Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Mist

After the middle-aged man who was suspected to be Gao Qiuwu's elder read out the will, the sky suddenly became gloomy. It gave me a sense of unease. Looking around, the cold wind blew the white couplet, and the black font was like a charm, locking my eyes. And the Yue family is also absent-minded, some people are chanting Buddha, some people are looking left and right, and some people are pestering Gao Qiuwu to tell her some anecdotes about the journey, but the latter is absent-minded and answers what she asked. Yue Shiyin quickly lost interest.

In other words, "Mr. Yue Moye divided his personal property into eight parts, of which five-eighths were inherited by Mrs. Yue, Ms. Yue Lanyue, Ms. Yue Hongxu, Ms. Yue Shiyin, and Mr. Shen Shen, the beneficiary designated by Mr. Yue Wenbin, who died unexpectedly, and the remaining three-eighths were donated to the local temple." The inheritance of the five of you is equivalent to more than 30 million yuan, but if any of you unfortunately passes away, then their share of the inheritance will be divided equally among the rest. Guys, do you understand? "

"Joke!" Yue Lanyue stood up and snorted coldly, "Could it be that the inheritance was distributed to me, and I passed away, and my husband and daughter couldn't get that money?" Yue Ningyu and his daughter Yue Ziji were also puzzled.

"Yes!" Gao Qiuwu pushed his glasses, "Because in the will, Mr. Yue Moye has already given your husband and daughter some extra money. This is also the case with the future husbands of Ms. Yue Hongxu and Ms. Yue Shiyin. "

"That is, if something happens to my boyfriend, he won't get the money I inherited, right?" It was not Yue Shiyin who spoke, but Yue Hongxu, who looked confused.

Lawyer Gao nodded: "Actually, you don't have to worry, I think everyone here is a blessed person, and the situations I assumed would not happen at all." "

"I can't tell!" Yue Lanyue still looked provocative, "Anything can happen in Yue's house!" It's never been a place where the ghosts are gone! "

"What more nonsense are you going to talk about? Smile generously! Mrs. Yue stared at Yue Lanyue with sharp eyes, and her hand, which was originally holding a string of Buddha beads, turned white due to excessive force.

"Am I not right? Have you forgotten why our ancestors moved out of Longtan Village in the first place? "

"All right, ma'am." Yue Ningyu pulled him back to the sofa and sat down, "Don't say it." When we get the inheritance, we will go back to the big city of the capital and never come here again, so why should you be so angry? "

Looking at everything in front of me, I always felt that the relationship between the Yue family was very cold.

Lawyer Gao cleared his throat: "Actually, you can't get the inheritance right away, because Mr. Yue Moye has an additional condition in the will, if you can't do it, you will lose the qualification for inheritance." "

"On what terms?" Mrs. Yue asked.

"He said that he was very nostalgic for the old days when everyone was together together, so he demanded that within 7749 days, all the heirs should live in Yue's house until the end of the mourning period, and if they couldn't do it, they would automatically give up this inheritance!"

At this time, Yue Lanyue completely broke out: "What?!" Could it be that Yue Moye is crazy? Doesn't he know how big a psychological shadow Longtan Village is for us? Help each other in time of need with what little we have? Amusing! When did we ever get to know each other, he must have gone crazy and wanted us to live in this literal tomb of the living dead! "

Everyone was shocked by the hysteria of their people, and no one interjected. In the end, Mrs. Yue asked very calmly: "Is this the only requirement?" "

"Yes, as long as you hold on to seventy-seven and forty-nine days, you can get the inheritance."

Mrs. Yue nodded and said to Hu Gu: "Tomorrow, you drive to Peach Blossom Island to Huilongguan and bring all my personal belongings, and I will live here from today on." "

"Me and my sister too." Yue Shiyin clenched Yue Hongxu's hand with an innocent face and said, "Anyway, we have nowhere else to go in the capital. Good no good? "

"Does anyone else have an opinion?" Mrs. Yue looked around at everyone present: "Hongxu, tomorrow let Hu Gu go to your nursing center on Peach Blossom Island to go through the discharge procedures, and you will live here with us in the future, how about it?" "

"Good ......" Yue Hongxu hung his head and answered softly.

Yue Lanyue seemed to be exhausted from the noise just now, pressed her temples with her fingers, and didn't say a word, Yue Ningyu comforted softly on the side, and Yue Ziji, a little girl dressed like a girl who killed Matt, didn't say a word. After a long time, Yue Ningyu came up with an idea for his wife: "Since the will stipulates so, then we will take the time to come and live." "

"Student Shen, I think since you are here, you should also have time to come and stay for two days, right?" Mrs. Yue asked.

