Chapter 13: Funeral (2) - Incense
Bidding farewell to the coffin shop for the time being, Yu Xing stepped back on the dirty street, this time he learned to be obedient, this map can't be ridiculed at will, so he kept his mouth shut and didn't make a sound.
It's okay to talk in the store, and you will be heard on the street as soon as you make a noise, which is not in line with physical logic, but in the absurdity, then you can do anything, and follow the rules to avoid a lot of unwarranted disasters.
He walked by the wreath on the right side and headed straight for the end of the alley.
I still didn't see Brother Jiu and Zhao Ruru...... Whatever the reason, he was almost certain that the two men were closer to the paper figures, which meant that they would be more dangerous.
In any case, he had to find them quickly, firstly, to avoid accidents with these two people, and secondly, to catch up with the progress.
The long alley was silent, and Yu Xing paid attention to his surroundings, and at the same time slowed his steps, controlling himself to barely make the slightest footsteps.
Zhou Xue claimed that the closer he got to the end of the alley, the higher the paper man's perception ability, and whether it was the correct conclusion or not, Yu Xing felt that it didn't hurt to be careful.
He walked for a while, stopping from time to time to glance at the mourning couplets on the wreath.
The ghost alley is so long, it is too time-consuming to search one store after another, or rather, the deduction generally does not give puzzles or tasks that can be completed just by consuming time, which is meaningless.
Now it seems that the biggest function of the store is to create an atmosphere, and by the way, to provide a short safe house for the deducer when the paper figure arrives.
In addition to the shops, the most conspicuous information on the street is the wreath basket and the text attached to it.
Yu Xing squinted, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.
To say that this mourning union is as magical as the content of the cry, such as the one he is reading now, the right link "mourns the good neighbor Liu Bingxian", and the left link "evil neighbor Chen Jiali smiles".
The wreath-bearer compared himself to an evil neighbor and said that his attitude towards the funeral was "laughing".
What does this mean?
Probably laughed at the funeral, clapped his hands and said that he died a good death and died a wonderful nature.
In other words, if there is such a spoiler at the funeral of the family, they will definitely be furious and drive people out, but this ghost alley is very personal, not only Chen Jiali, but almost every elegy that Yu Xing has seen is such disrespectful content.
"The Boss Liu in the paper mouth seems to be Liu Bingxian on the couplet, that is, the main owner of this funeral." Yu Xing thought in his heart, "What did he do, making such a fuss......
"The task at this stage is to find out what Boss Liu has done?"
Just when he had a guess about the context of the mission, the door of a shop in front of him suddenly "banged" and was blown open by the wind.
The old door was very stuck, and when it was opened, it made a tooth-sore sound, Yu Xing's body was stunned, and he hid behind the wreath next to him for the first time, paying attention to whether the paper man was coming, and paying attention to whether there would be anything in the store.
After all, he had been quiet before, why did the door open as soon as he came?
After a few seconds, there was no movement, either on the street or in the store.
Yu Xing immediately no longer hesitated, and walked generously towards the store that had opened the door, and when he passed by the door of the store, several portraits carried pale and dignified remains, looking at him with a smile.
The sight seemed to travel through time, transporting one to a pale and powerless world.
Yu Xing: "......"
He looked at the statues for a moment, and then glanced into the store with the white faces of these young and old.
"Boom la la ......"
The untied paper money was suddenly blown away by the wind, scattering a disorderly arc in the air, and the thin paper was scattered in all directions, blocking most of Yu Xing's vision, he realized that something was wrong, and suddenly took a few steps back, and vaguely saw a vivid dead face emerge from the paper money.
A faint cry reached his eardrums, and it sounded like the wind.
He discerned, this uncertain creepy feeling did not come from the alley, but from the front of the eye!
Yu Xing raised his hand to brush away the paper money in front of him, there was no fear in his eyes, he caught the dead face hidden again, but he didn't expect that without warning, there was a push from his back.
He was pushed into the shop, stumbling over a bundle of incense, and then the door was closed at an unscientific speed, as if someone had been guarding the door, waiting for Yu Xing to enter the urn.
The shop suddenly darkened, but Yu Xing stabilized his body and stood up straight and looked around.
There are more images inside the store than you can see from the outside.
Dense black-and-white photographs crammed into the walls without gaps, far more than normal.
