Chapter 31: Exploring the Haunted House
After a moment of silence, Zhao Kaizhi knew that he had persuaded the brothers, so he turned to Mo Siyou and the others. His tone was still arrogant, and he said to them coldly: "I, Zhao, admire the kindness of the general surnamed Chen to the people, and I don't want to see him being treated so humiliated and difficult to enter reincarnation, so I am willing to go to the ghost house." If it's inconvenient for you to go together, I, Zhao, will go alone. ”
This sentence is to explain his phrase "count me in." But the words of this request to join the gang were also too cold and hard, which made the purple kite purse her lips dissatisfied.
"If you want to follow, just follow along. Anyway, the road is so wide, we don't care which way you go. I'm afraid that if you are recognized on the street, it will delay our actions. ”
Being said to be a drag by a little girl, how can Zhao Kaizhi not be annoyed? He glared at the purple kite, and said angrily: "In this case, Zhao will go on his own tomorrow!"
As he spoke, he turned and went upstairs.
"Heroes stay!" Jin Ling stopped with a loud voice. At this time, one more person is one more strength, and what they have to face is a room full of ghosts!
In fact, Zi Kite also knew this, and even knew that Jin Ling would have such a reaction, so she simply snapped her lips and took revenge on Zhao Kaizhi's contempt for women. Now the corners of her mouth hooked up a sly smile, and she watched Jin Ling bring back the stingy man.
"Heroes are willing to contribute to the people of Chenzhou, and we are the same goal, in this case, we can take care of each other by acting together, and it is much easier to succeed. And ask the heroes to come with us!"
Zhao Kaizhi glanced at Jin Ling from the corner of his eye, still looking arrogant, but in his heart, he felt that this woman was clear when she spoke, not as weak as ordinary women, which made him a little impressed. However, he still snorted coldly, and said unforgivingly: "Tomorrow, let's gather here!"
That tone, as if he was still giving orders to his men, left without leaving any room for it.
At night, the ghosts of all walks of life still hovered outside the house, wailing incessantly. Although the seal of the inn kept "them" out, it also caused panic in the inn and could not sleep.
Jin Ling lay on her side on the bed, facing inside, trying to avoid the disturbing ghost screams, but what she heard in her concentration was the murmuring of Purple Kite and Mo Siyou.
Mo Siyou didn't sleep, and Purple Kite didn't want to go to bed, so she sat at the table with him. Thinking of going to the haunted house on the second day, Mo Siyu was a little uneasy. He didn't want the purple kite to go too. But if she watched Mo Siyu go on an adventure and did nothing herself, it was naturally impossible for Purple Kite to agree.
"I'll go wherever you go. The purple kite leaned on his shoulder and said unquestioningly.
Jin Ling didn't look back, but he seemed to be able to see the picture of Mo Si hugging the purple kite. His voice was so gentle, but it was never directed towards her. A touch of bitterness welled up in her heart, and she closed her reddened eyes, thinking that she could swallow back her tears. But the crystal teardrop slipped silently from the corner of the eye.
What Purple Kite got was something she would never get, and she gave up the struggle.
This is her fate! The fate of Nuwa's descendants!
Just like that, when the dawn broke, the souls were scattered. When the shouting outside disappeared, Jin Ling finally rubbed his temples and breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't fall asleep all night, but the purple kite leaned on Mo Siyou for a while in the second half of the night. As long as she is by his side, she can feel at ease. Just pity Mo Siyou, maintain a motionless posture, and hug her all night.
But the next day, he was still in good spirits, and there was no sign of staying up late.
According to the shopkeeper's guidance, the Fang family's ghost house is not difficult to find, after all, it used to be a large family, and the mansion was built in a particularly magnificent manner. But after the accident in the house, the yin qi was deep, and this street also decayed. Only a few ancient families still live nearby, and the bricks and tiles on the side of the road are basically deserted.
Before reaching the gate of the house, the purple kite felt the cold air coming. She looked up and saw that the two gatekeeper stone beasts in front of her had mottled blood stains on them, which made her scalp tingle. It is conceivable that some people struggled to escape, but a mouthful of fresh blood splattered on the beast's body and died. The blood was now blurry and almost invisible, except for some seeping into the stone, leaving some mottled signs.
The four men stopped at the door and did not rush in. The gate was hidden, and a faint hint of decay could be seen in the cracks.
The shopkeeper said that according to legend, when the Fang family was destroyed, more than 30 people in the whole house were killed. Therefore, there must be a lot of resentful spirits in this house, and everyone must not take it lightly. Jin Ling glanced at the skewed plaque hanging on the door, and turned his head to look at Zhao Kaizhi again.
Mo Siyou doesn't have to worry about her, Purple Kite follows Mo Siyou, and she doesn't have to bother much, anyway, she can see that Purple Kite doesn't treat her very much. Only this Zhao Kaizhi, who is not very familiar, especially after last night's observation, this person is arrogant and arrogant, and he is stubborn, which makes Jin Ling feel at ease.