"No," I waved my hand, "I had already decided before I came here, I was going to give up this inheritance, so I won't come to the Yue Mansion after today!" "

The Yue family was surprised by the decision I made, after all, a few million is not a small amount, who would give up?

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"What the hell are you up to?" Yue Lanyue returned to her original vitriol.

"No matter what you think, I'm going to make a break with this inheritance!"

I stood up and owed Mrs. Yue: "Mrs. Yue, there's nothing wrong, I, an outsider, will leave first." "

When Gao Qiuwu heard me say this, he hurriedly said, "Classmate Shen, you have to leave now, but my matter has not been dealt with yet, and there is no way to send you back." "

"I'm going to take a three-jumper ride or walk back by myself."

I stubbornly pushed the door open, but I didn't take a step. Outside the door, the rain was pouring down from the sky, and I don't know how long it will rain or when it will stop.

"It's raining on a rainy day, classmate Shen," Mrs. Yue walked up to me: "It's raining so hard, you better stay first, and by the way, think about the will." "

Without waiting for me to answer, Mrs. Yue instructed Aunt Hu again: "You go and prepare dinner, and find a few people to tidy up the room by the way, looking at the rain, we may all have to stay here tonight." "

After dinner, the Yue family took their belongings back to the room on the second floor, Gao Qiuwu didn't know where to go, and I was the only one left in the entire hall. I stood in front of the window and watched the bean-sized raindrops smash on the glass, and suddenly I felt very lonely, why there were so many people living in the house, but I still had a chilling feeling.

With my hands in the pockets of my coat, I touched the business card - I was very confused, this Gao Qiuwu, who had never said a word to me from beginning to end today, and had never even looked at me with his eyes, was the same person as the sunny boy I knew at the beginning? Perhaps, he had already known that I was one of the heirs of the estate and deliberately approached me, and our encounter was simply an elaborate conspiracy?

"Classmate Shen, Mrs. said that this rain will fall overnight." Hu Gu appeared beside me at some point and startled me, "The visitor is a guest, so Madame ordered me to prepare a room for you to spend the night, you can come with me." "

It can be seen from the lukewarm attitude of the tiger aunt, because of the previous events...... Or for some other reason, they are wary of me. I smiled and followed her, it seemed that I was going to stay in Yue's Mansion tonight.

"The rooms on the second floor can only be used by the masters of the Yue family, so you can only live on the first floor." Hu Gu said as she walked, "Here you go, the third room on the left side of the first floor, do you remember, classmate Shen?" "

I was about to nod my head when it suddenly occurred to me that the third room on the left side of the first floor was one of the places where I sensed the anomaly of magnetic field interference last time.

Hu Gu pushed open the door and said, "I haven't used it here for a long time, it's been more than twenty years." If you hadn't come today, I wouldn't have opened it again! "

For some reason, I always felt that there was a bit of schadenfreude in Hu Gu's words, even schadenfreude. Could it be that this room was specially "selected" by Aunt Hu and prepared for me?

"What kind of room is this?"

As soon as I walked in, I immediately felt sick. Old tables and chairs, gray wooden floors, heavy curtains musty smell...... The same room in which I had been imprisoned a day ago is not much better for me now, the only difference is that there is an extra bed in the room and the furniture is clean.

"This is the room where the Yue Mansion usually stays for the bride-to-be of the Dragon King!" Hu Gu sneered, "Aren't you the heir of the second young master?" It makes sense to arrange for you to stay here. "

Second young master? It's Yue Wenbin, what does he have to do with the Dragon King's marriage?

I wanted to explain something, but in the end I couldn't. Or, just live in this house, I want to see what kind of mystery is hidden here, and actually let a lively female tourist "die"!

"I'll go first." Hu Gu turned to leave, but as soon as she walked to the door, she yawned and said, "Classmate Shen, sleep here, and the heavy rain will disperse tomorrow." This house is very good, it feels like it has returned to the Republic of China, hehe? However, there is a rule handed down from the Yue Mansion that you must turn off the lights and go to bed before twelve o'clock at night! "

When I walked into the room, the first thing I thought of was to open the window, and the window in the room was the same as in the hall, it was also pushed from the inside to the outside, but no matter how hard I tried, the window was just tightly closed. It seems that the window is sealed from the outside, I sighed helplessly, and after careful consideration, the layout of this house is indeed good after being cleaned, revealing a quaint smell, but I always feel that something is wrong, for example, the lights in the hall are so white that people are in a trance......

