Chapter 535: In the Bureau
Even though Song Qingxiao had experienced a lot of battles, when he saw the old man with a goatee walking quickly with the hem of his clothes, he still couldn't help but feel numb in his back.
On the side, Yao Liu's performance was even more exaggerated, his arms were one, his figure instantly skyrocketed to two meters high, and a large amount of black fluff appeared on his face and body.
"Oh, the banquet is about to start, why aren't the two distinguished guests seated yet?" The old man didn't seem to notice Yao Liu's strange appearance, and in the sound of 'bang' footsteps, he got closer and closer, raised an arm and waved at the two of them, squeezing out a smile on his face.
This situation is too abnormal, Song Qingxiao and Yao Liumian looked at each other, and they both saw the vigilance in each other's eyes.
What is certain is that the two of them have already entered the Gu Mansion at this time, but the moment before entering the Gu Mansion, it is clear that the mansion is dilapidated and dark.
At this time, Gu's house was neat and elegant, and the sky was bright.
There was no sun overhead, and the weather was gloomy, as if a layer of dark clouds were shrouded in the sun firmly, and there was a tendency for mountain rain to come.
Not far from the garden, you can see several long corridors, under which several lanterns are hung, and a small lotus pond is dug next to a few trees planted not far away.
At this time, the water in the lotus pond is rippling, and it is very quiet.
Everything seemed real, not like the two of them were only hallucinating.
No. 7 and the others who were walking with the two of them disappeared at this time, and I am afraid that like the two of them, when they entered the Gu house, they didn't know where they were sent by the trial of the gods.
The old man walked up to him, and his brow was beaming.
Song Qingxiao tested with his divine sense, there was no trace of yin qi on his body, his face was full of wrinkles when he smiled, and his teeth were yellow.
"The head of the house was overjoyed to learn that the two had come from afar, and ordered the old slave to greet them and lead you to the table." As he spoke, he folded his hands and bowed his waist, and there was a slight sound between the rubbing of his clothes.
Yao Liu was shocked, Song Qingxiao suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart, and asked quietly:
"Feast?"
"yes!" The old man with the goatee didn't seem to see the look of vigilance on the faces of the two, and said with a smile:
"My little son is getting married today, and the head of the family is holding a banquet in the court to entertain all the distinguished guests, two, please come with the old slave!"
When the two of them heard this, they both chuckled in their hearts, and Yao Liu asked in surprise:
"Which little boy is getting married?"
The old man was not angry when he heard such reckless words, but still squinted his eyes and laughed:
"In addition to our Gu family, which other little son's wedding has such a big battle, please move the two of you to participate?"
As soon as the old man's voice fell, Song Qingxiao's heart immediately sank, "Is the girl you married the Chu family?" β
"Of course it's the Chu family." The old man laughed, "Our two families are right, the little boy is only eight buckets tall, and Miss Chu is beautiful, do you say this is a match made in heaven, a pair made from the ground?" β
He praised one after another, but Song Qingxiao and Yao Liu couldn't help but smile bitterly when they heard these words.
Family? Big wedding? More than 200 years ago!
The two of them took this step, and they went directly into the scene more than 200 years ago?
"What are you waiting for?" The old man was still smiling, and made a gesture of 'please': "It's not early." β
It was still daylight a moment ago, and although there was no sun overhead, the weather was cloudy, but at least the light was sufficient, and everything around me could be seen clearly.
But as soon as the old man with the goatee finished speaking, the light around him quickly dimmed.
The most bizarre thing is that as the sky gets dark, the lantern under the verandah not far away slowly lights up with orange-red light, although this light dispels the darkness, but not only does it not make people feel a little reassured, but it shows a little eerie.
"The bride is already here, wait any longer, the food will be cold, go with the old slave."
The sky darkened instantly, the lantern lit up, such a strange scene, but the old man only grinned as if he didn't notice anything wrong.
As soon as he finished saying this, Song Qingxiao and Yao Liu's ears really heard a looming sharp and piercing suona sound.
