Chapter 42: Time
For the nth time, Liang Jian slowly opened his eyes at the bottom of the well, and after a brief panic, the memories of countless time cycles began to gradually come back.
'Waking up from the bottom of the well - being rescued - encountering a series of frightening events - waking up at the bottom of the well again', Liang Jian defined a series of bizarre things he encountered as reincarnation, Liang Jian couldn't remember how many reincarnations he had experienced, and he didn't know which reincarnation he had started from, and he gradually had some memories of the last reincarnation. As these memories accumulated, he remembered more and more things, and he could now even remember every detail of the last four or five reincarnations from beginning to end.
Every time he is reincarnated, there will be subtle differences between the sights he sees and the things he encounters. But the core characters of each reincarnation are probably so many people - Wang San who saved him, the maid with a message, the coquettish Mrs. Ninth Rouge, the short and fat warlord master, the warlord young master who stole love with Rouge in a cameo by Ou Chen, the middle-aged man who smoked a lot of cigarettes and sold his daughter, the little maid who married on his behalf, and the pedantic son of a middle-aged man who made a cameo appearance by Lu Kun. The last time he was reincarnated, he let the hanged ghost of this family scare him back to the bottom of the well.
When he was first reincarnated, he thought that he was like a neon woman, who had traveled through time and space from a dry well, and the cruel facts proved that he was thinking too much, and he was trapped in the murderous mansion with Ou Chen and the two stupid people in the road conditions, and the whole house was full of ghosts except for them.
Liang Jian has always believed that he is a living person, and it is a bit difficult to say, he is hungry, and he has been hungry since then, and he keeps cooing. Dead people certainly don't go hungry, so Liang Jian firmly believes that he is still alive.
He's still a little luckier, at least the last few times he rewinds and rewinds, he still remembers what happened before, Ou Chen and Lu Kun are more and more stupid into their cameo roles.
As soon as he thought of this, Liang Jian was on fire, the last time and the last reincarnation, he kindly wanted to save the two of them from a small piece, but both times they messed up because of them.
Last time, Lu Kun was finally awakened by him, remembered his original identity, and worked with Liang Jian to find a way out. But Ou Chen's girl because he drove with rouge, he let his cheap father die once after driving once, probably because he died too many times, Ou Chen seemed to be a little assimilated, he and Lu Kun tried their best to persuade Ou Chen, but this girl didn't say a word, took out a gun and shot at them, Lu Kun was shot in the head by him, and he was directly scared back to the well.
And the last time he rewinded, Lu Kun was probably because he was shot by Ou Chen, when Liang Jian found him, he was dumbfounded, and Liang Jian asked him to follow him obediently. Ou Chen because of his criminal record, Liang Jian didn't bother with him this time, he knocked him out directly with a stick, and carefully half-dragged and half-carried him with Lu Kun, and finally touched the door, and he was about to say goodbye to the murderous house, Liang Jian was so happy that before he stepped out with his front foot, he let people knock on the stick.
Before fainting back into the well, he only saw Lu Kun's numb and sluggish face and the stick in his hand.
"Damn, if Lao Tzu goes to save them again this time, Lao Tzu will be a fool!" said so, Liang Jian didn't think about leaving the two of them alone, but now it's like this, if he is lucky enough to get out, he can find someone to come back and help find a way to rescue them too, if the three of them have been trapped here like this, it will definitely be more than lucky.
Even if Liang Jian wants to run out of the murderous mansion alone, it is quite difficult, this murderous mansion is always changing the time and location, the whole mansion is like a huge labyrinth, and this labyrinth is full of ghosts, and occasionally it is not a big problem to be seen by those dull ghosts, if you are targeted by those core 'characters', it is basically the rhythm of going back to the bottom of the well and reincarnating.
Liang Jian has been reincarnated so many times, and the number of times he touched the door of the murderous mansion can even be counted with one hand, and every time he succeeds, he won't talk about the specifics, and he will cry if he talks too much.
However, Liang Jian is not without gains.
He has summed up some experience, the easiest to sneak to the gate of the murderous mansion is the part of 'Miss Marrying', grasp the time to follow behind the crowd of relatives, as long as no one finds out, you can follow the crowd to the gate. With this method, Liang Jian has successfully touched the door three times, but this method has a big drawback, because it is the bride who marries and welcomes relatives (ghost?). It's all stuck in the front yard, and it's hard to find a chance to slip out.
