I didn't expect to see white bones here, and everyone was in chaos.

I pressed my left hand tightly against my heart, trying to calm down while trying to reassure the panicked young men.

And the wind dagger that got rid of the initial panic seemed more composed than me.

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"Wait outside the corridor!!"

He shouted at the three of them, "We should still look into the situation up front." He said to me, "Can you come with me?" ”

I nodded wordlessly and followed him.

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We walked past the bones and into the depths of the road.

After walking for a while, an earth-colored wall appeared in front of me, which was exactly the same as the surrounding one. It seems to have come to an end.

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"Where's the house?" The wind dagger walked over to the wall and looked back and asked.

I looked at the low roof: "We're probably already under the front yard." ”

"Underneath the front yard?"

With a mutter, the wind dagger illuminated the wall in front of him with a white lantern, and the other hand was clenched into a fist and gently tapped against the wall.

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"I'm afraid this is the same as the wall just now, which was built later." He said to himself, "Uncle Putian, let's go back." We still have a lot to do. ”

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We went back the way we came.

Walking over to the bones again, the wind dagger stopped and asked me.

"Looks like this bone has been here for a long time. What do you think? ”

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"You're right, it does seem like a long time ago. But I had no idea that there were these bones hidden here........."

"Do you still have an impression of the clothes on the white bones?"

"Huh?"

"Think about that painting."

The wind dagger said calmly.

"It's the painting that hangs in the big room. Isn't the little girl in the painting wearing a light blue dress and a hat? ”

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"Yes!! When you mention that, I remember. ”

"Judging by the size of the bones, it should be a child. The four-legged white bones under the soles of the feet are probably the little black dog lying next to the little girl in the painting. ”

"I see. ......... put it this way."

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"If you are seriously ill or die in an accident, there is no need to hide it here. Someone must have done the murder, and then they hid it here to hide it, and finally blocked the entrance with a wall. ”

"Murder? Could it be that Master Li Yu ........."

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"It's possible. I think it's natural to think so. It is likely that the girl in that painting was an acquaintance of Master Li Yu. I can't figure out why Mr. Li did this. The wind dagger turned his back to the white bones and sighed softly.

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"Last night, Silent told a story to that Raigi."

“……… Saying that something terrible had happened in this house before. Saying that he was crazy, Master Li Yu drove away his daughter-in-law, slaughtered the black dog, and buried the black dog in the walls of the cellar, so the house was called the 'Dog Meat Factory'. ”

“……… Of course, this is the kid's nonsense and jokes. Probably when he was young, he heard a lot of stories about the gods solving the case——— "Building a Wall in a Dream". Therefore, when we saw the white bones just now, he was the most nervous. I think this road may have been dug up by Li Yu according to his own preferences. It's a secret escape route. On the opposite side of the wall at the end of the day, there must have been an exit to the front yard. There must be something blocking that exit. ”

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I was in an indescribable state of mind, staring at the white bones of the little girl leaning against the wall. The black hole of the eye socket pointed at me, as if to tell the loneliness and resentment of being abandoned in the dark for so many years.

I couldn't help but close my eyes and put my left hand in front of my heart.

"Alas......... But they can only be placed here. The wind dagger avoided the white bones and walked out, muttering to himself, "What happened in the past has nothing to do with us. That kind of thing .........."

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In the end, we sealed Lei Mu and the little girl's bones together in the "Secret Corridor".

As the wind dagger said, we can only do that, there is no other way.

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After putting the thunderwood in, the five of us worked together to build the wall back to its original state.

Those young people had never done this work before, so I had to guide me personally in every detail.

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When the sun sets.

After some tossing, we finally finished our work and left the cellar.

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The four young men looked tired. But you can't rest yet, and you have to clean up the big room ——— the scene, and you can't leave any suspicious traces.

I asked the four of them to put the chairs back in their original places and clean all corners of the room.

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Not a single young man jumped out and did what I asked.

I took the jars, bowls, and other things scattered in the big room to the kitchen and washed them.

I decided to put Lei Mu's clothes, baggage, etc., into the fire kang and burn them all.

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When I had finished washing, I bundled up her belongings and carried them out of the house alone.

I was holding something in one hand and a wooden umbrella in the other.