"Huh." Yao Liugan laughed, scolding his mother in his heart.
The two of them are really on the road!
Song Qingxiao looked at the old man coldly, in the face of her scrutinizing gaze, he still only squinted, grinned, and his expression did not change at all when he spoke, maintaining the posture of 'please'.
The red light from the lantern lit in the distance reflected on half of his face, making it appear that half of his face was dry and black, and the layers of dry folds were like rotten old trees.
The other half of the face is hidden in the darkness and cannot be seen clearly.
His appearance looked eerie and terrifying at this time, but what made Song Qingxiao feel strange was that he still didn't see half of the yin qi on his body, it seemed that this Gu family was indeed extraordinary.
But by this time, several trialists had already separated, and when the situation was unclear, they could only take one step at a time.
Thinking of this, Song Qingxiao glanced at Yao Liu, and the two followed the direction of the old man's finger and took a few steps forward.
As soon as they moved, the old man followed, two steps behind them, and walked behind them.
"Today, the little prince of your mansion is getting married, and there are a lot of people coming, right?" Song Qing asked aloud.
She walked side by side with Yao Liu, and the old man who had trotted all the way and stepped on it with 'banging' footsteps was now like a spirit behind him, walking without the slightest sound.
The wind blew through the lotus pond and made a 'rustling' sound, which made Song Qingxiao's back cold.
"Yes." The old man's voice rang out, perhaps because he couldn't see his face, and his voice sounded a little lazy, "We're all waiting at the wedding banquet." β
"What do you think will be in the court?" Yao Liu's voice resounded in Song Qing's Xiaozhihai, and her expression was serious:
"I'm afraid something will happen, be careful."
The two of them are trapped in the scene within the scene, and if they want to break out, they may have to break the prohibition they have set.
For more than two hundred years, the people of the Gu family should have died a long time ago, and these 'things' that appeared at this time should be haunted by the ghosts of death.
These Yin Spirits were extremely powerful when they were alive, and hundreds of years after their deaths became the climate, and at this time, even Song Qingxiao didn't find a flaw in the 'realm within the realm' laid down at this time.
The only way to do this is to wait until we meet with No. 7 and the others, and then gather the power of the trialists, and everyone cooperate with each other to break the ban!
It's just that when everyone entered the Gu mansion, they were separated, Song Qingxiao and Yao Liuyin were one step behind everyone, and at this time, they were guided by this goatee old man to the banquet arranged in the courtyard, I don't know if No. 7 and the others arrived first, whether they would be waiting there!
The two of them walked all the way forward, and the orange-red lantern hanging under the eaves made a difficult and unusual 'creaking' sound between the swings under the wind, like an old machine that was old, and it was very rhythmic and slow to swing, which was extremely uncomfortable to listen to.
Such a sound coupled with the footsteps of the two of them made it more and more quiet to the surroundings.
The old man with the goatee behind him couldn't hear the slightest sound, as if he had left unconsciously.
As soon as Song Qingxiao thought of this, he paused, deliberately turned to the other side, and just turned to one side, and before he could lift his steps, he heard the old man's somewhat gloomy and hoarse voice:
"Wrong!"
His tone dragged on for a long time, and his voice sounded like a blunt knife sawing at a dry and rotting tree: "Two distinguished guests, go this way." β
An arm stretched out from Song Qingxiao's side, and under the wide black sleeves, the old man's wrists were so thin that only skin and bones remained, the wrinkled skin of Dara was on top of the bones, and the five finger skull joints were extremely prominent, like a skeleton with dried skin and flesh.
As soon as he approached, Song Qing only felt the hairs on her back stand up against her clothes, she turned her head sideways and continued to walk forward, and her thin hand retracted silently.
"Where's the wedding feast?" After taking two more steps, Song Qing stopped urinating:
"It's not that there are a lot of people here, why haven't you heard any sound?"
"Will you hear it again?" The old man's voice floated faintly from behind, and as soon as he finished speaking, a boiling noise sounded in Song Qingxiao's ears.
