The courtyard is deep with strange people

The black coffin came out of nowhere

Yokohama, Japan.

In a garden in the style of the Toyotomi Hideyoshi period, two people sit cross-legged.

An old man and a woman.

The old man was wearing a black kimono, black like thick ink, with a blood-red belt around his waist, his white hair was gray, and he had a short snow-white hair under his chin, and his face was covered with wrinkles, each of which looked as if it had been carved by a knife, making his whole person look resolute and cold.

That woman is a middle-aged woman with extremely beautiful looks and a plump body. Although she is already a little old, the years not only did not take away her beauty, but added another special charm to her, a charm that is enough to awaken the most primitive desire in every man's heart.

This man was the same man who had competed with ICE for the Star of Hope at the auction before, Mr. Nishiki.

He sat quietly in the courtyard with his eyes closed, while the woman beside him was making tea for him.

Tea is the best Longjing tea in Longjing Village, West Lake, Hangzhou, China; The water is the purest mountain spring water from the Fuji Mountains in Japan.

In the courtyard, the oldest iron kettle is set on a wooden shelf, and the water in the iron kettle is still boiling, and white smoke and "poof" sounds are emitted from time to time.

However, the middle-aged beautiful woman did not pour the water into the tea set, for it was at this moment that she saw a man.

A man wearing a tengu mask.

"You're late!" The middle-aged beautiful woman looked at her and said.

After saying this, the beautiful woman reached out and took the iron kettle off the wooden frame, the iron kettle had been burning on the fire for a long time, and the handle of the kettle was still boiling hot, but the beautiful woman did not seem to feel anything at all.

Her movements were slow and graceful, as if she were dancing, and she poured little by little the water from the iron kettle into the delicate teapot.

The masked man didn't speak, he just looked at the woman quietly, and there seemed to be an indescribable light in his eyes at this moment.

"Why don't you come and sit here?" The middle-aged beautiful woman poured out the first cup of tea, poured some boiling water from the iron kettle, and after a while, carefully placed the quilt in her hand in front of Mr. Nishiki.

"I'm not here for tea!" It took a long time for the strange man to speak slowly.

His people are weird, and the voice he speaks is even stranger, and the sound sounds like the sound of iron rubbing, which makes people can't help but get goosebumps.

Hearing this person's words, the middle-aged beautiful woman smiled faintly: "I know you are naturally not here to drink tea, but ......"

She poured another cup of tea, and slowly put the cup of tea in front of the person, and then leisurely continued: "Don't you even drink the tea I brewed?" ”

Although she was smiling as she spoke, her tone did not have the slightest hint of humility towards her guests, on the contrary, it sounded like a woman saying something to her husband.

The strange man was stunned for a moment, and then, he actually walked over and slowly knelt down on his knees, lifted the tengu mask on his face a little, reached out and took the cup of tea and drank it all.

The strange man sighed, and then said leisurely: "Good tea! ”

"It's a good tea, indeed!" At this time, Mr. Nishiki, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, slowly opened his eyes and said coldly. "How's it going to do what you're doing?"

"We're lost!" The strange man said hoarsely.

"What? Lose someone? Mr. Nishiki's hand that had been reaching for the teacup suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he looked up at the strange man and said word by word, "How can this be?" ”

"The people we sent are dead for unknown reasons! Even ......" When he said this, the beautiful woman handed him a cup of freshly brewed tea, and the strange man took it and drank it all, and then slowly continued: "Even those two men have suddenly disappeared!" ”

"What? They're suddenly gone? Mr. Nishiki said coldly.

"Yes!" The strange man nodded and said, "No one knows where the two of them have gone, and we have been looking for a long time in the inner circle that we have planted among them, and there is not even a clue at all. It was as if these two men had disappeared from this world. ”

"How so? Why did the two of them suddenly disappear? Have they seen our plans? Mr. Nishiki lowered his head and frowned lightly.

He didn't know if he was talking to himself or asking the weirdo.

"Our plans are so seamless, they will never see it!" The strange man said categorically.

Mr. Nishiki didn't answer his words, he was already deep in thought at this time, and after a long time, Mr. Nishiki slowly raised his head and asked, "Except for Neiying, the rest are dead?" ”

"Yes! All dead, not a single one left! The strange man said hoarsely.

"How did you die?" Mr. Nishiki asked.

"I don't know!" The strange man replied in a very strange voice. He seemed to realize that something was wrong with his voice, and he glanced at the beautiful woman out of the corner of his eye, but at this time the beautiful woman did not look at him, but was staring down at the fire in the middle of the courtyard.

"I don't know what it means?" Mr. Nishiki asked coldly.