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In the dark of night, walk through the courtyard and towards the ondol.

The weather was getting worse and worse, the wind was howling outside and the rain was pouring down, like a storm.

Even with a wooden umbrella, it was useless, and every step was difficult, and it was not easy to reach the side of the ondol, and I felt as if I had walked twice as far as usual.

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I carried Lei Mu's things and threw them directly into the ondol. I poured wine on it, lit a fire, and went back.

I'll check back tomorrow morning to see if it's burned completely.

When I went back, I heard the chirping of birds in the woods and was startled.

Stand there, holding your breath and looking around.

Inadvertently, I saw the old mansion in front of me.

——— dark house appeared in the night, and the tinplate "black dog" on the roof observing the direction of the wind kept turning there, like a lost child.

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I returned to the old mansion, where a man was waiting for me in the hall.

——— is a wind dagger.

The large room had been completely cleaned, and they were about to go to the other rooms to clean it.

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"Uncle Putian!!" The wind dagger called out to me solemnly and walked over, "I want to ask the old man something." ”

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I dusted the raindrops on the shoulders and sleeves of my cloth coat and looked at him: "What's the matter?" ”

"I was in the cellar just now, and I found a situation and wanted to ask the old man."

"What the hell is going on?"

"In the corner of the top panel of the cellar room, there is a small boxy hole, about an arm's length."

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"Ah......... Did you see that? ”

"When building the wall, I stumbled upon it. If only I had found out earlier. ”

I knew exactly what he was thinking and what he was going to say.

——— he wanted to clear his name.

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"Below that little hole, along the wall, there was a wooden ladder, right below the large room. Maybe ........."

"Maybe it was also left by Master Li Yu?" I got ahead of him and spoke up.

"Anyway, I thought, maybe it's a secret passage leading to the big room above."

"You're right."

Wind Dagger nodded: "If that's the case........."

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"I know what you're trying to say."

"——— if that's the case, it wouldn't have been the four of you last night. Is that what you mean? ”

"Yes. That's what I mean. The wind dagger's eyes looked earnest.

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I was moved and walked towards the large room: "Follow me." I'll show you what the mechanism is. ”

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It was the first left corner of the entrance to the large room——— probably the southeast corner.

I brought the wind dagger here, crouched on the ground, and pointed to a black stone brick laid on the ground.

That stone brick was about the size of two palms. It is a stone brick laid in the corner of the house.

The floor of the hall is basically gray and black stone bricks, but this is a pure black stone brick, which just plays the role of lightning.

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"This stone brick is the so-called 'key'. Can you give me a dagger? ”

The wind dagger took out a dagger from his bosom and handed it over.

I stabbed the dagger into the gap between the "key" stone brick and the adjacent stone brick.

Pry hard. The pure black stone brick came loose.

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"This stone brick is easy to pry open. I found it while sweeping the floor. ”

As I spoke, I took out the stone brick, "I won't pry open the rest of the stone bricks." However, it is possible to move back and forth, left and right. ”

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I moved the adjacent blackstone bricks to where the solid blackstone bricks were. Then move another stone brick to the vacant spot of the blackstone brick.........

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"Do you know a word game called '16 sons'? As in that game, the 16 stone bricks can be moved freely in this way. ”

I moved the stone bricks one by one.

Soon, I removed one of the blackstone bricks diagonally from the pure blackstone bricks that I had originally pried up. There was a plank underneath it, and in the middle of it was a circular groove the size of a thumb.

"That's the switch that opens the 'door.'"

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I put my finger in the groove.

There's a little stuff in there.

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One press. With a click, the switch was turned on, and the four stone bricks, including the pure black stone brick just now, slowly opened down like a door.

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"That's the little hole you see in the cellar ceiling." I stood up.

"Sure enough, there is a mechanism." The wind dagger muttered, leaned over, and looked inside the hole.

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"It seems that last night, this room was indeed not completely airtight."

"It's a pity that you're not right." I looked at the young man with a solemn face sympathetically and shook my head, "I already knew about the existence of this small hole, but I didn't say it. Because I don't think there's any need to say it. ”

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"Why?" The wind dagger asked uneasily.