But for some reason, they didn't know that this photo would be placed in their mourning hall when they took the photo, and the eyes should have been soft smiles, but under the backdrop of the black and white filter, they also turned into a strong sadness and nostalgia.
Attached to the world, sad death.
The paper money finally fell to the ground, decorating the shop that sold paper money and incense, as well as custom-made portrait frames, even more messy.
The dead man's face was gone, and although Yu Xing was successfully in, the ghost in the store did not make a direct attack at the first time.
"Did you trigger any plots......
No longer on the street, Yu Xing didn't worry about the paper man hearing it, so he muttered.
He first pushed the door according to the normal train of thought, and then received the first deduction prompt since entering the deduction.
[Can't open]
Very concise, with an unquestionable flavor, it does not say that it is necessary to find the key, nor does it say that it is okay to open the door violently.
Obviously, violence is not okay, and all the experiences so far are telling the deducer and the audience that the ghosts in this world belong to the disembodied kind, that is, no one can guarantee what will be attracted by making a loud noise.
Kicking the door before it's sure what the negative consequences will be are is something that only reckless people do.
Yu Xing was sure that the door would not open, so he turned around and walked around the store.
The shop was small, and he saw an old yellowed piece of paper with a few lines of ugly small letters written in black ink behind the door.
Judging by the handwriting, the writing instrument should be a brush.
[Finally dead, hahahaha...... Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, and the surnamed Liu was finally killed by his own retribution! I'm happy today, our store products are all 50% off, by the way, if you want to pay on credit, remember to sign in the account book]
Yu Xing only glanced at it hurriedly, and just as he wanted to take a closer look, the paper fell off the door and landed on the paper money all over the ground.
He stepped forward and picked up the paper, but saw that the ink on the paper was blurry, and he could no longer read a word.
“……”
"Sure enough, the plot is triggered, what should I have to do, and complete certain conditions to get out of here."
"Look at this posture, do I have to find the account book first?" He spoke.
In order for the audience to hear, just like last time, cheat a small amount of tips.
This scene is obviously very wrong, and the barrage is excited at the moment, and it is actively swiping the screen.
[Wow, there's a ghost in this store.,I just followed Yuki's vision and saw that dead face.,I'm going to vomit out of breakfast]
[Why this shop?] ]
[Coming, coming, the more terrifying the place, the more information, I want to see this long-haired guy scared by a ghost!] ]
[What long-haired guy?] How can there be a long-haired brother? Upstairs is not a live broadcast room]
[Huh?] ]
[I bet this is a horror decryption link, hehe, Luo Liang next door is also in this store, guess who can find the account book first?] ]
[The surname Luo has a natural advantage in this kind of deduction world, do you need to say it?] No need to be better than]
[Lo Liang Tween]
[Isn't it bullish that you haven't gone out yet, and you haven't won or lost yet, in my opinion, although this little brother looks cute and loving, but his personality is very calm, maybe it's very powerful]
[Luo Liang was sleepy for five minutes, he looked very carefully, I guess the account book can't be obtained directly]
[Fortunately, come on, win Loliang!] ]
[You compare him to Loryan?] Cute can be eaten as a meal? And I think he looks average, Luo Liang looks better than him, is it worth your bragging? ]
[If nothing else, I'm pretty blind upstairs]
[I don't understand, why don't you like Luoliang live broadcast room, what are you yelling here?] ]
[It's a bit funny to say, Luo Liang is amazing, what is sour]
Facts have proved that as long as they are not on their own, no matter how smart people are, they don't mind being a mentally retarded audience in the live broadcast room, and they are about to start a round of scolding war, until a barrage full of weight appears:
[Zeng Lai: Don't force it, he seems to have found a clue]
Everyone was silent, shifting their attention from the barrage area to the screen.
The wind has stopped.
Yu Xing looked around in silence, the paper money in this store was stacked on the long low table, and there was nothing unusual to see, but all kinds of incense were finely arranged, and the incense of different lengths was neatly stacked on the shelves, which was too fine, and there was a feeling of deliberateness.
He turned around twice and stopped in front of the incense shelf, naturally observed the arrangement of these incense sticks for a while, and helped up the big incense tower that he kicked over when he entered the door, and then turned over the cabinet.
