Chapter 15: Unfriendly Natives

"What a good city...... Boss, this is an egg waffle, right?"

Walking on the bluestone paved street, Zhu Jue is in front of a stone arch bridge above the river in the city, there is still some mud and weeds growing between the stone cracks, which is impossible to see in Yecheng, even in the old city, this kind of stone arch bridge has long been demolished.

On the bridge here, there are a few stalls that have also been seen in the old town in the east of Yecheng, and one of the stalls is wafting the smell of milk to this side, Zhu Jue didn't care about Wu Jing, who was still leading him by the side, and ran up directly.

"Would you like one? I've got plain, ice cream, and ......."

"Give me two copies of each!"

Finally, when he returned to Wu Jing's side with a handbag full of egg waffles of various flavors, the latter was stunned to look at Zhu Jue, who was picking up a whole piece of egg waffle with a bamboo skewer and stuffing it into his mouth, and the wind chimes that kept spinning around him, jumping and trying to pounce on him to take a bite.

"Shall we go to your brother's residence or the statue where he works?"

Walking on the arched bridge, looking at the clear river at the bottom of the bridge, he reached out and pulled the back of the neck of the wind chime to his side, and gave it half of the egg waffle by the way.

What Zhu Jue really wants to look for is the trace of the monster, so he actually wants to go to the statue where the audio was recorded now, but he was brought here in order to find out the cause of his brother's death, so it was not good to ignore this matter, and after thinking about it, he simply let him make a decision.

"Let's go to the statue hall first, a little closer to here, but I can't guarantee that they won't let us in......"

Wu Jing stood on the stone steps and turned around and said.

"Because Wu Rui's death involves the statue hall?"

Zhu Jue remembered that Wu Rui seemed to have mentioned in the video that the former worker at his post died, but the news was blocked, and he thought that he was in the same situation now.

"That's no, my brother died at home 3 days ago, and it has nothing to do with the statue hall, but because it will be the spring festival in half a month, and the statue halls in the religious area will begin to close the hall to make the dolls and god puppets that will be used at the spring festival, although it is only the oil paint on the outside of the puppet, but because the size of the puppet is indeed very large, and there are some gods and soldiers who are also doing it in the statue hall, which is also a big project, so outsiders may be prohibited from entering and leaving the statue hall in the near future. ”

"Is the Spring Festival the annual celebration parade in Rongxia City?"

Before coming here, Li Qinglian looked for a lot of information about Rong Xia City, and the spring festival was undoubtedly the word that appeared most frequently.

The spring festival of Rongxia City has the same meaning as the Spring Festival of Zhujue's previous life, and its importance is more than any festival in the whole year, on the day of the spring festival, there will be a large-scale parade with the entire Rongxia City as the activity area, not only dragon and lion dances, but also some grand parades in other cultures, and the statue is one of them.

"So to speak. ”

The main event of the spring festival is indeed the parade, and most of the tourists who come from other places also come to this day.

"Let's go over and have a look, and if you can't get in, we'll talk about it again. ”

Since the statue hall is relatively close, it didn't take much time to take a look at it in the past.

After crossing the stone arch bridge and walking inside, the buildings in this vicinity are no longer exactly the previous 100-meter buildings, but more like houses like courtyard houses, and the streets have become alleys, with mottled high walls on both sides, and there are many alleys interspersed with them.

The alleyway was not warm and lively as Zhu Jue imagined, but a dark and damp scene, a large number of paper advertisements were posted in it, some of them had been scraped off, leaving some corners, covered with some kind of black moss-like substance, and some of them were freshly posted advertising paper, and occasionally a few middle-aged and older people with haggard faces could be seen standing in front of these advertisements.

Seeing Zhu Jue and Wu Jing exposed, they just looked at them silently, with numbness and confusion in their eyes.

The midday sun shrouded the tall buildings, but it did not shine on the winding alleys, and occasionally a ray of sunlight fell, not illuminating the surroundings, but faintly dyed by the dark and damp environment.

"Isn't the religious district of Rongxia City a bit of a slum?"

Zhu Jue couldn't help but think of the house he saw Wu Rui live in the video before, and at that time he was still thinking that there was still such a place in Rongxia City, but now it seems that there are a lot......

"There are some meanings in this regard, because Rongxia New Town and Rongxia Tourist Area have been gradually developed, housing prices and consumption levels are increasing, and there are many religious shops in this religious area, they occupy land, and they cannot be developed at will, and there are many places that will do alms, as long as you spend a little money you can eat a big pot of rice, and over time, many poor people in Rongxia City have gathered here. ”

Wu Jing explained, but his footsteps did not stop, and he walked out through a narrow alley, and in the corners of the corner in front of him, there were incense sticks inserted between the cracks in the stones on the ground and small bowls containing white rice.