Some people talk loudly, some people laugh loudly, and the excitement is so lively that the previous quiet scene is broken in an instant.
Then the music of suona became louder and more piercing, intertwined with the sound of conversation and laughter, showing a deliberately noisy feeling.
"What if you look at it again?"
As soon as the lively noise sounded, the old man's eerie voice sounded again, and as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large dazzling red candle suddenly lit up in front of him!
Under the candlelight, figures are staggered.
"Look, it's so lively, isn't it?"
Song Qing sneered cautiously, the matter has come to this, these yin spirits are probably not afraid that they will escape, and they will no longer hide their flaws.
"It's really lively."
She answered, and the old man with the goatee, who had been following behind, saw that he was almost at his destination, so he came out from behind, and walked in front of him with his waist bent to lead the way.
Although he no longer walks behind, Yao Liu always has a feeling that there are still 'people' staring at his back, and he turns his head to look from time to time.
Yao Liu turned his head to look, there was no half of the figure behind him, but the feeling still lingered.
He turned his head in disbelief, and then he saw a withered, black, thin old face leaning in front of him, and his heart shrank in fright when his eyes met a pair of cloudy eyes.
The old man had stopped at some point, and was looking at him coldly.
At close inspection, the old man's eyes have lost their luster, like dried grapes, and they are creepy at first glance.
He saw Yao Liu turn around, and slowly grinned the corners of his mouth wider, revealing his yellowed and uneven teeth:
"Honorable guest, what are you still looking at? The old slave is here. β
Yao Liu watched his mouth open and close, the goatee swayed with the twitching of his face as he spoke, and the heart that had stopped beating before seemed to react again, and began to beat wildly 'bang bang'.
He clenched his fists again and again, and transmitted a message to Song Qingxiao:
"Lao Tzu wants to blow his dog's head!"
"Look at what these 'people' want to do." Song Qingxiao watched coldly and comforted him.
These 'people' have made such a big battle, laid down such a 'realm within a realm', and invited them into the urn, they must have a plan.
Yao Liu took a deep breath, and said goodbye in disgust, the old man retreated, led the two of them over a water bridge, and saw the atrium that the old man said not far away.
The atrium was full of feasts, and it was already full of guests.
At the back of the feast was a main house with the door wide open to the people's hall, under which several red lanterns were hung, and on one side of the lantern sat a procession of blowing, playing and singing.
An extremely eye-catching word 'Xi' was posted in the center of the hall, and several burning huge dragon and phoenix red candles lit up the entire hall!
Tea and wine were placed on the table in the hall, and a pair of men and women were sitting on the pitch-black carved armchairs on the left and right sides.
"Look, the head of the house is waiting there!"
The old man pointed in the direction of the main hall with his hand, and as soon as he spoke, the sound of talking and laughing in the distance and the sound of suona and silk bamboo suddenly stagnated, as if someone had pressed a pause button, and all the noisy sounds disappeared in an instant.
The people sitting at the banquet table slowly turned their heads, and their faces were beaming with joy, and their faces were shining with light, like swollen and full steamed buns.
The atrium was extremely large, at least nearly fifty tables were placed, and the tables were full of people, and the feeling of being stared at by so many 'people' was simply chilling, Yao Liu immediately swallowed his saliva.
"So many people?" His voice changed a little, "Are these still 'people'?"
He originally expected that even if the Gu Mansion was a big family, all the people in the Gu family had died after the mysterious disappearance, but he thought that it was only a few dozen people.
At this time, there were more than two or three hundred 'people' on the scene.
Dealing with so many non-'human' things reminded Yao Liu of how he felt when he was surrounded by an army of the undead on the altar of the undead.
Song Qingxiao actually sank in her heart when she saw so many 'people', but she soon found a few familiar faces in the crowd.