[After reading for a long time, I still have to find the account book like this, cut, I think it's so powerful]
[Otherwise, what do you expect from him?] Don't all normal people have to look for it first? ]
There are many cabinets in the store, Yu Xing said while rummaging: "The shopkeeper's note specifically mentions the account book, but if this thing can really be obtained directly, even if there is no prompt on the paper, I will go to look through the contents of the book, then the prompt is too much." So I don't think there's any need to look for a bookkeeping. ”
Crowd barrage: "......"
The slap in the face came so quickly.
Yu Xing's hand movements were very neat, and he continued: "The paper money was scattered out by the wind at will, which shows that the paper money in the store is not something that needs to be carefully fixed. ”
Just looking at the layout of the store, others may not be able to see where the incense is highlighted.
"Normally, careful arrangement means either a puzzle or a convenient way to find one of the incense, but I didn't find anything like a chest that needed to be unlocked, so I'm leaning towards the second possibility for the time being." Yu Xing continued his commentary, and his voice was smooth and comfortable, even if it was close to talking to himself, it did not make the audience feel embarrassed.
Even at this moment, the audience in the live broadcast room had the illusion that they could interact with him at any time.
[The second possibility, that is, the convenience of finding incense?] ]
[Then why don't you look for incense, but turn things over?] ]
[It's over, upstairs is flickered and lame, there are no hints, he knows what incense to look for?] Be sure to find a hint first! ]
[I think I know what he's looking for]
"If nothing else, there should be an incense burner in this shop – found it." Yu Xing pulled out a dusty copper incense burner from the corner under the counter, the incense road was too old to see the original color, but there was no missing parts, and it could be used as usual.
He put the censer on the counter and blew it lightly, looking at it thoughtfully.
This is a spherical incense burner with a lid, the style is not very exquisite, it is difficult to say which dynasty was popular after the Tang Dynasty.
Yu Xing stretched out his hand and lifted the small copper cover.
I don't know what year the three incense sticks inside have burned to the end, and only a short section is left, buried in the incense ashes and pretending to be dead.
He took out a small section, looked at it for a few seconds, then brought up a smile, put down the broken incense, and walked to the wooden shelf full of incense.
Judging from the broken incense, the incense to be inserted into this incense burner should be a very fine one, with a dark purple body and very little surface friction.
There are many kinds of incense on the shelves, and there are more than a dozen bundles of incense sticks next to each other that match these characteristics.
These dozen bundles of incense look about the same, but if you distinguish them carefully, you can still see the subtle differences, Yu Xing touched them one by one, and then selected a bundle among the question marks of the barrage and took it directly to the counter.
[How do you see that?] ]
[It's really hard to tell, normally speaking, the deducer should be delayed for more than ten minutes in this place to confirm]
[Is he too confident or is he really holding it?] ]
[Looking at his thin appearance, maybe he saved up the points to strengthen his physique and strengthened his vision]
[Agreed, eyesight is important, I also reinforced it a few times]
Yu Xing chose the incense, picked out the two two-centimeter-long broken incense sticks left in the ashes of the incense burner, took the matches from the matchbox on the counter, and drew an open flame after a few strokes.
Then, he lit the incense one by one, put the incense tails slightly together, stood straight, pinched the incense with both hands, raised his hands, and bowed.
He was not at all standard in his worship of incense, and the expression on his face was very pious, and those who didn't know thought he was worshipping God.
There was silence for a while, and the three sticks of incense in his hand were shortened a little to varying degrees, before he separated the incense and inserted it vertically into the ashes.
In an instant, the string of gold and silver ingots hanging on the side of the paper money was windless and automatic, and the smoke wafting from the incense was disordered, like a headless fly that could not find its direction.
The temperature dropped in vain, and Yu Xing felt as if his white robe had been dragged, and when he looked back, there was nothing behind him.
But the atmosphere inside the store is hopelessly moving in an eerie direction.
"Breath ......" Yu Xing's breathing became cold and suppressed, and the white mist was exhaled from his mouth and dissipated in the dim light.
He felt a sense of being watched, as if there were many, many people, staring at him viciously from different angles, like a man's back.
Yu Xing touched the cuffs of the leaky air, the cold air was drilling into the skin from the sleeves and neckline, he tidied up his clothes, glanced at the afterglow, and caught a tattered wooden chair, so he pulled it over, just like that, Shi Shiran sat down, and watched the incense in the incense burner shrink and shorten in the burning up close.