"What I don't know is that none of these people are injured, not even the slightest injury. When they die, the corners of their mouths are still raised, as if they are laughing, and as if they are laughing to death! ”

"Laughing to death?" Mr. Nishiki asked with a frown.

"Yes! Looks like it should be! The strange man nodded.

"Hey! Did you know that there is an old Chinese saying called "a bad move" in chess? Mr. Nishiki looked at the man and suddenly said, "Do you know what the latter sentence is?" ”

"No...... I don't know! The strange man was stunned by Mr. Nishiki's question, and after a while he bit his head and said.

"The latter sentence is, lose all the games!" Mr. Nishiki said coldly.

"You...... What do you mean by that? The strange man's hoarse voice became even more unpleasant, and he asked in a surprised tone, "Are you ......?"

When the strange man said this, his voice suddenly stopped, and he saw that he covered his throat tightly with both hands, and from time to time there was a "gurgling" sound in his throat, which was like the sound of a rattlesnake shaking its tail, which sounded terrifying and disgusting.

However, Mr. Nishiki and the middle-aged beautiful woman did not seem to hear at all, they just stared at the strange man with indifference and contempt in their eyes, as if the man in front of them was already a dead man.

The strange man seemed to struggle to his feet, but as soon as he moved, he fell into the fire in the middle of the courtyard with a scream.

The fire ignited his whole body in an instant, and the boiling water burned his bare skin in that instant, but he did not scream.

It's not that he doesn't want to scream, but he can't scream at all, because, at this moment, the strange man's whole body has swollen into a ball. He was like a balloon ready to burst, his skin had cracked from this rapid swelling, and blood flowed out along the countless wounds, staining the light blue clothes on his body into a dark brown in an instant.

His mouth and tongue were so swollen that he couldn't make a sound, and he could only barely squeeze a groan of pain out of his throat, but it sounded like a laugh, a hellish grin.

The strange man was struggling in pain, and he crawled towards Mr. Nishiki little by little, as if he wanted to grab Mr. Nishiki with the last of his strength, but he only crawled forward a few times and did not move.

Because, there is no way for a dead person to catch someone else.

Mr. Nishiki slowly closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to look at the man on the ground.

And at the moment when Mr. Nishiki had just closed his eyes, twelve people suddenly came in from outside the courtyard, twelve shirtless strong men.

I saw that each of the twelve big men had a pitch-black cast-iron mask on their faces, and they were carrying a large black coffin in their hands, the coffin was very large, and the big one was as if it was not a coffin at all.

The twelve big men carried the coffin slowly into it without saying a word, and when they came in, they walked a total of one hundred and fifty-six steps, and after putting down the big coffin, they still walked out without saying a word, still walking one hundred and fifty-six steps, not too much, not too many steps.

"What is this?" After a long time, Mr. Nishiki said slowly.

"I don't know! Looks like it's supposed to be a coffin! The middle-aged beautiful woman spoke in a very soft and slow tone, as if the coffin in front of her was not placed in front of her at all.

I saw that she slowly picked up the iron kettle on the ground, poured the water into the teapot, and got a cup of tea from the teapot, handed it to Mr. Nishiki, and then slowly continued: "Drink it!" This tea is good and is your favorite Chinese Longjing tea. ”

"You know that this tea is poisonous, but you still want me to drink it?" Mr. Nishiki looked at the beautiful woman and said lightly.

"I'm doing it for your own good!" The beautiful woman said with a smile.

"For my good?" Mr. Nishiki said.

"Yes! I've been with you for so long, and I have to think about it for you! The beautiful woman said with a smile.

"What do you want?" Mr. Nishiki's face had begun to change a little at this time.

"I don't want to do anything!" The beautiful woman poured out the cup of tea in front of Mr. Nishiki, changed it and handed it over, and said lightly: "Chinese tea is very strange, if it is cold, you can't drink it." ”

Mr. Nishiki didn't speak, he just looked at the middle-aged woman coldly.

I only heard the middle-aged beautiful woman slowly answer: "What you just said is right, one move is missing, and you will lose the whole game." So ......"

"So what?" Mr. Nishiki said preemptively.

"So, we can't ask for your pawn anymore!" The beautiful woman laughed.

"My pawn? Am I a pawn? Am I a pawn? Mr. Nishiki said loudly in a trembling voice.

"Hey! The saddest thing about people is that they are obviously a chess piece, but they don't know it! The beautiful woman shook her head and laughed. There are some things you can't change! Wouldn't it be nice to save yourself a little face and others a little bit of trouble? Why bother yourself and others? This coffin is what you have prepared, and as for how to choose, it's up to you. ”

With that, the beautiful woman slowly pushed the tea in front of Mr. Nishiki, and then, she stood up leisurely and walked out of the courtyard.