after looking carefully to make sure that there was nothing wrong, he lit the second candle and walked in.
When the hall of the mansion was illuminated, and the corners of the walls, including the corners, were lit with candles, Li Mu stopped.
There are still more than a dozen candles left in the black plastic bag, plus the mobile phone is fully charged, and there is a power bank full of unused power, it is currently 2:25 in the middle of the night, and the summer morning comes quickly, basically around half past five will start to dawn, these light sources can last until dawn anyway.
There weren't many furnishings in the hall of the house, and there was a large round table covered with dust in the middle.
Directly in front of the round table was a dull lacquered Taishi chair, indicating that it was the main seat, which should be the place where the head of the family could sit, and there were three single stools next to the round table.
There are also four chairs on each side of the hall, and there is a high wooden coffee table next to the chairs, which is a place for guests to drink tea and talk.
In ancient times, the most important thing was rules and etiquette, which can also be seen from the layout of the hall of the old house in this deserted village.
All the furniture is predominantly black, with a thick layer of dust on it, and some of the furniture has some cobwebs on it.
Taking out a small bag of toilet paper with a heart-to-heart printing brand from his trouser pocket, Li Mu was ready to wipe one of the stools clean and sit down.
There were still three hours before dawn, and I couldn't stand all the time, and my legs couldn't stand it.
Take a piece of paper out of the toilet paper pouch and pull the nearest stool in front of you.
Crash!
Crash!
Quickly wipe the dust off the stool.
I didn't wipe it a few times before I was stunned.
Vaguely, Li Mu saw a "word" on the stool.
It doesn't seem to be a word, it's like a letter.
This allowed him to speed up the speed at which he could wipe the dust on his hands.
“SS……”
On the single bench that was wiped clean, the final appearance was the two letters "SS" side by side, the color is red, and the stool is black, so the two red letters are very eye-catching on it.
Li Mu frowned and thought, and suddenly, as if he wanted to confirm his thoughts, he pulled out a few new pieces of toilet paper and wiped all the dust off the remaining five single benches.
"Sure enough, all six stools have SS letters in red!"
What do these "SS" letters mean?
Or does it mean something?
In ancient times, there was no pinyin......
If it was a modern addition, who would it be? Who would be so bored to come here and not scribble elsewhere, but only write letters on these six stools?
All six benches have strange letters on them.
Will there be any of these chairs next to you?
This sudden discovery made Li Mu's heart beat faster, and his fear of the unknown also escalated.
But curiosity often trumped other emotions, and he quickly wiped the dust off all eight chairs next to him, but there were no such letters on the chairs.
"Why are there strange letters on the six single stools, is it because the eight chairs next to them are all for the guests to sit on, and the stools around the large round table are all for the host's family to sit on?"
While asking questions in his heart, Li Mu walked to the six solitary stools, wanting to think of a conclusion.
This time.
He saw that on the surface of the Taishi chair in the middle, there were also two letters of "SS", but the two letters on the Taishi chair were obviously larger than the letters on the six single stools, and they were more penetrating.
The Taishi chair and stool are all usually used by the host's family to sit on when eating, and they all have strange letters of "SS" on them, why is it?
Why did the owner of this house write such two letters on the stool he sat on every day?
Wrong!
Why is there no dust on this Taishi chair?
The house has not been inhabited for hundreds of years, and nothing has been touched when the police came last time, but the surface of the Taishi chair is as smooth as a mirror and spotless, as if someone will sit on it every day.
In a trance.
Li Mu saw that there seemed to be a person sitting on the Taishi chair, a thin old man who had lost his eyes, but still stared at him with those two frighteningly black eye holes.
He was so frightened by the sudden sight that he instinctively retreated.
Bang dang!
Stumbling, Li Mu fell backwards, and his left hand subconsciously grabbed the big round table next to him, trying to stabilize his shaking body, but there was nothing on the big round table except for the dust.
Boom!
As soon as I sat on the ground, I felt that my tail vertebrae were about to break.
"Ahh
Li Mu snorted in pain, propped his left hand on the ground, and pulled out the fruit knife with his right hand, thinking that no matter what happened, he would hold on until dawn, no matter what happened, he would be desperate, and he must not give up easily!
Want to stand up.
However, as soon as his body leaned forward, and before the person stood up, he was stunned, his eyes widened and looked ahead, the hairs on his body stood up, and cold sweat flowed out instantly.
Foot!
It's a pair of feet!
Under the surface of the Taishi chair, there is a pair of feet wearing the same black boots from the Qing Dynasty.
Li Mu was stunned, cold sweat flowed down his forehead, and his face turned pale in an instant, because he clearly remembered that he was the only one in this hall, and all the stools and chairs were empty a second ago.
So why is there a pair of feet underneath the chair?
When did these feet appear, did they exist before he Li Mu came in?
In other words, it is not a pair of human feet, but a half of a person's body.