If you want to act together, you have to stick together, and if any one of them goes awry, it can affect the whole team!
"It's a big house, and we don't know where the head will be placed, so we'll have to search carefully and try not to get into trouble. Mo Siyou then reminded - they all knew what he meant by causing trouble, so he knew it.
Only Zhao Kaizhi snorted coldly and said in a rough voice: "The sky is blue, are you still afraid of these little ghosts, if you are afraid, you don't have to come in!" With that, he strode into the Fang family's mansion.
The lacquered door was pushed open with a stale creeching sound.
Zhao Kaizhi didn't mind at all, and it wasn't until he stepped on the stone slab in the front yard that he felt the gust of wind on his body. This wind is not like the wind of spring, but like November and February, it is as cold as a needle piercing the bone marrow. Even a sturdy man like Zhao Kaizhi couldn't help but shudder.
In the middle of the front yard is the hall, with two broken doors, messy tables and chairs, and shards of porcelain all over the floor.
Thinking that no matter how much the surnamed Fang showed off, he wouldn't put a bloody head in the hall, so the four of them went straight to the backyard.
When it was prosperous, the backyard of the Fang family was built with a landscape garden, and dozens of rooms were located in it. Although it is now withered and decayed, the weeds have grown wildly, adding a bit of depth.
The purple kite looked around and said, "Do you think it's a little strange? There are more than 30 people living in this house, but we haven't seen a single white bone along the way. ”
After the accident in the Fang family's mansion, it was rumored to be a ghost mansion, and the government reluctantly sent some people to investigate, but no group of people ever went out. Later, even the government gave up and sealed the house, which confirmed the theory of the ghost house.
In other words, it is impossible that someone from the government transported the body, and it is even more impossible for someone else.
"What's so strange about this?" Zhao Kaizhi scoffed at Purple Kite's question. Back then, more than 30 people in this village died violently overnight, probably lying in bed and dying in their sleep, and it was not normal to see the bones outside?"
Purple Kite glanced at him, what she hates most is a man who has no brains and is very self-righteous!
"Don't you see that there is a mess everywhere along the way, and there is a lot of blood? This is enough to show that there were people who struggled at that time, and surely they could not all have been lying in bed and waiting for death. Isn't it strange that there are no corpses?"
"That's right. When I came in, I saw many scratches on the gate, and someone should have tried to escape. It's a bit strange about this. Mo Siyou nodded to the purple kite.
"Hmph, manly man, what's there to be afraid of?" Zhao Kaizhi snorted at Mo Siyou, and continued to walk forward, not taking the warnings of Purple Kite and Mo Siyou to heart at all.
Probably to confirm his statement, Zhao Kaizhi saw that there was a room in front of him, so he pushed the door and walked in.
The wind from the opening of the door made a lot of dust fly in the room. Zhao Kaizhi waved his hand in front of him and squinted his eyes to look at the room. This room is very large, although it is dilapidated, but it can be seen that Zeng is also decorated magnificently, and it should be the room of the owner's family.
Zhao Kaizhi glanced at the gray bronze mirror, and felt that the light emitted from it was strange and gloomy, as if something would stick out of the mirror if he was cold. He felt a panic, quickly avoided his gaze, took a deep breath to calm down, and then went to check the boxes in the room one by one.
From the wardrobe to the dresser, it is nothing more than some women's clothing and jewelry, which have been tattered to the point that they turn into dust when touched by hand. There are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but in such a place, Zhao Kaizhi is really not in the mood to be greedy for money. He checked it and found that there was no problem, so he hurried to leave.
The cold atmosphere in the room always made him feel very uncomfortable, as if a pair of eyes were staring at him from somewhere.
However, just as he turned to face the door, he suddenly heard a small noise coming from behind.
Zhao Kaizhi's footsteps faltered, and a string of goosebumps inexplicably appeared on his body. But he still had the courage to look back, and the room was still empty.
The voice was coming from under the bed!
Reason told him that he shouldn't come near to check at such a time. But the faint curiosity and manly mentality made him unable to convince himself to retreat like this. Whatever it was, he had to take a closer look!
So, Zhao Kaizhi hesitated and slowly approached the big bed.
The sheets covered the bottom of the bed, and a strange sound came from behind it, and I don't know what it came from.
It's also possible that the general's head was hoping to be found, so ......
Zhao Kaizhi shook his head, stopped his cranky thoughts, and squatted down to carefully lift the sheets.
The bottom of the black bed, like Chen Zhou who was deep in the night, couldn't see his fingers. However, a cluster of bright light shone over, directly at Zhao Kaizhi - those were two cruel gazes!
Zhao Kaizhi was so frightened that he stepped back, and then he felt a tightness in his neck, and the feeling of almost suffocation made him unable to move at all!