Moreover, didn't the young lady throw herself into the well and die? The little maid who married on behalf of her had already had a lover, and she didn't want to marry an old man who was buried in the soil for most of the time, and she made a fuss before she got out of the yard. The little maid's lover is none other than the cowardly young master who makes a cameo appearance by Lu Kun. The little maid was originally the maid of the cowardly young master, and the family had fallen to the point of selling her daughter, Cheng DΓΉ, who had long been unable to continue to maintain the dignity of the past, and the patriarchal middle-aged man dismissed all the subordinates in the family who could be dismissed, except for the helper who did rough work, only left a little maid to serve in the room for his son, and the two had already had a head and tail.
The little girl made a desperate attempt to expose these messy things in front of everyone, and the marriage turned into a feud. The man's family not only wants the middle-aged man to return the bride price of 500 oceans, but also takes the little maid away.
As soon as the bride price arrived, the middle-aged man had already spent almost half of it, and when it came to this, where was he willing to return the money?
Although the middle-aged man is down, his eldest brother and younger brother are more competitive, and he is also a figure with a face in the emperor at that time, his daughter has already thrown himself into the well and died, and the rabbit is in a hurry and bites, let alone a person?
The eldest son who greeted his father finally spoke, and they didn't want the bride price, but they had to take away the little maid who married him anyway, and marry him back to be his father's aunt and wife, and rejoice for him.
However, the cowardly young master was not willing to take responsibility at all, and let the man's people come and take away the little maid, and in despair, the little maid died in front of the gate wearing a wedding dress that did not belong to her, and blood was splashed on the spot.
As soon as the little maid died, the scene came to an abrupt end, and the location of the gate changed.
Therefore, this timing is not easy to grasp.
However, now, apart from trying desperately, Liang Jian has no better way.
He began to shout for help at the top of his voice, as he had done countless times before, waiting for Wang San to put the rope down and pull him up.
However, this time, his voice was smoking, and there was no movement at the wellhead. There was no movement but there was a change, and the wellhead, which should have been pitch black, could now see the dark blue sky and a few sunsets trimmed with gold edges.
In the dilapidated courtyard, the real estate manager, Manager Luo, also said with a dry tongue and a smoky throat, "...... This yard is indeed broken, but you see, this is facing this structure and this area, only this one, and now many yards like this are listed as cultural relics and ancient buildings to be protected, and there is no trade on the market. To tell the truth, I just got this house in the past two days, it just so happens that you are also looking at the house, I will bring you over first, I have several people here who are not bad for money, I have already asked them to pay attention to the right courtyard, if you don't like it, I will call them tomorrow, believe it or not, I dare to guarantee that within a week, this house will definitely be able to sell. β
Manager Luo has been a real estate agent for one or two decades, what he is most afraid of is to meet Zheng Yunyao, whether he likes it or not, as long as you squeak, he can finally find a point of entry, Zheng Yunyao has been in the present from the time he came in, no matter what he said, the other party not only did not express his position throughout the whole process, but even owed an expression.
What a blind man for his good face!
Although the advantages and benefits of Manager Luo are exaggerated, but on the whole, Zheng Yunyao is still relatively satisfied with the whole set of courtyards, Manager Luo is not wrong, now I want to start a courtyard house with such an area and location in the imperial capital is indeed difficult to climb to the sky, the owner is anxious to ask for money, and the price is almost cheap compared to the house with the same conditions, and the money saved in the middle is enough for half of the reorganization costs.
Zheng Yunyao is a very decisive person, when he was abroad, he never hesitated to trade hundreds of millions of dollars, but now he has a rare hesitation.
He was going to buy this house for his grandfather as a birthday gift, and he had seen a lot of listings in the past two days, and this courtyard house was indeed the most in line with his vision so far, but the only thing was that from the time he came in to the present, this house has been giving him a very strange and very uncomfortable feeling.
Zheng Yunyao trusts his instincts very much, because his instincts have helped him avoid many catastrophes.
But as Manager Luo said, if you miss this house, it will be difficult to find a suitable courtyard like this, and it will be a pity to miss it.
Because of hesitation, Zheng Yunyao still didn't say anything, and Manager Luo could only resign himself to taking him to the backyard and continuing to introduce him to sales.
Liang Jian didn't wait for the babbling "Female Solution" at the bottom of the well, nor did he wait for Wang San's rope, but waited for an impassioned brainwashing sales pitch from a real estate agency manager.
