Chapter 622 Selling Dog Meat with a Sheep's Head
"Hang a sheep's head and sell dog meat!" Ren Sui scolded secretly in his heart, "The ancestor of the Zhao family actually said that his surname was Guan, which is really embarrassing to the ancestor!" β
The man knelt down at the offering table and burned the paper, and then he pretended to kowtow a few more times, then stood up and walked behind the clay statue. Ren Sui had just noticed that when the flames were beating, the shadow of the clay statue was also jumping on the back wall, and there was a large gap in the middle. This practice is rare in the ancestral hall, and the ancestral tablet or statue is generally leaned against the north wall, sitting in the north and facing south, implying the stability of the foundation, and there is a sense of solidity and steadfastness.
Ren Sui pushed gently, but the door panel only shook slightly, and the door bolt was so tightly inserted that it was impossible to enter through the main door.
"Up there!" Ruoshi poked his head out of the roof and beckoned to Ren Sui.
Ren Sui first flipped onto the courtyard wall, and then jumped onto the roof.
"Lightly, this roof is going to suck, don't fall down!"
"Wait for me!" Luo Xuanren tiptoed over and climbed onto the roof under the pull of Ren Sui, "What's the situation?" β
"I don't know, no one is watching in the front hall, I guess it's all in the back!"
"What about Makihara? It's not going to be in yet! β
"I didn't see the little senior brother, probably not!"
"Not necessarily!" Luo Xuanren said, "There is a little witch with her, she dares to do anything, Mu Yuan is often led by her nose!" β
The backyard of the ancestral hall is also a quadrangle, the fence is obviously much higher than the front, and the inside and outside of the house are pitch black, and you can only dimly see some of the approximate by the candlelight coming from the front hall. The north room has no doors or windows, and looks like an open warehouse filled with red lacquer and white stubble coffins. The figure shuttled a few steps through the rows of coffins, and then vanished with a cat's waist.
The three of them lay on the roof for another quarter of an hour, but they never saw the man get up again.
"There's a trap!" Ren Sui said, "Makihara may have really gone in!" β
"You don't want to go in too!" Luo Qiren hesitated a little, "I don't know what's down here, in case it's like a mouse hole, people will block the mouth, and we won't run!" β
"Three holes of cunning rabbits!" Ren Sui said, "I'm from the Zhao family, and there are several exits to all underground palaces, otherwise I would have been served in one pot long ago!" β
"If you go in, can you figure it out?" He asked.
"Only 30% sure! Although they are generally similar, different dungeons have different uses, so there are some differences in design! β
"Thirty percent is enough!" Zhuo Ruoshi stood up and threw a military phone to Luo Qiren, "You guard the door outside, if someone comes over and can block it, if it can't be blocked, report to us, vibrate three times!" If the little brother didn't go in, just take it! β
"No, you can't leave me here alone!"
"What? Are you scared? Ren asked with a smile.
"Of course I'm afraid, but I'm not afraid of these broken coffins, I'm afraid that I won't be able to explain to Mu Yuan!"
"It's okay, the little senior brother is in front, and eighty percent has already gone in!" "There hasn't been even a movement for a long time, don't have any accidents!" β
"Okay!" Luo Xuanren thought about it again and again, and finally nodded in agreement, "Then you have to be careful, if Mu Yuan is not inside, come out quickly, if you have an accident, I really don't have the face to see Mu Yuan, even your sister can't spare me!" β
Jumping into the yard, the two of them first catted under the wall for a while, and only after confirming that there was no problem did they crouch down and walk into the coffin pile, because they didn't dare to turn on the flashlight, and it took a long time to get used to it before they could barely see the situation inside. Although these coffins are large and small, it is difficult to distinguish the specific differences, and they look almost identical under the black light.
"Over here!" Ren waved with Chao Ruoshi.
There is a mahogany coffin in front of him, about the same length, but very high, the front of the wooden board carved an oracle bone inscription "Guan", the strokes are vigorous and powerful, the outer frame of the word "δΈ±" is full of tension, the upper two parts are like a pair of squinted eyes looking coldly ahead, the inner part is like two strings of lanterns hanging high, and even gives people the illusion of swinging in the wind. The whole word is like a ghost gate, giving people an eerie and terrifying feeling.
Ren Sui and Luo Ruoshi circled around the coffin three or four times, touched their hands up and down, and almost lifted the coffin lid, but they didn't find any mechanism.
"It's weird, are we looking for the wrong one?" Chuan Ruo said quietly.
"Hey, there's a door!" Ren Sui suddenly screamed in surprise.
"Doors? What door? β
"Here!" Ren Sui grabbed the side of the coffin and pulled it gently, and the plank was gently lifted, a bit like some luxurious sports car, with the doors open upward.
"Your Zhao family is really lacking in morality, and you actually designed the secret passage in the coffin!" Shui Ruoshi sarcastically said.
As the coffin board was slowly pulled apart, a faint light was revealed underneath, and he leaned over to take a look, which seemed to be a spiral-shaped passage underneath, designed to build steps and avoid light.
"I'll take the lead, you clean up the aftermath, ten meters apart from each other!" After Ren Sui finished speaking, he bent down and got in.
Mu Yuan and Long Ling'er used the roof as a road, but fortunately, there were small alleys between these old houses, more than two meters wide and less than half a meter narrow, just enough for a person to pass sideways. Compared with Long Ling'er, Mu Yuan's footsteps seemed bulky, the former jumped on the roof and barely made a sound, but Mu Yuan couldn't do it, and when he passed by a dilapidated house, he almost leaked directly.
Soon, the two came to the house with the lights on, but the curtains were hung on the doors and windows, and they could only vaguely see the figures in the room flickering, but they couldn't see anything clearly.
Long Ling'er sat down on the eaves and handed the end of the long whip to Mu Yuan. Mu Yuan instantly understood what the little witch was thinking, she was going to make a move to "hang the golden hook upside down", in many chivalrous, this is the most common trick when used to eavesdropping.
"Be careful!" Makihara whispered, and pulled the long whip firmly to his wrist.
Long Ling'er grabbed the other end of the long whip, first slowly moved his body out of the eaves, and then gently removed the force on his waist, and bent his body 270 degrees directly into the eaves. Hooking the eaves with his calves above, and picking up the beams with both hands below, his waist was bent into an almost circle, Long Ling'er slowly raised his head, and his eyes just could see through the gap above the curtain.
Long Ling'er had just stabilized her body, and suddenly felt her legs sinking, and a fluffy little guy crawled down her legs, stepping on her back all the way, and then poked out her little head from her shoulder, this little thing was Niwa. It lay on Long Ling'er's shoulder, and looked inside curiously as she did.
It was like a hall for entertaining guests, with a few simple tables and chairs in the room, Guan Latch was standing in front of the table pouring water into an old teapot, Peng Yipeng and the three of them were sitting on a stool, and the suspicious middle-aged man was squatting at the door, holding a stick of paper lantern in his hand, smoking an old dry cigarette.
"Drink water!" Guan Liang brought the large porcelain bowl to Peng Yipeng, although he was entertaining guests, there was no smile on his face.
"Thanks!" Peng Yipeng took the tea bowl and pretended to test the water temperature, and then put it on the table, "It's not early this day, please hurry up and inspect the goods, if it's no problem, we can go back early, and my brother is waiting outside!" β
The two were hesitating whether the water could be drunk or not, and when they heard Peng Yipeng's words, they hurriedly put the tea bowl on the table, and together they carried the box under their feet to the center of the hall. Mei Wenran took out a dagger from her arms, swiped it lightly on the package, and quickly tore off the layer of plastic foam wrapped outside.