"Seventh, they've arrived." As soon as Song Qingxiao finished speaking, Yao Liu followed her line of sight, and sure enough, she saw No. 2, No. 7 and others sitting in the middle of these 'people' with uncomfortable faces, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
The two followed the old man's footsteps down the water bridge, and the old man, who didn't know whether he intended or not, led them straight to the table where No. 7 and the others were sitting:
"A few distinguished guests have come from afar, please sit here."
At the dinner table, several trialists sat around the round table, and several teenagers shrunk their heads like frightened quails huddled beside Seven.
On the table, melons, fruits, wine and food were placed, and in the center was a smoky pig's head with a shiny face on its back, like a pile of tributes to the dead.
No. 2 and No. 3 looked tense, and the twins looked quite calm, but the three young men and women who had survived until now turned pale and trembled with horror, and when they saw Song Qingxiao and Yao Liu coming, these people couldn't bear it, moved the corners of their mouths, and made a few sounds of unknown meaning in their throats.
When No. 3 saw his teammates coming, his Adam's apple slid as if he was relieved.
At this time, everyone saw that something was wrong, and one more person would have more strength, and one more point of certainty from this Gu Zhai life.
"Why are you here?" Three swallowed and asked.
Yao Liu listened to him, instinctively glanced at the old man, and No. 2 said:
"Don't worry, 'he' won't hear you." Besides, it doesn't matter if they hear it, both sides know each other's existence, and the trialists just want to see what these ghosts want to do.
Sure enough, after she said this, the old man still squinted and smiled, as if he really didn't hear what the two said.
"We were a step late, and when we came in, we found that in the garden, the old man led us this way, saying that the wedding feast was about to begin."
As Song Qing spoke, his eyes looked at No. 7, and he paused for a moment on the skull ornament on his chest.
The skeleton was covered with a layer of black mist, and when she sensed her gaze, the skeleton's eyes glowed with a strange red light, and then a demonic roar rang out in her sea of consciousness!
When the red light flashed in the skeleton's eyes, the old man who had been smiling seemed to sense something, his face changed, and he opened his mouth to scream.
But before he could speak, Seven held the skeleton, and the black mist above the skeleton became heavier, covering the two points of red light.
The old man with the goatee glanced at Seven in disbelief, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.
"As soon as we came, we also went inside, and someone led us over, and it seems that we were trapped by someone, and we were in the endgame of more than two hundred years ago."
No. 2 is quite proficient in the secret methods of Taoism, looking at her breath, she should also learn the art of the right way, which should have been specialized in overcoming ghosts and evils, but sitting here at this time, she also felt uncomfortable, but was bound by evil qi.
"I, I, can we get out of hereβ" The young man at the head shook out with fear.
But no one paid attention to his words at all, it was easy to enter the game, but it was difficult to get out, and at such a point, there was no way out.
"I think, I want to go home......" The only surviving girl among the three finally broke down and cried under the tremendous pressure: "I want to go home......"
"Distinguished guests come from afar, please use some thin wine and eat something, and the bride will be almost here."
The old man with the goatee didn't seem to hear the girl's words, and he smiled at her crying: "Listen, the procession is very close!" β
As soon as his voice fell, sure enough, a burst of suona music sounded, accompanied by a burst of noisy footsteps.
This strange scene frightened several people a lot, but when Song Qingxiao and Yao Liu came over, they had already seen it, but they were not panicked.
It's just that at the moment when the suona sound sounded, Song Qingxiao found that his eyes flickered, and all the scenery melted into a thick fog in a moment, and he couldn't see it clearly.
Oops!
She was taken aback, just as she felt that something was wrong, the next moment she seemed to be sitting in a sealed and cramped space, the ground under her feet swayed, her eyes were all red, as if someone had covered her with a dark red hijab, and the guests around her, No. 2 and Yao Liu and others all disappeared without a trace!
Outside, a high-pitched, shrill female voice 'giggled':
"Here comes the bride!"
When Song Qingxiao heard this, a bad premonition welled up in her heart, and she ripped off the thing covering her head, which was a red translucent hijab covered with delicate embroidery.
She was wearing a phoenix crown xia dress at this time, and she was sealed in a soft sedan chair!