It was the height of summer, but the room was surprisingly cool. I sat down on a chair in front of the dresser, and suddenly remembered a question: Where did Gao Qiuwu and the others go? I was so emotionally shocked just now that I forgot I should contact him. Gao Qiuwu has a mobile phone...... I can't forget the phone number. It's just that there is no phone in this house, and I tried the mobile phone just now, but there is no signal, and I can't even report 110.

"I'm sleeping." I turned to myself and said to myself, and for a moment I heard the sound of even breathing...... It's weird.

I envy the bold and bold who endure their sleepiness and listen to the ticking of the clock in the living room, and nothing else. Yue Shiyin should go back to the room upstairs, but which room does Mrs. Yue live in? And where is the kitchen? And where does the man named Tiger Gu live? The layout of the house seems simple, but when you think about it, you can't remember what the layout is.

And, I'm hungry!

I lifted my phone, and it was approaching eleven o'clock. Listening outside the room, there was still no sound. I tiptoed open the door, and at the same time, a figure flashed in the next room. I was startled at the same time, and I retreated, almost hitting the door with a loud bang. Fortunately, I immediately sensed that the other party was Gao Qiuwu, and asked softly: "Gao Qiuwu?" The other man nodded, and put his hand to his lips in a silent motion.

Gao Qiuwu and I walked to the living room one after the other, and went straight to the window with the same heart. The window opens as soon as it is pushed, and under the silver-white moonlight, the distant mountains are picturesque, and the trees are close to it, and the night is very sultry. I looked at each other blankly, Gao Qiuwu pointed in the direction of the hall door, and nodded knowingly. In order not to make a sound, I walked very slowly, and I felt like I was a thief.

The old-fashioned hall door actually had an extremely heavy latch, and Gao Qiuwu took some effort to lift it, the roller sliding, and the door opened without sound. The fog as thick as porridge floated outside, and the tumbling bucket was very restless, I had seen the sea fog, but this fog was just tumbling outside the door, and I couldn't jump into the door.

It seems to be the reappearance of the battle in the parking lot!

We looked at each other without saying a word, although we couldn't see each other's expressions, but we also knew that we must be full of incredible looks.

At this time, the tumbling mist turned over to both sides like boiling water in a pot, and a figure slowly appeared in the middle.

The woman slowly floated out of the mist, like a pink lotus, charming and wonderful. And that countenance ...... It's me!

I slammed the door shut, leaning against it and gasping for air. Gao Qiuwu was surprised and stammered: "That person, that person, it's you!" "

I shook my head desperately, "No, no, it's not me. "

"Hell, it's you, the woman is exactly like you." Gao Qiuwu still didn't believe it.

"There was a sudden fog just now...... "I want to explain the parking lot and the tube building...... This series of events was really not easy, and I felt that my mouth was dry, "Suddenly there are more people like me." It's fog, it must be a refraction of fog, I've never seen such fog, such a terrible fog. "

I was incoherent, but apparently Gao Qiuwu understood, and he said, "This fog is indeed strange. I was coming down from the top of the cliff, but the fog got up, and I stepped on the air, and it felt like I was falling from the cliff, and my heart was pounding because of weightlessness, and I thought I was going to fall to my death. But when I came to my senses, I found that I was actually stepping on the ground, and the road was very flat...... When I turned around, I was actually at Yue's house. "

I frowned, "You said you were on the cliff just now?" "Why don't you go to the cliff in the middle of the night?

"Yes. Now I'm ...... 's companions should still be on the cliff. Gao Qiuwu was secretive.

"However, I encountered fog when I first opened the door. And we should have been in the Yue family's mansion now. "

Gao Qiuwu shook his head, "Impossible." "The cliff and the Yue family's mansion are across the main axis of Longtan Village, how could I ...... This?

"Really." I suddenly remembered something, "By the way, which mountain was outside the window just now?" "

Gao Qiuwu obviously thought about it for a while, and I only noticed that there were mountains and moons, and the night was pleasant, but I didn't notice which mountain it was. "Just check it out."

I plugged the latch back in, then folded back into the living room and looked at the window together. The window that had just been opened was closed, and it was tightly closed. I remembered that when I went to the hall door just now, I didn't close the window. pushed Gao Qiuwu beside him, and there was a big question mark in his eyes: Did you close it?