Someone! Living!
Liang Jian was in high spirits, held back his strength, and shouted at the bottom of the well with his voice: "Help!" Help me! I fell to the bottom of the well! Come and save me! β
Manager Luo pushed open a carved wooden door covered with cobwebs, and said as he walked inside: "Look at this wood and this carving, authentic old craftsmanship, you can't find such good craftsmanship now!" I haven't even had insect eyes for so many years. This is the boudoir of the former lady, you see, this big bed and these cabinets and dressing tables are so well preserved, if you want to preserve the most original Qing Dynasty style, these things can be used directly after a little cleaning, better than picking them outside. β
However, the backyard made Zheng Yunyao feel even more uncomfortable, and on his side, Andrei's face was also unusually solemn, and when he looked at Andre, Andre shook his head at him slightly.
Andre has been walking on the tip of the Grim Reaper's knife for many years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has the instincts of a beast, and like Zheng Yunyao, he doesn't like this place very much, if he could, he would have wanted to leave a long time ago.
After looking at the last dry well in the backyard, even if Manager Luo was about to praise this dry well as a flower, Zheng Yunyao finally shook his head and said bluntly: "This house doesn't give me a very good feeling, Manager Luo has other listings over there, you can call me at any time, I should have time to go over and see it in the last few days." β
Because Zheng Yunyao has not said anything, Manager Luo has guessed that most of this business is yellow, and he is not too surprised, he showed a standard professional smile and said: "This house is indeed too broken, I still have a few sets of courtyard houses in my hand, the area is not as large as this set, but the location and layout are very good, two of them are specially invited to ancient construction experts to repair hardcover, you can directly move in, if Mr. Zheng is interested, we can go over tomorrow morning to have a look." β
"Okay." As soon as Zheng Yunyao's words fell, the wind rose in the courtyard, the yellow sand and dead leaves rushed to the face, and the surroundings suddenly dimmed.
ββ¦β¦ Su San left Hongdong County and came to the street. Shezeng said that my heart is miserable, and the gentlemen of the past listen to me, which one will go ......"
In the empty courtyard, accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, the ethereal and melodious voice of a woman came from nowhere.
Manager Luo suddenly sweated like rain.
In order to make this business, when he came, he did his homework and checked a lot of information, one of which said that the courtyard house was haunted. I don't really know, but in the 80s and 90s, two thieves tried to go inside and steal something, and they both died not long after they returned. These two people stole things first, and they didn't dare to say anything outside for fear of being caught, so very few people knew about it.
In these years, how many people really believe in ghosts and gods?
Anyway, Manager Luo didn't believe it, but now, it seems that he can't help but believe it......
But in the blink of an eye, the surrounding scene seemed to have changed completely.
Zheng Yunyao and Andrei's faces are not good-looking, Zheng Yunyao is a little better, but Andre, who has never been afraid of heaven and earth, has a layer of cold sweat on his head, and his hands and feet seem to be stiff.
"Help, help, who's going to save me!" A 'poignant' sound suddenly came from the dry well, and Manager Luo trembled directly, and the whole person was shaky.
Dongsheng put the bicycle on the side of the street, and with some effort, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and walked in slowly. Before he could turn around, the door slammed shut.
He followed the melodious sound and came to a courtyard, on a high stage, a woman wearing a costume and covering her face with heavy makeup was singing "Women's Liberation", singing to the emotional place, and couldn't help but wet her clothes with tears.
Dongsheng grew up with Li Jiu since he was a child, and before Li Jiu became obsessed with the little apple and the man running the horse, various operas were often played at home, and "The Female Solution" was one of the songs that were often played. Dongsheng can still remember all the lyrics of the whole play, and he still prefers traditional opera to the current pop songs.
There were many empty chairs in front of the stage, so Dongsheng casually found a place to sit down and listened to the play quietly.
Maybe it's because there is finally an audience, and the women on stage are singing harder.
So, when Zheng Yunyao, Liang Jian, who thought he had hung up and hung his head, as well as Andre and Manager Luo, followed the sound to the stage in the courtyard, Zheng Yunyao and Liang Jian saw an unusually familiar back at the same time.
"Winter cub!" Liang Jian trotted over excitedly.
Dong Sheng turned his head, but his gaze passed over Liang Jian and fell on Zheng Yunyao.