"Don't you understand? This 'door' can only be opened from the large room, not from the cellar below. If you don't believe me, climb down and take a look. ”

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"How could it be ........." The wind dagger looked around left and right, a trace of helplessness appeared in his eyes, looking at the black hole in the opening on the ground, "That ........."

"Nothing has changed. The murderer who killed Lei Mu yesterday is among the four of you. There is no need to think about this again, because it is impossible for us to find out the real culprit. Don't think about it anymore and face it. ”

"Hey........." The wind dagger sighed, as if helpless, and just squatted on the ground, hanging his head weakly.

——— was then.

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"Hey, wait!!"

From the hall, there was a shout, like the sound of the wind.

"Hey, Lonely, wait, where are you going?"

Then, there was a strange, incoherent shout. It was definitely not the sound of ordinary people. It's silence.

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What's going on?

I hurried out of the big room.

Feng Ji ran down the hallway, and An Zheng followed. Silence leaned back in his chair and looked at us in fear.

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"Ahh He shouted hoarsely, "I hate this house! I complain!! ”

"Silence!"

"Silence!!"

"What's wrong? !! of Silence ”

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"Ah———h!!!h

He doesn't listen to us at all.

Like a madman, Shiruyuki shook his head desperately and shouted, "There are youkai everywhere. I saw it just now. It's rotten, but it's alive. That guy hugged my shoulder. It stinks!! Help me, it stinks!! This stink, rotten, rotten, rotten........."

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I think he's crazy.

He didn't know himself at all, and he yelled quickly.

Then he began to slap his body again, as if he was going to dust off a nest of bugs.

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"Silence!!"

I was about to get closer, when he looked blankly at the top of his head, and screamed like a beast.

He slammed the door open and rushed outside.

"Wait a minute!!"

"Come back! Silence!! ”

Silent waved his arms desperately through the front yard.

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We didn't care about our clothes being soaked in the rain, so we chased after them.

Finally caught up at the gate. He was prostrate on the ground, waving his hands and feet.

"You're going to hold on."

I picked him up and looked at his face. His eyes were blank but wide.

Smelling of alcohol.

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"He's drunk." Wind Dagger crouched next to me and said, "Where did he just go......... Wind Days!! ”

The wind dagger looked back at his cousin.

Fengji shook his head.

"I don't know. While we were working, he disappeared for a while, and then, like a madman, ran to the meeting room and said that there was a monster. Right? Anzheng!! ”

An Zheng didn't say anything, and looked down at his poor companion.

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"Let's go back first."

The wind dagger casually threw out a sentence and grabbed Lonely's wrist, "Uncle ——— Putian, can you prepare hot water?" His body was cold. ”

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Carrying the almost dazed Silence into the room was much more strenuous than carrying Thunderwood to the cellar.

I finally managed to get him to the meeting room and let him sit down.

The wind dagger first took a white cloth to help him wipe the raindrops off his body, and then covered his shoulders with the white cloth.

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"You are anxious for us to understand, but if we mess with it now, all our efforts will be in vain."

The wind dagger seemed to be coaxing an unknown child, "Understand? Do you understand? The wind dagger repeated it several times, and only then did Silence reassure and nod slightly.

It seems that most of the wine has sobered up.

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Then the wind dagger glanced at me and walked out into the hallway.

After apologizing for his companion's behavior, he proposed a way ——— lock the gate.

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"In addition to the crossbar pins, there is a keyhole on the inside of this door. Once locked, if you don't have a key, don't want to open it from the inside. ”

"Okay."

"Where's the kitchen door?"

"It's the same."

"Then lock the kitchen door too......... Something like that just now is likely to happen again. Tonight, it's best not to let those kids out. Maybe after a night's sleep, their mood will be more stable, and before that, we have to take some steps. ”

I have no reason to object. Indeed, if someone runs out and causes new trouble, it will not be easy to deal with.

In addition, the keys from a few years ago were lost, and now there is a set left on hand.

I found all the keys that I didn't normally use and locked the front and back doors.

At that time, it was around the second watch.

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"It's better for me to keep the keys. If the wind is angry at you, you reply to him and say that I took it away. ”

The wind dagger took the two keys from my hands and held them tightly in the palm of his hand, "Don't worry!" Uncle Pu Tian, we won't trouble you anymore. ”

He said firmly, "From now on, until my death, I will not be lost." Please believe!! ”

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