Probably because of the heart, Gao Qiuwu understood what I meant, and shook his head heavily. I felt my legs as heavy as lead, and the window was within three steps, but I didn't have the strength to open it. I don't know where the wind is, and it squeaks like a poisonous snake that spits core. I shivered for no reason and moved closer to Gao Qiuwu. Gao Qiuwu was also trembling slightly, leaned close to my ear, and whispered: "Go back to the room first, and wait until dawn." Be careful. His voice shivered like an autumn leaf in the cold wind.

Dawn, yes, as soon as the sun rises and the fog disappears, everything strange will disappear. Back in my room, I sat on the hard wooden bed with my legs crossed, comforting myself. It's just that I don't feel sleepy, and my spirit is surprisingly excited. Gao Qiuwu curled up in a ball, with his back to me, and fell asleep with his head and face covered. It's nice to be ignorant, and I glanced at this guy with some envy.

However, something was not right. Gao Qiuwu beside him was not only motionless, but also didn't even make a sound of breathing. The room was filled with a gravely silence.

I slowly stretched out my hand and gently pushed Qiu Wu high. The contact surface is soft and has no elasticity of muscles. I gritted my teeth and lifted the thin quilt, which was nothing more than a pillow.

The mosquito net of the carved bed has not been put down, and it is clear that there is no one in the whole room.

Gao Qiuwu, who came back with me two minutes ago, is gone.

Gao Qiuwu is gone.

I jumped out of bed, ran to the door of the room as fast as I could, and whispered, "Gao Qiuwu, Gao Qiuwu." When there was no answer, I rushed to the hall and was about to knock on the door, when I found it open, and there was a glimmer of moonlight in the crack of the door. With a slight push, the door opened silently.

There was no mountain view, no fog, nothing outside...... The silence is boundless.

I remembered the inexplicable missing female tourist!

When, when...... I shuddered, and it took me a long time to realize that it was the clock in the living room.

It was twelve o'clock, and midnight came.

Dangdangdang...... Each sound struck my heart, and my heart was induced, and it began to beat wildly. The hairs stood on end, and fear crept through every open pore, swimming along the veins and invading the whole body. I looked around nervously, and the chandelier on the roof seemed to be shaking, and the dim halo of light made the whole room look like the real world. The white walls, the carved bed, the fluttering mosquito nets, the wardrobe, or * or shrink, the whole space seemed to be pressed from the ceiling, so that I had nowhere to escape.

Turning to look at the hall, it was dark and dark, with only a little light floating from nowhere. This house is inhabited by many people, but it is surprisingly quiet, and there is not even the buzzing of mosquitoes. In summer, there are many mosquitoes on the mountain, but instead of mosquitoes in the room, there are no flies, cockroaches, rats and other small creatures that are essential for mountain life, and they look lifeless.

Yes, lifeless! It dawned on me that what was missing in the room was anger. It's not like a place where living people live. The thought made me more and more frightened, and I hurried back to my room, locked the door tightly, curled up in a ball on the bed, and covered my head and face with the quilt. Now we have to wait for tomorrow, when the sun comes out, all the ghosts will disappear, and the world will still be clear.

There was silence around, only the slight sound of breathing flickering. At first I thought it was my own breathing, but the frequency of that breath was different. I was shocked. Could it be Gao Qiuwu? Don't scare me!

The walls are bleak, and the only place where people can be hidden is under the bed. I knew that if I bent down and looked at it, I would know the result, but I didn't have the courage to do so. He lay stiffly on the bed, letting the sound of breathing linger around him.

Flutter, flutter...... The sound of the breath even let out a chuckle, as if to mock my timidity.

"Shuiyue, it's me." A soft call sounded outside the door, it was Gao Qiuwu's voice. I was overjoyed...... didn't even have time to hesitate, jumped out of bed, opened the door, and Gao Qiuwu stood at the door with a nervous expression. He was about to speak, and I reached out and gestured for him to be silenced. I walked briskly to the bed, bent down and saw that it was empty and there was no one at all.

"What's wrong?"

"It's fine." I shook my head and listened intently, the breathing was gone. "Why didn't you disappear just now? And...... Suddenly gone. "

Gao Qiuwu swallowed dryly, and said with palpitations: "I just found that you were gone, so I went out of the room to look for you, but as soon as I went out, I saw a figure flickering in the corridor leading to the restaurant, I was curious, I wanted to see who it was, and it turned out to be ......"

"No, no, don't say it, I'll tell you when it's dawn." I was already frightened by his expression. We find out that the other person is missing at the same moment, is it a ghost trick or someone is lying?

