Chapter 41: The Game Within a Game

On the way back to Yue's house from Laojie, no matter how I asked, Gao Qiuwu just refused to tell me that when I was separated from Yu Zujia, they discussed what plan they had behind my back.

"Shui Yue, don't worry, you will know the truth about the disappearance of the Dragon King Ancestral Hall at night." Gao Qiuwu said with a smile.

I was helpless, but I looked at the bruises on Gao Qiuwu's face, and a subtle emotion accompanied by guilt spontaneously emerged: "Your injury ...... Does it really not hurt? "

"It's fine." Gao Qiuwu pursed his lips, "Although in fact, a hundred thugs are not as good as a lawyer, but when I first arrived in the United States, because I refused to bow my head, I was beaten by those little hooligans, and my ability to resist beatings was practiced...... Are you worried about me? "

"Of course! I ...... "At this point, I didn't know how to pick it up, I suddenly remembered Yu Zujia's teasing, and I couldn't help but get upset - Gao Qiuwu really treated me ...... But now I'm not the little girl who is keen on romance, and I'm not so unsure of my own mind. I love Shiling people, and as for Gao Qiuwu, I used to be ...... Like him? But it is undeniable that in Longtan Village, I found myself more and more dependent on him.

I walked to Yue's house in silence. The people of the post-Cold War Yue family in the big room were quite surprised that I appeared in the hall, but no one asked any questions, even Yue Lanyue, who had always been bitter and mean, only glanced at us, and fell into the grief of losing her beloved pet...... Or in the confusion of the ownerless.

It seems that the public security police station in Longtan Village did not pay attention to Yue Lanyue's report, at least until now, they have not appeared in Yue's house. I feel that today's Yue Mansion seems to be shrouded in haze.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the ancient street was pitch black, and only the dim street lamps on the street gave a faint light...... Such a scene made me feel like I had returned to the dark night a month ago, Mu Tongtong's white figure led me to the entrance of the tube building, the difference is that today, Gao Qiuwu is by my side.

"Shuiyue, let's go in, don't be afraid, we're very close to the truth." Gao Qiuwu saw my panic and uneasiness and comforted me.

"Gao Qiuwu, where is Captain Yu? He's not with us? "

"It's enough to have me by your side." Gao Qiuwu naturally took my hand and walked inside, until I reached the middle of the street, and the light of the street lamp also happened to shine there.

"Teahouse signboard!"

I shouted, a white curtain fluttering in the wind, and a house in good condition on the opposite side: "The teahouse should be the ruins of the Dragon King's Temple!" How could it be ......"

Could it be that the hall of the "Dragon King Temple" has appeared again?

"Is it the Dragon King Temple, don't you know if you go in and take a look?" After Gao Qiuwu finished speaking, he pushed open the door of the house.

The scene inside wasn't what I had imagined, no rows of floors full of ultra-old footprints, and no old men wearing masks that I had seen last time. But the wooden chair in the center of the room was also lit with a few flaming white candles.

"Isn't this the farm shop we came to at noon? No, how could it be on the opposite side of the teahouse, it should be diagonally opposite! "

In the face of my questioning, Gao Qiuwu smiled silently, he walked to the wall, unscrewed the switch of the ceiling fan, and the strong wind blew out all the candles, and for a moment, the room was dark.

"Gao Qiuwu, Gao Qiuwu, where are you?"

I cried out blindly, and the darkness terrified me.

A warm hand held my hand, and then Gao Qiuwu gently pushed the door open and took me out, but it was already dark outside the house.

"The street lights are out again! Yes, the same feeling as last time! ”

As I spoke, I took a step and groped in the dark.

It was only half a minute, the lights came on again, and I met Gao Qiuwu's smiling eyes: "Shui Yue, we are standing at the door of the teahouse now, right?" "

Seeing that I nodded, he said again, "Then you turn around and look at ......"

Behind him, the light of the street lamp shone right on the door of the house that should have been destroyed by the fire - it was the ruins of the hall of the "Dragon King's Temple"! I just remembered that just now, when I walked into this street, I only saw one house after another, and the ruins of the Dragon King Temple seemed to be gone! Can ...... now

"Clever little Watson, do you know how you got into that Dragon King Temple at that time?"

Yu Zujia appeared in the hall and smiled proudly, "In order to help you replay the scene, I spent a lot of time!" "

"You ...... How, exactly? I asked incredulously.

"Then let you, Captain Yu, who can be a consulting detective, explain it to us." Gao Qiuwu patted Yu Zujia on the shoulder.

Sherlock Holmes and Watson's terrier, enough for the two of you!

Yu Zujia coughed lightly: "You all listen well!" The Dragon King's Ancestral Hall didn't exist, it had been in ruins twenty years ago! The hall that Shui Yue saw was deliberately imitated by someone, and its original appearance was actually the agricultural machinery shop we saw at noon! "

"What?"