"These rice and incense sticks are for the wandering spirits who have shown over here, and you see over there, there is also a small Buddha statue, which is specially used to take care of this kind of thing. ”

Pointing to the Buddha statue around the corner in front of him, he retreated slightly at the same time, giving up the position in front of him, and naturally made a gesture of please, wanting Zhu Jue to go over and take a look.

Zhu Jue was already walking there, and at this time, he took two quick steps.

"This is probably about the same role as the land lord, right?"

Squatting in front of the small Buddha statue, Zhu Jue supported his chin with his hands, and the few incense sticks in front of him should have been inserted not long ago, but the half-burned incense sticks were wafting up with wisps of smoke.

Unconsciously inhaled a little, only to feel a strong smoke and fire, and pulled back after sniffling.

"Land lord, what's that?"

Wu Jing, who was standing behind Zhu Jue, responded to Zhu Jue, put his hands behind his back, wiped his fingers over his belt, and turned to look behind a high wall next to him.

At this time, the afternoon sun "coincidentally" fell from a partition that suddenly opened between the two high-rise buildings on the left, and fell on the area around the Buddha statue, enveloping Zhu Jue with him.

Bell ~ bell ~ bell ~

Immediately afterwards, three heavy bells rang nearby, the sound came from far and near, Zhu Jue was suddenly stunned, his brain was suddenly a little drowsy, and the scene in front of him was suddenly foggy.

The scenery in the field of vision gradually turns into various colors in the sunlight and blends around, the tone deepens over time, and the ears inexplicably ring the death story that I heard in the taxi before.

"It worked!"

Wu Jing's hand behind his back clenched into a fist, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a strange smile.

However, it didn't take long for a smile to freeze on his face.

Zhu Jue, who should have been unconscious, was building a pergola with his hand to see where the sun was shining at this time, with some doubts on his face, and he didn't mean to faint at all.

After a while, he lowered his head again, as if he was thinking about something, and the egg waffle in his hand did not stop stuffing it into his mouth, still chewing slowly.

"Why did you suddenly have insanity, could it be an environmental problem here? No, I didn't sense any mental pollution sources nearby......

Zhu Jue thought that there was some reason for his mental problems again, and tried his best to adjust his state, and it didn't take long for him to return to normal, and he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Wu Jing next to him with a puzzled face, and explained out loud,

"It's old and sick, sometimes it's in a daze, don't you mind. ”

"Huh? no...... It's okay, let's go to the statue. ”

Wu Jing continued to walk in front of Zhu Jue, his face facing away from him was full of tangled expressions.

The fact that the two elaborate traps didn't work at all caught him off guard, and the flaws of the people in this weird studio were too strange!

It's just that it's all come to this point, and he can't end it hastily, since this kind of thing can't be solved, then use some more practical methods......

"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but the statue hall is currently closed to the public. ”

When they arrived at the door of the statue hall, the two of them were stopped by the people who had just come out of it, Zhu Jue's eyes crossed him, and looked at the white field where the gate of the statue hall entered, and there were many puppet statues placed on it, including the size of a water tank, with a face of King Kong angry, with fangs in the mouth, and a head made of unknown materials, and a puppet that was the same height as a person, with a head that took up one-third of the body, a pink face, and a crown with a circle of flashing lights around it......

All in all, they all look brightly colored, and they should have just been painted and sunbathed in the sun to let them dry naturally.

"I'll just go in and have a look, can't I?"

Zhu Jue wanted to go to the location where Wu Rui had recorded before.

"No, now is the time for these statues to dry, and there must not be the slightest scrape, otherwise the whole thing will have to be restarted. ”

At this time, there were two people in cotton coats next to him, who should be on duty here.

"Alright then, Mr. Zhu, let's go first...... Excuse me. ”

Originally, Zhu Jue wanted to go in by paying some money, but Wu Jing opened his mouth and wanted to take him away, so after thinking about it, it was a big deal to come and see it himself in the evening.

If you are not allowed to enter here, you can only go to Wu Rui's residence to take a look.

"This is where he lives?"

Zhu Jue pushed open the somewhat yellowed wooden door and entered, just as Li Qinglian had guessed before, he lived on the first floor.

The humble decorations that appear in the video...... Bloodstain?

Zhu Jue's gaze was drawn to a pool of dark red blood on the ground in the center of the room.

Wu Jing squinted his eyes at this moment, reached out to take a wooden stick with the thickness of his forearm that he didn't know what it was used for, walked behind Zhu Jue in a few steps, and smashed it straight towards the back of his head!

Boom!

It was not the sound of the wooden stick touching the back of his head, but the muffled sound of flesh and blood made when Zhu Jue slapped the wooden stick away with his hand and immediately smashed his fist into Wu Jing's abdomen.

"Didn't I tell you, I'm the only one shooting in the weird studio, so my camera is 360 degrees!"

Patting Wu Jing's left side of his face with his empty hand, Zhu Jue then said,

"So you're making trouble...... Are you ready to talk to me?"

Oh~

The wind chimes "roared" at Zhu Jue's feet.

Close the door.

Let the dogs go!

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