"Dawn?" A wry smile tugged at the corner of Gao Qiuwu's mouth, "The sky may not be bright." "

"What do you mean?"

"Look at your phone."

I raised my wrist and looked, and I didn't know when the phone was going to strike...... I can't turn it on, is it broken last time and didn't fix it?

Gao Qiuwu handed over a women's watch, and the minute and hour hands coincided and pointed to twelve o'clock. Broken watch? I wondered, and with a flick of the pinion, the minute hand immediately turned in an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees. "Looks like the watch has stopped." I reassuredly said and let go of my hand. With a small gurgling sound, the newly turned minute hand quickly receded, and in the blink of an eye it returned to its original position.

"How so?" I was shocked, and tapped my phone gently.

"It's not in vain." Gao Qiuwu said helplessly. Stick your wrist in front of me, and the men's watch on my wrist is also twelve o'clock. My mouth opened wide. "The clock in the living room......" I listened intently, and the very regular ticking sound was gone. It occurred to me that the ticking sound had not been heard since the clock had struck twelve times.

"Hell, what the hell is this place? What's going on? The look of anguish and sorrow piled up on my face, and I was angry and afraid.

"I don't know. It's so weird here, though, we'll have to find a way to get out of here. Gao Qiuwu's face was full of worry.

"By the way, you just said that you saw a figure in the hallway, and then what happened?"

Gao Qiuwu pondered for a moment and said, "How do you say it?" Come with me, you'll understand at a glance. He took my hand and left the room. Walking through the unstable corridors, the light from nowhere left dappled shadows on the walls, changing all sorts of strange shapes.

One of the rooms along the way is also a doorway. I looked around the room, and the layout was just as simple. In the center is a large bed, there is a large wooden cabinet in the corner of the wall, a set of wooden lacquered tables and chairs are placed under the window, and some yellow table paper, ink, carving knives and other things are placed on the table. I walked over and sat down, still sturdy. According to my last observation of the light people, the portrait and the incense altar were placed on this table at that time, who were the people who worshiped here, who were the people in the portraits, and were they related to the marriage of the dragon king?

Whose room the hell is this?

Gao Qiuwu looked puzzled, but I opened the curtains by myself, and the shadows of the trees outside swayed. I found that the windows were fastened from the inside and that iron bars were also installed. I'm sure that people from outside can't get in through this window. In this way, the female tourist really disappeared in a sealed room at that time, and there was really no second reason to do it except for "in the same room".

Will there be a mechanism or a secret passage? I think that the time when this house was built was the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and it was common to dig a tunnel or something, and most large families like to leave a secret room to store their valuables.

After a great adventure with Shi Lingren, I am no longer Wuxia Ameng. I asked Gao Qiuwu to wait, and I started to bang along the wall, in fact, I didn't have any idea, I just imitated what I did on TV, and I didn't find anything after a circle. I stared at the big wooden cabinet in the corner, it was so heavy that no two or three people couldn't move it, but could there be a single person hidden inside? I opened the wooden cabinet and saw several sets of clothes piled up in a mess. I flipped them out one by one, and the more I flipped through them, the more familiar they became—weren't these all the cosplay clothes of the dragon king's marry, how could they appear here? It's impossible for a female tourist to play the bride without bringing her personal belongings!

When I turned all the clothes out, I found a black lacquered wooden plaque at the bottom of the cabinet. When I got it in front of me, it was a deck of tablets! It is written in gold letters: The spirit position of Mu Lingbo, the wife of Yue Zhenxing!

On such a rainy night, it was really strange to hold a spirit tablet in my hand, so I quickly stuffed it into the cabinet with my clothes. I pressed my hands against my chest and sat back in my chair, deep in thought. Who is Yue Zhenxing from the Yue family, and why is his wife's spiritual seat not placed in the ancestral shrine of the Yue family but here? Did Mu Lingbo be the man in the portrait seen by the Light Man, and did he once live in this room and then die again? I couldn't help but shudder, and I suddenly thought of the rumors and rumors I heard about the Yue family when I was investigating before, such as the reason why the Yue family moved out of Longtan Township a hundred years ago was because there were "ghosts haunting people" here. And is the so-called "ghost" related to the owner of this spirit tablet?

As I thought about it, I felt a hint of tiredness hit me. I held my chin and my eyelids slowly drooped, only to feel the light in the room getting dim and dim...... I don't know when, even Gao Qiuwu is gone!

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