It's hard for me to accept this fact, "Captain Yu, please make it clear!" "

"First of all, let's distinguish two points, opposite the teahouse is the ruins of the Dragon King Temple, and to the right of the ruins of the Dragon King Temple is the agricultural machinery shop in this room."

"Agricultural Machinery Shop!"

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Seeing that I nodded in understanding, he continued: "The person who set up this bureau, he knew that the owner of the agricultural machinery shop would not spend the night here, so he used the night time to enter the hall and clean up the farm tools and replace those props...... He knew that every house on this street was exactly the same, and people who were not familiar with the environment here could not distinguish these houses at all, so he had to rely on some references - for example, Shuiyue, you said that you were sure that the Dragon King Temple you entered at that time was the same place as the ruins you came out to see, because you used the signboard of the teahouse as a reference, and you decided that the Dragon King Temple was opposite the teahouse! "

"I see!"

It dawned on me, "The teahouse will put the sign in the hall at night, so he went into the teahouse and took it out and hung it on the door beam." The purpose is to get my attention, to imply that the Dragon King Temple is opposite my teahouse! "

"And in fact......" Gao Qiuwu added, "He didn't hang the teahouse sign in its original position, but hung it in the private house next to it, which is opposite the agricultural machinery shop!" "

"Then the water moon came, and under the light of the dim street lamp at the intersection, you saw the modified agricultural machinery shop, and the house with a teahouse sign hanging opposite it was actually not a teahouse." Yu Zujia continued, "When you walked into the converted agricultural machinery shop, the door was locked from the outside, because someone didn't want you to come out too quickly, and he didn't want you to see him hang the teahouse sign back in its place. "

"So ......"

I thought, "When I went out, the street lights were deliberately blackened by him. Because people panic in the dark and lose their sense of direction. So I walked to the side of the agricultural machinery shop, in front of the ruins of the real Dragon King Ancestral Hall, which is also opposite the real teahouse. At that time, the lights were on again, and as soon as I looked up, I saw the signboard of the teahouse, thinking that there was still the Dragon King Temple behind me, but I didn't expect it to be ruins! "

"Clever!" Yu Zujia gave a thumbs up, "If you had checked this house on the right side of the ruins at that time, you would have seen that it was full of machines!" Unfortunately, you were too frightened to get out of here, giving the layout the right time to restore the farm machinery shop to its original state, and by the time you came back the next day, the site had already been cleaned up. This strategy grasps human nature, uses confusion in thinking to cause mental instability, and creates psychological hints is the best strategy in the upper test, which can judge the situation rationally, and can grasp human nature so skillfully...... This kind of person, even a hot-handed detective like me feels a little scared! β€œ

"But I still have a few doubts to ask!"

Ignoring Yu Zujia's boasting, I looked at them and said, "Even if I entered the agricultural machinery shop, but when I looked around, there were no ruins next to it, but how could I see the ruins when I came out?" "

"Look!" Yu Zujia walked into the ruins, took out a piece of plastic foam, pasted wallpaper on it, and made red doors and green windows, in the dim light, it looks like the real walls of those houses, which is also a commonly used prop in movies! Yu Zujia installed it at the entrance of the ruins, and I was surprised to find that the ruins had become a complete house!

"During the time you were in the hall, he not only hung up the signboard, but also demolished the fake wall that was originally installed! In this way, the good houses you saw in a trance are back to their ruins. Gao Qiuwu said.

There are some games that have the rare profession of prop master, or carry a bag of useless bottles and cans, or a well-read, pharmacological herbalist, no belief in the gods, no need to chant spells, no magic restrictions, can throw bottles to companions, replenish blood, replenish magic, remove petrification, paralysis, charm and other effects, prop master is the team nurse, and the priest has the same effect, the difference is that the prop master in reality only needs to swing a set left and right on and off the stage, looking for the best position.

Of course, the prop master in reality is more difficult, he must be a good planning and planning expert, that night I was born of a demon, I always felt that the carpet under my feet seemed to be stained with blood, the ceiling fan above my head kept creaking, and there were pale shadows shaking in the mirror like a display screen. The faint sound of a ghost crying filled his ears, and the temperature was as cold as a morgue. The strange dragon king statue threw a cold look at the visitor like a living thing, and various ornaments with strange shapes and terrifying shapes filled the room. But when I think about it carefully, except for the creepy temple mask man, the others are just broken houses.

I couldn't help but admire the arranger: "Then the temple zhu I saw after I went in was his accomplice?" Why did it suddenly disappear? "

"Well, this thing can only be done by having people who should be inside and outside, so the arranger should have accomplices, or two 'people' planned this conspiracy!" Yu Zujia said, "Don't you see that the agricultural machinery store has a back door?" While you're thinking about the Dragon King's Temple, the suspect walks through the back door...... If the other party is really a 'human'. "

"What about the street lights? How do they control the power outage of the street lights? "

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